I once had a Japanese coworker, he moved to the US for college and then stayed here, that told me in about 2017, "Japan has been in 2005 since the early 90s, but they're still there". A lot of the technology parts of the video reminded me of that.
While overtime has probably gone down somewhat over the last two decades, it's an open secret among anyone who lives in Japan and studies the society and its economics that "reported" overtime is very different from "real" overtime. In many companies, people clock out at the set overtime, and then are still expected to continue working, or maybe work more from home. Conversely, in countries like Canada (where I'm from prior to moving here) and the US, work culture is constantly being discussed and reevaluated at a very public scale. Mainstream news outlets, universities, etc. are constantly discussing how people feel about work. And you can really feel changes in society that overtime has gone down overall. Japan just doesn't feel like that still. With technology I agree much more with what you say. Banking is really the worst here I've seen of any country I've lived in. Bureaucracy - whether with the government or in private services - often feels like it's a society set up very deeply around a family unit where one person (of course the wife) doesn't have a career so that they can spend all their time dealing with japan life, while the partner is salaryman'ing it. My theory is that their society was setup to deal with overpopulation so they never accounted for making it less labor-intensive to get through various processes. Instead, they kept costs low, kept the welfare state small, and tried to give everyone employment. There seems to be so much room to make everything more efficient and as society ages and people retire, I think that companies and the government will be forced to reevalute how they use human resources. I'm pretty optimistic that they'll actually get around to being much more lean while still being a pleasant society to live in.
As a foreigner living in Japan for 11 years, I really appreciate your videos. Your analysis is always very cerebral. 🙇♂️
Can you talk about the dangers of the Japanese school system? 🏫
You mean like exclusion , harassment and mental health. Or do you mean danger of physical harm?
I once had a Japanese coworker, he moved to the US for college and then stayed here, that told me in about 2017, "Japan has been in 2005 since the early 90s, but they're still there". A lot of the technology parts of the video reminded me of that.
While overtime has probably gone down somewhat over the last two decades, it's an open secret among anyone who lives in Japan and studies the society and its economics that "reported" overtime is very different from "real" overtime. In many companies, people clock out at the set overtime, and then are still expected to continue working, or maybe work more from home. Conversely, in countries like Canada (where I'm from prior to moving here) and the US, work culture is constantly being discussed and reevaluated at a very public scale. Mainstream news outlets, universities, etc. are constantly discussing how people feel about work. And you can really feel changes in society that overtime has gone down overall. Japan just doesn't feel like that still.
With technology I agree much more with what you say. Banking is really the worst here I've seen of any country I've lived in. Bureaucracy - whether with the government or in private services - often feels like it's a society set up very deeply around a family unit where one person (of course the wife) doesn't have a career so that they can spend all their time dealing with japan life, while the partner is salaryman'ing it.
My theory is that their society was setup to deal with overpopulation so they never accounted for making it less labor-intensive to get through various processes. Instead, they kept costs low, kept the welfare state small, and tried to give everyone employment. There seems to be so much room to make everything more efficient and as society ages and people retire, I think that companies and the government will be forced to reevalute how they use human resources. I'm pretty optimistic that they'll actually get around to being much more lean while still being a pleasant society to live in.
Everyone used Excel for everything all over the world
Not like Japan, trust me...
What's wrong with Cash Society?
Nothing really, if you support all the cash that the government gives out...
Do a video about black companies
That’s been covered plenty.
All these new notes and coins? Patently wrong. Just another word salad video with no basis in reality