Yes! THIS economy is broken, so there’s no point in expecting anything from it. Let’s make another one!

It seems like it would be really hard to earn enough money on your own to create your ideal environment. Maybe the real solution is finding friends who’d help you build that life.

Everyone thinks that way, everyone is competing, and everyone is drained. Money makes our problems.

Why Ubuntu?

I agree that this story depicts one of the beautiful aspects of human nature. It also sheds light on what has been lost in the process of modernization.

However, when I actually try to imagine myself living in that society, I don’t feel like I could survive in it. I guess it’s a typical Japanese response.

We pay professionals to move it. It cost about 50$ - 100$.

That’s true. Japanese residential streets really are that narrow, if not narrower. You could argue that’s why parking enforcement is necessary, but if the police ticketed every car that stopped briefly to load or unload furniture, nothing would get done. Long-term parking is another matter, but a temporary stop like that usually isn’t something people worry about getting fined for in Japan.

Your comment resonates with me.

That’s interesting. I always thought Europe was more relaxed about things like that. In Japan, at least, you’re generally allowed to stop temporarily while loading or unloading furniture, so this surprised me.

As a Japanese person, my first reaction was, “That sounds exhausting.” I’m genuinely curious, though. Is this something most Americans enjoy, or is it one of those social expectations that not everyone is actually comfortable with?

Why not try promoting the Linux desktop as a platform that makes it easy to use AI bots?