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Mind, Incompetence, and the Rise of AI: Navigating Mental Clarity in a Measured World

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...

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A Heartfelt Confession: My Expertise in Failing

A Heartfelt Confession: My Expertise in Failing In one of our earlier blog, we looked at thoughts, what is it, its relationship with the mind and the impact it has on us. In this blogs we look at fear of failing . Fear of failure - Does it really exist ? There are a many experiences that people shy away from, two out of those are the experience of fear and failure . I ask myself, is there something called " Fear of failure " ?, as I ponder over this, the only conclusion I am able to reach is there is nothing called "Fear of failure" its just an combination of words. We can be fearfully of literally anything, fear of heights , animals , speech , emotions , living, dying, success, failure etc. There is a never ending phobia list . So fear is the underlying experience, the triggers can be anything. It will be worth exploring both words fear and failure. Following the ascending alphabetical order, we will first explore what is failure ? and then explore what is fear ? A...

Why Observation of the Mind Is Key to Joyful Living

Why Observation of the Mind Is Key to Joyful Living We have looked in our previous blogs, what is the apt relationship to maintain with our mind ? and why we need to maintain so?. In the current blog we look at, what is commonly referred to as the chatter of the mind . MIND'S CHATTER TO MINDFULNESS We talked about the constant information pounding of the mind, What does this result in ? More information being stored and memory links forming over time. One of the major consequences of this is the amplification of the existing chatter in the mind. CHATTER or THOUGHTS Until now we have not touched upon the subtle aspect of the mind which is the " thoughts ". The seemingly unorganized and repeated thoughts and it pattern's are generally referred to as the chatter. Everyone hears, see them for themselves and understands what is going on. The inner voice is a constant companion, never fixed ever changing, moving from one extreme to another. Like it or not constantly going ...

From Evolution to Overload: The Mind’s Struggle in a Hyperconnected World

From Evolution to Overload: The Mind’s Struggle in a Hyperconnected World In our earlier blog posts we looked at various aspects of the mind, from the emotional to the action oriented. In this we use the analogy to a machine to help us understand the importance of maintenance and upkeep. The miraculous machine In terms of evolution from a single celled organism to multi celled creatures , humans are at the top of the evolution scale and food chain chain. This evolution has been gradual and over a period of billions of years. The body as a whole is a miracle. The mind is central to this miraculous machine. We touched upon the various functions of the machine, and how it is intertwined with every aspect of life from birth till the end. The mind does not rest even in sleep. This non stop working of the mind without proper care can have serious consequences for an individual. Mind, the machine and it's maintenance - Significance In the earlier post we looked at the information overloa...

Mental Clarity and Joyful Living: Rethinking Your Relationship with the Mind

Mental Clarity and Joyful Living: Rethinking Your Relationship with the Mind In the previous blogs we looked at what we mean by exploration of the mind and what mind is.? Also we looked mind and its functions . The mind plays a very key role not only with in the body but also in our life. In the journey of life certain relationships we are born with like the parents sibling's, certain we take on a few (life partner, friends, mentors) and a few others we create (children's of course). More than any other relationship, there are two entities which remain with us always till the end, one is the body and the other mind. A few choose to look at what kind of relationship should I have with the two entities that are with us always.  What type of relation to maintain with the mind ? Its personal In today's age people prefer shooting themselves in the foot rather than letting the other person do it, mind you in both cases the pain is the same, the only saving grace here is people...

The Essence of the Human Mind: Thought, Memory, and Identity

The Essence of the Human Mind: Thought, Memory, and Identity This is a one among the many blog posts about the mind. In the previous blog we embarked on a journey to explore " Mind Matters ". Links to previous topics are given at the end of the blog. Readers are encouraged to go through the previous blogs .  What is mind ? At the outset even an attempt to define what the word "mind" represents an envious adventure. For the purpose of the blog and for the time being let us limit the definition of the mind as an vital organ in the body that performs a set of predefined tasks. What pre defined tasks? The mind is tasked with receiving input from other physical organs like eyes, ears, nose, skin and tongue perform a series of action on the information received and stores it. For now lets not go into how this takes place in the human body. Broadly the three stage activity of reception, processing and storage of inform...

Understanding the Mind: A Philosophical Exploration of Human Thought

Understanding the Mind: A Philosophical Exploration of Human Thought Exploration The term exploration is used to indicate an intense search of the mind, its functions, its impact, and other facets. Why Explore ? Why not ? In current times, with the advent of the Internet and social media , the availability and accessibility of information are increasing worldwide. The mind is the only tool we use to process the vast amount of information to which we are regularly exposed. The impact that this vast pool of information has on the mind has a direct relationship with the quality of life we lead. The impact of this vast ocean of information on the human mind is rarely openly discussed. Who should explore? Over the course of many inventions, it has been proven that the usage of the invention comes first, and the impact of the inventions takes a back seat. The internet and social media inventions (if we can take the liberty to call them as such !) is no different. We are not even talking ...

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