ways that are cancerous to the ecosystems and the whole biosphere. The glory of the world and its greatest sorrows have the same source: developmental imbalances—the fact that some things develop ahead of others and that some parts are always lagging behind. And it is these strange glitches and paradoxes that propel the world in its non-linear, dialectical journey towards greater beauty, tragedy and mystery. To understand the world, you must not only understand development, but the fundamental role that developmental imbalances play in the universe.
