“Counting the Countless” or “The Craft of Communication, as Homo Sapiens know… oops, do it!”
Let’s say the next great fad is going to be “Counting the Countless”, i.e. counting the number of stars in space and grains of sand on earth. While some will attempt it in the real universe, many will give it a try in the metaverse. Before you pick your choicest expletives and launch them in this direction, please spare a few moments of your forever-busy daily grind and read on. Please…
‘Fact’
Stars are in space and grains of sand are on earth.
‘Information’
There are countless number of stars in space and innumerable grains of sand on earth.
‘Education’
There are x*y types of stars in z galaxies & n^a(b+c)/m*p grains of sand.
…of course, you’ll have to attend additional tuition classes offline or online – Byju’s is waiting with an offer you can’t resist – to understand and vomit, err.. write this, exactly as it is, in the exam paper.
‘Training’
‘All The Stars and Sand’ – the 3-day program that will change your Life.
Objective: To know how to count the number of stars and grains of sand.
Outcome: You count the number of stars & grains of sand, 3 times faster than before in 1/3rd the time taken by your peer group.
Session 1: What is a star? (23 slides, 1 self-explanatory questionnaire followed by group debrief).
‘Knowledge’
It’s practically impossible to count the number of stars & grains of sand.
…and any Training isn’t useful for practice, as for anything else.
‘Belief’
It is true that many learned men from the age of Zeus have tried and failed to count the vast number of stars and grains of sand. As we know, the counting of celestial things is prohibited by the Gods and anyone trying to do that will have to face the wrath of Zeus himself.
‘Faith’
The innumerable number of stars everywhere in the universe and grains of sand all over the planet show how magnificent the Creator is.
‘Religion’
On day n, he said let there be stars and sand and lo & behold they were there everywhere, in the blink of an eye.
‘History’
It was in 210 AD that humans first started counting the number of stars and grains of sand. But the first breakthrough didn’t happen until after 400 BC, when Gautama Buddha was able to visualise the entire universe within himself, right from the moment of creation, leading to his Enlightenment. The rest, as they always say, is history.
…of course it is, since that’s how it has always been and shall continue to be!
‘Archeology’
Though historically 210 AD and 400 BC are considered significant, as far as counting the stars and grains of sand is concerned, the remains found during the excavation of Keeladi and the palm leaf manuscripts found in the original Nalanda University (that’s a certified miracle, btw, since it was burnt down by an invader), remain inconclusive about when the counting actually started or who started the counting.
…this once again decisively proves that the Aryan invasion theory is a long silk yarn spun by, umm… some grossly over-educated Aryans, perhaps!
‘Astronomy’
42 of the 88 modern constellations look like animals and are full of stars in various sizes, just like the countless grains of sand.
‘Astrology’
The reason for the delay in your promotion isn’t because of your boss who you obviously hate, but the position of Jupiter during this phase when entwined twins Rahu & Kethu compete with each other to block career growth of all people whose birth star is Jupiter. And that’s just one star. Imagine how complex Life can be with millions of stars in the galaxy, as much or more than the grains of sand on earth. But trust me, there’s a parihara (remedy) to get around the blockade and get your promotion.
‘Rhetoric’
The number of stars and grains of sand are so numerous that counting them is impossible even if the entire humanity joined together to do so, for the next decade or two, knowing full well that’s well-nigh impossible. Yet, that’s exactly what humans are going to do. Humans, after all, are the only intelligent species in the whole universe, who can effortlessly pull off something like counting the stars and sand, with incredible ease.
‘Media’
*Breaking News* ~ Tom, Dick & Harry have been awarded the Nobel prize for creating the prediction model to count the number of stars and grains of sand. But, as we all know already, it’s a conspiracy by the economic super powers to claim all scientific inventions and prizes says Prof Vigyan Ashlesha.
NewsNow brought this to you first, even before Nobel prize was founded. Don’t miss the explosive debate tonight to expose the most earth shattering conspiracy never known to humanity since it evolved from ape – only on NewsNow! Tweet your views with #StarSandConspiracy to @NewsNow.
‘Science’
If we start counting the number of stars & grains of sand from today, it’ll take x000 years to count 1/nth of the total, which will require y^n computing power.
Scientific Galactican got an early preview of this breakthrough formula, from the upcoming book containing the snail-mail communication between Einstein & Ramanujan.
‘Technology’
We need newer, more powerful devices with far higher number crunching ability that relies on big data and stores every bit of information in the public cloud and daily counting trend available on mobile platforms using analytics.
Global chip leader Wintel corp said, “though the computing power and speed that’s available now is inadequate to count the number of stars and grains of sand, our upcoming TryzenLake super processors will provide the power on-demand, by chip load.”
‘Business’
As the pioneer in space and earth technologies, the combined power of all our satellites in orbit and earthmovers on planet earth gives us a head start in counting the number of stars and grains of sand. And we’re proud to say Ubicorp is well equipped and ready to launch twice that number within the next decade, to make headway in this adventure to help humanity’s quest for excellence.
…naturally, Ubicorp’s shares have risen almost threefold within four trading sessions, forcing SEBE to stop trading in that counter.
‘Management’
With x000,000 resources working n hours a day at y$ per hour, we will count the number of stars and grains of sand in z years, in a phased manner to transform our organisation’s vision to reality.
Agile is the chosen methodology to manage this ginormous project and we’ll start immediately hiring Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches globally.
‘Analyst’
The star and sand counting is the next big thing in Digital. It’s set to exponentially grow from just 3 million counts a decade to over 22 billion counts a month, within the next 4 years. Though there are only about 3 enterprises in the world with the money, technology and manpower to leverage the growth in this exciting space, we expect a six-fold increase in that number by this time within the next two years. 60% of that growth will come from Asia and the rest from China. We expect the size of this business to be Euro 12.6 billion with an assured annual growth of 62.8%.
‘UN’
Asia has already started with the MilkyWay and Europe has voted for Andromeda. We’re hoping USA will soon agree to pick a faraway Galaxy to start counting the number of stars, right after the Presidential election.
China will supply all the devices required along with any amount of manpower required. South America will start counting the grains of sand from 2050. Africa is expected to join from 2085. Australia is still smarting from the Ashes loss and yet to decide which one it wants to do.
We’re unable to confirm Russia’s participation at this time, but we remain hopeful.
All nations participating in this global project are advised to allocate 3% of the budget as donation for the rehabilitation efforts in Ukraine. A 1% cess is recommended for sustaining the Covax program.
‘Government’
We’ve reduced the number of forms to be filled from 19 to 17, simplified them from having 89 fields to just 83, brought all the 13 departments for approval into a single window system, appointed an IAS officer exclusively to liaise between business and government and given a tax holiday for 3 years with the possibility of retrospective MAT applicable only from the 4th year for all stars and sand grain counting businesses that operate within S3EZs (Special Star and Sand Economic Zone). The standard quota system must be strictly adhered to however, for any and all employment.
‘Bank’
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‘Retailer’
Telescopes, Microscopes, Lenses, Hourglasses, Sieves, Tents, double strong Coffee for those long nights and TripleBull Energy drink for the longer days and lots more – starandsand.sky – for all your needs to start your star and sand counting business today. Get a free Star&Sand designer mug free, for a limited period only. To win designer T-shirts, please check our weekly giveaways on social media.
‘University’
You don’t want to miss the star and sand counting revolution. Sign-up for our acclaimed MSSA (Master of Star and Sand Administration) program, exclusively designed for busy executives and accredited by ISSCF (International Star and Sand Counting Federation). Our 5-star rated course guarantees accelerated growth in what you always wanted to do – count how many stars and grains of sand are there in the universe. Universal placement assistance is available.
‘Publisher’
“How many stars will you count!” – the seminal book by international bestselling author Rohan Karma offers practical advise and step-by-step guidance based on his own personal star and sand counting experience of 17 years.
Expert review: One word – Glowing!
‘Gen Z Activist’
That so many number of, you know, stars and grains of sand have been, like, created by God is fine. I get that, really, okay. But I just can’t believe you still say God is a, well, you know… older and bigger MAN. And he lives in, like, the sky, beyond those, umm.. what are they.. oh, stars. Are you sayin’ man, uh, God, whatever… created woman too then! Yeah, right… How is that even possible bro? Can you believe that $h!t, like, really!
‘Rationalist’
There are stars, grains of sand and you and me. To say that all of these were created by someone somewhere above at will isn’t just preposterous but incredibly irritating.
‘Pessimist’
Just look at the number of stars seen at night. And the grains of sand on just one beach or playground. It’s not just impossible to count them, but improbable to even think about counting.
‘Optimist’
Just imagine the number of stars that are there beyond what we can see at night. And all those glorious grains of sand on all the beautiful beaches and playgrounds full of joyful children and friendly people. It would be really wonderful if all of us join hands to count all those glittering stars and grains of sands.
‘Elders, aka Boomers & beyond’
Have told you from the time when your mother still changed your diapers that it’s not possible. Anyone who thinks about counting the number of stars and grains of sand should get his (or her) head checked. But the bloody millennials are so cocky that they think this can be done. And kids these days won’t just listen to anything we say. Ah, wish I could leave this godforsaken planet behind!
‘Wife (or Spouse-F, to be socially correct)’
Why don’t you find something useful to do and earn some more for our child’s education than wasting time thinking about counting the number of stars and grains of sand. Did they ever ask anyone to count them. And for god’s sake, stop playing that stupid Stars&Sands game on phone.
‘Husband (or Spouse-M, to be socially correct)’
Look, given a choice, I’ll quit this hopeless job today and start counting the number of stars and grains of sand instead. Do you happen to know what kind of skillset and experience is required to switch my career path? Are any openings already listed on Naukri? I should probably check a few LinkedIn profiles to keep mine relevant.
‘Child’
Whoa, there are so many number of stars above and grains of sand around. Aren’t they so beautiful! Can we play count the star & sand puhleeese?
‘Politician’
Is there any other quest in the history of mankind that’s bigger than counting the number of stars and grains of sand? And who else but humans can accomplish something of this magnitude that has never been even imagined before. History will remember us as the generation that has bravely attempted to do the unimaginable. Something so great yet so hard that made even Ceasar, Genghis Khan, Alexander, Rajendra Chozhan, Napoleon and the East India Company to think twice, before they gave it a miss and went on to conquer the world instead. And do it we will – with all the technology that’s available at our disposal. Not because it needs to be done, but because we can. Yes We Can!
‘Philosophy’
The pointlessness of counting the number of stars and grains of sand lies not in the stars or sand but in the limited thinking of humans, whose centuries evolution hasn’t helped in learning it’s pointless nature.
‘Digital Era Guru’
Just keep counting the stars and grains of sand, without thinking about the rewards that come after counting. Rewards are maya, because you don’t know if they even exist. Counting is real because you actually do it. Don’t ever think that it is your doing. Always remind yourself that you are useful to get it done. Just as others who are also doing it. Give it your all and just do it, for not doing anything about it is not an option, as Krishna told Arjuna, several millennia ago.
‘Reality’
Stars are all over the space, grains of sand are everywhere on earth and humans still think they can be counted.
‘Truth’
There really are no stars nor are there any grains of sand anywhere to be counted by anyone.
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Be Joyful & Spread the Cheer…
~Swamy | @PrakashSwamy
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