Marie Kondo and the Life-Changing Magic of Japanese Soft Power(nytimes.com)
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Marie Kondo and the Life-Changing Magic of Japanese Soft Power
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/opinion/marie-kondo-japan.html
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wife: "I can't wait for her netflix special... the thiftstores are gonna be awesome"
wife to me this morning: "I got a babysitter for next Saturday, how about we use the time to Marie Kondo the house?"
I’ve been on my Kondo all month long. It’s a daily grind. One chochsky at a time.
So all we had to do was label housework spiritual, call it by another name, and it's cool again?
Neatness re-branded, I suppose.
Neatness re-branded, I suppose.
Why does it feel like people comment on things without even a cursory exposure to the central ideas. And if there is exposure, there’s certainly no demonstrated comprehension.
That’s not why it works. It works because Kondo provides a robust algorithm that works pretty darn well for 99.9% of inputs.
She breaks things down into approachable steps.
She provides an order of operations rooted in an understanding of human psychology: start with the easy things first. Then, move to harder things. Don’t exhaust yourself mentally. Don’t burn up your willpower at the beginning of the project.
She provides routines and ways of making decision making that preserve willpower and help you to avoid the trap of overthinking things.
Marie Kondo is an architect and engineer and psychologist and artist. This is her power.
That’s not why it works. It works because Kondo provides a robust algorithm that works pretty darn well for 99.9% of inputs.
She breaks things down into approachable steps.
She provides an order of operations rooted in an understanding of human psychology: start with the easy things first. Then, move to harder things. Don’t exhaust yourself mentally. Don’t burn up your willpower at the beginning of the project.
She provides routines and ways of making decision making that preserve willpower and help you to avoid the trap of overthinking things.
Marie Kondo is an architect and engineer and psychologist and artist. This is her power.
My comment was about how it is being sold. Even the title of the submission had "Magic" in it.
It may actually be a system of protocols, but you don't get that from the PR pushes.
It may actually be a system of protocols, but you don't get that from the PR pushes.
Leave the books, though. Maybe organize them on shelves, but don't go tearing out pages, and don't throw them out.
Isn’t it an acceptable fact that Japan is a foil to a soulless west? Why does this have to be Japanese marketing? Can we Americans not concede this to be true independently of Marie Kondo?
We can just see her as another woman who has specialized in tidying home and is sharing her best practices now.
Extrapolating it to a soft-power attack by Japan is similar to China viewing Facebook as owned by the CIA.
Extrapolating it to a soft-power attack by Japan is similar to China viewing Facebook as owned by the CIA.
Read the article. It isn't using the term "soft power" in the realpolitik sense, it's something else entirely. It's more of a meditation on culture and the search for meaning in life. It suggests that Westerners have forgotten what most other societies remember. It uses Japan as an example, but the idea isn't specific to Japan.
> It suggests that Westerners have forgotten what most other societies remember.
But she wrote books for japanese audience in Japanese. Wouldn't it imply that easterners have also forgotten it? How would her books be best sellers in 'other societies' if they already remember it.
But she wrote books for japanese audience in Japanese. Wouldn't it imply that easterners have also forgotten it? How would her books be best sellers in 'other societies' if they already remember it.
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japans soft poweris denial od history
japans soft poweris denial od history
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18865361
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18940598