My daughter asked me about debate, because she has to do it during her science class in her school.

I think that the debate means "competitive debate", I told her my knowledge as follows.

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When I was a college students, my friend who belonged to ESS invited me to a convention of "English competitive debate" .

I remember that I was very excited to watch the game in English.

Let me explain about the game twenty years ago.

Firstly the theme of the game is going to distribute to both teams before more more two weeks.

For example, the theme

"Govement of Japan(GOJ) should abandon the dominium of Senkaku-shotou islands"

would be given to both two teams.

The two teams starts to make logics and materials for both affirmation(from Con side) and disaffirmation(Pro side).

In those days, they were making presentation figures and graphs on A0 size paper. Now I think they might use PC presentation software.

Nobody knows which side will be assigned until the beginning of the game, so both two teams have to prepare for both Con and Pro thoroughly.

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Three important things in a competitive debate are follows.

(1)There are some rules.

Talking own way is prohibited. There is a provision for the time and order of speech. Any hooting is not allowed. There is a limit to the use of material.

(2)No matter of your beliefs and creeds

According to the theme "Govement of Japan(GOJ) should abandon the dominium of Senkaku-shotou islands" for example, it is not relate to your beliefs and creeds.

In order to win the game, you should prospect logics of the opposing team, make your original logics and estimate the counter-logic too.

(3)Discussion for the judge

You need to discuss your logic not for the opposite team but the judge. The judge would decide the winner from the objective viewpoints. So it is meaningless to overwhelm the opposite team for you, and you should prepare the objective sense of logics.

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In short,

about the theme "Govement of Japan(GOJ) should abandon the dominium of Senkaku-shotou islands"

regardless of nationality, gender, occupation, history, region, religion and belief,

we have to prepare throughout for both

affirmation(from Con side)

and disaffirmation(Pro side).

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To tell you the truth, I was scared to hear the story.

When I had lived in Colorado USA. a son of my Japanese colleague felt pain about "the competitive debate class"

Training of the debate is going to start from junior school period.

I was very surprised that There is a nation that starts the debate training, that means the teachers give exercise to children to make logic both con and pro side simultaneously,

I was shocked at the bottom of my heart.

(To be continued.)

(Continuation from yesterday)

We are longing for speaking English "pera-pera(fluency/fluent/fluently)" that might be adjective (or adverb).

I agree that "Pera-pera" seems to be cool, absolutely.

Even if so, you can realize "Pera-pera" easily to use the deficient English, I told you yesterday,

No matter what, it is deficient.

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But I don't think that we need speaking English "pera-pera" on our work.

At least, my work doesn't need the "pera-pera"

The English which is made by each word without grammar, and spoken slowly is understandable for me.

Above all, that is

"perfect technical English."

The English is no useless adjective, meaningless adverb, and provides us with the essence of conversation.

Though I don't know about the other field, for the person in technical field, like me, the English is hopeful,

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You might forget this "Pera-pera" illusion, at least one.

The other day, a couple of men and women on the train is in a small talk.

"He has a certain opinion, but he doesn't say it."

"What ?"

"How does this man know the existence of this unknown opinion ?"

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Well, the meaning of this phrase is

"He have his own views, and I have heard it in private"

"However, he seldom open the opinion in public or persons"

Yeah, I can understand it under the above circumstance.

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There are no business persons who are talking directly about what they think

I also change my opinion by the people, and sometimes I can say that of true reverse unabashedly .

Even though, I do not mean that I am lying ( it might appear to have lied).

Any event is also a object, after all.

There are countless appearance and fascination from the several angle.

So, even if we like feel like a contradiction in someone's story, the event that the person is said is always one of the objects that exist without contradiction.

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So, I think that a hero to come out to Soseki Natsume's novel "Botchan", is

"an idiot of correction inability"

Well, that's the reason the novel is fun for us.

(Continuation from yesterday)

However, suicide as a method to find a black company, is not worth the cost at all.

I think "finding" is not enough. "Driving someone to their death" is worth the cost.

Approximately, in case of company, it should be bankruptcy, In case of human being, it should be suicide.

However, we cannot control the strategy after our suicide.

Because "we are dead, after all"

To tell you the truth, I don't know,

- a black company that became bankruptcy because of suicide of the employee

- a student who bullied someone, and a teacher who pretended to not find the bully that selects suicide with remorse

(I might not know the above case)

Moreover, a person who selects suicide doesn't want to condemn the company and improve the working environment.

Their hopes are simple. They just want to escape from their pains.

(To be continued)

(Continuation from yesterday)

By the way, a personal computer(PC) has enabled us to calculate behaviors of all people in Japan using virtual objects. I am afraid that

"the face will increase the pressure for the person in human science field"

Before it was enough that

My hypothesis -> objective data or my logic -> my validation

However, now, I think that they should add the following activities, and

My hypothesis -> objective data or my logic -> numerical simulation or mathematical model -> my validation

they will not avoid mathematical processes.

Researchers with majors in the school of humanities, should produce simulation programs in large quantities. It is realistic future, I think.

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Hereinafter, private communication from me

to my daughters

- Your father can teach programming to you.

- I am going to adjust to "Ancient spell language(C/C++), let's ask me an advice.

- If you don't have proper motivative example and problems, I will farm out to you.

- Before due date, I will pay for money.

The feeling that "the world is in this hand of me!" ss a pleasant sensation that I can not taste in daily life.

(Continuation from yesterday)

However, if the trial is "practically useful",it is no problem.

For example, at the time of the exam of my junior daughter, the prep-school,which was nearby the exam venue, opened for the prep-school students who could warm themselves.

In my case, whenever a test takers, who loses themselves, is in the station ( I can find a test takers easily, by their aura), I will say something and tell them where to go.

As a matter of fact, the train to Odawara direction and Enoshima direction is confusing, and there are many accidents that the destination will be determined after actually riding the train.

I call this "Sagami Ono station of Schrodinger".

These are "practically useful".

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Anyway,

To me who is trying hard escape in the fire.

From a safe, relaxing, cozy place

"I hope you do your best"

whoever is saying like that,

whether there is good intentions or not,

all are my enemies.

In this filed experiment, the college students helped us.

They are paid because the work was a official part-time job from university authorities.

The task was to "drive the car as displayed on the terminal we developed."

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In this collaboration with the students, I remembered my days of my student.

For students, "10 o'clock set" is "10 o'clock set".

After a long time, I felt fresh.

I was doing a same action and there was no problem. As same, the students at this time did nothing wrong.

However, for adults, "10:00 set" generally means "10:00 start".

To "start" at 10 o'clock, it's too late to "gather" at 10 o'clock.

Therefore, "to act five minutes before" is not "business manners".

It just means, "if we don't do that, we won't be able to get started."

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Then I should "tell them that they will meet 10 minutes ago."

No matter what I think, there is no problem for students in this matter.

We're "accustomed" to it, and we take it "naturally".

Honestly,

"We are arrogant"

I think.

Well, in fact, I didn't want to start just at 10 o'clock, so I didn't explain that.

In fact, I wasn't bothered.

It simply means that it was "fresh".

If I had a problem with this (the "10 o'clock set"), if I didn't explain it first, I would be 100% bad.

After stating the principle and correct argument, I will give some advices for students who will be working job hunting. Especially, my eldest daughter who is currently looking for a job.

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In the world of working people,

If you arrive at "10:01" at "10 o'clock set", it is a considerable penalty for you as a business person.

If this is done twice in a row, the image of the people concerned is the worst.

If you do it three times in a row, you won't be called to work anymore.

Applying this story to a job hunting briefing or interview, "1 minute" lateness is the same as "1 hour" lateness.

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What's even more scary is, "busuness persons don't pay attention to students."

To students who cannot keep the time, we don't explain the reason and we throw them away with a smile.

To student who come to the last minute of the briefing and stand behind the venue, we also throw them away.

When we have to choose a person, it is very difficult to assess a person's abilities and efforts in a single interview. It's almost like "gambling".

However, it is very easy to discard a person with a quantitative measure such as "time".

Busuness persons have no reason to protect "students who do not keep time".

And after joining the company, we don't want to do things like preaching by elementary school teachers, such as "we have to keep my time."

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At least, I don't want to have a special feeling

"I have to teach students the rules of society."

In the first place, I myself do not have the qualifications (personality, morals, leadership) that can tell the rules to others.

I just think, "I'm sorry for the trouble." and most business persons think the same way.

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In a word,

"Take care of people who behave kindly"

I read "Economists on the Outbreak of War between Japan and the United States"

The Shinchosensho was quite a hard book for me to read, but I finished it in four days, walking an hour every day.

In this book,

(1) In the face of an overwhelming disadvantageous power gap (Japan-U.S. power ratio: 1:20-50)

(2) The information in (1) above is not secret information, but is widely disclosed not only to those in power, but also to the public.

(3) Before the start of the war, the simulation of "Japan's inevitable defeat" was completed perfectly, and

(4) The cabinet, the government, and even the military were almost all aware of this reality.

even under the circumstances of (1)～(4), rather because of the circumstances, Japan's entry into the Pacific War.

This is a book that clarifies this fact from the perspective of behavioral economics.

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I thought there were many ways to read it, but my biggest thought was,

"The cause of the war was not the military or the government, but rather the people who could not or would not read the numbers"

According to the author's analysis, "a government that is weak and incapable of decision-making" and "an incompetent and crude army" are quite fanciful.

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And as I read this book, I was thinking, "If I were in power, could I have turned this around and averted war?

However, I became convinced that it was hopelessly impossible.

In particular, I thought that prospect theory was too strong.

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Option A : If the war does not start, Japan will be brought to its knees by the economic blockade of the U.S. and Britain in three years.

Option B : If the war starts, we will almost certainly lose. However,

(1) If Germany defeats the Soviet Union and

(2) If the Germans succeed in landing in England, and

(3) If Japan acquires the resources of Southeast Asia, establishes transportation routes, and

(4) If the British surrender to the Germans

At that time, the U.S. may lose its will to engage in war and accept a peace treaty.

Even if there are four "ifs" and one "might" (which is a near-zero possibility by any measure), according to the prospect theory of behavioral economics, "choice A" < "choice B".

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According to the author, if there is a way to avoid this situation, it is

(1) A "dictator who insists on avoiding war" will appear in our country.

(2) Choose option A and wait for the situation to change somewhere in the next three years with "no action".

The author's summation, "These would have been the only two ways," resonated with me.

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"If we find ourselves in a situation similar to the Pacific War, we will start the war again, regardless of the lessons of history"

It was a book that gave me a pretty good sense of "desperation".

For a long time, I thought that Inuyama Castle and Inaba Castle were the same thing.

I was so embarrassed to think that I was being "laughed out of the room" by the tourists around me, when I was explaining the history of Inuyama Castle to my family in a pompous manner.

I thought there was something strange about it.

"How is it possible to climb the impregnable Inaba Castle in five minutes on foot?"

So, when I got home, I looked it up on Google Maps and found that Inaba Castle was located at the Kinkasan ropeway.

Next time, I will try to visit Inaba Castle.

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This time, in the castle town of Inuyama Castle, I visited the "Inuyama Karakuri" museum (which I think also serves as "storage"), and was overwhelmed by the magnificent floats, but on the other hand

"I wonder how these "festivals with parading floats" are maintained"

Well, to put it bluntly, in a nutshell, what is the "business model & cash flow of the festival"?

I understand that festivals have effects such as community recovery, creation of a sense of community, local production for local consumption, and tourism resources.

The economic impact of the festival in Japan is estimated to be 1.4 trillion yen (although I think this is a bit exaggerated).

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But if I were asked to push a float, I think I would either take a furlough, make a business trip, or go on a trip and run away.

In the first place, I don't have any attachment to the festival.

To be honest, I'd rather not be an organizer/implementer than a spectator.

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When I was talking about this to my wife, she said, "Isn't it impossible to understand the festival as a business model?"

According to my wife, in Fukuoka, it is officially allowed to take a day off from school to prepare for the festival (I don't know about that now).

In the comic "Howl of a Local Girl," the citizens of Hamamatsu are frequently portrayed as working together to celebrate the festival (although I don't know about the substance).

We are currently in the midst of the Corona disaster, so there is a lot of self-restraint on festivals. In particular, the "Hadaka Festival" is out of the question, however,

To be honest, I was astonished at the system that was able to mobilize so many participants for the "Hadaka Festival.

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As a researcher on the theme of "using human psychology (the negative side) as a power source for social systems," the "human-driven engine" called "festivals" is an interesting subject of study for me.

And research is something that we understand by practicing it ourselves.

As an individual, I definitely don't want to participate in the "Hadaka Festival," for example, but as a researcher, I do want to figure out the source of its energy.

Well, I don't even think they'll let me participate -- they'll just say, "Don't do it, you'll get hurt.

The only time I go to the barber is -- "when I feel my head of hair is annoying".

The phase of "caring about appearance" has long since ended.

My current hair style standard is 'short to the limit allowed for working people'.

The objective is to reduce headcount time and costs.

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"Keep it as short as possible. Combed as much as possible"

I have been saying this for almost 10 years, but there are not many barbers who can give me the don't-short hair I want.

Especially female barbers often don't seem to match my need for a 'buzz off'.

This is not a difference in values between men and women regarding barbering, but rather a mismatch with female barbers who have to deal with "people who do not value barbering even a millimeter".

The correct answer is 'take care of yourself,' but unfortunately, hairdressing and illness are two of the most difficult things to self-implement.

That is why I have chosen to use "crew cut" for the past few years.

But even that "crew cut" has a number of parameters that I have to choose from.

For example, "fir," "kariage," "top," "side," "collar," etc., are nothing short of annoying.

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Looking back on it now, I feel like, "I didn't even notice what was right in front of me".

There is, isn't there? The ultimate, best hair style with "zero" request parameters, and a win-win situation for both me and the barber.

It is "buzz cut".

It was quick.

It was over in a matter of minutes.

The work took 4 minutes at the station barber shop.

The barber showed me a mirror and said, 'Is this okay?' but is it possible to recover a "buzz cut"?

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So, today, for the first time in about 40 years, I have had a "buzz cut".

I had sent a picture of it on the family social networking site right after the haircut so that the family wouldn't be giddy, but the wife didn't see the picture -- she was speechless.

Wife: "Do you like that?"

Ebata: "Well, I'm glad I won't have to go to the barber for almost six months now.

Wife: "You are not going to keep the 'buzz cut' . That's a relief."

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Incidentally, as for "buzz cut", when I was in junior high school, I almost caused an incident (using my authority as president of the student council) that would have involved the entire school.

The advisor of the student council, who was aware of my movements, stopped me just before I left. Even now, I still feel ashamed and regretful.

I would like to discuss this later.

The Nikkei Stock Average has exceeded its highest level during the bubble period.

As a student during the bubble period, I never 'danced in the bubble,' but then I think I was one-sidedly 'kept getting hit by the bubble.'

Of course, the government and securities firms are not the only ones to blame for the bubble economy, but still,

"I get very ticked off when I see news of securities firm employees breaking the decorative paper ball and clapping in their offices."

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It would be the opposite.

Isn't today the day that should give us that same solemn feeling we have at noon on the anniversary of the end of the war (August 15) and at the time of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

I would like to see an inscription in the lobbies of securities firms that reads, "We will never repeat our mistake," I would like all employees to join in a "silent prayer" there.

Are there any supporters?

Well, they won't be there.

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Incidentally, there is controversy over the inscription on the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims.

By the way, I am of the "I won't let them repeat their mistake" school of thought.