Il nous parle de la genèse de cette nouvelle ainsi que de sa particularité (selon l'interviewer en tout cas).
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“Maneki Neko” may be the first story I’ve ever read when a dominant network turns out to be a good thing, rather than a bad (at least in Tsuyoshi’s opinion). It’s original even for 2011. Back when you wrote this, was it a unique idea as well? Were people afraid that they’d end up a victim of conspiracy (like Louise)?
I frankly didn’t care if it was a unique idea. Unique ideas are overrated. The idea that the Internet has a “gift economy” aspect is an obvious idea. It’s a truism, and even a cliche.
It’s not a moral sermon about how some situation is a “good thing rather than a bad thing,” but a detailed speculation on how it might look and feel.
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People are always paranoid about being victimized by dominant networks and conspiracies. These guys are just projecting their own anxieties. If you take the trouble to go hang out with the conspirators who are in the dominant networks, you’ll find they’re just some bunch of goons and goofballs, pretty much like everybody else.