When you Win Yet you Lose

I saw the highlights of the Man City versus Tottenham Champions League and can't help but feel that FIFA football, much like wrestling is somehow stagemanaged. Left at the hands of a few people, it has exacted just the right amount of controversy and angst amongst the fans so that they will come back again the next time, expecting revenge and karma.

More bang for the buck the next time around, Grrr...  

For the record, Man City won 4 - 3 but because Tottenham won the previous bout 1 - 0, they moved on owing to the aways goals rule counting as more important in the event of a tie.

I am a fan of neither Man City and Tottenham, but if there ever was a scriptwriter who wanted to stoke the neutral public's interest and fire up controversy this was it. It could then be precisely why the ref chose to disallow a goal such as Raheem Sterling's in practically the last minutes using VAR (Virtual Assistant Referee). The VAR has real time cameras from up to as many as 20 locations and the Ref needs to see as many as possible in as short a time so as to make an informed decision as to allow or disallow a goal, award or ignore a penalty etc. 







Instead of putting the issue beyond doubt, in fact raises up more controversy. What a grand piece of  controversy guaranteed to pull in more crowds ! 

Technology in a large part is supposed to simplify matters for many people, it has actually made things so much more complicated. The fact is, due to the rise of the so called 'smartphones' millions of walking zombies have surfaced.

The entrepreneurs of today need to be mindful, 90% of people do not have the capability to take the  effort to upgrade their technology skills. In addition they do not allocate proper attention and memory to their daily activities and just coast along. Hence the latest and the greatest with all the 'bells and whistles' will only stymy (confuse) the 90% and results in a 'feel good' factor (I think I fall in the 90% by the way) ie. showing off and not really alleviate the perceived problem of the current times.

Take for example going to the bank or ATM to withdraw or send money. The rise of internet banking has its upsides obviously, but the rise of phishing and money laundering has skyrocketed and has probably led to the many loss of personal data privacy issues.   

The need to face to face social interaction has led in the regression of common courtesy, and a respect for individuals as a result many people hardly bother to go out now that they can be clickbait or troll champions and earn some income from home. 

Sad to see the way the New Geek economy has made us more socially awkward.