This is my version of the farmers almanac.
1. Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD will rapidly become the curse of the modern society so infatuated with their mobile gadgets and twitting on their facebooks, that they would lose all sense of what time it is and who they are;
2. Carpal muscle digititus - or finger pain - will also consume the so called modern society due to the very same textomania (most waking moments);
3. Deafness - loud incoherent music secreted in to the ears over years;
4. Obesity - Due to obvious reasons - being captivated to the mobile device for twitting will lead to less physical movement other than the digititis mentioned above. This ailment now the exclusive turf of the USA will go global;
5. Coherent thought absentia - outside of superficial minutae detailing the eating, sleeping and date preferences of many involved the ability to conduct rational thinking will erode away leading to brain function decay and ultimately the formation of smaller headed beings.
On an informal mission to read one book a week as long as the eyes allow for such ambition. Fiction or non is not important as long as it entertains and /or educates. To that end the past few weeks have brought a bounty in the form of some wonderful and then not so engaging literature. Among the notables are - Non fiction category: 1. Good arguments by Bo Seo (how to handle a dispute or debate the most efficient way possible) 2. Genesis by Eric Schmidt (and former US Secy of State Henry Kissinger, who recently passed) - how AI might affect our lives as we know it 3. One in a billion - Zarna Garg (an autobiographical look at an Indian born American woman with a bindi narrated in a standup format - yes it is at times cliched but still funny) Fiction: 1. Personal by Lee Child (a vigilante story with Jack Reacher the giant, nomad protagonist of Child's novels goes hunting for a sniper) 2. Ramayana unraveled by Ami Ganatra (she might disagree about it being a work of fiction but oh wel...
Twit used to be a British gaali. Now it may be applicable to the new breed.
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