I read the below quote in one of my fav blogs...
"We're not by nature always entirely at ease with nonstop domesticity. (I am not advocating infidelity; what I've got in mind are other forms of psychic renewal.) Don't mistake me. The virtues of a rooted life are real. It's just that, as with agriculture, they can be practiced too intensively and deplete the soils"
-- William Kittredge.
It just seems to be true..atleast in my case!
why is it that there is always a feeling of restlessness?
i am still wondering how i stayed in a company for 5 years without this thought and why i am having this feeling only for the last 1 and half years....
what changed now? not sure...
Oct 18, 2007
Oct 15, 2007
Oct 10, 2007
Bias
I have been typing a post on Aynrand's libertarian thoughts... and yet to finish the same :)
Was thinking quite seriously about one specific topic over this week -- Bias, a simple one and not as strong as prejudice.
I had never been able to come up with any rational reasons as why we like some people on first sight, why we feel averse over few people on first sight... maybe it boils down to Body language of the individual in picture or to something called Likability factor of the individual.
And infact this is not only specific to people whom we see in person... this bias is applicable even while answering a few mobile marketing calls... atleast here, maybe our reply might depend on our current state of mood as well.
But interestingly, when we like some people, we really overlook the minor mistakes made by them and we are also very lenient and flexible while interacting with these people.
and the thing is, it doesn't happen always and also not with many individuals.. it happens only in very few instances with few individuals...
also i was wondering whether everybody faces these instances of bias... checked with 3 of my friends... two of them completely agreed with me... other mentioned that he feels only averse on seeing new people :) (well he seemed to have had a bad day in office and i ended up asking this question quite enthusiastically:))
Was thinking quite seriously about one specific topic over this week -- Bias, a simple one and not as strong as prejudice.
I had never been able to come up with any rational reasons as why we like some people on first sight, why we feel averse over few people on first sight... maybe it boils down to Body language of the individual in picture or to something called Likability factor of the individual.
And infact this is not only specific to people whom we see in person... this bias is applicable even while answering a few mobile marketing calls... atleast here, maybe our reply might depend on our current state of mood as well.
But interestingly, when we like some people, we really overlook the minor mistakes made by them and we are also very lenient and flexible while interacting with these people.
and the thing is, it doesn't happen always and also not with many individuals.. it happens only in very few instances with few individuals...
also i was wondering whether everybody faces these instances of bias... checked with 3 of my friends... two of them completely agreed with me... other mentioned that he feels only averse on seeing new people :) (well he seemed to have had a bad day in office and i ended up asking this question quite enthusiastically:))
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