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Ask HN: Are people less entrepreneurial in colder climates?

2 points by amichail 2y ago

Maybe the fear of freezing to death makes people more conservative when it comes to choosing a career?

cobberchampion 2y ago
Um, the richest city on the planet gets pretty frosty. I can't be bothered but if you wanted to hit the university library for an afternoon, you could probably pretty quickly come up with the data. Or know someone in finance that has corporate access to like bloomberg data.
- PaulHoule 2y ago
  If the heat was good for the economy then you'd have African countries pushing around Europe and not the other way around.
  - cobberchampion 2y ago
    yeah too much food and life hangs around the equator...in dat cold...you best be hustling to snag a bit of the less food there is to go around...
baxtr 2y ago
If you’re interested in that kind of stuff, I highly recommend the book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" as starting point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germs,_and_Steel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germs,_and_Steel
techpineapple 2y ago
I’ve wondered the opposite, having spent 6 months in a hot South American country, the heat in tropical countries can feel oppressive and take all your energy away.
- toomuchtodo 2y ago
  Heat has a direct correlation on mental health and cognitive capacity. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/31/1190627995/heat-wave-brain-mood-anxiety https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/31/1190627... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ina.12916 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ina.12916 https://indoor.lbl.gov/publications/effect-temperature-task-performance https://indoor.lbl.gov/publications/effect-temperature-task-... https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/jisungpark/files/paper_nyc_aejep.pdf https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/jisungpark/files/paper_nyc... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9562223/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9562223/ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2789481 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/...

2 points by amichail 2y ago

Maybe the fear of freezing to death makes people more conservative when it comes to choosing a career?

Um, the richest city on the planet gets pretty frosty. I can't be bothered but if you wanted to hit the university library for an afternoon, you could probably pretty quickly come up with the data. Or know someone in finance that has corporate access to like bloomberg data.

PaulHoule 2y ago
If the heat was good for the economy then you'd have African countries pushing around Europe and not the other way around.
- cobberchampion 2y ago
  yeah too much food and life hangs around the equator...in dat cold...you best be hustling to snag a bit of the less food there is to go around...

baxtr 2y ago

If you’re interested in that kind of stuff, I highly recommend the book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" as starting point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germs,_and_Steel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germs,_and_Steel

techpineapple 2y ago

I’ve wondered the opposite, having spent 6 months in a hot South American country, the heat in tropical countries can feel oppressive and take all your energy away.

toomuchtodo 2y ago
Heat has a direct correlation on mental health and cognitive capacity. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/31/1190627995/heat-wave-brain-mood-anxiety https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/31/1190627... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ina.12916 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ina.12916 https://indoor.lbl.gov/publications/effect-temperature-task-performance https://indoor.lbl.gov/publications/effect-temperature-task-... https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/jisungpark/files/paper_nyc_aejep.pdf https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/jisungpark/files/paper_nyc... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9562223/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9562223/ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2789481 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/...