page 9. A person's life is long enough to fulfill their mission! Are you doing everything you can to seize opportunities?

This is Jiku. This time, I'd like to discuss the meaning of a person's life. I'll be writing about the theme, "A person's life is long enough time to fulfill their mission."

A person's life. Hmm. A person's life is fleeting and difficult. I recommend living each day to the fullest. If you spend a day pushing yourself to the limit, and before you know it, the sun has already set, it's not such a bad thing.

As a day, it's very short because you're focused on work, but when you look at it as a month or a year, it's strange how a month or a year ago feels like a distant past. A person's life is long enough time to fulfill their mission.

I think this statement only applies when you live each day desperately to fulfill your mission. As for what a mission is, I think what one considers a mission is different for each person. You

don't necessarily need to live for someone else, and even if it's your own dream, I think that dream is a fine mission. I feel that thinking of a mission as simply a future dream is a bit too simplistic and they're not the same thing.

That said, future dreams can also be seen as goals that you must achieve, so they can also be seen as a kind of mission.

Even if your mission is to take action to make society better, as long as that mission doesn't go in the wrong direction, you should be able to see a concrete path forward of what you need to do.

I, too, worked 16 hours a day, and at one point I thought I had fulfilled my mission. I thought I had fulfilled my mission when I was satisfied with my work and felt I didn't need to ask for anything more.

However, looking back now, I realize that I was only halfway there, and that there may be an unseen future ahead, which I later came to understand is that thinking about that opens up even more possibilities for the future.

From my experience, I can say that a mission is the role given to you, and fulfilling that role, that is, being satisfied with your work, is what it means to fulfill your mission.

Lately, I've been thinking of this blog itself as a kind of self-improvement, but it's also part of my mission, and I feel it's correct to see that I'm fulfilling my mission by writing this blog.

Fulfilling the role given to you by society is not easy. The higher your aspirations, the greater the role you should be given.

Historical figures are unforgettable individuals who fulfilled great missions, but even without such grand missions, I believe that if each individual lives honestly in society, goals that they must achieve will naturally become apparent.

Even if those goals seem meaningless at first glance, through the earnest effort to achieve them, the goals may change shape and transform into the goals that we should have originally strived for.

That is where our growth and future lie, and by clearing each challenge, our vision will broaden, and we will be able to see things we couldn't see before.

In my case, I would say that blogging is a kind of mission, but I still can't clearly envision whether I want to use it for self-improvement or education.

However, if I continue to write daily records of my thoughts and feelings, I think that the ideal form of my blog—my mission—will eventually appear before my eyes.

To avoid feeling inadequate at that time, it is wise to complete the necessary studies now, before a new mission becomes clear. I believe that a person's mission is to be given a suitable goal that requires the appropriate level of ability for that person.

Mission is a difficult topic. My favorite proverb, "Do your best and leave the rest o fate," also implies that in order to fulfill one's mission, one must work hard and prepare thoroughly, and then wait for the opportunity to come. This shows that there are two stages:

the stage of working hard to prepare, and the stage of being fully prepared and waiting for the opportunity. If one lacks ability, the opportunity will never come, and even if it does come, one will not be able to fulfill it.

In other words, it seems important to live each day to the fullest so that one's abilities improve and one is in a state where one can fulfill the opportunity whenever it comes. Live

each day so densely that you can't remember what you did an hour ago.

In a sense, you are in a state of memory loss in the short term of a day, but when you look back over a medium-term span of a month or a year, it feels like it was so long ago that you can't remember. By accumulating this over a long-term span of 5 or 10 years in the form of daily work, you acquire overwhelming ability.

I, too, have been striving to fulfill my mission not just for 5 or 10 years, but I'm approaching 15 years of experience. Seniors with 20 or 30 years of training may scold me, saying I still have a long way to go, but after struggling to fulfill my mission for 15 years, I feel a firm confidence that I have a solid foundation that cannot be shaken by a gentle breeze.

In the world of sports, the mid-30s is often the time to retire, but for those who compete intellectually, or for businessmen, the 30s and 40s are the years when they can perform at their best.

I am currently in my mid-30s, and five years have already passed since my first competitive period at age 30, but I want to achieve great success in the next 15 years, starting with this blog. The first step is updating this blog every day, and from here I would like to expand my field of business.

Until a few years ago, my mission was to make society a better place, but now, through this blog, I live each day with a renewed sense of mission: to nurture and educate the next generation.

First and foremost, as a preliminary step to nurturing future generations, I believe my own potential lies in experimenting with the possibilities of this blog.

This article has given me much to think about, and Im also curious to hear the reactions of my readers. Our mission takes root in our daily lives.

What do we consider to be our purpose in life, and how do we challenge our own potential? I believe that our mission lies in the daily training we undergo to realize our limitless potential.

What is your mission? What preparations are you making for that mission? So that when an opportunity comes your way, you can seize it with your own abilities. That's all. Thank you. Jiku.

Book 33. To live each day to the fullest, as if praying to God, and to fulfill the mission given to me in this life and this lifetime. (Updated 2026.05.09)

Hello. This is β (Beta). Today's theme is "Living as if praying to God." Praying to God. Hmm. In universal heroic tales, even in content like manga, there are often scenes where characters pray before battle. The act of praying to God before combat helps them compose themselves, perform their routines, boost morale, and defeat one formidable enemy after another—this is a highlight of such heroic tales and manga.

When we pray to God, we pray to various deities specializing in different areas, such as those for passing exams, safe childbirth, or traffic safety, and we visit these shrines to offer our prayers. For me personally, I pray to God during times of crisis or when I achieve success, so I understand that I pray to God in special circumstances that are different from the usual.

What does it mean to live as if praying to God? It's an eternal question.

Now, Max Weber has a classic work called "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism," which has been translated into Japanese and published by Iwanami Bunko. This book deals with the same kind of awareness as living in prayer to God.

These Protestants have dedicated their lives to working tirelessly in order to glorify God. The fruits of their work are seen as service to God, and this is why Protestants have produced so many of America's leading billionaires. In this way, the social act of working itself has improved society and helped many people. In other words, work has been about serving the people of society.

I think that if you work 8 hours a day, 250 days a year, that amounts to 2000 hours of work per year. It's funny how things work; not just in this job, but for families with children, there's a natural upper limit to how much you can work. In other words, anything beyond 2000 hours of full-time work is spent on family and leisure.

I believe that if you want to achieve great success, you should work 1.5 times the 2000 hours of full-time work, which is 3000 hours. This is because the sheer volume of work increases compared to 2000 hours of full-time work, and through a synergistic effect, a person's skills and knowledge related to their work improve exponentially, leading to a significant increase in productivity.

The saying "strike while the iron is hot" means that working hard when you're young will pay off later on. For example, let's say you work three jobs and work 4000 hours a year, which is double the 2000 hours of full-time work. The calculation is that 8 hours x 250 days = 2000 hours, so you just need to work 16 hours a day, or 16 hours x 250 days = 4000 hours.

In that case, the biggest enemy is depression. Because having a poor mental state and damaging your physical health is the biggest waste of time. I myself currently want to work 12 hours a day, 365 days a year, for over 4000 hours.

Ultimately, in this world, quantity over quality is more important. If you do a lot of work, the quality will improve, and if you maintain the quantity even as the quality improves, the quality and productivity of your work will continue to rise. Instead of viewing work as just work, if you approach it with a playful or hobby-like attitude, you can enjoy work like a game.

Given the prevailing academic norms that view work as a source of suffering, it's difficult to handle demanding tasks like working 12 hours a day. As long as you perceive work as painful, you'll eventually fail and have to quit.

Now, returning to the main topic, what does it mean to live as if praying to God? In the world 100 or 200 years ago, when Protestantism was on the rise, there was nothing like the RPGs (role-playing games) on video games. I think that back then, some kind of motivation was necessary to be enthusiastic about one's work.

While some working adults today may enjoy their jobs as if they were games, it's likely that very few people viewed work in that way 100 or 200 years ago. Therefore, I believe that people achieved a certain level of social success by praying to God and working with the intention of serving Him.

To live as if praying to God. In other words, by working diligently every day, being grateful for the fruits of that work, and expressing gratitude to my family every day, I may have been able to live a life that was like praying to something vague like God.

I want to live each day to the fullest, as if praying to God, and live each day with gratitude, fulfilling the role, my mission, that has been given to me in this life, knowing that I don't know when my life will end. What do you, the readers, think?

That's all. Thank you for your continued support. This was β.

page 8. Input with difficult words and output with easy words!? Let's start by looking through the most difficult textbook!

 Hello. This is Ten Watanabe. Today's article is about "inputting with difficult words and outputting with easy words."

If you want to read difficult texts, I recommend buying a thick medical textbook. In reality, a thick textbook of over 1000 pages takes a lot of time to read even if you read it normally, and it is difficult to make progress because difficult technical terms appear frequently.

When I read difficult textbooks, I felt a sense of excitement and anticipation, like encountering the unknown. In my twenties, I diligently read from the first page to the last in order, but recently I have come to think that this method of reading from beginning to end is inefficient.

In other words, I believe that the learning effect is greatly improved by having a theme, such as what you want to know or what you want to research, rather than just vaguely skimming through the textbook in order. Now

I would like to talk a little about general principles. Reading from beginning to end in order is the simplest method, and that is precisely why it is an inefficient method. Even if you read through a thick medical textbook, you'll likely remember very little of it.

Of course, memory varies from person to person, and some people have eidetic memory, able to remember everything at a glance. However, computers are far superior in memory, and they can easily retrieve information by simply searching for keywords.

I agree that, generally speaking, machines have a better memory than humans. However, in terms of creativity, artificial intelligence cannot currently surpass talented creators. Even in creativity, a minimum level of foundational knowledge is necessary, and creative activity is impossible without a foundation.

Personally, I feel that memory and creativity have a positive correlation, meaning they enhance each other. To achieve this, I believe that the initial stage of learning requires reading through all the given materials.

Beginners often don't even know what they want to learn, and reading famous, slightly expensive classics that everyone recommends can gradually broaden their understanding of the subject they are studying.

Textbooks, as a collection of information, are a valuable tool when you want to gain an overall understanding.

For beginner learners who want to study, a simple method of reading through an easy-to-understand textbook from beginning to end should give them a general overview of the subject they are studying.

If they have read it once, reading it two or three more times should deepen their understanding. I have tried various learning methods and would like people with many learning methods to try the first theme: "inputting with difficult words and outputting with easy words." I think there are

many advanced learners who can read textbooks with difficult words. When reading difficult texts, they probably aim to understand everything from beginning to end, and have a complete understanding by the time they finish reading. Trying to

understand everything from beginning to end and read through the contents of a difficult textbook is inefficient in itself. Even with difficult textbooks on subjects I am learning for the first time, I make the reckless challenge of trying to understand everything the first time I read them.

In addition, I am not the type of person who will read a single textbook for days or weeks until it is finished, so after reading the first 30 pages I get bored and move on to another textbook.

I think Japanese textbooks are often difficult at the beginning. It's possible that the authors intentionally made the first part difficult out of enthusiasm, but if you can get through the first 100 pages, the remaining pages won't be so difficult.

Of course, one reason for this is that you build up a tolerance by reading the first 100 pages, but even if there are a lot of difficult differential and integral calculus formulas at the beginning, the calculations often become simpler, involving addition and multiplication, as you get further into the book.

This article is approaching 2000 characters, so let's wrap things up. In Japanese textbooks, the first 100 pages are written in a difficult style. This shouldn't be the case with English textbooks from overseas, but overseas textbooks are thick.

Of course, one reason for this is that 100 pages of text in Japanese might translate to around 250 pages in English.

As information that can be used all over the world, I would say that you should start by challenging yourself with the most difficult textbook, just like you would challenge yourself with the most difficult game. Because if you can get through the most difficult textbook after several months, the rest of the books will all be easier.

Furthermore, I recommend summarizing the content of that difficult textbook in your own words, expressing it in simple terms, and posting it on social media. Ultimately, being unable to express difficult content in any other way than in a difficult way is one of the characteristics of a lack of deep understanding.

I believe that by breaking down difficult texts and rephrasing them in simple terms, one can get closer to a complete understanding of the subject. In the end, if you try to understand difficult content in a difficult way, it will be difficult to make progress in understanding.

By taking the extra step of changing difficult words into simple words, you can think in simple terms, which helps you to see the essence of the matter.

Book 32. Ways to make money from a blog include advertising revenue, tips (donations), merchandise sales (e-books), and selling the blog itself to companies, etc.

Hello. This is β (Beta). Today's topic is about ebooks. Ebooks are digital textbooks, and I'm thinking of selling these ebooks for 100 yen each.

Because it's digital, there are no stamp duty costs, and you can sell it in large quantities without incurring additional costs. The reason why ebooks are good is that there's no need to print and distribute them on paper, saving you money. Of course, there are no shipping costs either. And no labor costs either.

I think this is a huge advantage. Because books that would cost 1,000 or 2,000 yen as physical books can be sold at a cheap price of essentially 100 yen as ebooks. Of course, you have to pay a commission to the platform that sells the ebooks, but even that commission is only 20% or 30%, so you can still sell them at an affordable price.

The reason I'm selling an ebook for 100 yen is because I'm free to set the price, and that's the price I want to sell it for. I also plan to use the internet to gather a lot of information about ebooks in the future, so I'd like to post about that on my blog as well.

I've been running this blog for about two years now. This blog is primarily a research blog. As part of that, I'd like to share useful information such as life lessons and know-how.

The only thing I can say is that I would like to include ebooks as part of my revenue, but once I make a certain amount of profit, I would like to donate the rest to charity. Ebooks are one of the things I would like to try, but since I have always read physical books, I would like to buy a device like Amazon's Kindle that allows me to read ebooks in the future.

Regarding ebooks, I'd like to share various things, from activity reports to know-how. In reality, I think earning the first revenue is the most difficult part. I started blogging seriously in 2017, so I've enjoyed it quite a bit over the past nine years, up to the present day in 2026.

During those nine years, there was a five-year gap where I took a break from writing blog posts. Ultimately, I think there are several ways to make money from blogging, such as advertising revenue, donations, merchandise sales (e-books), and selling the blog itself to companies.

I plan to monetize my blog using Amazon affiliate programs. I will be selling ebooks based on this blog. Ultimately, after 10 years of blogging, I've realized that it's difficult to achieve significant revenue without continuing a blog for about 10 years. I suppose skilled bloggers can start earning money from their first year.

Although it's been a grueling nine years, I've gained invaluable experience. There's a Chinese proverb that says, "If you learn to fish, you'll be happy for life." I intend to continue writing, like this blog, for the next five, ten years, and beyond, as long as my life continues.

That's all. Thank you for listening. This is β. See you again.

Book 31. In proof by contradiction that √2 is an irrational number, if √2 were a rational number, then that rational number would be uk/2t²

 Hello. This is β (Beta). This time, I'd like to write about proof by contradiction. I'll be quoting from "Proving the world's most beautiful mathematical formula, e^(iπ)=-1".

"√2 is not an irrational number."

√2 = m/n ...① (m and n have no common divisors other than 1). Multiply both sides by n and square.

2n² = m² ...②. m² is a multiple of 2. If m is not a multiple of 2, then m² cannot be a multiple of 2.

m is a multiple of 2.

m = 2k (where k is an integer) ...③. Substitute this into ②.

2n² = 4k². n² = 2k², and n² is a multiple of 2.

n is also a multiple of 2...④. From ③ and ④.

m and n have 2 as a common divisor. This contradicts statement ①.

√2 is an irrational number. (Quoted from the above book)

From here on, these are my ideas. In conclusion, the point that m and n have no common divisors other than 1 is that m and n are relatively prime, that is, m and n are prime numbers or relatively prime composite numbers. In other words, from here on, we will consider cases other than when m and n are prime numbers or other cases where they have no common divisors other than 1.

Furthermore, if √2 can be a rational number, then √2 = (uk)/(2t²). In other words, if √2 can be a rational number, then √2 = composite number / (2 x squared expression).

The assumption that m and n have no common divisors other than 1 is based on the assumption that m and n are prime numbers, isn't it? Now, if we replace n and m with N and M, and set N=n/t and M=m/u, then by proof by contradiction we can see that √2=(uk)/(2t²) is a rational number equal to √2.

The equation √2=m/n assumes that both the numerator and denominator are prime numbers. However, if √2 is a rational number, then we can see that uk is a composite number and 2t² is a squared expression. The method for finding √2=(uk)/(2t²) will be explained in detail later. (Life Lessons).

Find the value of √2 as a continued fraction close to (uk)/(2t²). (Visual confirmation)

page 7!!The secret to consistent success is a deep love for practice!? We want to do what we have a natural talent for and what we absolutely love

Hello. This is Ten Watanabe. Today's theme is "The secret to consistently winning is that you absolutely love practicing." Consistently winning. Hmm. I think there are two patterns to the word "win." The so-called founding and maintaining.

First, you need to start by aiming to be number one. Anyone who aspires to be number one starts out as a beginner. Isn't it common for people entering any industry to begin with menial tasks as a kind of apprenticeship?

In general society, whether at school or at work, senior colleagues will teach you a lot at first. They should explain the bare minimum necessary things once you enter that industry.

I believe that what I learned from my seniors is also important. They patiently taught me the traditions that have been passed down for a long time, and by faithfully following them, a certain level of quality can be ensured.

I recommend imitating the most skilled senior you encounter. If that senior is kind, they will likely teach you the secrets to being the best in detail. Don't jump to conclusions and assume they won't tell you such important things right away; the quickest way to learn is to ask them repeatedly, humbly but not persistently.

If you meticulously imitate the teachings of your most senior colleague, you will eventually be able to achieve results and may even become the top player in that industry.

At that point, instead of becoming complacent and thinking "it's all good now that I'm number one," it's important to accept that the founding phase is over. Becoming number one means you've founded your business, that is, you've launched your own brand.

People passing by will praise you when they realize you're number one. Being showered with praise like that might make you think you're already number one without even trying. However, once you've achieved being number one—that is, founding your business—the next step is maintaining it.

You often hear about title defenses in boxing and other sports. When you become the best among a group of people in a certain weight class, you then have to maintain that top position. Defending a title means successfully holding onto the title of being the best among the people in that designated weight class.

Which is more difficult, starting a business or maintaining it? Which is more important, becoming number one or maintaining the number one position? I believe that the reason why people who become number one can't maintain it is because they are too complacent with themselves.

Those who endure rigorous and grueling training, restrict their diets, refrain from leisure activities, and maintain a serious and stoic attitude, can sometimes gain unimaginable wealth and fame by becoming number one.

Therefore, some people use that money and prestige to neglect their rigorous training and start having fun. No one, being human, can endure training without a clear goal. After achieving the goal of becoming number one, many people lose sight of their next goal and instead pursue whatever they want.

If you continue training with the same stoicism you used when you were number one, you're unlikely to lose your top position. However, not many people strive to maintain their number one position. In other words, even if you become number one, if you become complacent, you won't be able to maintain it and will lose to those who are working hard to become number one.

At the top level, there's probably not much difference between the first and second place finishers in terms of physical and intellectual abilities. Therefore, a slight difference in practice time can be the deciding factor. However, those who have approached practice as a chore will find it difficult to maintain their position even after reaching the top, as they will have to continue that grueling training indefinitely.

Of course, some people who aim to be number one absolutely love practicing. When you're doing something you love, practicing after becoming number one isn't a chore; you'll proactively and voluntarily engage in training.

I believe the difference between someone who ends up being number one and someone who can stay number one is whether or not they enjoy practicing. In the end, the simple answer is that you can't beat someone who is doing what they love.

No matter how much you practice or how long you practice, you can never beat someone who enjoys the process and doesn't see the effort as hard work, because they are always the one who actively dedicates time to it.

You could say that's just his natural talent, but no one can beat someone who is having so much fun. It might take time for someone who is having so much fun to beat someone who practices hard for long hours, but once they become number one, they can just continue practicing with the same enjoyment as always, and that's what makes them strong.

Those who believe that professionals must practice even when it's not fun lack a certain perspective: they cannot compete with professionals who have never once felt that practicing was not fun.

Ultimately, the best story about starting and maintaining a business is about wholeheartedly enjoying what you love to the fullest throughout your life. Even if someone becomes a professional because they're better at it than others, even if they don't particularly love it, they can't compete with a passionate enthusiast who finds it incredibly enjoyable. The professional world is teeming with talented enthusiasts.

If we want to be number one, we first do something we have a knack for. If we want to maintain that number one position after becoming number one, we do something that we have a knack for and that we absolutely love. Perhaps the secret to founding and maintaining a business lies here. I hope you find something you can dedicate your life to and that you absolutely love. That's all. Thank you. Ten Watanabe.

Book 30. A 20x giver! If you consistently split the bill in roughly a 5:95 ratio, you'll be welcomed wherever you go

Hello. This is Beta from the R86plusA blog. I'm interested in the distribution system that exists in human society. In human society, the share is often taken by the organizer, the person who hosted the event.

I know people who split the bill in a way that's close to a 5:5 or 4:6 split. The important thing is that when you split the bill, it feels fair. If it's 8:2 or 9:1, dissatisfaction will naturally arise. No matter how excellent a company is, I believe that companies that hoard profits and don't distribute them to many people will decline.

I believe splitting the bill is fair. This is because it allows the other party in a transaction to know that they are on equal footing. However, even when we say "equal," I think it's often asymmetrical. In other words, instead of playing the same role and doing the same amount of work, each person has a role to play—this person contributes labor, this person contributes money, and so on. In a cooperative relationship, each person naturally brings out their own strengths.

Lately, I've been reading a book called "Lectures on Celestial Mechanics" by C.L. Siegel, J.K. Moser, et al. If we were to read this book collaboratively, we would need to assign specific pages and sections to each person and fulfill our respective roles. One person might cover the first 50 pages, and another the 50th to 100th pages, but there are many other ways we could cooperate. We could teach each other the parts we understand, and the possibilities are endless.

The lectures on celestial mechanics are a book I find incomprehensible, but they begin by describing a special method of differentiation called the Lagrange multiplier method. Many people may get stuck at that point, so if I have the opportunity, I would like to help everyone by explaining the Lagrange multiplier method.

I'm also a bit of an unusual person, studying quantum mechanics and celestial mechanics, but with a little ingenuity, even books that seem difficult to me can be read. Since we were talking about splitting the bill, I'd like to give you a small gift.

When reading, imagining drawing diagonal lines between words makes it easier to understand. It's surprising how much easier it becomes to read just by quickly drawing diagonal lines between words. I know that celestial mechanics is one of the most difficult subjects in academics, so I remember being very happy when I came up with this slash reading method.

It makes me happy to see people move on to the next stage of their lives with their inherent optimism and determination, and I remember feeling that same sensation when I read using this slash reading technique. I believe that by learning about slash reading, you too can take a step towards the next stage with your own inherent optimism and determination.

Now, regarding the shares, I think 5:95 is not bad. 5:95 means giving almost 20 times your share. In other words, you are a 20x giver, and in this case, since I didn't receive anything from the readers for teaching slash reading, I think I achieved a 20x gift by teaching them about slash reading.

I don't need anything in return. All I'd really appreciate is a simple click on an ad I put on my blog. After all, I believe gifts are very important in human society. When you receive a lot of things, people are watching to see if you can generously share them with others.

I'm the type of person who gives presents, and I don't receive many, but I know how happy it makes me when I do. In fact, I often give material gifts, like sweets, and the recipients often show their thoughtfulness and consideration through their gifts.

While I'm currently offering slash reading as a gift, even just celestial mechanics is an extremely complex subject, and I think mastering it is incredibly difficult.

Furthermore, if I were to offer a gift to my readers, I would like to include an article explaining how to solve problems using the Lagrange multiplier method, specifically this special method for solving differential equations, if you purchase this book on celestial mechanics and study with me.

Ultimately, society is a reciprocal, gift-giving society. Even considering employment alone, being employed by a company can be seen as a cooperative relationship between someone who gives their labor as a gift and someone who gives their salary as a gift.

I am writing this article on April 14, 2026. The number 14 is very important to me. I won't go into personal reasons, but I believe it is a number related to God. As God's number. However, I am very glad that I was able to write about the subject of celestial mechanics lectures, which is a mysterious area for me, on this day, the 14th.

The next installment of this article will be an explanation of the Lagrange multiplier method, a truly essential technique. That's all for now.

If you consistently split the bill in roughly a 5:95 ratio, you'll be welcomed wherever you go. Don't think of it as a one-time cooperative act, but rather as a cooperative act that happens dozens or even hundreds of times. Even if your share is 5%, you'll have the opportunity to earn dozens or even hundreds of times that amount. More than that, I believe you'll be valued and treated with great respect by your friends.

That's all. Today, I taught you about slash reading. I don't want to sound condescending, so I'll stop here. Thank you for listening. This was β. See you next time. α.

Book 29. A person who is a manager. What is its purpose? It is the purpose of management to keep asking this question.

 Hello. β (beta). This time, I would like to write about the profession of manager.

When you think of a manager, you may think of a middle manager, but management can be said to be the president's job. Furthermore, it is the job of a manager. The most important thing in my job is to observe management.

When it comes to management, it seems that it is normal for middle managers to give instructions and subordinates to act according to instructions. In order for a subordinate to be a subordinate, a boss must be a boss. In order for a subordinate to surpass his subordinates, he must surpass his superiors and exceed his superiors' instructions.

The boss's accurate instructions motivate and motivate the subordinates, but the boss must take responsibility for the actions of the subordinates. The actions of subordinates must reflect the instructions of their superiors, but they must also be able to act beyond subordinates. Only when a subordinate quits a subordinate can he succeed as a manager.

However, raising subordinates is difficult, and the will of the boss must be reflected. Otherwise, they will lead their subordinates to a difference in direction, a dichotomy, and even self-destruction. Raising subordinates means going beyond subordinates, beyond superiors, and increasing autonomy to the point where they understand the boss's wishes.

In order for a subordinate to be a subordinate, he must become the boss's right-hand man, the boss's shield, and the boss's spear, and bring him to a state where there is no contradiction. If I were the boss, the instructions I give to my subordinates are a general agreement, not a detailed process.

A rough agreement is enough to communicate with subordinates on a regular basis, and more importantly, there is a relationship of trust, but I don't think a boss who ends at a detailed process will never be a big success. It can be said that it is the duty of the boss to fulfill his responsibilities in an emergency, just as the boss is the boss, without imposing responsibility on the subordinates.

I wrote that when a subordinate quits a subordinate, it is a great achievement as a manager, but I think one theme can be what happens to the subordinate or the boss when the boss quits the boss. The boss cannot surpass the boss.

Because the boss is only the boss. Beyond that, when you quit your boss, your organization will be automated. Autonomous forces work in the organization, and the organization becomes an organization beyond the organization. Even without a boss, the organization is formed into a state of activation.

One of the points of achievement as a boss is when you quit your boss and automate the organization. That is one of the points to achieve, and it is something that every good manager has tried. What goes beyond that point and now goes beyond that is to create a new organization.

When you automate your organization beyond your boss, the new challenge will be to shape a new organization. This emphasis is the original job of the manager, and it can be said that it is the reason for the existence of the manager to be a manager.

If I were to become a manager, it would be said that management is to shape a new culture, civilization, or world, and to be a part of the wheel of it. The reason why I think this part is important is that as we move into a new era, society will become more sophisticated and shape a new era.

Each organization does not exist from the beginning, but when an organization is established, its dynamics lead to an automated mechanism. On the basis of an automated system without a founder and manager, the dynamics of the founder and manager will turn in a new direction to create a new organization.

And if the new organization is automated, it is the original role of the manager to steer the foundation and training of the new organization. The role of the manager is never to make the organization bigger. It is the role of executives and bureaucracy to make the organization bigger.

Beyond that, managers create something out of nothing. It can be said that the creation of new things is the responsibility of the manager, whether it is an organization or a product. Originally, the manager should be the boss.

When a subordinate quits a subordinate, the subordinate becomes the boss. When the subordinate becomes a boss, he needs to quit his boss. It is the responsibility of the boss to give autonomy to his subordinates, transfer responsibilities, and form an autonomous organization.

If you get to that point, leaving the rest to the younger generation and moving to a new organization is proof of your existence as a manager. I think that a manager is a manager. In order to become a manager beyond a manager, the main focus is on mastering the realm of creation beyond several processes.

A person who is a manager. What is the purpose? There is no chance of winning for managers who do not see their purpose or for the organization. What is the purpose? It is the purpose of management to keep asking this question. And that's it. Thank you for your growth. It was β.

page 6! One suggestion I would like to make is to speak with the strength of the tongue, and if you are a good singer, you know that if you sing with the strength of the "throat Buddha", you can sing a clear song -R86plusA-

 Hello. This is the Ten Watanabe of the R86plusA blog.

There are people who have a bad tongue and find it difficult to listen to them when talking. I have had several experiences where I thought it was difficult for elderly people to listen to them, perhaps because of their dentures.

The fact that the tongue is not smooth and it is difficult to hear what is being said is a disadvantage for both the speaker and the listener.

One suggestion I would like to make is to speak with your tongue. If you are a good singer, you know that if you put effort into singing "Nodobutsu", you can sing a clear song.

However, the problem here is not the "throat", but the "tongue". I think that people who have difficulty hearing their voices probably don't have strength in their tongues.

Therefore, by practicing vocalization while putting effort into your tongue, it will be easier for the other person to hear you.

Even when singing, if you not only focus on the "throat Buddha", but also on the "tongue", you can go to the next stage one step further.

If you can't get your voice to be understood, why not try various things by focusing on your throat and tongue?

page 5!! There is a famous story about how many times you need to fold paper to fold 1mm paper and cross Mt. Fuji, and the answer is 22 times -R86plusA-

 Hello. This is Ten Watanabe of the R86plusA blog. Computers need to think about memory, which is the amount of data.

Until now, there have been various digital media such as blogs, audio media, and images, but the mainstream these days is still video distribution. Videos are informative, and you can get a lot of information at a glance.

On the other hand, there are also limitations in data capacity, and a single video can be very large as data, such as hundreds of megabytes.

Even if the computer itself has a lot of terabytes (1 million times 1 megabyte), if you take and store many videos, the memory capacity will naturally decrease. However, if it is a text file with only text written on it, it often takes only a few kilobytes (1/1000th of a megabyte).

Here, let's review the part-time job. 1 kilobyte = 1024 bytes, 1 megabyte = 1024 kilobytes, 1 gigabyte = 1024 megabytes, 1 terabyte = 1024 gigabytes.

By the way, the reason why it is 1024 instead of 1000 is that computers represent data only with the numbers 0 and 1 called binary numbers. Therefore, the capacity of data such as the power of 2 is easier for a computer to handle.

Multiply 2 to the power of 10, that is, 2 10 times, to get 1024. There is a famous story about how many times you need to fold paper to cross Mt. Fuji by folding 1mm paper, and the answer is 22 times. It might be interesting to do some math on this yourself.

The power of 2 is an exponential increase, and if you multiply it by 2 100 times or 1000 times, it becomes an astronomical number.

When it comes to cryptography, which is computer security, this idea called exponential has become the mainstream today, and exponential cryptographic digits are realized.

page 4! If you are asked to shop without any trouble, you will not accept it obediently, and at least let me buy at least one of the sweets -R86plusA-

 Hello. This is Ten Watanabe of the R86plusA blog. There is a formula that says income - cost = profit.

The idea of income is generally based on production (quantity) x price (price) in economics.

However, in the real economy, it is absolutely not possible to sell all the quantity produced as it is, so it seems that the general income formula is to use sales quantity x price.

If all the products can be sold, you will mass-produce Mercedes-Benz.

So, in this case, if the sales quantity is Acheieve x (Ax) and the price is price(p), it becomes pAx. As for the cost, the production volume is multiplied by the cost per unit, so it is production volume (x) x marginal cost (MC).

So, if you become an enlightened monk who says that you don't need profit, your profit will be zero.

You can't think of zero profit. If you are asked to shop without any trouble, you will not accept it obediently. At least let me buy one of the sweets.

After all, income - expense = profit is pAx-xMC=π. And if the profit is zero, pAx = xMC, and the sales pAx and expense xMC match.

If the production volume is 15 units, the sales quantity is 10 units, and the marginal cost is $5, then p=xMC/Ax, so p=(15×5)/10=$7.5. In other words, if you set the price per piece to $7.5, you will not be in the black or in the red, but the sales and expenses will be the same, that is, zero profit.

Here, the story jumps skyward, but there is a concept called the quantity theory of money in macroeconomics. The formula MV = PT is M: money supply, P: prices, V: speed of money circulation, and T: real GDP.

Here, the person who hits the nail on the head is sharp. If PT = MV, it can be reduced to the formula of income = expense. If p=P, T=Ax, M=x, V=MC, then the two formulas will match.

Furthermore, if we say M: money stock M3, T: real GDP, P: CPI (consumer price index), and V: multiplier effect, the story will expand more and more. The equations pAx=xMC and MV=PT are also related to the IS-LM model of macroeconomics.

From here, through macroeconomics and microeconomics, new ways of thinking will be born more and more.

If you push it further, the formula p = MC is famous in microeconomics, but if P (price) = V (multiplier effect), M (money supply) = T (real GDP).

At this point, we can see that the current money stock M3, which amounts to 1,500 trillion yen, can achieve an efficient economic environment suitable for market principles by matching the real GDP of 550 trillion yen.

As an aside, money stock = credit multiplier x monetary base.

Monetary base = "Bank of Japan bill issuance" + "money circulation" + "Bank of Japan current account".

And that's it. See you then.

Book 28. For emerging companies like those on social media, most of their value lies in their brand, making it an interesting strategy to sell them at a price far below their actual share price.

Hello, this is Beta. The current investment environment (March 27, 2026) is excellent, with the Nikkei Stock Average rising and reaching a new all-time high. My previous article suggested that the investment environment might be outdated, but this article will discuss what you should invest in.

When you start a company and take it public, you can aim for profits from selling the shares by making them available on the market. If you own a majority of the shares, you have the right to dissolve the company through voting rights, and you can make decisions regarding the disposal of assets.

I know that in traditional business practices, owning a majority of shares and circulating a large number of those shares on the market allows for significant capital gains, or profits from selling. In this act of holding shares, the company as an asset definitely exists, and then the goodwill of the brand is added to it.

Owning shares in a company means you own a portion of that company's assets through your share allocation. For example, if a company has a building worth 10 billion yen, that asset is included in the market capitalization of the company's shares.

Now, consider the case of an industrial company going public. The company's owner owns a majority of the shares and releases the remaining shares onto the market. In return, they receive a large profit from the sale.

This raises a question. What if the shares traded on this market were sold not at their market value, but at a price far below half of that value? In the case of an industrial company, the portion sold at a price lower than the market value probably doesn't include much goodwill, which is the brand, but rather is likely compensated for by fixed assets such as factories, equipment, and buildings.

In other words, in industrial companies with little goodwill, selling shares at a price lower than the actual share price is treated the same as transferring actual fixed assets to the buyer free of charge.

On the other hand, for companies with high goodwill, such as IT companies, selling shares at a price lower than the actual share price may attract many buyers. This is because the portion of the shares sold at a price far below the actual share price is mostly goodwill and brand value.

For a popular company, if the goodwill portion—for example, the brand value is 10 billion yen and fixed assets such as buildings are also 10 billion yen—it would be interesting to try selling all of the shares, which have a market capitalization of 20 billion yen, for 10 billion yen instead of 20 billion yen.

For emerging companies like those in the social media space industry, the majority of their value lies in their brand and goodwill, so selling their shares at a price far below their actual share price would be an interesting experiment. For example, if you own 100% of the shares and sell 70% for next to nothing, the shares will be offered at a price far below their actual share price, which should attract many buyers.

If they retained their 30%, and the stock price surged by more than 3.3 times, their total shareholding would exceed the original market capitalization. Even the 70% of shares they sold for next to nothing would generate significant surplus profits if the proceeds from the sale were considered part of the company's cash flow. For a social media company, that 70% of shares might be almost entirely brand value. (To be continued)

Book 27. Why does the field known as scholarship exist in this world, and why has scholarship been able to exist as scholarship?

Hello. I'm Watanabe Ten. Nice to meet you. Today's topic is pricing. When you hear the word pricing, some of you might think of Say's Law. Say's Law is what is called an excess demand economy in economics, and it refers to an economy where people's desire to buy is greater than the desire to supply.

In this excess demand economy, we encounter a phenomenon called Say's Law. Say's Law states that in an economy, the more you supply, that is, the more you sell, the more you can sell. Let's say you are a factory producer with a certain quota to meet. You are required to produce this many products by this deadline.

In our typical economy, unsold goods would end up as inventory, sitting idle in warehouses. However, in Say's Law, there are no unsold goods; every product produced is sold.

In the real world and the theoretical world, we encounter a phenomenon called a divergence. Divergence is a phenomenon in which the difference gradually widens, and by the time a large gap has formed, a considerable amount of time has passed. In the academic world as well, we sometimes encounter a phenomenon in which the initial theory diverges significantly from the real world. Initially, assumptions such as the egoism of classical theory can be considered premises, but as the theory is built up, it gradually diverges from reality.

When we encounter the world of science and academia, we need to thoroughly understand why a particular theory is the way it is. If the initial premise is unrealistic, the subsequent arguments will gradually become increasingly unrealistic.

The initial process was probably driven by a desire to theorize about reality. However, through trial and error, that desire gradually turned into brute force. The theories became complex and sophisticated, becoming incomprehensible to ordinary people.

Let's look at quantum mechanics. Initially, it was probably just a desire to mathematically represent the gradation of light, that is, the shades of light and shadow. I think they tackled this difficult problem of light gradation by adding quadratic equations with variables to avoid making the formulas too complicated.

However, as time progressed, we began to realize that the foundations of our understanding were already shaky, starting with the first observational experiments, such as the observation of light, or the probabilistic theory known as Schrödinger's cat, including differential equations and the famous Schrödinger equation.

Quantum mechanics is a probability theory because velocity and position cannot be determined simultaneously, and light itself does not travel at an observable speed, so the theory is developed within the realm of imagination.

The person who created the famous theory of relativity also worked on analyzing light through thought experiments in his mind. This person is also one of the founders of quantum mechanics, but I believe that even the price formula and this observable economic phenomenon remained in the realm of thought experiments for a long time.

Just as economics theorized its price formula based on the utility of demand or the desire for something, science, for a long time, has also tried to mathematically represent reality through brute force. By manipulating these mathematical formulas, it was possible to apply them to various things, in this case, through induction and deduction.

In this context, induction and deduction refer to the process of formulating laws through induction—that is, expressing reality simply through mathematical formulas—and then finding value in applying those formulas to various economic phenomena and other areas, in other words, in deduction.

I would simply say: Why is this world so strange? Why does a field called scholarship exist in this world, and why has scholarship been able to be scholarship? Scholarship also starts with a simple structure, but why do we still spend so much time merely mimicking reality?

Let's return to the original topic. In the world of Say's Law, the pricing formula, prices would probably be very low. This is because if there is no inventory and no waste, there is no need to pass on the cost to the customer. However, the real world is different from Say's Law; at least in modern times, many products are discarded without ever being purchased.

In this miserable world, one glimmer of hope lies in eliminating waste and approaching Say's Law. If Say's Law includes a certain level of demand, then it could be considered a utopia. In that sense, the idea that everything you make will sell might embody one fundamental principle of the world. That's all. Thank you. This is Watanabe Ten.

第２７冊。なぜ、この世界に学問と呼ばれる領域が存在して、学問が学問たり得たのでしょうか。 Why does the field known as scholarship exist in this world, and why has scholarship been able to exist as scholarship?

 こんにちは。渡辺天です。お願いします。今回のテーマは価格付けです。価格付けというとセーの法則を思い浮かぶ人もいるでしょう。セーの法則とは、経済学で言うところの超過需要経済であり、人々が欲しいと思う気持ちが供給したいという気持ちより多い経済を言います。

僕たちは、この超過需要経済でセーの法則という現象に出くわします。セーの法則とは、供給すれば、つまり売れば売るだけ売れる経済のことを指します。今、あなたは工場の生産者として一定のノルマを請け負っていることとしましょう。これだけの製品をこれだけの納期で生産してほしい、と。

普通、僕たちのいる経済であれば、生産しても売れない商品は在庫となって倉庫に眠ってしまうでしょう。一方、セーの法則の世界では、売れ残りの商品がなく、生産した商品がすべて売れることになります。

現実の世界と理論の世界では、一種の乖離という現象に出くわします。乖離とは、少しずつ差が広がっていく現象であって、多くの差ができる頃にはかなりの時間が進んでいることであると言えます。学問の世界でも最初の理論から現実世界とは大きく乖離していく現象に出くわすことがあります。最初は古典派の利己主義といった仮定といえる前提が理論を積み重ねるに連れ、段々と現実から乖離していくといった現象です。

僕たちは科学や学問という世界に出会うとき、なぜ、その理論がその理論であるか、よく理解する必要があるということです。最初の設定が無理な話であると、その後の話もだんだんと無理が積み重なっていくことになります。

最初の過程はきっと現実というものを理論化したいという欲求だったのでしょう。しかし、その欲求も試行錯誤を重ねて次第に力技となっていきます。理論も複雑で高度なものとなり、普通の一般の人では理解できないものとなっていきます。

量子力学を見ましょう。最初は、ただ光というもののグラデーション、つまり濃淡を数式化したいという欲求だったのでしょう。数式が難しくならないように変数ｘ変数の２次式の足し算でこの光のグラデーションという難題に取り組んだことだと思います。

しかし、時代が進むにつれて微分方程式やかの有名なシュレディンガー方程式など、最初の観測実験と呼ばれる光の観測から、あるいはシュレディンガーの猫と呼ばれる確率論の話から土台が揺らいでいたことに気づくことになるのです。

量子力学が確率論であるのは、なぜかというと速度や位置が同時に確定しないからで、そもそも光というものが観測できるスピードのものでないので、想像の域で理論を展開しているからです。

あの有名な相対性理論を生み出した某氏も頭の中の思考実験により光というものの解析に取り組んできたのです。その某氏も量子力学の生みの親の一人ですが、僕は価格式に至っても、この観測可能な経済現象にしても長らく思考実験の域を出なかったのではないかと考えています。

経済というものが需要という効用により、あるいは欲しいという欲求により、その価格式を理論化していたように、科学も長らく力技で現実を数式化してきたのではないでしょうか。その数式化したものを操れば、色々なものに、ここでは帰納と演繹に対応することができたと思います。

ここで言う、帰納と演繹とは、帰納という法則化、つまり現実を数式化してシンプルに表すことから、その数式を色々な経済現象などに適応して応用する、つまり演繹化することに価値を見出したのだと思います。

僕は一重に言うでしょう。なぜ、この世界はこのように数奇なのか。なぜ、この世界に学問と呼ばれる領域が存在して、学問が学問たり得たのでしょうか。学問も最初は単純な構造から始まっていますが、なぜ未だに現実をなぞることに多くを費やしているのか。

最初のテーマに戻ります。価格式のセーの法則の世界では、価格は恐らくとても安価なものでしょう。在庫が存在せず、廃棄がなければ、価格転嫁する必要がないからです。しかし、現実世界はセーの法則とは違い、少なくとも現代では多くの商品が買われることもなく廃棄されていきます。

この無惨な世界に一つの希望は廃棄をなくし、セーの法則に近づけることで、セーの法則がある程度の需要を含んでいるのであれば、一つの理想郷であったと言えることです。その点では、商品を作れば、すべて売れるということに世界の一つの理が体現されているのかもしれませんね。以上です。ありがとうございました。渡辺天でした。

page 3 !! You may have spent the last five years living the same routine, but the day will come when the things you've diligently built up over those five years will be recognized. -R86plusA-

Hello. This is Ten Watanabe from R86plusA. What is the purpose of a human life?

From infancy to old age, a person begins at zero and ends at zero. During this time, what is gained, and what is lost?

It's human nature to want to acquire as much as possible while you're alive. There's no stability in a life lived haphazardly. I'm not sure if "stability" is the right word, but even people who treat their lives like a gamble might be seeking the stability of possessing many things.

Stability is good, but it's not good if it holds you back. Growth follows stability, and stability follows growth. People are likely seeking a sense of stability in society.

People want things to be predictable and for things to proceed in a natural way. They hope that no unforeseen events occur when people seek stability. They earnestly hope that they can avoid accidents through their own efforts.

I feel uneasy about living day to day without building anything substantial. I don't need to climb Mount Everest, but I want to aim to be one of the top-ranking mountains in my country.

If you gain experience successfully, you have the potential to conquer even the highest mountain. Some people might lose motivation when told to build things up little by little. Whether you become motivated or discouraged when told you have to work hard for another five years depends on the individual.

Amidst all of that, the day will come when the hard work you've diligently put in over five years will be recognized. You may have felt like you were going about your daily life as usual, but five years will surely feel like a very long time.

The more intense your efforts become, the more you are at the mercy of the passage of time. However, if you continue to perform brilliantly on stage five years from now, you will eventually reap significant rewards. At that point, you will be faced with two choices.

The question now is whether to seek stability and play it safe, or to continue for another five years and challenge yourself to reach an even higher peak. Humans are not simple creatures. When fortunate enough to be faced with these two choices, whether to play it safe or to push forward will vary from person to person.

As for myself, I want to live a moderate life, neither playing it safe nor going on the offensive. If I've been able to persevere for five years, then it shouldn't be impossible to persevere for another five years ten years from the start.

While athletes face age-related limitations due to declining physical abilities, intellectual abilities have the advantage of becoming more refined with experience.

Even intellectual ability sometimes requires physical strength, but there are diverse ways to fight, including both. What will remain after 5, 10, 20, or 30 years? We may be faced with a choice.

page 2 !! Because it's a world of self-satisfaction, the result of dividing by 1 to average out one sample—so to speak, one person is both ordinary and special—can be anything. -R86plusA-

Hello. This is Ten Watanabe from R86plusA. I have a living bible.

In religious terms, this could be a renowned monk, or even the founder of a top-tier company. As they age, they accumulate more experience and generate new ways of thinking.

When that person speaks, everyone listens intently. A living Bible can be said to be someone who, having weathered the storms of everyday society, neither falls nor runs off, but simply fulfills their mission.

What is a mission? It is a destiny assigned to a person, a life only they can fulfill. Those with a mission make many sacrifices. They are people who live unique lives, not ordinary lives.

Was that mission something that descended from heaven? Or was it something that they truly wished to achieve in order to survive in everyday society?

Each person's destiny is different. There is no superiority or inferiority among them. However, it is abundantly clear that a stronger mission will prevail over others.

There's no way that a mission achieved through relentless effort and dedication won't be realized. Once it's achieved, a new mission will surely stand before you. By carefully accomplishing each of these missions one by one, you will move closer to your ideal state.

Having ideals is good, but it's not essential. Even if your actions seem like spur-of-the-moment solutions, as long as you have a general idea, the results of your actions will eventually settle into their intended form. Comparing your personal goals to those of others is meaningless; they are ultimately a matter of self-satisfaction.

However, because it's self-satisfaction, it's like dividing one sample by 1 to average out the idea that you are both ordinary and special. One person's result divided by 1 can be anything. Someone thinks they are special because they are doing something special.

Even beautiful people cannot remain beautiful without any effort. If that's the case, then it's impossible that someone living an extraordinary life isn't putting in some effort.

In the sense of living one's own life, one can only judge one's own life subjectively, because one has not lived any other person's life.

Furthermore, those who believe their own lives are unique to them and that their own thoughts are their living bible are truly fortunate.

There's no point in comparing yourself to others. Since no two people are exactly alike, comparing them is pointless because the standards are completely different.

Before you get consumed by petty jealousy or pride, I want you to stop and think: Why is that person special? That person does special things in order to be special.

If you can understand that, you should be able to make your own life something special without interfering in other people's lives. Of course, you should only listen to other people's opinions, including mine, as reference.

So, what will you accomplish next? That might be the problem you're currently facing.

page 1 !! First point! In my opinion, there are many things that are most important to human beings, but among them, the most important is "memory," and without memory, that is, knowledge, we can't do anything. -R86plusA-

Hello. This is Ten Watanabe from R86plusA. I have a living bible.

In religious terms, this could be a renowned monk, or even the founder of a top-tier company. As they age, they accumulate more experience and generate new ways of thinking.

When that person speaks, everyone listens intently. A living Bible can be said to be someone who, having weathered the storms of everyday society, neither falls nor runs off, but simply fulfills their mission.

What is a mission? It is a destiny assigned to a person, a life only they can fulfill. Those with a mission make many sacrifices. They are people who live unique lives, not ordinary lives.

Was that mission something that descended from heaven? Or was it something that they truly wished to achieve in order to survive in everyday society?

Each person's destiny is different. There is no superiority or inferiority among them. However, it is abundantly clear that a stronger mission will prevail over others.

There's no way that a mission achieved through relentless effort and dedication won't be realized. Once it's achieved, a new mission will surely stand before you. By carefully accomplishing each of these missions one by one, you will move closer to your ideal state.

Having ideals is good, but it's not essential. Even if your actions seem like spur-of-the-moment solutions, as long as you have a general idea, the results of your actions will eventually settle into their intended form. Comparing your personal goals to those of others is meaningless; they are ultimately a matter of self-satisfaction.

However, because it's self-satisfaction, it's like dividing one sample by 1 to average out the idea that you are both ordinary and special. One person's result divided by 1 can be anything. Someone thinks they are special because they are doing something special.

Even beautiful people cannot remain beautiful without any effort. If that's the case, then it's impossible that someone living an extraordinary life isn't putting in some effort.

In the sense of living one's own life, one can only judge one's own life subjectively, because one has not lived any other person's life.

Furthermore, those who believe their own lives are unique to them and that their own thoughts are their living bible are truly fortunate.

There's no point in comparing yourself to others. Since no two people are exactly alike, comparing them is pointless because the standards are completely different.

Before you get consumed by petty jealousy or pride, I want you to stop and think: Why is that person special? That person does special things in order to be special.

If you can understand that, you should be able to make your own life something special without interfering in other people's lives. Of course, you should only listen to other people's opinions, including mine, as reference.

So, what will you accomplish next? That might be the problem you're currently facing.

Book 26. I think stereotypes are a good thing, and depending on how they are used, they can be interesting and be as the basis for new discoveries.

 Hello. I'm Ten Watanabe. Thank you. Today's topic is economics. I'd like to talk about the relationship between sales volume and production volume.

Sales volume refers to the amount of goods or products sold. Both goods and products have different meanings, and in the field of economics, they are used differently, so if you're interested, please look up their meanings. I'm sure it'll be interesting.

The quantity sold is interesting to you because the quantity sold is demand. Economics, at least microeconomics, does not have the concept or idea of ​​quantity sold.

However, if we bring in the concept of sales volume, the more you sell, the greater the demand and need, and it is natural to think that you should produce and sell more. In other words, it is common sense to think that when there is a need for sales volume, production volume will increase.

Here, I would like to talk about common sense. Common sense refers to strong fixed ideas, or stereotypes, that are ingrained in us through our everyday lives and can be considered stigmas. These stereotypes are so firmly rooted in our minds that when we try to think in a new way, they get in the way of coming up with that new way of thinking.

Stereotypes are surprisingly useful ways of thinking. When classifying something or making a snap judgment, they can save a lot of time because they allow you to classify it instantly. I have always been skeptical of stereotypes.

As a blogger, I am also an artist, a writer, and a bit of a creator. The thing I fear most when blogging is running out of new ideas. Getting stuck in a rut usually happens when you get stuck in a stereotype and can no longer think of new things.

I know that common sense is extremely inconvenient when it comes to making great discoveries, and that there is value in temporarily setting aside common sense.

Even in this topic of economics, there was macroeconomics, a field of economics founded by Keynes, but in order to address the problems that arose when trying to combine macroeconomics and microeconomics, known as the microfoundations of macroeconomics, the mainstream Keynesian economics of the time was abandoned.

I studied new economics quite a while ago, so my memory is a bit hazy, but it became a science of prediction, such as the New Keynesian model, and it abandoned previous economic policies, namely macroeconomics, which treated the economic adjustment function of built-in stabilizers as the main economic policy.

It can be said that macroeconomics was a case of abandoning the accepted economic thinking and starting afresh with new theories such as the New Keynesian model. However, I do not think that Keynes's macroeconomics was a completely superior theory and was by no means meaningless.

This time we talked about Keynesian economics and common sense, but I think common sense is not something that exists. Just as common sense is common sense, stereotypes do not stop stereotypes. The difference between common sense and stereotypes is related to prejudice.

Common sense is an orthodox way of thinking that takes a middle path, but stereotypes are more rigid ideas than orthodox, and many of them contain prejudice. Just as common sense is the direct path of the royal road, stereotypes include direct views, but also prejudices that deviate from that.

In that sense, our common sense is not a biased way of thinking, but rather it is the mainstream, and so it is difficult to discard it. I think that this mainstream way of thinking should be preserved.

Conservative thinking is necessary, but stereotypical thinking that includes prejudice is also necessary in some cases. This is because prejudice is randomness and nurtures the seeds of new creativity. I believe your generation is a good generation. Just as it was in my generation, your generation should also be one in which new discoveries will renew society for the better.

We may be living in the same era, but we are also living in different eras, because we have different ways of thinking, different senses, and different sensory organs. However, as I've said at length, I would say that stereotypes are a good thing.

While stereotypes are strong ideas that can be discriminatory in themselves, I think it's interesting that, depending on how they're used, they can serve as the basis for new discoveries. I'd like to take some time to think again about the difference between seemingly conservative stereotypes and new discoveries.

If I have the opportunity, I would like to delve deeper into this point in the next rewrite. I will find the answer by then. That's all. Thank you for your growth. This was Watanabe Ten.