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"Culture (kul'char) n 1. The totality of socially transmitted behavior
patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other works of human work and
thought."
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
An American tourist visiting China stops a native from crowding
into the front of a queue with, "That's not polite!" The native
says, "We have too many people to be polite." An American tourist
in Japan remarks on the courtesy of the Japanese . . . until
she is pushed aboard a subway car with the help of a human hired
to pack more people into an already packed car.
Does increasing traffic congestion caused by increasing population density
lead to increasing "road rage" and, if so, does that ultimately change
culture?
Does increasing population density decrease the value placed upon each
individual? Does it increase the "Watching Out For Number One" factor?
Does population density have an effect upon culture? Is it a positive or a
negative effect? Does a nation's culture change as its population density
increases? Does a nation as large and diverse as the U.S. have a culture?
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