Page 50 - OKHCoffieeTableBook_Neat

a possibility of an asteroid heading our way and it. Without failure there is no innovation. The
this time it might be the humans instead of the surest recipe for success is to let your purpose be
dinosaurs being wiped out. higher than yourself. Not only are our economies
integrated but our destinies too. We must learn to
In the last century the human population has be ourselves.
quadrupled and this has led to an increase in
consumption of resources. Urban employment
opportunities have begun to grow which is
leading us towards an urban utopia of energy
intensive lifestyle. The resulting high demand for
products has encouraged industries to overlook
the environmental effects. Industries have started
to move from the west to the east because of
a lack of strict environmental regulation. The
earth simply cannot support non-sustainable
development.

Sharma feels we must all find another habitable
planet. If we do that, are we going to change
our paradigm or are we going to continue living
like we have done so far? Even if we find another
planet are we going to repeat the same mistakes?
We should be working towards making heaven
right here on earth rather than a far off hell. So we
need to change our behaviour here.

He shared about his learnings and said that, we
must grab every opportunity that comes our
way even if it appears to be out of our reach.
The potential of young India is immense and we
must have a way to harness that and leverage