18. IR to AI: What Can We Infer? Will the 21st century’s AI transform humanity as the 19th century IR did? Industrial Revolution increased productivity by about 50% in the first half of the 19th century and shifted the global economic centre from Asia -India & China to Europe -predominantly England. IR transformed human life in three distinct ways: rapid urbanization, capitalists replacing the feudal lords at the apex of society, and shortages induced scarcity mindset replaced by increasing …
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Work life occupies center stage in our adult life. We are mainly known not only to others but also to ourselves by what we do. In our outlook on life, job satisfaction plays a key role. Reflecting on my four decades work experience, and people I saw who radiated job satisfaction, I found these five parameters play a key role. In the ideal world, all five elements need to align together. Luckily for us, even when three or more are …
4. Feelings Matter For a music buff listening to music at every opportunity, especially when I walk, I did not listen to music during the four-day walkathon. Uneven pavements, frequent need to step on and off it, and haphazard traffic meant that I needed my full concentration to walk unhurt. Traffic flowing on both sides, especially the wrong side was quite troubling. Generalizing at the cost of ignoring exceptions, our experience was bigger the vehicle, less considerate were they of …
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