Wills & Nominations - Comprehensive talks

An excellent video on how to make wills, what to include and what to be take care of with some humourous reality on how things worked a few decades ago.

Nominations

Transfer and Transmission

London riots - Proof of Deindividuation - "Civil society": An oxymoron phrase

http://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/02/10/deindividuation/

The London riots just prove that the innermost bad desires are inherent in every person irrespective of whether they are in the developed world or in the developing world, whether in a civil society or not. As a matter of fact, the phrase "civil society" seems to be an oxymoron phrase now. People are civil by intimidation or by force, it just doesn't seem normal. Greed, action, thrill, survival instincts are all part of true human nature. It is only by continuously conditioning that we stop doing it and think twice before burning down other's properties and looting others' things.

P.S: written long ago, but forgot to post it.

Crowdsourcing to the next level

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Icelanders-hand-in-draft-of-worlds-first-crowdsourced-constitution/articleshow/9419934.cms

A similar idea is being tried in India to form a strong lokpal bill by the civil society to check corruption in the high places and the government is vehemently opposing it as many of their crooked tricks to loot the country will have to be surrendered.

Friends

I have wondered many a times, what are your rights and duties as a friend? Legally, I dont think a friend has any privilege in over a stranger. Sad, but true. Even some not so well meaninged relatives have privileges/rules conferred by the law.

So we dont have a legally bounded duty for anything for a friend.

So is is right to assume certain things for friends and take decisions on behalf of them? On very small issues, I am sure friends wont mind. But what about bigger issues? What if a major decision has to be taken and no family member is available at the moment? How does it work then with no one really listening to a friend of the person in case of major medical emergencies or such scenarios.