There is (still) an exceptional level of social pressure to conform, in Japanese society.
There is (still) an exceptional level of social pressure to conform, in Japanese society.
My anthro-linguistics professor spent time in Japan. She said it was unnerving to be standing in the aisle of a bullet train looking back at the faces of the other passengers. Not a one of them had any sort of expression on their face. The custom of maintaining personal isolation led to the impression of a sea of robots.