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El juego que menos entiendo es política. Y quizás por ello, es uno de los juegos que mas me angustia.

Y ahorita solo me nace el  decir: Oh mi querido México! fijate bien en lo que está pasando.

Quizás algunos personajes no se han enterado que el conflicto financiero es mundial. Por ello recomiendo ampliamente leer la nota de Nacho Giral, siento que es la persona que he leido que explica las cosas lo mas claramente.

 

El juego económico es mucho mas complejo de lo que nuestro  ex-candidato presidencial (AMLO) cree reconocer, como nos muestra este artículo de la jornada, en el que insistentemente dice que es la crisis es culpa del gobierno actual.  Si tan solo pudiese leer un poco este hombre. Por ejemplo la columna: “Atajo de izquierda”  de Ricardo Alemán, tiene una reflexión muy buena de las decisiones de nuestro actual presidente.  Igual y así sus argumentos de fantasias desaparecerían y trataria de refleccionar más sobre la realidad.

 

Ya que sería mucho pedirle que leyera otros puntos de vista como sobre esta crisis, como reflexiones del gobierno de Bush por el Pais,  o que entendiese inglés y vea como YA están en USA por esta crisis, de acuerdo al NYTimes, o alemán para ver como éste gobierno esta proponiendo salvar los bancos Alemanes y que le va a costar millones de euros en impuestos.

 

Realmente en momentos de crisis, se ve quien es quien.

 

Para actuar uno debe de entender el problema.  Y por ello menos entiendo a personajes como Elba (presidenta del Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación) que pide mas fondos en una ola increible de caos económico.  En éste instante me pregunto: ¿que ha hecho Sra. Elba en 20 años para elevar la educación de los Méxicanos?  Me gustaría me mostrara con hechos, digo ya que he podido seguir a través de la media la cantidad de protestas, reclamos y paros que maestros hacen continuamente mientras cobran su salario.  Pero sobre todo a simple vista se puede ver que existe un grupo muy grande de la población mexicana que le gustaría entender que sucede, pero le falta la educación básica para ello.

 

Y lo verdaderamente grave todavia no empieza. (vaya, que jueguito éste de la vida “real”) . Esperen a ver como se va a poner la cosa cuando esta crisis baje a las masas.  Como bien lo dice este artículo, se requiere mucho esfuerzo para prevenir una taza alta de suicidios de personas ya de por sí con alta tendencia a la depresión y que no tienen servicio médico. Además que seguramente incrementará violencia y otros actividades no deseables. En fin, ahorita es momento de que todo mundo jale parejo y pongamos de lo mejor para salvar el juego, pero con un poquito de inteligencia!!!

 

Oh! Sr. Bush, que ataque terrorista tan fuerte! Si se requiere gente preparada, o por lo menos con cierto ICQ para administrar adecuadamente un pais. Y para los ciudadanos comunes y corrientes, darse cuenta de quien es quien antes emitir un voto.

 

Por el otro lado,  me ha sido interesante como otras naciones han actuado. Cómo fuése, esto es mucha información a procesar y que no entiendo del todo. Tan solo puedo decir: a ver que va a pasar con este jueguito.

 

PS. Este post se lo deben a Valentín, ya que normalmente me desahogo de éstos temas con el, teniendo muy buenas conversaciones. Pero en ésta ocasión tuve que desahogarme antes de que él llegara.

what is “real” life? – just another game.

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Fascinating books are into game research. And right now I am confused what do we call “real life?” .

Yes, I admit it, I am questioning everything now a days?!

But if I try to be objective, what for me might be real life  e.g. immerse myself in the world of knowledge, for others might be a waste of time. For them I should get a “real” job. Hmmmm…. right?!   Everything is RELATIVE in life.

 

I understand clearly that there are basic “real” facts in life, as:  the need to breath, eat, sleep (etc.) all those “physiological” needs that Maslow describes in his “hierarchy of needs” , those can be seen as “universal”. I should add that I see that physiological layer of needs to belong to any animal form.

 

Anyway, if we go up into the pyramid, it starts to get blurry the relevance of the elements according each individual. Because it involves “needs” that had been created by humans, perhaps produced by societies and that have relative different importance for each individual. Or the priority level of the other natural needs might change from human to human. Yes, others might tell you what things are good for you and how they should work according to the rules of our “real” life game.

 

Our lives are regulated by social rules with specific goals, isn’t it a game in itself?!  The only main difference is: did someone ask us if we wanted to play it?! .  But do not be in panic, there are options, societies might have different types of games according of which cultures we are talking about 😉 then it is possible to change of game or of variants of such game if we put enough effort on it.

 

Well, all this babbling is to wonder: what is “real” life?. And I see more of a signs of “real” life in the first years of life of any human, than in any social, cultural, philosophical, religious, or  technological doctrine.

 

I am saying this because I learn from children A LOT.  Every single moment I am with a child I learn. Now I wonder,  if  their ability to discover, live the moment by transform it freely in their inner while seeking their own harmony, are those the elements that constitute “real” life? Do adults have those elements? when did we lose them?

 

One can say: children are “learning” from adults. Hmmmm….. but what are we teaching them?! Are we preparing them to “succeed” in the “real” life? but again, what is “rea”l life?!

 

Something goes beyond my understanding in this topic.

 

I just can say:  for me, it seems that what we call “real” life is just another game from which it is not so simple to say:  “I am not playing anymore”.

festina lente

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when is/was the deadline?
should it be finished for yesterday?
how did you get/process the information about it?!
am I suppose to do all that?
why can’t I concentrate?
where is the bug?
does all these make sense? ….

No idea how was the life before the e-era, or with zero IT. Perhaps it is not my position to even wonder about that, because I know I am not 100% an ICT child, if I compare myself with the modern generations that might have access to “n” electronic devices since early stages.

 

I started playing and building my own creations with mechanics and electronics when I was around 8 years old. My atari came afterwards, and my first computer class took place when I was aprox. 12 years old (language: “BASIC”). My personal computer came later in my life, but I can’t complain, electronics have been always present in my life. Wonderful times I would say!!! Nevertheless, comparing myself with newer generations I might have started late with ICT and I can say I had experienced some e-free-era too

 

Nevertheless, ever since I remember electronics are getting: smaller in size, with bigger capacity and FASTER processing speed. Actually, it seems that electronics are in a hurry for ….. what?! . I am not so sure about the reason or purpose of such a hurry. Maybe, as IT is intimately involved with the “world’s” economy, hence no wonder if the trend of “hurry” is due to produce faster and faster and with that to win more and more and more…. I just have NO IDEA !!! But sometimes I feel immerse in a increasing twister, where the only way to survive is to understand and produce everything very quickly.

 

* Puffffff….*

 

What I think I DO have idea about is: it is nothing wrong with the impetuousness, as long as I/we remember to do not be controlled by it. “One step at the time” is a very good advice I had gotten. And this advice is complemented perfectly with the idea: “Make haste slowly”.

 

Sometimes, if I am dominated by the hurricane of the rush, either I drown myself killing any type of movement and enjoyment, or the people surround me are the ones that get suffocated stopping the motion as well. 🙁 Neither one is the main goal. BALANCE is the key point here or…

 

…. Make haste slowly, by one step at the time. One more of my mottos from now on! 🙂

multilingual

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It is a fact that independently of language, I am bad on writing. Perhaps I need to talk with a cognitive psychologist or a linguistic to understand my own case. My personal assumption is: my way of thinking is chaotic, and it does not present the conventional structures for clear expression.  Anyway, I am working on developing the proper writing communication skills so relevant for academia (and so painful to acquiere).

However this post is not about that, it’s purpose is mainly to test a multilingual blog . Yeap, for our ongoing projects with Lieksa and Helsinki, we (Mikko, Teemu and I)  need a multilingual blog. Then I am experimenting about that with my own blog. Nice!

Actually the conference of CATaC, which was bilingual, gave me food for the though in relationship to languages in academic contexts. Yeap, how important is to be open to other languages, in order to understand different ways of analysis, argumentation and philosophies. Not everything can be translated. A correct attitude towards this topic is not only interesting, but also relevant for a richer picture of any phenomena. No easy, challenging, but also rich 🙂 

 Anyway, more soon!

 PS. If you want to try yourself to make a multilingual wordpress site, here is a good guide for it. 

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to be critic

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I am realizing that one of the main skills into research is one of the main skills that anyone should have in their own life: to be critic. However it is a really difficult skill to develop.

Understanding by critic a person who offers REASONED judgment or analysis or interpretation or observation about anything I would say. His or her arguments can be in favor or against the arguments of someone else. It is valid that each person has an opinion, and I find as an art how to get in agreements. It should be notice that I refer to constructive criticism in this post, not to excessive criticism which actually excess of critic it is rather unconstructive and harmful, as any other type of excess.

For me it is fascinating to discover how to make use of the gray mass that is located inside of our skull in a constructive way. Each person is full of surprises. In my perception, in order to be critic is necessary to make use of so many skills and activities. And it is not simple to learn to be critic and to develop that faculty. It needs constant learning and unlearning combined with personal reflection, it is a constant process.

As a passional and a dreamer type of personality as I am, I had been having a BIG trouble in learning to be critic myself, it is not easy at all for me. Nevertheless as my awareness of this human faulty arises, I wonder:  how is it possible to promote more the use of the reason?.  Why schools or education systems in general does not put more emphasis in develop criticism  or develop the imagination (imagination will be another post in my blog a REALLY important one!!!). At moments I have the impression that most of the “formal” education in several parts of our globe is mainly concern in:  memorize facts and information that will support some basic skills creation. But are they /we interesting to teach to be critic?  I have my doubts about it.

To THINK is not simple!