Don't get shocked seeing the title as I will not go into the analysis and proof of these laws!! This post shall deal with the applications of these basic laws in the day to day happenings and hope I give a reasonable justice to this post. The famous Murphy's law states that "If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong." Murphy laws seems to apply in every field without any exception. Politics, industry, stock markets, sports, relationships, career, family at one point or the other pass through Murphy's laws.
Reading about Murphy's law, I remembered about one more law - Second law of thermodynamics. The second law of thermodynamics states that the entropy (disorder) of the system always increases which means that the instability in a system increases over time. Now, this law was successfully applied in quantum mechanics (one of my fav's) to explain the time-space motion and singularity.
Now leaving the technicals behind, what surprises me is that not only these laws are true in their respective fields but also in the day to day life. The chilled life is decreasing day by day; the world seems to be less safe with every passing day. Conflicts, threats, wars are becoming a way of life. Just ponder over and see for yourself, the amount of violence shown in films, action games depicting suppressible violent content and the hero-mania associated with acts of violence.
It pains that even the nature too, is not left alone!! The amount of deforestation, pollution, global warming and irregular weather patterns all indicate that we are soon on a path of trail. How many times we casually forget about the presence of a dustbin, how many time we tend to switch off lights and fans wasting energy. Murphy's laws exist because of the inherent animal nature of the humans and not because they are to exist.
The issue of corporate governance especially after the recent Satyam episode, brings back to the fore, the issues of accountability and fairness. These two qualities are not easy to imbibe (but definitely possible) and practicing them in this present world of competition is rather a difficult task. But as we see that even the best companies can crash down if not adhered to fairness and accountability.
Even career and relations can go bad if issues are not properly addressed. And they can really go worst if luck isn't on your side. Always better to thank yourself for having good relations and never take things granted. High expectations in career and life can also lead to disastrous results leaving you in insufferable pain. So, always be content with what you have and be willing to give without expecting anything in return.
I definitely do not have a ready to apply solutions to all the world's problems rather, I only want to emphasize that we can always make the society better by making ourselves better and living in a symbiotic relationship with Mother Nature. Else, Murphy's law is ready to strike!!
Signs Off
Urs Ved
9 comments:
so now veda remember wat u said , dont take frnds like me for granted okay
hehe...ok dear..
Very well said ved, it seems that life @ IIM K is teaching u a lot.
Keep the good work going...
Hey Ved.. I read it again.. its a good one, I must admit :D btw u urself have writen that entropy is about disorder (or randomness) :) Anways, thanks to u, today I learnt that disorder is only one way of defining entropy.. check this out if u have time.. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/therm/entrop.html
Thanks dude!! Yeps disorder, entropy are one n the same. Thanks for clearing the diff. b/w stability and randomness.. Zindabad Maddy!!
Hello Veda
I felt this is a very nice post. Indeed the world's problems are increasing and this is because of the inherent animal nature of human beings. Born as a human being, one has to exercise his rational thining power towards higher goals of elevating himself and his consciousness. Otherwise man will indeed remain a two legged animal, which is what we are seeing today.
It is indeed very true that though we cannot change the world, we can change ourself and we can choose to live in harmony with Mother Nature. We may not be aware of the ready to apply solution to "all of the world's problems", but our timeless Vedic teachings do.
About 5000 years ago, in the forest of Naimisaranya, sages headed by Saunaka Rsi inquired from Suta Goswami the following question, "What is the one thing that will bring welfare for all living beings of this world?" This enquiry was directed not just towards the human beings' welfare but towards welfare of every living enetity in existence, which is what makes this question one meant for highest welfare for all. The answer to this question is the subject matter of Srimad Bhagavatam, the principal of the Puranas and a classic literature.
We as responsible members of society, must strive to read and understand these timeless teachings in the proper manner from a bonafide source. Then we can change our life and therby positively affect our zone of influence.
Thank you
Hey Sandy,
quite thought provoking!!
........we see that even the best companies can crash down if not adhered to fairness and accountability....
Here, there is an assumption of a single universal definition for both the qualities and the company has come up best by adhering to these qualities. My claim is "it is difficult for a company to become best adhering strictly to the mentioned qualities in the wake of this competition. It must have redefined accountability and fairness to its needs for its sustenance". So, if there are n number of companies out of which only one company restricts itself to the universal definitions which are known to everybody, what are the chances of its survival.. it gets easily washed off. However, the satisfaction that it was true to itself and has not committed any fraud remains.
So, the question is how many care for that satisfaction??
When it cannot become best by adhering to these qualities in the current scenario, it is not uncommon to assume that a rational company obviously will take chances to become best by any means.
what say??
@radhi:
U can ofcourse be smart to grow but ur path should not lead to systemic failures. Do anything but make sure it doesn't affect others negatively.
Otherwise, ur gonna be ready for a doom.
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