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I like the lack of the "talent" meme in asian culture. hard work is correctly identified as the reason for superior performance.

palish 18y ago
As one reason for superior performance.
- rodrigo 18y ago
  When I find myself thinking about things the way you do (according to what you've said here), I said to myself: "DO something and stop whinning!" Dont be satisfied with the things that come out of some intellectuall exercise only, try to check them in the real world, I dont believe that being a genius is a something youre born with. DO things, be smart, read Druckers "Managing Oneself", and maybe we all can do something meaningful out of this.
  - palish 18y ago
    I have been doing for years, without whining. I believe I am selfishly entitled to one outburst every few years or so.
    - rodrigo 18y ago
      You're very rigth, I was trying to share what I do to get myself out of those outbursts. Also I was under the impression that you were talking about a general condition.
      - palish 18y ago
        Sorry! I completely misread you. Thanks for the advice!
unalone 18y ago
Part of the reason. The part of that culture that I dislike is that there's no emphasis on figuring out what's most worth figuring out. There has to be a period of figuring out what's worth your time before you dedicate your time. It's present in American culture, though not as prominently as it ought to be, but from what I've seen of asian culture it's not there at all. It's why the few big Japanese successes that fascinate me - though I don't know very many people, I'll admit - are ones that are openly West-influenced. Shigeru Miyamoto and Nobuo Uemats, for instance: the one is more influenced by The Beatles than anything else, and the other originally tried writing songs like Elton John.
- nazgulnarsil 18y ago
  when you have a billion people you can afford to brute force capitalism.
  - SapphireSun 18y ago
    Superior performance can be had by applying the right algorithm. Also, applying the wrong algorithm may not get you where you want no matter how many cycles you put in. Brute force is always a terrible way of doing things unless there literally is no better way (I'm looking at you NP-Hard).

palish 18y ago

As one reason for superior performance.

rodrigo 18y ago
When I find myself thinking about things the way you do (according to what you've said here), I said to myself: "DO something and stop whinning!" Dont be satisfied with the things that come out of some intellectuall exercise only, try to check them in the real world, I dont believe that being a genius is a something youre born with. DO things, be smart, read Druckers "Managing Oneself", and maybe we all can do something meaningful out of this.
- palish 18y ago
  I have been doing for years, without whining. I believe I am selfishly entitled to one outburst every few years or so.
  - rodrigo 18y ago
    You're very rigth, I was trying to share what I do to get myself out of those outbursts. Also I was under the impression that you were talking about a general condition.
    - palish 18y ago
      Sorry! I completely misread you. Thanks for the advice!

unalone 18y ago

Part of the reason. The part of that culture that I dislike is that there's no emphasis on figuring out what's most worth figuring out. There has to be a period of figuring out what's worth your time before you dedicate your time. It's present in American culture, though not as prominently as it ought to be, but from what I've seen of asian culture it's not there at all. It's why the few big Japanese successes that fascinate me - though I don't know very many people, I'll admit - are ones that are openly West-influenced. Shigeru Miyamoto and Nobuo Uemats, for instance: the one is more influenced by The Beatles than anything else, and the other originally tried writing songs like Elton John.

nazgulnarsil 18y ago
when you have a billion people you can afford to brute force capitalism.
- SapphireSun 18y ago
  Superior performance can be had by applying the right algorithm. Also, applying the wrong algorithm may not get you where you want no matter how many cycles you put in. Brute force is always a terrible way of doing things unless there literally is no better way (I'm looking at you NP-Hard).