The Haiti link struck me as more painful than funny, but it did leave me wondering....I suspect there are things yet to be discovered which are as useful as making use of numerical filing. I wonder how quickly we'd adapt if our culture isn't the one to discover them?
Good question! Hopefully by picking them up quickly and finding new ways of using them. Massive competition should generally lead to that - but not always.
I'm guessing that how quickly good new ideas get picked up depend on how drastically new they are, and how much the changes needed to accept them are opposed to already-held beliefs.
I'm also guessing that the reason dealing with files is so difficult in Haiti is that there isn't a culture of filing carefully, so there's a substantial chance that a file is out of place and won't be found without an exhaustive search. Convincing people to do the prep work is a whole additional step.
I've also heard that it's very hard to convince people who've been on the edge of starvation that their fruit will sell better if it looks perfect. It doesn't make sense to them to care so much about how fruit looks-- they've never been able to afford to.
How easy is it to convince people that punishment isn't a reliable way of controlling behavior?
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I'm also guessing that the reason dealing with files is so difficult in Haiti is that there isn't a culture of filing carefully, so there's a substantial chance that a file is out of place and won't be found without an exhaustive search. Convincing people to do the prep work is a whole additional step.
I've also heard that it's very hard to convince people who've been on the edge of starvation that their fruit will sell better if it looks perfect. It doesn't make sense to them to care so much about how fruit looks-- they've never been able to afford to.
How easy is it to convince people that punishment isn't a reliable way of controlling behavior?