Generationalization: Battle for your Mind

When we compare todays with yesterdays, one can not deny that time is directly proportional to the intensity of a battle that is raging for your mind. Slowly but surely, the passage of time has meant an incremental layer of information that a generation has to assimilate to be able to survive. Small things, like turning on the light, or knowing how to drive a car. Children today now have to know how a computer works, what the channel of their favourite show is…the list goes on. So many things to remember. Just counting the number of goods that we got to know how to work is staggering. So are we smarter than previous generations? If treating our minds as storage dumps is the answer, then we certainly are using more RAM. But when we start to wiegh innovations instead of RAM, the intial hypothesis suddenly seems less sound. theory vs knowledge ( t & k) is the eternal battle. One's preference is a telling seed that sprouts many inferences.

Theory is a admittedly abstract, and at times impractical, but when forced to classify the innovations of our generation, the pile labeled 'incremental improvements' is growing increasingly tall when compared to the pile of 'firsts'. once again an abstract hypothesis, but one which would be validated if one bothered to analyze the types of patents being registered. Im sure about one thing... there are probably more patents of brands these days when compared to yesteryears, a telling sign that innovatiosn are veering towars the corner of incremental improvement, as opposed to life altering. What about the first ice-cream cone or the light bulb or the television (or the remote ! just imagine the link between obesity and commercial uptake of the remote) of befores. A computer that goes 5 seconds faster just doesn't cut it anymore. Incremental improvements are a compromise when compared to the fruits borne by theorists. Things that leave a mark. Da Vinci's scribblings on physics and dreams to fly are but an example.

Imagine life without the airplane.

So theory is obviously an essential step, which might require some knowledge, but the battle is not one that can be easily one. Too many things to do… too many things to remember in this battle for your mind.

to be continued...