Blah! New Vs Old. East Vs West. Blah!

Funny stuff this.

Group A: Everything new must necessarily be better. Why? Because we are "making advancements".

Group B: Everything old must be gold. Why? Because them were the times man...! Now we are losing touch with all that was good.

WHAT?

Whatever happened to the scientific spirit in us?

I mean: LOOK, Just LOOK at FACTS as they present themselves on a case to case basis, and call it as it is. Sometimes the old will win and we must recover lost ground. And at other times the new will win and we must let go of the old and embrace change.

Likewise with this east vs west debate:

Wherever we need to learn from other parts of the world, we learn with humility and say thank you. Wherever we believe we have something to teach or showcase, we make our knowledge available with confidence and leave it to the rest of the world to decide whether it wants to absorb and assimilate what we have to offer or not : we keep moving forward with confidence regardless.

And that's that. Where's the conflict? None exists. Then why manufacture it and tie ourselves up in knots?