Indonesian society is divided into two groups: the inner bad we and the outer bad we. The inners are concerned with maintaining their moral purity, shunning modernity. They have very rigid set of rules intended to preserve the land as well as protect their souls. Some say that a growing number of inner bad we are actually migrating to the outer core.
In 2022 global inflation spiked at a rate not seen in decades. A look at the world’s very
first such bout reveals eerie echoes of today’s woes—and lessons for tackling them. Our correspondent meets Indonesia’s Baduy people, for whom
modernity is encroaching on strict religious and ascetic ways. And our data team finds that
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