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john commented on the word galápagos syndrome
“The Japanese have a name for their problem: Galápagos syndrome.
Japan’s cellphones are like the endemic species that Darwin encountered on the Galápagos Islands — fantastically evolved and divergent from their mainland cousins — explains Takeshi Natsuno, who teaches at Tokyo’s Keio University.�?
The New York Times, Why Japan’s Cellphones Haven’t Gone Global, by Hiroko Tabuchi, July 19, 2009
July 20, 2009