Shutting Out the Sun Quotes

“Innovation tends to flourish in a complex habitat like the variegated ecosystem of a rainforest, where a diverse selection of birds, grasses, insects, and animals randomly rub up against one another and cross-pollinate, adapting to one another's spontaneous behaviors. The new world powered by information technology placed a premium on the transformative power of innovation. It seemed to promise individuals better access to knowledge, more power to influence others, and greater means for self-expression. It rewarded critical thinking, customization and agility in serving a market more than repetition and unity.”
― Michael Zielenziger, Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation

“People who try to blow the whistle on corporate malfeasance or government scandal are often punished, without recourse to the courts. Kei Sugaoka, an American of Japanese descent, was quickly dismissed from his job as a safety inspector for General Electric after he disclosed a cover-up of safety violations at a nuclear reactor in Fukushima. Sugaoka said he watched his supervisors carefully erase videotapes showing cracks in a critical component of the reactor, yet when he “blew the whistle” and told regulators, his name was improperly disclosed to the utility and his employer.”
― Michael Zielenziger, Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation