We are at the beginning of a new era.
The dinosaurs are getting extinct.
The new age entails:
Reduction of one way media like television
and newspapers. Gone are the days when one way information was king. From the
newspaper barons, the Pulitzers and the Hearsts, we went on to TV as the chief source of
infotainment. What next?
The signs of decay are evident. With more
and more interactivity in the hands of the individual, the last desperate gasp
of TV can be seen in the way news channels in India are screaming aloud,
throwing all decorum to the winds, totally biased and unbalanced, they are desperate
for eyeballs which simply are not there.
Ad spends will vanish on these screaming
monkeys, as they will swing towards state patronage as a last-ditch effort to
stay alive. They will grovel, they will scream, they will crawl, but won’t
survive. Already the intelligentsia has give up on them. The masses will soon
get over the hypnosis created out of bogeys and crying wolf.
With rise in interactive media, an entire
industry is on the brink of collapse.
This is a mere indication of what is
coming. And its coming sooner than you think.
This is what according to me is what the
future entails:
1.
The good old ways of governance
will change.
2.
The shape will change from the
leader of the pack system to a bee swarm system.
3.
Focus will shift away from the Executors
to the Prey.
4.
Development will shift from infrastructure
to micro level.
5.
The focus will shift from the
cities to the villages.
6.
Large business will yield to
the small and micro level units.
7.
Economies of scale will assume
a new meaning.
8.
Linkages will become important
and these will cease to be in control of a few.
9.
Ethics and honesty will rule.
10. The dishonest and unethical
will be eliminated not by law enforcement but by denial of opportunity.
11.
Social systems will change. Merit
will mean not just caste, but actual quality of product determined by the
consumer.
12.
The state will lose importance.
13.
Political boundaries will lose importance.
14.
Barriers of language, religion,
will become extinct.
15.
Stealing and loot of resources
will cease as digital currency and blockchain will ensure complete transparency
and accountability. Those not adhering will cease to be operative.
Lets welcome the extinction. Lets plan for the future.
