I don't agree that Eastern civilizations are fundamentally pro-tradition while the West since the Greeks is fundamentally anti-tradition I don't agree that Catholicism represents the best chance of restoring vitality to the West I don't agree that the West both prizes action over contemplation and is simultaneously overly rational I don't agree that the West's core flaw is a lack of religiosity or attunement to spiritual matters I DO agree that Western science is somewhat fragmented and often misses key things because "experts" specialize in a narrow area without understanding how that narrow area interacts with the broader whole