Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Saturday, 16 February 2019

TIME TO FACE UP TO FACEBOOK


Dear Chirantan,


Just read your thought-provoking article :

Pay for your Facebook posts? 


-     Where you write :

A better approach is to reduce the supply of bad content ex ante, using a price mechanism. 

Facebook should adopt a revised business model requiring users to pay a small fee each time they publish or share a post, while comments are still free.

The rate could be as low as a few paise / rupees.


Without doubt, your suggestion will drastically bring down fake news etc

But it may also reduce the number of users – something which Facebook may not want

In my yesterday’s blog ( link below ) , I have suggested a different approach which will not reduce the incidence of fake news etc but will make  Facebook pay the users for their personal / private data !

Facebook is unlikely to “ willingly “ agree with my suggestion either  

But if it won’t , then maybe we can learn to live without Facebook  !

With regards,

Hemen

Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ]




From: Prof. Chirantan Chatterjee [mailto:chirantanc@iima.ac.in]
Sent: Monday, January 7, 2019 3:18 AM
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Re: I HOPE POLICY MAKERS READ YOUR ARTICLE

Thanks Hemen bhai..

Best, Chirantan

On Sun, Jan 6, 2019, 07:11 Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com wrote:



Dear Shri Chaterjee,


Just read your above-mentioned article , where , at one place you write :


A fourth point comes from the use of technology, not just in the old telemedicine or the new wearable Fitbit kind of a way, but also with futuristic AI to structurally leapfrog the supply-demand gap in healthcare.


China has already made substantial investments here and some Indian healthcare entrepreneurs and multinational firms like Microsoft and Amazon are watching the space with interest if not having already made quiet dents into it.


Policymakers in Delhi could do well to brainstorm and create an AI strategy for Indian healthcare attending to innovation incentives, entrepreneurship, ethics, privacy and pricing around it, complementarily laying out health technology assessment protocols as well.


In this context, you might like to look up my following emails to Cabinet Ministers / NITI Aayog / PM-EAC etc :


Will “ Ayushman Bharat “ listen ?  



Modicare : A Game Changer  



Personal Health History : NHS  



Ayushman Bharat : Think Big 



Thank You Madam Maneka Gandhiji ,




With  regards,

Hemen  Parekh








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