Was it just me or did anyone else think of "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell? The author of this article implicitly assumes that all the participants of the game

Was it just me or did anyone else think of "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell? The author of this article implicitly assumes that all the participants of the game come from similar cultural backgrounds. Read: http://bokardo.com/archives/what-malcolm-gladwells-book-outliers-can-teach-us-about-interface-design/ http://bokardo.com/archives/what-malcolm-gladwells-book-outl... Some cultures, e.g. Colombian or South Korean, are more geared towards respecting authority than other cultures, e.g. New Yorkers. A collision of two such disparate cultures can result in disasters such as Flight 052: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Avianca_Flight_52 https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Avianca_Fligh... More details about the Power Distance Index (PDI): http://www.maximizingutility.com/2009/06/culture-clash-power-distance-index.html http://www.maximizingutility.com/2009/06/culture-clash-power...