Why is the world we live in, unfair



Why is the world we live in, unfair

Sitting in luxury, high over the road

Inside my car, blowing cool conditioned air

Driven around my town, life passing by

Looking thru the window, hidden i spy

Honk blaring, the driver guns thru traffic

Weaving left then right, gifting an odd scare

The window, insulates me with its pane

Insecure within, but allowing me to feign

Soon i notice, my neighbor, just outside

On a bike, in the bus, or just standing there

I shiver and shudder, at the sheer vulgarity

Its loud and clear, no evading the disparity

Blood for blood, we are just the same

Shame builds inside me, tellingly unfair

 There's someone outside, not that fortunate

And could this be passed, as a quirk of fate

Grant me this, when i discern these things

That i be able, willing to help and care

Guide me then, to quit thinking and act

Count my blessing, and go make some impact

How to kill Innovation

Ever since i met my first Mac Book back in 2005, i have been in love with it. Probably even before. I had always been a lover of the Unix OS. And when i had to switch to the windows platform for business needs, i knew i am going to hate every moment of it. And i did.

Anyway, once acquainted with my Mac, i also began to appreciate small nuances made by Apple, and soon was sucked into the "Reality Distortion Field" created by Steve Jobs. But seriously, you have to hand it to him and his team. He clearly defined the concept of innovation, different from invention. There was no need to create some radical new widget if you can drastically improve the functioning of an existing one, or think of how to reuse it for a different purpose. Come on, explain to your kids, that you carried a Sony Walkman (which had a 60 minute or 90 minute playtime), or a CD player and had to constantly carry all the tapes and CDs to play the many different songs.

How do you kill innovation? Education. Well, you would think that education is the one that powers innovation in an inquisitive mind. Well, think again! Today, education is the one that actually kills of any inquisitive spirit left in your kids. And then when the kids come back from school, we the parents do the rest, kill off any effort to find support.

I am not very different. I try to be. But the fear of doing something radical, and failing is so intense and overpowering that if there is any purport left, it is easily suffocated into submission. But try i must. Try we must. Our kids deserve better.

Question. Everything and Anything. Reason Why!