VISHAL

Saturday, 14 November 2015

Importance of health by Steve Jobs


Steve Jobs’ Last Words -

I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world.
In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success.

However, aside from work, I have little joy. In the end, wealth is only a fact of life that I am accustomed to.

At this moment, lying on the sick bed and recalling my whole life, I realize that all the recognition and wealth that I took so much pride in, have paled and become meaningless in the face of impending death.

In the darkness, I look at the green lights from the life supporting machines and hear the humming mechanical sounds, I can feel the breath of god of death drawing closer…

Now I know, when we have accumulated sufficient wealth to last our lifetime, we should pursue other matters that are unrelated to wealth…
Should be something that is more important:

Perhaps relationships, perhaps art, perhaps a dream from younger days ...
Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me.

God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth.

The wealth I have won in my life I cannot bring with me.
What I can bring is only the memories precipitated by love.
That’s the true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on.

Love can travel a thousand miles. Life has no limit. Go where you want to go. Reach the height you want to reach. It is all in your heart and in your hands.
What is the most expensive bed in the world? - "Sick bed" …

You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear the sickness for you.
Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – "Life".

When a person goes into the operating room, he will realize that there is one book that he has yet to finish reading – "Book of Healthy Life".

Whichever stage in life we are at right now, with time, we will face the day when the curtain comes down.

Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends...

Treat yourself well. Cherish others.

Tuesday, 10 November 2015

Net Neutrality and Mark Zukerberg

Running with the hare and hunting with the hounds is an old habit of politicians. It ill suits businessmen, especially those who project their intentions to be to serve humanity rather than to merely expand their own business. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg has, however, cast himself in this double role of hare and hound. He supports Net Neutrality, he says. But, at the same time, he wants his free Internet access platform, Internet.Org, to thrive. Internet.Org is free to consumers who access Facebook and some other sites. This is gross violation of Net Neutrality.

On the face of it, Zuckerburg’s argument is appealing. Aren’t millions of people who cannot afford to pay for Internet access better off with free access to a few sites than without having any access at all? The issue is not that simple. If it is acceptable for those with deep pockets to offer privileged access to their own and a few other favoured sites, effectively keeping their competition off the radar, the effect would be to throttle competition on the Web economy, particularly at the expense of new entrants, startups from India. Allowing an entrenched player to use money power to kill competition is eventually an anti-consumer proposition that lowers collective welfare. This is why competition authorities act against predatory pricing, even when it bestows benefits on the consumer in the short term. If Zuckerburg’s real aim is to connect those on the wrong side of the digital divide with the universe of possibility opened up by access to the Internet, he should offer non-discriminatory assistance to the ongoing scheme of rolling out pan-India broadband. India should speed up connecting villages by using V-SAT, even as fibre-optic pipes get laid across the land. Facebook can help with this challenge, if it is inclined to.