A few years ago I was asked to speak at a Quant Conference in Chicago. It was an interesting experience as there were 200-300 plus people but a very skewed distribution of people relative to the US. It was probably 35% Asian 35% Indian 5% African 15% European 10% Hispanic

I presented for about 30 minutes about how markets are intelligent. I was invited to dinner afterwards and had some insightful conversations with some Chinese attendees that were clearly intelligent but shared completely different values then my own. You see, they thought who

ever is a genius automatically has a seat at the table to "Rule" others. They went on to tell me that China is Ruled by Geniuses. That's why America is Failing and will collapse. It was extremely alarming and I tried to gauge the values of a group that thinks this way. So I asked

, do any of you have children. They responded yes 1 or 2? 2.. If one was born a genius and the other person was smart in their own way (I happen to believe that genius can be cultivated and each and every mind has unlimited potential. We all have the knowledge within) So using

your logic, your one child has a right to hold dominion over your other child? They said yes. That is the culture clash folks. We are dealing with a core ideological difference with China. Hence the attack on Judeo-Christian values. We are all EQUAL before our God!

"Whatsoever you do to the least of my people.. that you do onto to me" Christ