“Wisdom may be the only gift that could set humans apart from machines otherwise, in terms of intelligence, humans may soon become comparable and possibly find themselves as inferior to intelligent machines. Logically, the day may not be very far when humans may find themselves in an awkward state of […]
Month: June 2019
Run, why walk?
‘At her cremation, he whispered, “Mother, I’ll join you soon on the other side. I pray you find peace at last.” It was like one of their numerous parting hugs at airports. As usual, his eyes were wet, but on this occasion, his hands shivered; they had just consigned her […]
Silent philanthropy is what makes us humans
“Unselfish empathy, compassion and care, without bias or discrimination, define the humanity in its best form. It is better to be a good human before becoming anything else. Expecting others to be good first, as a condition, before taking the necessary initiatives to be good does not help us or […]
To err is human and to forgive divine
‘“To err is human and to forgive, divine”, goes an old English saying, from a poem, An Essay on Criticism, by Alexander Pope (1688–1744), a famous English writer. Two more famous quotes are also from his poems: (a) A little learning is a dang’rous thing; and (b) Fools rush in where angels fear to […]
Nothing is everything. History repeats itself.
“What goes around comes around; that is karma. What goes up must come down; that is gravity. A day is followed by night and winter is followed by summer. Things keep going round and round. We come from nothing and return to nothing, and that is the truth of life. […]