Comments on: JAGGI OBEROI ASKS : ‘QUO VADIS?’

By: Col V P Kapoor

Col V P Kapoor — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:12:46 +0000

I think that the society has become so selfish that even blood relations do not matter.We all know that we will not carry with us when we leave this earthly world, yet we amass wealth by all unfair means,for whom?
The country has two big evils,CORRUPTION and BAD GOVERNANCE. Even Aam Admi Party will go the way other political parties are heading.Every one wants his share in the pie.
If we are seriously thinking of the future of INDIANS and INDIA let us all pledge , at least three things:

1 Cap the population at 100 crores.

2 Work honestly in all spheres.

3 Make the country a nation.

V P Kapoor

By: JS Oberoi

JS Oberoi — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:43:52 +0000

Dear Dhiraj,
You have said it – “Wisdom” is what its all about. We may not be able to employ the “top down” approach in our institutions but each one of us can apply it in our lives and maybe the “collective intelligence of the swarm” will lead us to a wiser society. Nevertheless as Brig Surinder has put it “Que Sera Sera ……… what will be will be.
Jaggi Oberoi

By: Dhiraj

Dhiraj — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:55:16 +0000

Very interesting and I really enjoyed the thoughts in this piece … networked society, collective intelligence … et al

To add on ……
Before the Internet it was okay to assume ‘knowledge is power’.

It was power because until then, because beyond essential education, people knew very little about the real world. Few people had access to information and facts outside their immediate environment and whatever did become known took days or even months to transgress state borders. So essentially it was power because it was hard to get it, understand it and apply it.

With Internet, knowledge has been commoditised. Thanks to search engines like Google it is indexed, searchable and available to all.

So ‘knowledge’ loses its power – and the new (maybe not be so new !!) beacon of power is ‘wisdom’.

Wisdom is said to be combination of knowledge, intelligence and experience. In a sense knowledge and intelligence are subsets of Wisdom. Wisdom is a virtue which helps us to take decisions and get the best results – whether it is in a business environment, a battle field or in a personal setting.

Wisdom grows as one experiences and understands the profound depths of the real world with their knowledge and intelligence. The more intelligent also learn from experience of others and hone intuitive skills to get ahead and stay ahead of the curve.

And, it is this composite combination in right proportions applied at right moments that makes wisdom rare and thence ‘power’.

Parting Wisdom from T.S.Eliot …… “Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?”

By: Surinder Singh

Surinder Singh — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:10:38 +0000

Dear Jaggi,

What a thought provoking topic!

Collective intelligence not-withstanding some things dont change:

Despite the net, a good teacher is still indispensable.A clever man like Chidambaram still hoodwinks others,and to top it all, Wikipedia itself is not trustworthy

Perhaps the only answer to Quo Vadis is “Que sara sara…..

Surinder

By: Ghansham Singh Ahluwalia

Ghansham Singh Ahluwalia — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:41:59 +0000

I think the general public is suffereing due to the selfish and corrupt polititians who have become engrossed in making money and thrown the country into caos and rudderless.How to clean the society?
A group of intelligent and dedicated people should stand up and guide the people towards reall progress of mankind,and rid the country of corrupt polititians.
Govt should make stringent Laws against those found corrupt,and they should be put behind bars for life.
UNO has not been of much help to countries like India,which have a huge population and its own problems which they are not able to understand,so we have to find our own leaders.What we really need is a strong and honest leader.
Ghansham Singh Ahluwalia