The Third World: Second-Hand Modernity
2,310 words A society can become technologically modern while remaining intellectually pre-modern. Satellites may be launched into space while superstition governs everyday decisions. The result is not progress but instability—a condition that can be described as second-hand modernity. How can a society produce seemingly world-class engineers and nuclear scientists while remaining deeply irrational? How can […]
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