The fourth industrial is on the offing says the World Economic Forum .

I ,however ,disagree that we are going

to experience that too soon .Rather the pace of development in this sector has not yet gained necessary
traction .
But I am a firm believer of "taking preparation " and making 'unpleasant surprises " unnecessary .We need to
anticipate every possible "to dos " and catalouge them for better management of issues once they really emerge
.
I think my homeland Bangladesh needs to take precautionary measures as I guess the negative impact of this
revolution will be as usual first hit the developing countries like us .
As a country ,we have always been fond of joining the charade rather than finding our own voice in the
world ,our education is also the choice of our master.After the liberation war of 1971 we got the chance to
refashion our education to posit ourselves in the world . However , we ended up following the hackneyed
system that does not allow to nurture relentless curiosity ,chosen laziness to foster a few 'Eureka " which has
the prowess to bring a complete metamorphosis . 
However ,the past is past ,now we once again have to inculcate 'contemplation in action " and chart our
education strategy to face the coming revolution .While there is a great threat that await us ,such turbulent time
can be the appropriate choice to leverage the benefits from careful planning and execution .
According to World Economic Forum ,soft skills such as Criitical Thinking ,Analytical Ability ,Creativity etc
would play a vital role to bring cataclysmic change in the trajectory of the economies . And for embracing
,these skill we need to beef up our English repertoire ,enrich our lexicon and understand the basic nuances and
motif of the language so the we can get an immediate access to the innumerable number of useful books
written in Emglish on the above mentioned discipline .
Heretic it may sound ,we need to refashion and restructure our syllabus in most of the disciplines to
incorporate the teachings of the famous non fiction writers such as Malcomm Gladwell ,Tim Harford , Steven
Pinker ,Jim Collins , Darren Hardy , Nassim Nicholas Taleb etc to name a few . These teachings have changed
entrepreneurial DNA of the countries like Israel , Singapore ,Malaysia etc and it ought have a spectacular
effect on our economy by removing the shackles that narrows and confine our thought process.
In short ,we need to revive the culture of reading to lead in the 4th Industrial Revolution ,where "thoughts "
especially "constructive and creative " ones will act as the prime currency for development and books help to
mold and shape our cognitive process by providing the quintessential foods for thought
At present ,our young generation are reading nothing but textbooks devoid of any substance and facebook
statuses of the so called 'Facebook Celebrity " which has given birth to a "Lost Generation "- a generation full
of cynical ,disillusioned men and women .
The ideas and concepts presented in a well written book ,aptly introduces us to a world unknown to a non
reader , a world that is rewarding and enjoyable at the same time . If the present generation can not manage
time to read books , soon they have to endure the time of their obsolescence . The concept of a books provide
us the necessary frame of reference for thinking which critical to success in an economy where idea transform
into money .
Charlie Munger ,the lifelong accomplice of Warren Buffet ,the investment guru , suggests us to to build a
"latticework of mental models " combining an wide array of disciplines to use in our day to day problem
solving .At the very outset ,this premise may seem a bit ridiculous but once we adopt this approach ,we see the
dividend we generate by applying these tools.Over the time ,we would tranform this activity into ''Deliberate
Practice " which in turn will result in vivid ''Mental Representation " which has the credibility of ''Creation of
experts" .The entire phenomena can be more easily understood if we care to read the best seller "Peak -The
Science of Expertise " by Anders Ericson
Although todays dominant discourse is "Specialization ",post industrial era will most likely be biased towards
the Polymaths having diverse interest across disciplines. In this connection , embracing a ''Growth Mindset "
followed by practicing ''Kaizen ' with a zen like dedication which exudes spirituality and sufism will help us to
accelerate our learning curve or experience curve ,with net positive effect on the bottom line of the economy
-the public coffer .
Besides ,books technology like blockchain ,Internet of things ,artificial intelligence ,machine learning ,big data
will present both opportunities and adverse surprises .While Bangladesh can not stay aloof of these
technologies ,like an insular peninsula , we must remain vigilant about the security issues that can pose serious
threats to our economy .We need to address these pivotal issues from the point of view of " Adaptive
Challenges " rather than the "Technical Challenges " .It will require us to exercise highest level of empathy ,
we must also apply "contemplation in action ",just to get our perspective on the same page of the people . We
should accept technology as our "accelerators " .
''Ideas shape the course of history "-John Keynes and I have full confidence the ideas explained above will
dominate the part of the history I am referring to .
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