Mind, Incompetence, and the Rise of AI: Navigating Mental Clarity in a Measured World In our previous blogs, we have covered the aspects of the mind, every person deals with, in their day to day life. As we move on to more general open ended topics/concepts, for a single point of view there may be contrary, supporting and thousand other point of views. That is the way the mind and logic is and the way the discussion should be. Incompetence and handling it Competence in simple terms can be defined having the required ability combined with a minimum quality standard, when the either the standard is not met or the ability is missing, it is termed as incompetence . This is not a blog about do it yourself tips in handling the perceived incompetence. There is no magic wand to handle incompetence. Only solution is to objectively look at what is lacking, the ability or the minimum standard, or both, then get to work on it. Excuses, procrastination are all milestones in the journey towards co...
Why Emotional Intelligence Matters More Than Ever
In our last blog we looked at words, memory links and triggers. In this blog let's explore what is emotion, the link between emotion and mind generally referred to as emotional intelligence and the best way to explore them.
Mind and Emotions
The experience of life is enriched by the type of emotions we carry. Highly contrasting emotions are triggered within us, while meeting a sweet dumb person or a prickly intelligent person. The emotions which we project and which we are subjected to invariably decide the quality of our life experience.
What are Emotions ?
Creatures await, the cosmic song and dance, with roaring sounds and piercing lights, to breaks the deep dark silence hanging above.Many colorless drops of lives follow, travelling miles from sky to earth, to nourish the longing creatures below.
Another deep red river flows up and down in silence, nourishing the flesh and bones.It dances to a two pace tune, of an organ of epitome called the heart.
Riled passions and treacherous thoughts combine, to force the river to change its course.From body to earth as it moves shriek's of pain and agony follow.
Earth watches in silence, as countless heads take its turn, to rest on its lap.
A story all well known to generations of the past, present and to future?.
An heartless mind it is, an heartless mind it is !
Any attempt to describe what is a emotion in words , is truly a waste of energy and time.
Emotional Intelligence
In general perception, emotions are not associated with the mind, intelligence is, emotions are associated to the heart. As with every other organ in the body, there is link between the heart and the mind too. Emotions and intelligence are often seen as contradictory not complimentary.
The mind is the one which triggers the emotions using the memory link which it has built up over time. This sequential and/or logical storage and retrieval of information is job at which the mind excels. In our living experience it seems heart is the only organ which can override the mind's dictates.
Head over Heart or the other way around?
We can observe the loosening of the mind's dictates watching children's play , sequence logic and game rules mean little to them, its the fun and joy that is primary importance. In the current social set up the focus and priority is to see the logical aspect of the mind, sharpened as quickly as possible at an young age.
Sharpening and excessively focusing on the logical aspects on the mind has its pros and cons. Once again we go back to the choice between sweet dumb person or a prickly intelligent person, does this have to be the choice ? Or there is another way around.
AI Vs EI - Artificial Intelligence Vs Emotional Intelligence
With the advent of artificial intelligence all the logical works done by humans will be gradually taken over by smart algorithms. This offers a ray of hope to the future crop of men and women who can devote time, to cater and develop the non logical parts of the mind.
Is there a right mix?
Whatever is right mix of intelligence and emotions, let each individual decide on it. Prodding, pushing and coercing to move the needle to one side is not the way to go about things. If human history is anything to go by, there is no mystery on guessing what is going to happen.
Flowering seeds need initial protection, once the flowers bloom, the sight, smell and the taste of its fruits , that it produces, ensures it survival. Nothing is set in stone, let our intelligence bloom to allow the magic to happen. The magic of a happy mind and a happy life.
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