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Everything begins with a choice... may the ideas and values we hold be based on the Objective World!

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar The Man Behind The Name "Chandra probably thought longer and deeper about our universe than anyone since Einstein," said Martin Rees, Great Britain's Astronomer Royal Society. http://chandra.harvard.edu/about/chandra.html Life Cycles of Matter and Energy http://universe.nasa.gov/ The Chandra X-ray Observatory is one of the most utilized tools in astronomy today! In particular, to understand the cycle of matter and energy it is an essential tool for understanding, what is energy? "Solving the riddle of dark energy is likely to dramatically change our fundamental understanding of space, time and even perhaps how gravity works." More importantly, it will likely prove the no-boundary proposal and lead to a holistic theory of human behavior! ( http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/darkenergy/turner_interview.html - Michael S. Turner, Professor and Chair of the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at The University of Chicago ---Ph.D. in Physics Stanford University ). Chandra Opens New Line of Investigation on Dark Energy http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/04_releases/press_051804.html "Using the combined data, Allen and his colleagues found that dark energy makes up about 75% of the Universe, dark matter about 21%, and visible matter about 4" As technology itself advances, hopefully human behavior will be driven by perceptions of caring and "fairness," as opposed to systematically "torturing" others, all sentient beings. Our capacity to do both increases as technology advances, including our understanding of "dark energy." As the probabilities indicate, the energy extracted from this fundamental foundation of nature -- quantum energy -- will be Much greater than that of the atom, ie atomic energy.

The more interesting point of the above articles being, as our evaluation of the objective world changes, so does our behavior... and our perception of "fairness" in this global economy:

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Specifically relating to Indians and the global economy:

According to the US department of health and human services Asian doctors (which includes Indian doctors) account for approximately 12.5 % of the practicing physicians in the United States. See exhibit 3.5 http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/reports/changedemo/references.htm

According to the US Census data Indians represent about .6% of the US population (http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/c2kprof00-us.pdf ) In total 20% of Intel employees are "Asians and Pacific Islanders," ie Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Korean, etc. http://www.intel.com/jobs/Diversity/allstats.htm ... Globalization effects not only Indian workers, but US workers as well.. hence the intention to clarify the numbers... Rather than exaggerating the number of Indians abroad, or giving people false hope that globalization will lead to more equal distribution, I think it's a much better idea to look at things objectively! In both cases, knowledge of the objective world is required in order to make a "fairer" judgment, the more specific the better!

"Microsoft's supremo Bill Gates in the Times of India has revealed that one fifth of software engineers working for the software behemoth are Indians." --- This including those working abroad, outside of the United States --- "Gates was responding to an "urban myth" that said 32 per cent of Microsoft employees were of Indian origin." http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6010

------------------------------------------- In relation to social theory, economics and ethics... each individual has to decide what they believe in, and the sum of these beliefs represent the values of any given society. Although each culture has a different degree of social justice, we believe that since "good" and "bad" can not defined, the definition of social justice itself depends on the values that underlie one's definition of "fairness..." In considering these different perceptions, we choose to believe in attaining and maintaining perceptions of caring and "fairness," which is based on our under-lying assumptions and continual learning necessary for growth and progress! Most interesting, since perceptions vary, this gives rise not only to personal conflicts, but to cultural differences that underlie many debates and conflicts. In the context of being open-minded, with better communication, understanding and knowledge, we feel there is a much greater opportunity for reaching consensus in these differences and attaining and maintaining perceptions of caring and "fairness.."

To some the idea of "good" and "bad" changing is as difficult to grasp as dealing with change itself. From an objective viewpoint, "good" and "bad" is constantly changing as ideas and values change via new ideas/technological progress, environmental changes and changes in people's circumstances. And while our perception continues to change, we can either Choose to shape our circumstances and systematically "take advantage" of others, or we can choose to use the power of knowledge to exercise perceptions of caring and "fairness..." Whether it be individual or collective choice, each of us has to decide whether we believe in short-term gains and long-term losses, long-term gains being beyond this present moment. While this decision often comes down to our values, mathematically mutual gains are the most sustainable in attaining resources and personal control, as exemplified by the Nash equilibrium. Hence, the most optimal solution is Not selfish interest but doing what's best for yourself And for the group. When applied to equal-opportunity and long-term societal benefit, the conclusion of the Nash equilibrium leads to consider more equal distribution of resources and and the freedoms to enact creativity, freedom of thought and speech that lead to sustainable progress --- The Nash equilibrium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium "Indeed, game theory, with the Nash equilibrium at its centerpiece, is becoming the most prominent unifying theory of social science" (Charles A. Holt). While corporate investment and development are certainly important, equally important are the conditions under-which they conduct business... For example, trans-national corporations "keep their financial headquarters offshore to protect themselves from taxes. Thereby, they lack financial accountability to the states in which they conduct their primary operations." (United Nations). It's not Only what you do, but how you do it --- which of course is based on our perception... Hence I hope people Choose to believe in attaining and maintaining perceptions of caring and "fairness," based on our underlying assumptions and continual learning and growth! http://www.globalpolicy.org/reform/2002/modelun.pdf A mathematical perspective of "fairness..." Charles A. Holt and Alvin E. Roth --- Harvard University and The University of Virginia http://faculty-gsb.stanford.edu/wilson/E608_2004/pdf%20files/Basic%20Game%20Theory/Holt,Roth-Perspective.pdf The Nash Equilibrium: A Perspective Charles A. Holt and Alvin E. Roth "Before game theory, economists often analyzed markets simply in terms of the supply and demand of the goods to be sold, with no way to discuss the rules of the game that make one kind of auction different from another, or make auctions different from other kinds of markets (such as stock markets, or shopping malls). Today, that discussion is most often carried forward by analyzing the Nash equilibria of the auction rules" ( Roth , 5 ) The Freedom From Religion Foundation is ahead of it's time in not only promoting free-thought necessary for "fairness" and progress in society, but also understanding how so-called religious people have "manipulated" the religious texts to bring harm to either women, poor people or minorities (especially homosexuals)... http://ffrf.org/about.php "The Freedom From Religion Foundation has grown from its initial three Wisconsin members to a national group with representation in every state and Canada!" "During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What has been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution." - James Madison

As a matter of Objective Reality : "Hands that help are far better than lips that pray." - Robert G. Ingersoll To look out for one's happiness is definitely a good thing, but we wonder to what extent one should balance this with being altruistic --- otherwise we'd just be extremely greedy people looking out Only for our welfare! On the other hand, since altruism has not end, you might want to considering believing in attaining and maintaining perceptions of caring and "fairness," which is based on our underlying assumptions and continual learning and growth!

Thank you for listening.