Indeed, the rise of mobile technology has brought the very notion of work back to an almost pre-Industrial Revolution paradigm.

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The golden age of American productivity growth followed what is called the second industrial revolution, in 1860-1900, which yielded a cluster of genuinely paradigm-shifting inventions: electric power, the internal combustion engine, modern industrial chemistry and telecommunications.

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Just as Sakamoto helped bring about a social revolution that set Japan on the road to modernization, Son, Sawada and Nambu are calling for another revolution - one that will replace what they believe is an inefficient, outdated business culture with a new paradigm that will prepare Japan for the next century.

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