Japan pitches 'Society 5.0' to keep its edge in tech and science

Re:Japan pitches 'Society 5.0' to keep its edge in tech and ... by ogogmad on Monday July 26, 2021 @01:02PM (#27961919)

This article suggests that the reason Japan fell behind in personal computing, and over-focused on appliance-oriented computing, is because of its writing system: https://blog.gatunka.com/2008/05/05/why-japan-didnt-create-t...

They use the fax machine over there a lot more than we do because of this.

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Re:Japan pitches 'Society 5.0' to keep its edge in tech and ... by distribot on Monday July 26, 2021 @05:25PM (#27965700)

Are there any books kinda in this vein?

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