As the world modernizes, one must remember that industrialization is a two-edged sword. Long-term benefits abound; but in the short run, living standards drop substantially. This is an lesson that we must learn from history or suffer the consequences. Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty taught us that we must use history as a mirror to comprehend the rise and fall of a nation. We should all pray that today's modernization will enrich developing nations and their people instead of further impoverishing...