Archives for category: Human 2.0

Hate cannot solve hate

Jul 20, 2014 //

#MH17 A string of unfortunate events coincide with the struggle to cut cost and save money. If the last mysterious tragedy raised serious doubts on the future of the company, this current event should easily seal her fate.

Beyond the company, we must not forget the increasing volatility of our planet. Peace appears to hang at a cliff edge. We no longer live in a simple polarity but a patch work of ideologies. We live in a world in conflict, we live in between war zones, we live in war zones. Think of those who were flying out or back from a summer holiday on that plane. Someone elses bullet landed on their lap. It was a suprise last minute addition to their travel itinerary. Senseless stupid ideologies. Politicians should be stopped from playing their games with human lives.

To the men holding the guns/missile launchers or bombs and say it is because of war. Say what you want, cry all you want, to everyone else you are just a terrorist.

The world is a small small place. We live in a small blue planet, suspended in space. Given enough distance, this planet is but a faint dot in a dark sky filled with billions of brighter stars. It’s a small world. This makes every bullet, every bomb and every other weapon ever fired much bigger than it actually is. It kills who it hits, mortally maims their surviving families, crushes their friends, knocks the future of children off their tracks and scars humanity with digital shrapnel. It’s a small world, every bullet fired will affect you in one way or another. There is much hate in the world so the solution to this must be to add more love and understanding. Adding more hate and violence to the equation of solving “hate and violence” is obviously not the answer.

Categories Human 2.0, Malaysia, Thoughts

Social Psycho-Network?

May 26, 2014 //

Is the tragic event in Santa Barbara, California symptomatic of a viral social media behaviour?

Ever since cases such as Columbine, we seem to be getting steady occurrence of such events. It’s not just localised to the US, this phenomenon has gone global. With school shootings globally on the rise, not to mention the Norwegian tragedy, violence in schools in China etc., there has been a tangible increase in troubling violent events happening outside the scope of war, general crime and terrorism.

The world may be getting smaller but certain problems appear to be getting bigger. Is this a case of higher visibility due to pervasive media or higher population density, or a real issue of mental disease spread through social networks. We know the active use of social networks in “organised” conflicts such as war and terrorism and even it’s use in organised crime. It is also known for it’s direct influence in the success of viral marketing and social influences. The term “going viral” can take on a real serious and scary place in dark teenager’s bedrooms around the world.

The phenomenon of social media in youth lone-wolf violent behaviours should not be overlooked.

Categories Consciousness, Human 2.0, Rationalism, Thoughts

If we lose our religion, do we lose our insecurities?

Apr 25, 2014 //

If we lose our religion, do we lose our insecurities?
We were born naked, stupid and scared,
Discovering questions with no knowledge for answers,

We think “the sun shines so there can be light”,
The world spins so there can be day and night.
The season change so we till the land,
For this frame of mind, we are thankful to a god who created life.

As we gain knowledge to answer these life questions,
We know that the causes are incidental and not the purpose.

There is light because there is a sun,
Day and night because this rock turns,
Winter is not a good time for planting crops,
Society are the ones busy creating their perfect gods.

There is no purpose for life but to live to give purpose.
We do not overcome a fear of the unknown by giving it a name,
We overcome it as how evolution has prepared us for it.
As sentient explorers, constantly discovering and learning

There is a place for religion for some.
For others, we satisfy these insecurities in other ways.
These other ways have shown the world to be round,
that the universe do not revolve around us,
that we can conquer the seas, the sky and finally,
the gravitational pull of the earth.

Categories Consciousness, Human 2.0, Poetry, Rationalism, Short, Thoughts

Laser Warfare

Apr 10, 2013 //

Drones will be the future of war fare. It’s logical proxy for putting oneself in the line of fire. Naturally, defence technology will be working overtime to counter this threat. One of the weapons developed for this is the laser, accurate enough to track a small drone and long enough to burn it out of the sky with it’s laser.

[Wired DangerRoom]

Great, but I think the laser is just for show because it is too easily detected (due to the energy radiation) and once detected, counter measure moves can effectively reduce the concentration of the energy beam to reduce it’s effectiveness.

Also, drone warfare will most probably employ swarms of drones rather than just the one. Imagine a master drone which deploys a cluster of drones upon reaching the strike zone all autonomous without the need for constant communication. It’s easy to see how challenging targeting these swarm weapons will become.

Categories Human 2.0

Google Glass

Apr 10, 2013 //

This is the next level in technology immersion. Technology gets so close to you that it gets out of the way. It will change the way you live by augmenting the way you live. POV sharing your life.

It is easy to see that this is a “moon-shot” for Google – the next big thing that will change increase the gaps between the technocrats and the rest of the world.

The immediate thought that comes to me is: What will we do if Glass runs out of battery?

Categories Human 2.0