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Will a Robot take my job?

What if I tell you that the job you have been working on or your dream job that you want to work on with might be automated in the next few decades. There was a time when automation was a means for factory machines to do a repetitive task. But today they can drive a car, land an aircraft and trade stocks. But wait, has not automation been around for decades? What’s different this time? Our past and innovation For the longest time, humans worked in agriculture for a living. With the rise of the Industrial Revolution, this shifted to production jobs and then to the service sector as automation became more widespread. Now only a few moments ago we entered the information age. In the past things were simple. Innovation made human work easier and productivity rose, which means more services could be produced per hour but with less or the same number of people. This eliminated some jobs but also created many other jobs that were better because of the growing population required more
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Do you react or respond ?

  When I thought of this question, I begin to wonder what would I do, I try to visualize many scenarios in which I was encountering such a situation and I was trying to come up with my answer. Now you may be wondering what nonsense is he talking about. I came across this question through a speech by Sundar Pichai . It is a speech about the " Cockroach Theory " in Self development. Here's what the theory is on his own words: "At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on one of the ladies in that group. She started screaming out of fear. With a panic-stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed on another lady in the group. Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama. The waiter rushed f

Zero to One : A must read

 Reading great books can radically change the way you think. It helps you develop a better personality. And when it comes to great books, Peter Thiel's Zero to One is an essential read for any aspiring entrepreneur or anyone who wants to build their future. Peter Thiel was the co-founder and CEO of PayPal. The people he personally mentored and worked with went on to make billion-dollar companies such as Youtube and LinkedIn.  The book describes how to build a company that generates profits well into the future. To succeed, you need to build and maintain a monopoly. The book expresses everything in an entrepreneurial way but the ideas can be used by anyone who wants to build their future. “ The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. And the next Mark Zuckerberg won’t create a social network. If you are copying these guys, you aren’t learning from them. ” ― Peter Thiel

How Blockchain can transform India?

Blockchain is something that is going to change our lives in the next few years as the internet had changed in the past years. And if I were to ask myself back 2 years ago I would tell that it is some fancy technology that works for Bitcoin or something like that. Well I was not wrong but it was somewhat defining the internet as the technology behind google. First thing first: What is Blockchain? A Blockchain is a chain of 'blocks' that contains 'information'. Each block is unique and is linked to the previous block. It is a decentralized database that stores a registry of assets and transactions across a peer to peer network. In simple words, one can understand blockchain technology as a distributed ledger that is open for anyone. For example, whenever a transaction occurs it gets added as one more block in a chain of already existing transactions. And this added transaction has to be authenticated by everyone(nodes) over that one universal ledger that is prote

Why are we so attached to our things?

Yesterday when I was checking for something in the closet I found out an old pen (there is an interesting story behind why it is my favorite ) and I know that even I will never use it I can't just throw it out. And it's not just me and you, most everyone experiences some sort of connection to their stuff.  Throughout evolution, humans have developed psychological behavior to form a connection with the things around them. When we personally own something our mind and body form a connection with it and this is what something called an Endowment Effect. You value something more once you own it. For example, you can see that children value their stuff more and are afraid to trade their stuff with any other thing even if they were identical.   Often times we think that our things are a part of ourselves. We believe that they have a unique essence. For example, most people like to wear their same favorite t-shirt or shoes because sub-consciously they belive them as a part of wh

Why you should learn to code?

“I think everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer because it teaches you how to think. I view computer science as a liberal art.” - Steve Jobs Computers are everywhere, the one with which you are reading this, the one I am using to write. Literally, they are all around us. And It's so fascinating that we as humans are so much integrated with them in our daily life. You might have thought once in while that how is the app working, or while playing a game you might have wondered what's working behind the game and how it was built. Well, the answer is that someone had coded that game or app. But it's just one way to look at coding. There are plenty of others. Here are some of the reasons for you, yes you even if you are from a non-technical background to learn to code. 1. It can help you to Think in new ways Learning to code won’t just give you technical knowledge it will also give you a new way to approach your work. Learning to program a

How to learn Anything ?

Ever wondered what makes you keep getting ahead? Yes, the simplest answer would be learning new things. We are living in a world where new technologies are emerging rapidly and to catch up we need to grow ourselves with phase. And with cheap data plans, affordable devices there has been an immense expansion of the Internet thus this is the right time to expand your knowledge, to learn that skill that you always wanted to. Here's How YOU can learn anything from the scratch First of all, there are different ways in which you can choose to learn something new, you might like to read to get the knowledge or you are more inclined toward a video course/tutorial. Here are some of the ways from my side to get you started. 1. Research  We all know how hard it is to get started, that if you want to learn something the first obvious thing you would do is to search it on Google and that will show you enormous options to go. But you just can't go to any random link and wast