THE WORLD REMADE

Barbara Walters once said It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man.
Is it Possible to make a world that we all believe in?

This world is full of wonderful things. But there are also a bunch of irritating, useless and idiotic things that make you want to wish you could make them disappear

I would not just sit in the background. I would play an active role in my creation, building great things, and constantly influencing the world to make it more and more obvious that I existed to my people while also creating false gods, prophets and the like to encourage rival factions. I'd build this world with the intention of creating a number of groups who would eventually go to war. At this time I would appear on my simulated planet and begin granting super powers to all sides of the conflict.

I would make sure my creations knew that Right doesn't come from me. While I would have power over them, I would not want them to accept my authority, as only they are in a position to determine what is right by them.I will establish a set of rules that man should live by though don't necessarily have to. If they don't live by it, there will be no personal relationship with me. If they do, they will spend an eternity with me, giving me new ideas for situations and creations.

Some nations provoke youths to become terrorists in the name of religion. But it is important to understand that no religion encourages killing of the innocent people.
I’d change the human evolutionary past to make them better able to understand the impact of their actions on others. In broad terms, humans have evolved to look after a small group of people that they feel loyalty to (your family, your nationality, or your religious group. We all simply don’t think of this because our brains haven’t evolved to cope with it – I’d love to change that.

I would get rid of disease, and ensure that there were enough resources for everyone to live happily with no suffering. I would also probably limit our reproductive rate so the earth doesn’t become overpopulated. 


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TECHNOLOGY:A BOON OR BANE TO CRICKET??

It is rightly said that to err is to human and therefore, it is stated that the human eye cannot make correct judgments all the time

Everything has its own pros and cons. This applies to technology also.The growing use of technology in cricket has made it a wholesome experience for the TV viewers ,All these technologies are  gifted by science to the game of cricket but there is also debate going on over use of technology to aid umpiring decisions has much to do with the need for cricket to “grow up” and flow with the times.

The stats from the most recent World Cup, in 2011, showed that around 28% of referrals resulted in the on-field umpire's decision being overturned, yet it seems counter-intuitive to attempt to increase the standard of umpiring by diminishing their responsibility.

Cricket is like a tradition now in many countries and all the traditions have certain things, which should not be touched upon or altered. Cricket has always had umpires who take the final decision. Good Umpires make correct decisions based entirely upon intuition, past observations of pitch and players, and experience of playing and watching the game.Just changing it simply doesn't solve the purpose. Even if a decision is wrong, it should be respected and also accepted like how it has been happening over the years.

With the umpires coming under closer scrutiny than ever before with the Hawk-eye, slowmos and super slowmotions, and what have you, virtually every decision of theirs comes under the hammer. 

Strangely, few care to appreciate that the umpires have to make do without the benefit of replays, and as such, there is always the element human error that is omnipresent, especially with regard to leg-before decisions. 

The Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS or DRS) has been one of the most widely debated topics in the cricketing world because of the controversies generated in recent times over accuracy of the technology. 

Even the inventors of hawk-eye have been honest to admit that there is some fuzziness to the ball trajectory that the simulation depicts.

The point is that technology will certainly benefit cricket so long as the teams do not misuse the provisions in the name of gamesmanship or to slow down the game. Of course, it would be a pity that cricket might stand to lose its “human touch” with the umpires taking recourse to replays rather than deliver a decision that might be questioned. 

So much time is wasted by officials, players, administrators and fans discussing tweaks to DRS that a radical overhaul of the system is needed. It should be stripped of all technology – not just HotSpot, Hawk-Eye and Snicko, but enhanced volume, slow-motion, high-definition zooms and even replays – which all add complications and are unnecessary for spotting the howler. Let's also take control of the system away from the field of play. Rather than giving the players reviews, the third umpire should be able to interject at his own discretion when he is certain an error has been made.

Perfection can be rather boring, and cricket’s charm lies as much in feats of batting and bowling as umpiring decisions, right or wrong. I have nothing against technology in sport so long as the sport is not reduced to being its slave as we are increasingly becoming in our everyday life. But then, is this wishful thinking, I wonder. 

From the ongoing World Cup, what I have noticed is that many times this technology is unnecessarily used. Even if the batsman is clearly out, still the review is called for thereby wasting a lot of time. Even if there is no need for the review, the team still calls for it. I think this has made a mockery of the complete system.

Human errors cannot be completely eradicated out of the game but the fact that the technology used in the UDRS is also fallible is sometimes, quite conveniently ignored.All these technologies like UDRS  needs to be shored up and made consistent.

Lastly, let cricket retain its human element as it adds to the game's beauty. Let us wait for better substitutes to come and then let the powers decide. Long live the game!

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