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Re:Why Japan lost its comparative advantage in producing ele... by jmnicolas on Saturday October 05, 2019 @03:34PM (#21167454)
I remember a YouTube comment : "if you're good at something, there's an Asian that is better than you at it. And if you're Asian there's a Japanese that is better than you."

Anyway I don't think it's genetic, but cultural.

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Re:Why Japan lost its comparative advantage in producing ele... by JJMcJ on Saturday October 05, 2019 @03:36PM (#21167468)
Remember the pull cord on the Toyota production line.

A car comes by, doesn't look right, anyone could pull the cord and stop the line while the problem was understood.

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Re:Why Japan lost its comparative advantage in producing ele... by WalterBright on Saturday October 05, 2019 @04:04PM (#21167607)
> A car comes by, doesn't look right, anyone could pull the cord and stop the line while the problem was understood.

Yeah, but I bet that anyone frivolously pulling the cord would find themselves out of a job.

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Re:Why Japan lost its comparative advantage in producing ele... by swagasaurus-rex on Saturday October 05, 2019 @08:25PM (#21168921)
To pull the cord would take great confidence. To have spotted a real production issue would have to be met with praise.
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Re:Why Japan lost its comparative advantage in producing ele... by drcross on Saturday October 05, 2019 @04:23PM (#21167708)
Eh, obviously?
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Re:Why Japan lost its comparative advantage in producing ele... by WalterBright on Saturday October 05, 2019 @07:05PM (#21168578)
The point being it isn't fundamentally different from going to your supervisor. In both cases you're going to get judged on your decision.
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Re:Why Japan lost its comparative advantage in producing ele... by agumonkey on Saturday October 05, 2019 @05:36PM (#21168128)
people, I did say "cultural gene pool"

I get the downvotes now lol

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Re:Why Japan lost its comparative advantage in producing ele... by amiga-workbench on Saturday October 05, 2019 @06:38PM (#21168444)
Wouldn't it be a meme pool?
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