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Japan's MO seems to be extreme attention to detail on labor intensive high end luxury products. This translated into good transfer learning towards industrializ
by atleastoptimal 3y ago
Japan's MO seems to be extreme attention to detail on labor intensive high end luxury products. This translated into good transfer learning towards industrialization after WW2 but now has stagnated its potential by focusing on optimizing local maxima. It's aims fail to see the forest for the trees.
- ehnto 3y agoPerhaps they aren't always trying to maximize growth. I think local focus is the secret sauce to the diversity of outputs and ability to sustain so many different niche interests.
- ChatGTP 3y agoI agree with you and I think it's a cultural difference which is really hard for Americans to grasp because we're ultra-competitive, in your face, maximize, automate, dominate. Maybe we win in some sense but we don't enjoy the forest in the same way.
- jxramos 3y agoThey're probably zening out on these new forms of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko-ry%C5%AB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko-ry%C5%AB in the tech space.