fact or fiction

Is it a fact or is it merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores the lesser known truths in the corporate culture of Journal.

The Rosary Is Not a Background Prayer
The Rosary is not a background prayer. It is not a string of beads you keep in a drawer for emergencies. It is not a Catholic version of a short verse you can scroll past and still claim you prayed. The Rosary is a full way of walking through the life of Jesus with Mary. Each decade asks you to stay with one scene long enough for the story to do its work. That is why it still teaches the Gospel better than a line on a screen.
By Overdrive Records19 days ago in Journal
China Is Walking Into Japan’s 20-Year-Old Future
China is nearing where Japan stood 20 years ago. Smaller packages are only the surface. The deeper change is the outsourcing of household labor.
By Jin19 days ago in Journal
What Nine People Taught Me About Money in One Night
At two in the morning, in front of a convenience store counter, a man puts a pack of cigarettes back and takes two steamed buns instead. The cashier scans the barcode. Beep. He checks his pocket. Not enough coins. He puts one bun back. The cashier says nothing, pushes the other bun toward him. The man says, “I’ll pay you back tomorrow.” The cashier says, “No need.” He stands by the door and eats. The wind blows the plastic bag up into the tree.
By Jin19 days ago in Journal
Japan’s Bankruptcy Wave: 5,373 Companies Failed in Six Months
On October 8, Tokyo Shoko Research released a set of figures. In the first half of fiscal 2026, from April to September, 5,373 Japanese companies with liabilities of 10 million yen or more went bankrupt. That was up 3.8% year on year, the highest in 13 years.
By Jin19 days ago in Journal
The Day Humanity Broke the Malthusian Trap
In 1700, a farmer in the English Midlands had traveled no farther than 20 miles to a market in his entire life. He had seen no more than a few hundred people. He ate almost everything from his own village. He lit his evenings with tallow candles. He got his news from church sermons and tavern talk. In 2024, a middle school student in Shanghai uses a phone to check copper prices in New York, opens a University of London lecture, and eats Chilean cherries and Norwegian salmon for dinner. The difference is not in the brain. People of the two eras are almost genetically identical. The difference is in the system.
By Jin20 days ago in Journal
The Day Humanity Broke the Malthusian Trap
In 1700, a farmer in the English Midlands had traveled no farther than 20 miles to a market in his entire life. He had seen no more than a few hundred people. He ate almost everything from his own village. He lit his evenings with tallow candles. He got his news from church sermons and tavern talk. In 2024, a middle school student in Shanghai uses a phone to check copper prices in New York, opens a University of London lecture, and eats Chilean cherries and Norwegian salmon for dinner. The difference is not in the brain. People of the two eras are almost genetically identical. The difference is in the system.
By Jin20 days ago in Journal
What Is Entailed In "Psychophysiology" From A Leadership And Sageship Perspective
Written by a human, for humans, always. What is "Psychophysiology"? It is a question that I am asked frequently when I talk about how important it is in Sageship...
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHM22 days ago in Journal
China’s Retirement Wave Is Here. The Pension Math Is Brutal.
I In 2022, people born in 1962 began turning 60. That was the start. Since then, more than 20 million people a year reach retirement age in China. On an average day, about 60,000 people stop working and start collecting a pension.
By Jin23 days ago in Journal
I sped through 4.5 hours of Justin Sun and Shao Ailun. Here is what stayed with me.
I watched the whole thing at double speed. There was substance. There was filler. What stuck with me was not what Justin Sun said. It was why he said it. Not what Shao Ailun asked. Why he sat there and listened.
By Jin24 days ago in Journal
Big Tech Wants to Feel Human. It Doesn’t Want to Be Human.
At 9:01 p.m., the time clock blinked. The system logged one minute late. Clock-out moved back one minute. You stand at the turnstile. The screen flips to 21:01. People behind you look at their phones. No one speaks. The elevator doors close. A poster inside says: Tech for Good. Here for Every Lonely You.
By Jinabout a month ago in Journal
Only 18.8% of Working-Age People Use AI. The Other 81.2% Are Watching From a Different World.
Microsoft’s AI Economy Institute puts generative AI adoption among people aged 15 to 64 at 18.8% in Q2 2026. Q1 was about 17.8%. That is a 1-point rise. With about 5 billion working-age people, roughly 940 million used generative AI in the past month. The study measures usage, not opinion. It uses Microsoft’s aggregated anonymous telemetry and adjusts for operating system, device share, internet penetration, and population size.
By Jinabout a month ago in Journal
IKEA’s Matter Bulbs Are Coming to China. Getting Them Online Is the Hard Part.
I screwed the KAJPLATS bulb I’d bought through an overseas proxy into the E27 socket in my living room. Scan, Bluetooth pairing, enter WiFi password. Twenty seconds, the light turns on. I glanced at the stomach medicine on the coffee table and went back to writing.
By Jinabout a month ago in Journal