Chapter 8 Modern Japanese society full of "stupid phenomena"

Once, the editor of this book asked me this question: "You have said more than once, 'The Japanese are great individually and in small groups, but in large groups they are the worst in the world.' Although I think so too, but from recent Judging by the various phenomena that have occurred in this country in recent years, I have also become suspicious of the ability of 'individuals and small groups'. So what is the truth of the matter?" What phenomenon made this editor have such doubts?During our conversation, he gave the following example: Indeed, judging from these phenomena, a few words can make people feel the "stupid phenomenon" and "the decline of Japanese IQ".

While showing me these clipped materials from newspapers over the years and various marked materials, the editor said: "If you think about it a little, you can understand that some things are obviously absurd, but more and more Many people don't even question this. Is it true that for the Japanese, there is 'nothing to think about'?" Finally, he said that the Japanese voted without thinking in elections, and I am very worried about Japan's decline in various international rankings. To the facts he cites, my answer is: "Some of them are true, but some are definitely not what you think they are."

Therefore, at the beginning of this book, I will start with this so-called "stupid phenomenon" and "Japanese IQ decline phenomenon" to conduct some analysis of modern Japanese society.