[nirnira]

In the end, both cultures (Western and East Asian) have their own deficits, their own things worth learning from each other. Both cultures are missing pieces of the same puzzle.

The Asians have focus, the ability to set and meet goals, but those goals are generally poorly considered - born of too harsh a worldview, too competitive, too zero-sum.

The Westerners on the other hand have the spark and energy that can produce great things, but focus among individuals is generally poor, and Western cultures fail to set and adhere to clear guidelines about good and bad behaviour.

Spark and focus. Neither lesson is worth much individually. Both failings produce their own forms of individual and social dysfunction. But if both cultures would combine their strengths, the result would be largely unstoppable.