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> It was best summed up to me by a very smart friend when he said, "They are great Xerox Machines." Asians are great at copying and really good at predefined ap
by kendallpark 12y ago
> It was best summed up to me by a very smart friend when he said, "They are great Xerox Machines." Asians are great at copying and really good at predefined applications but culturally they are trained not to see how to solve problems from the start. They copy well.
"They"? Good job over-generalizing one billion individuals.
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- charlesdm 12y agoHe might have over generalised, but, I too have heard such remarks and statements from several successful American and European business men. I have no idea how correct their representation of the situation there is, but from what I have heard, because risk taking isn't valued that highly within Asian culture, they tend to be excellent executors but not always that great at thinking up creative solutions to various problems. Obviously, you have smart people everywhere who achieve amazing things. But in itself it's no surprise that risk taking is valued higher in certain cultures (i.e. American) than in others.
- erkkie 12y agoNomading in SE-Asia I've definitely noticed similar trends which I find hard to voice without also sounding over generalizing. It's often very subtle but plenty of things where a relatively small amount of investment would have a great ROI but it just isn't done because no-one else is doing it and it works just fine without.