Nothingness, Chaos, Desire: How the three modes of creation have influenced corporate thinking
You rationalise the reasons for creation, much as corporates rationalise the reason for relentless growth
Synopsis
There was nothing and somebody invented something. Thus the bulb was invented and it changed the way we saw time. Thus the clock was invented and we saw the day as having 24 hours. Thus we came up with the internet, virtual reality, smartphones.
The Genesis in the Old Testament tells us that the world was created ex nihilo—from nothing. In the beginning, there was a God and God created the world in seven days at the end of which the world starts. So from zero to something, from zero to one. This was an invention. There was nothing and somebody invented something. Thus the bulb was invented and it changed the way we saw time. Thus the clock was invented and we saw the day as having 24
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Devdutt Pattanaik
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