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Once your basic needs are met, the Maslow’s need hierarchy kicks in.
septuagenarian
“There can be nothing more private than the genetic code we carry, right? I asked during one of my presentations to the audience - how many of you would share your DNA samples if I can offer you free Gene sequencing. It can effectively predict your future health. About 40% of the audience raised their hand. The remaining 60% thought privacy was an issue. When I did a similar survey among millennials – more than 80% agreed to share. The gene sequencing currently costs 1000 dollars, but the price has been coming down consistently. If it really becomes free one day, I don’t think anyone will
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Privacy in digital world
happy and hale.
“That’s why I say that in this age of AI, data privacy is a utopian concept. Knowingly or unknowingly, everyone will agree to share their data for the right benefits.
The topic mentioned was very generic.
Satvik responded incredulously.
“Sometimes you have to do monkey balancing,”
“Shalini, I am not sure if it is true, but it seems Steve Jobs never gave the iPhone and iPad to his own kids. Because he was aware of the bad influence the devices can have on the development of a child. They can be addictive; they can hamper the healthy development and growth.”
Social media is one of the most dangerous platforms for the impressionable mind.
knee jerk reactions
The user is not aware that the contents have been highly tailored to influence his political preferences.
“Another reason that passive users feel anxiety is that the social media posts are highly curated bordering on perfection – a perfect family photo, a perfect holiday video creates more dichotomy between the real life and the projected life. The farther we get from reality, the more stress we invite when we hit routine humdrum of our daily lives.
Ivy League
Anonymity does strange things to human psychology, it makes an introvert who hardly speaks in public, a fiercely outspoken person,”
collective outrage
“Apes don’t worry so much about what the other apes are thinking about them. The maximum they worry about is the natural danger and other animals. Humans, on the other hand, spend most of the time thinking about what fellow human beings are thinking. “
“The most important reason that we face stress today is because we don’t live in the present moment. More than 90% of the time, our mind is either living in the past or worrying about the future. We don’t live here and now. Our body always lives in the present, but our mind cleverly escapes our body to wander into all kind of negative thoughts. It always appears as our mind is flying at high speed and our body is trying to catch up with the same. There is a dichotomy of the mind and body that creates stress in all of us.
This pattern of skipping the current moment has got so ingrained in us that we have forgotten how to live ‘here and now’ and it has made us a miserable lot,”
Genetically we have evolved to do more of physical activity and less of sedentary activities.
astute businessman,
riding a tiger.
