Grandparents must retire

Purnendu Ghosh
Jan 18
1 min read

These days grandparents don’t retire. E-entertainment has taken the place of storytelling.

Roger Schank presents an interesting future scenario: The storyteller will be your computer. Computers will have built-in capability of understanding your needs, identifying the storyteller from the existing archive, and then delivering the story to you.

I wish that both the grandchildren and grandparents will find time to communicate with each other. I hope the never-retiring grandparents will find time to tell stories to their awe-eyed grandchildren.

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