
#49 Eastern and Western Thinking
Minding the Brain
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What's the Difference Between North and South China?
In North China, farmers and fishers are holistic. They look at relationships where herders see categories. In the South, rice agriculture is extremely dependent on other people. And sure enough, North Chinese are more analytic. Southern Chinese are more concerned with relationships. The disagreement, the comfort with disagreement is characteristic of East Asian culture compared to U.S. American culture. It's really massive differences.
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