I can tell you why my society isn't entrepreneurial. We basically believe everything should be hard and we frown upon people who appear to be taking short cuts.

I can tell you why my society isn't entrepreneurial. We basically believe everything should be hard and we frown upon people who appear to be taking short cuts. This attitude served us well before the advent of technology but now it just gets in the way. Let me give an example. As recently as 50-70 years ago we lived a subsistence way of farming. Working the land was done using a hoe with a handle that is about 40cm long. Working the fields meant a lot of time bent over. One of the neighboring tribes decided to lengthen the handle of their hoes meaning they worked more upright. Probably had more mechanical advantage. Our reaction as a tribe was to call the other tribe lazy. To this day this is how we react when something new is introduced, loads of skepticism and derision of the person who dares introduce something new. By the time we come around to embracing whatever it is all the opportunities associated with the new technology have been taken up by the very few entrepreneurs. Normal from outside the region. Off course they are exceptions but these are far and few between. We make for a great workforce and we made for a great army back in the day when tribal wars were a thing. In this modern world we are getting left behind. So I guess in a nutshell some societies probably embrace change better than others.