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Many developed nations are entering the last term of the year seated somewhere towards the back of the class. No longer the cool kids on campus, they don’t realise that it’s all the newcomers who are more connected, smarter and have better cars, phones and haircuts. Is it time to make a few laggards stand in the corner?
Writer: Tyler Brûlé
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