Outliers

I wonder whether there is some cultural divide between what European and American kids are taught in terms of authority. Obviously I come from a culture where authority is not questioned nearly enough and kids are taught to respect certain professionals (doctors, police men, crazy men with mustaches) and not interrupt or challenge their elders. In the US according to Malcolm Gladwell only lower class families teach their kids this humility. A certain entitlement, brattiness, confidence and sense of having to question everything and everyone is taught to rich kids in the US, characteristics that hold across different racial and ethnic backgrounds. Paradoxically these are exactly the skills that let those kids succeed in life or so it appears from what I have gathered by reading Outliers over fancy's shoulder by the pool.

Maybe this will be the year I challenge my economists once and for all and demand they admit all their assumptions are bogus to begin with!

It would be interesting to study this authority and culture theory a bit more. Surely there must be a PhD out there somewhere that lets one do that? With the INSEAD application out the door I am trying to forget it ever happened and swiftly come up with a good plan B, as you can see.