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1. motionlessveloc · 1790687469 · focus · HN ↗

   I wonder how many HNers recall life in Delhi even 20 years ago? Cutting electricity loss is one thing, but getting rid of "load shedding" (unplanned power cuts) is the really revolutionary part. It was not uncommon for the power to go out several times a day and you had to rush to unplug expensive appliances (TV, laptop), because when the power came back it was often accompanied by a surge. My office was wired with two sets of electrical sockets, one connected to grid mains and the other connected to the UPS (for important equipment only).

   1. belowavgiq · 1790692024 · focus · HN ↗

      India's ongoing growth, and overall the positive sentiment of the population, is such a breath of fresh air compared to the decadent west. I have had a few friends from there for almost a decade and the improvement has been huge. It's just a shame that you are also speedrunning population collapse. Modi completely ignoring the cratering birth rates under him is a real hero.

      1. nemomarx · 1790692385 · focus · HN ↗

         Who's not speed running that right now? I can't really fault India in particular when it's nearly universal.

         1. belowavgiq · 1790692550 · focus · HN ↗

            You said it yourself, nearly, so it's not something written in stone.

            I can fault India (and, in particular, Modi) for repeating the same mistake all other western developed countries made 40 years before, yes.

            1. lazide · 1790693671 · focus · HN ↗

               You mean are making right now? Also not just western developed countries, unless you count Russia, China, Japan, etc. as western.

               1. belowavgiq · 1790694411 · focus · HN ↗

                  Oops, I was a little too implicit.

                  made 40 years... before they (India) started developing.

                  Western countries were at the forefront of this already in the 80s. India, starting to develop much later, had a big time buffer to learn from that and at least attempt to avoid it.

                  1. vidarh · 1790701231 · focus · HN ↗

                     Every part of the world is affected by this. Even Niger, which still leads the world in birth rate is seeing falling birth rates. There is no known way to prevent that short of halting economic and social development.

                     1. lazide · 1790705958 · focus · HN ↗

                        War does tend to do that.

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