“I want my country to
be first class in everything.
The moment we encourage
the second rate, we’re lost”
– Mr. J.M. Nehru
Dated Déjà vu
When Dr. Ambedkar came up with the
caste based reservation, the era was different. SC/ST people were not even
considered as humans let alone be equal. I believe thus, it was an astounding
move to bring back such community to life, giving them their identity. Nevertheless,
the only aim of this campaign was fulfilled aeons ago. Now people are no longer
treating them as they were before. Mutual respect prevails between all the
communities at most of the places, if not everywhere. Thus I reckon, the only
classification, if at all, must take place then it ought to be income basis & need to be scrapped once the very purpose is served which is equality. Bridging the gap
between poor & rich is a need of an hour as richest 1% holds a staggering
73% of the total wealth in India. This calls for some serious efforts in this
direction.
Be it a 35 percentile student getting
into IIMA or 1000+ ranked (UPSC) person is posted in IRS. Who do you think
suffer here? Our dear nation. Then we all whine, why our intellectuals are
leaving India. What will they do here? Wait for their another chance just to
get ruined by (some) reserved category student?
On one hand we’re very keen to
progress in the tech world & on the other hand it’s very convenient for us
to stay as regressive. This impact is much profound than it seems. (Some)
People living in such society tend to misuse the extra they get. It’s not just about caste based reservation, such
issues aggregately point at one thing. I.e. our frame of mind. It’s pretty much
the same as many traditions, that we blindly tag along just because they have
been there for generations & are accepted by all.
The Impending Rant
It’s not an appealing picture when
you imagine technologies such as AI, Optogentics, and Autonomous vehicles
coexist with a society that we are living in right now. I came across this very
considerately imagined chart showing what we’re heading next to,
(Source: https://waitbutwhy.com)
This is a simple yet powerful
chart delineating what we’re dealing next! Unprecedented steep growth is
what we are looking at. Apparently, we can’t afford to be as inattentive as we
are right now.
The
pace at which we’re advancing in the tech world is quite scary. What our
previous generation were imagining, is very much normal nowadays. The only
place where they saw a robot was in movies. Now Alibaba’s warehouse, in its
entirety, is operated by robots. As if that wasn’t enough, Scientists are
working on edifying ASI (Artificial Superintelligence) wherein Robots will have
the ability to develop their mind on their own. Needless to say, they’ll be
smarter than us. But would they be as good to us? Would they give us, humans, a
benefit of reservation? 😈
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