There is no way to really understand a culture from outside unless you’ve been inside it. That double perspective is where the real insight comes, from being able to put yourself in it our take yourself out of it at will.

I’m still quite judgemental about certain culture but it does not as tied up in bias as before, not labeling it as “bad” but rather seeing it as contradictory and willing to illustrate why on the rare occasion that someone is interested in hearing my perspective.

I really love to place myself in a foreign culture from time to time, and I don’t mean other countries cultures, I mean like a room full of people watching tv. It’s fascinating!