torsdag 17. mars 2011

”The impact of losing face”

or rather the fear of losing face in Eastern Asia may lead to many things. Many are of the ridiculous kind. You ask someone about the road, and quite a few people have problems about admitting that they do not know. Instead they point in the wrong direction. When you know about this peculiar trait you ask lots of people to be sure before you go for your destination.

Concerning the handling of the disasters at the Fukushima nuclear powerplant in Japan I would not be surprised if the escalation of the accident is partly due to a lack of will to take responsibility because of an ”innate” fear of losing face.

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