The Matrix

Isnt the corporate world exactly like the 'Matrix'? I am not sure maybe the directors may have just picked up the idea from this cycle in the world. Think of it.

You are this kid brought into the world. From Day1, your parents are telling you that you need to be this great extraordinary student so that you can get to college and eventually find a job that is worth mentioning to the neighbour. Isnt that quite similar to the way the Matrix mass-produces human beings suitable to inhabit the world?

At least in India, there is this notion that education is this one full season of 16 years and at the end of it, you are 'world ready', ready to join the corporate brigade. You have been this protected child, protected by the safety net of family and community. In a lot of ways, this makes the transition to the independent person painless. It's a different debate as to whether it is the best model.

But due to this standard approach to the kid's education, there is almost no individuality to the person. He is part of the standard package that churns out millions of these kids who will don their corporate garb and be limited to the box defined by the school-college-job-family cycle with hardly anything differentiating me and the kid born the next minute.

In some ways, this may be an exaggerated view of the education system in India. But I am sure this system in some sense contributes to making us risk-averse citizens of the world.