Two Culture Blog

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C.P Snow's findings paint a picture of a socity that is divided between the cold and calculated individuals using the left side of there brain and the more artistic free thinking people using the right side of there brain. However, how much of this divide has to do with the differences between humans but rather the way we are educated.

The idea of there being two cultures is a concept that I have been told through out my life by multiple teachers. Teachers would always tell me about how certain people are naturally better suited to math and science while others are better suited for writing and creative thinking. This concept was told to me at an extremely young age. Since I was first told this the idea, it has always stuck with me. I consciously started viewing my life from the perspective of myself being a person with a more art suited brain. Given this I would shy away from taking and classes or do any activities involving math.
This lead to my math skills natiurally deteriorating. However before learning this I remember always being good in math at a very young age. However once I was told this I subconsciously started to specialize.
I believe that all this is a result of a culture that is obsessed and rewards specialization. In order to be financially well of it often requires a person to be really good at one thing or another. Somebody who is really good at one thing but bad at everything else will have more success then somebody who is more well rounded.






Citation:
Snow, C. P. The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution. New York, New York, Cambridge University Press, 1959. Print


Brockman, John. The Third Culture. New York, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1995. Print.

Vesna, Victoria. "Toward a Third Culture: Being In Between." Leonardo. 34 (2001): 121-125. Print




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