Discussion week 38 - Friday the 29th and Sunday the 31st

 - Discussion Week 37 -

- Friday the 29nd of January

 - Suicide? No way! - 

It seems that Japan is getting better and better in terms of suicide rates decreasing, I also read that the rate has dropped below 25,000 suicides for the first time in 18 years last year.

Also, even though the highest amount of suicides last year was in Tokyo, the highest ratio of suicides compared to population in a specific prefecture was in the Akita prefecture, while the lowest ratio was in Osaka.

Why do you think the lowest ratio was in Osaka? Why was the highest ratio in Akita?

Even though the population of Tokyo obviously means the amount would be higher there, but why do you think it was still so high there?

Let's talk about that.

- Sunday the 31th of January

 - The end of the world - 

Many different belief systems, and well, perhaps even some slightly crazy people have ideas about when the end of the world will come, and, even that it will come sooner rather than later.

Do you think the world will end soon? What do you think will cause it, a natural cause? Or will it happen because of something we humans will do?

If we could detect that a natural disaster were going to happen in the near future (giant meteor, world flood etc.) do you think we would be able to use technology to prevent the end of the world as we know it?

Let's talk about that.