The Hype Cycle’s Reckoning: Will Modi’s India Follow Orbán into the Trough?

In the volatile arena of modern politics, ideas, leaders, and movements rarely follow a straight line. They surge, crest, and often crash in patterns eerily similar to the technology hype cycle first mapped by analysts decades ago. What begins as a spark of innovation or promise quickly inflates into breathless expectation, only to deflate under the weight of reality...

The Hype Cycle’s Reckoning: Will Modi’s India Follow Orbán into the Trough?

In the volatile arena of modern politics, ideas, leaders, and movements rarely follow a straight line. They surge, crest, and often crash in patterns eerily similar to the technology hype cycle first mapped by analysts decades ago. What begins as a spark of innovation or promise quickly inflates into breathless expectation, only to deflate under the weight of reality...