1/ On How Short Life Is
A few years ago, I was walking around in a blizzard in SoHo (New York). It was late, midnight, and it was beautiful.
Some friends, about 15 blocks away, called: "come over?"
It was late, it was cold, was tired, thought "maybe not worth it" but then...
1 in 10 in Tokyo in their 20s is foreign-born, 70% of Japanese say they would like to see more foreigners in the country
Japan soft power globally is arguably at ATHs (anime, cuisine)
Imagine the talent influx w an immigration programme w language + coding requirement