Nitin Mishra
Got a firsthand chance to read the book Utar Adhunik Trasadi, written in Nepali by Bishwa Raj Adhikari. Here, let me give my honest, unfiltered opinion of this book.
I found this book to be quite educational. It helped me expand my knowledge on topics such as business, society, money, and the workings of the human mind and intelligence. I was riveted by nearly every chapter; it was a thrilling experience. The chapter title initially promised familiarity with the author’s ideas, but I was surprised by the fresh perspectives presented within the chapter. The ideas and facts about people leaving the country and starting businesses were especially great. Every chapter presented an opportunity for me to delve deeper and expand my understanding.
However, I must admit that the book contains numerous typos and grammatical errors. Despite minor typos, the book remains readable and enjoyable to finish. The typos will likely go unnoticed by many readers. The book’s concepts are comprehensible even with its typos. They beautifully coexist and that is interesting. I believe the typos will be completely eradicated from the coming versions of the book.That is the first thing.
Second, the author’s attempt to connect all issues to AI is inaccurate, to be frank. While AI’s rise is undeniably affecting life’s norms, I disagree with the author’s analysis in Utar Adhunik Trasadi. I believe many claims are simply not true (And it should not be forgotten that everyone is entitled to his/her owns experiences). To illustrate, AI plays no role in the production of poisonous food. It is just the greed that is driving people to commit such abominable acts. Numerous chapters explore aspects of human psychology and nature, irrelevant to AI. People are getting poor and there is an increasing disparity among the rich and the poor- I don’t see how AI age is responsible for this. I also don’t see how AI is responsible for the divided world we live in now.
In chapter 6, author talks that white supremacy, far right nationalism, far right politics and right-wing extremism will pester the American and the European Society-and what I believe is that there are events that are just inevitable and cannot be put off. So, to put on bluntly some events and actions in life are quite inexplicable and nothing can he blamed as originor source of that event-at the least the age of AI.
Chapter 5 examines religion’s influence on society, highlighting the rise of fraudulent religious leaders who exploit their followers for profit. Even before AI and computers existed, history is full of similar incidents.
And I sensed the author is trying to generalize all the issues under one umbrella of Artificial Intelligence.
Additionally, I observed that author Bishwa Raj Adhikari didn’t offer solutions to the insightful problems he presented. These problems plague individuals, societies, and the world-where is the solution to be found? The book often fails to offer solutions to the problems it presents.
I’m thinking of rereading the chapters to refresh my memory; I felt completely oblivious to the Israelite-Philistine war. The conflict between Iran and Israel was something I was unaware of until now. Take my word for it: each chapter centers on a real event affecting our world, either currently or historically. It is such an eye opener for me. I got introduced to new ideas like Genetic Modification of food-why they are done and such.
I highly recommend the book to everyone not as a literary pursuit but for the pursuit of knowledge.
