Tsikbal: from my perspective

What is most frustrating for me, is the fact that if things don't change things would only tend to get worse. As things are at the moment, things seem to have no solution anytime soon. Structural changes are needed as soon as possible, if these these don't arrive things are seriously never to get better. Yes, a wider segment of society as pushing for changes. In hand with that, some of the politicians are actually doing something. But, when you look at the changes made, or proposed, the realization that most of changes are merely cosmetic are self-evident. The time for cosmetic changes has long since passed, and now what Mexico needs are deep and structural changes that help the country to face the future. If we want to keep our position in the world, we need to make and apply changes that gives us the ability to better adapt to new circumstances. Other countries like China, Brazil, and India have already started to make these changes, and the results on their ...

I find it rather sad that it's hard to really become involved in the community where you live in, because most of the services you need are to be found outside the community. There are a lot of people are against having shops, banks and other of the kind of business that people use on regular basis arguing that it would disturb the peace and quiet of the community. Which, they shouldn't since and should make life more practical having things like banks and small shops that carter to the needs of the necessities of each particular community. By letting businesses that carter to these needs to operate at each community, many problems would be solve. Transportation would be easier, since people wouldn't need to move as far. Thus saving time and money, and freeing people to actually do more. Security would be improved, since people living there would have a greater sense of ownership over the community. Also would foster better relationships of the people living th...

Even though there are still people that don't do much other than just say how bad things are, and how things will never change, it's uplifting to see there are people who are acting to make things better. What's best, the number of those who take action are increasing with time. The awareness that we can do something to make things work, and that we can actually do something to make our world a better place. That we don't have to wait, or depend, on our politicians to do something about the issues that concern us. At the end, if we don't do what it takes to make things work no one else will. We are the ones who are responsible of our life and our communities. The ones who can make it better are ourselves, and we must be aware that is up to us to make our life better. As much as we would like, no one else has the obligation to do anything for us. What we do for ourselves, and others, is up to each of us. Is important to understand that each of us is ...

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...