2020/11/14. The Japan society I am thinking about Japan society’s history after WW2. Japan society has tried to catch up with developed countries. It was achieved by optimized Japan system. The word “optimization” is suitable for Japanese character. Japanese are good at optimization in closed system. It means that if there are some platforms, Japanese will try to get first rank. Optimization is effective in closed system. This is one fact, and vice versa. Closed system needs optimization. If there is optimization, there is closed system. Watching current Japan society, too much optimization are there. This is caused by closed system. There are some solutions, opening closed system, keeping closed system, and so on. Japan society has chosen about keeping closed system. This is Japanese answer. And almost all Japanese don’t want to change their society. It is one solution. (I don’t know this is right choice.) They want to keep their lives as long as they can....
Hello, I’m Kohei Takagi (髙木 耕平), a Japanese philosopher and world advisor. I explore global systems, AI-era dynamics, attention, trust, and long-term structures shaping our future. This blog is a place to record my observations and frameworks for understanding the world beyond daily news and short-term reactions. My guiding belief is simple: Tomorrow can be better, but only if we think and act carefully today. Disclaimer: On this blog, “the world” does not include Japan.