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> We can't see our culture very well, because we see with it Sounds like a theorem of incompleteness :).
by p4bl0 11y ago
> We can't see our culture very well, because we see with it
Sounds like a theorem of incompleteness :).
- e12e 11y agoI wouldn't read too much into that. In that vein, I think it makes more sense to look at culture as the lossy compression we use to store value judgements of our experience -- accepting that we can only store a fraction of the "raw" data. The best way to combat the natural narrow-mindedness that any culture forces on you, is to travel -- and if possible live for a long time (6-12 months) submerged in a different culture. The best time to do this, is probably before you fully become an adult -- living with a host-family as the "child" of a foreign culture allows/requires a degree of acceptance that is very valuable if the goal is to widen the idea of culture. Having two cultures that are sometimes contrasting, but also accepted as "real" allows one to introspect -- and realize that one really have to question everything -- there are very few universal truths. For those that are, or have, teenagers in the house, and have the means -- I strongly advice to look into international volunteer inter-cultural programs, like: https://www.afs.org https://www.afs.org https://www.yfu.org https://www.yfu.org