Agree that Europeans are better at embracing efficiency, but except for the last 75 years, they had no peers in creating bloodshed. Americans rule at innovation and are hands down more generous with those in need, but can't dispense medicine affordably and can't seem to string 20 years together without a war over coveting someone else's resources. Middle easterners excel at killing each other and others for no apparent reason and they are the best at staying mentally in the 12th century, even as they were accomplishing amazing science and architecture centuries ahead of the west.
We could do this all day, pluses and minuses to all cultures. But I won't as it's absolutely pointless. It's why I focus on my life, my family, my friends and my neighbors. I really don't give a shit about the rest.