1. Dodge:- In my Karate sessions (good old IITD days), I was told that a good fighter doesn't waste his energy in unnecessary antics. He doesn't throw around his punches and kicks to feel great about himself. If someone comes to fight him, he doesn't even go and block his rival's blows unless he absolutely has to. But what would he do if he doesn't block the blows that fall on him?
Well, he'd rather dodge! Just let them go! Because every blow doesn't have to be blocked. Every enemy doesn't deserve to be countered. Only shallow men engage in meaningless altercations.
Even in normal life, we must not dissipate our vital energy in blocking every nonsense that we meet in our way. Most of us exhaust our energy in defying (or conforming, it's all the same if you come out tired!) things that are not relevant or significant. We should learn to ignore them, to duck the bouncers. This is not to be confused with cowardice. This is rather a war strategy, if you please, for a higher purpose.
2. Man versus Economic Agent:- I might have posted this in my economy blog. But I decided not to because the matter is not, technically speaking, economic in nature.
Thanks to Kahneman and others, the role of behavioral psychology in economics has been widely acknowledged now. But the opposite is often overlooked, perhaps because it is obvious. But it is important that we do not lose sight of the obvious.
Yesterday, during a discussion, this idea presented itself with a fresh clarity. I noticed that many people exist who would passionately condemn ventures like 'Reliance Fresh'. But the same people would buy its stocks because they are convinced that it would fetch them rich dividends. So, at the end of the day, they would support the same venture in the manner that matters the most. Judging them from their own standards - these investors act lowly.
And each one of these ubiquitous economic agents act lowly - as a consumer, a producer or as an investor. I don't feel any need to use any rhetoric to get this point across.
John might get repelled by mere sight of blood. But if he starts producing weaponries, it is very likely that he would celebrate every prospect of war. After some time, he'd perhaps start defending wars by listing the benefits of it. Similarly, a majority of people hanker after things which were never important to them till yesterday. They don't need them even today, but such is the pressure of being up-to-date that they need them more than things that they actually need - health, leisure and love. In the frenzy of indiscriminate consumption, we forget to say 'No'. And we waste our life in taking things that we take because we don't say no to them. As a result we get indipop and junkfood. 'No' denotes backbone of a person or a society. And we all know what we become when we don't say 'No', especially when we are in market.
With advertisements in TV and economic times subscribed, market has come very close to us, closer than it ever was in the history of man. We stand confused. Perhaps it is for our overall good. Most likely it is not. We must be on guards.
I would rather remain a man than becoming an economic agent.
Well, he'd rather dodge! Just let them go! Because every blow doesn't have to be blocked. Every enemy doesn't deserve to be countered. Only shallow men engage in meaningless altercations.
Even in normal life, we must not dissipate our vital energy in blocking every nonsense that we meet in our way. Most of us exhaust our energy in defying (or conforming, it's all the same if you come out tired!) things that are not relevant or significant. We should learn to ignore them, to duck the bouncers. This is not to be confused with cowardice. This is rather a war strategy, if you please, for a higher purpose.
2. Man versus Economic Agent:- I might have posted this in my economy blog. But I decided not to because the matter is not, technically speaking, economic in nature.
Thanks to Kahneman and others, the role of behavioral psychology in economics has been widely acknowledged now. But the opposite is often overlooked, perhaps because it is obvious. But it is important that we do not lose sight of the obvious.
Yesterday, during a discussion, this idea presented itself with a fresh clarity. I noticed that many people exist who would passionately condemn ventures like 'Reliance Fresh'. But the same people would buy its stocks because they are convinced that it would fetch them rich dividends. So, at the end of the day, they would support the same venture in the manner that matters the most. Judging them from their own standards - these investors act lowly.
And each one of these ubiquitous economic agents act lowly - as a consumer, a producer or as an investor. I don't feel any need to use any rhetoric to get this point across.
John might get repelled by mere sight of blood. But if he starts producing weaponries, it is very likely that he would celebrate every prospect of war. After some time, he'd perhaps start defending wars by listing the benefits of it. Similarly, a majority of people hanker after things which were never important to them till yesterday. They don't need them even today, but such is the pressure of being up-to-date that they need them more than things that they actually need - health, leisure and love. In the frenzy of indiscriminate consumption, we forget to say 'No'. And we waste our life in taking things that we take because we don't say no to them. As a result we get indipop and junkfood. 'No' denotes backbone of a person or a society. And we all know what we become when we don't say 'No', especially when we are in market.
With advertisements in TV and economic times subscribed, market has come very close to us, closer than it ever was in the history of man. We stand confused. Perhaps it is for our overall good. Most likely it is not. We must be on guards.
I would rather remain a man than becoming an economic agent.
3 comments:
I understand that an economic agent is one who facilitates the 'carrying out' of an economic ideology. In any case, he is servile to the thought.
A man, on the other hand, is irrational. And that is perfectly fine -- to be irrational. Man's desire is more of a prime mover than any line of thought he may serve.
It is nice to know that your learning martial arts gave you certain insights into human nature and strategy. However, I want to ask: Does a warrior always remain on his guard for a game, irrespective of whom he is encountering? I think he does, but I dont know for sure...
LOL
What a dumb ass you are. I feel like tickling your tummy. :D
So, is it just my tummy you have a fetish for, or you have a thing for dumb asses?
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