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Why Is it Impossible to Stop Thinking, to Render the Mind a Complete Blank?
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Why is it impossible to stop thinking, to render the mind a complete blank?
—John Hendrickson, via email
Barry Gordon, professor of neurology and cognitive science at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, replies:
Forgive your mind this minor annoyance because it has worked to save your life—or more accurately, the lives of your ancestors. Most likely you have not needed to worry whether the rustling in the underbrush is a rabbit or a leopard, or had to identify the best escape route on a walk by the lake, or to wonder whether the funny pattern in the grass is a snake or dead branch. Yet these were life-or-death decisions to our ancestors. Optimal moment-to-moment readiness requires a brain that is working constantly, an effort that takes a great deal of energy. (To put this in context, the modern human brain is only 2 percent of our body weight, but it uses 20 percent of our resting energy.) Such an energy-hungry brain, one that is constantly seeking clues, connections and mechanisms, is only possible with a mammalian metabolism tuned to a constant high rate.
Constant thinking is what propelled us from being a favorite food on the savanna—and a species that nearly went extinct—to becoming the most accomplished life-form on this planet. Even in the modern world, our mind always churns to find hazards and opportunities in the data we derive from our surroundings, somewhat like a search engine server. Our brain goes one step further, however, by also thinking proactively, a task that takes even more mental processing.
So even though most of us no longer worry about leopards in the grass, we do encounter new dangers and opportunities: employment, interest rates, “70 percent off” sales and swindlers offering $20 million for just a small investment on our part. Our primate heritage brought us another benefit: the ability to navigate a social system. As social animals, we must keep track of who’s on top and who’s not and who might help us and who might hurt us. To learn and understand this information, our mind is constantly calculating “what if?” scenarios. What do I have to do to advance in the workplace or social or financial hierarchy? What is the danger here? The opportunity?
For these reasons, we benefit from having a brain that works around the clock, even if it means dealing with intrusive thoughts from time to time.
This article was originally published with the title “Ask the Brains”
Yes , its a hot days out here in Nepal but the thing about having tea in the end of the afternoon makes it your brain cheerful.
All those Nokia fans out there, it’s time to rejoice. Nokia is coming back and will start selling smartphones, feature-phones and tablet devices.
Now, let’s explain what really happened. A newly founded company called HMD Global has purchased global licence from Microsoft to make and sell Nokia branded devices. HMD Global is based in Finland and is lead by ex-Nokia veteran, Arto Nummela.
The remainder of the Nokia business has been bought by FIH mobile limited, and they’ve partnered with HMD global and Nokia Technologies to start connecting people once again. FIH is a subsidiary of Foxconn Technology Group, and they will be providing with the manufacturing strength.
HMD AND NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES HAVE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH FIH TO ESTABLISH A COLLABORATION FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT THE BUILDING OF A GLOBAL BUSINESS FOR NOKIA-BRANDED MOBILE PHONES AND TABLETS.
Nokia Technologies will give all its branding and other cellular patents to HMD Global and in return get royalty money. This agreement will last 10 years and HMD Global will focus mainly on feature-phones, as that has been Nokia’s most profitable business.
Nokia branded smartphones and tablet devices will also be made, but will run Android, instead of Windows Phone OS. HMD plans to invest over 500 million dollars for developing new Nokia devices in the next three years. The money comes from various investors and also from the profits of the Nokia feature-phone sales.
The folks over at Nokia Technologies will make sure that the products will meet Nokia standards in terms of performance, quality, and customer satisfaction. Nokia Technologies will have a seat on the HMD Board of Directors. Arto Nummela, CEO of HMD stated;
WE WILL BE COMPLETELY FOCUSED ON CREATING A UNIFIED RANGE OF NOKIA-BRANDED MOBILE PHONES AND TABLETS, WHICH WE KNOW WILL RESONATE WITH CONSUMERS. BRANDING HAS BECOME A CRITICAL DIFFERENTIATOR IN MOBILE PHONES, WHICH IS WHY OUR BUSINESS MODEL IS CENTERED ON THE UNIQUE ASSET OF THE NOKIA BRAND AND OUR EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN SALES AND MARKETING. WE WILL WORK WITH WORLD CLASS PROVIDERS IN MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION TO MOVE QUICKLY AND DELIVER WHAT CUSTOMERS WANT.
So there you go folks, the Nokia brand is back. Information regarding when we’ll actually see new Nokia smartphones hasn’t been revealed yet. The entire acquisition of all branding rights, other Nokia properties, etc, will be finished by H2 2016.
Yukesh Chaudhary 