Unfortunately, in many parts of the developing world, they tend not to discuss their ugly past, especially political misadventures that negatively impacted policy development and implementation. We tend to advance better when we know where we are coming from to assess the present. Yes, the world can be a better place. And we must all be intentional about this.

It really takes quite some energy to disregard or send to the background, one's bias or 'fixed' idea about something or a situation, to entertain another person's point of view