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Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old

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Re: Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old

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Post by TheSpiceIsLife »

overcast wrote: post #46
kinkora wrote: post #42

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I can't remember where i heard this from (it was a podcast) but it was on an economic theory that, if you exclude the internet & computer revolution, humans has not progressed that much in the past 100 years and that we may have entered a period of stagnant growth that may extend a century. Again, internet & computer revolution aside, realistically saying the last "human leap" was the invention of the combustion engi…

Sure, excluding two of the biggest revolutions in the entire history of humanity, really makes it seem like we've been doing absolutely nothing. The impact of the semiconductor / integrated circuit can not be overstated. I don't know about the rest of you, but the Internet still seems to be completely magical to me.

Born in 1981, computers and the internet seem mundane to me.

But I thoroughly agree that they are the two (one?) biggest revolution in history.

Re: Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old

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Post by andbberger »

zo1 wrote: post #51
AbrahamParangi wrote: post #41

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What you're really describing is the stasis of the last 60 years.

You could argue that the world has gotten into some sort of "stagnant" period, despite the technological advances. E.g. We're no where closer to having a utopian-level of control over our government. Something that the rise of ubiquitous tech should have solved. On some level, we're all very averse to the notion as well, almost as if our attitudes to it have not changed and we have not worked on making tech good enou…

> Something that the rise of ubiquitous tech should have solved.

What makes you say that?

To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever carried out a rigorous analysis on the stability (in the dynamical systems meaning of the word) of our societies; whether they trend to dystopia or utopia.

But it isn't very difficult to argue that the US, at least, is currently trending dystopic. Look no further than citizens united.

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Post by beaner »

nojvek wrote: post #59
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #50

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> This is the reality of life - every single cell in the body of a plant or animal is replaced every few months. This is laughably false.

Do you have a source for your claim?

Does the person he's replying to?

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Post by VintageCool »

Danieru wrote: post #43
droithomme wrote: post #25

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Even in the West we consider adoption to be legitimate.

Considering it is illegal in the UK and frowned upon by the IRS, it leads me to think you are confusing adoption of children with the adoption of adult men. Note how often these adult men are being adopted along with marrying the daughter of the family. I dare say outside of Japan such an arrangement would be considered weird.

Doesn't America have a history of adoption of adult men in gay couples? That allowed them to secure the legal rights of family members before gay marriage was legal. I remember some stories of it being a problem when gay marriage became legal, and they faced legal difficulties if they wanted to marry their adopted father or son.

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Post by dmoy »

shreyansj wrote: post #57
WoahNoun wrote: post #54

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You think every brain cell is replaced every few months? Please delete this comment and read a biology textbook.

Are you saying that a brain cell is immortal through one’s life?

Yea some of them are. Obviously not every cell in the brain, but some types are not replaced.

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Post by nickcox »

nojvek wrote: post #59
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #50

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> This is the reality of life - every single cell in the body of a plant or animal is replaced every few months. This is laughably false.

Do you have a source for your claim?

Not sure it's on the GP to provide a source but here's one:

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/life-span-of-human...

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Post by ryanhuff »

shreyansj wrote: post #57
WoahNoun wrote: post #54

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You think every brain cell is replaced every few months? Please delete this comment and read a biology textbook.

Are you saying that a brain cell is immortal through one’s life?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2013/02...

"New neurons are made in just two parts of the brain—the hippocampus, involved in memory and navigation, and the olfactory bulb, involved in smell (and even then only until 18 months of age). Aside from that, your neurons are as old as you are and will last you for the rest of your life. They don’t divide, and there’s no turnover."

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Post by doikor »

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #50
msiyer wrote: post #47

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This thought experiment is neither just a thought nor an experiment. This is the reality of life - every single cell in the body of a plant or animal is replaced every few months. Essentially, talking about the physical body, we are not what we were a few months ago. EDIT: Agreed, a few types of brain cells do not get replaced, but everything else does. My point still stands. Physically, we are not what we were a few…

> This is the reality of life - every single cell in the body of a plant or animal is replaced every few months. This is laughably false.

Outside of some cells in the brain all the cells do get replaced. But there are some that have lifespans of over a year (white blood cells) and some only a few days (cells in a human colon)

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Post by msiyer »

WoahNoun wrote: post #54
msiyer wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This thought experiment is neither just a thought nor an experiment. This is the reality of life - every single cell in the body of a plant or animal is replaced every few months. Essentially, talking about the physical body, we are not what we were a few months ago. EDIT: Agreed, a few types of brain cells do not get replaced, but everything else does. My point still stands. Physically, we are not what we were a few…

You think every brain cell is replaced every few months? Please delete this comment and read a biology textbook.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16495940?access_num=1649...

Adult neurogenesis or brain plasticity is a fact. Skin cells, blood cells and all types of cells have a finite lifespan - a few days to a few months.

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