Triggered by an NHK feature on regional opportunities, this essay revisits the core argument of The Turntable of Civilization.
It reflects on the early critique of media centralization and the foresight of proposing decentralization when no one else would.

2016-08-25
This was at a time when no one was saying such things.
Right now, NHK is airing a feature on Close-Up Gendai titled “Opportunity Lies in the Regions: The Frontline of the Comedy Business.”
I found myself thinking that Yoshimoto Kogyo may have read my essays with great sincerity.
When I suddenly appeared and presented, in July 2010, the very great discovery known as the “Turntable of Civilization,” I wrote about the injustice of excessive centralization of media authority, how easily this could be resolved, and that by resetting the system and dispersing it to the regions, the regions themselves would be revitalized.
This was at a time when no one was saying such things.
At the same time, I also issued a severe critique of how comedy had come to dominate television.
I felt that there was a strong possibility that Yoshimoto had read my arguments with genuine seriousness.