On: Tokyo WWII firebombing, the most deadly bombing raid, remembered 70 years on

[hkmurakami]

I went through both the US and Japanese systems concurrently. Both systems are working well, as intended.

[coupdejarnac → hkmurakami]

I'd love to read a writeup comparing and contrasting the two systems.

[kazinator → hkmurakami]

Except that Johnny can barely read, while Shigeru can write 1500 kanji with his eyes closed. :)

[adventured → kazinator]

Meanwhile Japan has a mere 22 nobel prizes since 1940.

America has 330.

Japan has seen zero economic growth for over 20 years.

America's GDP has doubled in that time.

America has the best universities, by far. Japan does not.

America has the most productive, technologically advanced, large economy on earth. Japan has been stagnant for decades.

Writing 1500 kanji with your eyes closed doesn't appear to be very useful in the real world.

[excelphysicslab → adventured]

For more than 100 years about one out of four American Nobel Prize winners were foreign born – and in the past 3 years, nearly half of American laureates were immigrants.

Note that this does not include second/third generation immigrants.

[adventured → excelphysicslab]

Only one in four? I would have guessed higher.

Albert Einstein also chose to become an American.

What you're describing is the greatest honor a country can receive. There is no higher compliment, than the best and the brightest the world over seeking to immigrate to your shores. They have been seeking America out for centuries because it was and still is an immense land of opportunity.