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00:00:00The broadcast of the debate show called Pioneer, which airs on Jijouha until the morning, ends in September.
00:00:13It is said that it will continue to broadcast on BS from now on.
00:00:17Akiruki Nosaka, who appeared as a regular guest at the beginning of the program, is now an individual, but there is a song called So So Socrates in the song of the song, which was also a singer.
00:00:31So So Socrates or Platon?
00:00:35Is it being influenced by everyone?
00:00:39Everyone was worried and grew up.
00:00:43Famous philosophers were all worried.
00:00:47That's why their ideas and philosophies are still stuck in people's minds.
00:00:53It can also be expressed as effective in life.
00:00:57In a modern society where it is painful and difficult to live, there are many Japanese people who are worried about people who want salvation in life.
00:01:09By the way, today is the election day of the Prime Minister.
00:01:13There is a saying in Machiavelli's Conscion, a classic of politics written about 500 years ago.
00:01:23It is safer to be afraid than to be loved.
00:01:29This book, which says that those who are leaders should choose to be afraid rather than to be loved, was called the book of evil until the 18th century and gave rise to the word Machiavellianism.
00:01:42However, the Conscion theory, which has seen the essence of human beings throughout history, is still being read as a strategy theory and a leader theory that is in the hands of modern people.
00:01:54So, is it okay to go that far today?
00:01:59Adam Smith's Conscion theory,
00:02:02Rousseau's Social Contract theory,
00:02:05Clausewitz's War theory,
00:02:08Alan's Conviction theory, etc.
00:02:11In addition to these, we will also introduce a great deal about the Conscion theory, which is also known as the perfect woman.
00:02:32Also, this time, Mr. Ryosuke Nishida, a sociologist known for his research on information, politics, media, and democracy, will appear for the first time in this committee.
00:02:42He will have a thorough discussion with the members of the committee.
00:02:46And...
00:02:48Hey, Mr. Medai.
00:02:50What is it, Chiaki-chan?
00:02:52Does Mr. Medai have a philosophy of how to live?
00:02:58That's right.
00:03:00Don't stand out.
00:03:03Don't show off.
00:03:05Don't overdo what doesn't suit you.
00:03:09Isn't that the lyrics of a song?
00:03:13I want to be a man of the past.
00:03:21No, no, I think it's far too late.
00:03:26What is Chiaki-chan's philosophy?
00:03:29One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!
00:03:35That's scary!
00:03:38Tehepero!
00:03:40So, the NLP of the D.N.K.
00:03:42The Conscion theory, the War theory, the Social contract theory, the Conviction theory,
00:03:47and the Modern Society Theory Special!
00:04:01Hello.
00:04:03Today, we have a special program to discuss modern society
00:04:07through the NLP of the D.N.K.
00:04:10These are today's members of the committee.
00:04:14Nice to meet you.
00:04:16This is Mr. Ryosuke Nishida, a sociologist known for his research on information, politics, media, and democracy.
00:04:23Nice to meet you.
00:04:26Thank you for coming.
00:04:28Did you want to go home after watching the VTR?
00:04:31A little.
00:04:34He was taking my class.
00:04:37He took it 20 years ago.
00:04:39I was surprised.
00:04:40He's like a grandson to me.
00:04:43He's like a grandson to me.
00:04:47Your specialty is media, democracy, information, and politics.
00:04:51I do research on how the internet and mass media influence politics and elections.
00:04:56I see.
00:04:57It's already the 10th.
00:04:59I'll be careful.
00:05:00No, no, no.
00:05:02I think the role of the media plays a big role in politics.
00:05:06What do you think about that?
00:05:08Of course, TV has a big influence on people's opinions.
00:05:12But now the internet is coming out.
00:05:14It's a very complicated situation.
00:05:16The presence of the internet is getting bigger.
00:05:18I think it's a situation where it's intertwined.
00:05:20I see.
00:05:21There's a lot of philosophy going on today.
00:05:25I'd appreciate it if you could give us your opinion.
00:05:27I read everything when I was young.
00:05:28Did you read everything when you were young?
00:05:30About a long time ago.
00:05:31I think everyone is like that.
00:05:33You're here today.
00:05:34Really?
00:05:36Why don't you read it?
00:05:40What's amazing is that Chairman Kuroki read everything for this recording.
00:05:47I read it all.
00:05:48I have a lot of complaints.
00:05:50Why do people avoid politics on election day?
00:05:53It's like NHK.
00:05:55Isn't it strange?
00:05:57This is the lineup for this time.
00:06:00Here you go.
00:06:02There are so many books.
00:06:05Yamaguchi-san is amazing.
00:06:07Is this a line-up of Luzon?
00:06:10This is amazing.
00:06:12I'd appreciate it if you could give me your opinion.
00:06:14I don't like this lineup.
00:06:17Let's start with this.
00:06:20Let's start with Adam Smith's National Theory of Finance.
00:06:24Marvelous theory that works for the limited society.
00:06:27Teach Meidai.
00:06:29Adam Smith's National Theory of Finance.
00:06:32Hey, Meidai.
00:06:34What is it, Chiaki?
00:06:36What is a National Theory of Finance?
00:06:39What is a National Theory of Finance?
00:06:41Adam Smith, an economist from Ireland,
00:06:44founded the National Theory of Finance in 1776.
00:06:51Until then, the idea of commercialism was popular.
00:06:55It was said that it was better to buy products at a low price and sell them at a high price,
00:06:58and that commerce was more advantageous than agriculture and industry.
00:07:03In such a situation, some of the privileged classes
00:07:06were forced to work for a long time
00:07:08because of the low cost and low price of exports
00:07:11due to the pursuit of profit in foreign trade.
00:07:16Adam Smith was the one who advocated this.
00:07:20He is called the father of economics, isn't he?
00:07:24Yes.
00:07:25Smith said,
00:07:28If an individual pursues self-interest,
00:07:30he will be guided by the invisible hand,
00:07:32and order will be born in the whole society,
00:07:34and high-level welfare will be realized.
00:07:37That's a good point.
00:07:40I want to ask that person in the middle seat.
00:07:44But what does the invisible hand mean?
00:07:48Adam Smith denies the rule of law and interference by the state
00:07:52in his book, The National Theory of Finance.
00:07:55If an individual pursues self-interest,
00:07:58he will be guided by the invisible hand,
00:08:00and order will be born in the whole society,
00:08:02and high-level welfare will be realized.
00:08:04That's a good point.
00:08:08The National Theory of Finance is said to be the first idea
00:08:11that understood the capitalist society in a systematic way.
00:08:15However, as an obstacle to the liberalization of capitalism,
00:08:19there are often severe problems and difficulties,
00:08:23and in order to soften and correct them,
00:08:26the state has introduced a policy of tax-investment.
00:08:30The rule of law and interference by the state
00:08:33are contrary to Smith's National Theory of Finance.
00:08:36However, the pursuit of self-interest by liberal competition
00:08:39has only expanded the gap,
00:08:42and some voices point to the limit of the capitalist society.
00:08:47Adam Smith said,
00:08:49The rule of law and interference by the state
00:08:52is not for the privileged class,
00:08:55but for the people of the lower class.
00:08:58Mr. Konosuke Matsushita,
00:09:00a Panasonic founder,
00:09:02who is said to be the god of management,
00:09:05tried to make it easy for consumers to get
00:09:08by supplying a large amount of low-priced,
00:09:11high-quality goods like tap water
00:09:14from his childhood.
00:09:17It was called the theory of management.
00:09:20After the rapid economic growth after the war,
00:09:23many common people got three kinds of human rights.
00:09:27In the 1970s,
00:09:29it was said to be a so-called one-hundred-million middle-class society.
00:09:33However, since 1990,
00:09:37the gap in the income of the people has expanded,
00:09:40and in 2006, the gap society
00:09:42has risen to the top in terms of new and old trends.
00:09:46By the way, Mr. Yoshiharu Hoshino,
00:09:48the representative of Hoshino Resort,
00:09:51introduced Smith's National Discussion
00:09:54as a masterpiece in the market of Eastern Economy in 2022.
00:09:58At first glance, the government is doing well
00:10:01in terms of subsidies to reduce the price of gasoline,
00:10:04but as an obstacle,
00:10:06it is hindering the development of innovation
00:10:09in the market of Eastern Economy,
00:10:12and it strongly feels that it should return to the origin
00:10:16of capitalism and business competition.
00:10:21So I have a question for you.
00:10:24Can you agree with Adam Smith's National Discussion?
00:10:31Now, I'm asking you.
00:10:33Can you agree with Adam Smith's National Discussion?
00:10:36Yes, I have received various comments from everyone,
00:10:39but many people say they can agree with it.
00:10:42Mr. Tajima says that the pursuit of personal interests
00:10:45only leads to the expansion of the gap.
00:10:48Looking at the results now,
00:10:50I feel like that,
00:10:52but I didn't read Adam Smith properly,
00:10:55so I can't say anything,
00:10:57but no matter how I look at it,
00:10:59the pursuit of personal interests
00:11:01only leads to the expansion of the gap.
00:11:03I have that impression.
00:11:05As Mr. Tajima said,
00:11:07it's not that Adam Smith should leave everything to freedom.
00:11:11In the end,
00:11:13when he said that the pursuit of personal interests
00:11:17is to have empathy for others,
00:11:21there are individuals who have empathy and pity
00:11:24and form a certain society,
00:11:27and by trading freely and without restrictions,
00:11:31I think he was trying to lead society to happiness
00:11:35based on empathy.
00:11:37So I don't think he is a person
00:11:40who has no blood or tears
00:11:42when it comes to freedom.
00:11:44As Mr. Tajima said,
00:11:46Adam Smith's problem is the gap.
00:11:48The interest rate of capital is larger,
00:11:51and the interest rate of labor is smaller,
00:11:54and the gap is expanding.
00:11:56I was concerned that there was no perspective on this.
00:12:00It's going to be a difficult story all of a sudden,
00:12:03so understanding it like Mr. Tajima did
00:12:06is a common misunderstanding of this book.
00:12:09Originally, Adam Smith said,
00:12:11what is the invisible hand?
00:12:13If a person tries to maximize his or her profit
00:12:16with his or her selfishness,
00:12:18it works properly for making money, right?
00:12:21If you want to make money,
00:12:23you make what others want, right?
00:12:26Your honor is important,
00:12:28so you have to behave properly, right?
00:12:31If you do that,
00:12:33you're running from your selfishness,
00:12:35but somehow society is going well, right?
00:12:37This is the story of the invisible hand.
00:12:40It's getting more and more difficult
00:12:42because it's expanding to the story of the market.
00:12:45Originally, it was said that selfishness
00:12:47is the motor that enriches human society,
00:12:50so it's a little too much
00:12:52to go to the story of the hidden society.
00:12:56So it's based on selfishness.
00:12:58Yes, it is.
00:12:59I think we should understand the era
00:13:01in which Adam Smith wrote this book.
00:13:03It was written before the French Revolution,
00:13:05so I read the theory that
00:13:07there was not much individual or human rights
00:13:09established yet.
00:13:11In that respect,
00:13:13at that time,
00:13:15it was an era in which
00:13:17the people of the country
00:13:19with political power
00:13:21were running for money,
00:13:23and they made the workers work cheaply
00:13:25by suppressing them with force.
00:13:27They were doing that,
00:13:29so let's stop doing that.
00:13:31If we free people's selfishness
00:13:33and let them do economic activities freely,
00:13:35everyone will be rich, right?
00:13:37Let's trust the market economy more.
00:13:39That's what Adam Smith said.
00:13:41I think the most important thing is
00:13:43that it's often called the father of economics.
00:13:46If you think about it,
00:13:48it was written in 1776,
00:13:50so the history of economics is 250 years.
00:13:53If you think about the history of economics
00:13:55from the time of Greece,
00:13:57you will wonder why.
00:13:59There is an important hint here.
00:14:01Before the Industrial Revolution,
00:14:03the same thing happened yesterday
00:14:05and the same thing will happen tomorrow.
00:14:07So there was no need to worry
00:14:09about what would happen to society.
00:14:11But at that time,
00:14:13when various changes occurred
00:14:15and what would happen,
00:14:17two ideas came up.
00:14:19A little before Adam Smith,
00:14:21he wrote that
00:14:23we need an all-powerful king
00:14:25who is like Superman.
00:14:27In other words,
00:14:29we need a strong government.
00:14:31Instead of that,
00:14:33we need to free people's selfishness
00:14:35and create value
00:14:37in human labor.
00:14:39So what should we do
00:14:41to increase the quality of labor?
00:14:43That's the division of labor.
00:14:45The division of labor is
00:14:47very important to us now.
00:14:49But at that time,
00:14:51it was forbidden for Christians
00:14:53to worship God.
00:14:55So in a sense,
00:14:57he was a person who
00:14:59made the market economy
00:15:01a success.
00:15:03I'm not an expert in economics,
00:15:05so I'll tell you what I want to say.
00:15:07First of all,
00:15:09he was a moral philosopher.
00:15:11There was no concept of economics
00:15:13at that time.
00:15:15But he saw the situation
00:15:17from that time.
00:15:19He started to see things
00:15:21coldly.
00:15:23That's why the problem of capital
00:15:25and labor
00:15:27and all the things
00:15:29that are necessary for
00:15:31the current economy
00:15:33are all in this book.
00:15:35But what I can't accept
00:15:37is the interpretation
00:15:39of the national theory
00:15:41in Japan.
00:15:43God's invisible hand
00:15:45and the so-called
00:15:47laissez-faire
00:15:49are not included
00:15:51as far as I know.
00:15:53So in that sense,
00:15:55he was very primitive,
00:15:57but when the situation at that time
00:15:59was that the United States
00:16:01was going to be independent
00:16:03and the liberalism
00:16:05was getting worse,
00:16:07he tried to understand
00:16:09the contradiction
00:16:11and explain it.
00:16:13But a long time ago,
00:16:15there was a politician
00:16:17who realized this
00:16:19and practiced it in Japan.
00:16:21His name was Nobunaga Oda.
00:16:23He activated the free market
00:16:25and the port of Sakai.
00:16:27He made it popular.
00:16:29He gathered the people
00:16:31and won in a row.
00:16:33If Adam Smith had known
00:16:35about Nobunaga Oda,
00:16:37he would have been more active.
00:16:39It's true that
00:16:41the Japanese market economy
00:16:43developed faster than that
00:16:45of Europe in the Edo period.
00:16:47Basically, capitalism
00:16:49developed by
00:16:51transporting a large number
00:16:53of goods by ship
00:16:55and trading them
00:16:57in remote areas.
00:16:59But economically,
00:17:01it may be so,
00:17:03but I think it is more variable
00:17:05in the sense that
00:17:07he thought in the same way
00:17:09Nobunaga Oda
00:17:11doesn't seem to sympathize
00:17:13with other companies.
00:17:15It's true that he doesn't
00:17:17sympathize with other companies.
00:17:19But I hope you understand
00:17:21the era Adam Smith wrote.
00:17:23Mr. Nishida,
00:17:25what do you think?
00:17:27I think I understand
00:17:29the rules of the game.
00:17:31I think I understand
00:17:33the rules of the game.
00:17:35I think I understand
00:17:37the rules of the game.
00:17:39In the first place,
00:17:41you can follow
00:17:43all kinds of ideas.
00:17:45The books that you can only read
00:17:47for one purpose
00:17:49disappear in a flash.
00:17:51For example,
00:17:53And I think
00:17:55that you may
00:17:57be able to understand
00:17:59those underhalf of the book,
00:18:01so you can understand
00:18:03the other things of the book.
00:18:05This is not something that can be seen in a public opinion poll or anything like that.
00:18:09What is the problem with Adam Smith?
00:18:12At this point in time, the problem with Adam Smith is probably something like this.
00:18:16For example, if a politician is making money based on his power,
00:18:21you feel a little disgust, or you want to criticize him.
00:18:24That's exactly the problem with Adam Smith.
00:18:27At that time, everyone was still making money based on their power.
00:18:32You can make money because you have political power.
00:18:35You can make a living. You can hire workers at a low price.
00:18:38Let's stop doing that.
00:18:40I said, let's stop controlling the state.
00:18:42Let's separate the economy from that kind of thing.
00:18:46If you trust people's self-reliance, the market will work properly.
00:18:52That's the problem with Adam Smith.
00:18:55So, in that sense, he's creating a fundamental sense of ours.
00:19:00He wants to separate power from politics and economy.
00:19:04I think that's where it is.
00:19:05Adam Smith is not criticizing power.
00:19:08The existence of the king is a premise.
00:19:11Mr. Tajima, after listening to Adam Smith's vote,
00:19:15I thought it was that kind of book.
00:19:17I thought it was that kind of book.
00:19:20It was interesting.
00:19:22It was interesting, and it came in from various angles.
00:19:24By the way, I'd like to ask you.
00:19:26Is it a problem to expand the gap?
00:19:28In other words, if people who have a hard life are improving,
00:19:33I think there is no problem even if the gap is large.
00:19:36If you solve it.
00:19:38Absolute poverty and relative gap are really different.
00:19:43Absolute poverty must not be lost.
00:19:45That's not going to stabilize society.
00:19:48For example, Mr. Son and I have very different salaries.
00:19:52I don't think it's a bad thing.
00:19:54But Mr. Takenaka is also making a lot of money.
00:19:57That's why he's misunderstood.
00:20:02As I said earlier, it's a matter of whether or not we can have a social gap.
00:20:06Or, as I said, absolute poverty.
00:20:08Compared to when we were kids,
00:20:10the young people and children now
00:20:13really have a lot of unemployment in their 20s.
00:20:18Most of them have less than 2 million a year.
00:20:21I think that's what the gap society is saying right now.
00:20:24What do you think?
00:20:25It's quite difficult.
00:20:27By the way, the number of people who are unemployed,
00:20:30even though they don't want to be unemployed,
00:20:32has halved in the past 10 years.
00:20:35When I say that the gap is expanding,
00:20:38it's quite difficult.
00:20:39There are a lot of people who are unemployed.
00:20:41Looking at the numbers, it's going up.
00:20:43This is because the number of elderly people
00:20:45who are unemployed is increasing.
00:20:48I think it's important that the number of unemployed people is increasing.
00:20:51On the other hand, the world is growing economically,
00:20:54but our income has not increased.
00:20:56I think this is a problem.
00:20:58Now, let's move on to the book
00:21:00that answers the question of what we should do.
00:21:03Next, let's move on to Lusso's social contract theory.
00:21:09Today's Social Theory
00:21:12Teach Me, Mr. Meidai!
00:21:14Lusso's Social Contract Theory
00:21:17Hey, Mr. Meidai!
00:21:19What is it, Chiaki-chan?
00:21:21What is the social contract theory?
00:21:24The social contract theory is
00:21:27a book by Lusso, a philosopher from Geneva, Switzerland,
00:21:30published in 1762.
00:21:33It is said to be the ideological foundation of democracy
00:21:36based on Lusso's social contract theory.
00:21:40What is written in the book?
00:21:43Lusso suggested the way of society
00:21:46to solve human inequality
00:21:49by studying the contradictions of previous politics
00:21:52in modern Europe,
00:21:54where there were strong and weak,
00:21:57stoppers and the poor,
00:21:59and where inequality was commonplace.
00:22:02By making a part of human rights a part of society,
00:22:05humans can change the nature of their instincts
00:22:08in a rational way,
00:22:11and create a peaceful and equal society.
00:22:14Humans originally had a feeling of poverty,
00:22:17which was able to be preserved
00:22:20by mutual cooperation,
00:22:23but due to the development of education and civilization,
00:22:26people lost the heart of poverty,
00:22:29and society became unequal.
00:22:31Lusso argued that a social contract was necessary.
00:22:35Don't worry.
00:22:37I have a feeling of poverty.
00:22:43What do you mean?
00:22:46The social contract theory starts from Lusso's statement
00:22:49that humans were born as free beings,
00:22:52but we are bound by chains.
00:22:56Chains are pressures and regulations
00:22:59by political power,
00:23:02and people are asked how to
00:23:05balance power and freedom.
00:23:09Lusso argued that in order to balance power and freedom,
00:23:12the establishment of a government
00:23:15must be agreed upon by people's free will.
00:23:19It is important that the social contract
00:23:22be agreed upon by people's free will.
00:23:27On top of that, if the established government
00:23:30is based on the laws set by the people,
00:23:34the people will be restricting themselves,
00:23:37and will not be able to be free.
00:23:43On the other hand, the social contract theory
00:23:46says that when a country is in danger
00:23:49of war or economic crisis,
00:23:52it can be recognized as a dictatorship.
00:23:55The political system of dictatorship
00:23:58seems to contradict the balance of power and freedom.
00:24:02In countries in danger of war or economic crisis,
00:24:05the number of people looking for powerful leaders has increased,
00:24:08and in recent years,
00:24:11extreme right-wing parties have come to power in Europe.
00:24:14This is also the will of the people.
00:24:17In addition, Lusso points out in the social contract theory
00:24:20that the people are free
00:24:23only when they elect a congressman,
00:24:26and when a congressman is elected,
00:24:29the people immediately become slaves.
00:24:33This applies to Japan as well.
00:24:37Candidates make promises that are pleasant to hear,
00:24:40but if they win the election,
00:24:43they will not look back at the people
00:24:46and the people will not listen to them.
00:24:49As a result, the candidates will lose faith in politics
00:24:52and will not even go to the election.
00:24:56Today is the election day of the House of Representatives,
00:24:59but if we, the people,
00:25:02aim for the balance of power and freedom
00:25:05that Lusso says,
00:25:08closing one vote will not be in vain, right?
00:25:12So I have a question for everyone.
00:25:15Do you agree with Lusso's social contract theory?
00:25:22I have a question for everyone.
00:25:25Do you agree with Lusso's social contract theory?
00:25:28There are many people who can agree,
00:25:31but Nishida-san can agree, but it's fiction.
00:25:34What is read in political philosophy
00:25:37is fiction that is well done overall.
00:25:40Rather than saying that this actually happened,
00:25:43I think that many people have decided to do that.
00:25:46What's interesting about the social contract theory
00:25:49is that it's the same as what I said earlier.
00:25:52It's a story about the freedom of individuals
00:25:55and the need for some kind of order.
00:25:58It's a story about how to make it work
00:26:01and how to create the will of these different people
00:26:04and how to establish order while they are in agreement.
00:26:07In that sense, I think it's fiction that can explain
00:26:10the current society and the world.
00:26:13If the general will and the special will
00:26:16were properly inherited in today's society,
00:26:19I think the democracy of the world and the democracy of Japan
00:26:22would have been better.
00:26:25The general will that Lusso is talking about
00:26:28is the will of the general for the public
00:26:31that everyone has.
00:26:34No matter how many tens of millions of people
00:26:37there are, there is no general will.
00:26:40If something happens, it's a protest.
00:26:43If something happens, it's a demonstration.
00:26:46It's strange.
00:26:49Europe, America, and Japan have to read Lusso.
00:26:52Is it possible to have a general will?
00:26:55How do you make a consensus that benefits everyone?
00:26:58It's fiction, including that.
00:27:01In other words, it's fiction that everyone
00:27:04has to read Lusso.
00:27:07If you are a member of parliament,
00:27:10you have to choose a member of parliament
00:27:13and have a discussion in the parliament.
00:27:16Once you have decided,
00:27:19the will of the people will be determined.
00:27:22That's where the general will should be.
00:27:25First of all, where was Lusso's problem consciousness?
00:27:28What is necessary for people to be free?
00:27:31That's the most important thing.
00:27:34Without that, there is no freedom.
00:27:37What should we do to secure that freedom?
00:27:40It's best to create a government
00:27:43that protects itself.
00:27:46If people's freedom is threatened,
00:27:49dictatorship can be recognized
00:27:52to protect freedom.
00:27:55On the other hand, if this power goes berserk
00:27:58and we can't protect ourselves,
00:28:01we have the freedom to cancel the contract.
00:28:04That's what he said.
00:28:07So basically, I think Lusso's idea
00:28:10is very democratic.
00:28:13I think we have a general will,
00:28:16elections, and democracy,
00:28:19but I think it's different.
00:28:22Lusso thinks about democracy directly
00:28:25in a small part of Switzerland.
00:28:28In Switzerland, even if you enter the 20th century,
00:28:31there were many places where democracy was done directly.
00:28:34That was his model.
00:28:37I think he denies
00:28:40entrusting votes to someone in an election.
00:28:43I don't think he can realize
00:28:46the democracy that Lusso is talking about.
00:28:49Everyone says they are smart and can do it,
00:28:52but I don't think they can do it.
00:28:55That's what I think.
00:28:58That way of thinking spread,
00:29:01revolution happened, and the war on independence happened.
00:29:04That makes sense.
00:29:07It's good at that time,
00:29:10but can you accept it now?
00:29:13Fiction is important.
00:29:16It's very important to have an ideal.
00:29:19I don't think we should stop writing books.
00:29:22General will is very difficult.
00:29:25What I want to do is a special will.
00:29:28I want to push through my special will,
00:29:31but if I do that, the people next to me will be in trouble.
00:29:34Let's think about everyone's common happiness.
00:29:37That's the general will.
00:29:40If it's about 10,000 people, it might be possible,
00:29:43but now there are 100 million people in Japan.
00:29:46However, there are a lot of special wills,
00:29:49and if that happens,
00:29:52there will be special policies based on special wills.
00:29:55Today is the day of the election,
00:29:58but I want politicians
00:30:01to always have a common will as a principle.
00:30:04By the way, it's important,
00:30:07but Lusso himself says that
00:30:10general will cannot be measured.
00:30:13This is not something that can be seen in public opinion polls.
00:30:16For example, there is a great American law scholar,
00:30:19Cass Sunstein.
00:30:22He says that politicians should not worry too much about public opinion polls.
00:30:25It is important to polish their beliefs
00:30:28and the eyes that always see the world.
00:30:31It is important to always be aware of the will of the people.
00:30:34So it's not a question of how to see it.
00:30:37General will is complicated to think about,
00:30:40but it's actually very simple.
00:30:43It's about thinking together
00:30:46about what kind of politics is right.
00:30:49It's not about what benefits me or this industry,
00:30:52but it's about what we can do for our families,
00:30:55our communities, and our country.
00:30:58It's a society that searches for common will just by having that idea,
00:31:01so it can be realized.
00:31:04It seems like you're changing the subject,
00:31:07but the basis of the idea of general will
00:31:10is the theory of human nature.
00:31:13That's fine, but we need to think about the theory of non-canon.
00:31:16Let's hear from Mr. Takedaka.
00:31:19The theory of people's will.
00:31:22There are a lot of theories today,
00:31:25but for me, the theory of general will was the most difficult.
00:31:28We are famous for our contribution
00:31:31to the theory of people's will.
00:31:34This book is about the relationship
00:31:37between the country and the people.
00:31:40In that sense,
00:31:43the United States and Japan are all
00:31:46attracted to the theory of people's will.
00:31:49China, for example, is not attracted to it.
00:31:52We say that freedom is important,
00:31:55democracy is important, and rule of law is important,
00:31:58but it's all about whether or not
00:32:01we're aiming for the same thing.
00:32:04I think it's like a book about the confrontation
00:32:07between the United States and China.
00:32:20Mr. Tajima, please.
00:32:23What surprises me is that
00:32:26it's the era of the O-Kei Shinjutsu, right?
00:32:29It's the era of the O-Kei Shinjutsu, right?
00:32:32Didn't the O-Kei Shinjutsu
00:32:35do a lot of things?
00:32:38Yes, the O-Kei Shinjutsu was actually
00:32:41ordered to do a lot of things.
00:32:44By the way,
00:32:47the O-Kei Shinjutsu was ordered to run away
00:32:50from the Shinjutsu.
00:32:53At the end of the O-Kei Shinjutsu,
00:32:56it wasn't about the society as a whole
00:32:59or everyone being equal,
00:33:02but it was about the people
00:33:05and the society as a whole.
00:33:08It's a well-made fiction.
00:33:11It's a well-made fiction.
00:33:14It's a well-made fiction.
00:33:17It's a well-made fiction.
00:33:20It's a well-made fiction.
00:33:23It's a well-made fiction.
00:33:26It's a well-made fiction.
00:33:29It's a well-made fiction.
00:33:32It's a well-made fiction.
00:33:35I thought you'd say that.
00:33:38I thought you'd say that.
00:33:41The way you think
00:33:44is the foundation of your society.
00:33:47in the current western society
00:33:50The idealism is that there are people like Trump who are trying to destroy the idealism in western society.
00:33:59Let's move on to the next topic.
00:34:03Let's move on to Alan's Happiness Theory.
00:34:16Hey, hey, Mr. Meidai.
00:34:17What is it, Chiaki?
00:34:20What is the Happiness Theory?
00:34:22Actually, in the world of philosophy, there are three Happiness Theories.
00:34:28The English Russell, the French Alan, and the Swiss Hilty each have their own Happiness Theories.
00:34:35This time, let's talk about Alan's Happiness Theory.
00:34:39Alan was a philosopher who represented France in the 20th century and was also an educator.
00:34:44According to Alan, there are two types of happiness.
00:34:48One is the happiness that you are given.
00:34:50The other is the happiness that you create.
00:34:54What's the difference between the two?
00:34:57For example,
00:34:59the fact that you have a huge legacy in the lottery is a temporary happiness regardless of your own efforts.
00:35:09It doesn't matter if you are an artist, a sports player, a writer, or an announcer.
00:35:13The sense of accomplishment that you get after years of hard work is a happiness that only you can understand.
00:35:20On the other hand, there are people in the world who think they are unhappy.
00:35:24However, it is not society or the environment that makes them unhappy, but themselves.
00:35:30And Alan also said this.
00:35:32He said that being happy is the best courtesy to others.
00:35:38It's kind of deep and difficult.
00:35:41That's what philosophy is all about.
00:35:44By the way, is Mr. Meidai happy now?
00:35:52Can you leave me alone?
00:35:55Alan's Happiness Theory is not a philosophy that troubles people,
00:36:00but the ultimate positive thinking that whether you can be happy or not is up to you.
00:36:06No matter what happens, you don't fall into negative thinking.
00:36:09That's why it's okay.
00:36:11It's a way of thinking that you can take it positively.
00:36:15However, it is not a simple optimism.
00:36:19It is based on the fact that humans can be happy by their own will,
00:36:24facing the difficulties lightly while recognizing the harshness of reality.
00:36:30In addition, it is important for Alan to act on his own.
00:36:35For example, he says,
00:36:37Let's go out on a rainy day.
00:36:40If you act hoping to be happy,
00:36:43there is a high probability of meeting something,
00:36:46and you can grab happiness.
00:36:50However, in the World Happiness Ranking announced by the UN,
00:36:57Japan's happiness has fallen four ranks since last year,
00:37:00ranking 51st among 143 countries and regions.
00:37:04In Japan, the happiness level of the underage is relatively low,
00:37:09and the improvement of life satisfaction of young people has risen to social challenges.
00:37:15As a reason for the high happiness of Finland, which has been number one for seven consecutive years since 2018,
00:37:21public services such as education, insurance, and social security are fulfilling,
00:37:29the economic inequality is small,
00:37:31and the culture in which people support each other is declining,
00:37:35so people are creating an environment where they can feel happiness without feeling isolated.
00:37:42In order to improve the happiness of Japanese people in the future,
00:37:46is positive thinking effective like Alan?
00:37:52So I have a question for you.
00:37:55Do you agree with Alan's happiness theory?
00:38:02So I have a question for you.
00:38:04Do you agree with Alan's happiness theory?
00:38:06If I can agree with it, I can't agree with it.
00:38:09Mr. Ono, I can't agree with it.
00:38:11Right.
00:38:12On a rainy day, go outside.
00:38:14I don't like that.
00:38:17I think you should stay at home quietly.
00:38:20You can't go outside.
00:38:21If it rains, everyone should go outside.
00:38:23That's stupid.
00:38:24I don't like that.
00:38:27It all depends on how you feel.
00:38:30I think we should find out the cause of unhappiness and do our best.
00:38:35So I don't like the idea of staying at home quietly.
00:38:39I don't like the idea of staying at home quietly.
00:38:44I don't like the idea of staying at home quietly.
00:38:50That's not true.
00:38:51It's a tough debate.
00:38:53It's not about staying at home quietly.
00:38:55We have to stay at home.
00:38:57Artists tend to be melancholic.
00:39:01Alan is not like that.
00:39:03Wait a minute.
00:39:04No one said that.
00:39:05It's our duty.
00:39:07I didn't say anything about being melancholic.
00:39:11It's your image.
00:39:13Don't say that to me.
00:39:15If you have unhappiness, you should do your best.
00:39:18If you have unhappiness, you should do your best.
00:39:23I think we should go to the election.
00:39:25Many people say that.
00:39:28It's because they really don't want it.
00:39:32If they want it, they should do something about it.
00:39:37It's not good to say that.
00:39:40I think it's okay to be happy if you think so.
00:39:44That's not good.
00:39:45It's our duty.
00:39:47It's our duty.
00:39:49I was most satisfied with this.
00:39:51Really?
00:39:52I really liked that part.
00:39:55You can't think it's okay with your mouth open.
00:39:59You can.
00:40:01You can.
00:40:04You can't.
00:40:06You can't.
00:40:07You can't.
00:40:08You can't.
00:40:09You can't.
00:40:10You can't.
00:40:11You can't.
00:40:12You can't.
00:40:13You can't.
00:40:14You can't.
00:40:15You can't.
00:40:16You can't.
00:40:17YOU CAN'T.
00:40:18YOU CAN'T.
00:40:19YOU CAN'T.
00:40:20YOU CAN'T.
00:40:21It's the same as Alan and Amica.
00:40:24It's the same.
00:40:26It's a little different from Amica.
00:40:29That's right.
00:40:30Mr. Yawaguchi, it's like this here.
00:40:32I see.
00:40:33But Mr. Nishida is not convinced.
00:40:35I just wrote something vague again.
00:40:39By the way, it is important that French literature is an essay type,
00:40:45but there are a lot of very short essays,
00:40:48so it depends on how you read it.
00:40:52In reality, most of us are in a bad mood.
00:40:55There are many people around the world who have a problem with how to live comfortably.
00:41:00But Mr. Takenaka, happiness is up to you.
00:41:03No, I'm exactly the same as Mr. Yamaguchi, and I really like happiness.
00:41:07The important point is not the theory of happiness, but the theory of happiness.
00:41:13Depression is a feeling, and optimism is a will.
00:41:16This really applies to yourself.
00:41:19It's not because you've succeeded that you're satisfied,
00:41:22but because you're satisfied that you're successful.
00:41:24After all, it's not that you should leave everything and lead yourself positively,
00:41:28but that you can grasp happiness by yourself in the process of making an effort for it.
00:41:33It's not God, it's not outside, it's a very close theory of happiness.
00:41:38I think it was a very convincing content.
00:41:42I couldn't agree with it.
00:41:45The reason is that this book is easy to be misunderstood.
00:41:49After all, it's dangerous to be read as if you're happy with positive thinking.
00:41:54And what's written in this book is, first of all, act.
00:41:57So if you want to be happy, act.
00:41:59If you want to be happy, laugh first.
00:42:01Whether you think it's fun or not is different.
00:42:03I think the part of acting is interesting,
00:42:08but I think it's a book that's easy to be misunderstood.
00:42:11I think it's pretty much what you said.
00:42:13But I'm convinced.
00:42:14You can't agree with it?
00:42:16Because everyone has their own definition of happiness.
00:42:19You don't have to ask such a rough one.
00:42:22I understand. I can understand.
00:42:25If Ukraine didn't have the superpower,
00:42:28or if it wasn't supported by the world,
00:42:30how would it have been?
00:42:32In that sense, the war theory is good or bad.
00:42:37The war theory is called the Three Great Happiness Theories.
00:42:41I'm talking about the Four Great Happiness Theories.
00:42:44One of them is right after education.
00:42:50What I'm saying right after education is,
00:42:52study, get a job, develop your intelligence,
00:42:54and become a person with virtue,
00:42:56and use it for the world and for people.
00:42:58This is not because it's an order from the king of the country,
00:43:01but because each and every one of you,
00:43:03your ancestors have lived that way,
00:43:05and if you live that way,
00:43:07you will be able to verify your ancestors.
00:43:09So it's not for the country.
00:43:10I want you to do it for yourself.
00:43:12I, the emperor, live that way,
00:43:14so let's do it together.
00:43:16This is what I mean by right after education.
00:43:18So giving happiness.
00:43:20But it's disgusting.
00:43:22I think the Four Great Happiness Theories
00:43:24should definitely include right after education.
00:43:26Speaking of education,
00:43:28what I think as an educator,
00:43:30is that the happiness of young people in Japan is really low.
00:43:33What is low?
00:43:35Self-esteem, self-empowerment,
00:43:37things like that are low,
00:43:39and I wonder how we can raise it.
00:43:43The more you go through education,
00:43:45the lower the happiness level
00:43:47as you go to elementary school, middle school, and high school.
00:43:49I think this is the defeat of Japanese education.
00:43:52That's right.
00:43:54That's why I think it's better to say right after education.
00:43:57That's right.
00:43:59No, no.
00:44:01Alan Chaltier,
00:44:03he was originally a philosopher,
00:44:05so it's rude to say he was a philosopher,
00:44:07but he was a writer.
00:44:09But what I wrote,
00:44:11which is neither,
00:44:13is that he wrote
00:44:15what he thought he could do
00:44:17as a writer to be happy.
00:44:19There are really people
00:44:21who can't go out on a rainy day.
00:44:23I don't know that there are people
00:44:25who can't do that.
00:44:27That was a criticism of Mr. Yamaguchi.
00:44:29A criticism of Mr. Yamaguchi?
00:44:31What do you mean?
00:44:33He said,
00:44:35if you can do it,
00:44:37you should act.
00:44:39In short,
00:44:41people always panic.
00:44:43An airplane is flying about 400 meters,
00:44:45and suddenly the airplane stops.
00:44:47When it's dangerous,
00:44:49you'll definitely panic,
00:44:51but at that time,
00:44:53a well-trained pilot naturally moves his hand.
00:44:55He moves his hand,
00:44:57and that's all he does.
00:44:59So people always panic.
00:45:01But the moment the pianist
00:45:03puts his hand on the piano and moves it,
00:45:05the panic goes away.
00:45:07In short,
00:45:09you should move your body first.
00:45:11There's no pilot
00:45:13who doesn't move his body.
00:45:15Are you all happy?
00:45:17Are you happy?
00:45:19That's why it's strange
00:45:21how it works.
00:45:23It's not that common.
00:45:25That's right.
00:45:27You decide your own happiness.
00:45:29Sometimes it's good,
00:45:31and sometimes it's bad.
00:45:33I don't know about that.
00:45:37Let's move on.
00:45:39There's a lot going on.
00:45:41Let's move on to
00:45:43the war theory of Krausewitz.
00:45:45The War Theory of Krausewitz
00:45:47The War Theory of Krausewitz
00:45:49The War Theory of Krausewitz
00:45:53Hey, Medai.
00:45:55What is it, Chiaki?
00:45:57What is the War Theory of Krausewitz?
00:45:59The War Theory of Krausewitz
00:46:01The War Theory of Krausewitz
00:46:03is a book by General Krausewitz,
00:46:05who was active in the early 19th century
00:46:07in Prussia,
00:46:09which was dominated by
00:46:11the West of Poland from
00:46:13the north of Germany.
00:46:15He analyzed the nature of war
00:46:17by analyzing the defeat
00:46:19in the war against Napoleon.
00:46:21He emphasized that war
00:46:23was a violent act
00:46:25to force one's will on the other,
00:46:27and that war was
00:46:29nothing more than an extension
00:46:31of politics.
00:46:33At the time of the war,
00:46:35it was undervalued by the military,
00:46:37but after the Second World War,
00:46:39it became a classic existence
00:46:41and has had a great influence
00:46:43on the world to this day.
00:46:45The fact that a book written
00:46:47in the 19th century is still
00:46:49the essence of war
00:46:51has not changed.
00:46:53You're getting serious.
00:46:55The conditions of the leader
00:46:57written here,
00:46:59the judgment power
00:47:01and the importance of intelligence
00:47:03that determine the outcome,
00:47:05not only those in the security insurance
00:47:07but also those in the organization
00:47:09may say that it is a good book.
00:47:11Are those people reading it, too?
00:47:13Those people?
00:47:15Who?
00:47:17War Theory
00:47:19First of all,
00:47:21war does not break out suddenly.
00:47:23It occurs on the extension of politics.
00:47:25That's what it says.
00:47:27As a means to achieve
00:47:29the goal of national strategy,
00:47:31the military and the foreign policy
00:47:33are taken up.
00:47:35The soldiers do the foreign policy,
00:47:37and the soldiers do the military policy.
00:47:39On top of that,
00:47:41war is nothing more than
00:47:43a continuation of politics
00:47:45as long as the soldiers do the foreign policy.
00:47:47That's what it says.
00:47:49In other words,
00:47:51war occurs as a result
00:47:53of politics.
00:47:55In addition,
00:47:57the war theory says
00:47:59that the goal of war
00:48:01is to completely defeat the enemy.
00:48:03On top of that,
00:48:05it emphasizes that
00:48:07the military's mental morale
00:48:09and motivation
00:48:11greatly affect the war,
00:48:13and that it must be pushed
00:48:15into a state that cannot be avoided.
00:48:17In other words,
00:48:19in wartime,
00:48:21a half-hearted attack is not allowed.
00:48:23Not only the destruction of the enemy's weapons,
00:48:25but also the morale of the soldiers
00:48:27must be completely destroyed.
00:48:29On top of that,
00:48:31Krausewitz says
00:48:33that the enemy's nationality
00:48:35must be conquered,
00:48:37and that nationality
00:48:39is likely to be
00:48:41the key to the success of the war.
00:48:43War and battles
00:48:45are still going on
00:48:47all over the world,
00:48:49and many lives are being sacrificed.
00:48:51Among them,
00:48:53we raise our voices
00:48:55against the brutality
00:48:57and madness of war.
00:48:59However,
00:49:01from the point of view of war theory,
00:49:03if we look at the current international situation
00:49:05and war,
00:49:07we can see
00:49:09why the war
00:49:11does not end.
00:49:15In addition,
00:49:17Krausewitz points out
00:49:19that there is no such thing
00:49:21as a big chance
00:49:23of a war,
00:49:25so unexpected things
00:49:27often happen.
00:49:29In addition,
00:49:31the information is often
00:49:33fake,
00:49:35and the information
00:49:37is often fake.
00:49:39So, I have a question for you.
00:49:41Are you convinced
00:49:43of Krausewitz's war theory?
00:49:47Now,
00:49:49we are asking you
00:49:51if you are convinced of Krausewitz's war theory.
00:49:53If I can be convinced,
00:49:55I can't be convinced.
00:49:57Let's start with Mr. Kaino.
00:49:59Please give us a deep insight
00:50:01into the danger of war.
00:50:03I think this book is really a masterpiece.
00:50:05In this book,
00:50:07there are two aspects of war.
00:50:09The first aspect is
00:50:11war as a political means.
00:50:13For example,
00:50:15if you don't listen to your opponent,
00:50:17or if you clash with your own interests,
00:50:19you end up in a war.
00:50:21War is a means
00:50:23to achieve
00:50:25a political goal.
00:50:27This is the first aspect.
00:50:29The second aspect is
00:50:31that war
00:50:33has its own purpose.
00:50:35If you start a war,
00:50:37you fight with your opponent,
00:50:39so war itself
00:50:41has a possibility to go berserk.
00:50:43As a means,
00:50:45to achieve a political goal,
00:50:47if you achieve that goal,
00:50:49you stop the war.
00:50:51Or, to achieve that goal,
00:50:53you use force
00:50:55because the risk is high,
00:50:57so you stop the war.
00:50:59But if you start a war,
00:51:01you fight with your opponent,
00:51:03so you lose control.
00:51:05So,
00:51:07whether it's a political means,
00:51:09or whether war itself
00:51:11becomes a goal,
00:51:13war always goes berserk.
00:51:15The essence of this book
00:51:17is to stop the war
00:51:19as much as possible
00:51:21after identifying the essence of war.
00:51:23That's why this book is so popular.
00:51:25I have a question.
00:51:27Did you have the idea
00:51:29that the war
00:51:31is inevitable
00:51:33because it's a war
00:51:35of land and sea?
00:51:37I read that
00:51:39it's the main point.
00:51:41I tried to rewrite
00:51:43the book,
00:51:45but I died
00:51:47during the process.
00:51:49But,
00:51:51even if the war
00:51:53is a terrible one,
00:51:55it's just a reason
00:51:57to stop the war.
00:51:59I have the impression
00:52:01that you're a bloodthirsty man.
00:52:03As I said,
00:52:05there are many theories
00:52:07about war and tactics,
00:52:09but this is the basis.
00:52:11For example,
00:52:13in Russia,
00:52:15war is a means
00:52:17to achieve the goal of politics.
00:52:19I think it's a good point
00:52:21because it shows
00:52:23the relationship
00:52:25between war and politics.
00:52:27In the 19th century,
00:52:29war was recognized
00:52:31by the society.
00:52:33In the 19th century,
00:52:35the war was recognized
00:52:37by the society.
00:52:39If something went wrong,
00:52:41the war would solve it.
00:52:43The reason I say this
00:52:45is that the extension of politics
00:52:47is a tool used
00:52:49to justify the war.
00:52:51In fact,
00:52:53it's a tool
00:52:55to justify the war.
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00:57:11And now the next one,
00:57:13going crazy.
00:57:15Finally,
00:57:17we have
00:57:19Mike Yamaguchi's
00:57:21Theory of Genius.
00:57:23A modern-day-society-oriented theory!
00:57:25Tell Me, Meidai-san!
00:57:27Mayu Yamaguchi's Genius Theory
00:57:31Hey, hey, Meidai-san!
00:57:33What is it, Chiaki-chan?
00:57:35What do you mean by Genius Theory?
00:57:39She graduated from Harvard University's Department of Law.
00:57:42She used to be a lawyer.
00:57:44Mayu Yamaguchi, who calls herself a genius,
00:57:48published a book about her philosophy 10 years ago.
00:57:53What kind of book is it?
00:57:55The title of the book is
00:57:57Genius is a person who continues to work hard.
00:58:00There is a method to that.
00:58:02The title of the book is
00:58:04There is a method to that.
00:58:10Does that mean a genius also works hard?
00:58:14The title of the book is
00:58:16There is a method to that.
00:58:18What kind of book is it?
00:58:22There is also a chart of the book.
00:58:30How much is she a genius?
00:58:33And there is also
00:58:35There is also a chart of the book.
00:58:41You're a genius!
00:58:43Thank you very much.
00:58:45When she looked through the book,
00:58:47she saw something like this.
00:58:49When you go to Tokyo University,
00:58:51I'm sure you have a different way of thinking.
00:58:54I'm jealous that a genius doesn't have to work hard.
00:58:58I was surprised to hear that from people around me.
00:59:03I went to Tokyo University
00:59:05and eventually graduated from the Department of Law.
00:59:09But I've never thought of myself as a genius.
00:59:15And including myself,
00:59:17I've never met a genius who doesn't have to work hard.
00:59:25First of all, what does it mean to work hard?
00:59:30For me, working hard for something
00:59:35It means to keep repeating something.
00:59:39This is the same as athlete training.
00:59:44The important thing is to find out what to keep repeating.
00:59:50If you can find it,
00:59:52you should be able to continue it with a little bit of ingenuity.
00:59:57Also, as a method to keep working hard,
01:00:01You should stop working hard in your specialty.
01:00:04You should stick to one tool.
01:00:07You shouldn't make a schedule.
01:00:10You should have breakfast early and lunch late.
01:00:14You shouldn't order online.
01:00:18You should show your efforts to others.
01:00:21And so on.
01:00:24But there's something I'm a little curious about.
01:00:28What is it?
01:00:30Mayu Yamaguchi and Nobuko Nakano, a graduate of the University of Tokyo,
01:00:36have published a book.
01:00:39What kind of book is it?
01:00:41If you work hard, you lose.
01:00:43The theory of not working hard.
01:00:46Anyway, I have a question for everyone.
01:00:49Are you convinced of Mayu Yamaguchi's theory of genius,
01:00:53the theory of scientific tenacity?
01:00:56Mayu Yamaguchi and Nobuko Nakano, a graduate of the University of Tokyo,
01:00:59have published a book.
01:01:01Are you convinced of Mayu Yamaguchi's theory of genius,
01:01:04the theory of scientific tenacity?
01:01:06Yes, I'm convinced of it.
01:01:09Let's go to Mr. Nishida.
01:01:11The definition is contradicting.
01:01:13Don't say the definition.
01:01:15It's not genius, it's a disaster.
01:01:17And it's all tiring, isn't it?
01:01:19I'd like you to tell me what you've achieved.
01:01:21I've achieved nothing but tiredness in my life.
01:01:23Can I be honest?
01:01:25When I was a student, I looked down on everyone.
01:01:28I took the graduation certificate on the altar,
01:01:30and everyone held it up and looked at it.
01:01:32I graduated because I said I was the best.
01:01:35After that, I was in a mess.
01:01:37I was in a mess at the office,
01:01:39and I became a lawyer and became a servant.
01:01:42But I've come back to life from there.
01:01:46That's my biggest achievement.
01:01:48How can we learn that?
01:01:51Isn't it better not to imitate?
01:01:54Isn't it crazy?
01:01:56The main part of a student's life is not studying.
01:01:58What's wrong with that?
01:02:00That's my biggest achievement.
01:02:02It's not just science.
01:02:04Don't say that.
01:02:06It's not just science.
01:02:11In short, it's a theory of effort.
01:02:13It's a genius theory.
01:02:15It's a great book.
01:02:17I read it.
01:02:19I thought it was amazing.
01:02:21It's like putting your feet in ice water so you don't fall asleep.
01:02:25I thought it was amazing.
01:02:27I did everything.
01:02:29I put a piece of paper on the bed.
01:02:31I took off the bed mat and threw it on the floor.
01:02:35I slept there, so I threw it off the stairs.
01:02:37I did everything.
01:02:39Can I ask you something?
01:02:41You've been there for four years, right?
01:02:43What did you do?
01:02:45Didn't you do anything other than study?
01:02:49There's a lot of other things that make your life richer.
01:02:53The main part of a student's life is not studying.
01:02:56What's wrong with that?
01:02:58I'm a teacher.
01:03:00It's not science.
01:03:02I received a rich education.
01:03:04What's wrong with that?
01:03:06It's not just science.
01:03:08Don't say that.
01:03:10It's not just science.
01:03:12It's about getting better.
01:03:14It's about being rich.
01:03:16It's about making friends.
01:03:18It's about making friends.
01:03:20I have all of that.
01:03:22You just studied at work.
01:03:25You just studied at work.
01:03:27You just studied at work.
01:03:29What's wrong with that?
01:03:31You don't study at all in society.
01:03:33I want to ask society.
01:03:35I want to ask society.
01:03:37You're from Tokyo University, too.
01:03:39I'm glad you didn't say that.
01:03:41I don't like you being solidly blamed.
01:03:43I don't like you being soldily blamed.
01:03:45There are geniuses in Tokyo University.
01:03:48I went to Tokyo University.
01:03:51I went to Tokyo University.
01:03:53There was a refrigerator in the lab.
01:03:56There was a refrigerator in the lab.
01:03:58They were cooling their boots.
01:04:00They were cooling their boots.
01:04:02The refrigerator was the same as the cold boots.
01:04:04No one understood what it meant.
01:04:06But they left it because that student was about to get a Nobel Prize.
01:04:10But in the end, he did win the Nobel Prize.
01:04:13So, in our image, a genius is someone who cools his boots in the fridge.
01:04:20I see, I see.
01:04:21You can't understand him as a normal person.
01:04:23That's right, you can't understand him.
01:04:24As Takenaka-san said, I think it's more of a theory than a genius.
01:04:27That's right.
01:04:28Well, you yourself said that you're not a genius, so I think you understand it well.
01:04:32Well, a genius is someone who pulls a different kind of rail than the ones he's pulled before.
01:04:40For example, going to Tokyo University or studying at Tokyo University,
01:04:43he was able to get excellent grades on the rail.
01:04:46Of course, this is a great thing, but I think it would have been better if he didn't do the book's title, Genius Theory.
01:04:51But that book will sell, so it can't be helped.
01:04:53No, no, no, no.
01:04:54Even if you say it's a summary theory.
01:04:56I'd like to ask Takenaka-san, but I have a lot of complexes about things like that.
01:05:00A person like me has no choice but to keep running on the rails.
01:05:05So what I want to ask is, can't a person like us, with some kind of effort,
01:05:10like Takenaka-san said, become a genius?
01:05:13I think that's possible.
01:05:15There are quite a few famous sayings that genius is the accumulation of effort.
01:05:20Of course, it's important to have the original talent,
01:05:23but you can't be a genius just by that.
01:05:25You have to make a lot of effort on top of that.
01:05:28If you don't try, you won't know if you're really a genius or not.
01:05:33So if you keep trying, you might be able to publish a book that says,
01:05:36Oh, Yamaguchi-san was a genius.
01:05:38I was a genius.
01:05:43That's a bad thing to say, but...
01:05:46Only Otani Shohei.
01:05:48Otani?
01:05:49I'm talking about Otani Shohei, who doesn't watch TV.
01:05:53Who is a genius?
01:05:56Mayday-san is going to be a strong ally.
01:05:59Can I open it? Here it is.
01:06:03I've been weighing myself for about 20 years,
01:06:06but does that mean I'm a genius?
01:06:09What's that?
01:06:11You've been weighing yourself for 20 years?
01:06:13I weigh myself every morning for 20 years.
01:06:16I don't make any effort.
01:06:17I've been maintaining my current weight for 20 years.
01:06:19That's genius.
01:06:22It's written in the VTR.
01:06:24It's important what you're used to.
01:06:27You're used to weighing yourself, but you're not a genius.
01:06:31Don't say that.
01:06:33People usually say things like Takeda-san,
01:06:35but I think Yamaguchi-san will admit it.
01:06:38That's right.
01:06:39The other day, Mayday-san said,
01:06:41I don't know anything about baseball, but I'm glad I'm studying hard.
01:06:49Mayday-san talks about baseball a lot,
01:06:52so I think he's studying everything.
01:06:54He's a good reader.
01:06:56I've read 10 books about Mayday-san.
01:06:58Really?
01:06:59I've read a book about Mayday-san without watching TV.
01:07:03Yamaguchi-san's reading ability is no joke.
01:07:06How many books do you think I've read?
01:07:08At the end of the program,
01:07:10he said, I have a package for you.
01:07:12He said he read it in an hour and a half.
01:07:15He said it was very interesting.
01:07:17He comes right away.
01:07:18There's no one like that.
01:07:20He's getting more and more like a genius.