THE BRAIN WRITES

A judgmental mindset and the impulse to cave into what the society sees as righteous—this double whammy defines most of the Indians today. Our indifference to several harrowing situations plagues India’s tussle to become a developed nation, one that other countries look up to with respect. The lack of empathy and sympathy in my fellow citizens has given rise to the bustling sex industry of India. When the British journalist Hazel Thompson revealed her nearly decade's worth of experience covering the Indian prostitution racket in a tell-it-all eBook aptly named ‘ Taken ’, it made the readers cringe. Nearly all the women and girls involved in this vicious circle of lust and objectification she interviewed had put forth a similar plight, “We can’t return to our families due to the stigma we’d be subjected to”. Families of the victims need to support them in every possible way, both physically and emotionally, to eliminate the emotions of pseudo-guilt people pushed into th

Machines replicating human behavior—this, without a second thought, is the cornerstone of technological breakthroughs in the 21st century. A field of computer science that accelerated rapidly after the second world war, Artificial intelligence is here to stay for a long, long time. Kids are turning to Amazon Alexa for solving homework. The smartphone generation reveres Google Maps as the bible for navigation. These are a few among the innumerable instances of us relying on technology that can act on its own; an eye-opener for sure. The human resource vertical has not shied away when it comes to exploiting AI—for the creative, time-saving advantages it has on offer. Skimming through someone’s resume is energy-draining, especially when time’s ticking. And the activity becomes much more challenging and intensive when there’s a pile of candidate applications to be evaluated. In such cases, the tendency for error in judgment quadruples, unintentionally eliminating the deserving guy from