Noah Smith always comes off as a very smart guy trying to mask the dark traits in his personality (or personal ideology) The emotions he tries to express in hi

Noah Smith always comes off as a very smart guy trying to mask the dark traits in his personality (or personal ideology) The emotions he tries to express in his blog are no doubt mildly to very positive, in contrast to the stridently critical (uncooperative+nonconstructive) undertones I'll admit, tho, rationalistic disses of Japan always get me. If you visit Tokyo often you'll notice that fashion trends are subject to hyperintense Darwinian competition (>> NYC). American trends failing to show up in Japan immediately is very much not evidence of their evolutionary fitness >So the Sanseito backlash is still among a minority of Japanese people Premise seems not quite right https://youtu.be/racSKd7nv2k https://youtu.be/racSKd7nv2k In my humble opinion, any constructive blabber about JP need to mention Switzerland. They should be the ISO standard in handling both skilled and underskilled "assimilation", for a uh post-growth economy. (Norway if things are any healthier) We don't even know if immigration is all we need to stave off inflation here ;)