We have heard philosophers saying, “An unexamined life is not worth living.”
But no life can be ever examined fully. The world we live in, and all our inner world are such a complex entity that they are not simply describable in straight equations or simple formulae. There is an all pervading uncertainty in the real world. Life is full of paradoxes and puzzles and our knowledge of external world is extremely limited.
But quantative experts operating under sophisticated models involking all unrealistic, rosy assumptions which are mathematically amenable always live in a blissful world and give a neat prediction. Let us not trouble them for a moment.
Many scholarly pundits are seduced by their predictive capability and quantifying things. Should we bother about this self flattering industry of the elite ? We shall not trouble them, for a moment.
Do we the students of various disciplines ever bother to stress on reflection, experience, wisdom of our forefathers and all intellectual interactions that we need to have with fellow scholars in order that we shall have concern for the poor and deprived here and abroad, laying full emphasis on honesty and efficeiency, as the hallmark of life ?
If the elite the population, the educated segment, the well entrenched in secured job, go after wealth and power and more wealth and power , for developing more arrogance, to do more mischief, all based upon status and tiltles and not based upon real accomplishments, what’s the use of all knowledge that the elite has accumulated over the years ?
If economic theory and all the empirical inquiries using all the stastical and mathematical tools under the sun cannot help create a better economic world and resolve all underlying social and economic conflicts, who else will come forward and accomplish the task ?
The essence of life is to love, respect and have concern for others, From Kenneth Arrow, I have learnt : “ Concern without respect is at best paternalism and can lead to tyranny. Respect without concern is the cold world of extreme individualism a denial of the intrinsically social nature of humanity.”
When many well placed and well positioned affluent segment of the community in leading walks of life, inclusive of self declared pseudo spiritual gurus, soak themselves in sensual pleasure and indulge in a royal escort of thousand car culture, what ordinary mortals, the poor and deprived can do ?
IPL scam, unearthing of huge amount of gold and truck load of cash, Godmen’s golden caves and luxury suits and swimming pools ,Nauseating cricketers and cinema stars and political stars wealth, and a frustratingly irritating degree of corruption of majority of the bureaucrats and politicians are the real symptoms of the deadly diseases afflicting shining India , hardly ever bothered by the judiciary. Nature will not allow this madness in method of wealth accumulation by fraudulent means. ..!
But no life can be ever examined fully. The world we live in, and all our inner world are such a complex entity that they are not simply describable in straight equations or simple formulae. There is an all pervading uncertainty in the real world. Life is full of paradoxes and puzzles and our knowledge of external world is extremely limited.
But quantative experts operating under sophisticated models involking all unrealistic, rosy assumptions which are mathematically amenable always live in a blissful world and give a neat prediction. Let us not trouble them for a moment.
Many scholarly pundits are seduced by their predictive capability and quantifying things. Should we bother about this self flattering industry of the elite ? We shall not trouble them, for a moment.
Do we the students of various disciplines ever bother to stress on reflection, experience, wisdom of our forefathers and all intellectual interactions that we need to have with fellow scholars in order that we shall have concern for the poor and deprived here and abroad, laying full emphasis on honesty and efficeiency, as the hallmark of life ?
If the elite the population, the educated segment, the well entrenched in secured job, go after wealth and power and more wealth and power , for developing more arrogance, to do more mischief, all based upon status and tiltles and not based upon real accomplishments, what’s the use of all knowledge that the elite has accumulated over the years ?
If economic theory and all the empirical inquiries using all the stastical and mathematical tools under the sun cannot help create a better economic world and resolve all underlying social and economic conflicts, who else will come forward and accomplish the task ?
The essence of life is to love, respect and have concern for others, From Kenneth Arrow, I have learnt : “ Concern without respect is at best paternalism and can lead to tyranny. Respect without concern is the cold world of extreme individualism a denial of the intrinsically social nature of humanity.”
When many well placed and well positioned affluent segment of the community in leading walks of life, inclusive of self declared pseudo spiritual gurus, soak themselves in sensual pleasure and indulge in a royal escort of thousand car culture, what ordinary mortals, the poor and deprived can do ?
IPL scam, unearthing of huge amount of gold and truck load of cash, Godmen’s golden caves and luxury suits and swimming pools ,Nauseating cricketers and cinema stars and political stars wealth, and a frustratingly irritating degree of corruption of majority of the bureaucrats and politicians are the real symptoms of the deadly diseases afflicting shining India , hardly ever bothered by the judiciary. Nature will not allow this madness in method of wealth accumulation by fraudulent means. ..!
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