Did expertise ever herald such a paradigm shift in way of life earlier because it has executed throughout my lifetime? Technology has quickly expanded the frontiers of human growth since my start in 1959. My personal evolution is linked to the chronology of humongous strides within the fields of electronics, cars, telecommunications, and most importantly, within the realm of Information & Communication Technology (ICT).

New innovations and improvements have catalysed radical enhancements in way of life through the six a long time of my life to date. In my early childhood, I witnessed the transition from firewood oven to cooking gasoline as LPG cylinder made a debut in our kitchen. The progressive entry of fridge, geyser, landline phone, washer, desert cooler, black and white tv, and two-wheeler in our family elevated our way of life within the 20 years of Nineteen Sixties and Seventies. Arrival of each new expertise product in a middle-class household was an occasion which was concomitantly a milestone in India’s development story.

Colour TV made an enormous splash in 1984 coinciding with Asiad. Other gadgets prevalent for residence leisure had been VCRs and cassette gamers. There was mushrooming of PCOs for making STD calls through the decade of Eighties. I added many a feather to my cap through the decade of Nineties. I travelled by air in 1992, operated a private laptop in my workplace in 1993, purchased a automotive in 1996 — all for the primary time in my life.

The tempo of technological improvements accelerated on the flip of the century. I’ve been a witness to the emergence and evolution of non-public computer systems, cellphones, and Internet. Lagging a bit, I acquired a cellular handset in 2001 and a private laptop in 2004. Belatedly, I purchased my first smartphone with 8 GB reminiscence in 2014 and later upgraded to Apple’s iPhone with 128 GB reminiscence.

The introduction of social media, using on Internet pace, took the world by storm within the first decade of twenty first century. The dominant gamers within the social media area are X (previously Twitter), Facebook and Instagram. From kids to the grown-ups, everyone seems to be hooked on to social media. Depicting the draw back, a Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma, explores the harmful human influence of social networking.

Information expertise has rejigged the methods of life. Google is probably the most highly effective search engine to which we are able to dictate our inquiries to and get quick solutions. There are voice-enabled digital assistants similar to Siri, Google Assistant and Alexa. We talk immediately via messaging apps and emails. Video calling for private and official functions has turn into commonplace. OTT platforms have metamorphosed residence leisure. Digital funds are one other manifestation of technological developments. Most of the funds and fund transfers might be executed immediately via varied fintech apps. Artificial Intelligence is the brand new game-changer. OpenAI’s ChatGPT is already creating waves and buzz. The technological developments are shifting too quick for me to maintain tempo with.

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