Thursday, November 19, 2009

Devdutt Pattanaik: East vs. West -- the myths that mystify

Interesting talk from Devdutt Pattanaik @ TED where he makes some important observations about why western culture is the way it is and why Indian society is shaped the way it is. Reproducing one of his slides from the talk:

Which world gives us meaning?







My worldThe world
SubjectiveObjective
EmotionalLogical
PersonalUniversal
BeliefFact
MythScience