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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    1. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Jul 2017
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      Inbox: "If I only ever read one book about Japan, which one should it be?" Tough one. https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Japanese-Society-Yoshio-Sugimoto/dp/1107626676/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501508892&sr=8-1&keywords=sugimoto+japanese+society … orhttps://www.amazon.com/Making-Common-Policy-Institutional-Studies/dp/0822955105/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1501508935&sr=1-1&keywords=making+common+sense+of+japan …

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    2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Jul 2017
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      Second recommendation is more dated and hard to find but it is a better read. First recommendation (Sugimoto) more academic in character.

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    3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Jul 2017
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      Both are good antidotes to common Western perceptions of Japan as an country filled with a single monolithic-yet-inscrutable culture.

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      Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Jul 2017
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      Incidentally, I do not have a good recommendation for the question "If I read only one book about America, which one should it be?"

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        2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 31 Jul 2017
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          One might say that that's a ridiculous request. I don't think it's a ridiculous request, because I think knowing something beats nothing.

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        3. Adam Smith‏ @LaissezWhere 31 Jul 2017
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          You could do worse than catch 22 or a Vonnegut novel.

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        1. Kevin Burke‏ @derivativeburke 31 Jul 2017
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          Democracy in America is a standard answer here

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        1. Brad Urani‏ @bradurani 31 Jul 2017
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          Huckleberry Finn

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        1. Full MeTAL linguiste‏ @TyphonBaalAmmon 31 Jul 2017
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          It's normal, as an American, you're just not in a very good position to answer ( http://squid314.livejournal.com/306048.html  )

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        1. Chris‏ @Walshman23 31 Jul 2017
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          Me neither, but I suspect it's author is Mark Twain or Hunter Thompson.

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        2. Ian Fitzpatrick‏ @ianfitzpat 31 Jul 2017
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          American Cultural Patterns is amazing but not exactly a beach book https://www.amazon.com/American-Cultural-Patterns-Cross-Cultural-Perspective/dp/1877864013 …

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        3. Jaim Zuber‏ @jaimzuber 31 Jul 2017
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          Along the same lines but very readable https://www.amazon.com/Class-Through-American-Status-System/dp/0671792253 …

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        1. Noah Gibbs‏ @codefolio 31 Jul 2017
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          I favor "The Xenophobe's Guide to the Americans", a UK travel guide, as the answer to that question.

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        1. Steve Peters rides a bicycle‏ @scpeters 10 Sep 2017
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          Great Gatsby

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