An SF Author, Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, said that "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
The old day, my predecessor in my laboratory have perceived that "we are monks in the technology field"
I think that he wanted to tell me that both technology and religion come down to be same from the view of unknown and received.
Certainly, Internet, Smart phone and GPS are beyond reach of imagination, but something excellent.
On the other hand, if someone wants to know the mechanism, we tell them
"You don't have to know that"
"All you have to do is to use it"
The above concept is similar to the saying a guru tell believers.
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Go to extremes, I think we can expand the concept to "both Aum Shinrikyo and iPhone are same".
"Why couldn't I of all people, make the initial setting of iPhone?"
"Because it is shortage of your love to iPhone"
The saying jumps down my throat.
In fact, I think, no doubt, for real and at the bottom of my mind,
"iPhone must die"
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Let me go to board.
Engineers and scientists, who are monks in technology field, have the common central dogma.
One of them is "never tamper with data".
The significance of existence is to guarantee repeatability in order to get the same results from the same environments.
No repeatability, no making it to expand "something unknown but excellent".
The concept of "something unknown but excellent" is
"The only recourse to get unconditional respect and awe from the world"
So, all actions that threaten the above are big treason acts against religion whose name is "technology".
Speaking in general, "it is easier to see the data," and "to look beautiful" are acts to be praised.
That is the reason why the acts are attacked by monks in the same protege.
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However, this is a matter of "internal sect".
I think that there are many engineers and scientists, who feel deeply unpleasant to see that some outsiders who don't understand the technology, have criticized patronizingly "the problems"
When we hear the words "territorial problem", we apt to think the problem only for our country and neighboring countries. But there seems to be a lot of territorial problem in the world.
The other day, I have checked this problem a little, and I know that about 100 problems which are authorized globally seems to be more than 100.
On the other hand, these "territorial problem" have increased in recent year (in the period of these past a little less than 200 years in particular).
The "territorial problem" has been generated from nationalisms, and the concept of nationalisms seem to be new relatively.
The nationalism is defined as "policies and activities that own race is a platform of politics, economy, culture, and is the supremacy the sense of values ".
And this "supremacy the sense of values" seems to be a important point.
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In my case, If my human rights as the individual are protected, and constant public service is offered, and security and relief are secured,
"I don't care even if anyone governs me."
So it is difficult for me to understand the concept of "the nationalism".
Still I could understand it somehow, if the concept of "tiresome" is included in "nationalism".
(To be continued)
(Continuation from yesterday)
The man will be rejected as a boy friend by women, because of the his low at the date.
It cannot be helped that explaining an "unreason" against "taste", but I was really surprised at the women's trivial matter at my heart.
In my case, I have nothing of deep emotion of "both a low man and a tall woman are walking together."
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If the man is "obesity", you could ask the responsibility to himself with saying "your effort of diet is not enough".
But I felt the anger in its absurdity "what kind of responsibility the men of the "short stature" have".
Thinking deeply again, this story has the same that "beauty", "handsome" persons are always going to be chosen. and I could make me cool.
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But I cannot accept the above my own logic.
I am thinking hard again, whether this story is really same.
(Continuation from yesterday)
This is related to "I am an engineer to make things."
I, as an engineer, think
"all horror of a new product belong to persons who make it"
and I don't think
"all horror of a new product belong to persons who use it"
at all.
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However, this is true that "No early adapter, no engineer".
For example, at the time that cellphone appeared first, if not unpleasant person, trying use it in a commute train without reasons, I wouldn't be the person I am today.
So from now on, I will change my mind and declare the following here.
The customer, who purchases the latest model fastest, is God.
The customer, who purchases old or used model slowest, like me,
should die.
(Continuation from yesterday)
Bribery, corruption should not be allowed because distorting the fair administrative system, however, I am leaving that protest activity to others.
I don't care about affiliation and affair of chiefs and lawmakers at all.
However, I come to think that
- Why do you have "free time" so much ?
- Why do you seem to die due to the duty of public service ?
(while being crazy for debugging, especially)
No matter whoever reads what the power is implying, with money, women or men, power, and others, I don't care of it.
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However, I never forgive a people who do "falsification of the public sentence" absolutely.
Whatever someone says, I never forgive the person.
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However, I think that it would be inevitable for many people to imply the power.
I will tell you, even though I know well that "there is no big difference between you who are weak officials against the power and I who cannot resist my boss.
(To be continued)
It seems that both of my daughters have been to Koshien.
"For the support of their baseball club"
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To be honest, I do not remember so clearly.
All I remember is talking with my wife.
Wife: "Now, she is in Koshien Stadium."
Ebata: "Why?"
Wife: "To support for the baseball club"
Ebata: "Hmmm"
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At that time, I thought "it is mottainai(wasteful)".
If I am interested in high school baseball, I could enjoy this situation (the baseball club of the school where your children attend has participated in Koshien).
In addition, in order to enjoy this situation to the fullest, I might have done various things (such as going to the Koshien Stadium to see the support).
However, unfortunately, the daughter's father is not interested in high school baseball (especially at Koshien Stadium).
While being so close to a national event called "High School Baseball Koshien Tournament," the father is far from the event.
This can be said to be a "mottainai" situation.
Well, about the story here, I've introduced you to a lot of painful stories, I would like to refrain from repeating the same story.
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I think "high school baseball Koshien tournament" is an easy-to-understand symbol.
I think this easy to understand is honestly enviable.
For example, both
- The impression that “Transient phenomenon simulation of nonlinear elements (transistors)”, which was successful only for the first time I was born
- The impression that a certain high school student will be a "full pitch victory pitcher at the Koshien tournament"
are basically same, I think.
However, I know that it will be terribly difficult for even a few people to understand and share my emotions.
(Continuation from yesterday)
In China, there is a famous phrase "There are policies on the top and strategies on the bottom".
The original meaning is that "if the country makes a policy, the people have a way to respond to that policy."
However, it is generally used to mean that "regardless of what the government decides, the common people will always come up with a way out."
In system engineering, there are the ideas of "local optimization" and "global optimization".
"Global optimization" means that the individual can accept the disadvantages and the group can obtain the maximum benefit.
Infectious disease control is a typical "global optimization" strategy.
But for most people, everything in a 10 meter radius is everything.
We cannot see "profit" in units such as municipalities or administrative districts or nations. We have only "private interests (local optimization)".
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If the nation can make stronger laws that can restrict the rights of individuals, it may be possible to effectively prevent infection.
However, it is also true that our country once made such a law, and as a result, all the people were in "terrible eyes."
Therefore, I have the same feeling that I want to do something just by "requesting self-restraint".
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This is just an unjust suspicion.
Governments may expect us to execute voluntary, non-law enforcement sentences, called "lynch"
It is such an insidious "private punishment" that exposes the above-mentioned izakaya bar and ramen shops on SNS and YouTube.
It has been learned that five of the participants in a banquet held in Ginza, Tokyo last month by 23 employees of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare have been newly infected with the new coronavirus. This brings the total number of infected banquet participants to 12."(From the news article)
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The content of this article alone does not provide "physical evidence" to identify the banquet as the direct cause of the infection -- well, it's "circumstantial evidence" enough.
"The main cause of new coronavirus infections is "banquet""
That's enough to "confirm" it.
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The fact that the subject was an "employee of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare" gave it a whole new level of credibility.
To order restaurants to cease operations is to restrict "private rights", which are the foundation of democracy.
The utmost care should be taken in its operation.
However, it is rare to see such a convincing "endorsement" of "restrictions on private rights".
When talking to my senior daughter, there is one opinion that we always agree on.
'I can accept what people I like say, even if it's a harsh opinion.'
on the other hand,
'I am 100% pissed off by everything that is said by someone I don't like, regardless of the merits of it.'
This is a view shared by my daughter, a working newcomer, and myself, a working senior.
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For supervisors (including school teachers), "not being disliked" is extremely important from the perspective of organizational management.
I have read a little bit about Adler, however, his arguments were not very helpful to me honestly.
I do not know the contents of the book "The Courage to Be Disliked," but it would be a big problem if "the courage to be disliked" in the sense of the title were implemented in an organization.
That is because it is synonymous with "the collapse of management in an organization.
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We do not, as a rule, 'try to like someone we don't like'.
We cannot afford such huge costs for someone we don't like.
It's easier to continue to dislike someone like that honestly.
Hence, at least for me, 'when I get a work order from someone I don't like, I carry out the matters within the scope of that order and no more'.
'If I do more than what someone I don't like, he/she might be pleased' -- just the thought makes me unpleased.
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However, it is no problem that "the courage to be disliked" can be demonstrated somewhere away from the organization.
I agree and practice it -- or rather, it is my default.
However, those who are not afraid to brag things like "the courage to be disliked" within their organizations are extremely annoying.
I, 14 years ago, also wrote -- with the "food waste" metaphor.
"Conspiracies and terrorism cannot, after all, reverse the course of history. But they can stall it."(From "The Legend of the Galactic Heroes," Sogen SF Bunko, vol. 7, p. 284)
Admiral Yang may be right in the long run.
In the short time we are alive, however, this may not appear to be the case.
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First, at least our state, by law, does not tolerate violence in any form.
(except for violence that is detailed and strictly controlled by an organization defined by law -- a violent apparatus (police, Self-Defense Forces))
In our country, which is governed by the rule of law, terrorism of any kind will not be tolerated.
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However, terrorism can bring the issue to the forefront.
The "terrorist murder of the former prime minister" and the "Unification Association" are typical examples.
This "Unification Association" issue had been inactive for 40 years since I first learned about it, but the terrorist attack was the catalyst that set it all in motion.
And maybe this is the last time -- I am very concerned that public attention to this issue seems to be waning lately.
I am shocked that this "Unification Association issue" was not (seemingly) an issue in the current local elections.
Aside from that.
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Recently, another terrorist attack targeted the incumbent prime minister.
The motive for the crime is not yet clear.
However, at least in one respect, the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks have achieved their goal: He has been able to impose their point of view on society.
These realities make me (Ebata) feel foolish for just repeating my assertions on my blog.
And I think that there are quite a few people who think like I do, besides me.
A person who think that "I just can make a flame on SNS. Even if I demonstrate in the streets, it won't make the news. I don't have the charisma, logic, or oratory skills to get enough supporters to make the news", come to think
"After all, terrorism of dignitaries is the fastest way"
I think it is, well, normal to think that.
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I had a senior colleague once tell me, 'In principle, there is no way to prevent suicide bombers.
Unfortunately, I can't think of a solution to this.
As noted here,
For a while, "Just Google Kanji characters. Use a calculator for calculations. There is no need to study at school,' the post/video of a child who claimed that he did not need to study at school became a hot topic.
I had hoped to see the results of this "social experiment" with himself as the subject, but it appears he has "stepped down" from it.
I am very disappointed.
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I am not in a position to comment on this in any way, though, since one's life is one's own decision,
"I would have liked to know the results of this experiment as someone else's business, unrelated to my own."
I thought that.
After all, I did not dare to put my daughter in this experiment.
Therefore, I was very grateful to have someone unrelated to me do those things for me.
Hence, it is still disappointing.
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I don't care what other people do when they have nothing to do with me.
People who say something about the behavior of children who are strangers, whether they agree, disagree, praise, or criticize, are more 'bored' than 'loving.
I'm not so unsophisticated as to meddle in other people's lives.
After all, I have the mindset of "I just keep observing people jumping off the platform.
【ピックアップ】だから減らない？ 鉄道への飛び込みは“お手軽”か https://t.co/1nVayOQUei pic.twitter.com/aH9ujcPk4o
? EE Times Japan編集部 (@eetimes_jp) July 19, 2016
I do stop "flowing stroller," though.