10 changes in traffic rule violations:

1. Making it illegal for people to swarm like a bee at a railway crossing. People should stay on their side of the lane when waiting for a train.
2. To penalise people who text while driving.
3. To penalize bikes who make a lot of noise. (e.g. Royal Enfield)
4. Making helmets neccesary for women. Accidents are not sexist.
5. Punishing kids who drive by making their parents do the homework at the signal.
6. People going on bicycles given preference on roads.
7. Traffic lightning working on real-time traffic data.
8. Fining people who play loud music on their cars.
9. Limit on the type of advertisement shown on signals.
10. Cancelling the licence of people who double park.

10 questions to dietician/nutritionist:

1. What should be the exact percentage distribution of cardio and running in exercise?
2. Is it a good philosophy to eat only when we are hungry?
3. Do you advise talking while eating?
4. Can a person survive without drinking tea and coffee? Can I be active without drinking these things?
5. Isn't the concept of cheat days a mockery? Having cheat days means that some part of you still wants to eat fast food.
6. Is it okay to play immediately after eating?
7. Should not there be some rule where corporates should not be allowed to collect the eating data of their customers?
8. Can I skip carbohydrates to the afternoon and start my day with fruits and milk?
9. There is no difference in eating by hands or sticks or spoon?
10. Should we drink water before sleeping?

Review: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This book is easy to read as you can start from any chapter. The last 3 chapters of the book are extremely important as it makes you understand how Harari thinks.
One should always prefer his first two books over this book.

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10 jokes about human stupidity:

1. We cheer when others play a sport and win. What have we achieved here?
2. We are making our homes smart and our environments dull.
3. We like to see who has commented on our friend's photos.
4. Stress, a human invention
5. We want our kids to study more but play less? Thinking is important but Humans survived by movement. 
6. We eat large quantities of food and then eat tiny medicines to balance the effects.
7. We hate our relatives but now they are in our phones constantly flickering in front of our eyes with their status.
8. We made all the progress to get stuck in traffic.
9. We obsess over people whom we will never meet in life( celebrities/ stars) ignoring those people who are around us.
10. Youtube Trending Section.

10 changes in food industry:

1. Have an environment tax for using packaging materials.
2. Have slow music played while people are eating food.
3. Soft drinks banned for kids below 12 years.
4. To not use word happiness with food at all.
5. Make harmful ingredients like ketchup, sugar etc as chargeable.
6. Making it mandatory that sportspersons don't promote unhealthy foods.
7. Menus with salads being on the front page.
8. Checking the unethical practices of fast-food chains. ( a general emphasis is given on buying a coke for every order)
9. Not allowing the food truck vehicles to operate on roads where there is significant pollution of any kind.
10. Telling people that they can opt-out of promotional message services and that they can refuse to give their mobile numbers.

10 updates/improvements in the iPhone:

1. Faster Charging. 
2. Zen mode like that of Xiaomi.
3. A feature where it turns off all the basic features before 1 hour of sleeping time. 
4. A limit on the no of apps that can be installed. 
5. A default habit tracker in the phone.
6. Better Battery performance.
7. The phone being used as a projector.
8. "Hey Siri" and timer can be used from far away.
9. A video tutorial which tells users that a phone is a tool, not everything.
10. Iphone camera can scan how much calories are there in food.

10 things of today that will go extinct in the next 20 years

1. Wires ( Charging wires, laptop wires or any kind of wires)
2. Tickets/ Receipts
3. Tiktok(It should go down in next 1 year)
4. Punjabi Culture ( Thinking is not a priority here. So it will go down)
5. Swimming Pools( We won't have enough water for leisure)
6. Specks 
7. Physical Notebooks: There will be a digital notebooks.
8. Keys
9. Government Jobs
10. Privacy

10 topic ideas for this blog:

1. 10 innovations in the design of windows.
2. 10 changes in the cafeteria of companies.
3. 10 changes in bank offices.
4. 10 requests to car companies
5. 10 ways podcasts will evolve in the future.
6. 10 changes in traffic rule violations
7. 10 changes that Facebook should bring.
8. 10 requests to NASA.
9. 10 ideas of how GYMs will look in the future.
10. 10 instruments of today that will go extinct in the next 10 years. ( e.g Glue)

10 questions to a English language expert:

1. Is language a way of communication or more than that for you?
2. If in the future, we have chips in our brains which will convert our thoughts into language, do we really need to learn languages then?
3. Can you tell me some names which are gender-neutral?
4. We are seeing a decrease in the reading of literature. What do you think about it?
5. Do you see your language getting extinct after 10,000 years?
6. How do you think your language exams should be conducted?
7. Do you consider Mandarian a language since it is the interaction of different symbols?
8. If one region has two different official languages and the government has chosen other language than your one as a way of communication, will you resent and how?
9. In an equally imagined world, do you think we should have only one language?
10.  Can language have an effect on the personality of children? Consider an experiment where two kids are living in different parts with every other factor except language being similar?

10 examples of low technology that really improve our life.

Technology does not need to be high tech to improve the quality of your life. I believe that you should find the things you value and then find the technology accordingly.

1. Alarm Clock: I think just because we have alarms in phones, we should not abandon the clocks. I am strictly again keeping the phones in the bedroom. 
2. Text Messaging over WhatsApp: I think I don't need WhatsApp. Most of my needs can be easily achieved via text messaging. So there is no need for me to install WhatsApp. 
3. Books/blogs over Social Media: I am an ideas person and I think that books are still the best way to learn about ideas. Twitter might help me in connecting with similar people but it has negatives. In terms of books, there are no negatives. 
4. No OTT platforms: Entertainment takes away the time that we should spend on ourself or with closed ones.
5.  Cooking over eating out: The menu of options always confuses me and I think cooking at home is still better than eating out.
6. One week an episode over binge-watching
7. Newspapers over web news: I don't want to feel anxious by watching trending news or breaking news. I would prefer a filtered version of events a day later than the events.
8. Copper Water Bottles over Plastic Bottles.
9. Physical Sports over Digital games.
10. Not relying on health devices. I think I will listen to my body than a Fitbit watch telling me to run 10,000 steps a day.

Review: The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live with Technology

The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live with Technology by Kim J. Vicente
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book was recommended by one Professor friend and the book was worth all the time I spent reading it. Human-tech is the term that is coined by Prof Kim Vicente. Books like this should be required reading in the first year of engineering. One particular thing that I liked about Kim is his emphasis on environment for designing products. The last chapter is the best one which summarises the book ideas well and has advice on how we can look at technology.
I am rating it 5 stars because I never lost interest in the book and the examples are well explained at every step. This book does not get boring or repetitive at any point.


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10 areas where we can have a system like ASRS

Aviation Safety Reporting System was a reporting system where people( mainly pilots) can report errors so that others can benefit from it.

1. Teacher's Feedback System: Current system is bizarre and i dont think that it serves the purpose. Teachers should document their experiences in handling some difficult students so that others can learn easily.
2. A general purpose document for a client in an IT company so that every new member knows all the important details.
3. Anonymous feedback option on my blog.
4. Some general travel guides by tourism departments on their official website. 
5. A feedback system for India roads .
6. A book on how to do reasearch for your Masters and Doctorate.
7. Common research book on addictions.
8. A parental feedback magazine so that other parents can learn about parenting.
9. A food guide for tourists.
10. A feedback mechanism for railways in India.

10 designs of my environment which are not made considering the human factor

1. Yoga Mat: I think that the thickness of yoga mats is very less. The default yoga mats should be 8mm thick not 6 mm.
2. Car Seats: I think they are more comfortable than it is required. They are not really ideal for a taller man. (Personal Bias) 
3. Heels: Whatever the trending fashion is, things should not make a person uncomfortable.
4. Superbikes: Is the struggle with heavy bikes worth?
5. Location of dustbins: A dustbin should be at a distance from a tree. 
6. Advertising boards on roads: There should be a limit on how much information can be displayed on a traffic signal. We should not increase the mental workload.
7. Animal toys: I think there should be some basic rules for playing with animal toys. Kids should not throw animal toys. This will have a subconscious effect.
8. A standard rule for the switches: We should have a universal rule like the first switch for light, second switch for the fan, etc
9. Better symbols on doors for push and pull. 
10. Better sachets for ketchup. I don't have to struggle every time.

10 examples/use cases of reverse engineering:

In reverse engineering, you find out the users based on the design and usage by thinking backward like looking at a bicycle and trying to find the average height of people who use it.

1. Finding the type of people who use ipads- gamers, kids, etc.
2. Books or Kindle: People who are moving will like to prefer Kindle. 
3. Cars: Designed for people who are of average height or have shorter legs. 
4. Facebook: Engineered for people who like to know what others are doing.
5. Punjabi Songs and Bollywood movies: For people who want to get off their mental or physical stress by using these two mediums as a way of escape. Not for people who want to think.
6. Bars/Drugs: For people who want to forget their worries. Not for who want to improve their lives. 
7. Any video app: Generally for people who don't want to type/read and just like to be a consumer of information. 
8. Designing of electric switches in houses: Children cant reach that so only for adults. 
9. Twitters: For thinkers/ experts/ stars to connect with their followers.
10. Fashion/Trending clothes: For people who find their validation in external appearance. 

10 questions to a sportperson:

1. Don't you find it annoying when there is a lot of noise in the ground? How do you focus there?
2. Nationalism or Passion- out of these two reasons, which is more prominent for you to play the game?
3. What parts about this game you don't like?
4. Were your primary aim to play this game was fame?
5. What is one thing you dislike about being famous?
6. Why do you advertise unhealthy products? Isn't it immoral for sportspersons?
7. How do you handle procrastination in your life?
8. Do you ever have any disputes with your coach or with your captain? If yes, how do you handle it?
9. When you lose a match, what are the top fears that come in your mind?
10. How do you handle destructive criticism?