Michael Lewis
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Appearances Over Time
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It was playing cards.
So gambling was illegal in Japan after the Meiji Restoration.
And so they made Hanafuda cards, which are cards in Japan.
And the Yakuza was the main customer.
And then they got into toys.
The Japanese Mafia was the main customer.
Yeah, this is an amazing, amazing story.
And they have this philosophy called lateral thinking with withered technology, which is, if you look at Nintendo systems, even going way, way, way back, it's not bleeding edge technology.
It's like a couple generations back technology.
How can we take withered technology and think outside the box with it?
So like the Wii is the best example of this.
The Game Boy was the original example of this.
The Game Boy is basically a calculator.
But, like, it didn't have a color screen.
But it was an incredible success.
I feel like I'm about to get you into part three.