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Minotaur : A short story | Harison Xavier

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Prologue One of the most entertaining person in my office was Ponnus, she was the most energetic of all of us. She always had something to talk about, cracks jokes, makes fun of others, acts like a baby all the time, often very bold in her talks. I never understood her but I would say  I was very lucky to be her colleague, it was so much fun to work with her. She always told me to have some fun in life and don't take life so seriously.  One fine day the topic of discussion during our free time at the office was ghosts and paranormal experiences, I love to listen to these stories. Of course it was she who brought this up and everyone wanted to listen to her story. I could see the interest and curiosity in everyone's eye when she tells the story. The Men's Hostel  One of her close friend Jeet, is working in a multi national company in  Bangalore. He worked in night shifts. His shift starts at 10:00 pm. He recently moved to a new men's hostel little far away from the ci...

Media And The Truth | Harison Xavier

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                                  Introduction  I didn't wanted to write about this, I deleted this post before and I am rewriting it again but if I don't post it I will not get peace. This is a topic that is bothering me for a very long time. I hate to think about it, it consumes too much mental energy. And the research needed to find the truth is beyond me but that should not stop me from making my point or a first step. I find it very difficult to write about it.                                   I am an avid reader, I am keenly interested to know what is happening around the world. I spend minimum 2 hours reading all the news I can find everyday. If you ever read the same news from different source you will know how biased they are. The same news could be twisted to different forms...

They Are Humans Too | Harison Xavier

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As usual I wish to keep this blog short, simple and sweet, but if you have read the other blogs you will know even this one will be very long.                              Recently I had an interesting conversation with a friend (who I cannot name for security reasons) who works at Ryanair , as a customer relations manager. I asked her how tough the job is?      Her answer was as every job this also has pros and cons. There are no two same days, every day includes different people, different problems, etc. There are some days when work is extremely hard - especially when we had a lot of cancellations because of weather. Sometimes people want to beat her, piquing is a normality in this work. At the beginning of the work she had a lot of sympathy to passengers but when she hear for the 1000 time the same story she just couldn't believe in people's stu...

Life After Death | Harison Xavier

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Is there a life after death?  A short blog on my thoughts on life after death. Let me give you the conclusion right away. "There is no ultimate or one final answer for this question." Maybe the oldest ever question in the history of humans. "Is there a life after death? "  I am writing this to make my mind clear on what exactly is my belief.  Once a friend asked me if I believe in life after death. It was just a small talk and he was only expecting yes or no answer, I normally don't like small talks, I want deep conversations.  Anyways questions like these makes me think for a very long time. I wanted to explain him a lot, but when it comes to philosophy or small talk questions like this, there is no complete answer to it  and nobody cares about your thoughts. I just said; Yes. I do believe in life after death. This was because I won't get him bored with my long answer.  This question stayed with me, as a religious person I am taught from a very ...

20 Predictions For The Future - Part 2 | Harison Xavier

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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt    As we continue with the search for an understanding of our futures, I love to believe that are future is more beautiful than we can ever imagine. I see more happiness and peace among the people. I don't want to worry about future, I love living in our present times, our present have already astonished me with its people and technology. Visualizing about a advanced future gives me a motivation to learn more at the present and be prepared for the great change.  I hope you have already read the fist part of this blog.  20 Predictions For The Future - Part 1 We are at an age where everything changes at a speed where humans can't keep up. Technology or the system which we live by changes in a incredible speed.   Looking back 10 - 15 years ago, I was still at school where we didn't know much about what internet or how computer worked. Cell phones were still a big ...

20 Predictions For The Future - Part 1 | Harison Xavier

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I am not a fortune teller This blog would be a part II of my recent post Artificial Intelligence : Our future , my thoughts are going into every subjects and I want to organize my thoughts into writing so that I could figure it out what am I actually thinking. The following predictions could happen in next 30 to 50 years or even early. These predictions maybe too dreamy and unrealistic, however my question is what is really realistic about life we have now, we have cars that don't need drivers, robots that are deployed in moon and mars that are controlled from earth. Humans around the world fly. These are the things that were unrealistic hundred years ago. So let me get to the topic, and I want to inform you that I am not a fortune teller, and the content I share here may or may not happen in the future. The following are a few of my thoughts on how our future will shape. I am expecting even more incredible future in the next 50 years. 1. Universal Basic Income    ...

Artificial Intelligence : Our Future | Harison Xavier

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the hottest trend and news for the past few years. I was first introduced the term A.I when I was sitting with a couple of software engineering students about 4 years ago. They were discussing about how robots will take over all the jobs. How technology will handle itself without any human interaction. It was scary, I felt like I will be killed by robots in a few years. Just like the "Terminator : Judgement Day" movie scene. I didn't comment about anything at that time because the people who were talking in the group were the so called "experts"  in the industry than me. I knew most of it would be some cooked up story from some random dude but there was a sense of worry in most peoples face. Is this going to be the end of the world?  Will we humans be erased from the face of the earth?     What is this all about?  AI is a computer which learns to display natural intelligence of humans or animals. One of the best ex...