Hypothesis of the day: Most of the progressive inventions have come from areas outside of the tropics. Areas where preparation for future seasons is necessary, and that foresight carries over to other life aspects. You have to think outside the box and problem solve almost in order to survive.

Here, the weather is basically the same, the temperatures are basically the same, the growing seasons are basically identical... there's no need to think ahead because you can just do what you've always done and know that in 3 months or 9 months... you can still do what you've always done. And that lack of prep for the future and taking each day as it comes, translates into, based on my observation and for lack of a better word, apathy.

There's a colloquial slam that's something to the affect 'I hope you have a varied life!', and its a bad thing. Monotony and predictability is good. Not for this chic, but they say...