Comments on: Sequencing — Part 2 http://www.deeshaa.org/2005/03/27/sequencing-part-2/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sudhir http://www.deeshaa.org/2005/03/27/sequencing-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-705 sudhir Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://home.blogstreet.com/2005/03/27/282#comment-705 Nicely put, Atanu. A cursory glance at development patterns in the west also is illuminating. The industrial revolution took some 150 yrs to raise living standards and social indices to their current uber levels. Tech can at the least help shorten that gap. Another 25 yrs and i suspect urban india will a/c for 50%+ of the country's population. And it will also be in urban india - concentrated areas of high density & high wealth creation - that tech will best impact people's lives and skills. Many What ifs will remain. Energy production is fundamental to sustaining economic activity and given styeady growth in production and efficiency of energy use, our economic activities will only bloom and flower. Nicely put, Atanu.

A cursory glance at development patterns in the west also is illuminating. The industrial revolution took some 150 yrs to raise living standards and social indices to their current uber levels.

Tech can at the least help shorten that gap. Another 25 yrs and i suspect urban india will a/c for 50%+ of the country’s population. And it will also be in urban india – concentrated areas of high density & high wealth creation – that tech will best impact people’s lives and skills.

Many What ifs will remain. Energy production is fundamental to sustaining economic activity and given styeady growth in production and efficiency of energy use, our economic activities will only bloom and flower.

]]> By: Ajju http://www.deeshaa.org/2005/03/27/sequencing-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-706 Ajju Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://home.blogstreet.com/2005/03/27/282#comment-706 FWIW, the auto components industry, the textile industry, manufacturing generic drugs are all moving (back, in some cases) to India because its cheaper to produce these things in India. FWIW, the auto components industry, the textile industry, manufacturing generic drugs are all moving (back, in some cases) to India because its cheaper to produce these things in India.

]]> By: shashwat http://www.deeshaa.org/2005/03/27/sequencing-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-707 shashwat Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://home.blogstreet.com/2005/03/27/282#comment-707 well manufacturing is growing too http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1063545.cms it is just that indian IT and service sector is outshining everything else well manufacturing is growing too http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1063545.cms
it is just that indian IT and service sector is outshining everything else

]]> By: Kirthi Ramakrishnan http://www.deeshaa.org/2005/03/27/sequencing-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-708 Kirthi Ramakrishnan Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://home.blogstreet.com/2005/03/27/282#comment-708 Since you have been on the topic of literacy, and it is a topic close to my heart, here's my 2 cents. It is about time that we value literacy as a fundamental human right just like food, clothing, and medical care. Hypothetically, if a literate person is asked to give up his/her literacy in exchange for all the riches in the world, I doubt that the bargain would be an easy one to comtemplate. To use literacy as a means to some end is (by the very Buddhist standards of economics you quote below) quite irrational. It is an end in itself, and a very necessary one to live a full, rich life as a human being. Since you have been on the topic of literacy, and it is a topic close to my heart, here’s my 2 cents. It is about time that we value literacy as a fundamental human right just like food, clothing, and medical care. Hypothetically, if a literate person is asked to give up his/her literacy in exchange for all the riches in the world, I doubt that the bargain would be an easy one to comtemplate. To use literacy as a means to some end is (by the very Buddhist standards of economics you quote below) quite irrational. It is an end in itself, and a very necessary one to live a full, rich life as a human being.

]]> By: Atanu Dey http://www.deeshaa.org/2005/03/27/sequencing-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-709 Atanu Dey Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://home.blogstreet.com/2005/03/27/282#comment-709 Kirthi, I agree fully that literacy (and education) has a role beyond the instrumental; it is a good in itself, not just a means to economic development. One can also argue that education is a human right. But I wonder if making it a human right has any practical implications. Will it ensure that all get educated? Perhaps not. Food, in my opinion, is a fundamental human right (and if it is not, it ought to be a right.) But millions die of malnutrition and hunger. Perhaps on paper food is a human right but words don't feed people. C'est la vie. Kirthi, I agree fully that literacy (and education) has a role beyond the instrumental; it is a good in itself, not just a means to economic development. One can also argue that education is a human right. But I wonder if making it a human right has any practical implications. Will it ensure that all get educated? Perhaps not. Food, in my opinion, is a fundamental human right (and if it is not, it ought to be a right.) But millions die of malnutrition and hunger. Perhaps on paper food is a human right but words don’t feed people. C’est la vie.

]]> By: Kirthi Ramakrishnan http://www.deeshaa.org/2005/03/27/sequencing-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-710 Kirthi Ramakrishnan Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://home.blogstreet.com/2005/03/27/282#comment-710 Agreed, just by saying so doesn't make it happen. I just used "fundamental right" for rhetorical effect to underscore the argument to delink literacy & education from economic growth. There is a line of argument among some who say literacy is good because it promotes growth, which is fine, but what if it does not? Same thing with food, we can say that a well-fed population can produce more, but even if they don't the argument in favor of a well-fed population does not go away. To link everything to economic growth as an end is irrational. Now, if the argument is that economic growth leads to better literacy, such a line of argument makes more sense. Agreed, just by saying so doesn’t make it happen. I just used “fundamental right” for rhetorical effect to underscore the argument to delink literacy & education from economic growth. There is a line of argument among some who say literacy is good because it promotes growth, which is fine, but what if it does not? Same thing with food, we can say that a well-fed population can produce more, but even if they don’t the argument in favor of a well-fed population does not go away. To link everything to economic growth as an end is irrational. Now, if the argument is that economic growth leads to better literacy, such a line of argument makes more sense.

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