Time for EI (Emotional Intelligence)over AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Daniel Goleman once said that “between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom”. Here, we are living in a smartphone and virtual age where our character buildup and later or before its presentation is everything. In the race of News collection and its ultimate reaction is our daily life hobby without analyzing it with facts. Here, EI (Emotional Intelligence) needs the most for an individual. For example, we are living in the world’s largest democracy with voting right above 18 years but still, we believe in media reports for the development and demographic dividend of the country, we know the reality on the ground level because we know it all from our surroundings. Another example here I use is that 2 decades ago there is no sign of eating the right food (Nutritious food) because at that time there was a rare sign of having Chinese fast food restaurants nearby your home. So, you eat home-cooked food at that time. But today, we need healthy food items apps on our phones. Despite it, many new diseases arising or you can say despite having Artificial Intelligence. Even nowadays our daily life decision on any matter depends more on AI rather than using our Emotional Intelligence. One genius Nobel Prize winner of Medicine this year Svante Paabo has discovered the facts behind the development of the human from Neanderthals to Danisovan to Homo sapiens. It includes their structure and the changing emotional pattern of humans with time. This discovery proves that nothing is permanent, things have been changed according to changes in surroundings but my question is on what limit and what is cost later.
21st Century’s biggest war is going on between Russia and Ukraine for the last 12 months. After the losses of families & devastated environment, both governments acquire nothing except losing their own people’s faith in the government. With advancing technology, we are at the corner of a dead end. But if you have high & best control over your EI (Emotional Intelligence) you can perform better and become popular among your own people.
Here is an example, Climate Smart Agriculture. We all know, the climate has been changed far more adverse than ever. World Bank already warn us to keep ourselves in our houses during the heat wave in the summer of 2023. Expected death will rise during this period. But still, how many of us really read and care about such reports? because there is no notification and a pop-up allows this news to be highlighted. But these kinds of warnings and reports are highly recommended and should not be refused.
So the final conclusion is that we are surrounded by AI but forget to use EI at the right time. As we grow faster, our strength to understand things get slow which impacts highly our Ethical work and its reactions.
