Some more of my book…
This obsession with ‘busyness’ can be seen in the way that the work ethic has invaded childhood. Children must be kept busy at all times. As a result children are becoming over-scheduled and we are creating a generation that cannot think for itself. A generation of passive citizen’s and comfortably numb consumers with almost no imagination or self-reliance.
In Japan the word ‘Benriya’ loosely translates as convenience doers. These are people; usually older men, that fix leaking taps, change lightbulbs, remove cockroaches from sinks and generally do things that require an ounce of common sense. In other words, there is a section of Japanese society that is totally incapable of thinking for itself.