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@ śatosha
2024-12-22 14:05:19On the surface, it appears the contest is between the
old guardand thenew innovation.Old seeks to maintain a status quo to ensure a safe passage of their knowledge (wealth) to the new. And the new knows the old as a dependable trustee. The shift, however, must happen, and it needs a trigger - something unwarranted - a mishap to break the umbilical cord. Bigger the ensuing shift, bigger the mishap.
In a way, the mishap marks the beginning of the transition - start of a new time. It is a gun shot to initialize the race. The battle begins at this moment amongst many variants of "new". In fact, many new possibilities crop up to capitalize the opportunity. Having recognized the inevitable, they all stake their claim to being righteous and thus the earnest representation of truth. This happens over and over again as in "history repeats itself". There are many examples[^history] in our recent past though a keen observers may see them in their own backyard.
They occur for the consciousness must evolve to understand the nature of unity[^unit] - the smallest common factor. A mishap is thus a mere setback before the hitherto slow breeding innovations sling into top gear. Such triggers, driven by imperceptible evolution of consciousness are said to be caused by
Prarbdha.Prarbdha, aSanskritword, means something that had already begun. It ties together the past, present and the future - the continuumBramh. In that it also means "fate", because the fate had commenced before the material event physically occurred.[^history]: Battles between old and new in recent history: - IBM was the old. Microsoft and Apple battled for superiority in computing as contenders for new leadership title. For an observes in late 80s it appeared as if big blue is fighting Apple (and later Microsoft) but that was just a trigger. The real battle was between Apple and Microsoft. - Laptop was old, the newcomers iOS and Android are battling for superiority in mobile computing. For quite some time it felt like mobile devices were the PC killers, but the truth is battle is never between the old and the new. It is always among many new contenders. - It appears as big oil is at odds with the EVs or the hydrogen fuel cells. Though the truth is fossil fuel industry will be the biggest investors in sustainable future - because they know first hand about the shift. Sustainable energy is the opportunity for refiners because someone needs to do the work, and they are best positioned to take advantage of this massive opportunity. The real battle is among Solar, Wind , Nuclear and Hydrogen. - Gold is old. It appears that bitcoin is trying to replace Gold. But that is not true. The real battle is with in Cryptos - BTC vs Ether vs Sol vs so many other possibilities. When the dust settles, we will see Gold has its own role to play just like laptop has its own role to play in the increasingly mobile world.
[^unit]: A unit is an immutable part of any measurement. Easy examples - a meter is an immutable unit of length. A kilo is an immutable unit of weight. A unit is part of every measurement - it lends meaning to what is being measured - it is implicit in what is being measured. It is a multiplication that outputs exactly what is being measured. - Little harder example - Number “1” is the unit of multiplication itself. It is there inbuilt into every number (even zero) . It never changes the number when multiplied -> a unit when multiplied with what is being measured , must stay inert - never change the measurement ! But you can't measure anything without a unit … no number exists without "1" - Hard question - What is the unit of consciousness ? By definition, it must be 1) immutable 2) part of every conscious being. 3) must stay inert. - In
Vaidikscience ,Atmais defined as the unit of consciousness. It is immutable, inert and essential. For humans, understandingAtmais as hard as understanding number 1 for say number 8.