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Recently went to Japan. For a 'order' freak like me, it was heaven on earth. Not only in train stations, each and every aspect of their lives revolves around

Recently went to Japan. For a 'order' freak like me, it was heaven on earth. Not only in train stations, each and every aspect of their lives revolves around understanding human behavior and coming up with solutions to make activities as less confusing as possible. Their commitment to discipline is astounding. If everyone on earth were like the Japanese, our pace of technological, social and other forms of development would be 10x of what they are now.

CaptainZapp 8y ago
What I actually liked most is the following: Eating fermented fish out of a bento box, while gliding through Japan with 300km/h is completely acceptable, yacking away on your cell phone is not. It makes for a very pleasent (and delicious) atmosphere while using public transport.
- aikinai 8y ago
  I know you’re talking about bullet (or other express) trains where it’s expected to eat, but you’re definitely not supposed to do it on normal trains.
- lainga 8y ago
  Actually, you can talk on your phone in the bullet trains only, but you have to go to the compartments between carriages.
xxxdarrenxxx 8y ago
And millions of people suiciding extra in the world annually. I could argue that they are emotionally-socially less developed and they use cognition to evade dealing/accepting the feels. They also are behind on establishing relationships with other governments/cultures relative to their economical and technological status. Their population growth is also very low and close to declining, not enough people wanting kids. If you think your world is beautifull, then why suicide, why not want to share it with kids. Objectively one might argue it puts a hard stop to nature itself, as it's the base for human life to even exist. That doesn't seem natural (no pun) While we might not like open display of emotions and such, the underlying function is releasing (negative)emotions/energy. It's the people who keep it all in that tend to end up in a less than desirable place. In the west a lot of suicidal/depressed people have been helped succesfully through dealing openly with emotions. "Self imposed" cognitive restrictions and trying to hide emotions are often at the base of unhappiness or the aforementioned scenarios. Ending on a soft tone, the Japanese that do live happy are likely to enjoy it the longest of us all.

CaptainZapp 8y ago

What I actually liked most is the following: Eating fermented fish out of a bento box, while gliding through Japan with 300km/h is completely acceptable, yacking away on your cell phone is not. It makes for a very pleasent (and delicious) atmosphere while using public transport.

aikinai 8y ago
I know you’re talking about bullet (or other express) trains where it’s expected to eat, but you’re definitely not supposed to do it on normal trains.
lainga 8y ago
Actually, you can talk on your phone in the bullet trains only, but you have to go to the compartments between carriages.

xxxdarrenxxx 8y ago

And millions of people suiciding extra in the world annually. I could argue that they are emotionally-socially less developed and they use cognition to evade dealing/accepting the feels. They also are behind on establishing relationships with other governments/cultures relative to their economical and technological status. Their population growth is also very low and close to declining, not enough people wanting kids. If you think your world is beautifull, then why suicide, why not want to share it with kids. Objectively one might argue it puts a hard stop to nature itself, as it's the base for human life to even exist. That doesn't seem natural (no pun) While we might not like open display of emotions and such, the underlying function is releasing (negative)emotions/energy. It's the people who keep it all in that tend to end up in a less than desirable place. In the west a lot of suicidal/depressed people have been helped succesfully through dealing openly with emotions. "Self imposed" cognitive restrictions and trying to hide emotions are often at the base of unhappiness or the aforementioned scenarios. Ending on a soft tone, the Japanese that do live happy are likely to enjoy it the longest of us all.