Comments on: East vs. West http://www.nextindia.org/index.php/2009/12/30/east-vs-west/ Citizens' blog to promote transparency and accountability in Indian governance Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:20:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: barun http://www.nextindia.org/index.php/2009/12/30/east-vs-west/comment-page-1/#comment-325681 barun Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:20:36 +0000 http://www.nextindia.org/?p=1103#comment-325681 I first realised this issue of culture of age, at first hand, when many years ago, an elderly American professor had insisted that I call him by his first name. And I was so surprised and shocked, that it took me a while to get used to actually addressing him by his first name. I too think that this desire to equalise the field plays a role in encouraging people to question the authority of age, and enabling them to enjoy the freedom to explore new ideas. Japan is a first world country in any way one looks at it. A technological superpower, yet it is a net royalty payer to the rest of the world on the various intellectual property that it uses from other developed countries. And I used to think that this respect for age has held Japan back from becoming a fore bearer of change, at least in science and technology. I first realised this issue of culture of age, at first hand, when many years ago, an elderly American professor had insisted that I call him by his first name. And I was so surprised and shocked, that it took me a while to get used to actually addressing him by his first name. I too think that this desire to equalise the field plays a role in encouraging people to question the authority of age, and enabling them to enjoy the freedom to explore new ideas.
Japan is a first world country in any way one looks at it. A technological superpower, yet it is a net royalty payer to the rest of the world on the various intellectual property that it uses from other developed countries. And I used to think that this respect for age has held Japan back from becoming a fore bearer of change, at least in science and technology.

]]> By: Prashant Dogra http://www.nextindia.org/index.php/2009/12/30/east-vs-west/comment-page-1/#comment-325679 Prashant Dogra Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:35:40 +0000 http://www.nextindia.org/?p=1103#comment-325679 since you typed progress in quote-unquote --- that says it all. the western notion of "progress" is untenable, and will soon need to be ramped down while west is definitely forward looking, but given the effect it has on to the so caled quest for progress, soon such a "forward looking" will need a big time tempering with "philosophy" which only east can provide. for example, east respects nature.......while west abuses it. and now even east is looking only to blindly emulate west --- which will be disastrous for earth both sides need to learn from each other your article points that its only ewast wihch needs to learn from the west. thats certainly not the case since you typed progress in quote-unquote — that says it all. the western notion of “progress” is untenable, and will soon need to be ramped down

while west is definitely forward looking, but given the effect it has on to the so caled quest for progress, soon such a “forward looking” will need a big time tempering with “philosophy” which only east can provide.

for example, east respects nature…….while west abuses it. and now even east is looking only to blindly emulate west — which will be disastrous for earth

both sides need to learn from each other

your article points that its only ewast wihch needs to learn from the west. thats certainly not the case

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