Black, White & Gray - Mind your heads -
What goes into the head is equally important as what goes into the stomach. Keeping a watch on lifestyle ailments is very important, but on the other hand, protecting the brain is also priority, period.
It is also worth the mention that this write-up is not entirely a protest against up-keeping an efficiently functioning small intestine.
Most of us watch what enters the stomach staying wary of ‘tasting powder.’ dangerously ‘happy hour’ sessions or the ills of smoking, be it first or second hand. So, why not protect the head too?
In these times of fast-evolving professional landscapes and an even faster changing mindscapes (thanks to the in-the-minute and on-the-web deluge of information and technology. What the eye sees and the brain picks up is increasingly breeding the need for segregation into ‘useful’ and ‘useless.’
This little shining forethought is most applicable to all minds; young and old alike.
The cyberspace is vast and limitless; there is no end to answers it can provide or generate, should one be querying on a topic. It also most veritably imposes on every person regardless of their willingness or unwillingness - the effects and after-effects of its contents.
Hence, the need arises for double confirmation.
The result is a population that is ‘information-overloaded’ with at most times very little of it proving useful in the daily attempts to excel at work or simply pushing forward life.
Enter the new age behemoth called the social media. Its introduction has further enhanced exchange and consumption of online information. While it does have added benefits, its development has also been instrumental in creating new layers of complexity for a world already overwhelmed with gadgets, gizmos and their applications.
Filtering what we decide to invite into our heads should receive importance, now more than ever. First and foremost, there is an unavoidable need to protect the young minds from swaying into a domain that never consistently stays comfortingly-familiar.
Secondly the society needs to be shielded too, from the negatives of these new age developments. Some highly damaging instances have already played their part in damaging reputations and spreading ill-will.
The result is a population that is ‘information-overloaded’ with at most times very little of it proving useful in the daily attempts to excel at work or simply pushing forward life.
Enter the new age behemoth called the social media. Its introduction has further enhanced exchange and consumption of online information. While it does have added benefits, its development has also been instrumental in creating new layers of complexity for a world already overwhelmed with gadgets, gizmos and their applications.
Filtering what we decide to invite into our heads should receive importance, now more than ever. First and foremost, there is an unavoidable need to protect the young minds from swaying into a domain that never consistently stays comfortingly-familiar.
Secondly the society needs to be shielded too, from the negatives of these new age developments. Some highly damaging instances have already played their part in damaging reputations and spreading ill-will.
The transfer of ‘very personally-shot videos’ behind closed doors using social apps like WeChat on smart phones was an alarming development for a society not previously used to such shockers. Likewise, making enjoyment out of sharing pictures of suicide victims and crime scene horrors also began to raise its ugly head.
The law increased vigil on this, taking measures to deter future incidents and things do seem quiet for now on the front.
The law increased vigil on this, taking measures to deter future incidents and things do seem quiet for now on the front.
However, nothing beats educating the masses, a cue duly taken by the relevant authorities.
Written and Published as a Column in Business Bhutan on June 13, 2015
Black, White & Gray is a column published in the Business Bhutan and solely tagged with the pieces written by this Author.
Written and Published as a Column in Business Bhutan on June 13, 2015
Black, White & Gray is a column published in the Business Bhutan and solely tagged with the pieces written by this Author.
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