One of the most shocking difference I found between USA/europe culture and Japan is the approach to technology. on the western side there is inherent disbilief

One of the most shocking difference I found between USA/europe culture and Japan is the approach to technology. on the western side there is inherent disbilief in technology and what it will do for the society. In popular litterature evil will often come from human hubris who defies god.Technology will go berserk, the robots will kill us all. And so much romantizing of the good old days, the eden, the tropical beach where we all play naked and innocent. I can't believe the USA have earthquakes on the west side, drought, -40C winters, hurricanes and floodings on the other parts, and still have this idealized idea of a low tech heaven on earth. Or does this view only hold off on mildly nice temperatured places ? I contrast this to Japan because without cleverly engineered houses and buildings you're probably dead within 10 years. One can still build a house structure solely from wood, heavily relying on traditional arts, but interestingly enough these builders are super knowledgable, have a very broad knowledge of architecture and materials, just as much as any architect has, and improve on the traditional formulas wherever it makes sense. Quite the opposite of "let's gather the neoghboors and build some stuff" I think both approaches need to exist for diversity, but my heart goes to the ones trying to make the world better one bit of knowledge at the time, more than the one closing in their time shells.