Thought for the day
"If you love something but choose not to do it professionally, it's not a waste. Because, you know, you still have it. You have it forever."
Read this statement made by someone. Reported in this article in Washington Post. The article is amazingly written and I share a lot of common thoughts with the author there.
Worth a read. Thanks Sudeep for recommending it :)
I have thought of writing about pros and cons of technology and how it is killing us at times. But somehow have never quite come to writing it in detail. This article puts these thoughts and much more into words in an amazing fashion. Quite long, but well worth it!
posted by Sangram @ 10:43 AM
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I think the cause of the problem is not technology per se but the current lifestyle. Perhaps it is the growing technology and need to keep pace with it that makes firms compete ruthlessly with each other leading to that lifestyle for its employees. But I don't see why a fellow employed in the topmost tech firm and possessing all the tech gadgets with him, cannot spend an hour a day sitting beside a lake with his friends and a guitar.
You and me, having grown up in science, can find so many things in science beautiful. Yes, GTR, evolution, P vs NP, coding theory, it is so hard to control one's fascination and awe towards these. And yet, as I recently have been feeling, it is so very important to be almost equally passionate about some art form. Required so much to make one complete. Enjoying art forms must not be viewed as a distraction from your main course of life, but as a much-required complement to it.
"If you love something but choose not to do it professionally, it's not a waste. Because, you know, you still have it. You have it forever." is just damn well said.
Perhaps if we can enjoy these other things in life and find time for enjoying them, we can fight the way of life that so many have become victims of.
Very true. I won't blame technology directly, but would still maintain that the developments and the efforts to adopt it have led, in part, to the kind of lifestyle we have today. In part, its technology that has made the world fast paced as it is today.
Beautiful things in science and art should be appreciated and without them life would be sort of incomplete - completely agree and I hope we find a way in our lives to do this.
Hey! long time..
I think this 'optimization' (by adaptation) of living, according to the present environment might be reducing some of the qualities of human beings ( like appreciation of arts)
But its not complete loss of these qualities. When we are in the 'mood'-to enjoy arts (like at the time of concert) we regain our taste of art. I think because of this only 'the kissa' in the article happened. So, this optimization is good in a way (we can have attributes according to our mental state!!) But yes ofcourse, so much technology is its cause and this current lifestyle is sucking the energy and ability out of our senses.
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