andtheywontstopcomin

andtheywontstopcomin t1_iuj9ykv wrote

Technology isn't the problem, but rather people. This is my view.

It's possible to use technology without getting absorbed into it. But nobody really cares to emphasize this aspect of tech usage, we just arrogantly indulge ourselves and fry our dopamine receptors, then complain about why everything in real life is so boring and slow

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andtheywontstopcomin t1_iuevyh4 wrote

Can you elaborate?

I’m pretty sure the princely states outside of the nizams had higher GDP per capita than the Raj. Mysore (or maybe it was travancore) for example had electricity while the rest of the Raj was basically in poverty

Not to mention that nearly all industry in india collapsed when the British took over and there was a huge efflux of people from cities into rural areas. So rural poverty became a huge problem

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