Santhosh's ramblings

  A friend who just turned 61, has put this up in his web page, as a reminder to self and others. “Autumn has come; my dream is for it to ripple. It will be a gentle moving away from the intense productivity of summer - one of accolades, awards and ascend...Towards Generative, Spacious. Descent, Falling upwards, a rippling effect. I see an Autumn which ripples to a broader, wider, more gentle, more spacious, quieter, and softer season, for people and communities which I am a part of. A season of receiving, non-achieving and descending - a burst of brilliant and vibrant colours. As autumn leaves fall to the ground, it brings nourishment to the younger saplings. Yet the tree is alive and well because of its deep, deep roots…” https://www.weileong.xyz  A beautiful reminder of what to expect from his life in the next couple of decades. Some of the words and phrases are very poignant. Let me dwell on some of the phrases… Autumn Seasons of life. Recognizing seasons of life, is the begi

As we look around, and listen to the global, national, and systemic and structural discussions, there are a few words that seems to describe the “spirit of this age” in which we are living. Uniformity - the quality or state of being the same : the quality or state of being uniform or identical, Conformity - behaviour in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards, Singularity   - the state, fact, quality, or condition of being singular, though this word is also uses for a hypothetical moment in time when artificial intelligence and other technologies have become so advanced that humanity undergoes a dramatic and irreversible change: These three emerges out of the desire to have a Predictability – which is the degree to which a correct prediction or forecast of a system's state can be made either qualitatively or quantitatively. Ultimately these emerge from a need to be in Control - the power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of eve