He mentioned that near the equator, people tend to adopt a lifestyle less focused on planning, and later that our schooling is designed for planners. I found th

He mentioned that near the equator, people tend to adopt a lifestyle less focused on planning, and later that our schooling is designed for planners. I found this interesting, since a while back, in the Finland's schools thread [1], I (tried to) claim some success might be attributable to climate and was respectfully disagreed with. Now, I'm not at all certain about the strength of the link to education, but I still believe that geography and society have a strong connection that isn't entirely explained by cultural diffusion, so it was nice to know someone had studied it in some form and found same. [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1249852 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1249852