Indeed Americans are even worse than Europeans in "(dis)missing the rest of the planet". Have no idea how selective the default is on the other side of the plan

Indeed Americans are even worse than Europeans in "(dis)missing the rest of the planet". Have no idea how selective the default is on the other side of the planet, though I can only hope it is _less so_. Inventions and discoveries sounds as something as close to "objective" as we can get. Cultural would be interesting, but I believe more heavily dependent on the author of the comparison than the achievements. And thanks for the link with _context_!