Value of human creativity growing exponentially along with tech: K M Birla
Even as the use of technology is growing in life and industry, the value of human creativity is growing even more exponentially, Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said on Saturday.
"We are entering a high-tech and high-touch world. As the application of technology is growing in life and industry, the value of human creativity is growing even more exponentially. I would argue that the value of human touch and empathy is directly proportional to the growth of technology," Birla said while addressing the convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
He said that over the coming decade technologists, industrialists, politicians and citizens alike will need to grapple with some existential questions.
"For instance, the question of drinking water - 3/4th of the earth is water, and yet we are grappling with problems of drinking water. Similarly, the question of clean energy adequacy... we in India have sunshine, yet we are energy deficient," he added.
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