Challenges for New Decade 2021!

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Another year is dawning. It is also the dawn of a new decade - starting on 1 January 2021 and ending on 31 December 2030. I am sure these coming ten years would be the beginning of a new era. 




  • An era when new usage of Internet for online classes, online doctor consulting, work from home, etc. is becoming the new norm. As we usher in the new decade we question, confront, reflect, and respond to the ever-changing communications landscape that challenges us with more misinformation disorder, conspiracy theories, and post-truth world order than ever before. 
  • An era in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than maliciously manipulated information that affect people’s behavior, both individually and as a group. 
  • An era which will leave us wondering whether media organizations can ever regain people's trust and credibility. 
  • An era of pseudo-science in which scientific dishonesty triumphs over scientific facts. 
Consequently the major challenge of the new decade to human intelligence will be the development of new tools based on artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics that can tell us the difference between real information and misinformation. 


Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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