Few more days passed by. Lot seems to be happening in World at large and of course my life as well. The world seems to be grappling with what's right with respect to the turmoil in Libya. Should the dictator there continue to rule as citizens there themselves cannot overthrow him due to sheer force he possess. Alternatively, the world at large in the name of human rights can intervene in Libya and go after the dictator there. These are difficult questions as underlying this discussion is huge quantum of resources which Libya has. This is the reason the whole world seems to be interested in Libya but not in many other African countries with similar challenges. Allied forces (USA, France and Britain) have taken a strong anti Gadaffi position which means using military means to help Libyan people. India, China and Russia have taken positions which are different again driven by their perspective on how to benefit best from Oil present in Libya. Incidentally Libyan government has also made lucrative offers to companies from India, China & Russia reciprocating this gesture. The situation in Libya is fast turning itself into a situation where the line between what's right and what's wrong is blurred. The root cause of all these issues is inconsistent spread of resources which are needed for material prosperity of humans across all the countries. This causes all the tensions which we notice. This can be addressed in one of the three ways:
1. Forget material prosperity and focus on spiritual prosperity. However eccentric and stupid this might sound, the fact is this feature does show itself up in many places around the world. People in Bangladesh are happier than those in USA is perhaps an outcome of this. Though this aspect of human life is fast disappearing with a globalised world view coming in.
2. Get rid of all the international borders and ensure that all the resources are equally shared by all. Impossible you all might say. For me its the other way, I have found it extremely difficult to understand what's different between a Punjabi in Ludhiyana and Lahore and what's common between the Punjabi in Ludhiyana and Tamilian in Chennai. These international borders are artificial creations and can be done away with provided we all put our heart into it. Having said this, I fully realize this would never materialize for obvious reasons.
3. Intervene with technology to ensure that one type of resource which is abnormally concentrated in one part of the world does not become more important than its fair share. For example, we need disproportionate focus on renewable sources of energy to get rid of irrational responses we have seen from all countries on Libyan crisis. This is perhaps our biggest hope for future but we need to improve our focus on this now.
Perhaps I am thinking a bit too much about the crisis in Libya and associated causes. It may be that I am making a simple issue complicated by using what may be termed as intellectual and stupid arguments by others. This brings me to another thought which has occupied my mind space for quite some time now i.e. intellectual dishonesty. I have been off late accused by multiple people of this. This also "seems" to be the underlying driving force for the way various countries are reacting to Libyan crisis. My simple take on this intellect beyond a point (the threshold level is very low) is senseless. Somebody has captured this thought nicely by saying that "a good rule of thumb is that too clever is too dumb". More on this some other time with a slightly more personal take.
1. Forget material prosperity and focus on spiritual prosperity. However eccentric and stupid this might sound, the fact is this feature does show itself up in many places around the world. People in Bangladesh are happier than those in USA is perhaps an outcome of this. Though this aspect of human life is fast disappearing with a globalised world view coming in.
2. Get rid of all the international borders and ensure that all the resources are equally shared by all. Impossible you all might say. For me its the other way, I have found it extremely difficult to understand what's different between a Punjabi in Ludhiyana and Lahore and what's common between the Punjabi in Ludhiyana and Tamilian in Chennai. These international borders are artificial creations and can be done away with provided we all put our heart into it. Having said this, I fully realize this would never materialize for obvious reasons.
3. Intervene with technology to ensure that one type of resource which is abnormally concentrated in one part of the world does not become more important than its fair share. For example, we need disproportionate focus on renewable sources of energy to get rid of irrational responses we have seen from all countries on Libyan crisis. This is perhaps our biggest hope for future but we need to improve our focus on this now.
Perhaps I am thinking a bit too much about the crisis in Libya and associated causes. It may be that I am making a simple issue complicated by using what may be termed as intellectual and stupid arguments by others. This brings me to another thought which has occupied my mind space for quite some time now i.e. intellectual dishonesty. I have been off late accused by multiple people of this. This also "seems" to be the underlying driving force for the way various countries are reacting to Libyan crisis. My simple take on this intellect beyond a point (the threshold level is very low) is senseless. Somebody has captured this thought nicely by saying that "a good rule of thumb is that too clever is too dumb". More on this some other time with a slightly more personal take.
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