The west generated wealthy societies because it constantly transformed itself into something better. With the risk of sounding too pessimistic, right now all i

The west generated wealthy societies because it constantly transformed itself into something better. With the risk of sounding too pessimistic, right now all i see is a lack of leadership and direction, i see a west increasingly fractured, ridden with debt and populism. At most we are in maintenance mode putting out fires as they come, we are reactive. Even if there is some growth its nowhere near the spectacular growth we saw with the industrial revolution, invention of the internet or the advancement of knowledge in physics and chemistry. Iterating iphones, creating new ubers and facebooks or new programming languages isnt growth. I think we can do better.