Premature babies (preemies), born more than 3 weeks earlier than their expected due date, didn’t have enough time to grow and develop as much as they should have before birth. Premature babies need special care until their organs are functioning properly. They would be normal after this care.
Today, India ranks among the most unequal countries globally, with the top 1% holding 40% of the nation’s wealth and earning an average income 23 times greater than that of the average Indian. Stagnant income growth in 90% of the population.
The philosopher, professor in linguistics, A Noam Chomsky, 95, has lost the ability to speak and write. Already, he cannot walk. One of the most important intellectuals of the century, he is central to the field of linguistics, starting with his Syntactic Structures, and definitive (founder?) in cognitive science, computer science, philosophy, and psychology. Multiple books, lectures, speeches; doctorates; awards. His non-speech mentions: “Social media algorithms create echo chambers where diverse perspectives are rarely encountered, reinforcing confirmation bias and hindering the ability to think critically about different viewpoints.” “I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of human freedom.”
Critical human needs include liberty, community and freedom of association. The truth about political realities is systematically distorted or suppressed by the elite. This web of falsehood can be broken by “common sense”, critical thinking, and understanding the roles of self-interest and self-deception. As such an intellectual, it is his duty to use his privilege, resources, and training to aid popular democracy movements in their struggles. He urges people to criticize their governments’ motivations, decisions, and actions, to accept responsibility for their own thoughts and actions, and to apply the same standards to others as to themselves. A truly democratic society is one in which all persons have a say in public economic policy, not just the ‘ruling elites’. Change is possible through the organized cooperation of large numbers of people who understand the problem and know how they want to reorganize the economy more equitably. He sees reason for optimism in historical examples such as the social rejection of slavery as immoral, the advances in women’s rights, and the forcing of government to justify invasions. He envisions a future with each citizen as a direct participant in the government of affairs. He emphasizes: human nature contained universals such as a standard moral justice as deduced through reason.
His best known works include Manufacturing Consent. It dissects the media’s role in reinforcing and acquiescing to state policies across the political spectrum while marginalizing contrary perspectives. This censorship, by government-guided “free market” forces, is subtler, harder to undermine.
Can we practise inner game, charge Self 2 to take charge? Can we stop interfering, going into team level? Can we read more, more actively, critically, more diverse? Can we read for read sake, read loud? Can we be simple, humble? Can we sleep well, long enough? Can we eat, diet, and fast well? Can we pause, meditate, reflect? Can we spend time in, with nature, macro-micro? Next 10,000 days?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, keep flowing, in sync with the invisible. In N? trivenisangamayoga for 7L.
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