A Piscean's Perspective

What is the Cost of Lies?

Roohani / Ariana — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:51:33 +0000

I remember when I finished the HBO series Chernobyl, the impact I felt was not just about the physical horror of the radiation, the human/wildlife suffering and the countless number of deaths. Though those were surely very deeply disturbing outcomes, there was an even more disturbing matter underneath: the why behind the true cause of […]

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Elementary, my dear Watson?

Roohani / Ariana — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 07:35:42 +0000

Back when I first watched Sherlock BBC, I loved Sherlock’s character and accepted the deductions as impressive. The episodes moved quickly, conclusions arrived with Sherlock’s total confidence, and the presentation created the feeling that.. reasoning had taken place. But looking back at it now with some distance, I see how vastly different it was from my […]

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The Growth Tax & Thresholds

Roohani / Ariana — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:51:54 +0000

There exists a peculiar category of employment advice which, when first received, appears almost ridiculous to most young minds and lingers, unresolved and unproven, awaiting the slow verdict of years. I remember when I was once given such advice back in the early days of my career, back when I believed (as I still do), […]

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Mutants and Failed Coexistence

Roohani / Ariana — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 06:55:58 +0000

It is a peculiar form of isolation, to live within a species yet claim no kinship with it. For a long time, I believed much like the idealistic Professor Charles Xavier that the minority’s gentle conduct might soften the hard edges of the majority’s heart. But one learns, eventually, that the dream of peaceful coexistence […]

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What Makes a “Perfect” Human?

Roohani / Ariana — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 08:46:28 +0000

The way Tang Lici’s life unfolds in the new Xianxia drama Whispers of Fate at first appears excessively cruel and almost arbitrary. He faces one tribulation after another with little pause for recovery, creating the impression that fate itself is against him. When he loses Fang Zhou, who was his core emotional anchor and the […]

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A Story of Failed Restraint

Roohani / Ariana — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:54:21 +0000

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is often considered a story about humanity’s hidden ‘dark side’. The common takeaway from this story is ultimately simple: if the rules of society were removed, everyone would become a monster. But I think to read the story this way is to miss something important. I […]

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Stories That Stayed: Two Kinds of Revenge

Roohani / Ariana — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:32:24 +0000

Two of the most famous examples on the revenge theme, The Revenant and The Count of Monte Cristo, approach the exact same sequence (betrayal, survival and retribution) from completely opposite ends of the human experience. One is a story of primal survival; the other is a story of complex social planning. The Revenant: Primal Survival […]

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Are People Like APIs?

Roohani / Ariana — Sat, 31 May 2025 18:20:40 +0000

Working with APIs is not just about exchanging data but also about communication. You send a request, you wait, you get a response. And depending on what that response contains (a success status, an error code, a timeout, or unexpected data), you make a decision. Retry? Modify the payload? Or give up? It’s funny how […]

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Modern Medicine, AI Proxy Doctors & Cascade Failures

Roohani / Ariana — Sat, 31 May 2025 17:35:29 +0000

Modern medicine rests on an assumption that with enough data (decades of clinical studies, millions of patient records, and now the immense pattern‑matching power of artificial intelligence), medicine can finally outsmart the body’s complexity. Yet patients continue to cycle through specialists, accumulate diagnoses, and take ever‑more medications while their underlying health declines. I think the […]

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Rewriting Life?

Roohani / Ariana — Sat, 31 May 2025 17:35:56 +0000

I remember when I was watching a drama, I came across a character who supported genetic engineering: altering human DNA, not just to remove illness but to create “better” versions of future generations. We’ve seen glimpses of this concept in sci-fi films like Jurassic Park. These stories reflect both our fascination and our fear of […]

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