WEEK-IN #35

-

Multiple Factors

We consider factors while picking an option from a list for a problem. If you want to go out to eat, you might consider the Weather, Traffic, Time of the day, etc. We always filter out using factors that influence our mood. The issue arises when it is a difficult problem and a hell lot of factors are involved. Why is that an issue?

Let's say you would like to pick a course to study. The list of factors might be "Do you like the course", "Will the course be helpful for my career", "Should I be picking a different course for the career I'm currently pursuing", "Should I change my career as per the course", "Am I even capable of changing the course later on". The list goes on and on. In such cases, we tend to strip[ everything down to one factor and move on. That works fine in certain situations as we humans tend to simplify stuff. But, Is that fine always?

For example, you see an accident happen to a stranger while you and your family are going to a movie. You start piling factors, Of course, family comes first on the priority list, but that doesn't mean you ignore the rest. Certain situations make you change your priority list as factors keep changing all the time. Does that mean you stick by one factor all the time? No. A couple of instances make you include multiple factors and also the weightage of each factor. "Should you be checking out whether anyone else is helping at the accident", "If you are to take the patient to the hospital, should you be calling someone to pick your family up or send them by cab" etc. You should not be eating food on a promised day doesn't mean you worsen your health. The priority list keeps changing every second and clinging to only one doesn't work all the time.

As life goes by, you are tested on high-risk problems which have a hundred factors. We of course need not consider every one of them but should be able to pick the important few and decide on them. Fail, but don't ignore.

Comments

Post a Comment

Most viewed

WEEK-IN #3

-
Today's content is provided by one of my BTech friends, Prathibha. Have a look at today's blog from a girl's perspective. I thank Prathibha for supporting the project. Invisible Pressure Our generation of students seems to be having fun and enjoying life, but we too are under the constant pressure of planning our next step. This has been way too much to handle and is leading to frustration for the masses. If you are a girl and you get a job, you are put on a schedule. Plan for marriage, then kids, then their education, and back to the start of their marriage. If you are a boy and you get a job, that very moment you'll have to take up the whole responsibility of family and handle everything as fast as possible. These pressures are building up in our minds and bring out either Bad results or A lot of frustation. We do understand the reason for our parents creating this schedule of life, but we all need some time to adjust. We only need a couple of things. Responsibilities...
Read more

Spend Wisely

-
Image
Spending money is hell lot complicated than what I thought of it in my childhood. Every time I pull out some money from my pocket, I think whether to spend them or not, and I think even more after spending them. Planning to spend those bucks was very hard for me. The following two people helped me a lot on where to spend and where to save. Rohit Neelakantham Rohit Neelakantham      I met him at Idealabs. I knew him for about 4 days. We both were travelling in his car. As you all know, I just keep talking all the time. I asked him about his job and stuff. Then, I started asking about his car (Ford Ecosport #dreamcar). He was like, "I used to teach tuitions in my college days. I saved all that money and paid downpayment for this car which was around ₹.2 lakh." I was like, "Holy shit! You saved 2 lakhs from the fee you got from tuitions." He replied, "Yes. It probably took years, but I did save. I always had a dream of buying a car with my own money, an...
Read more

THE Journey

-
Lets read a story You with two of your friends who stay at Bangalore planned for a trip to Coorg. You have been planning it for a really long time, but schedules weren't supporting. At last, you three found time for an awesome destination. Three of you started at 5'o clock in the morning. On your car, way to Coorg. Weather was a bit windy, but you three were excited. After travelling one third of the distance, it started drizzling. Halfway point, it is raining now. Three of you have no thought of returning. You will complete this trip at any cost. You reach the destination and it's raining heavily. Took a room in a hotel, slept for the night. As you woke up in the morning, it is a thunderstorm out there. Whole day, you three weren't even able to go out of the hotel. So, you stayed till evening with some hope to visit at least a fraction of Coorg. Nope! Not happening. Whole day, it rained like it hasn't rained in years.  Successive day, early in the morning, ...
Read more