This has been one of the longest rainy seasons in living memory. I wish the rains would stop now - and I didn't think I'd ever say that! The surroundings are too hot and damp, and it is affecting everything, from the musty smells all around to veggie prices on fire to people falling ill right and left with fever and allied complications. The only silver lining is the hope of a long and chilly winter. And all the terrible news about cloudbursts and flash floods and landslides from the northwest part of the country - Himachal, Uttarakhand, Punjab - make me doubly thankful that I live in a relatively much safer place. But I couldn't avoid a recent bout of fever myself, and it has left me wobbly with a hacking cough and throbbing head. It's all I can do to tell a story a week on YouTube besides the usual routine of classes and as much sleep as I can get.
Not a single thought-provoking response to my last post. Makes me wonder whether the sort of people who read my blog have lost the capacity or the desire to comment. More and more it seems a thankless chore to continue hacking away at this blog. And yet, wonder of wonders, the blog counter keeps climbing relentlessly...
I have been seeing very interesting dreams lately. I wish I could discuss them with an attentive expert. ...'and in that sleep what dreams may come' indeed.
I have been working non-stop, every single day, since I came back from my daughter's place at the start of June. I am desperate for a break, and taking the next week off. Just eat and sleep is my plan. And who knows whether the railways will confirm my ticket reservation for the North Bengal trip during the pujo week?
Here is a link to a TED talk that I have listened to very carefully: 'Is AI making us dumber?' My own belief is, of course, that the very idea of using AI in education - at least AI as it works right now - is one of the dumbest ideas I have ever come across. But then, it is designed by very dumb and very greedy people!
[So much for now. I might add lines to this post soon]
