The Tie That Binds

Creating A Human Business In A Digital World

Abhishek Kothari
9 min readSep 11, 2017
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You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete - R. Buckminster Fuller

As business increasingly becomes digital, the old fashioned handshake or a face to face meeting to conclude a contractual relationship is becoming decreasingly common. The Internet of Everything, along with the decentralization that Blockchains promote will fuel the rise of digital identities. In a world where humans are reduced to impersonal and invisibile manifestations i.e. bits or qubits, creating a socially responsible business that balances the expectations of society (jobs and human employment included) with the need for digitization and automation is like walking a tightrope. This article discusses the need for keeping humans at the center of business and not technology. In other words,

Let technology enable us, not engulf us.

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Abhishek Kothari

Futurist@The Intersection of Finance, Tech & Humanity. Stories of a Global Language: “Money”. Contributor @ Startup Grind, HackerNoon, HBR