Oli Raison

I think that, again, it goes back to time.

It goes back to everything being in a hurry.

A CEO is judged on the next quarter's profitability.

A president or a prime minister is really judged on what they can achieve in the next quarter.

four or five years.

And that's not necessarily conducive with making the smartest long term decisions.

And so I don't know whether that answers your question, John, but I think that they think much longer term than we typically do in the West.

I think probably the hierarchical nature of things.

Just having one person who ultimately is accountable and gets to make the final decision would be the most alien thing to them that they could possibly imagine.

I also just think, and maybe we're repeating ourselves here, but the obsession with getting everything done quickly.

I think speed is overvalued over making the right decision.

And maybe that's because we live in such a competitive context, but I think they would struggle with that.

They're not agriculturalists, so it's not necessarily the land that is their way of life.

It's very much their livestock.

That is everything.

And it's not just a source of wealth.

It is a source of wealth, but it's not just that.

Their livestock and sacrificing livestock is a key part of their ceremonies.

They give livestock when...

Somebody gets married and they share it openly.