THE SMART PERSPECTIVE

There used to be a time when there was no TV.  At that time, people used to live a happy life because they didn’t yet discover TV.  It was only when our elders invented TV that people started spending time in front of screens as it had got the most amusing entertainment shows. The life inside that little frame became the reality of life.  Each individual that appeared on screen was a fully trained actor who knew how to get the attention of his viewers.  Colors used in the background were psychologically tempting, and the discussions were scripted that successfully kept people on the hook for hours. In the last decade of the 20 th century and the 1 st decade of the 21 st century, over-the-top platforms, thanks to the Internet, have made entertainment further easier to access. While the explosion of entertainment is obvious to everyone; however, it is about time to define what impacts it has on our minds. One century back, knowledge was the center of every discussio...

Everyone agrees against true philosophy, but it gets tough when personal stakes lie over the lying business.  Still, one must be willing to accept the truth.  Do not trade your intelligence for cheaper ignorance.  It doesn’t suit you as a human. Everyone knows how to curse, and to a certain extent fight with others, but the one who restrains always makes other people’s hearts warm and respectful towards himself. Being-civil means following the most difficult path in life.  When it’s easier to achieve something by simply lying, telling the truth and sacrificing personal interest isn't easier either.  But it is what honest and civil people do. In Sindh, there is a viral infection of cheating culture.  Students pass their exams through WhatsApp groups.  Those who provide the material in their WhatsApp groups are their teachers and parents.  Whether they successfully achieve top marks through the cheating method or not; they can still go for another o...

  The Smart Perspective | New Series #1 Do what is right In a growing polarized world of social media where everyone’s anger is somehow your problem, and if you don’t take it seriously you become less of a human being. It is time to redefine some priorities. Peer pressure can be seen gaining popularity on Twitter. As a consumer, you are forced to read someone else’s complaints and expected to show solidarity as if it has any value to add to your life (i.e. Omg this airplane company is worse; they delayed our flight for three hours, etc.) Life is precious. Don’t take it for granted. At a young age when most of our responsibilities lie on the shoulders of our parents, we create this illusion that making wrong decisions will have no repercussions on our lives at all. It is not the correct understanding of how life works. You may feel an intense urge to listen to music while there’s a plethora of work left on your desk. I want you to do justice with your life. Pick up on your work beca...

 The Smart Perspective | Waqar Ahmed   Image depicting a person in search of the truth. Let's begin: Look at the picture below and keep your focus on it for a bit moment. You see two boxes filled with two distinct colors. Isn’t it? The two boxes represent two different things: one is wrong and the other is right. Consider these two boxes representing a simple scientific fact. Only one fact could be right. In some cases, one fact is the absolute reality, while the other provides half-correct information. But in this case, we are assuming that only one fact could be correct, which leads us to the conclusion that the other fact is wrong. The real question is how do you know, which fact is wrong? In the boxes, you could see clearly, that one box mentions ‘wrong’ and the other ‘right’. You can easily identify for yourself the box you would want to opt for. But real life is complex. It doesn’t come in the boxes where you have to select any one of them. No, it’s way difficult...

Waqar Ahmed | The Smart Perspective Scientists have done basic research to provide a sensible definition of the edge of the Universe. But whether the universe we have found after Big Bang is unique or there is the possibility of its other copies in this ever-increasing dark space, remains undefined.  String theory was the only hope for a few people to provide evidence that there's more to this Universe. However, where there were true believers of String theory who defended multiverse to their throats, there were also some of the strongest protests from the other side who firmly rejected the very idea of Multi-verse. But unlike the neuro-cognitive field of the brain, which for most of human history has remained mysterious, the Universe theory has been under various debates for centuries and we know a lot about it. Still, all the major theories and scientific evidences have yet to provide a proper definition of the Universal enigma. From a scientific perspective, it's a real war ...

  Waqar Ahmed | The Smart Perspective This blog is based on the idea of “human irrelevance due to growing impact of AI & Machine Learning” from the Book of Yuval Noah Harari's “21 Lessons for the 21 st Century.” Technology has changed everything from writing and printing to communication and business dynamics. In simple, human super-engineering has made technology so smart that almost every hardest job has now become easier and enjoyable. As technology got more and more acceptability among humans, it also brought with it the menace of inequality. Instead of supporting the narrative of Humanity’s globalized world, technology has brought before us a challenge of human division. With the growth of technical data and skills, most of the people who belonged to old skill sets have started feeling irrelevant. Artificial Intelligence and machine learning have definitely made our lives easier, but it has definitely put a huge challenge before us in terms of intelligence & competenc...

 Waqar Ahmed | The Smart Perspective Based on the Philosophical Theory of David Deutsch about the Knowledge! One of the easiest things to do in this world is to simply fake things that you know nothing about.  It would set you free from going back into the sources to confirm that what you said was right or wrong.  There is a huge difference between understanding and pretending to be knowledgeable about something.  The former is the real hard work and its drains your mental energy and the latter is just a blush. Society these days is forced into arbitrary issues that need very simple and logical solutions yet they seem to never go away.  Why is that? It is because micro-level issues are not that important to worry about in a common human perspective.  As a result, these little issues compound in years to create big problems which become a serious headache to the progress. All issues have one single root that connects them, and it also provides us the opportu...