Well, there's a circular dependency here - or if you're more optimistic, a virtuous cycle. People who have to fetch water by hand and wash clothes manually don

Well, there's a circular dependency here - or if you're more optimistic, a virtuous cycle. People who have to fetch water by hand and wash clothes manually don't have time to read books on nuclear power plant design. And societies with poor education can't build and maintain complex power infrastructure like nuclear power plants.