Necessity is the mother...

Interesting. One of the news shows recently had a short piece about a chapbook that is being circulated in Tohoku, where the earthquake and tsunami was. Basically, it's a collection of survival hints. But I think the attitude behind the collection may be even more important.
( heating tea? lighting fires? )

It will be interesting to see if there's a fundamental shift. Will the people who went through the earthquake and tsunami end up being the innovators of Japan?  What about the kids who watched a man like this improvising so they could have something hot to eat?