We polarized and mythologized the distinction, made it about good versus evil. It is a distinction that again recognizes something very important, indeed an essential step forward in culture’s developmental story. The trap comes when we once more take an accurate and important observation and turn it into a narrative about good and evil. This more subtle kind of trap has gotten us into trouble more than once since the end of the Cold War. Developmental perspective reframes our task when it comes to policy, and in ways that require new kinds of thinking.

Source: Libya Today April 10, 2022 20:30 UTC