2020-08-15 20:40:29 +01:00
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layout: post
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title: "Sameer's Pyramid"
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date: 2020-08-14
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tags: technology rant
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theme: dark
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**TL,DR**: Don't follow trends in the world of technology because usually they are not based on scientific
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reasons and only based on so many people who don't have enough insight talking about a subject.
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During my day to day life I see many conversations on social media around trends in technology. People
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try to settle many debates by resorting to trends. "Everyone is using it, so it has to be the best!",
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"It's all over the web, so it has to be true" or "It's impossible for so many people to be wrong, so
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it must be good" or tons of similar reasonings. I always wondered about the nature of trends and hypes
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and how they navigate the world. This post is the summary of my thoughts on the topic that lead me to
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a hypathesis on the behavior of trends and how to ride them.
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2020-08-24 18:19:02 +01:00
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By evolution, humans are social creatures. During the course of human history, we always tend to form
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groups and communities, villages, cities and civilizations. We have found our comfort and safety living among others
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and society. Trading with other, fighting along side others and exchange words and wisdom with other. Society gives us
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confident and the sense of stability. Often, we seek validation in a group. Dealing we the unknown is out of our comfort
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zone and plays with our minds and puts us in a doubtful state of mind. Humans by nature are againt change we don't want
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to loose the sense of stability and safety by changes to our surroundings and being in doubt creates fear. In a situation
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like this people tend to resort to a group of other people to validate their thoughts and get ride of the doubt that is
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bugging them. Exchanging experience and thoughts helps us to think better and stay calm. Seeing people who
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had the same experience gives us courage and helps us to push the fear away. Community validates our way of dealing with
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the unknown in life. It gives us direction.
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But in the history of mankind there were many people (but few in compare to total number of humans) who were adventurous
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and overcame their fear of the unknown. //Instead of hiding within the worm and welcoming and few people who breaks it . superstitios
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2020-08-15 20:40:29 +01:00
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In many cases people try to follow the hurd and the collective wisdom.
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