Observe, Wonder, Read, Think, Imagine, Share, Repeat- A Causative Analysis Journey

Indian Railways (IR) with the tagline "LIFELINE TO THE NATION" is on an "FINANCIAL VENTILATOR"! Let it sink in, a much touted "Lifeline" since our Independence is on "Ventilator"! Lifeline to the Nation According to National Rail Plan (NRP) report, IR is the 4th largest railway network in the world by size with 123,542 Km of total tracks over a 67,415 Kms route. In the fiscal year ending March 2019, IR carried 8.4 billion passengers and transported 1.2 billion tons of freight. But then, probably we don't need all this data to understand that IR is truly "Lifeline to the Nation", a mere visit to any of the railway stations of the metropolitan cities of India will make us realize this, beyond doubt. However, to understand the issue of "financial ventilator" we have to dig a little deeper to understand the financial problem of IR. In spite of the huge demand & perennially overcrowded passenger trains,  freight traffic is ...

Imagine, the year 3050-The AI age has truly arrived, the Earth & its happenings are optimised, controlled/monitored by data-driven, thinking, collaborating "Efficient" Machines. All the parameters of an ideal living environment- pollution, energy efficiency, self-governance, the population of other species & machines themselves etc has been taken care of by the "top of pyramid-The Machines". Of course there are no “inefficient” Human-beings around, as Machines had learned from their previous masters, in the battle of supremacy & survivals there is no place for competitors who can challenge you frequently. Fast-forward to the year 4000 and a few machines want to bring back Humans by the magic of Genetic Engineering to increase the diversity of amusing life on the planet & its cascading effects on Nature. Lot of things have changed, the Earth's new optimum, optimised by machines, never had to care for Human needs. There is abundance of renewable e...