Yokoi's lecture is an example of how community and culture shape learning, he talks about how language (the cognitive configuration of language) favors, in Japanese culture, learning in mathematical areas and therefore in finance. He talks about the savings culture and how it is closely linked to language. To read more about it Yokoi Kenji | PDF 

I find it fascinating, in a personal experience I have discussed with a Nordic friend about how winter in her country modifies the thinking of food and energy conservation, as she is used to having three months of hard work before winter and then a season of rest, and in that season they dedicate themselves to reading, to have after-school classes. In Latin America we do not have a rest season that allows us to cultivate a learning habit like that, so our learning culture is very different.