The "GROW & SHRINK" Phenomenon
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The "GROW & SHRINK" phenomenon

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"Grow or Shrink", is the only formula which every matter, living or non-living, applies to exist and is the only Rule of Survival. This is a natural process and is beyond our control. Nothing in this world stays in the same state forever. So, a stable state is only a matter of Time. In fact, Growth and Shrinkage happens at the same time and at the cost of one another. A thing grows because something else shrinks!!

This is no rocket science, but a universal phenomenon of time. Science explains about the theory of equillibrium. We have similar theories in Economics, Accounting & etc etc. So, this is nothing new to us. But, a study on this phenomenon can certainly help in a better understanding of everything the world knows and also in forecasting the future trends.

The Institution of Family is the topic, I will be discussing here . The Homo Sapiens evolved with the evolution of family. Civilasations began with families and these families gradually took a larger shape of Joint Families. Then industrialisation, urbanisation, modernisation, globalisation and all other Z..ations further moulded this institution into different shapes. Joint Families got broken and took the shapes of Complex familiy, Extended family, Nuclear family and yet many more forms to come.

Adapting from the west, the East is seeing the evolution of a Live-in culture. Can we give the live-in s the status of a family? I believe, at sometime in the future we will. Growth of Human beings' activities, his increasing social intearactions, his desire for freedom, independence, the dying emotions, and his urge for identity is taking man away from the traditional institution of Family to a much larger Societal family and finally to a Global Family. It won't be too long when children will be on their own and parents not at all concerned for their well- being. We can safely say that the traditional institution of Family will shrink and finally perish with the growth of a new form of family.

Is it going to be detrimental to the race of Human Beings?
Will this be a Robotic society?
Is this the way we are Optimising?

TIME can only answer these Questions..
or... Can WE.. control these Developments by regulating the GROW & SHRINK phenomenon?


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