2 stars | The rise of the minimalist: a collection of Japanese current affairs commentary several years ago

The rise of the minimalist

The author, a bestselling author, has compiled the words or concepts invented in many of his previous books and explained them.

The main content is close to current affairs commentary, see Hear a phenomenon, publish some comments, do some speculation. The article often uses "said" "as if" "should" these words, no rigorous information sources and the specific detailed description of the event, there is no rigorous logic reasoning, is some essay and hair content, the value is not.

An important point of view is sharing, the author thinks that Japanese society can have more sharing, such as sharing houses, sharing cars and so on.

The Japanese version was published in 2016.

Overall rating 2 stars, not recommended reading.

Here is a excerpt from some of the book's contents:

1: I think the essential element of economic prosperity is that both the elderly and single mothers live happily. This will also be an indicator of economic prosperity in the future. P3

2: But I'm not going to define a simple family of people who solve a meal problem at a convenience store. Simple family is such a kind of person: they use natural food, cooking carefully, do not use synthetic detergent, cleaning with natural ingredients detergents, washing things, absorbing the advantages of traditional life, do not open air conditioning, watering cooling, P14

3: So I'm worried that if the female mass generation dies, will the whole of Japan have hundreds of thousands of sets of cups to become relics? Their daughters do not necessarily inherit their interests, and they do not necessarily pass them on, even if they want to sell, but the same cup and saucer has hundreds of thousands of sets, and the thrift store should not be recycled. Finally, you have to be garbage disposal. P23

4: Japanese manufacturers are keen to create flawless goods, which will not give consumers the leeway to participate in their own right. They want to make the elephant also trample the commodity, despise those more sensual, more colorful dial tone more fun feel more comfortable things. P34

5: However, lower grades do not mean negative meaning, it marks the emergence of a new value: lower grades but better (from more beautiful life to the most beautiful life, from self-expansion feel self-affirmation). P37

6: Just recently, it seems that more and more parents are starting to wear clothes that children can't wear, which is called "uploading." Father and son (mother and daughter) do not have a sense of value and fashion gap, are wearing the same style of clothing, so parents wearing children's clothes will not make people feel strange. P49

7: That's true. Not only to be young and beautiful, but also to have a child-like skin, even in the spirit of imagining children, this desire is then (and now) young women's mentality. Therefore, the word "light mature" is no longer suitable. P78

8: However, there are more and more men who are not married by the age of 40, and even if they are not co-workers, it is becoming more and more common for two men to go to an Italian restaurant or a cake shop. P86

9: On the other hand, a single barbecue has recently aroused concern. When it comes to eating roast meat, the impression is often that several people eat while chatting. But it is said that the recent increase in the number of individuals to eat barbecue, this is really a complex era, there are people to eat alone, there are people who can not eat alone, now there is a clear polarization. P90

10: The number of young people aged more than 20 is now around 12 million, while older people over 65 are 34 million, so the proportion of young people to older people is about 1:3. In welfare services, mainly young people support the elderly, so, the equivalent of 1 people to feed 3 people, really hard. P100

11: Old and old care refers to the situation of a daughter over 65 years old caring for a mother over 90 years of age. But I think there will be an increase in the number of mothers who are over the age of 90 to take care of their daughters over 65. I named it the old and old guard. P113

12: On the contrary, the subject of the "new public service" is the public. The citizens themselves build what they need. Thus, there is an opportunity: they are not just doing their best to enrich their private lives, but also for the public service. P152

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2 stars | The rise of the minimalist: a collection of Japanese current affairs commentary several years ago