I think some cultures (especially sub Saharan ones) didn’t really have a concept of precise time in their language. It’s lead to things like “Africa time”: http

I think some cultures (especially sub Saharan ones) didn’t really have a concept of precise time in their language. It’s lead to things like “Africa time”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_time I think we all suffer from a lot of bias and assumptions about how other cultures operate. I also wonder if above article correlates with race - similar to a lot of other recent declining US education stats, it tracks pretty well with white % of population going down.