i read a great book about cultural differences in time perception. in the third world, people take their sweet-ass time and often don't get shit done unless it's people they know or care about, in which case they get right to it. as an example. it's an old book, could never be published today. another great example was when whites broke a treaty with native americans and started paving a road where they agreed there wouldn't be one. whites expected the natives to sue or protest, but they just watched from the neighboring hill. then a year later when the project was almost done the natives came in and wrecked it all. they were just operating on a slower time scale. and i appreciate the compliment, i'm a literal professor (statistics) so i communicate for a living.
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