DailyPost 763 EDUCATION / KNOWLEDGE PHILANTHROPY From a few hundred rupees by unknown individuals to 85% of the earnings of the world’s biggest investor’s worth of US $45 billion, philanthropy runs deep into the human DNA. Bill Gates getting in full time into the self funded social service work of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation […]
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DailyPost 759 DIGITAL COLUMBUS Times change, the core methodologies of growth of human civilization remain the same. Christopher Columbus discovered the viable sailing route to the Americas, he thought he had discovered a route to the Far East. Explorer, navigator and colonist, this is precisely the process the world is in today. The difference is
DailyPost 754 ‘THE KNOWLEDGE ILLUSION’ A term referred to by Yuval Noah Harari in his book 21 Lessons of the 21st Century, was coined by Steven Sloman and Philip Fernback. He explains this concept in a lucid & contextual fashion. “We think we know a lot, even though individually we know very little, because we
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DailyPost 729 INFORMAL KNOWLEDGE GROUPS Knowledge is at a premium in today’s world but the formal structures supporting the same have not evolved in most of the organizations / enterprises. We live on the same knowledge support system of yesteryears, meant for conventional enterprises & primarily slow changing systems. In a dynamic, real time world
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DailyPost 720 ENGINEERING EDUCATION CONUNDRUM Engineers engineer our world. They dictate technology to work in our favour. It is the cherished dream of a youngster to become an engineer. From a bicycle to a dam to Artificial Intelligence is their creation, modern world itself is. The fate of the country is intricately tied to quality
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DailyPost 717 PUBLIC DOMAIN / LIFE IMBROGLIO The quality, quantity & contribution of professionals in the public domain decided tacitly but very convincingly the direction the nation takes. Public life unfortunately has not dedicated professionals as in the case of every domain but at the end of day, public discourse is heavily impacted by them.
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DailyPost 714 CONTRACTED KNOWLEDGE If the clear cut connect between between contracted knowledge & a job were to get snapped, God knows what percentage of Indians would still have faith in knowledge. Contracted knowledge as in the case of any contracted goods or service has a limited shelf life & the quality does not go
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DailyPost 710 THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH In a transformative era, if the status quoist’s of present system of research feel that they would come unscathed, then they are in for a surprise. Research for research sake has been the mantra for long, it should change sooner than later. It survives in its own ecosystem, might
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DailyPost 704 KNOWLEDGE CONVERSION? Knowledge conversion is an important tool for professional & entrepreneurial success, if not the magical formula. The utilisation of knowledge garnered over the years in the educational institutions or later professionally, for individual, enterprise or society is Knowledge Conversion. Does knowledge conversion happen? If the large part of knowledge we gather
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DailyPost 700 RATIONALITY / MOOD SWINGS / TEMPER Man is a rational being is what we have been fed on all our life. Even the most irrational of us dutifully sermonizes on rationality to his kids & the next generation. From tv debates to road rage, does temper & erratic mood swing take over rationality.
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DailyPost 693 NEUROPLASTICITY Neuroplasticity and breakthrough thinking are intricately intertwined. This is the genesis of great ideas / later proven as facts, which have been milestones in human history from science to music. In 2014, a 24 year old Chinese woman went to a hospital complaining of dizziness & nausea. It was found that her