The optimism bias has been observed in many different countries in Western cultures, in non Western cultures, in females and males, in kids, in the elderly.

He likes Western culture.

Where I work, in the Arab region, people are busy taking up Western innovations and changing them into things which are neither conventionally Western, nor are they traditionally Islamic.

We can look at our own history. The late physicist Gerard O'Neill said,

Let's kick some ass!!!

The Atlantic.

Pears.

Swimming.

So here, if you look at this poster, it has all the trappings of Western culture.

One answer lies deep in our cultural history.

Atlantic. Of course.

Greece was the cradle of western civilization.

It is also shaped equally by history and culture.

It will stop these stupid battles of the state deciding between the culture of the West and the Muslims.

Atlantic islands

And so, what after that?

Imagine how vulnerable the system is to deliberate attacks.

Anyway.

Yes, pears.

Western

I will start at 1858.

Atlantic Time New Brunswick

(Laughter)

like civilizations.

On a transatlantic flight?

And yet, despite the enormous disparities today, we have seen 200 years of remarkable progress.

Atlantic Standard Time Quebec Lower North Shore

Paul Ekman, the world's most renowned researcher on facial expressions, found that even members of the Fore tribe, who were completely disconnected from Western culture, and also known for their unusual cannibalism rituals, (Laughter) attributed smiles to descriptions of situations the same way you and I would.

Now, is there any alternative to this?

There we are today.

And Paul Cohen argues that the West thinks of itself as probably the most cosmopolitan of all cultures.

And we found three.

He has studied the cultures of Eastern Countries.

Pacific Time west British Columbia

Mosaddeq revolution.

Muslims. Sunni as well as Shiites.

Look what happened by 2000 to the average call.

It appeals to pity. It appeals to something called charity.

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Have I? Have I been corrupted by the West?

Twinkie... yellow on the outside, white on the inside.

The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic with the Pacific.

Now, Josh Rushing actually ended up leaving the military and taking a job with Al Jazeera.

They crossed the Atlantic Ocean.

Susan Parks of Penn State has actually studied this.