A unique way of looking at, and experiencing the world directly (despite otherwise being a parochial culture) rather than in a mediated way through other cultures There seems to be a Japanese way of thinking about the whole world that is not just a borrowed/inherited foreign way
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I feel like Greco Roman might be the earliest to achieve this? Aesthetics, scholasticism, sexuality, distinct POV on the world Korea w/esports actually aligns well w your Japan example. It's an export that's literally pervaded every country and inherited all the origninal norms
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oh, you mean this planet?
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Islam?
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It’s not a specific thing. More an impression I get from things like manga, their unique way of doing UI/UX, invention of emoji etc The symptom might be a signature way of dealing with modernity. America goes big. Japan goes weird. Others follow some mix of the two.
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It might be because it's an island nation. We either go completely insular, and don't see beyond the shoreline, or we go completely outwards and welcome the world.
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Re: Europe - Scandinavia is pretty distinct cognitive aesthetic I think. Masculine w/o braggadocious Relatively good gender equality. Hygge Life High trust in public institutions. Utilitarian Elysian Fjords
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No that's a global brand not a global consciousness
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Likely we are heading towards a world where more exist.
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