"Grenoble is an ideal case study" 😭
[When you sign a contract in Grenoble, you get like 10 pages of the actual contract + a 200 page appendix about risks]

Yes, that's exactly it, and he also said that this applies to foreign companies as well whose reputation in Japan is crucial

Yes, after so many free reviews 😄

A private company who wanted a critical review of a proposal they wrote

well, in Paris every square meter counts 🙂

So you were also there? :)

Nothing helps

I'll explain: if I read a text in French and don't remember whether it was French or English, it means I read it easily.
I got plenty of negative signs, maybe one day I'll import the highlights from Twitter 🙂

Lol, on the contrary. I haven't shared here yet about my daily struggle with French, but this one is a positive sign

that was my intuition too, but then you have less friction when the slope is steeper, so I'm not sure it's that simple

Yes, I think this is the right answer.
I'm not sure what happens if you add friction, though.