Mole. Avogadro’s Number of atoms/molecules aggregated – 6.02 * 10^23. 1 mole of Hydrogen is 1 gram. Oxygen is 32 grams. Water – 18 grams. It would be worthwhile for all to be literate, number literate, science literate, digital literate, finance literate, human, social, physical, and natural literate. At least to the level of Class 7 of NCERT curriculum-syllabus in all subjects. Can we have this material available freely everywhere in various nuanced forms – books, stories, songs, literature, articles in press, YouTube videos, and so on.
RK Narayan, the foremost English writer in India, failed in English in a pre-university examination. He went on to be an English tutor, then storywriter, novelist informally. Then he became a celebrated and reputed published writer. With Graham Greene championing his work(s). ‘Swami and Friends’; ‘The Bachelor of Arts’; ‘Malgudi Days’; ‘The Guide’ and so on. He continued to write till his death at 94. His brother RK Laxman is a celebrated top notch English Cartoonist in India.
‘Artificial’ intelligence architecture infrastructure in India is growing up. IndiaAI Mission is building data centres to support AI systems, tools and technologies to be commercialized. Mukesh Ambani is investing in partnership with Nvidia Corp. Infosys, TCS, and Tech Mahindra are also investing. Amazon, Dell, Microsoft, Meta, and Google are already adding on to it. We may be a global AI Centre, exporting AI, providing AI services globally from India. AI tools are growing. AI content in Health, Education, Food Systems, Farming and related, Learning et al. Keeping ‘knowledge’ and wisdom generated available to AI base. In all this, it is clear AI is here to stay. Will it be affordable to the poor-vulnerable-marginalized? Will it be inclusive? Will it serve their needs? Will they have a substantial stake on it? In what ways?
‘Ati sarvatra varjayet’. Excess of anything needs to be left, killed, and avoided. Everywhere. Not even our geographies, houses, bodies, and minds. Not even with data. Surely, not explosive amounts of data, day-in and day out. Are we experiencing data overeat, data indigestion? Therefore, are our efficiencies and effectiveness dwindling day-by-day? While we may not avoid getting data bombardment. Maybe, we do not decide this most often. We need to be concerned about how we handle this bombardment.
Can we go to emotions and soul for this? Can we get more emotions into our lives, by living and charging our senses – with nature, with other lives, at micro, and macro levels? Can we bring arts – music, dance, song, literature, painting, cinema etc., into us? Comedy, tragedy, suspense, action et al into our being? Emotions take data that is bombarded at us with their own filters and apply to achieve a wider spectrum of end and purposes. As a result, data we take gets internalized. Can we appreciate, practice, experience arts, yoga, prayer, work, sport, volunteering, and emotions? Can we connect with our inner self, soul as often as possible. Intense few minutes daily meditating, reflecting, and engaging. More intensely, longer times weekly, monthly losing ourselves in the ‘inner’. Can we try, feel, become more complete, more wholesome, more meaningful, more potential realized, used, and offered. Can we be, interacting with core team(s), for conversations, deep intense conversations, co-journeys, and harsh feedback to help us excel? Together, with our emotions, inner self, and core teams, can we internalize filtered data and use it in ways required, useful, meaningful?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, keep flowing alone, together unperturbed. In N? sahagamanayoga for 7L.
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