I was thinking about you yesterday. Your videos are great but consistency is the key to grow your audience even if it meant lower quality. Also Thumbnails are as important as the video it self. Sorry for the unasked advice BTW. I'm planning to start my own channel so this staff is my concern these days 😅
Thanks for the advice! Yeah I agree, I’ve been going through interviews/job change over the past few months so things were pretty busy but things are much calmer now so will try pump out more videos consistently going forwards!
When you mentioned the DAO's it reminded me of the MAGI supercomputer in Evangelion, do you think a political system in which the main contributor of the ideas are a collection of supercomputers who think about all the possibilities is a good idea? Even if it's only applicable to smaller environments. Love to hear your thoughts, good video btw
It would definitely be interesting to test that in some smaller contained spaces first. Otherwise if used at a larger scale, we might start getting into skynet territory 👀. Ultimately though, decisions made without the influence of bias, corruption, emotion etc. may be more beneficial for the wider population. Or at least if the ideas generated were run through manually by voting that would also be an interesting take.
If the Japanese now are risk-averse and slow to adopt new technologies, this is not an intrinsic feature of their culture or their nature. Because where were these traits from the 1950s to 1990s, when they gave the world the Walkman, the CD player, digital cameras, VCRs, Nintendo Gameboys and gaming consoles, camcorders, flash memory (which make iPods and smartphones possible), Pac Man, Donkey Kong, Super Mario, Space Invaders, the Playstation, etc? And of course some of the greatest cars ever made (NSX, LS 400, GTR, Prelude, S 2000, LFA, etc)? After all, Sony essentially "created the consumer electronics market," according to Steve Jobs himself. The key change was that the Japanese got to 2/3 of US GDP by the late 1980s--with 1/3 the population--so they had to be reined in. Japan bashing in the 1980s was brutal to both Japanese companies and the Japanese psyche, which still had memories of...well you know what (related to annihilation), and this culminated in a series of heavy-handed measures that they were forced to sign, like voluntary export restraints that had severe and lasting effects on the export-heavy Japanese economy. Don't forget that they are permanently occupied --they essentially lack sovereignty, with 60,000 foreign troops on their soil (and by foreign I don't mean Martians). The result is the complete loss of exuberance and nerve that they once had. From the 1990s on, they not only lost confidence, but self-censored and handicapped themselves. Even when they came out with a breakout, world-beating product--like the NSX, LFA, or S 2000---they never promoted it. Their auto prowess was such that they could have taken over the world--but they didn't, so they lost it all, according to Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear. Ditto for their electronics sector. Aussie Walter Adamson noted that it was not Apple that gave us mobile music downloads, apps, and the mobile internet as we know it, but Japanese companies like Docomo in the late 1990s--a full decade before the iPhone. Yet the Japanese failed to capitalize on their innovations outside of Japan. Tomi Ahonen, a former Nokia exec and top engineer who became a mobile analyst (Fortune once named him the top mobile analyst one year) often said that Sony smartphones were way ahead of the iPhone, at least by a year, and better quality than both Apple or Samsung products. He urged them to hire an American marketing chief. Indeed, most iPhones and Galaxy smartphones use Sony imaging sensors. There is a long list of Sony smartphone innovations that Apple and Samsung did not adopt until years later. But Sony phones have near zero pct market share, while Apple and Samsung comprise nearly 100% of developed markets. Japan's fall in technology is not about lack of innovation or being risk-averse or slow to adopt technology. It is essentially an outcome of the need to self-censor and handicap themselves, which comes from their bitter experience during the 1980s--they know that if they ride too high, they will be reined in--or worse. Better to lay low and avoid being cut down. If they have the technology, they will not be the vehicle; rather, like Sony, they will sell components and profit invisibly. Even Playstation America rarely attaches Sony to its advertising or promotion. Again, they are very, very careful. This is not the recipe for success.
They lost their nerve. The exuberance of their comeback after WWII, which made them feel they could do anything, assert themselves, was lost. It is said that the Plaza Accord was the third atomic bomb. Still, they created and adopted many new technologies years before the rest of the world, from music downloads to mobile apps. Internet in Japan, for example, was primarily a mobile thing while Americans only really made the mobile jump when the iPhone came out. But they took no initiative to promulgate this tech abroad. So this is just another example of Japan holding itself back. Had Akio Morita still been alive, he would have packaged these technologies in a new Sony phone and traveled to America to promote it himself, just as he did in the early 80s with the camcorder and digital camera.@@Retro-Japan
web 3.0, lol yahoo, the main website in Japan still looks like its stuck in the early 2000s We won't see any web 3 in Japan not on our lifespan at least, lets be real... All services in Japan focus mainly on catering to the old people, most of which don't even have a smartphone yet or have it because their family got it for them, but they still have no idea how to use it. In a decade or two all these old people will be gone off the face of Earth but Japan as a society will still be left with all these services that never evolved, that don't fit to the modern public anymore and that severely lag behind the rest of the world. Even today many Japanese services are so outdated and backwards that to someone like me who is coming from a developing country Japan feels like stone age in comparison in many aspects. It will only get gradually worse from here.
i thought this was just some 500k+ subs youtuber documentary, but when i scrolled down, not even 500 subs. Keep up the fire quality bro
I appreciate the kind words! Been busy recently but will try and be more consistent with uploading haha
This channel will go somewhere. Keep it up!
Appreciate it!
I was thinking about you yesterday. Your videos are great but consistency is the key to grow your audience even if it meant lower quality. Also Thumbnails are as important as the video it self.
Sorry for the unasked advice BTW. I'm planning to start my own channel so this staff is my concern these days 😅
Thanks for the advice! Yeah I agree, I’ve been going through interviews/job change over the past few months so things were pretty busy but things are much calmer now so will try pump out more videos consistently going forwards!
@@Retro-Japan Looking forward to that! Good luck!
What great video keep it up
Thanks i appreciate that a lot!
When you mentioned the DAO's it reminded me of the MAGI supercomputer in Evangelion, do you think a political system in which the main contributor of the ideas are a collection of supercomputers who think about all the possibilities is a good idea? Even if it's only applicable to smaller environments. Love to hear your thoughts, good video btw
It would definitely be interesting to test that in some smaller contained spaces first. Otherwise if used at a larger scale, we might start getting into skynet territory 👀. Ultimately though, decisions made without the influence of bias, corruption, emotion etc. may be more beneficial for the wider population. Or at least if the ideas generated were run through manually by voting that would also be an interesting take.
Keep it up bro 🎉
Analysis well🎉
Great video 👍🏻
Thanks for watching 🤝
If the Japanese now are risk-averse and slow to adopt new technologies, this is not an intrinsic feature of their culture or their nature. Because where were these traits from the 1950s to 1990s, when they gave the world the Walkman, the CD player, digital cameras, VCRs, Nintendo Gameboys and gaming consoles, camcorders, flash memory (which make iPods and smartphones possible), Pac Man, Donkey Kong, Super Mario, Space Invaders, the Playstation, etc? And of course some of the greatest cars ever made (NSX, LS 400, GTR, Prelude, S 2000, LFA, etc)? After all, Sony essentially "created the consumer electronics market," according to Steve Jobs himself.
The key change was that the Japanese got to 2/3 of US GDP by the late 1980s--with 1/3 the population--so they had to be reined in. Japan bashing in the 1980s was brutal to both Japanese companies and the Japanese psyche, which still had memories of...well you know what (related to annihilation), and this culminated in a series of heavy-handed measures that they were forced to sign, like voluntary export restraints that had severe and lasting effects on the export-heavy Japanese economy. Don't forget that they are permanently occupied --they essentially lack sovereignty, with 60,000 foreign troops on their soil (and by foreign I don't mean Martians).
The result is the complete loss of exuberance and nerve that they once had. From the 1990s on, they not only lost confidence, but self-censored and handicapped themselves. Even when they came out with a breakout, world-beating product--like the NSX, LFA, or S 2000---they never promoted it. Their auto prowess was such that they could have taken over the world--but they didn't, so they lost it all, according to Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear. Ditto for their electronics sector. Aussie Walter Adamson noted that it was not Apple that gave us mobile music downloads, apps, and the mobile internet as we know it, but Japanese companies like Docomo in the late 1990s--a full decade before the iPhone. Yet the Japanese failed to capitalize on their innovations outside of Japan. Tomi Ahonen, a former Nokia exec and top engineer who became a mobile analyst (Fortune once named him the top mobile analyst one year) often said that Sony smartphones were way ahead of the iPhone, at least by a year, and better quality than both Apple or Samsung products. He urged them to hire an American marketing chief. Indeed, most iPhones and Galaxy smartphones use Sony imaging sensors. There is a long list of Sony smartphone innovations that Apple and Samsung did not adopt until years later. But Sony phones have near zero pct market share, while Apple and Samsung comprise nearly 100% of developed markets.
Japan's fall in technology is not about lack of innovation or being risk-averse or slow to adopt technology. It is essentially an outcome of the need to self-censor and handicap themselves, which comes from their bitter experience during the 1980s--they know that if they ride too high, they will be reined in--or worse. Better to lay low and avoid being cut down. If they have the technology, they will not be the vehicle; rather, like Sony, they will sell components and profit invisibly. Even Playstation America rarely attaches Sony to its advertising or promotion. Again, they are very, very careful.
This is not the recipe for success.
Very interesting analysis. It’s undoubtable that the crash in 89’ has had a severe lasting impact on the way Japan operates.
They lost their nerve. The exuberance of their comeback after WWII, which made them feel they could do anything, assert themselves, was lost. It is said that the Plaza Accord was the third atomic bomb. Still, they created and adopted many new technologies years before the rest of the world, from music downloads to mobile apps. Internet in Japan, for example, was primarily a mobile thing while Americans only really made the mobile jump when the iPhone came out. But they took no initiative to promulgate this tech abroad. So this is just another example of Japan holding itself back. Had Akio Morita still been alive, he would have packaged these technologies in a new Sony phone and traveled to America to promote it himself, just as he did in the early 80s with the camcorder and digital camera.@@Retro-Japan
bro don't get into web3 hype😂😂 it is a facade
I guess time will tell! It’s definitely not a facade for my bank account though 👀
web 3.0, lol
yahoo, the main website in Japan still looks like its stuck in the early 2000s
We won't see any web 3 in Japan not on our lifespan at least, lets be real...
All services in Japan focus mainly on catering to the old people, most of which don't even have a smartphone yet or have it because their family got it for them, but they still have no idea how to use it.
In a decade or two all these old people will be gone off the face of Earth but Japan as a society will still be left with all these services that never evolved, that don't fit to the modern public anymore and that severely lag behind the rest of the world.
Even today many Japanese services are so outdated and backwards that to someone like me who is coming from a developing country Japan feels like stone age in comparison in many aspects. It will only get gradually worse from here.
Web3?? 😂😂😂 I laugh
Thanks for watching!