Regardless of whether one agrees or disagrees with all or any of these thoughts, I must say it's very well-written, Harish. Would be great if you can expand on synthetic vision.
Wishing everyone a very happy, harmonious, healthy and fulfilling new year in advance from New York, USA. With warm regards, Prasanna Kumar Pincha. -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Kotian, H P Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 12:53 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Subject: [AI] Retrospect and prospect All Looking behind at the decade gone by and looking forward towards this new decade, my thoughts linger on a few aspects. I invite you all to crystal gaze on what we can look forward in this decade. We got the new RPD act. Railways have seen noticeable developments in accessibility. Banking has been a mixed bag with more accessible ATMS available to us but accessibility of Banking portals and apps has been inconsistent. Currency notes has taken a nasty beating in accessibility. There are signs that coins may be now accessible. However I feel the role of currency notes and coins will give way to digital transaction in this coming decade. Transportation by and large will become more accessible and friendlier to the disabled. Many more cities will have metros running. We can look forward for Bullet trains and even hyper loop trains. There would be drop in petrol and diesel driven vehicle with electricity driven vehicle taking its place and of course the self-driving cars would be a reality. I anticipate that synthetic vision will to a good measure minimize visual disability. I guess work related travel will be considerably reduced. Working environment will also see changes. I anticipate the working hours could shrink. Some job types could be lost and hopefully newer ones will take its place. Drones will be visiting us bringing all the essentials to us instead of the delivery boys. I see serious concerns on privacy and it will be challenging to have control of our mind. Our mind will be highly influenced by technology and substances That independent thought and opinion will be an highly endangered specie. The state and corporates will have a larger say and influence on us. This would not be desirable at all. I feel even AccessIndia will have little need to be around and I don't think it could sustain over this decade. These are my own thoughts and you are free to differ with all or any of these. Harish ________________________________ Caution: The Reserve Bank of India never sends mails, SMSs or makes calls asking for personal information such as your bank account details, passwords, etc. It never keeps or offers funds to anyone. Please do not respond in any manner to such offers, however official or attractive they may look. Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Celebrating Louis birthday Jan. 4th. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Celebrating Louis birthday Jan. 4th. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
