True development: If progress means building taller buildings but fostering deeper divisions among people, is that really progress? — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star
THE idea of a better world is one that has occupied human thought for centuries. We have devised countless systems – political ideologies, religions, social contracts, and economic theories – each claiming to be the answer to humanity’s problems. And yet, despite all these efforts, conflict, division, and suffering persist.
Why do we keep failing? Because at the core of it all, change does not happen unless individuals themselves change. No system, no policy, and no philosophy can improve the world if people refuse to rid themselves of greed, excessive ego, selfishness, ignorance, and tribalism. We claim to want a fairer, more just world, but do our actions align with this desire?
