If we are the shape-shifters of the future, then is it up to us to keep the status quo the same or should we be revolutionary and break the norms and create new rules and new norms?
It could very well be that the new state of affairs is not conformity but constant revolution of thought, mind and action. Ever realize how technology only advances and succeeds when it is revolutionary, otherwise we would be stuck with those 5 ton computers with hard drives that boom louder than a 747 jet engines. R&D is huge in most companies, actually they reinvest their retained earnings and channel it into the R&D department, and shareholders are more than willing to forgo their dividend payment for the sake of R&D. Funny enough when it comes to US as SOCIAL beings we often don't develop we often stay the same, stuck in our old ways, we only want to improve ourselves, like going on to pursue a masters or marrying into a wealthy family (whatever the personal motive and prerogative is) rather than trying to break the external social norms, and really trying to develop our larger society. The power of society is more than what we can comprehend, and so we get stuck, or we become sheep as a friend of mine likes to put it. If you go against it, especially as an Arab you are labeled a pariah; there is no place for revolutionary behavior, unless it’s joining some fundamentalist political and religious party.
As sad as it is, it’s true there are expectations and checklists and “do’s” and “don’ts” that govern (subjugate?) us- and either you spend the rest of your life trying to breakaway & reinvent (improve?) – and this I promise will be a tiresome and restless endeavor but so worth it if you succeed, or spend the rest of your life conforming (grazing grass?) and living in peaceful coexistence- and this I promise you will by no means stop you from having revolutionary predispositions. I guess for now we can keep warm in our wool and hope that the farmers don’t come to skin us!
Those we my thoughts a year ago…
…Until Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Bahrain… By using technology for social networking coupled with the power of the masses they, the not so garss grazing sheep anymore, were able to not only have revolutionary thoughts, but act on them- and in the case of Tunisia and Egypt, they were able to topple the regimes that have ruled them for decades. The pressure resulted in revolution, and revolution is bringing about change- and though it may take time to reap the benefits of the change in the status quo, optimism has been brought back into the hearts, minds and homes of many Arabs and hopes for a better future is coming. Piecemeal actions result in grand results- even a year ago I would have denounced such revolutionary actions, especially in the Middle East as near impossible…
It could very well be that the new state of affairs is not conformity but constant revolution of thought, mind and action. Ever realize how technology only advances and succeeds when it is revolutionary, otherwise we would be stuck with those 5 ton computers with hard drives that boom louder than a 747 jet engines. R&D is huge in most companies, actually they reinvest their retained earnings and channel it into the R&D department, and shareholders are more than willing to forgo their dividend payment for the sake of R&D. Funny enough when it comes to US as SOCIAL beings we often don't develop we often stay the same, stuck in our old ways, we only want to improve ourselves, like going on to pursue a masters or marrying into a wealthy family (whatever the personal motive and prerogative is) rather than trying to break the external social norms, and really trying to develop our larger society. The power of society is more than what we can comprehend, and so we get stuck, or we become sheep as a friend of mine likes to put it. If you go against it, especially as an Arab you are labeled a pariah; there is no place for revolutionary behavior, unless it’s joining some fundamentalist political and religious party.
As sad as it is, it’s true there are expectations and checklists and “do’s” and “don’ts” that govern (subjugate?) us- and either you spend the rest of your life trying to breakaway & reinvent (improve?) – and this I promise will be a tiresome and restless endeavor but so worth it if you succeed, or spend the rest of your life conforming (grazing grass?) and living in peaceful coexistence- and this I promise you will by no means stop you from having revolutionary predispositions. I guess for now we can keep warm in our wool and hope that the farmers don’t come to skin us!
Those we my thoughts a year ago…
…Until Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Bahrain… By using technology for social networking coupled with the power of the masses they, the not so garss grazing sheep anymore, were able to not only have revolutionary thoughts, but act on them- and in the case of Tunisia and Egypt, they were able to topple the regimes that have ruled them for decades. The pressure resulted in revolution, and revolution is bringing about change- and though it may take time to reap the benefits of the change in the status quo, optimism has been brought back into the hearts, minds and homes of many Arabs and hopes for a better future is coming. Piecemeal actions result in grand results- even a year ago I would have denounced such revolutionary actions, especially in the Middle East as near impossible…
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