"Modern Western civilization stands on the twin plinths of science and technology. " central tenant of the article but kind of debateable. Western civilisation

"Modern Western civilization stands on the twin plinths of science and technology. " central tenant of the article but kind of debateable. Western civilisation was around before the industrial revolution and esentially before science became science. I would say Western civilisation stands quite firmly on the plinth of a its primary forms of social organisation. Most notable and most important of these structures is the corporation. And it is the export of the corporation to other cultures that has enabled their major advances in the last century.