Our civilization...has not yet fully recovered from the shock of its birth - the transition from the tribal or 'closed society', with its submission to magical forces, to the 'open society' which sets free the critical powers of man.
Source: The Open Society and Its Enemies.
-- Karl Popper, (Jul 28 1902-1994), Austrian-British philosopher; His writings include The Open Society and its Enemies, 1945 and Poverty of Historicism, 1957.