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Iirc he lives in Japan.

At least part of his position is true though -- the education system really doesn't cultivate critical thinking or original thought (other than the elite prep schools which are great at fostering individuality).



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I didn't downvote ekianjo (my question was genuine), but I do think if one is going to tar an entire 127M country as mostly devoid of individual thinking, it's reasonable to expect them to provide some reason for doing so. Extraordinary claims and all that.




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