How the Chinese are Changing Senegal
This 23-minute documentary, The Colony, explores Chinese immigration to Senegal. The immigrants are drawn to Africa by the promise of lucrative entrepreneurship and they are changing the economic...
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Explaining Reduced Beef Consumption in the U.S.
As a member of a cattle-raising family, I hear a pretty steady stream of complaints about people eating less beef, which is variously attributed to a conspiracy against the American rancher (possibly...
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Cultural Differences in Cognitive Perception
For the last week of December, we’re re-posting some of our favorite posts from 2011. ———————— It seems obvious that basic cognitive perceptions shouldn’t vary by society. That is, that our eyes...
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Extremism and National Character
Cross-posted at Neuroskeptic. “Personality differences” between people from different countries may just be a reflection of cultural differences in the use of “extreme” language to describe people....
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Global Attitudes toward Homosexuality
The Pew Research Global Attitudes Project recently released data on attitudes about homosexuality in 39 countries. Generally, those living in the Middle East and Africa were the least accepting, while...
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