THE TWO PUSRUITS
THERE are possibly 2 inertias the human mind could hit.
1. the need for movement or progress or change and the
2. the lack of inspiration or direction or pursuit
Whilst the first is an internal process of creating restlessness with the existing the second is purely a function of the environment. There is the individual and the surrounding and many have argued how both are inseparable.
Change is a process that unfolds over time; we live change forward but can only see it backwards. The fantasy of a silver bullet (disambiguation) makes real change untenable. Overall, change does not come merely because it is wished for, however righteous or noble the cause, and whatever the intensity of one’s feeling or disgust with the existing. Change needs to be visualised as an entire system, a mechanism geared to deliver a new outcome, unfolding over time, gathering strength and momentum from actions deliberate and accidental, navigating hurdles and harnessing occasional tailwinds. Change is important to the individual and the society and is often too important to be left exclusively to a few to drive change. Without the rebellious activist, no change can begin, but with only activism, lasting change might not come about. Activism is a hot-blooded business, possessed by a sense of idealistic self-importance, whereas bringing about change might need a measure of cold-blooded wisdom, focusing not so much on championing an immediate cause as much as on fashioning the long-term effect.
Inspiration in today's world is largely a set of visuals usually supplied by media and media ends up following either people or events in the name of developments, not principles and issues. Media follows the break and spread of stories almost at an epidemic speed. Every moment is scrutinized and placed under a constant gaze. The successful use of media requires enormous restraint and an ability to frame issues sharply and calibrate one’s personal exposure; skills that are not easy to learn in real time. It is noteworthy that in the absence of any event worth following, media shows little interest in pursuing the real cause of anything concrete; every story produces its own little island of outrage, but in the world of media, there is no mainland.
either the story is too fast to register or too slow to notice.
1. the need for movement or progress or change and the
2. the lack of inspiration or direction or pursuit
Whilst the first is an internal process of creating restlessness with the existing the second is purely a function of the environment. There is the individual and the surrounding and many have argued how both are inseparable.
Change is a process that unfolds over time; we live change forward but can only see it backwards. The fantasy of a silver bullet (disambiguation) makes real change untenable. Overall, change does not come merely because it is wished for, however righteous or noble the cause, and whatever the intensity of one’s feeling or disgust with the existing. Change needs to be visualised as an entire system, a mechanism geared to deliver a new outcome, unfolding over time, gathering strength and momentum from actions deliberate and accidental, navigating hurdles and harnessing occasional tailwinds. Change is important to the individual and the society and is often too important to be left exclusively to a few to drive change. Without the rebellious activist, no change can begin, but with only activism, lasting change might not come about. Activism is a hot-blooded business, possessed by a sense of idealistic self-importance, whereas bringing about change might need a measure of cold-blooded wisdom, focusing not so much on championing an immediate cause as much as on fashioning the long-term effect.
Inspiration in today's world is largely a set of visuals usually supplied by media and media ends up following either people or events in the name of developments, not principles and issues. Media follows the break and spread of stories almost at an epidemic speed. Every moment is scrutinized and placed under a constant gaze. The successful use of media requires enormous restraint and an ability to frame issues sharply and calibrate one’s personal exposure; skills that are not easy to learn in real time. It is noteworthy that in the absence of any event worth following, media shows little interest in pursuing the real cause of anything concrete; every story produces its own little island of outrage, but in the world of media, there is no mainland.
either the story is too fast to register or too slow to notice.
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