{"id":627,"date":"2016-10-16T21:07:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T15:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajaymreddy.com\/?p=627"},"modified":"2016-10-16T21:17:27","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T15:47:27","slug":"your-world-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajaymreddy.com\/your-world-view\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s your world view?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Or, what do you think is your place in this world?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Think about this for a minute.<\/p>\n<p>Now watch this video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Powers of Ten? (1977)\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0fKBhvDjuy0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Feeling a little less important in the big scheme of things?<\/p>\n<p>There is no easy way to understand how small we really are. If there was, we would probably go mad, as anyone who has read The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy would appreciate. Of particular interest in the book is a torture machine called the Total Perspective Vortex (TPV)? which does exactly that. As this <a href=\"http:\/\/hitchhikers.wikia.com\/wiki\/Total_Perspective_Vortex\">Wiki<\/a> explains,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The prospective victim of the TPV is placed within a small chamber wherein is displayed a?model of the entire universe &#8211; together with a microscopic dot bearing the legend &#8220;you are here&#8221;. The sense of perspective thereby conveyed destroys the victim&#8217;s mind; it was stated that the TPV is the only known means of crushing a man&#8217;s soul.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Most of us however, are like Zaphod Beeblebrox when he was in the computer-generated universe created by Zarniwoop for Zaphod&#8217;s protection. Because the universe was created for him, when Zaphod is put into the TPV, it tells him that he is the most important person in the universe!<\/p>\n<p>And there lies the funny bit &#8211; we all are the most important people in <em>our own<\/em> universes, but not in the <em>real<\/em> universe. It is important for us to realize both of these perspectives &#8211; I believe that every individual should recognize our importance in <em>our own<\/em> life, but be cognizant of the fact that we play a <em>very small part<\/em> in this big universe. Lack of the former will make us insecure, while the lack of the latter will make us a megalomaniac.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or, what do you think is your place in this world? Think about this for a minute. Now watch this video. Feeling a little less important in the big scheme of things? There is no easy way to understand how small we really are. 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