As a person born in the early 70s, I was trained to look for "Intelligent" Behavior or whatever that meant to me. That was, at a time when Information was hard to come-by and it was costly to acquire/archive information. With luck, I could get access to book shelves (private and public) by virtue of being born in a town with a good public library and a set of remarkable individuals.
From 1989 ( from 17 to 21) to 1993, I tried to become the most "intelligent" man in the universe! In those times, reading Encyclopedia Britannica cover to cover would have helped me achieve that. At least, I believed so. In fact, I read twelve volumes of Micropedia and got tired to pursue twenty volumes of Macropedia.The Encyclopedia Britannica comprised of thirty two volumes.
I was a voracious reader for a period of four years. That shaped my intellect and pretty much decided my path in life. Based on this foundation, I aced in Computer Programming. That gave me a career, and a "good" life.
The saying in those days were, "How Intelligent you are?" . Those were the times when Analytical Intelligence and Intelligence were synonyms.
With the advent of Internet, Slowly things began to change. Institutions were built to liquidate the influence of individuals. By using Divide and Conquer (Division of Labor) and institutionalization, companies in fact, marginalized some Individuals in the Software Industry. This empowered another set of Individuals, who are better at collaboration.
Now, the saying is , "How are you intelligent?". Institutionalization made collaboration, an imperative. They brought in things like Procedural intelligence, Emotional Intelligence etc. to the mainstream of human socio/economic affairs.
Despite noticing these changes, some Individuals still kept on worshiping Analytical Intelligence, a self defeating excersize. I have slowly distanced from them. But, DNA is still that of those group.
After doing contemplation for a period of sixty days,I have understood that being Sensible is more rewarding than being Analytically sound. So, I have decided to Morph my Intelligence to Sensibility.
"After contemplation, I have realized that there is nothing called Intelligence. It is just a matter of Stimulus and It's response. Men, respond to the Stimulus and Response decides the outcome. If Response leads to a positive outcome for the Individual or group, he or she is considered intelligent"
May be, this blog will reflect that transformation.
From 1989 ( from 17 to 21) to 1993, I tried to become the most "intelligent" man in the universe! In those times, reading Encyclopedia Britannica cover to cover would have helped me achieve that. At least, I believed so. In fact, I read twelve volumes of Micropedia and got tired to pursue twenty volumes of Macropedia.The Encyclopedia Britannica comprised of thirty two volumes.
I was a voracious reader for a period of four years. That shaped my intellect and pretty much decided my path in life. Based on this foundation, I aced in Computer Programming. That gave me a career, and a "good" life.
The saying in those days were, "How Intelligent you are?" . Those were the times when Analytical Intelligence and Intelligence were synonyms.
With the advent of Internet, Slowly things began to change. Institutions were built to liquidate the influence of individuals. By using Divide and Conquer (Division of Labor) and institutionalization, companies in fact, marginalized some Individuals in the Software Industry. This empowered another set of Individuals, who are better at collaboration.
Now, the saying is , "How are you intelligent?". Institutionalization made collaboration, an imperative. They brought in things like Procedural intelligence, Emotional Intelligence etc. to the mainstream of human socio/economic affairs.
Despite noticing these changes, some Individuals still kept on worshiping Analytical Intelligence, a self defeating excersize. I have slowly distanced from them. But, DNA is still that of those group.
After doing contemplation for a period of sixty days,I have understood that being Sensible is more rewarding than being Analytically sound. So, I have decided to Morph my Intelligence to Sensibility.
"After contemplation, I have realized that there is nothing called Intelligence. It is just a matter of Stimulus and It's response. Men, respond to the Stimulus and Response decides the outcome. If Response leads to a positive outcome for the Individual or group, he or she is considered intelligent"
May be, this blog will reflect that transformation.
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