MemeMachineGo!

As I recently mentioned, Snow Crash says:

There’s only four things we [Americans] do better than anyone else — music, movies, microcode (software), high-speed pizza delivery.

Paul Graham takes a stab at explaining why,

Americans are good at some things and bad at others. We’re good at making movies and software, and bad at making cars and cities. And I think we may be good at what we’re good at for the same reason we’re bad at what we’re bad at. We’re impatient. In America, if you want to do something, you don’t worry that it might come out badly, or upset delicate social balances, or that people might think you’re getting above yourself. If you want to do something, as Nike says, just do it.