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By Dr. Maher Al-Hourani
​When Stephen Elop, the CEO of Nokia, announced the sale of the company to Microsoft, he concluded with a painful sentence: "We didn't do anything wrong, but somehow, we lost." What remained unsaid was that the company failed to keep pace with the change sweeping the technology world, clinging to yesterday's mindset while the world raced toward tomorrow.
​The result was clear: they lost their peak, then they lost themselves. Learning and development are not luxuries but essential conditions for survival. In a world where the rhythm of scientific and technical transformation is accelerating, keeping pace with development is an urgent necessity for individuals, institutions, and societies—not just a secondary option.
​The knowledge gap we live in today, especially in education, media, economy, and management, emphasizes the need for a radical change in thought and practice. Some still fear change and cling to old models that have proven their limitations. Institutions using yesterday's tools to face today's challenges will inevitably retreat to the bottom of the development lists. Keeping up with development does not mean abandoning identity, but rather reintegrating it into a modern system more capable of influencing and shaping the future.