Not everything that comes out of science labs is the right thing in the long run.
Specially in case of food and healthcare, which directly impact the human and ecological wellbeing, long term effects have to be understood.
Unfortunately
Hit Refresh
My in-laws are moving to another home this week. This morning i enquired with my mother-in-law about the progress of the packing. She said it is pretty much done since a lot of junk that got piled up over the years has been discarded now. She was happy that the moving process helped them clear unnecessary junk that got piled up over the years.
It got me thinking. Isn’t it the same with our lives in general as well?
Concept of Age
While chatting random topics while sitting in my living room, the discussion moved to the Lord Padmanabha swamy’s picture on the wall.
The picture of Lord Padmanabha is always a blissful sight for me for several reasons.
Ah.. Statistics.. Statistics.. and damn Statistics..
This morning i open the newspaper in India only to find another one of those damn statistical reports covering
Automobile
At the time Internal Combustion engine was invented about a century ago, there was a good use of electric cars. It is interesting to note that about 1/3 of all cars (though a small number) sold in USA were supposedly electric.
But Mr. Benz and Mr. Ford shaped the automobile industry with gasoline powered IC engines, and it all changed since then. In the past century automobile has become an essential daily use machine. But now people love to hate its technology because of pollution, choice of fuel among others.
Now a century later, we have come a full circle.
The journey
Recently in a discussion with friends, it was observed that many in software engineering and other professionals are posting and talking about philosophy and spirituality (not necessarily religion).
For the past few years as I study deeper into software engineering, science, technology, life sciences and society i noticed that there is no difference between these topics and spirituality.
In fact all of them were nothing but different aspects of the same study. Personally it was rather easy for me to understand and relate to the topics if I understood the essence, the common sense thread.
It is like “reaching the point where all roads end from where all roads began”.
Energy
Buildings typically have huge windows and damn we need maximum electricity to cool the rooms when sun is banging on those window panels.
‘Energy’ is something that our science got it wrong whether it is about powering our automobiles or homes and offices in general.
We are noticing the shortcomings and effects of our technology. And we need to change faster. It is going to be a difficult journey given the legacy of the current technology.
Perceiving God
Today i heard a great story about a dialogue between Hanuman and Ramachandra from Indian epic(itihasa) Ramayana.
This story beautifully explains the relationship between Self and God.
