I don’t think the current implementation of this post is ideal (the phrase “In my culture...” doesn’t seem to always translate with the intended connotations, in particular online in low-context settings).
But, I think the general problem this post was trying to solve is quite important, and I think it’s at least an incremental improvement over the status quo to have this concept-handle.
I think of “how to navigate divergent cultural expectations” as one of the central coordination (and rationality) problems we face. I think it’s significant that it’s cultural, rather than simply “a set of personal practices” because I think humans are largely built out of culture, and even imaginary cultures have weight. And as Malcolm Ocean notes in Reveal Culture, it often matters a lot that there be shared cultural assumptions.
Meanwhile, there are competing access needs that different cultures can attempt to resolve in different ways. Archipelago is good, even if it’s leadership bottlenecked. So, having tools that are specifically for resolving cultural clashes seems pretty important.
I don’t think the current implementation of this post is ideal (the phrase “In my culture...” doesn’t seem to always translate with the intended connotations, in particular online in low-context settings).
But, I think the general problem this post was trying to solve is quite important, and I think it’s at least an incremental improvement over the status quo to have this concept-handle.
I think of “how to navigate divergent cultural expectations” as one of the central coordination (and rationality) problems we face. I think it’s significant that it’s cultural, rather than simply “a set of personal practices” because I think humans are largely built out of culture, and even imaginary cultures have weight. And as Malcolm Ocean notes in Reveal Culture, it often matters a lot that there be shared cultural assumptions.
Meanwhile, there are competing access needs that different cultures can attempt to resolve in different ways. Archipelago is good, even if it’s leadership bottlenecked. So, having tools that are specifically for resolving cultural clashes seems pretty important.