We've all heard stereotypes about "the east" and the "the west" about schools with neat rows of obedient, identically dressed Asians who learn conformity and grow up to become formidable automatons in their factories; and about free-thinking, rugged-individualist American entrepreners who follow their dreams in some romantic epic. We also hear about boorish Westerners, made spiritually dull by modern life,standing in contrast to sensitive,mystical easterners,whose devotion to ancient principles of yin and yang brings them a deeper understanding of life, the Universe, and everything.