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Re:Japan pitches 'Society 5.0' to keep its edge in tech and ... by chaorace on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:11PM (#27961207)
I'm not sure if I buy that logic. The U.S. is also on the high side, in terms of average annual hours worked.

If we tried to extrapolate that hypothesis, shouldn't it imply that countries with considerably lower averages (e.g.: Germany, France, Sweden) ought to be considerably further ahead in automation than they currently are?

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Re:Japan pitches 'Society 5.0' to keep its edge in tech and ... by CerebralCerb on Monday July 26, 2021 @01:29PM (#27962309)
I do not know how automation is measured, but a couple Americans I've met here in Norway has said that automation is higher here.
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