LOL!!

The issue of personal space is interesting -- the Chinese and Japanese both built a cultural solution to the crowding problem, which was to lower the individuality displayed in public. It's dramatic, watching the rush-hour crowds in Hong Kong, to see how they watch the ground and sort of pull themselves in tight, to avoid intruding despite physical closeness. I've seen ocean sardines in an aquarium which have a similar crowdedness, and they also subscribe to a code of uniform conduct and show no sign of individual thought. Every no and then one bucks the crowd and swims in the wrong direction, and although he does not get attacked, he is avoided in spite of the fact that doing so reduces the space even further.

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