Panacea

One of my colleagues posted his views on ways to increase India’s prosperity. His suggested action items -

My two cents -

We don't need to tread through multiple layers of complexity to tackle fundamental issues of poverty, inequality and lack of justice. There’s a much simpler route - Education and more education.

Some would argue that there is no single magical silver bullet. After all, educated people have a major role in creating major global problems, in the first place. I'd say - they require still more education to clean up the mess, else face the consequences.

Let's look at a couple of core issues here -

Population explosion - What is the solution? According to Swedish professor, Dr. Hans Rosling from Gapminder Foundation, education is a powerful solution known to work. He makes a compelling argument and presents the data to prove it. Link. Must see.

Sustainability - Again awareness, a.k.a education about sustainable practices. How many have read Jared Diamond’s Collapse: How societies chose to fail or succeed? Science journal review said 

I posted my notes here.  Must read. How many design companies follow William McDonough’s Cradle-to-Cradle?

Education / Learning is a liberating experience. It has transformational ability. Infinite productivity gains and limitless potential for economic progress does not address the root cause. Economic progress is merely an indicator. A great economy may lessen the pain, but it's far cry from being a cure. Jared Diamond presents a much more comprehensive list of 12 problems leading to potential societal collapse. Economic growth is not one of them.

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