Man
has travelled a very huge time journey from being an ape to a homo-sapien.
During this period of evolution he has treaded the path of Old Stone Age up to
the modern e-age today. With every upcoming age, he had to update himself to
the requirements of the new age. In fact, Charles Darwin himself says in one of
his theories about evolution that 'it is not the strength of the species to
survive that results in survival but it's the flexibility of the species to
adapt to the new conditions'. Hence, I salute to the mankind for having
survived so long. But, are we applying the same upgradation process in our
lives?
Today,
if we don't update our knowledge and wisdom and upgrade ourselves, we might
still survive as human beings but we might be just considered as the outdated
individuals among our tribe. A very simple example to state here is about our
computers only. Earlier we used to use floppy discs to store data but today
there are no floppy drives at all in any desktops or laptops. So we have to be
updated to know the usage of CDs, pen drives, dropbox, googledrive, skydrive,
cloud computing etc for transfer of digital information. I still regret that I
had bought a box set of floppy drives when I bought my PC around 6.5 years
back. Everytime I see those unused floppy discs in my drawer I just feel how
ignorant was I about the developments in the field of computers during my
engineering studies. We need to be aware about the changes that are happening
around us. I definitely agree that it's totally difficult to keep a track of
all the developments but it's surely not impossible to keep ourselves updated
about the new stuff that's getting innovated and discovered in the field that
we are involved in. Else, there is no hope of being in pace with the
competition or even running in the race of life for a satisfying livelihood.
Life
has been blessed upon humans with all the necessary accessories fit in the
human body only to learn more and do more. Being the best gifted species on
this planet we need to do our bit towards the creation we are a part of. We owe
a lot to the world around us. The best way we can honour our civilizations and
the work of all our ancestors is by making sure that we grow what they gave to
us by an inch or as much as we can and hand it over to the future generation
before we leave this earth. If this duty has to be fulfilled we need to make
sure that we are aware of what's happening around us so that we can improvise
on them else we shall remain as the outlaws not from the society we are a part
of but from the community of hardworking individuals who are striving to make
this world a better place to live in. All
of your comments are most welcome!
