Let’s take a step back and reminisce about the late 1980s and 90s, a time period when the U.S. was consumed with panic about Japan’s claim on the future via the

Let’s take a step back and reminisce about the late 1980s and 90s, a time period when the U.S. was consumed with panic about Japan’s claim on the future via their technological might and wise long-term business sense. Steve Jobs looked up to Sony. Gibson set Neuromancer’s opening scene in Chiba. The anxiety is incredibly overt in movies like Gung Ho and books like Crichton’s Rising Sun. Now they will have headaches for months because Internet Explorer is sunsetting. I don’t intend to be mean, but I find the perspective interesting. Especially as new anxieties grow about China’s perceived claim on the future for somewhat similar reasons.