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Contents
Preface
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About the Author
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Acknowledgments
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Technical Remarks
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Brief Historical Background Chapter 1:
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The Outside World and Japanese Creativity Japan’s “Three-Cycle Response” for Innovative Change Ig Nobel Prize Winners The Most Creative of Imitators
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Chapter 2:
Perception of the World and Nature Abbreviating the Nearest Space Polished Simplicity Material Things and Immaterial Thoughts
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Chapter 3:
Everything Has Its Own Kata Addiction to Algorithms The Principle of Conformity and Sense of Humor Patterns of Speech
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