Futurists, innovation leaders, crystal-ball gazers are all giving us their take on the Next Big Thing. The Metaverse is going to be a trillion-dollar economy by 2030. Be there or be left behind.
All this for a technology that has been around for several years in the gaming space but is yet to have a commonly agreed definition. An alphabet soup of techno-babble that is currently more promise than possibility. Web3 (will evolve but is not necessary to enter this new world). Immersive Go to the post [...]
The Post-Pandemic Punctuated Equilibrium
The last two years is nothing short of a once-in-hundred-year external shock. Think about the radical macro-evolution post this pandemic.
Darwinian theory saw evolution as gradual, incremental, and multi-generational. Later studies showed that rapid evolutionary change can also happen through acute and unexpected external shocks – leading to another steady-state: “punctuated equilibrium” (For example, changes in sea temperatures caused sea Go to the post [...]
By going back on an enormous time-frame, Big History brings together the humanities and sciences into an integrated account, a coherent narrative of how things are what they are today. It tells the story of the universe and our place in it. Go to the post [...]
Having many options and opportunities should make one happy and contented.
The Paradox of Choice states that having too many alternatives often results in paralysis, inaction and regret for opportunities lost. Go to the post [...]
According to conventional wisdom (and classical physics) only large causes have large outcomes. According to The Butterfly Effect, a metaphor of Chaos Theory, small, seemingly inconsequential occurrences cause large, unpredictable effects on unrelated events. Go to the post [...]
Can we be good without God?
In an ethical context, what do non-believers believe in? Do they have a moral compass? What values do they live by? What do they leave behind? Go to the post [...]
As a child I played a game with my grandmother (she was born in 1900). When asked for the time she looked at the sun and was always right within a ten-minute accuracy. Artificial time like 10:42 did not make sense to her. Of course living in Chennai India (latitude 13° N) simplified things for her.
My first watch was a quartz Seiko and I suddenly felt all grown-up! When I tried to pass on this experience to my teenage kids, I was rudely rebuffed. They do not need a watch they said - they Go to the post [...]
An amateur dabbler. Interested in many things. An expert in none.
