Cyberpunk Baby

So my solution to this is intently observing other people doing insanely regular shit to try and mimic them.

Through my recently found self-awareness - something I thought I had already seen cavernous depths of - of my own regular movements and motions, I can only describe myself as a shifty-eyed panicky slurring hobbity-ass creature of doom.

This video places extreme importance on commitment to taking an action than indecisiveness that may lead to inaction. This can be misleading

There is an hidden assumption about employing some level of common sense while being decisive. You cannot place action over inaction ALWAYS

I had resolved to be more active politically this year and this was one of the steps of the program if you will. And the first step was really to talk to people in person rather than from behind a screen. As age wears on, I've found this prospect of engagement ever more frightening, and it's because I did not grow in proportion to my adult aspirations. But I'm determined to mend it.

The talk was hosted in the headquarters of the trade union which was in a nondescript, almost hidden room in an old building in one of the oldest markets of the city. The room was small but clean and stocked with all the necessities of homing a person - a fridge, kitchen, bed, books, a working station and a place to organise conversation and debate.

Per standard indian practice, the room was nearly empty even 15 mins past the scheduled start time. Soon after that, the room seemed too small for the flood of delinquent inquisitives who sat or stood wherever they could to listen to the speakers.

Being in rooms like these makes you realise how morally castrated you have to be as part of a corporate job where terrorising your conscience is a required competence. So it is heartening to see people who are required by their jobs to have a moral lens to the world, while acknowledging that the freedom of being moral is a privilege - both financial and political - that the speakers clearly had as professors in American universities.

Learning about how academicians collect empirical data was more interesting than the contents of their talk. There is always a psychological distancing between theoretical concepts and the reality you live in, because you know of the complexities and nuances that won't allow for it to be boxed neatly into categories and definitions. So it was so interesting and important to see the working process of scholars, how they translate tangible life into ontologies that help you understand and locate your reality on the map of the world. The infamous Reddies and Baniyas who were just casual stereotypes, through the funnel of their studies, become communities responsible for upholding some of the most vicious caste networks that systematically suppress lower castes from land ownership. They interviewed and studied archetypes of these stereotypes we encounter so often in our lives and who's oppression/tragedies we become complacent about. They also had a close relationship with the trade union members who helped them talk to the people who they had helped organise. Just the existence of a confident union culture is encouraging to see.

What ads I am getting in its place you ask?