I
want to bid the highest in an auction. With the highest bid, I can turn my
destiny into a prosperous future. But in order to make a bid, what do I need?... Not
money, nor wealth. But talent, knowledge and creativity. I want all of you to
bid for the fortune by bidding higher and higher with your ideas, innovations
and inventions.
...This is the AUCTION FOR FORTUNE. An impetus for future
development. The
human mind is inherently lazy, but we act to the incentives. All the creations
of people are reactions to the needs they meet. Without the incentive there
would be nothing. Think about it.
Why
socialism collapsed? Because it was defeated by the sheer egoism that human was
born with. Why lottery winners turn lazy after their windfall of cash? Because
they don’t have to sweat for money since they got plenty of it. And why are you
all here? You want the outcome, you want
the self improvement.
As
we see, it is the incentive that pushes people forward.
Today,
our students receive a stipend equals half the minimum wage of the workers. The
authorities say it was good for stimulating their learning. But is an unearned
cash an drive them to study? Well
let’s see. At our university, we have an ATM on the first floor. And on the day
of the cash arrival there is a long queue of students, standing patiently for
money without thinking of the time they’re wasting. There is almost no space to
get through them. After the decision to provide the stipend there was 2 more
night clubs established near the university, which are now very popular among
the youngsters. (a bit of an exaggeration :p)
Though
the money we get is dependent on our GPA, most of us, read books to prepare for
exams, most of us memorize only to get good grades from the teachers, we study
without thinking. We study for being an ace student but not the creative one. But
creativity is what lacks in a developing country the most. The
students should be awarded with their real accomplishments, not grades which is
a subjective evaluation of only the teacher.
But
acting as the bidder, the young adults are thriving for themselves as well as
their mother nation. This is the invisible hand of Adam Smith, this is the
source of the “Wealth of Nations”. This is where one is for all and all is for
one.
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