Brazil is not a unique case: Colombia, Tunisia, Turkey, and Indonesia in 2010 compare favorably to Japan, France, the Netherlands, and Italy, respectively, in 1960. Not only did these countries achieve better social indicators in these dimensions; they also could benefit from the technological innovations of the past half-century: computers, cellphones, the Internet, Teflon, and so on.
巴西的情况并非特例：2010年哥伦比亚、突尼斯、土耳其和印尼的相关指标都好于1960年的日本、法国、荷兰和意大利。这些国家不仅在上述领域指标领先；而且可以从过去半个世纪的电脑、手机、互联网和铁氟龙等技术创新中受益。这应该能实现比1960年更高的生产率。