I shared these thoughts since 7th Feb 2015 on my Facebook wall.
பழையன கழிதலும் புதியன புகுதலும் ஒரு பார்வை (உறவுகள் மற்றும் தொழில் நுட்ப அதிசயங்கள் அல்லது மாற்றங்கள்)
==========================================================
[தமிழில் வேண்டுவோர் பொறுமை காக்க!! பிந்தைய பதிவாய் வரும்]
Old is Gold, Classic Vs Modern !! Technology Vs Relationship - An Analysis:
====================================================
I would like to analyse Inter-personal relationship with a link or equation to Technology and variable innovations that came with it.
1) Conventional form of telephones (1,2,3.....dialing buttons used upto 80s or so where getting a telephone line at home was considered a luxury -- Our great grand grand old forefathers at least 3-4 generations from now in the past. They were the 'lifeline' for what we are thinking we have acquired in whatever form lately. Present new-generation must get clue from the past. Weathering any storm or climate, those conventional telephones used to work, of course, you needed a medium called 'Telephone Exchange' to connect you through with people. Once establish that connection, your day is made.
2) Push-button telephones (not cordless) or their equivalent in Desktop Computers at workplace - our immediate grandfathers, 3rd from us in the hierarchy (maternal or paternal notwithstanding) - You needed to display what you are doing or learning or endeavoring upto. That display was somewhat connected with a set of cabling or wiring so you are comfortably enjoying what you are doing today. Right from a historic Macintosh or IBM or HP or any equivalent viz. 286, 386 486, Pentium 2 then 3, 4, 5, ..........and so on, the processors were the only difference; the hard disk capacity got also improved and enhanced over time. Similarly, our grand parents did their best at their times to enliven a life, so simply, that we realize now in this generation, how come they survived life's turnarounds with such simplicity. Those days computers' too worked to that day's demands and requirements, right?
3) Cordless phones, Pagers, Remote Controls - our near and dear relatives (maternal or paternal hierarchy or links), friends and acquaintances. Many a times when we are not supported by our own resources, we used to take help and guidance from these set of people around. They came to be handy for our growth from time immemorial. There, we were NOT or might NOT be in touch with these stuff regularly, just a phone call would do to rekindle old memories and you are able to reconnect with those true souls. You are NOT forced to depend on your conventional methods or means of communication to reach out to people. Whether that association or renewal of such association or intearctions come with time-bound demand-supply equations in the process, that's notwithstanding. Reaching out to people was the key here.
==========================================================
[தமிழில் வேண்டுவோர் பொறுமை காக்க!! பிந்தைய பதிவாய் வரும்]
Old is Gold, Classic Vs Modern !! Technology Vs Relationship - An Analysis:
====================================================
I would like to analyse Inter-personal relationship with a link or equation to Technology and variable innovations that came with it.
1) Conventional form of telephones (1,2,3.....dialing buttons used upto 80s or so where getting a telephone line at home was considered a luxury -- Our great grand grand old forefathers at least 3-4 generations from now in the past. They were the 'lifeline' for what we are thinking we have acquired in whatever form lately. Present new-generation must get clue from the past. Weathering any storm or climate, those conventional telephones used to work, of course, you needed a medium called 'Telephone Exchange' to connect you through with people. Once establish that connection, your day is made.
2) Push-button telephones (not cordless) or their equivalent in Desktop Computers at workplace - our immediate grandfathers, 3rd from us in the hierarchy (maternal or paternal notwithstanding) - You needed to display what you are doing or learning or endeavoring upto. That display was somewhat connected with a set of cabling or wiring so you are comfortably enjoying what you are doing today. Right from a historic Macintosh or IBM or HP or any equivalent viz. 286, 386 486, Pentium 2 then 3, 4, 5, ..........and so on, the processors were the only difference; the hard disk capacity got also improved and enhanced over time. Similarly, our grand parents did their best at their times to enliven a life, so simply, that we realize now in this generation, how come they survived life's turnarounds with such simplicity. Those days computers' too worked to that day's demands and requirements, right?
3) Cordless phones, Pagers, Remote Controls - our near and dear relatives (maternal or paternal hierarchy or links), friends and acquaintances. Many a times when we are not supported by our own resources, we used to take help and guidance from these set of people around. They came to be handy for our growth from time immemorial. There, we were NOT or might NOT be in touch with these stuff regularly, just a phone call would do to rekindle old memories and you are able to reconnect with those true souls. You are NOT forced to depend on your conventional methods or means of communication to reach out to people. Whether that association or renewal of such association or intearctions come with time-bound demand-supply equations in the process, that's notwithstanding. Reaching out to people was the key here.
3a) When it comes to knowledge, learning process and provess, in those days, we had the tools and techniques viz. Typewriting, PITMAN shorthand etc. for mid-level families with no or less financial bandwidth whose parents could not afford more than that in those times (70s or 80s). Many of us acquired a decent academics and career advancement just with those 2 routes whereby we were qualified enough to lead a life with what we knew as English vocabulory, that present Oxford or Cambridge education cannot bring unto to the students in present generation. Even our teaching community then in remote towns and villages were somewhat equipped to guide us with whatever they know by which Abdul Kalams, Narayana Murthys could come up and prove their mantle in their respective professional careers or positions that they have seen in life. Their teachers would have retired the same life they have endured and felt contended with in those living standars of their times.
4) Mobile Phones, Laptops, Smart Phones, USB devices, USB ports, AV accessories or gadgets and so on - equate this with your interactions with new friends, new faces or new set of acquaintances that come in the form of workplace or social interactions via Facebook, Twitter and so on. You can live without it; nobody is forcing you to make use of these new generation inventions or discoveries, but they come with their own benefits, merits, demeriits and limitations. If you handle them like 'glass, handle with care' attitude and approach, these accessories or tools or their equivalent set of comparative interactions with new set of people would not harm you per se. If you don't know how to handle them, you can go to peril, choice is yours. If you know the knowledge you acquire, information that's shared across by these new-wave mediums, as long as common sense, good sense and goodwill prevailed, these can guide you through exponentially positive enough to get you going. As they say 'when the going gets tough, tough also gets going in equal proportion', Isn't it?
Thinking of laptops, smart phones and/or their new wave accessories, laptop with attached by default a display monitor is history now. New wave innovations came in already where you only get a display where an inbuilt keyboard can serve the purpose of an externally linked or delinked keyboard that came before with Desktop PCs or Laptop PCs.
Like that, you need NOT be always attached to people, 24 hours living together or away from your near and dear ones. As long as you have the means to connect, you can connect to people. The desire to connect is the most important ingredient and prerequisite there. Things are already available as resources, like a typical Library or modern Google or whatever Internet can assist you with. It's upto you to choose what you want with a simple pushing a button at your fingertip or palm size device at the max. They say TVs are already in in wrist-watches, computer displays are already in wrist-watches, google-glass serves many a purpose and comes into handy in modern lifestyle; google-glass even helps physicians and surgeons to analyse their patients' medical history remotely from another corner of the world in the form of Telemedicine.
So, likewise, in relationship too, you can be very much attached or de-attached or not attached with people, including your spouse, children, parents, or any elders at home, or your friends and their kith and kin.
People are just a phone call or email or Inbox or IM connect away. However, our traditional or conventional memories of forefathers would always be a handy resource for us to relive our past that our history taught us 'in the form of vedic principles, religious or spiritual write-ups, philosophies or Ithihasas and what not, you have an encyclopedia of information resource available on hand at a 'reachable' destination, only, and only if you choose to respect your elders who lived their life the way they were blessed with. That way, they are the equivalent of 'new wave external Hard Disks' that you get in the market freely in several TB sizes at a still affordable price in the market. You can get a 500TB of external Hard Disk and relevant softwares or applications or systems in place, just to keep your data in tact without the necessity to keep it always with you handy. They come handy when you want to reach them, isn't it?
Thinking of laptops, smart phones and/or their new wave accessories, laptop with attached by default a display monitor is history now. New wave innovations came in already where you only get a display where an inbuilt keyboard can serve the purpose of an externally linked or delinked keyboard that came before with Desktop PCs or Laptop PCs.
Like that, you need NOT be always attached to people, 24 hours living together or away from your near and dear ones. As long as you have the means to connect, you can connect to people. The desire to connect is the most important ingredient and prerequisite there. Things are already available as resources, like a typical Library or modern Google or whatever Internet can assist you with. It's upto you to choose what you want with a simple pushing a button at your fingertip or palm size device at the max. They say TVs are already in in wrist-watches, computer displays are already in wrist-watches, google-glass serves many a purpose and comes into handy in modern lifestyle; google-glass even helps physicians and surgeons to analyse their patients' medical history remotely from another corner of the world in the form of Telemedicine.
So, likewise, in relationship too, you can be very much attached or de-attached or not attached with people, including your spouse, children, parents, or any elders at home, or your friends and their kith and kin.
People are just a phone call or email or Inbox or IM connect away. However, our traditional or conventional memories of forefathers would always be a handy resource for us to relive our past that our history taught us 'in the form of vedic principles, religious or spiritual write-ups, philosophies or Ithihasas and what not, you have an encyclopedia of information resource available on hand at a 'reachable' destination, only, and only if you choose to respect your elders who lived their life the way they were blessed with. That way, they are the equivalent of 'new wave external Hard Disks' that you get in the market freely in several TB sizes at a still affordable price in the market. You can get a 500TB of external Hard Disk and relevant softwares or applications or systems in place, just to keep your data in tact without the necessity to keep it always with you handy. They come handy when you want to reach them, isn't it?
So is our philosophies, theories or spiritual or scientific or mathematic or social fabrics have in store for us. You reach out to your elders at home, living their life yet, waiting their destiny's call, they can give you enough impetus to enlighten you from what they knew or learnt in their life. Their life would be a lesson for all of us.
(Discreet thoughts from Discreet minds would continue)
(Discreet thoughts from Discreet minds would continue)
No comments:
Post a Comment