Turning Japanese: Coping with stasis
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Turning Japanese: Coping with stasis
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Re: Turning Japanese: Coping with stasis
#2Nearly everyone was on the same proverbial page: Japan's population is 98.5 per cent Japanese, as defined by citizenry. While ethnic diversity has its strengths (and some academics point out that, when you analyse the population's regional roots, Japan is quite diverse), a set of common cultural values, instilled from birth, may strengthen resilience in the face of crisis and adversity.
Thought-crime in progress, citizens. Look away! Look away!
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#3>And then there’s the view. Whether it’s the outskirts of Queens on the way from New York’s JFK airport, or the fringes of the Los Angeles highway off-ramps by LAX, everything seems a bit run down and decrepit.
Even on the train from Narita Airport to Tokyo, you'll pass plenty of comparatively run down "commerce areas" adjacent to small train stops. The buildings are old, and made of nondescript concrete that have been stained by the rainfall over decades. It makes me uneasy every time I see these sort of buildings.
Taking the Narita Express or the Limousime Busses will largely insulate you from seeing those things though.
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#4Nearly everyone was on the same proverbial page: Japan's population is 98.5 per cent Japanese, as defined by citizenry. While ethnic diversity has its strengths (and some academics point out that, when you analyse the population's regional roots, Japan is quite diverse), a set of common cultural values, instilled from birth, may strengthen resilience in the face of crisis and adversity. Thought-crime in progress, cit…
I think what that means that if some Japanese folk are in a crisis, they (within obvious limitations of individual personalities and capacities) can generally count on each other to "do the Japanese thing". That brings a certain spontaneous efficiency and order into a chaotic situation, compared to having to deal with clashes of different mindsets on top of the crisis.
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#5>from dreams of the infinite to realities of the finite
It certainly feels like the entire developed world is at this awakening point. Some cultures are just built to handle it worse, or better, than others.
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#6Not exactly a hard-hitting analysis.
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#7This site has this line in bookstrap.css:
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#8This site has this line in bookstrap.css: /* Use responsive pixels */ font-size: 1px; Since Firefox uses the font size to determine scroll distance, this page scrolls really slowly in FF.
Seems OK for me with FF 33 and 36 on Mac.
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#9This site has this line in bookstrap.css: /* Use responsive pixels */ font-size: 1px; Since Firefox uses the font size to determine scroll distance, this page scrolls really slowly in FF.
Using FF 36 on Linux Mint, same issue. Thanks.
Re: Turning Japanese: Coping with stasis
#10Nearly everyone was on the same proverbial page: Japan's population is 98.5 per cent Japanese, as defined by citizenry. While ethnic diversity has its strengths (and some academics point out that, when you analyse the population's regional roots, Japan is quite diverse), a set of common cultural values, instilled from birth, may strengthen resilience in the face of crisis and adversity. Thought-crime in progress, cit…
You're the only person who has mentioned that paragraph. Clearly the thought police are asleep today.