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Impact of paradigm shift- The rabbit-duck wars!
source Years ago, a man named Kuhn demonstrated the way in which one can can be made to see a thing as something entirely different, due to paradigm shift. History seems to be repeating itself. The impact of this paradigm shift manifests as rabbit-duck wars-the ones who see a rabbit refuse to acknowledge anyone who sees a duck and are willing to resort to any measure to prove the solitary existence of the rabbit! That doesn’t disprove the co-existence of the two animals in the picture but sure does prove that we no longer care about what the others’ perspective- we are too busy defending ours! One one hand, we…
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Social media, communication & tolerance!
We were all very enthusiastic about the launch of social media. First Orkut and then Facebook made it incredibly easy to locate long-lost friends and re-invent the bond of friendship. It was amazing to be able to share pictures over the internet and be able to see what the little girl who studied with you once had turned into as a young woman or to what your cousin who lives in another country(and seldom visits) looks like. It was almost a revolution that converted a social platform into a million-dollar industry. The world was no longer too big to stay in touch! To add to the connectivity, came devices known…
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Impact of Cartoons-Turning Disgust into Adoration
Who doesn’t love cartoons? We have all loved watching Tom & Jerry and laughed at their love-hate relationship. Somewhere, while sympathizing for Jerry, we fell in love with a creature we normally would cringe our noses at- a mouse! Yes, that is the power of cartoons. They convert even the vicious, scary or creepy crawly things into cute and adorable characters. I think that subconsciously it does tend to remove the associated phobias as children are exposed to these creatures in their hilarious avatars. Cartoons have a deep impact on children’s minds and this one sounds like a good one. 1. Cats are not cunning; they are funny and foolish…
