The important question for East Asia and the world to ask is why is America the beacon of entrepreneurship and the mother of all wealth creation. The answer is simple. The physical expression of entrepreneurship is salesmanship. While it is disdained in many countries, salesmanship is respected, esteemed and admired in the US more than anywhere in the world. This is particularly so in East Asia as the dominant culture is shame.
Rejection is inseparable from selling and getting it wrong is part of getting it right.
For those reason, the favoured traditional profession were those that do not require going to the people. The most popular professions were those that require people going to them like government officials, military officers, professors and doctors. There is no more argument if digital technology will have a major impact on East Asia. East Asia know why they must embrace technology, but they do not know how and what to do. The opportunities are therefore immense for those who know the unknowable, as that allows them to form strategic alliances with East Asian companies to do the undoable.