sustainably wasteful
i can't decide whether the japanese are commendably sustainable or deplorably wasteful. everything here has more packaging than a kosher supermarket, yet they meticulously recycle. the roads are just jammed with cars, yet so many run only on motorcycle engines. are these people concerned with saving the planet, or is it that their density is so high that without such measures the place would be a dump? i'll let you know if i figure it out.
posted by jesse @ 6:52 p.m.
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At 11:05 a.m.,
jesse said…
you know what i found out this morning though? contrary to reputation, the average japanese layman is rather afraid of computers, and only the upper classes actually have them. and sometimes even then the usage of it is restricted to the man of the house. i was quite surprised to learn that the general japanese populace haven't quite embraced technology, but apparently that's actually the case. i think the powers that be are advancing the technology, and the average joe-san uses the advanced infrastructure, but doesn't have any idea about its workings, and doesn't actually take part in the consumer technology. i discovered this this morning when the cable guys came to my host family's house to install a new LAN line in my room (booya), the living room, and the kids' bedrooms, and i asked them why they didn't just go with wireless? apparently wireless is in such low demand here that the security for it is feeble, and most people don't have computers anyways, so the internet companies have no reason to invest further. obviously i'm a lucky bugger to be living with such a well-off family.
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