Consider the Panchatantra story where a camel is adopted by a group of animals led by a lion, which include a jackal and a crow. The lion got wounded one day, couldn’t hunt and everyone was going hungry. So, the jackal suggested they eat the camel since he was not a part of the core group. The lion refused, saying that his values do not permit that. Chanakya’s ancestor jackal, comically responded “What if he volunteers?” Lion just shrugs “If that’s the case, so be it.”

The other animals plotted against the camel. When they met him, the crow said, “I would like to offer myself to you to eat.” The jackal said, “You are too small and that’s not going to solve anything, I offer myself.”

The camel then offered himself, because he wanted to be a part of the inner group, he felt they were in trouble and he should help. On doing so, he was devoured by all the animals i.e. the licking mainstream mob. The message from this Panchatantra story derived from Rig-Veda and Upanishads is that we all need to be clear of our aims, we need to know when to say no. This hunger to be accepted, make quick-bucks, be some famous celebrity, liked by all etc.. causes us to shift from our natural and ideological balance.

When you cannot confidently respond and react, then you’re not using your ability as a human being. You must also draw a distinction between a response and a reaction. Knee-jerk reactions are not thought out and a response is where you review a situation and then act. When mere emotions drive us, it leads to what psychologists call emotional hijack. Here you are enticed to indulge in activities like corruption, public wars for private wealth, genocides for profit, financial blackmailing, supremacy mania, popular hypes, capital extortion, greedy deals, murders & mercenaries, divide to rule, rapes, etc.. Mar 22, 2015

Grammatically, there are many versions of one truth: I say, you say, we say, they say, he say, she say.. live with zero expectations. Dramatically, no AI fancy, just do simple simulations / extrapolations before seriously plunging into any alliance or partnership for trustworthy results.

Choose the battles you should fight, ignore hypes of populist war mongers + profiteers reselling half-truth and fear phobia. When we are hallucinated, encounter hate, provoked or perceive as if we are threatened then we tend to react to even small things, which can very well displace our focus and energies from the big picture – ultimate goals of our life. Small things do matter, but many times they do hijack your life’s critical objectives!

Bottom-line: The fact that someone did something tells you nothing about whether they choose to do so, to understand whether a person was coerced or made a free choice, you have to consider strategic power / ideological relationships involved. No AI fin-tech, business collaboration, religious sermon, wealth ownership, partnership, motivation quote or gag PR works here.