Dushan's Website
Thank you for 30 marvellous years
Extra
No Time For Token Contributions
Once upon a time there was a fire in a small town. The fire
brigade rushed to the scene, but the fireman were unable to get
through to the burning building. The problem was the crowd of
people who had gathered not to watch but to help put out the
fire. They all knew the fire chief well—their children had
climbed over his fire engines during excursions to the fire
station, and the friendliness of the fire chief was legendary.
So when a fire broke out the people rushed out to help their
beloved fire chief.
Unfortunately the townsfolk were seeking to extinguish this
raging inferno with water pistols! They’d all stand there, from
time to time squirting their pistol into the fire while making
casual conversation.
The fire chief couldn’t contain himself. He started screaming at
the townsfolk. “What do you think you’re doing? What on earth do
you think you’re going to achieve with those water pistols?!”
The people realised the urgency of the situation. How they
wanted to help the fire chief. So they started squirting more.
“Come on” they encouraged each other, “We can all do better,
can’t we?” Squirt, squirt, squirt, squirt.
Exasperated the fire chief yells again. “Get out of here. Your
achieving nothing except hindering us from doing what needs to
be done. We need firemen who are ready to give everything
they’ve got to put out this fire, people willing even to lay
their lives on the line. This is not the place for token
contributions”
Source: Soren Kierkegaad
The Human Odyssey...
The earliest remains of the Homo
sapiens yet discovered dates back to 300,000 years.
We probably evolved in the
African region,
but then migrated to the rest of the world. Although our
physical appearance changed over time, our race didn't: we
remained human beings.
Remains of the world's
earliest religious worship site
have been discovered in Botswana, where our ancestors performed
advanced rituals, worshipping the python some 70,000 years ago.
So many religions have emerged and disappeared that no religion
can claim superiority over other religions. Religion is only one
of the
means to realize God, but
it is not an end to itself.
The central problem facing our planet is human overpopulation.
Today there are over
8 billion beings on Earth and the
population is still growing. There are too many people and
not enough resources for all of us. Yet,
we are not addressing this
problem responsibly. Do you really think your life will be
better if there are more people of your colour,
caste or creed on
Earth?
Initially used as fire for light, heat, cooking and for safety,
energy has been harnessed by humans for millennia. Today, fossil
fuels have become our main energy sources. This is leading to
climate change and global warming.
The Earth has entered a new era called
anthropocene, which marks
the beginning of the
sixth mass extinction. Many species have already disappeared
from the planet and our own days, as a species, are numbered.
Artificial intelligence has surpassed human intelligence. While
humans think they will be using
AI to win wars against other
nations, AI itself has outwitted human psychology to make us
lose each and every war. Warfare has never been a solution to
human problems...