Category Archives: Social
The Guru
Posted by on April 7, 2026
I got into thinking about some experience I had in the past. It is related to a business organization. I remember the organization because I remember some people fired from it. Obviously, it is remembered.
There might be an interesting pattern to observe here, in terms of group behaviour. I think, that, it is a very prevalent pattern in the world, of, looking at a particular type of person, in order to gain some kind of guidance. It might seem like an over-estimation, but, I think, that, there is a good amount of majority that engages in this kind of behaviour. They seem to have some kind of “sixth sense” when it comes to detecting such a person, to offer them some kind of guidance. These people, who seek such a guidance, might detect such a person and might do something around them, which is not a fixed action, but, a set of actions, they do may be one or two of them around such a person, it could be termed a “compulsion”. In this context, I can fit certain behaviours I have observed at the above mentioned organization. I remember, going back, that, they had some kind of convoluted and rather too simple rules. The organization, with its small size, obsession about the leader, rules and a taboo about saying anything negative about the leader, can be termed as a cult. But, I think, it is more of a group seeking refuge from the world, and some kind of spiritual guidance. I have to mention that, this particular business organization might have failed at a few aspects when it came to the goals. For one, it was a business organization, it is necessary, I think, for such a social construction to offer spiritual guidance, the rules in this organization were too simple and seemed convoluted. And, although, it might have helped a good portion of its members, it might have failed miserably for some, as I remember 2 suicides from the organization, a possible marker of it, lacking a spiritual component. It comes to the mind, that, people from certain geographies seem to do it very well in comparison to others.
I have to note that, I draw my opinion from a cult, the members of which committed suicide, en masse, and, from observations of gurus from all over the world who had success. Suicide is a failure.
Factory People
Posted by on April 7, 2026
The field of factory setup and operation seems important and fit for an analysis by an engineer from a business point of view, or one may call it an economics point of view.
Something has stuck on my mind for some time now, that, an engineer must have an understanding of the social matters. I think, it is assumed, that, or, rather it is so, that, an engineer does not inherently possess a good hold of the social matters. It may be truly so. This might come up later. For now, the focus will be on the subject of a factory. This line of thought has started from the observation of the people belonging to the general population. They seem to be having no particular skill set. It comes to the mind, as to, why or how they move around in the world. It may not be that important, or, there may be something there. I might have missed it so far. They might be somehow prone to being around people and somehow trying to make each other live, in some way. It is a crude guess, but, going by the nature of life and people, it cannot be better than crude, anything more accurate than crude and you are talking about machines. They are not exactly people. In general, the people, then seem to be into something else. This brought my mind into the context of factory, which is obviuosly not the place for general population. Who works at a factory? The answer is not hard to find. It is a person who can work something for 8 hours, which involves some kind of machine. It cannot be anything less. Then, the mind runs to the matter of people managing the factory and the workers. They, too, will be farther from the general population. I think, it is best, if these people are all engineers, who are a good fit for this kind of job. I think, that, anybody from elite institutions, or, anybody from institutions not in operation for a while can be kept away. The first category may not belong in a common factory. The second category may not belong anywhere. An institution in operation for a while, for, like, 2 decades and which is reputed can be trusted to produce some good engineers. There is more to consider for factory operation, those will come up later.
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