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>They just succeed with many small things that makes a greater whole. But people just dismiss it as a culture thing, which is reductive. Aren't rules part of t
by DeathArrow 2y ago
>They just succeed with many small things that makes a greater whole. But people just dismiss it as a culture thing, which is reductive.
Aren't rules part of the culture? The culture helps strengthening the rules while the rules help strengthening the culture.
- tankenmate 2y ago出る釘は打たれる。
- pmontra 2y agoThe nail that sticks out gets hammered down (Google Translate.)
- danielscrubs 2y agoIt is a way of dismissing clear rules. Because it’s not that it is used to attack people that are different, but it is used to deincentive bad behaviour, but by conflating the two you end up in a bad place, where incentives are…misaligned.
- DeathArrow 2y agoIt seems to me Japan does just fine by having rules and sticking to their culture. Many people admire Japanese culture. But they wouldn't have anything to admire had Japanese people not conserving and caring greatly about their culture and sticking to their rules and ways of life. I probably won't be integrating in the Japanese culture, but I admire and respect it and the fact they still have that culture.
- danielscrubs 2y agoYes, but it is sometimes used to dismiss any actionable insights that can be used in politics. ”Would never work here, the culture is different!” Maybe Im just ranting…