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AI_Era_Education

AI Era Education  The Subjects Schools Don't Teach… But what the Future Demands in this AI era: Students should Learn to understand about themselves, society, nature, intelligence, and the future. Imagine graduating with perfect examination scores, but without understanding how your brain works, how artificial intelligence makes decisions, how money grows, why people disagree, how your genes respond to the environment, or how the natural world sustains life. Students may know mathematics, science, history, and languages (can use AI tools to get the information), but the main question is do the student know how to manage your emotions, recognize misinformation, overcome procrastination, understand financial risks, collaborate with intelligent machines, or make decisions that protect the planet? ...

Pongal, Sustainable Organic Natural Agriculture

During the auspicious Pongal (Tamil Harvest Festival) I want to present this article for farmers. As an environmental scientist and information technologist I could share my useful knowledge and experience for the benefit of the natural farming community. Farmers practicing natural methods have questions about plant diseases, weeds and pests (how to control them in a natural way). Natural methods are there for sure to control diseases, weed and pests: Neem, Cow manure, butter milk, garlic, turmeric, chilies, physical fly catchers, diatomaceous earth, row covers, crop rotation and integrated pest control can be used. You can google about each topic (along with natural pest control) and read more, understand and practice. One thing to note is our agricultural forefathers have been using these methods successfully. I have heard that the amount of yield was so high that they had to use elephants for removing husk from rice instead of bulls. They had mastered the natural farming te...