A founder of the PayPal says Japan used to copy USA and not so much anymore
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Peter Thiel: Japan ain’t copying us anymore
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copy us on what?
They certainly didn't copy the American car !
Thiel has spent a lot of resources funding start ups in Asia. He's definitely a free market Libertarian type of guy. Ya know, natural rights and all that stuff.
His point is that there is not much left to learn from us.
I disagree. There is a whole lot more to the USA than cars. Japan is a distant second to China when it comes to many subjects, including the medical sciences and aerospace. Heck, they don't even know how to drill for oil.
I disagree. There is a whole lot more to the USA than cars. Japan is a distant second to China when it comes to many subjects, including the medical sciences and aerospace. Heck, they don't even know how to drill for oil.
Originally Posted by Cujet
His point is that there is not much left to learn from us.
I disagree. There is a whole lot more to the USA than cars. Japan is a distant second to China when it comes to many subjects, including the medical sciences and aerospace. Heck, they don't even know how to drill for oil.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinio...iberating-japans-resources/#.XMBeYkhKiUk
His point is that there is not much left to learn from us.
I disagree. There is a whole lot more to the USA than cars. Japan is a distant second to China when it comes to many subjects, including the medical sciences and aerospace. Heck, they don't even know how to drill for oil.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinio...iberating-japans-resources/#.XMBeYkhKiUk
No, I don't know. What does, '...natural rights and all that stuff.", mean?
Originally Posted by Kira
No, I don't know. What does, '...natural rights and all that stuff.", mean?
Google John Locke and Natural Rights.
No, I don't know. What does, '...natural rights and all that stuff.", mean?
Google John Locke and Natural Rights.
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This Thiel character is focusing on one aspect of a complicated issue. Japan is very much affected by the aging society demographic. They have less young people due to a declining birth rate. A lot of their current economy is focused on aged care. Throw in the calamities they have gone through in the past couple of decades including Mar. 11, 2011 and you would expect a country in serious trouble. Yet they persist.
What has benefited Japan is that they finally have a Prime Minister whose policies have improved life there after a revolving door of PMs for some time. Japan has taken a bad situation and used it to improve their country.
Trying to compare the two countries is futile from the start.
What has benefited Japan is that they finally have a Prime Minister whose policies have improved life there after a revolving door of PMs for some time. Japan has taken a bad situation and used it to improve their country.
Trying to compare the two countries is futile from the start.
Originally Posted by mk378
Military projects drive aerospace R&D. Postwar Japan building superpower hardware like long-range bombers, world-class fighters, or ICBMs would be frowned upon.
Their military, the Defense Force, is actually quite well funded and has produced modified designs to varying degrees based on U.S. aircraft such as the F-16 (called the F-2 Mitsubishi and is quite different than the F-16 and expensive) and the F-15J which is pretty close to USAF Eagles. They're also working on their indigenous fifth generation stealth fighter...
Military projects drive aerospace R&D. Postwar Japan building superpower hardware like long-range bombers, world-class fighters, or ICBMs would be frowned upon.
Their military, the Defense Force, is actually quite well funded and has produced modified designs to varying degrees based on U.S. aircraft such as the F-16 (called the F-2 Mitsubishi and is quite different than the F-16 and expensive) and the F-15J which is pretty close to USAF Eagles. They're also working on their indigenous fifth generation stealth fighter...
Originally Posted by Nickdfresh
Originally Posted by mk378
Military projects drive aerospace R&D. Postwar Japan building superpower hardware like long-range bombers, world-class fighters, or ICBMs would be frowned upon.
Their military, the Defense Force, is actually quite well funded and has produced modified designs to varying degrees based on U.S. aircraft such as the F-16 (called the F-2 Mitsubishi and is quite different than the F-16 and expensive) and the F-15J which is pretty close to USAF Eagles. They're also working on their indigenous fifth generation stealth fighter...
A lot of people do not realize how much Japan has been expanding their military (Self Defense Force). This is part of the strategy against China's military expansion.
Originally Posted by mk378
Military projects drive aerospace R&D. Postwar Japan building superpower hardware like long-range bombers, world-class fighters, or ICBMs would be frowned upon.
Their military, the Defense Force, is actually quite well funded and has produced modified designs to varying degrees based on U.S. aircraft such as the F-16 (called the F-2 Mitsubishi and is quite different than the F-16 and expensive) and the F-15J which is pretty close to USAF Eagles. They're also working on their indigenous fifth generation stealth fighter...
A lot of people do not realize how much Japan has been expanding their military (Self Defense Force). This is part of the strategy against China's military expansion.
Originally Posted by PimTac
Japan is very much affected by the aging society demographic. They have less young people due to a declining birth rate. A lot of their current economy is focused on aged care.
Have you seen American demographic predictions lately? Japan is doing well in comparison: at least it will still be a first-world country in twenty years.
On the ageing front, my guess is that rejuvenation tech is one area where Japan will definitely be copying the US in the future; it's one of the few areas where US R&D still leads the world, though China make take over if the FDA doesn't relax its restrictions on testing.
Beyond that, I'm not sure what they would copy? Silicon Valley is now basically an enormous ad agency and spyware factory, Boeing jets have trouble flying, Intel is having trouble building new CPUs. The areas where the US used to lead the world have mostly rotted away over the last twenty years.
Reusable rockets, maybe?
Japan is very much affected by the aging society demographic. They have less young people due to a declining birth rate. A lot of their current economy is focused on aged care.
Have you seen American demographic predictions lately? Japan is doing well in comparison: at least it will still be a first-world country in twenty years.
On the ageing front, my guess is that rejuvenation tech is one area where Japan will definitely be copying the US in the future; it's one of the few areas where US R&D still leads the world, though China make take over if the FDA doesn't relax its restrictions on testing.
Beyond that, I'm not sure what they would copy? Silicon Valley is now basically an enormous ad agency and spyware factory, Boeing jets have trouble flying, Intel is having trouble building new CPUs. The areas where the US used to lead the world have mostly rotted away over the last twenty years.
Reusable rockets, maybe?
Originally Posted by emg
Originally Posted by PimTac
Japan is very much affected by the aging society demographic. They have less young people due to a declining birth rate. A lot of their current economy is focused on aged care.
Have you seen American demographic predictions lately? Japan is doing well in comparison: at least it will still be a first-world country in twenty years.
On the ageing front, my guess is that rejuvenation tech is one area where Japan will definitely be copying the US in the future; it's one of the few areas where US R&D still leads the world, though China make take over if the FDA doesn't relax its restrictions on testing.
Beyond that, I'm not sure what they would copy? Silicon Valley is now basically an enormous ad agency and spyware factory, Boeing jets have trouble flying, Intel is having trouble building new CPUs. The areas where the US used to lead the world have mostly rotted away over the last twenty years.
Reusable rockets, maybe?
A few areas they are devoting a lot of resources and attention;
Robots, especially humanoids.
Space and environment. JAXA has been doing some interesting stuff lately. The Hayabusa Project is going well. Energy efficiency is a key focus as it has been for years.
Transportation. The export of Japanese technology in high speed rail to other countries is expanding.
Agriculture. This is one area worth watching. Their research into film hydroponic systems is growing.
Originally Posted by PimTac
Japan is very much affected by the aging society demographic. They have less young people due to a declining birth rate. A lot of their current economy is focused on aged care.
Have you seen American demographic predictions lately? Japan is doing well in comparison: at least it will still be a first-world country in twenty years.
On the ageing front, my guess is that rejuvenation tech is one area where Japan will definitely be copying the US in the future; it's one of the few areas where US R&D still leads the world, though China make take over if the FDA doesn't relax its restrictions on testing.
Beyond that, I'm not sure what they would copy? Silicon Valley is now basically an enormous ad agency and spyware factory, Boeing jets have trouble flying, Intel is having trouble building new CPUs. The areas where the US used to lead the world have mostly rotted away over the last twenty years.
Reusable rockets, maybe?
A few areas they are devoting a lot of resources and attention;
Robots, especially humanoids.
Space and environment. JAXA has been doing some interesting stuff lately. The Hayabusa Project is going well. Energy efficiency is a key focus as it has been for years.
Transportation. The export of Japanese technology in high speed rail to other countries is expanding.
Agriculture. This is one area worth watching. Their research into film hydroponic systems is growing.
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