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• A comment on Conversation: Why did you go to University/College?

  Oct 23 2011: I never thought not going to university can be an option :)

• A comment on Conversation: Is email is dead - this year social media became more popular than email. Is there a future for email?

  Oct 20 2011: Hi Peter. All I intended to say was usage of Social media 'during business' is still restricted in most of the companies across the world.
  
  Social media 'for promoting business' is definitely a powerful tool, but email is still preferred mode of communication 'during business' for sending files, reports, sharing company confidential information etc. Outside consumer goods domain such as engineering goods, capital goods etc, conventional emails, paper brochures, real world exhibitions are still preferred.

• A comment on Conversation: I believe the right to an education is a basic human right..what can we do to make that a reality?

  Oct 17 2011: I think the simple and practical answer especially for countries like India lies in providing cost laptops and free internet centers. The simple solution as created by Salman Khan Academy has uploaded 1000s of informative videos, which provide reasonably detailed overview of several subjects, free of cost-
  
  http://tiny.cc/zdsr4
  
  Several such initiatives in each country can expedite the process exponentially.

• A comment on Conversation: Tax System that allows people to choose how their money would be spent.

  Oct 14 2011: this idea can be tried in a tiny island nation with population
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  A comment on Conversation: Is email is dead - this year social media became more popular than email. Is there a future for email?

  Oct 11 2011: I think people dont use Emails and Social media for same purpose as of now.
  
  Emails will not be dead anytime soon at least for professional/business purposes. For personal use too, email is still is relevant because of easy filing, searching, tabulation features. The walls and the tweets are still under wide public domain and people still dont feel very secure using them and thus I dont think they share very personal content either as they can do in emails.
  
  Social Media has replaced or is replacing the Social Life which people used to live in real world. The BIG difference is virtual life is far more convenient (cost, time, energy) as compared to real world life. Revolutions have been happening in past 3000 years, people have been sharing their views, pics, songs also for reasonable time and they will still keep on doing that.
  
  However, with time Social media platforms will get better, secure, reliable and converge all the email features. Perhaps emails would be redundant.
  
  But the the growth, innovation has been happening in non-linear fashion. Who knows whats the next big bubble, next big thing, better than what we imagined, is just round the corner !!
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  A comment on Conversation: The world lost one of its greatest visionaries tonight. A man who made a real difference. What would you say to Steve Jobs, if you could?

  Oct 6 2011: We all try to search for salvation. Every country and every religion has identified, preached and propagated their own ways of attaining the ultimate. The Road to Salvation I think ultimately depends on individual. A 21st century spiritual techie, this one from Steve Jobs is something very similar to what Gandhi ji said half a century ago in totally different context though -“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

• A comment on Conversation: Is the internet, not formal education, the new great equalizer?

  Oct 6 2011: I think the internet in its raw form is like the biggest library in the world + all the books and information that never deserved any significant time and attention. No matter how much we curse our primary and secondary education, we cant truly understand its importance unless we go completely out of the scenario to understand ourselves. A simple experiment, two kids be never exposed to the world, any form of media, information and should be just taught the language and basic habits, mannerism, survival instincts etc. Once they grow 12 give one internet and another 4-8 years of fast paced formal education, what will happen ?

• A comment on Conversation: What, in your opinion, is the secret to Steve Jobs success?

  Oct 6 2011: Steve Jobs is unarguably most loved and passionate technological evangelist, artist, anthropologist, inventor, investor and businessman of our times. Neither he was an astute geek nor an impractical artist. He was a firm believer of the human ability. He touched hearts, because he was genuine. He created extraordinary, because he had the courage to keep believing in himself despite all odds, life had to offer..