In a world that is constantly trying to make you something else…
Since birth we were told, we could be anything we wanted, do anything we wanted. Be an astronaut, write books, be a detective etc. As we grew up we rationalized this into: we could do, whatever we can do with limited opportunities and resources- There’s only so much everyone can do. But even after we figured out what we rationally can do and will do, how do you be ‘yourself’? There are factors affecting our lifestyles, thinking, habits, social interactions and expectations- How do you make your own independent choices or are your choices really your own?
Pondering about these intellectual, social and lifestyle barriers; I think as the lives become faster than ever before in the history [in post-modern societies]- Are we just being groomed into joining another assembly line [Fordist theory] that has been perfectly structured to fit us in, which is efficient and productive and so well configured that there isn’t possibly a way out of it? How do you make a choice for the way you work- When you are part of a highly integrated and rigid assembly line? I can relate this to a quote I read earlier that goes: ‘nothing is going to change if I quit being me today, or I quit being yours- You will mold someone else into me like you did to me before’. Is that how our corporations/ systems/ societies work? They have a perfectly configured criteria of how a person should be and everyone tries to meet those criteria- At workplaces we are told of a skill set, ideology and KSA [Knowledge, Skills, Achievements] framework that is expected of you. In societies we are branded by what we wear and carry- Doesn’t this lead to the commodification and devaluation of our people? For this reason I believe in ideal conditions people should be taught HOW to think not WHAT to think.
Influence of technology is without doubt amazing in our lives. We wake up to a blackberry or iphone, travel with a tablet in our hands, in an office where we work on computers to return to homes to enjoy PS3 with
Pondering about these intellectual, social and lifestyle barriers; I think as the lives become faster than ever before in the history [in post-modern societies]- Are we just being groomed into joining another assembly line [Fordist theory] that has been perfectly structured to fit us in, which is efficient and productive and so well configured that there isn’t possibly a way out of it? How do you make a choice for the way you work- When you are part of a highly integrated and rigid assembly line? I can relate this to a quote I read earlier that goes: ‘nothing is going to change if I quit being me today, or I quit being yours- You will mold someone else into me like you did to me before’. Is that how our corporations/ systems/ societies work? They have a perfectly configured criteria of how a person should be and everyone tries to meet those criteria- At workplaces we are told of a skill set, ideology and KSA [Knowledge, Skills, Achievements] framework that is expected of you. In societies we are branded by what we wear and carry- Doesn’t this lead to the commodification and devaluation of our people? For this reason I believe in ideal conditions people should be taught HOW to think not WHAT to think.
Influence of technology is without doubt amazing in our lives. We wake up to a blackberry or iphone, travel with a tablet in our hands, in an office where we work on computers to return to homes to enjoy PS3 with