| Nihon may still have systematic guards against reflexively dismissing the value of hikkikomori https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... (There should be GWAS study on their respective genomes :) Watch the interview to see if the laughter timing and eye movements are indicative of anything :) https://youtu.be/Pd0oCwGhIhI I'm not necessarily suggesting anything but[0] that the safeguards are indeed there (related to the familial NON-SHAME-DERIVED* "no-child-left-behind" responsibilities long felt by even the giant corps imho), because, Ofc, admittedly, there hasn't been a less biased source of insights on these matters since PKD (who suffered mainly from OCD, according to the non-fictional record) *It's more closely related to the concept that every child is a gift from God, which could be a nice antinihilist starting point for the US [0] I couldnt find the HN comment by a native that most companies had a policy to retain the weirdly unproductive (not rest&vest because these are never management[1], for obv reasons) [1] it's possible that YC understand this concept, when restricted to their own proverbial grandchildren :) |