Duong’s Reviews > Tật Xấu Người Việt: Tản mạn về tính cách người Việt và văn hóa thị dân > Status Update

interesting analogy of how reading rates for detective or murder mystery is not high in Vietnam compared to other countries. This might be because we don't necessarily enjoy reading things that involve a lot of laws and logic. That stems from a culture of whatever you do some thing, if not 50%, it's 90% out of goodwill for other people instead of subjectivity or logic.

I really enjoy how she's able to observe and put into words of the specific behavioral phenomenon. However, these are only kind of observations. There isn't a deep dive in the cultural causes and impacts. Feels a little surface level when this could turn out to be something incredibly multifaceted.

we're finally touching on how this impacts equality and equity. Like in a competition, the definition of fair would vary between different judges. Some judges would think fair is giving the prizes to the contestants that are most capable. Some judges would think fair is giving the prices to all contestants so that everybody has their own time in the spotlight instead of focusing on just a few individuals for a really long time. Reminds me of diversity, inclusion, and equity effort in the ongoing debate in the US. Equality or equity?

there's also kind of the social understanding of doing things out of Goodwill. It is almost ingrained in the expectations of norms. Like people would totally understand if they don't get certain things because other people have goodwill privilege. For example, like if you go to a hospital, even though you're waiting in line for a really long time to go see a doctor, you would totally understand if a nepo baby comes in before you because they have a connection with somebody higher up in the hospital.

also talks about impulsiveness of people to judge and comment as soon as they receive information instead of waiting for the full story or being able to debate and offer criticism constructively.