I'll be speaking at UNC's RUF large group tonight. I'll try not to mention the game last Saturday, although one NC State fan suggested I wear a red shirt just to make them mad. Probably not the best way to win a hearing. It's all about a preacher's ethos right?
Sharon Begley points out the differences between collectivist and individualist cultures. Show a group of three pictures -- a monkey, a panda, and a banana -- to folks in Japan and to folks in Great Britain. Ask them which two go together and you'll likely get different answers. The British Westerners tend to think in terms of classification, so they put the two mammals together. But the Japanese see a functional relationship between the monkey and the banana. It's classification vs. relationship. And the differences seem to be related to climate. I.e., the closer to the equator you get, the more group-minded the societies get; while the colder climates host more individualistic cultures. Now some researchers think it all might be related to the prevalence of pathogens in warmer climates, and the survival-need to form close groups which shun outsiders.
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