It will not be a complete misnomer to believe that human beings are no different from Android applications,specifically programmed to intake a fixed set of inputs,process them and produce the desired output.However as times change so do demands. As demands change so do supplies.Hence we have the ever so affable Apple Inc. rolling out next generation IPads and IPhones every quarter in an effort to "reach out" to consumers.Without digressing further from the analogy which forms the contextual subject of this writing,human beings tend to stringently indulge in established notional tendencies of conventionalism simply because it provides them with an easy and (and as said by 45 year old Railways employee Mr. Sharma to his 17 year old wannabe rap-star son Madhur,better known to his fraternity as Rapper Maddy) "secure" life. So as legend has it, to break free from the stereotype one needs to barter the ever so weighty and precious factor of security,not to mention a few other things that also have to be partaken with.
Many have seen visuals of the smiling nurse tenderly carry a newborn out of the maternity ward to the ever so expectant family members and boldly announce,"Mubarak Ho! Aapko ladka hua hai ". The rest is history. But let's take a moment off here and spare a thought for the non-voyeuristically nude package that has just been delivered to this big bad world. What does life have in store for him? Over the years he will develop, evolve, change, metamorphosise, and the list of adjectives goes on till eternity. However a significant adjective that conveniently dodges memory and sneaks into some Nazi safe house is Institutionalise. The institutions of society, family, education, money, religion and country shall slowly consume his existence. His birth ,too, is the end product of institutions of marriage and subsequent coital interactions,worst cases neglected.So in this age of fiction let's just for a moment visualise a world with no institutions.Yes I know that for a moment all that will come to mind is Adam and Eve in a garden with the Forbidden Apple lurking in the background.But a thoughtful session of hypothesising or day dreaming , as cynics call it, provides one with more than he/she will expect. It sort of gives one the power to become an architect and design this world in his own image,a la-Inception (the movie) maybe. And this is the very reason why Mr. Tolkien and Mrs. Rowling are the largest selling authors of our times. Delving into the transcendental requires more courage than imagination,cause everyone is a dreamer but not everyone is a dream-weaver. So what is the opportunity cost of such an indulgence ?Lack of security? Going by the fact that J.K. Rowling is amongst the Forbes Top 1000 richest people in the world, I sincerely hope not. So go out , trust your instincts and find your terra incognita.
Many have seen visuals of the smiling nurse tenderly carry a newborn out of the maternity ward to the ever so expectant family members and boldly announce,"Mubarak Ho! Aapko ladka hua hai ". The rest is history. But let's take a moment off here and spare a thought for the non-voyeuristically nude package that has just been delivered to this big bad world. What does life have in store for him? Over the years he will develop, evolve, change, metamorphosise, and the list of adjectives goes on till eternity. However a significant adjective that conveniently dodges memory and sneaks into some Nazi safe house is Institutionalise. The institutions of society, family, education, money, religion and country shall slowly consume his existence. His birth ,too, is the end product of institutions of marriage and subsequent coital interactions,worst cases neglected.So in this age of fiction let's just for a moment visualise a world with no institutions.Yes I know that for a moment all that will come to mind is Adam and Eve in a garden with the Forbidden Apple lurking in the background.But a thoughtful session of hypothesising or day dreaming , as cynics call it, provides one with more than he/she will expect. It sort of gives one the power to become an architect and design this world in his own image,a la-Inception (the movie) maybe. And this is the very reason why Mr. Tolkien and Mrs. Rowling are the largest selling authors of our times. Delving into the transcendental requires more courage than imagination,cause everyone is a dreamer but not everyone is a dream-weaver. So what is the opportunity cost of such an indulgence ?Lack of security? Going by the fact that J.K. Rowling is amongst the Forbes Top 1000 richest people in the world, I sincerely hope not. So go out , trust your instincts and find your terra incognita.
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