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> Whites create and Asians copy While I think it's incorrectly worded, I do think cultures encourage behaviours that in turn affects ideas like creative output
by algesten 9y ago
> Whites create and Asians copy
While I think it's incorrectly worded, I do think cultures encourage behaviours that in turn affects ideas like creative output, but that's not race, only culture.
Example: My native country, Sweden, has a culture of municipal music schools that are relatively cheap. Tons of kids are encouraged, and do, take up some instrument at some point. Very few take it further, but Sweden has a disproportionate number of #1 international pop hits compared to its tiny population. This is obviously also part of that pop music is something that is globally in demand (some countries produce many classical musicians, which may not be as commercially viable).
Kids in the US are encouraged to live the American dream, that anyone can make their own fortune (totally unrealistic, given class structures), and are encouraged to innovate and try things out. Clearly that culture of "self made man" produces a lot of innovation and creative output, which in turn is globally very in demand.
The only asian country I had a little insight into is India. As an outsider, I can't at all claim to understand it, but there appears to be widespread culture of learning a trade, perform that trade the way you learned it, get a good job with a big company and then focus on your family. I trained some outsourced IT staff, and no one there wanted to "stick out" or perform better than the group. People were much more inclined to take collective responsibility for solving a task than individual. I speculate that India as a consequence of this culture, isn't using its full potential for dominance globally, be it creatively, musically etc. Though there are signs of it changing.
- ml78 9y agoAs an Indian, it's hard to convey the breath of what happens in India. It really depends on which pocket of the country you land up in and who you are surrounded by. You have to remember there are cities in India with populations larger than Sweden. With histories and traditions older than anything you will find in Europe. There are so many different schools of art/music/dance/architecture/textile/food etc that teaching an Indian kid about it all in an education system geared towards economic utility is a complex issue. Which is why most people, most Indians included, have a very simplistic and often times misguided understanding of Indian creativity.
- algesten 9y agoYes, this is why I say I really don't presume to understand much. I've seen some things, and it's questionable whether I understand what I see through my western cultural filters. My pockets were mostly southern india and a bit of delhi and kolkata. In work contexts of IT, I (thought) I saw similarities, but I'm sure there's many subtle differences that just eluded me.