Editorial . . . . . . 

We no longer respect Time; in our post-modern period, the only thing we know about Time is that we “don’t have time” to live meaningful lives, do meaningful things, or care for anyone. As a result, Time may have no regard for us, and even worse, Time may not have time for us. We began a “two-minute noodle” life a few decades ago by transforming ourselves into “two-minute noodles,” and as a result, we rush to achieve fame, wealth, status, and everything else in two minutes, and as a result, we stumble along the way and create problems that are so overwhelming that we don’t understand what’s going on. Everything, including toys, is age-specific, but we’re in a hurry to get our two-year-old into school, hoping that by the age of twenty-one, he’ll be working for a multinational firm and earning trillions. However, a child of any age learns only what he or she is capable of learning at that age, with the exception of prodigies. This racing around to “accomplish” quickly becomes a cultural phenomenon, and society and the state eventually become a repository of data but not knowledge or wisdom, and of “achievements” but not meaningful living. When you disregard time, you disregard life as well. Nothing exemplifies this more than introducing technologies to which a person is unprepared. Thousands of young lives have been lost in vain attempts to take selfies, and even more lives have been lost as a result of rumours and suspicions spread like wildfire through WhatsApp and other social media platforms. The democratization of technology is a step toward mainstreaming the people into a larger public discourse based on the ideals and ethos of democracy and sustainable development, but such democratization must also prepare the safety nets for the negative consequences, which no society or state has taken care to prepare and provide. Therefore society and state/UT must take responsibility for incidents such as that to happen in our society frequently. Furthermore, companies and corporate houses that manufacture and sell these technologies, which have great potential to hurt and harm the public, must first study the impact of such powerful technologies on a population that may have a reasonable level of literacy but an abysmally low level of quality education, which hones human beings’ thinking, reasoning, and analyzing abilities, without first studying the impact of such powerful technologies on a population that may have a reasonably acceptable rate of literacy but an abysmally low level of quality education, which hones

We want what everyone else has without considering whether we are prepared for the challenges that come with having what everyone else has; the government is in a hurry to claim credit for introducing things, or as we like to call it, “development,” with little or no study of the consequences and penalties to pay; and corporate houses are in a hurry to make big bucks with no sense of responsibility for the consequences of their actions and reactions. It’s tremendously difficult to contain demons once they’ve been freed, but who has time to investigate the consequences of doing so? and then plan for the consequences and sanctions, as well as provide safety nets? This isn’t to argue that technology shouldn’t be commercialized or regulated in some way., but rather that any citizens must be prepared to use and manage these technologies responsibly, and that someone must be held liable when technology is misused or misrepresented. There is a common misconception that today’s youth are very smart, intelligent, tech-savvy, mature, and so on. To some extent, they are, but they do not appear to be particularly clear about information, knowledge, or wisdom, and their maturity is still in its infancy. Maturity, unquestionably, comes with experiences and the ability to evaluate, reason, and learn from them, which can only come with time. Misplaced faith in the abilities of young to lead without first educating them on how to lead is a mistake for which any community or state will pay the price. And what we are seeing today is society and state paying the price because when we don’t let Time take its course and instead create dams to harness power and road tunnels for ease of connectivity using Time’s gifts, we are deluged with repercussions we can’t undo, and Time exacts its revenge.