Kiran Brahma
Welcome to my personal website. I currently run my own business in Manpower services in India. This website serves as my digital archive of my thoughts, ideas, learning and observations. Writing helps in clarifying thoughts in my head. Every article (including those with AI assistance) is written to aid me in my future
I share my writings on how I am applying my learning in my business at The Operator Stack
What I write about
Most of content in this website can be bucketed into the following themes:
Personal Essays: Essays drawn from building businesses, making calls under uncertainty, and learning the hard way.
Learning from Books: Working notes from books that have meaningfully altered how I think and operate.
Study Guides: Learning Guides I’ve built while running my business
Understanding AI: My evolving understanding of the technical foundations, economic realities, and trade-offs associated with AI
Things Worth Listening/Reading: A curated list of podcasts/articles that has shaped my thinking
If an article is written by AI, I state it upfront so that its clear to anyone reading the article.
Latest posts
What Makes an Idea Worth Believing
A musing on how ideas emerge from curiosity, why most weaken under scrutiny, and how questioning an idea helps turn it into earned conviction.
Life Is Poker, Not Chess
This essay brings together the main lessons I took from the book"Thinking in Bets". I have grouped them into three themes: probability, luck versus skill, and how to make better bets.
The Agency Cost: Why You Can't Hire Your Way Out of Ignorance
Hired a "Senior Manager" to solve a problem I didn't understand? I didn't hire a solution; I hired a hiding place.
Do You Have a Working Gokart?
Before you automate, ask one question: does your system run when you stop watching? A field note from building O9X.
Anthropic's AI Jobs Paper Misses the Real Risk for Operators
Anthropic found no mass unemployment from AI. It measured the wrong thing. Here are the three risks operators need to track instead
Charlie Munger: The Man Behind Buffett's Best Decisions
Most people know Buffett. Few examine Munger. Understand how Munger shifted Buffett's investment philosophy and how his ideas impacted my thinking