The finite world.

August 22, 2026

The human civilization till now is a result of set of actions and they are definitely finite in number. We have had finite number of humans doing finite tasks and that’s how we got till here. So if we were to have some other planet like Earth We can follow the same set of actions to get here. So what I’m trying to say here is that even for something as complex and big, it is all a bunch of finite number of actions that are finite in scope. There is nothing that is infinite or beyond comprehension. In a sense that would it would break the laws of physics. This is not the hundred gear machine where the last gear can never spin because we would have the heat death of universe before that.

Even for the valuation job I have right now, it is a bunch of finite actions in a finite project with a finite scope. And if one knows all those finite actions and their order, he can execute that along with some judgment based on discussions with management or the partners. So everything is finite in this sense also.

The greater part here is that you can do it all because all of it is finite. If something has not been done yet, we think of it as impossible and we don’t have the finite steps needed to get there. But we know that once a record is broken. We will have tons of other people breaking those records. We see it a lot of times in sports and running especially. So once it’s proven to be finite, everyone else can follow steps.

The economic pie or rewards get bigger when we have a greater set of finite steps. So imagine it was like one trillion steps before. If this year there were like 1.2 trillion steps, then good for us. There is growth, there is more output. Hopefully there is demand for it also. Peter Thiel’s book zero to one says that technology is what allows us to do more. I think on a organizational level, hiring people with more experience can help you get more steps in n period, or use of technology can also do that. But it’s all about the number of steps you are doing because projects are finite as long as you manage the scope properly.

And of course, different steps have different rewards. So you better be doing steps that are beneficial for you than other steps. So there are finite steps. Some steps are better than other steps, and every project is finite. And you can increase the number of steps you are doing but with use of experience or technology.

So this means a lot of things are within grasp. Whatever you thought impossible before is achievable for you since it is finite and you can either do it yourself or deploy technology and people with experience.

Your dreams are behind just finite steps, and if you do those, you will get what you want. That I can assure you with certainty. There might be detours in between, but it is what it is. Basically, I feel like I had this realization that things are not impossible or beyond the scope of physics. It’s all finite. It’s something you can hold in your arms. It is doing something to me.

And of course, staying in a state of intuition and flow is going to help you pump out more steps and complete this finite steps faster.

What this also means is that whatever you thought of as great and exceptional, the lives of people like Napoleon or Alexander or Some idea like building a super valuable and cool company. All of these are finite steps. It’s not magical, elusive or alchemy. The way of doing steps or selecting what step to do that would be on a different ball game, but it is all finite. It is all. Possible.

This turns ambition or goals into something logistical where you decompose the task. You either figure out what are the steps you should do. You can plan it out or you can wing it out for some of them. But yeah, it is all lying behind. A set of finite steps which you can absolutely do. I had a friend and we gave up on chartered accountancy on the same time. I went to an IIM two years ago and he is going there today. So for both of us. During that time, something like an IIM was a far-fetched dream, but still we were able to do it. And it’s like I was not one of these. If two of us have done it, there is definitely rhythm to this stone. There are finite steps that both of us were able to do. A destination can feel exceptional while the mechanism remains repeatable.

Making finite decisions in finite situations, over and over, with unusually high skill, speed, judgment, and ambition.

Imagine you are made a manager of some factory. See, first of all it looks very complex, but this factory is doing finite steps. Okay. There are finite products, there are finite processes, there are finite departments, and there are finite people. So, if you are able to gather information on all these finite processes and question if all the things that are supposed to happen are happening, you will be phenomenal at managing that factory. So the first step is always to accept what you are working on is finite. Okay. And then figure out inside this finiteness what is there. And then you can populate the actions and objects that are inside the system or monitor them and make proper decisions. But if you think that hey how do I manage this factory this is so overwhelming and stuff no. Data is reducible. Even if it is infinite, we can use statistics to derive insights from it. Even if you have ten thousand departments, you will figure out a way to compartmentalize them into five six categories. And inside those five six categories, which are the Pareto producers, how do we improve them? Bla bla bla. You will figure things out. It is all very finite. Okay. So to do well and be confident, you should first accept it is finite, then figure out the scope and the processes and how it’s done and how you can monitor them, and what are the important questions that can snip out bullshit.

What products exist? What processes make them? What departments own those processes? What inputs does each process need? What outputs should it produce? Where are the handoffs? What can fail? What gets measured? Who is accountable?

Now management becomes much less mystical.

You are basically asking:

What is supposed to happen?
What is actually happening?
Where is the gap?
Why does the gap exist?
Which gaps matter most?
What action closes them?

Accept finiteness → define scope → map the system → compress complexity → identify high-leverage parts → monitor reality → ask sharp questions → intervene.

Yesterday I also explored the same tangent for content that okay, no piece of content is infinite, and good piece of content took finite steps to get there. Okay, it is just you interacting with a material, going in a state of intuition and flow. You have some brain activity going on. You capture that lightning inside a bottle, present it in a good media format. Where your production logistics, your target audience affordances, and your own lightning all are compatible with each other, and you propagate into the world by posting it or running ads on it or whatever. So even really good content, or by proxy really good audience. is within reach for all of us.

This has also made me way more rational and optimistic about my own job. That hey the hours might be long but the thing is finite. In the moment everything feels like it’s just going to go on forever but if I look at my work week the hours are like fifty to sixty hours which is okay. And as I get better at this job it is just going to go down but then there might be busy seasons so that’s another ball game. But still, it’s finite. If I go and look back within a week, I have not like done infinite work. I have not broken physics in any way. I have not done anything that will break a human in any way. And I definitely am not doing anything that can break me in any way or form. So it’s all under control. It’s finite and I can do it.

Well, enough about the job. Let’s get back. Okay, in world we see amazing lifestyles. Okay, we see people chilling on Italian beaches. We see them chilling in some Appalachian resort. We see them camping in Hornstrandir. We see them enjoying Christmas at Quebec. For all of that, you need capital. And even if you leave out people who had inheritance or something like that, there are still people who carried out finite number of actions and had enough resources left to their disposal that they are able to enjoy this lifestyle. So the lifestyle that I desire. Is also behind finite steps and it is all within my grasp as well. Isn’t that cool? That what you want in life does not actually break the physics or universe. It is all within your reach, literally.

Italian beach in June? Finite cost, finite travel plan, finite days off, finite bookings.

Christmas in Quebec? Same thing.

A long stay in Iceland? Same thing.

Desired life → required conditions → required assets/capabilities → finite projects → finite actions.