Disruption

 

How much do we really care about disruption? There is no simple way of answering this tricky question, I dare say. It depends on the kind of disruption we are talking about and to the extent that we will have to endure it. Widespread disruption affecting many people has the potential to be a major cause of concern, even among those who are not directly and immediately disturbed by it. On the other hand, on-off disruption is easily overcome. It would be fair to assume that we tend to turn a blind eye to someone else’s problem. By contrast, we can understand the trouble every time the issue impacts us. There is also before and after the disruption, when suddenly nothing will ever be the same, including ourselves. Being conscious of it can prepare us to better deal with unavoidable disruptions ahead we may face.

Another feature of disruption is that it can occur anywhere in the world, anytime, and it seriously affects us. And inevitably, we have to cope with it. Once disrupted, a system or a process is highly unlikely to function as usual or as expected. Additionally, disruption can exacerbate the goodness or the evils of a society. Some may say a shocking event changes the way many people think and act while others try to avoid such serious consequences as long as they can. If there is no right or wrong way of dealing with it, there is certainly an assertive way. There is also a time of not thinking or behaving normally after major disruption, which eventually will pass. Being accurate in judging something is of great service at any time, even more when we are presented with crisis caused by disruption. When something like that happens, we simply cannot do whatever we please.

It is also of a great value to be acutely aware of social disruption, knowing that some considerable influence and profiteering is always expected under the circumstances. In addition, it is not safe to assume the repulsive unthinkable is nothing but a fine option to others. Despite the outrageous character and behaviour out there, there is no excuse for us to tolerate avoidable actions with abhorrent consequences. Further disruption is expected later every time we fail to fix the cause of the previous one, make no mistake. Finally, we should pay particular attention to the disruption of values we treasure, roles, ideas and everything we cherish.  

 

by Ale Madia