How Can We Matter

Can you unscramble this sentence? "I cna raed txet wtih all the lteters jmbuled up." Have you ever encountered a sentence like this, where the letters are all mixed up, yet you can still somehow decipher the meaning? This remarkable phenomenon is called ' typoglycemia ', the ability to read scrambled words. Copyright Web Brainpower at Work: Researchers at Cambridge University have discovered that our brains are remarkably adept at piecing together words, even when the internal letters are jumbled. As long as the first and last letters are in the right places, our brains can use context clues and prior knowledge to fill in the gaps and reconstruct the intended meaning. Beyond Scrambled Sentences: However, I believe typoglycemia is just a symptom of a larger problem in our current information age: the "jumbled thoughts disorder" . In an era of information overload, misinformation, and fast-paced news cycles, many people struggle to read critically and compreh...

I came across this remarkable book, My Story: 50 Memories from Fifty Years of Service , authored by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai during my recent trip to Dubai. This book serves as a window into the extraordinary life of Sheikh Mohammed and offers readers a chance to gain a deeper understanding of his vision, leadership philosophy, and the remarkable transformation he has brought about in his country.  Copyright Web Through his words, Sheikh Mohammed shares his personal reflections, memories, and lessons learned through his remarkable life journey. Let me first quote a few lines  from this extraordinary book: "Many aspire to move to the UAE so they can achieve their dreams and realize their ambitions. Today, Dubai has become a global economic icon, thanks to the principles Sheikh Rashid installed in us and made part of our national culture."  Inspired by these words of Sheikh Mohammed, two ...

My wife tells me that I am a Selective Listener, choosing to listen to what is relevant to me and ignoring what isn't. Recently I acquired the unique ability (only one in million gets it as per Medical Science) of hearing only what I want to hear! The rest of the half I don't hear! 🙉 Copyright Web During my holiday in Dubai last month, on Jan 26th morning, I suddenly felt a little dizzy and unsteady on my feet. I had heard about people having vertigo and balance problems caused by fluid imbalance in the ear. So, on closer examination of the ear, I realized that I have complete hearing loss on my right ear. I looked up Google with my symptoms and prompt came the reply:  Ménière's Disease — This condition affects the inner ear and can cause severe dizziness, hearing loss and tinnitus (ringing or buzzing sounds in the ear). This disease occurs when fluid builds up in the inner ear, blocking signals to areas of the brain that control balance. It changes the volume of fluid in ...

I asked Google's new advanced AI chatbot, Gemini , this question! This is also an experiment to see whether we can use these Artificial Intelligence tools for our personal decision making. Here is the answer Gemini came up with.  Copyright Web The Candidate Narendra Modi is the current Prime Minister of India. He has been in office since 2014, and his term will expire in 2024. Whether or not he is a good candidate to lead India for the next 5 years is a matter of opinion. His Accomplishments Some people believe that Modi is a strong leader who has made significant progress in improving India's economy and infrastructure. They point to his government's initiatives such as Make in India and Digital India as evidence of his commitment to modernizing the country. India's GDP growth rate has been strong under his leadership, and millions of people have been lifted out of poverty. Modi has also been praised for his foreign policy, which has seen India forge closer ties with t...

The National Post Day of India is celebrated every year on October 10. Indian Postal Department is around 170 years old. It was Lord Dalhousie who founded India Post in the year 1854.   National Post Day 2023 The World Post Day is an international day that is celebrated each year on October 9, the anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), which started in 1874 in Switzerland. These early postal systems were the start of the global communications revolution, introducing the ability to send / receive letters to / from others all over the world.  My contemporaries belong to a generation that heavily depended on the Postal Department for our communication. Compared to the instant WhatsApp communication today, we belonged to a dinosaur era that had its own charm. In those bygone days we used to pen our thoughts carefully on paper using legible handwriting, go to a post office to buy an envelope, write the address of our friend or relative on it, insert our hand-crafted lett...

Who are Singaporeans? Singapore's indigenous population was originally Malay. As it was under British colonial rule since 1819, traders and workers came in from China, India, Sri Lanka, and other neighboring countries. Its multi-ethnic population has reflected this history ever since. Today Chinese, Malays, and Indians form the three largest ethnic groups. They constitute 77%, 14%, and 8% respectively of the population. The remaining 1% are Eurasians with a sprinkling of people of other descent.  President & Prime Minister of Singapore None of these major groups is homogeneous. Chinese community as a whole come from different provinces of mainland China and therefore speaks mutually incomprehensible dialects. Malay group includes Indonesians speaking Javanese, Boyanese, and other dialects. The most diverse Indian group consists of Tamilians (more than half), Malayalis, Sikhs, Sinhalese and Pakistanis. While Malay is the national language of the country, the four official langua...

Vivek Ramaswamy has already become the brightest shining star in the political landscape of America. Former President, Donald Trump, is reportedly considering Vivek as his running mate to be the VP. But Vivek is aiming for the Presidency himself and has claimed that he would offer pardon to the troubled Trump to help reunite the country. Photo: Facebook/Vivek Ramaswamy He is a self-described "outsider" who is challenging the status quo and offering a fresh perspective on the problems facing the country. However, he is unquestionably ascending in the world of politics and is rapidly outpacing all the other candidates in the presidential run. He is fully committed to cultivating and investing in future generations. Vivek is the only candidate who has offered clarity on several critical issues plaguing the country, while all the others, with years of political experience behind them, provide rather ambiguous, politically correct, stock answers to the questions put to them. His u...