Where are we headed ?
It is a world of quickness & swiftness ... 'slow and steady wins the race' just doesnt cut it anymore ... its more like 'fast and accelerating has a chance to win the race ' ... everything around you is about being ahead of time, ahead of everyone around you and if thats not enough, its about being ahead of yourself ! And as they say, this is just the beginning ... Though all this sounds very energizing and very happening, you really need to take a break and ask yourself, where is this going ? Where am I going with this ? Am I making the right decisions or just making quick decisions .. worse enough hasty decisions ?
They tell you, this current world is about you and you only ... whole world centered around you .. its the so-called 'individualism' that matters and nothing else ... while following and creating an identity for yourself, dont you think we are losing our identities altogether ? Identity is merely how many pages of results does google return when your name is typed ... right ? Tell me, how difficult is it for someone to steal your identity these days ? Take any way of communication, emails, phones, letters, online services like orkut ... anything and everything is full with scams and people hacking profiles and stealing identities ... So its NOT about individualism then ... right ? Its more like saving your identity than to make a new one ... thats why you shouldnt put your snaps on orkut .. thats why you shouldnt chat with a stranger ... and the list of dont's just goes on ... If this is just the beginning, then where are we headed ?
They tell you, its about advancement ... Its about moving ahead ... is it really ? Finding new weapons to threaten each other, kill each other and better (rather worse) ways of mass destruction ... is that what the development is all about ? Is it about providing a safe world to everyone or is it about a world filled with fear ? Are we entering the new era of development or destruction ? Why do we still have the hanging sword of global warming then ? I have touched this topic in one of my recent posts as well ! again, where are we headed ?
They tell you, its about being a winner ... and how does one define the term 'winner' ? is it someone who just goes ahead in his life at the cost of his/ her loved ones or by pressing everyone else down ? Or is winner a person, whos good at everything and not just one thing ? Gone are the days of 'jack of all and master of none ' ... you need to be a 'master of all' or if not, 'jack of all' at least to get some kind of recognition ! 'Master of one' is a complete loser ... A winner is someone who has achieved all the wealth at a young age or is it someone who faces life happily and is satisfied ? Do you know what you are ? which category you are in ? again, where are we headed ?
Who cares if you are a good friend, a good person, a good son, a good father, a good mother, a good person overall ? No one has time for that ! Relationships is whats better known as 'networking' these days ! Its about your network and who you know these days than who you care for and who care for you in return ... 'uski pahuch bahut lambi hai bhai, usse bach ke rehna' tells us something .. doesnt it ?
Dont get me wrong... Its not like I am against this whole advancement and this happening age.. I like it too but then I would like to pause for a bit ... think it over .. take some baby steps for a while, give it a rest and then get back in the game with a definite plan ... based on the previous experiences ... I do understand, when there is something positive figured out by 10 ppl after years and years of research, a thousand minds think about how to use it negatively ... there are always dangers while crossing road but we dont stop walking on roads... I am aware of that .. but then if we all become good drivers and pedestrians, we can walk safely ... without fear .. isnt it ? It has to start from one person .. power of one is beyond imagination ...
Life is funny and it gets at you fast .. Its better to be prepared for the rainy day !! You need to be fast for the world and steady for yourself to not outrun yourself .. your thoughts ... your goals .. your life ! As far as I think, thats when you will be a winner !
and yes, I never said its easy ! :)
Trigger: Orkut - Storm Warning by Selma
They tell you, this current world is about you and you only ... whole world centered around you .. its the so-called 'individualism' that matters and nothing else ... while following and creating an identity for yourself, dont you think we are losing our identities altogether ? Identity is merely how many pages of results does google return when your name is typed ... right ? Tell me, how difficult is it for someone to steal your identity these days ? Take any way of communication, emails, phones, letters, online services like orkut ... anything and everything is full with scams and people hacking profiles and stealing identities ... So its NOT about individualism then ... right ? Its more like saving your identity than to make a new one ... thats why you shouldnt put your snaps on orkut .. thats why you shouldnt chat with a stranger ... and the list of dont's just goes on ... If this is just the beginning, then where are we headed ?
They tell you, its about advancement ... Its about moving ahead ... is it really ? Finding new weapons to threaten each other, kill each other and better (rather worse) ways of mass destruction ... is that what the development is all about ? Is it about providing a safe world to everyone or is it about a world filled with fear ? Are we entering the new era of development or destruction ? Why do we still have the hanging sword of global warming then ? I have touched this topic in one of my recent posts as well ! again, where are we headed ?
They tell you, its about being a winner ... and how does one define the term 'winner' ? is it someone who just goes ahead in his life at the cost of his/ her loved ones or by pressing everyone else down ? Or is winner a person, whos good at everything and not just one thing ? Gone are the days of 'jack of all and master of none ' ... you need to be a 'master of all' or if not, 'jack of all' at least to get some kind of recognition ! 'Master of one' is a complete loser ... A winner is someone who has achieved all the wealth at a young age or is it someone who faces life happily and is satisfied ? Do you know what you are ? which category you are in ? again, where are we headed ?
Who cares if you are a good friend, a good person, a good son, a good father, a good mother, a good person overall ? No one has time for that ! Relationships is whats better known as 'networking' these days ! Its about your network and who you know these days than who you care for and who care for you in return ... 'uski pahuch bahut lambi hai bhai, usse bach ke rehna' tells us something .. doesnt it ?
Dont get me wrong... Its not like I am against this whole advancement and this happening age.. I like it too but then I would like to pause for a bit ... think it over .. take some baby steps for a while, give it a rest and then get back in the game with a definite plan ... based on the previous experiences ... I do understand, when there is something positive figured out by 10 ppl after years and years of research, a thousand minds think about how to use it negatively ... there are always dangers while crossing road but we dont stop walking on roads... I am aware of that .. but then if we all become good drivers and pedestrians, we can walk safely ... without fear .. isnt it ? It has to start from one person .. power of one is beyond imagination ...
Life is funny and it gets at you fast .. Its better to be prepared for the rainy day !! You need to be fast for the world and steady for yourself to not outrun yourself .. your thoughts ... your goals .. your life ! As far as I think, thats when you will be a winner !
and yes, I never said its easy ! :)
Trigger: Orkut - Storm Warning by Selma
Labels: Future, Info, Throught Provoking
posted by Aniruddha at 11:19 PM
4 Comments:
My Orkut profile got copied recently too.. her name was on my visitor list (must have obviously come when she copied all the stuff from my page) and when I scrapped her saying whts ur problem, and why the hell are you copying my profile, she scrapped me back with a whos this. When I tried to rescrap her, she blocked me.. and then thankfully.. out of shame or god knows what, she deleted everything she had copied..
So it is about who copies who, and pulls it off as original. Its not advancement, its plagiarism. And its not only here, its evrywhere, assignments, work, college, projects.
And its not something that can be stopped, only because the mass will have to wake up together.. not as individuals, when you want to go against such tides, individualism does not help..
individualism does help from the point of trying to do something about it ... everyone thinks exactly the same way saying that the whole mass will have to wake up and nothing can be done alone and hence no one does anything .. may it be one person but we need to unite and start somewhere !
orkut ! I dont know what to say about it .. I thought after I deleted my profile, I will miss it but guess what ! I dont ! I do regret not being to be in touch with a few old friends but then thats the way it is going to be .. but I certainly do not miss orkut ..
Do we really need orkut ? how many 'constructive things' (I dont mean just 'adding' the same friends you meet everyday or talk on phone with or even old long forgotten friends) have been done thru' orkut so far ?
Again good writing. Well Orkut does help thru connenting people with similar interests. As you pointed out the evil minds try to exploit it. This is true with almost all the progress or developement the good guys do. Phylosophically the fight between good and evil has always existed. I guess deleting a profile is one way to rebel but making a new one and coming up with ways to make it tougher and tougher to get hacked is also another way to handle this. I am sure it is not easy though.
I agree with you Vaibhav .. I mean deleting the profile does seem to be a kind of an escape route rather than a way out. Its true but then you need to evaluate how much its worth to fight which battle ... If you dont care if you have a profile on orkut or not, its better to just not have it :)
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