Tsikbal: from my perspective

As far I can see, many politicians still don't understand they are facing a more active and educated society. They still want to manage thing the way they did in the past, yet it's not possible to do so. People have become more aware of their power they have on the government. And more importantly, people has become to see that the power of the government comes from the people. At the end, the government is there to serve us, not the other way around. There is more of an understanding that the government has to surrender to the will of the people, since the government is just an expression of such will. The people who decide to work at the government need to realize that they just serve to make sure that the will of people comes to be realized. At the end, the government that doesn't come to terms to this fact is not going to last for long. We need to keep the government on check. People needs to realize that there is the constant need to keep tabs on government. Castin...

I've been interested and supportive of open source software for a while now, since the collaborative nature and philosophy of it resonates with my core beliefs. If we worked like this in more aspects of our daily lives, the world would be a far better place to live in. In many ways, the interest of the community at large overlap with those of the individual. So, the individuals should be involved with the community as much as possible. True, the interests of the community are not always the same of those of the individual. There for, I also believe that the individual should be free to engage and work on those projects that are most beneficial for him with as few restrictions as possible. I mean, no one should be allowed to do things that damage the community at large. But, at the end each individual should have the freedom to work on what interest and benefits him the most. It's equally important that individuals to be allowed to associate as they see fit. There shouldn...

It's sad to see how many people complain about things don't worry, or how their needs are not being attended to, and when given the chance to do something about it they choose to stay and do things the same way. They ask for change, but when change comes to their doorstep they choose not to take it. I've been seeing it happing a lot more often than I'd like. People demanding some sort of change, and when an opportunity comes to make that change happen they just freak out and don't capitalize that opportunity. Most of the time it happens because many expect to change come in a certain way, and at certain time. When it comes in some other way, some times they don't see it. But, it's sad when the opportunity is seen and not taken because it didn't come as they wanted it to come. Instead of taking the chance to change and making it work their way, they just let it go without realizing that the missed opportunity might not come again in a long time. Most ...

Listening to the news and reading the papers can be really a depressing or annoying thing, depending on the report o news that are being given. Most of the newspapers and radio stations don't seem to understand that even though they are entitled to give their own perspective to the information that they are giving, it doesn't mean that they have to always be in opposition or agreement with everything. I'm tired that the left leaning are always being overly critical of the right, without questing their own position and the right leaning ones doing the same. There are good and bad things being done on both sides, at the end we all make mistakes so often. The news outlet job is to find what is happening, and why. Yes, they have the right to criticize or praise when they say fit, but they have to see that just not all that is done by people they support is a good thing, or that what is being done by people they oppose is done wrong. One of their main goals should be getting...

Many people seems to have trouble with the private sector, since every time they hear that a private company is to be involved in anything they have something against it. In many cases I find it to be both sad and irksome, since the ones opposing the private sector involvement are themselves part of the private sector. There is a need to understand what the private sector really is, and how it works. The private sector in itself isn't evil, and can truly be an important engine for the development of the society at large. Any healthy society needs a private sector that is vital, since it can generate and foster innovation faster than the public sector ever could. Private companies, and individuals, have more motivation to actually do things better and in a more efficient manner. For me, the private sector should be more involved in doing things and working in the way it seems fit. The free market is a far better way to screen which companies and individuals have the better ideas ...

For all it's worth, is disheartening to see how people focus to much at particular parts of whats going on. This makes it harder for them to see how that particular situation actually plays out at the bigger. There is an urgent need to see things as if they stand by themselves, and not as part of the bigger picture. If we keep fixing things as if they don't have interactions with other parts of the system, those solutions won't really be the solutions needed. In order to bring solutions that actually work, the whole picture needs to be taken into account. There is to be understood, that sometimes the problem in one particular subject, can be traced to something somewhere else. And if you tackle and solve that issue, it would actually solve both problems. But for that, you have to take into account the whole system, and not only the parts that make the system. There are problems that affect each part of the system without affecting other parts, and others that affect the ...

I've been thinking about what would like to have close by where I live, and I've come to the conclusion that mainly I'd like to have places like parks and more plazas. Places that would let the community where I live to come together, and have a greater sense of belonging. I think that is people feel that they are an important part of the community they live in, it would bring an improvement to the quality of life of the people who live in it. At the end, when people feel like close to the place they live they actually do things to take care of it. But, if there aren't places that bring the community together, it becomes difficult to bring people to care about their community and the people living there. Is important to build the sense of belonging to the community on which we live in.