For me, the best description is an 'ecstasy party of ideas. It's a place where ideas fly freely, unmindful of class, topic, age, hierarchy, or even feasibility. Here are 12 ideas that I picked in my walkthrough in Davos this year.
1 GOVERNMENTS BY LOTTERY
The idea of government by lottery now seems attractive, as political systems with elections around the world are seemingly failing. Elected governments can undermine the inner stuffing of democracy by hollowing out institutions. A time-bound government by lottery may be a way to have successful governments without creating an elite and acrimonious environment. Being time-bound, such governments will focus more on governance than on self-preservation.
2 NEW FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT: RIGHT TO BRAIN PRIVACY
Your mind is your most private and most free space, where no power can intrude. Right? Perhaps not anymore. Most people are okay with wearable devices that track and record their activity. Call it the quantifiable self. Now, new devices are in the offing that can measure brain activity and provide a dashboard of brain metrics. These measure your brain for alertness and productivity. Employers can't wait, but employees are concerned about these new wearables that can track their activity. Little wonder, they have already been termed "bossware".
In this environment of increasing brain-machine interface, cognitive liberty could be under threat and should become a part of the human rights charter. This will ensure that biometrics is a force that liberates, not oppresses.
Neural signatures (a unique pattern of neural activity associated with a particular task, stimulus, or condition) will be the new passwords of the future.
3 STOP COUNTING THE CRISES
Denne historien er fra February 06, 2023-utgaven av India Today.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent ? Logg på
Denne historien er fra February 06, 2023-utgaven av India Today.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent? Logg på
Shuttle Star
Ashwini Ponnappa was the only Indian to compete in the inaugural edition of BDMNTN-XL, a new international badminton tourney with a new format, held in Indonesia
There's No Planet B
All Living Things-Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF) returns with 72 films to be screened across multiple locations from Nov. 22 to Dec. 8
AMPED UP AND UNPLUGGED
THE MAHINDRA INDEPENDENCE ROCK FESTIVAL PROMISES AN INTERESTING LINE-UP OF OLD AND NEW ACTS, CEMENTING ITS REPUTATION AS THE 'WOODSTOCK OF INDIA'
A Musical Marriage
Faezeh Jalali has returned to the Prithvi Theatre Festival with Runaway Brides, a hilarious musical about Indian weddings
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
Nikhil Advani’s adaptation of Freedom at Midnight details our tumultuous transition to an independent nation
Family Saga
RAMONA SEN's The Lady on the Horse doesn't lose its pace while narrating the story of five generations of a family in Calcutta
THE ETERNAL MOTHER
Prayaag Akbar's new novel delves into the complexities of contemporary India
TURNING A NEW LEAF
Since the turn of the century, we have lost hundreds of thousands of trees. Many had stood for centuries, weathering storms, wars, droughts and famines.
INDIA'S BEATING GREEN HEART
Ramachandra Guha's new book-Speaking with Nature-is a chronicle of homegrown environmentalism that speaks to the world
A NEW LEASE FOR OLD FILMS
NOSTALGIA AND CURIOSITY BRING AUDIENCES BACK TO THE THEATRES TO REVISIT MOVIES OF THE YESTERYEARS
