Top three random thoughts/ideas of the past week (22 Oct – 28 Oct):

1. About empathy
Many a time, we expect others to reach our standards/levels of ability, be it intellectual, emotional, or physical, in what we can sometimes refer to as the Expectations Model. But we too often fail to recognise that there are limitations on their side. We can’t expect the rest of the society to be as fortunate as us, an awareness our eugenic/elitist education system has inhibited.

2. Military engagement
Crimewatch screens on Channel 5 and Channel 8, keeping our citizens aware of crime and extending the police’s crime prevention campaigns. Shouldn’t there be a Defencewatch put up on free-to-air television to increase citizen knowledge on what the Armed Forces is doing, and to further keep our faltering state-society relations in check?

3. Inequality
Inequality exists everywhere, from skills proficiency to economic equity. The fundamental question to ask is, “So what if we are all equal, is it that desirable after all?” What is the basis behind ‘leaving no man behind’? There are, straightforwardly, two ways to axe out inequality: either to improve those at the bottom or stop those at the top. Which would you choose?

Some of the best minds, apparently, can’t think.