Tag Archives: cultural differences
Not Such a Small World Anymore
An odd side effect of the covid… phenomenon…. is that while it was fueled by globalized processes national responses have shown countries being more like themselves and less like other countries. Some examples: The US: No national response, but rather … Continue reading
Pessimistic about Optimism
One of the more useful, in my experience, ways of understanding cultural differences, especially in Europe, is ‘uncertainty avoidance’. In short, cultures (meaning majority preferences within a society) tend to differ in how they deal with the inherent uncertainty of … Continue reading
The More Things Don’t Change…
Many of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century came from overestimating the importance of biological and cultural differences between groups of people, especially biological differences. Human beings haven’t learned that much, or rather human beings tend to learn all … Continue reading
The Worked Shoot 