Why Growth is Losing to Entertainment


Today I was checking Google Trends for India, and honestly, I wasn’t surprised but I was a little disappointed.


fig:1 image from trends.google.com

The top 10 "Search Volume Topics" were all the same:

There was nothing about "studies", "innovations", or anything important happening in the world. People keep searching for scores, trailers, celebrity news, and release dates, but they aren' t even looking at what is going on globally right now.

No searches about new tech, AI, science, or even simple things like how to improve careers or skills. Nothing. Just entertainment, all the time.

I am not saying cricket or movies are bad .I watch them too. But when the whole country is only searching for this every day, then something is really wrong.

Because what we search shows what we care about. And what we care about decides our future. This mentality will not take us anywhere.

Entertainment is not the problem.Our obsession with it is.

Just imagine if even a small percentage of people started searching "how to learn something new" daily. Imagine if we checked world news new technologies, global issues, and skills that actually help us grow.

India has talent. India has potential.

But if our attention goes only to entertainment 24/7 then how will we grow?

I am not blaming anyone, just sharing what I saw today. Google Trends doesn’t lie. It shows what a whole generation is thinking.

Maybe it’s time we change at least a small part of our searches to something that really matters. Something that builds a future, not just a pastime.

Entertainment can wait. Growth should not.


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