1. Nobel prizes are a very poor metric, e.g: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbc.ca&#x2F;news&#x2F;arts&#x2F;nobel-literature-judge-says-award-too-eurocentric-1.860876" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbc.ca&#x2F;news&#x2F;arts&#x2F;nobel-literature-judge-says-awar...</a><p>2. Where you see fragmentation, we see diversity and a richer ecosystem. Where you see cultural disparities, we see a complex interplay of different cultures over millennia. Homogeneous populations are actually at a disadvantage because they don&#x27;t have that kind of activity.