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Title: Old news, mistaken directions, and poorly derived conclusions
Review: What old, well-trodden paths. Communications opening new opportunities. India investing in technology. China trying to move up the food chain. All repeated in a mantra-like, monotonous style. Such venom and conceit directed at the young Muslim men trying to get a decent education in the same universities as everyone else. Apparently, those young people are shocked to find that their countries' economies lag Europe's and America's and the rage they feel, the "cognitive dissonance" pushes them over the edge. What utter nonsense! According to Friedman, the loss they feel at realizing Islamic civilization is not what it used to be is a surprise. One imagines that the Romans, Greeks, Indians, Chinese, French, and British would similarly be amazed to find their greatest days are not in the present.Skip this book.
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