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		<title>The next communication revolution</title>
		<description>Discuss The next communication revolution</description>
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			<title>Francois says:</title>
			<link>http://whatmeditationreallyis.com/index.php/lang-en/home-blog/item/396-the-next-communication-revolution.html#comment-920</link>
			<description><![CDATA[http://fundamentalhappiness.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Buddha-235x130.jpg Hi, Thank you for this interesting approach to cultural differences. It did however directly bring up some issues in my mind which I would like to share with you. I don’t believe that a language creates a culture; a language is an expression of a culture. So we can use a language to “diagnose” a culture, but cannot “blame” the language for the cultural aspects. I’m sorry to disagree with Miike on the use of the term “Eurocentric”. If I am correctly interpreting the term, it may come from “European culture”. Well, the European culture is based largely on religious influence with its roots in the middle east. Some call it “Christian Jewish” , I am tempted to go back further and would like to include the Moslim and other influences like Sufi into it. A large carrier of those influences were the languages which were based on Latin and Greek. These languages DO have “symptoms” of interdependence being a structural part of their way of thinking, e.g. in the subjunctive of the French language ("Honi soit qui mal y pense"). The Greek dualistic philosopher Plato is perhaps one the best known examples of parallel way of thinking between the east and the west. Also I would like point out here a misconception about Europe as being one singular entity. It is as singular as “the America’s”; so not at all. E.g. the Germanic languages do not demonstrate the interest for interdependence in their language like the roman languages do, it is more hidden in idiomatic use. Another striking difference may be found between the US and the UK. As a joke it sometimes said that, these 2 countries are dived by the use of the same language. Personally I think that the US, which was founded on one sheet of paper with mainly “logic based freedom items” (rationality, liberty, self-interest, material progress and rights consciousness), has developed a culture based on “metric proof” ( “In God we believe, for the rest we need hard data” ) and a use of the English language to go exactly with that. Due to the strong presence in the world of US we may tend to believe that this marks the entire western culture, but in fact this may be limited to the US culture and perhaps the term “US-Centric” would be more precise. In fact I would disagree even more with Miike that (quote)“this mentality, they say, is grounded in the core values of rationality, liberty, self-interest, material progress and rights consciousness.” The west has developed its social awareness with the help of its religious heritage more towards compassion than the eastern parts of the world. Also I believe that Buddhism as such blends in so beautifully into the western cultures BECAUSE of the cultural aspects already present. Nevertheless, I do believe that we may be facing a communication revolution, because Buddhism is teaching us to listen instead of talking. This fundamental aspect of altruism has always been suppressed by traditional powers (religious as well as governmental), also in the west. best regards Francois (PS: I hope the picture is ok, otherwise feel free to remove it!)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Francois</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 07:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Mónica Sáenz says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hello, The conclusions you draw are interesting and there certainly a marked difference between Eastern (especially Chinese) and Western worldviews and the way they create, order and interpret experience.Howe ver you group together Tao, Confucianism, Hinduism and Buddhism, and not only do they come from totally different historical periods and totally different societies and cultures, but they are totally different worldviews with totally different implications for communication and life. It would be profitable, I suggest, for you to develop your new communication model by enriching it with the differences as well as the similarities you may find among the various Asian worldviews.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mónica Sáenz</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>martha says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[very interesting...s o many other factors are at play even in a single exchange between 2 people. maybe if we were more mindful of this, real communication would happen, some truth might be revealed, a glimpse of light. that can't be a bad thing]]></description>
			<dc:creator>martha</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 18:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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