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Question 24: Post covid global slowdown led to mass layoffs in many industries. It is said that the layoffs will only increase in times to come as effect of artificial intelligence kicks in. Critically discuss and suggest a way forward.

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Easy said than done but try to imbibe the spirit of perseverance and dedication as manifested by ISRO scientists.

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37 year period of silence for lunar landings (1976-2013) and now new space race is developing..
Lagrangian points are where gravitational forces, acting between two objects, balance each other in such a way that the spacecraft can 'hover' for a longer period of time.

The L1 point is considered the most significant of the Lagrangian points, for solar observations, which were discovered by mathematician Joseph Louis Lagrange. "A satellite placed in the halo orbit around the L1 point has the major advantage of continuously viewing the Sun without any occultation/eclipses.

Aditya L1 will go up to the First Lagrangian point, about 1.5 million km from the Earth (which is about 1% of the Earth-Sun distance), and transmit the data.

The Aditya-L1 spacecraft will be equipped with seven payloads to study the Sun's corona, chromosphere, photosphere, and solar wind.
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Here is a sample attempt on UPSC CSE 2023 Mains Essay topic “A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity”

While socio-eco-pol is very easy to apply in this topic, lets try applying sectoral approach in terms of various kinds of justice like distributive, legal, procedural, social etc.

Sectors can be agriculture, business, sports, health, judicial, education, space etc.

Here, charity should be interpreted in wider sense as in doling out freebies and benefits, subsidies, need of affirmative actions of various sorts, sympathy etc.

Blog Post Link: https://muditjainblog.wordpress.com/2023/09/15/upsc-cse-2023-mains-essay-a-society-that-has-more-justice-is-a-society-that-needs-less-charity/
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Mathematics is the music of reason:

Before you end up reading chatgpt made samples of coaching institutes, know that this is from where this topic was picked.

So, it is important to first understand the context in which the quote was said and the meaning and link of maths-music-reason.

Read first 2 pages of the pdf to understand.
Mathematics is the music of reason:

When we say, “Ashwin is Virat of bowling”, it means that Virat has some qualities and benchmarks which Ashwin too possesses in his bowling.

If we say, “Rohit is Nolan of Captaincy”, it means that just like Nolan has certain qualities, Rohit also has them in his captaincy.

If you were to write an essay on “Rohit is Nolan of captaincy”, then in each paragraph you have to first write a quality of Nolan and then explain how Rohit has similar quality and how he uses that in his captaincy.

Theme:
Similarly, first try to understand the meaning of Mathematics is music of reason. Music has certain features or qualities which even Mathematics possesses and it leads to reasoning and rationality.

Now, try to apply this meaning and theme throughout your essay as is done is below sample.

Sample Essay: https://muditjainblog.wordpress.com/2023/09/16/upsc-cse-2023-mains-essay-mathematics-is-music-of-reason/

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Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic (Approach followed is Contemporary Relevance Approach):

Anecdote based Introduction: "Dhoni finishes off in style. A magnificent strike into the crowd! India lift the World Cup after 28 years!" Ravi Shastri's high-pitched words from behind the microphone, when Dhoni hit the winning six into the stands, will never be forgotten. Indeed, the then Inda captain was magnificent on the night of the big final. Promoting himself up to No. 5 in the batting order in one of his many masterstrokes, Dhoni took the attack to Sri Lanka bowlers. It was not just his intuition but also logic that he came ahead of an in form Yuvraj Singh and his visionary decision making created history.

Historical Aspect: Historically as well, there are many examples on the same lines. Gandhi's visionary decision-making at the intersection of intuition and logic led to India's independence. His ability to blend his intuition about the Indian people's aspirations with the logical framework of non-violent resistance made him a transformative figure in Indian history.

Essay Overview: Let us now discuss and apply the quote in various contemporary relevant issues, starting with artificial intelligence.

Contemporary Relevant Issue, AI: The creation of ChatGPT is a prime example of visionary decision-making at the intersection of intuition and logic. The creators, OpenAI, intuitively understood that a model capable of meaningful and contextually relevant text generation could have far-reaching applications. While the intuition set the direction, the development of ChatGPT involved a rigorous logical process. It required substantial research and engineering to build upon previous AI models.

Contemporary Relevant Issue, UPI: The visionary decision-makers behind UPI combined their intuition about the market need with the logical prowess of technology and financial experts to create a game-changing payment system. Today, UPI has revolutionized the way people in India conduct financial transactions, promoting both convenience and financial inclusion.

And so on...
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Ref: Page 257, 4th Edition

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One more!!!

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Third!!!

Ref: Page 347, Sample Question: 189, 4th edition