Today I stumbled upon in my thoughts on a book I read long back; Future shock by Alvin Toffler. Well, that is what future is ‘shock’, if not planned for as it takes birth from the womb of uncertainty.
Futurology which is a developing field in a nutshell is studies of the future. It’s about the determining the total set of possibilities for tomorrow, finding the most probable of outcomes, and leveraging advanced knowledge to even shape the future. For me, It is like joining the dots - seconds, minutes, hours and days of life for predicting scenarios and planning for a better tomorrow.
India needs to put extra weight behind the development of this field. We make preferences which become habits and then we let habits govern us. A case in point, yesterday evening Delhi had many a rivers but fewer roads. In my viewpoint, this is a case of bad habits and planning leading to repeated interruption of public life.
Yes, there is a varied range of factors like philosophical, political, religious, scientific, and even incomprehensible ones which may make or break our future. We should not unknown deter us but face it head on by working smarter not harder, avoid pitfalls, exploit new arenas, plug weaknesses, and where possible influence the future.
Shailendra Chauhan
Shailendra Chauhan
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