| by Victor
Cherubim
( December
23, 2012, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) 11hrs. 11 min. 11 sec. on the 21.12.2012
has passed, with the world still spinning around. We have survived – the Mayan
apocalypse. Anxious children and worried believers of the end of the world are
in a state of relief, still amazed. But there are many who continue to fear the
end of time. For most, if not many, the Mayan moment in history was an
eye-opener, in “creative destruction.”
When
history comes to record this moment in time, we will see that this prophecy was
the beginning of a new era. It is a leap forward for mankind. It is the New Age
of a Digital World. It is all about taking advantage of the unexpected.
“Today
it is the quality of thinking in the digital age that gives one the edge. It is
the idea that opens new doors. It is the technique that solves a problem.”
The
models and ways of working that brought success for much of the 20th
century are no longer capable of sustaining and carrying them forward into the
21st century.
There
is a new physics of life, of thinking, of life. The new ways of doing things
are shaking up business in a digital world. The one thing in common with all
this anxious expectation is:
“They change, change,” by taking advantage of
the unexpected.
We
are in the mode of “Create, communicate and connect,” the internet to life in
the 21st century. Creativity
has become the start of a shared social experience. We are moving from the
individual to the social network, not vice versa as before. This is the
challenge in the internet world, following a stream of tweets, to joining
Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin etc, from checking for transparency in our world.
As
the internet world is time scarce. Time shifting is one strategy. This means
people doing things when and where and what time they want to. Today this is
liberation. Checking your bank balance on line, anytime, day or night, is a
quantum leap in convenience from the way we did.
The
simple word is the “living machine.” It is the internet of things. Machines
talking to machines, without human intervention. It was thought of, but now we
have it. Built in programmes, say in
washing machines, reporting direct to manufacturers computers through an
interface, to communicate with that the particular model at a particular
address for a replacement of a worn out part. We already see sensors on
highways and roads measuring pollution. What
is happening is a revolution of sorts, the language of the market, standing by
with a message in the new age of transparency.
In
this new age, one thing is becoming clear; power is dispersing, from the State
to the People. We see this happening all over the world. We conveniently call
it “the Arab spring,” when we refer to political power. When people speak to
people via the social media, we feel the transparency in this language of
power. The so called “institutional prejudice” is now being challenged by the
people.
Another
way of connecting on the internet is personalisation. It is making things your
own; crafting your own information using “net vibes” not only to do personal
messages but also to do business. We now see that business reality is fuelled
by the real insight into what the internet can do.
Last
but not least of the changes we see after doomsday is “immediate satisfaction.”
Immediacy is the gap between events happening and people finding out about
them. The Mayan moment is continuously shrinking the gap between personal desires
aroused by coping with change - constant change – and being immediately
satisfied.
Though
the Mayans are history, what is continually challenging our mind is the way we
respond to “constant change” in our lives. In this respect we have none better
than Lord Buddha who taught us how to “manage” change. It is as simple as a way
to control “desire.”
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