Mob: Is anonymity the pillar for it?

Mob, why is it so dangerous?
Is it because it brings the dark side out of the otherwise pleasant human beings.
But how come the beings with a hidden dark side manage to be pleasant outside the mob?
The very person with whom you had a meaningful conversation over a tea at your own home - does not think twice before breaking your bones once in a mob.

What gives mob this enormous team power? Why is an innocent bystander lynched, a woman molested, a thief killed by the mob? What clouds the individual rational behaviour? Why at work our teams don't have the single mindedness of a mob?

I think what gives mob its power is Anonymity!!
Take a deep breath - and now think:
What are the top three things you will do if you woke up from sleep and found yourself invisible? What are your darkest desires?

Once there is anonymity, there is no more social policing left. You are left with just you - no other social obligations to worry for. Have you ever logged into the web under a pseudonym? What keeps you in check is just you, your discipline and values.

Mob is like logging into this world with an anonymous account - and it brings out for all to see what we are deep inside.

So how to control this mob? Is there a way to break the anonymity? Is there a way to break the trance and make an individual think? Lets try it out the next time - by NOT addressing the mob, but the individuals inside it! Lets see it we are able to break the trance - and get the people back to rational state.

Being an Adult

Dictionary defines adult as someone :

"full grown", a person who has attained the age of maturity as specified by Law!

Is this sufficient? Thats it grow till 18, come of age - and be an adult?
How about defining adulthood in terms of maturity of body and mind! Maybe that will give us the complete picture.
We are living in India that seems to be made up of two distinct sub countries. On one side we have immense wealth being generated, and on the other side we have 300 million of 1.1 billion under poverty line (people earning less than 300 rupees per month).
I have sleep walked through this India, slightly aware of the environment, but chosing to ignore it. Few donations here and there, few kids sponsored for education, and my conscience is clear. This is my quest to discover myself, to find my potential, not just to earn money, but to contribute towards alleviating poverty and hunger in my country.
Its my quest for being an Adult - to make the right choices, decisions - and to make them with the right impact!

And maybe we should define adulthood as the growth of consciense!

Consciense: the inner sense of what is right or wrong.