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Ma'amar HaDor, P12. A generation that rebels against Hashem, destroys all Jewish morals and dignity, as evidenced in the Cheit HaEgel (the Sin of the Golden Calf). When people abandon the first two volumes of the Shulchan Aruch, the second two volumes get thrown away soon after. There are always people who will take advantage of a religious crisis (or to fake a religious crisis) to break away to just have a good time, like during the times of First Beis HaMikdash (Holy Temple). However, in Rav Kook's generation, there were social movements that rejected Torah, yet were seeking to increase justice and morality. When the world is not morally strong, then it does not have the ability to receive technological advancement.