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IKEA has furnished and is renting out a 10 m2 apartment in central Tokyo for about a dollar per month. It's clearly a gimmick of sorts as the furniture in the apartment are worth a lot more then that. Still looking at the pictures it looks like living in a nicely furnished prison cell, that is also very high (floor to ceiling). Any takers for such compact living? I dont think climbing around on ladders to get around is for me.
It seems very futuristic though; it is a staple of sci-fi to pack people like sardines in a can (Ripley's apartment in aliens, 5th element etc., etc.)
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/25/business/ikea-japan-tokyo-tiny-apartment-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.ikea.com/jp/ja/campaigns/ca00-tiny-homes-pub616dcf20
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Also, I hear in some European countries like Serbia, everyone is assigned a psychologist. I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing (depending on the psychologist and what they push, we don't want some woke, single parent promoting, psychologists).
In the U.S. seeing a psychologist is almost taboo. It suggests there is something wrong with you. The thing is we all have issues to some extent and assigning everyone a professional psychologist that they are assigned to periodically visit, similar to a periodic general practitioner for a general checkup, just to talk without necessarily being labeled insane or having mental issues (which could have ramifications on you professionally) or requiring everyone to take meds (something pharma would love to push, so we need to be careful of that) could be a good thing. But it needs to be done carefully as well.