Not long back I watched this amazing movie : "The Pirates of the Silicon valley". Based on the lives of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, this movie is a must watch for all those who genuinely appreciate quality stuff. Coming from the stable of Warner bros this movie exemplifies how Steve Jobs and Bill Gates played the game of deceit to perfection to build their respective business empire. Both of them at different stages of the movie quote Picasso - "Good artists copy, the great ones steal". And both the czars actually do that, and much more.
I will say no further about the movie. This post is not meant to review the movie. I did enough of that in my last post. Rather I will take up an issue that hit me hard while watching the movie. The issue of "morality, integrity and incorruptibility". Things that we were taught in the school, things that we mugged up to get a "100 on 100" in moral education paper and things that we so easily forget when it comes to real time implementation.
This brings us to the relevance of moral education. Just about every person who made it big had some shades of Grey to him/her. For every single ABJ Abdul Kalam you will find hundreds of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. I guess there is not one businessman who made it big without ever having tinkered with law. Not one played by the book. Yet we continue to learn the virtues of morality and truthfulness in class 6, just to forget them at our convenience. The damage has been done. And its irreparable. The menace of deceit and crookedness have been deeply ingrained in our society. There is no looking back at moral education. They are probably best confined to books. The rules of the game have changed and the new rules are that there are no rules. Probably the best we can do now is stop burdening the little school going children with that extra couple of books on moral eduction that they have to carry in their back breaking school bags. Because if we don't believe in something then we cant make kids believe in that by asking them to mug up books. Kids are smart enough to see and comprehend what exactly is happening around them. And if we really have to bring the good old days of trust and credence back then we need to start practicing these things ourselves and setting an example for the coming generation. But then this would mean putting up a lone fight and in this age of instant gratification I don't see many people willing to fight it out.
Signing off with a rather abrupt end. After all a confused mind cannot ensure a smooth ending!!
I will say no further about the movie. This post is not meant to review the movie. I did enough of that in my last post. Rather I will take up an issue that hit me hard while watching the movie. The issue of "morality, integrity and incorruptibility". Things that we were taught in the school, things that we mugged up to get a "100 on 100" in moral education paper and things that we so easily forget when it comes to real time implementation.
This brings us to the relevance of moral education. Just about every person who made it big had some shades of Grey to him/her. For every single ABJ Abdul Kalam you will find hundreds of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. I guess there is not one businessman who made it big without ever having tinkered with law. Not one played by the book. Yet we continue to learn the virtues of morality and truthfulness in class 6, just to forget them at our convenience. The damage has been done. And its irreparable. The menace of deceit and crookedness have been deeply ingrained in our society. There is no looking back at moral education. They are probably best confined to books. The rules of the game have changed and the new rules are that there are no rules. Probably the best we can do now is stop burdening the little school going children with that extra couple of books on moral eduction that they have to carry in their back breaking school bags. Because if we don't believe in something then we cant make kids believe in that by asking them to mug up books. Kids are smart enough to see and comprehend what exactly is happening around them. And if we really have to bring the good old days of trust and credence back then we need to start practicing these things ourselves and setting an example for the coming generation. But then this would mean putting up a lone fight and in this age of instant gratification I don't see many people willing to fight it out.
3 comments:
well what u say is quite true. but this game has been there forever. earlier it was played by monarchs and clerics, and by clan leaders even before that. Only the players keep changing with time.
at all times there will be good ppl and bad ones. both of them trying to change the society towards their end. so this endless tug of war goes on for eternity... till there's mankind on this earth.
:)
Moral education is an important part in a person's development. Moral education has one flaw. It is just too moral. It assumes that no one will abrogate its teachings and the whole world will be goody goody. But of course this is not so. There are clashes of interests. One's morals is another's impediment. So there is the question of whose moral?
But then those exams were an easy scorer. Makes you feel very moral when you score a lot of marks. :D
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