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23/09/2021

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19/09/2021

Technological unemployment is the loss of jobs caused by technological change. It is a key type of structural unemployment.

19/09/2021

Technological Unemployment, they are words that we don’t hear together very often. Usually technology is associated with advancement, improvement and building on what we as humans have accomplished.


New technology helps make life easy, saves time, automates tasks and helps avoid errors and thereby the need for human intervention is greatly reduced.


The smartphone that is in our pocket has several times more computing power and storage capabilities than the Apollo 11 spaceship (the most advance at that time) which landed on the moon in 1969. It’s truly remarkable to see where technology has come in the last four decades.


Technology has opened new doors to what we thought was possible and also created some short-term employment to people who were wanting to build on this technology, innovate and develop things which earlier only seemed like a distant dream.


However with modernisation and improvements in technology many traditional ideas and practices started becoming obsolete. They were less efficient and requiring far more hard work and manual labour as compared to the new more automated practices. Slowly people were forced to adopt the new ways because they were more affordable and efficient. Those who were not willing to accept these changes were forced to give up their livelihood as they could not compete with the ever evolving and improving technology.


The big companies were the first to adopt these modern methods and use fancy big machines for their work. This reduced the requirement for labour within factories and production units. The impact of modern technology was the worst for the weaker sections of society whose livelihood was greatly based on manual labour.


Those who were financially able to afford these new machines and implement them in their daily lives very much benefited from these modern technological advancements. However unemployment plagued the weaker sections of society which further lead to an increase in the gap between the rich and the poor.


New technology has undoubtedly made our lives easier and more organised, but to some extent it still affects the labour class of people who are not educated enough to be able to adopt new ways.


In a country like India where there are so many different kind of people, from different sections of society, technology will always continue to be a boon to some and a bane to the others.

14/09/2021

Is it safe to start the work in the office again?

07/09/2021

Mars, the Red Planet, has always been a mystery when it comes to the age old question, was there ever life on Mars?

This question has intrigued scientists all over the world who have desperately tried to get to the answer. A new study published in the journal Science shows definitive evidence of organic matter on the surface of Mars. It confirms earlier findings that the Red Planet contains certain carbon-based compounds that are the essence of life as scientists understand it.

The organic molecules were found in Mars's Gale Crater, a large area that may have been a watery lake over three billion years ago. The rover encountered traces of the molecule in rocks extracted from the area. The rocks also contain sulphur, which scientists speculate helped preserve the organics even when the rocks were exposed to the harsh radiation on the surface of the planet.

A rover sent to Mars analyses the air around it periodically, and in 2014 it found the air contained another of the most basic organic molecules and a key ingredient of natural gas, methane. One of the characteristics of methane is that it only survives a few hundred years. This means that something, somewhere on Mars, is replenishing the supply. According to NASA, Mars emits thousands of tons of methane at a time. The level of methane rises and falls at seasonal intervals in the year, almost as if the planet is breathing it.

NASA suspects the methane comes from deep under the surface of the planet. The variations in temperature on the surface of Mars cause the molecule to flow upwards at higher or lower levels. For example, in the Martian winter the gas could get trapped in underground icy crystals. These crystals, called clathrates, melt in the summer and release the gas. However, the source of the methane is still a complete mystery.

The possibility of life on Mars has fascinated humans for generations. It has been the subject of endless science-fiction novels and films. With new evidence coming in, it has become a very interesting and controversial topic which begs the question, are we alone in the universe or have there been other life forms within our Solar System? If the current missions to the Red Planet continue, it looks as if we may discover the answer very soon.

07/09/2021

Life on mars?

04/09/2021

Robots: History and Future...

04/09/2021

Robots are the future!

Artificial intelligence will enhance, uplift and finally substitute the human civilization!

These statements ring a bell, don’t they?

These statements reinforce the fact that our human civilization is constantly reminded of the threat they face from these automated machines.
However, these claims aren’t baseless. Artificial intelligence will soon be the new normal and owing to the advancements in machine and deep learning, machines are most likely to take over half of the low skilled labour-intensive jobs and will soon advance onto capturing high skilled work.

However, we’re still living in the stage of distorted reality wherein we believe that the dunderhead robots of today will take over the world. The world is yet to see bigger breakthroughs in the field of science and technology.

The robots of tomorrow will not only be bestowed with conventional abilities like that of moving, calculating and communicating but also with superior decision making, analytical and managerial skills.

Robots of today are capable enough to run errands, robots of tomorrow may be more that capable to run successful businesses or even take up the task of running MNCs and drive them towards profits like never before.

This change is unfathomable but it is a much-anticipated change and it’s in everyone’s best to adapt, adjust and accept the newer ways of life. That way we all can sail smoothly in the ship of changing times irrespective of the progressions in our surrounding or technology.

02/09/2021

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