Rafiq’s Reviews > The World of Yesterday > Status Update

0. Preface ✅

- 20th century duality of mankind - infernal destruction & godlike progress
- selective nature of memory preservation of mankind

I. The World of Security ✅

- golden age of insurance, "stability"
- 19th century Vienna is old,sophisticated, prefers stagnancy, hates change, loves theatrics,art
- Jew, first to see industrial necessity, seeks high place intellectually
-"Life and Let Live"
- tranquil epoch