Re: [silk] From 35 years ago, Asimov's predictions for 2019 (and anxperiment for this list)

2019-01-21 Thread Bruce A. Metcalf
On 01/21/2019 07:10 PM, Thaths wrote: On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 3:49 AM Bruce A. Metcalf wrote: 1. Malthusian forces will bring famine to much of the third world, unless some new disease gets there first. Growing resistance to acceptance of vaccination will aid the latter. I am in the middle

Re: [silk] From 35 years ago, Asimov's predictions for 2019 (and anxperiment for this list)

2019-01-21 Thread Thaths
On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 3:49 AM Bruce A. Metcalf wrote: > > 1. Malthusian forces will bring famine to much of the third world, > unless some new disease gets there first. Growing resistance to > acceptance of vaccination will aid the latter. > I am in the middle of reading Hans Rosling's

Re: [silk] From 35 years ago, Asimov's predictions for 2019 (and anxperiment for this list)

2019-01-21 Thread Thaths
On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 2:53 AM Bharat Shetty wrote: > On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 11:15 AM Thaths wrote: > > 5. Though a bigger percentage of the world will be literate than today, > it > > will be possible to use the internet without being literate (voice > > recognition, tts) > > > > A question

[silk] Sharing observations from a 15-day journey around India

2019-01-21 Thread Deepak Malani
Hi Silklisters, I recently completed a 15-day journey around India, organized by a non-profit based in Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh. This journey (Jagriti Yatra) in a chartered train was in its 11th annual edition. We landed in 8 states and interacted with organizations whose work has created a unique

Re: [silk] From 35 years ago, Asimov's predictions for 2019 (and anxperiment for this list)

2019-01-21 Thread Bruce A. Metcalf
On 01/01/2019 04:21 PM, Peter Griffin wrote: What are your predictions for 2048? A most interesting challenge, thank you. I'm afraid I'm more pessimistic for 2048 than I am for later dates. I think many issues will get worse before they get better. 1. Malthusian forces will bring famine

Re: [silk] From 35 years ago, Asimov's predictions for 2019 (and anxperiment for this list)

2019-01-21 Thread Bharat Shetty
- Bharat On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 11:15 AM Thaths wrote: > 5. Though a bigger percentage of the world will be literate than today, it > will be possible to use the internet without being literate (voice > recognition, tts) > A question about current state of the voice recognition (voice typing