Guru Meditation

...in society...

// To understand and appreciate the origin of the Guru Meditation titles, see here. //

• Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.
• Democracy will pay because it will try to suit everyone.
  The poor will want the wealth of the rich --- and democracy will give it to them.
  The young will want to be appreciated as the elders, women will want to be like men, foreigners will want the rights of the citizens --- and democracy will give it to them.
  Thiefs and swindlers will want important state offices --- and democracy will give it to them.
  And when thiefs and swindlers finally democratically take over the government, because criminals always crave for power, there will be a grater tyranny than in the time of any monarchy or oligarchy. (Socrates)
• It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
• ... which demonstrates his ultimate capability not to interfere in his own job.
• A key quote about scientific journalism from Ananyo Bhattacharya, from a Guardian article published on Tuesday, 17 January 2012 at 14.49 GMT:

  There's a fundamental misapprehension among many in the scientific community that the principal job of science journalists is to communicate the results of their work to the general public. It's not.

  And the continuation of that paragraph:

  ... A journalist might emphasise one part of the research and ignore other parts altogether in an effort to contextualise the story for their readers. That does not, of course, justify spinning the story out of all recognition so that it fundamentally misrepresents the work.

  In the reader comments below, at 17:30 on the same day, the reader LV09 paraphrased the author:

  There's a fundamental misapprehension among many people that the principal job of journalists is to communicate the facts to the general public. It's not.

• Journalism (def): a form of entertainment industry for the general public.
• History (def): the practice of justifying the present by rewriting the past.
• Political correctness:

  Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also looking into this matter from a different perspective and without being condemning of one's views and by trying to make it objective, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I... ...completely forgot what I was trying to say.