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Still Japan is the country where companies such as Sony and Nintendo originate from and the people over there certainly can be creative/disruptive. One such co
by kenshiro_o 13y ago
Still Japan is the country where companies such as Sony and Nintendo originate from and the people over there certainly can be creative/disruptive.
One such company that can truly change the world as opposed to creating another chat app is euglena: http://www.euglena.jp/en/ http://www.euglena.jp/en/
- exo_duz 13y agoSony and Nintendo is now stagnating. So I'm not sure what innovation is anymore in Japan. The conformism, herd and inflexibility of generations helped the downward spiral of Japan. Which is really such a shame from such a beautiful country.
- kenshiro_o 13y agoMaybe now but they have innovated in the past, and Nintendo still does to a certain degree. It's not like their society became more conformist all of a sudden. In fact it was probably even more so a couple of years/decades earlier. Look at the manga industry: there are mangas that touch on virtually any genre. That is a testament to the creativity of some of the people in this land. I am not saying they will become as creative as the people in SV but I believe they definitely have the potential to bring innovative concepts to life.
- lmm 13y agoOr look at board gaming in recent year. Japan is certainly capable of disruptive innovation.
- exo_duz 13y agoI lived in Japan for 6 years and found that there is no more innovation there. It's because of the way they are a self preserving economy. Things that are available in Japan can't be used overseas. Which is the main reason why they are falling behind. TVs, mobile phones (before the iPhone came out in Japan), voltage aren't available to be used overseas. View my comments here from a previous thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6717211 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6717211