> I need an article to explain why the Japanese clean up for others. In very broad terms, the culture in Japan is very much "I take care of you, and you take care of me". Sure, it doesn't work the same way abroad, but…
While I agree with your general assessment, I want to point out that it cannot be concluded from your example: in Russia (at least when I was in elementary/high school in the 90s), children clean the classroom in much…
Could you name a country, where the majority of college-educated population is unlikely to feel comfortable speaking or reading English, where there has been many successful startups? I'm trying to see whether my…
Whitney's is the most precise account of problems minorities (women among them) face in technology, starting with "Anger does not accurately describe my true feelings, and so I don’t feel angry.". Thank you for…
Nice article, thanks. I find the idea that merely describing your social connections influences/changes them to be pretty insightful, so is calling the current situation a "social version of the Uncanny Valley". His…
really interesting to a recent grad like me who's had a hard time imagining how things learnt at university will be applied at a 'big company scale'
Chinese kids selling their organs to buy iPads is straight out of a cyberpunk novel, as you say many things we read about 10-20 years ago are already here, but it's human nature to find the present the most boring place…
Marriage does not imply "monopoly on each others sexual-ability" (unless you mean marriage in strictly christian terms, for example), this is up to the partners to decide.
> I need an article to explain why the Japanese clean up for others. In very broad terms, the culture in Japan is very much "I take care of you, and you take care of me". Sure, it doesn't work the same way abroad, but…
While I agree with your general assessment, I want to point out that it cannot be concluded from your example: in Russia (at least when I was in elementary/high school in the 90s), children clean the classroom in much…
Could you name a country, where the majority of college-educated population is unlikely to feel comfortable speaking or reading English, where there has been many successful startups? I'm trying to see whether my…
Whitney's is the most precise account of problems minorities (women among them) face in technology, starting with "Anger does not accurately describe my true feelings, and so I don’t feel angry.". Thank you for…
Nice article, thanks. I find the idea that merely describing your social connections influences/changes them to be pretty insightful, so is calling the current situation a "social version of the Uncanny Valley". His…
really interesting to a recent grad like me who's had a hard time imagining how things learnt at university will be applied at a 'big company scale'
Chinese kids selling their organs to buy iPads is straight out of a cyberpunk novel, as you say many things we read about 10-20 years ago are already here, but it's human nature to find the present the most boring place…
Marriage does not imply "monopoly on each others sexual-ability" (unless you mean marriage in strictly christian terms, for example), this is up to the partners to decide.