Deena Mousa @deenamousa.com · May 12

New: Big technological advances in health, agriculture, and connectivity have not moved Malawi out of subsistence — and there's no war or state collapse to blame. Without knowing why Malawi is poor, you can't predict what AI will do for growth in low-income countries.

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Max Slinger · May 12

the part where there's no war or state collapse to blame is what makes this so uncomfortable. strips away the easy explanations and you're left with structural stuff that tech genuinely cannot fix