I worked for a company that sold a microchip to the military for more than $2k per chip. This chip would have sold to a civilian contract for about 30 cents, but we never sold it to civilians as it was such an old technology (about 20 years old) that no civilian wanted to buy it.… read more “Great Quora Response On Why US Military Budgets Are High”
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Last Day in Tokyo, Hamarikyu Gardens, Tsukiji Fish Market, Nice Dinner on 46th floor of Caretta Shiodome
Nice Garden by Hotel, Tokyo Tower Observatory, Palace Hotel Tea, Shibuya
Tokyo National Museum, Sushi and Rainbow, Japanese Elvises
Art, $60 Cherries for sale, Walking
Tokyo Robot Show, Afternoon Tea at Jardin
More Tokyo… Skytower, Mandarin Oriental Tea, Imperial Palace Dinner, Shrine
Edo Tokyo Museum…
Every society looks at history in a way favorable to themselves. Americans think we beat Nazi Germany at D-Day when in reality the Russians had nearly reached Germany at that point and had already won that war. We just got the spoils of Western Europe. The Japanese, in their museums and textbooks, don’t really mention their invasion of China, the Rape of Nanjing, or the bombing of Pearl Harbor.… read more “Edo Tokyo Museum…”
When In Japan… Eat Raw Horse
My Fears
Fear of going into poverty again.
Fear of failure.
Fear of abandonment.
Fear of AI.
Fear of missing out.