Potential Influences on Threat Perception:
I think that I will just build this list until I can see groupings begin to emerge, at which point I can simplify this into group headings.
 | Geography - an obvious one. If you live on an island, your perception of say a maritime threat will be vastly different than if you live in a land locked region or a large continent. |
| Resources - Self sustaining or obliged to import essentials? |
| Weather - Temperature or precipitation extremes can also determine, to some extent, whether the capacity to be self sustaining is robust or fragile. |
| Language - what if you don't have the vocabulary in a language for certain types of expression? The Inuit have multiple words for snow, but what about a Bushman? |
| Gender relations - Matriarchal, patriarchal or equal partners? (I know there must be a clever word for that third one) |
| Social organization - family, community, government structure. |
| Education - Form or structure, and content - Literacy levels, oral tradition, legends and myths as lessons, technical training, liberal arts, accessibility? |
| Industry and Technology - Home grown or imported? Current or outmoded? Comprehensive or component specialized. |
| Politics - Centralized, decentralized, democratic, autocratic, oligarchic, theocratic, tribal . . . |
| Religion |
| Cultural archetypes and heroes - What is held up in myth and entertainment as the ideal person, male, female? What attributes seem to hold the greatest value? Physical strength? Cunning? Wisdom? Reproductive capacity? Size? |
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