People often ask me why I live in Japan. A part: is that it is a place where I could take my daughter to lost-and-found to ask about an acorn, knowing that someone would return an acorn, knowing that someone would clearly expect a lost acorn to be returned and therefore ask.https://twitter.com/kiyotoshi_y/status/1179243144363331585 …
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An anecdote for you: My last encounter with police in Japan was walking approximately a mile to the station to drop off a Swiss Army knife abandoned in a park where children play. I was advised to call them next time so that they could come pick it up.
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I have also been involved with approximately ten non-custodial interrogations with various police departments for e.g. looking suspiciously non-Japanese when riding a bicycle of unknown provenance, but even given that, had a sufficient model of cops as functioning to involve them
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Beautiful thread. I think about this story so often: https://twitter.com/_TamaraWinter/status/685859666358714368?s=20 … It’s hard to succinctly capture the spirit of Japan at its best, but these anecdotes get us some of the way there. A level of trust and national camaraderie many places could only dream of.
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It feels like it goes in the direction of "can I fundamentally trust the world to be considerate and return acorns when I lose them". The answer to this question has big impact on the feeling of belonging, safety etc. Personally, I connect it to someone brewing tea for me.
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I don't have the words either, but I get it, and I wish I lived in that world.
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and I mean this as a compliment, but do you and
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I think it is about cooperativeness is it not?
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It’s the ability to empathize to a degree that’s beyond most cultures
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Is it about living in a world where intentionality and empathy are norms?
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Even without your words nor ever having lost an acorn, I understand.
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