When I read this blog by Adam Frank thoughts expressed in it immediately resonated with me. I always used to wonder why people complain so much about small things when there are so many amazing things happening around us? Why do some people get upset over minor things when there are many big issues that deserve our attention? Actually, we all are witnessing the most advanced era of our civilization. We have the best possible physical comfort and problem-solving tools which were not available to any of our previous generations. I agree that we still have many social and economic issues that need our attention but at the same time, there are so many amazing things that are going on around us. We miss appreciating them while busy complaining about things we are still trying to fix.
If we look around us there are a lot of amazing things happening. Some amazing things have been discovered in the last few decades; for example, air travel is very common now and very safe compared to 100 years ago, sea travel is also exciting and full of fun (just look at cruise ships), and we have eradicated many life-threatening diseases due to amazing progress in various branches of science. If you look at some amazing and cool inventions in many areas then you will understand what I am talking about. There is an explosion of inventions in the areas of information technology, medicine, health care, travel, crop production, food processing, etc. Some of these inventions we misuse and create problems for ourselves but the inventions as such are really great. Internet and social media have opened a new universe for all of us. There are so many things to do that even one lifetime seems very short to experience all these amazing things. The most wonderful part is many of these inventions are easily accessible and affordable to all of us, they are not restricted to very few rich and famous. We all can experience them and appreciate them. I still feel amazed whenever I travel via airplane or use a touchscreen device. Wireless internet thrilled me when I used it for the first time. We used to queue up to check our emails on common computers and used to use department email IDs, not individual email IDs. Can you believe today sharing an email with the entire department where you work? I was so happy and thrilled when I opened my first email account on Yahoo, it was a huge improvement from the telnet account that I was using.
Whenever I fly on a plane I still can't stop wondering how such a heavy object, carrying so many people and cargo can fly so high in the sky. I still wonder how satellites transfer wireless signals so fast. How do people live in space? As a scientist, I understand all the technical aspects but still, these wonders fascinate me. I feel lucky and fortunate that I live in such amazing times where so many wonders are happening every day, I enjoy every bit of it. I agree that there are many problems to fix, and many issues to address. We all have to work hard to solve these problems but all these things don't stop me from appreciating amazing things around me. We witness these miracles every day but still somehow fail to appreciate them. So let's appreciate the happiness around us, let's enjoy the roller coaster ride rather than complaining about the turbulence.
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If we look around us there are a lot of amazing things happening. Some amazing things have been discovered in the last few decades; for example, air travel is very common now and very safe compared to 100 years ago, sea travel is also exciting and full of fun (just look at cruise ships), and we have eradicated many life-threatening diseases due to amazing progress in various branches of science. If you look at some amazing and cool inventions in many areas then you will understand what I am talking about. There is an explosion of inventions in the areas of information technology, medicine, health care, travel, crop production, food processing, etc. Some of these inventions we misuse and create problems for ourselves but the inventions as such are really great. Internet and social media have opened a new universe for all of us. There are so many things to do that even one lifetime seems very short to experience all these amazing things. The most wonderful part is many of these inventions are easily accessible and affordable to all of us, they are not restricted to very few rich and famous. We all can experience them and appreciate them. I still feel amazed whenever I travel via airplane or use a touchscreen device. Wireless internet thrilled me when I used it for the first time. We used to queue up to check our emails on common computers and used to use department email IDs, not individual email IDs. Can you believe today sharing an email with the entire department where you work? I was so happy and thrilled when I opened my first email account on Yahoo, it was a huge improvement from the telnet account that I was using.
Whenever I fly on a plane I still can't stop wondering how such a heavy object, carrying so many people and cargo can fly so high in the sky. I still wonder how satellites transfer wireless signals so fast. How do people live in space? As a scientist, I understand all the technical aspects but still, these wonders fascinate me. I feel lucky and fortunate that I live in such amazing times where so many wonders are happening every day, I enjoy every bit of it. I agree that there are many problems to fix, and many issues to address. We all have to work hard to solve these problems but all these things don't stop me from appreciating amazing things around me. We witness these miracles every day but still somehow fail to appreciate them. So let's appreciate the happiness around us, let's enjoy the roller coaster ride rather than complaining about the turbulence.
Thanks for reading and please share your views on this topic.
Links:
1. Everything's Amazing And Nobody's Happy- Adam Frank
2. Everything's+Amazing+ +Nobody's+Happy-Youtube link
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