How hectic life has become these days! And to cope up with it I have sadly, though temporarily given up that one habit which I love the most- Reading novels. One of my last novels was 'Prey' by Michael Crichton. I was totally engrossed with it, not because of the plot though but because it made me acquainted to the world of programming. A program is generally a set of instructions grouped together to perform a specified task or to get a desired output.
Have you ever realized that how similar we are to Robots? Insane! Is it? Have you ever wondered that like a robot, you too are programmed? Perhaps like how we programmed robots, god or someone else programmed us! Don't think so? Read on..
We most often say or find people saying that each individual is different. Yes! We all are different, and what makes us different lies is our way of thinking. And our thinking was perhaps generally influenced by our childhood. As kids we were the most whimsical, acting on the spur of the moment, we never looked before we leaped, though more often than not ended up in trouble. We had this zeal in us for wanting to know more. We had this same enthusiasm while eating an ice cream or in tying a shoe lace.
A friend of mine had this habit of twitching his arm after writing every line. I noticed a scar on the top part of his right hand middle finger. I asked him why do you twitch your hand repeatedly? He told me that once by mistake he happened to cut that part of his finger and during that time he had difficulty in writing as the pen caused a burning sensation, hence the twitch. This has become a persistent habit now though many years have passed.
We as humans generally prefer to make a habit or a notion for everything consciously or subconsciously. The way you think is the way you act. You have already programmed yourself by dichotomizing and finding out the pros and cons of all things that were good and bad. And indeed you tend to stick with things which you like, either good or bad. If you are presented with a situation x number of times in your life you probably end up acting/reacting in the same way x number of times. Off course this is only true, unless and until you find a mistake in your mechanism and reprogram yourself. But after reprogramming, though you will act in a new way the first time, you will continue to act the same (new) way from then on. In short humans are predictable programmed robots.
Childhood is what makes the most of you. Childhood is that basic environment that influences your thinking, because as a kid you think less and understand more. I rather think that we should sometimes go back to our childlikeness, take some time off from our predictable nature and do unpredictable and whimsical things. Forget surprising others we should sometimes astonish ourselves. Perhaps why not open your heart and shout ’yeeeaaaaaahhhhhh’ this very moment. I guess you wouldn’t, because in your program a little bit of shyness is inherently present.
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The example there of twitching arm though very weak, formed the basis for development of this idea along with the novel 'Prey'. I hope you understand what i meant in this post.
Have you ever realized that how similar we are to Robots? Insane! Is it? Have you ever wondered that like a robot, you too are programmed? Perhaps like how we programmed robots, god or someone else programmed us! Don't think so? Read on..
We most often say or find people saying that each individual is different. Yes! We all are different, and what makes us different lies is our way of thinking. And our thinking was perhaps generally influenced by our childhood. As kids we were the most whimsical, acting on the spur of the moment, we never looked before we leaped, though more often than not ended up in trouble. We had this zeal in us for wanting to know more. We had this same enthusiasm while eating an ice cream or in tying a shoe lace.
A friend of mine had this habit of twitching his arm after writing every line. I noticed a scar on the top part of his right hand middle finger. I asked him why do you twitch your hand repeatedly? He told me that once by mistake he happened to cut that part of his finger and during that time he had difficulty in writing as the pen caused a burning sensation, hence the twitch. This has become a persistent habit now though many years have passed.
We as humans generally prefer to make a habit or a notion for everything consciously or subconsciously. The way you think is the way you act. You have already programmed yourself by dichotomizing and finding out the pros and cons of all things that were good and bad. And indeed you tend to stick with things which you like, either good or bad. If you are presented with a situation x number of times in your life you probably end up acting/reacting in the same way x number of times. Off course this is only true, unless and until you find a mistake in your mechanism and reprogram yourself. But after reprogramming, though you will act in a new way the first time, you will continue to act the same (new) way from then on. In short humans are predictable programmed robots.
Childhood is what makes the most of you. Childhood is that basic environment that influences your thinking, because as a kid you think less and understand more. I rather think that we should sometimes go back to our childlikeness, take some time off from our predictable nature and do unpredictable and whimsical things. Forget surprising others we should sometimes astonish ourselves. Perhaps why not open your heart and shout ’yeeeaaaaaahhhhhh’ this very moment. I guess you wouldn’t, because in your program a little bit of shyness is inherently present.
P.S
The example there of twitching arm though very weak, formed the basis for development of this idea along with the novel 'Prey'. I hope you understand what i meant in this post.
good one phuggi keep it up...
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The point is you can't live like a robot. Following orders, pleasing others ,compromising on your ethos are among the many realities of this corporate world and it leads us to complete slavery coz intelligence has somehow become tabloid.Never evr has the human race has been so marginal.................
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