Oh, My Cron...Sorry! meant to type Oh My God and auto correct prompted it to Oh My Cron. The title of the blog and the blog itself is inspired by the hierarchical people to be revered in life, which is imbibed in Indian traditional values which goes thus, Maatha (Mother), Pitha (Father), Guru (Teacher), Deivam (God)
The title kind of sums up the journey each one of the
inhabitants of planet Earth went through the last year. I will try and present
my perspectives from the New Normal Point of view here. Not necessarily in the
same order as the traditional one.
Delta: I slowed down on my blogs after I wrote two on
the Covid19 virus and then felt that this was becoming monotonous and there was
nothing else interesting going around to write about. Since then Covid 19 has
moved on to 20, 21 and 22 versions eclipsing the likes of Windows, iPhone and
Samsung launches and, in the process, taking along with it half a dozen Greek
alphabets too, at least the names of the virus took us back to some elementary high
school algebra. Waiting for versions named after Fourier and Laplace, guess
they have reserved that for more severe mutants. As the virus continues to hold
us at where it matters the most, humankind (to be gender neutral) has been brought
to its knees praying to God.
Meta: As Delta was raging and reigning over the world
there came along another Greek alphabet to establish absolute supremacy over
humankind. This time it was man made, and there was no ambiguity on the origins
of this unlike the Delta. Meta promised unparalleled joy and experience. An
avatar we could take and express and enjoy ourselves and yet do not be ourselves
at the same time. As it is, I’m yet to understand the difference between a
Story and a STORY and Reel and REAL, for me story was all about emotions, the
truth and real flesh blood experiences and even if it was a fictitious one it was
well within my realm of imagination. Unfortunately, the stories of today are so
ephemeral and make believe and false smiles and laughs and those that ‘influence’
you and others around. The meters and meters of reels were rolled around several
spools to create magic that captured emotions. Today a 30 Second snapshots of
100’s of images whizz past you that you almost go blind or a twirl or even a
laugh is a reel and they garner more attention than the real-life stories
around. Stories of people, passion, poverty, purpose, they all go unnoticed. What
I realized was that they wanted the aesthetics of the yesteryears to narrate the
stories in 30 seconds...A filter that is most popular is the old grainy VCR
filter with the date and time covering half the screen.
Crypto:
a combining form meaning “hidden,” “not perceived immediately or with certainty”
As the definition of the term goes it is not perceived immediately or with certainty. I am no authority on this. But people say it’s the next big thing in the Digital Financial world. Move over equities, bonds, derivative and the likes, the big boys of the town are here. The real reels to rake in money are through cryptos. To know less about it and how confused I am, you can read a blog I wrote a while back here about a close cousin of Crypto called NFT. Rightly so, the Greek root to it means Hidden.
So, after we have revered the Meta, that means transcending
(to what, we are yet to figure) and Delta that is simply shaped like a triangle
and denotes a difference mathematically and to Crypto that means hidden, life
has been all Greek and less of Latin which means we have understood it
partially. Sadly, Crypto takes the place of the ‘Guru’ in the traditional hierarchy,
Unlike the Crypto, a Guru knows all and shares all and does not hide anything.
Now finally it’s only the ‘Deivam’ part of the traditional
Indian value Hierarchy that has not found a replacement yet. It might / cannot
be replaced by the antecedents in the original version but in the new normal
version each of them is trying to be the ‘Deivam’ or the God. Meta plays God that
promises happiness and joy in a Virtual world. The Delta happened because
someone tried playing God the creator and Crypto is the hidden God of wealth. Irrespective
of the caste, creed, religion or region one is from, there is one power above us
all that make us what we are collectively, Human.
As a wise man once said....” We might not know what
the future holds for us, but we sure know WHO holds the future!”
