Hikikomori seems to be largely a symptom of mental illness. NEETs almost by definition are not productive. The fact that these groups are not producing mass am

Hikikomori seems to be largely a symptom of mental illness. NEETs almost by definition are not productive. The fact that these groups are not producing mass amounts of creative works in no way implies that currently-productive people would not produce significantly more creative works if they had the time and resources to do so.