The rewason I went to Japan was becuase I desigend a new kind of MLM (multi level marketing) system which uses cell phones and social networking. Its being implemented for the Japanese market - and used - primarily by rural, and small town folks around Japan.

They want to get access to urban products, while urban folks want to go around the distribution system and get authentic Japanese products from farmers and craftsmen.

So the crowd that comes to hear me speak and who are the layers of the MLM ‘networking membership’ are pretty ‘tech naive and country-like. They love me.

They crowd around me and as to have their pictures taken with me. 100’s of them.

Here’s one of those shots:

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