The problem with STEM brained people isn't the interest in science, but rather how they only look at science in terms of money or profit. They also dismiss anything outside of their chosen field because it all becomes a pissing contest. This isn't everyone in STEM, just a widespread attitude and a symptom of what created it, exploitative American capitalism.

I don't know much about the Chinese education system, but it's better than ours in most things so I'm gonna guess it gives a more rounded education on science including ethical considerations and its history. Xi Jinping studied chemical engineering for instance and he's not someone I'd call a STEM brain.

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 31 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

In my experiences, Chinese tech bros are on average definitely significantly more well rounded in humanities and much more intelligent in non-math/tech fields than their Western counterparts. Much less ego and arrogance too

This only applies to the ones that only studied in China and recently moved to US for work though, the Chinese ones I've met who did studied post secondary here and lived in America for 10+ years act way closer to your American tech bro

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Chinese tech bros are on average definitely significantly more well rounded in humanities

Half my classmates in engineering school were Chinese nationals, this isn’t true at all.

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So my experiences is a pretty extreme end of the spectrum of tech bros. I'm comparing against largely MIT/Stanford/Berkeley/CMU tech lords grinding their ass off to climb the corporate ladder in big tech

I compare the talks about politics at work between the Chinese group chats and the English group chats and the Chinese people definitely have a much better understanding of what's going on. The English group chat discussions is literally indistinguishable from r/worldnews level of intelligence

And to be clear, I'm not saying they're very well rounded, just more so than the low bar for American tech bros lol