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20230915 : Screwed up hierarchy of needs...

We have heard about Maslow's hierarchy of needs. It's very simple - Basic and important needs have to be met first to aim for the next rung of higher level of needs.  It might have started the same, but now It will be different for different sections of the society today as the order of needs are very heavily dependent on economic realities and affordability - as everything is organised nowadays and nobody usually stays in the jungle looking for things. I don't know about all segments of the economic strata in the society but I can take a shot at myself (I will say middle of middle class. I think even in middle class , there is upper and lower). I have a feeling it will not be very far from others in the similar economic strata and above... The very very basic thing is air to breathe - that is the same for everyone. After that, it becomes complex. It should be water. Water is indeed needed, but most dwellings today have a backup - a borewell. On top of it, usually there mig

20210923 : neural pathways

After my stroke, rather a couple of weeks after, I have been able to feel almost everything in the right side of the body. I can feel touch. I can feel pressure on the skin- this was a little diminished earlier. I can feel irritation. I can feel the pinch. However the sense of temperature is all over the place. However, in many places, I can feel absolutely nothing. It makes me think that the nerve to each area/ muscle is not 1, but composite. Like the wires we get. One wire, but multiple strands. That's only for reception. Most areas there is absolutely no transmissions from the brain. However, as some sensation comes gradually, in some places I can feel the muscles. I can flex/ compress the muscle, but I can't relax it after. Makes me think its different strands to control as well. In all. There must be too many strands to all go straight to the brain. They may be more like a tree structure converging at many points finally converging into the information super highway, the