Hype and Reality

 I have lived through both- reality of change, and hype, for 65 years plus now. And I believe that I can recognise which is which, most of the time.

The internet and mobile phones synchronising communication and other technologies in a small package, were actually revolutionary, like the Wheel being invented, or 4 of them being put on a moveable frame by Ford (afford-able ones- that's a pun). 

But some of the corporate buzzwords that come and go with predictable regularity are just that- buzzwords. Nothing life-changing is going to happen, except to a few billionaires who may go bankrupt. Which is a good thing, if you see what they are doing after making those billions. 

To educate you, a smattering of buzzwords that more or less went bust or lost their pizzazz over time- Benchmarking, Globalization, Business Process Re-engineering, Agile, SaaS (not the mother-in-law, she still retains a sting), CRM, Service Quality (ha ha!), Good Governance (this is non-existent, mostly, anywhere you look), and a few more that I can't even remember.. to this you can add DevOps, AI, ML, or any others you can think of.

Review of an Unseen Film

 Dhurandhar is the film. In general, I wait for some reviews these days. And if there seems to be a lot of hype, I avoid the film. So I did this, and animal, and a couple of others before this.

Not defending my choice. I am Ok with all kinds of films in general, but something stops me from what I think are over-hyped. I watched a couple of them too, and was disappointed, mostly. 

Netflix or other platforms have a wide choice of content. Sometimes formulaic, but from different countries or cultures, so it's sometimes good to see how Turkish serials emphasise similar things like the Indian counterparts, though it is a bit Westernised in presentation. Or how Scandinavian serials are similar in content and presentation. Spanish and South American content is quite similar to each other in many cases. It's a World Tour, of sorts.

Surprisingly, no Iranian serials are on these platforms. Iranian movies are actually very good.

Women- The Finer Sex

After all the hype about the International Women’s Day has died out, maybe one can be a little more calm (!) and make a few observations about women, without getting stuck in stereotyping and unnecessary exaggeration. Hype is not needed, because, of all the good qualities embodied in a civilized society, most are found in women.

They are cleaner than men. A survey of men’s and women’s bachelor pads should be able to prove this beyond a shadow of a doubt.

They are less violent than men. This is not to be mistaken for lack of courage to face adversity. Women in most societies face more adversity than men.

Maybe due to motherhood, but they are more giving or generous.

They are more graceful than men, both in dress and social etiquette, and more common-sensical, in general. Exceptions for the latter are usually in a shopping arena.

They are more capable of multi-tasking. An average man cannot handle more than one and a half tasks at one time. A woman possibly can do at least twice as many.