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Showing posts with label climate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label climate. Show all posts

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Productivity Series part 4: Diet

Diet:(Sub-point of Climate)The diet of many cultures will affect the productivity. In Germany they drink beer, not too much though, hence their morale is boosted but not enough where their productivity is harmed much...unlike in Ireland and Scotland...In America we have a very full diet on average, thus, high productivity. Vegetarians miss something in their diet and hence are usually less productive on average. Japanese eat A LOT of fish, which is brain food, and hence we come out with a nation who was totally devastated 50 years ago and now has one of the best world economies. Also, the availability of food helps a lot! If you spend half your time looking for food, then you wont have much other time to be productive.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Productivity Series Part 3 -- Language

There are SO many things that affect productivity in the world: color, language, diet, religion, foundations, families, politics, morale, and more, but I have come to discover that all of these things fall under either Time or Climate. So I am thus now making this productivity series filled with sub-effectors: Today's will be language.
(Language falls under time category) (Colour falls under Language and Morale Categories).



Every language has different words for different things, they are said differently, some languages have more words, some have less, but we all manage to communicate. But because of the differences in languages, some people see things in different ways than others. In the Time video, we noticed that Sicily does not have a way to make a verb future tense. So nothing gets done! Colour also affects the productivity, different languages say colours in different ways. We see purple and blue as two different colours, but some see purple as a shade of blue. This can possibly affect morale, and coordination. Morale, because we get happy when we see certain colours, and if those colours are really just other colours, then things might be more gloomy...or more prosperous.




Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Affects on Productivity Part 2

If you liked the first part, this will be great for you! Climate often has an affect on Productivity. When you think of Boston one of the first things that comes to many peoples minds is colleges*. When we think of Los Angeles we think of Hollywood and beaches*. *(I took a poll with people)* So Boston is in New England and L.A. is in the more sub-tropical part of America. San Francisco is often said to have the most perfect climate in America. And it is also known for homosexuals and rich people. People go there to Hawaii to relax, not to work. In Germany(colder climate) they have had many innovative advances such as automobiles and other things in industry and trade and military. Whilst can you name more than three things great to have come out of Spain(more desirable climate) that are still relevant in today's society? The most advanced place in America is New England, that is where all the work gets done.
     Why does Climate have an effect on productivity? One good reason brought to my attention was agriculture. In places with a better climate, such as sub-tropical areas like California, you can throw a seed in the soil, anytime in the year and it will grow with minimal care. In the Northwest and New England you need to care and tend for your crops more, and you need to plan exactly when to plant and harvest your crops. or they will not grow to sufficient sizes or will freeze. Another possible reason is that the places with more desirable climates have people that are more attracted to things of material pleasure for one's self. While in working environments the focus is not necessarily on one's self rather it is on society or community as a whole. We all can assume that a full baseball team is more affective than a team of one.
    Another interesting side-note is that many of the World's Superpowers are in the Northern Hemisphere and have cooler climates. USA, Russia, Germany, China, UK, Japan. 
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