“It will not be wise, however, to engage in a blind rat-race of consumption and production as if man is created for the sole purpose of consumption.”

—  Deendayal Upadhyaya

Source: —Deendayal Upadhyaya, thinker and forerunner of the Bharatiya Janata Party quoted from Malhotra, R. (2021). Artificial intelligence and the future of power: 5 battlegrounds. New Delhi : Rupa, 2021.

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