Social welfare

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The fever dream of 'technological sovereignty'

11 min read
Analysis Science air pollution farm fires Indian Space Research Organisation industrial revolution Industrial47 LinkedIn Rahul Seth sewer cleaning Shankar Nair smokeless chulha social harm Social welfare solar cooker The Hindu Three Gorges dam Yarlung Tsangpo dam

I recently came across an initiative called “Industrial47”. Someone had shared a link to it on a group I’m part of, and when its card loaded, the image was of a nuclear weapon going off. I found on L…

The fever dream of 'technological sovereignty'

11 min read
Culture Op-eds Science air pollution air purifier Brahmaputra river farm fires genius Gita Chadha Homi Bhabha Indian Space Research Organisation Industrial47 investment fund J. Robert Oppenheimer Leona Woods LinkedIn nuclear weapon Prime Minister Narendra Modi reason of state scientific superpower scope creep smokeless chulha social harm Social welfare solar cooker technological sovereignty technologisation The Hindu Three Gorges dam Walchand Hirachand Yarlung Tsangpo river

I recently came across an initiative called “Industrial47”. Someone had shared a link to it on a group I’m part of, and when its card loaded, the image was of a nuclear weapon going off. I found on L…