Japan - How to #55 - Pool of Knowledge

Check out our playlists for hundreds more Japan videos!

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• japan
• japanese
• thejapanchannel
• yt:stretch=16:9
• how
• to
• pool
• knowledge
• group
• thinking
• individuality
• free

[NodnarbRS]

Need I say it? ... I guess I will... "IN THE MULTITUDE OF COUNSELORS THERE IS WISDOM"

[TheJapanChannelDcom]

@NodnarbRS

Good you said it - it is a relevant quote!

[junkyardmonkie]

Very interesting way of thinking. I think that many Americans (westerners) do this this too, but unconciously. People tend to make decisions based on the input of the closest people to them. I think that we are less overt and likely to care less about being rebelious by doing something completely different.

If you choose your friends wisely though, pooling knowledge can be a great benefit. There they go again, the Japanese keep doing smart things. ;p

[TheJapanChannelDcom]

@junkyardmonkie

Very interesting comment, I agree.

I think smart people absorb the information available to them.

I often draw info from my small circle of closest friends (and others!).

Even in the responses to this video you can see people like yourself who absorb and consider.. which is adding a little more knowledge to your own data base.

But others.. already know all they wish to know....

[SplashOfRedandYellow]

i thought you were going swimming! hmph! dissapointment. =(

[yadsik]

I have noticed with your videos that these attitudes are also common among traditional Chinese and Korean people. It seems to be a Confucian phenomena.

[HippyGoat]

Interesting to hear this, I've almost always taken other (older) people's advice and experiences into consideration!

[Machinia]

So what you're saying is...the phrase "my way or the highway" didn't originate in Japan.

[CptEddyPrice]

@NodnarbRS

or a quarrel :D

[MrChowTheTroll]

Well, I think sometimes sacrificing free thinking can lead to good things.

[MsSunhappy]

burger king must have not fare well here xD

[makokun9]

@windiesman Indeed. It may work for the Japanese, and we may admire them for their results. but it is simply impossible to imagine ourselves sacrificing our individuality in order to become "part of the system": I am Jack Smith, the son of..., who studied in..., and now works for... . I may have all those identities, and more, but none will be above my own. It is plain silly and impractical.

[198CharlesMartel198]

+1 for Japan, acting logical is not that much common when looked at human beings

[tacotom3388]

I totally thought this video was going to be about pools in Japan. I feel stupid now :(