What is this course about?

India faces a turbulent future in the 21st century.

• We have a large, young population with mounting aspirations.
• We have enormous challenges with governance.
• We are a deeply unequal society with any number of caste, communal and gender challenges.
• We are running out of air, water etc - i.e., the very basic necessities of life.

<aside> 💡 Every single one of these is a wicked problem on its own, but together, we have a real tangle of wickedness.

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That's not all, for India isn't an isolated kingdom. We are fully embedded in the global economic system and subject to all its uncertainties, as the COVID19 crisis is reminding us everyday. Beyond the pandemic, automation will likely disrupt most white collar and blue collar professions. Finally, there's climate change and ecological trauma at a macro scale, which will unleash fire and fury at a scale humans have never experienced. Many parts of India are predicted to be too hot to be inhabitable, many others will be flooded.

<aside> 💡 Socratus believes that collective wisdom is the key to addressing these challenges, or as we like to say → only wicked minds solve wicked problems.

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What is a Wicked Mind?

Socratus's Collective Problem Solving Framework

Participatory Citizenship: A framework for Society?