Why Chopsticks? A Western Worldview. A parable for our times.

JoelCulture, East vs WestLeave a Comment

As a Singaporean, I have been brought up in the confluence of the East -West  divide. It has been a source of great interest to me.  I came across this post in a forum not too long ago, to me, it represents much of what I have written about with regards to  the East-West divide. ” I never understood the … Read More

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Social Media and the Language of culture

JoelCulture, Social Media1 Comment

I have long said that the social Media landscape  will eventually diverge.The East West divide will reassert itself and  in doing so, create a new ‘normal’. One of the reasons is that of language. Most western languages are phonetic, and meaning is derived from sounds and how they relate. Mandarin however, and most older languages and their derivatives are pictographic … Read More

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