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Safer Internet Day 2020: replace hate with kindness online
Misinformation - Deadlier than the Coronavirus
There is no doubt that COVID 19 has come as a surprise to us all. People have chosen to react to it in several different ways. It is expected that by now the average person has chosen to start keeping a small stock of medical and food supplies and become very aware of the situation in their community, whilst trying to remain calm. They have also started limiting the number of journeys outside their house, and is also continuing to thoroughly wash their hands whilst avoiding to touch their face. However, there are some people who have been taking draconian measures that reflect their unrequired...
How Generation Z Will Change the Business World
By all accounts, the business landscape is evolving at breakneck speed, and young people are helping to fuel that rapid change. Generation Z, in particular, is poised to change the business world in a number of ways. For starters, young people are drawn to gig work, with more than half of Gen Zers reporting that they would choose full-time gigs over a traditional job. For Gen Z, gig work is appealing for various reasons, including schedule flexibility and the opportunity to be their own boss. The gig economy also negates the need for in-person interviews, which may be awkward for introverts or...
Platforms For Good (The Fight Against Misinformation)
Before I share with you this information, I have one question, how did you find this article? This is a rhetorical question in the sense that I don't want an answer, but this can lead to great discussion. You could have found this through a direct source where the article was actually posted. You could have also found the article through indirect links where it has been shared via a weblink that directs you to one of these direct sources. Why is any of this important? This is important because it helps us understand the power of the media, and that is exactly what I want to discuss in this...
The socio-economic impact of COVID-19 and its grip on us young people and children
“Poverty is when you don’t have any money. Because of a lack of money, children and us young people don’t have a chance to develop. We may not have a good profession or a good foundation for life.” This is how I describe the impact of poverty. Whether it’s the instant loss of income that so many parents face as a result of COVID-19 or the austerity measures that may follow, children and us young people are currently and will bear the brunt of this pandemic long after the virus itself has been eradicated. Projections change daily, with some predictions that the recession that follows COVID-19...
Physics: The Final Frontier
I used to look down upon my feet but now, my eyes are set to the stars. Explorers searched the known world across the history of mankind, hoping to find a new place in such a limited planet. It did not take long for me and other dreamers to search the stars for new worlds, allowing the cosmos to become our teacher. From the view of our ancestors, the final frontier of exploration was discovering new worlds on this planet with the aim to find a new place to call home. Today, scientists across the globe and those who wish to become these newfound explorers, such as I, have realized what truly is...
5G and COVID-19: The misinformation which is still circulating
What is Artificial Intelligence – and how does it affect YOU?
3 ways to be kind online
Hate speech and mean comments seem to dominate the internet these days. Scroll through any Instagram or Twitter feed, YouTube comment section, or online forum, and you are bound to see people mocking others for their appearance, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, personal beliefs- really anything can become the unfair target of vile comments online. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Although hate comments are seemingly everywhere on the internet, they do not belong anywhere. Here is a list of some ways to be kind online to turn the internet into a safer and friendlier place for all. 1...
COVID Pandemic: Resilience holding the Indian community together in adversity
One of the world’s biggest democracies had gone into lockdown on 24 March 2020 because of the rapid spread of COVID 19 pandemic. Currently, India is one of the worst-hit countries in the world with the number of cases rising every day, going up to almost 50,000 cases in a single day. I, myself have been very lucky to be living in Switzerland where the number of cases have been decreasing. Switzerland has been one of the few countries that have had minimal economic and social impact due to the pandemic. However, India, on the other hand, has suffered significant damage with their economic...
Generation Z and Online Games: Is a ban the right thing to do?
Generation Z (also known as iGeneration) are those who were born between the mid-1990s to early 2000s. This generation is famous for its usage of the Internet from a young age and comfort with technology and interacting on social media. The parents of the GenZ fear the overuse of the Internet by their children. Children reversely feel annoyed with their parents and complain about parents being overly controlling when it comes to their Internet usage. Recently, a 16-year-old boy died by suicide which was interpreted as "missed mission in Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)." In light of this...
Different worlds, come as one
It was a bright summer morning in the city of Munich, a mild winter had enveloped Melbourne, moisture laden winds were making their onset on Delhi and the ochre leaves on trees were just waiting to fall in Vancouver. It is commonly noticed that the world is far from identical, as we tread its paths, but the truth is not always that that meets the eye. We shall begin this journey by zooming in on Delhi. A girl, smartly dressed in the traditional suit, was hard at work, tinkering with nuts and bolts, or atleast, that was the common perception of her antics. However, it was undiscovered that she...
Fake news – a life-threatening phenomenon
How Strongly Can Social Media Influence and Control People’s Lives?
More "competition culture" for the youth!
When a competition is held, both participants who had waited for the longest time to showcase their skills and participants who had never considered competing before coming across the competition's announcement, would be willing to participate. A competition is a great opportunity for each to officially prove themselves. Here is why I encourage competitions to be set. 1) I personally know someone who took part in a competition established by an international institute, she is currently employed by a big 4 company alongside many other previous competitors, so, competitions are a great way for...
This is how the lack of reliable internet access affects me… and my community
Architecture "a dying profession in India"
Architecture is one the toughest courses in India. Being the toughest and costliest, you struggle to find a job and survive. The salaries offered are not worth and not up to the mark of your potential, and are more or less equal to the salary of a cab driver or maybe less. What's the use of investing so much on this profession and getting nothing? I have completed my architecture course this year, and now I'm an architect but it's hard to survive in any city. I'm working in Pune (Maharashtra). But here the employment conditions and opportunities are few. But you need to survive with that, go...
No Country for Online advocacy
In the spawn of three months, grandparents learned how to use Zoom, professors that had been teaching since the last millennium had to learn forcefully about live-streaming and virtual conferences, and humanity realized that many daily activities can be done online. Technology had been swallowing slowly our daily routines during the last decade; however, it took an accelerated and imposed growth due to this pandemic This change to online-based society seems easy and even unavoidable in the so-called High-Income countries. But Low-Middle Income countries got stuck in a slow development, where...
Why Universal Basic Income Should Be Considered Amidst Coronavirus Concerns
The concept of a dependable income for a citizen body isn’t a new one. The Roman emperors were famous for giving away bread to their hungry citizens thousands of years ago. Modern programs like unemployment insurance and food stamps continue to flirt with the idea as well. Going “all-in” on a basic income for all and sundry, though, remains a step that the U.S. government has not yet taken. Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang made waves in the lead-up to the 2020 election with his “Freedom Dividend” that championed the concept of a “Universal Basic Income” or UBI, but it was more or...