Look at the Indian neighborhood (Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar), all sharing similar peoples, culture, high populations/inequality/chaos are all in d

Look at the Indian neighborhood (Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar), all sharing similar peoples, culture, high populations/inequality/chaos are all in deep financial trouble and are politically unstable. Anyone who has visited, would think India has all the ingredients to land up in a similar state. But the big diff with the neighborhood is the sheer Size of the country, and the really wide range of economic activity in different parts of the country. Its what we see in Nature, where there is as much chaos and incomprehensible stuff happening as there is in India. If you have a Large ecosystem, lots of different species and a lot of genetic variety, the better such systems handle constant change and unpredictable shocks. And this feels like what has happened in India. One corner is imploding, while another corner becomes a leading global center of Leather Science or Jewellery Design. And this saves them from burning down like the neighborhood because they have more buffer. Depending on which corner you are sitting in, the view of what is possible in India changes drastically.