As for this contributed column "The reason why we cannot stop the progress of the low birth rate, unless we are given a legal status similar to marriage format in fact marriage", I wrote a little about a civil law before the WW2 In the draft version.

I deeply understood that "marriage" is really just a system.

----- Excerpt Original draft (abstract) from here -----

- It seems to think "love is essential to marriage" now, but the idea itself, historically, fairly avant-garde.

- The Civil Code of the Meiji era, they could not get married without the consent of the parents until 30 years old for men.

- Furthermore, in the even post-war amendment to the Civil Code, "cooperation aid of direct line of descent" was being considered.

- Speaking roughly, the provisions for marriage, established a total of six (parents of both sides and a party), has been rejected by "majority".

- This means that even in the post-war parliamentary democracy, the requirement of "only on the mutual consent of the two" was on the verge to be crushed.

By the way, there is not description in the current law (Civil Code), that "love is prerequisite to marriage" at all.

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Well, I think that conventional wisdom should not necessarily being reflected in the law.

Anyway we seem to be able to be born in in extremely rare era that the linkage of love and marriage is thought as normal".

(Continuation from yesterday)

I like this thought "tiresome" and "annoying", and sometimes use it.

When I explain things, it is easy to explain them very much.

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In other words,

If I try to read the definition of nationalism, as "policies and activities that own race is a platform of politics, economy, culture, and is the supremacy the sense of values" with

a new definition like "to think annoying to study, understand, and accept the other's activities of politics, economy, culture"

"I can understand it like thiw way the annoying".

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"Annoying" is useful for explaining about the smaller organization than a nationalism.

About a company's "department" and "unit"

"policies and activities that own "department" and "unit" is a platform of politics, economy, culture, and is the supremacy the sense of values"

According to a "group" of the department and unit,

"policies and activities that own "group" is a platform of politics, economy, culture, and is the supremacy the sense of values"

And in case of a "class" in school

"policies and activities that own "class" is a platform of politics, economy, culture, and is the supremacy the sense of values"

Anyway, for each and every, it is easy to understand it from the viewpoint of that "understanding everything outside my society is annoying"

(To be continued)

This weekend, I am trying to make a train diagram simulator privately,

But the scale of the simulator is limited for my commute line only.

Firstly, I started the study as a target of whole of Tokyo-metropolitan area, however, I noticed that the area was too large to research them for my ability and effort. Because there are much unknown data and parameters. They had annoyed me long time.

At the moment, I recovered my senses suddenly.

"Why should I take care of the train diagrams except for my commute lines?"

I think the thought is suitable for me.

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Though there are a lot of worldwide professional engineers of train diagram research around me, I don't rely on them. To tell you the truth, I can't rely on them.

Of course, one reason is "contamination". But moreover, I am afraid that I should need more than half year to understand their difficult researches.

On the other hand, the deadline of next column is coming next month.

I am addicted to "Three Kingdoms" from the other day.

Now I am

tracking linux kernel code by printk() function, hearing the voice of "Three Kingdoms" from Youtube.

and I am having a rarea holiday. Less than ten people might do same thing at the moment.

Anyway, I make up my mind "I never make me an annoying bastard who keeps talking about "Three Kingdoms(*)"

(*) In addition, "Gundam" and "Mac" etc.

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Well, when I was a young person, someone might say to me "why you do such irritating thing, though you are young"

It might be better not to be said "Why are you going to be a couch potato from daytime?" for this age.

But my wife said to me again,

"I want you to stop black aura from the room on holidays."

My research laboratory is accepting college students by an internship program.

I have never experimented such a management before (or, nobody wants me to manage a college student). Anyway I don't know the program in detail.

As I recalled, once I designed the "Hokkyoku-Ramane tour", when the internship student from Europe asked me.

The period of an internship program is almost three weeks.

Of course, it might be difficult for them to complete one study perfectly, so in many case, we asked them to analysis data, and and present the result at the end of the period.

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Once our research team had the internship student for lunch. I knew that His subject of research is related to ""neural network", so I asked him some questions.

Ebata:"How many layers, how many input and output neurons in your system ? Did you try to use deep leaning? What kind of the method are you trying ?"

However, he was mumble, and could not answer my questions clearly.

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"Why did he behave like that? Is that just his character? "

I was thinking that, however, after that I came to think that

"It may be that he felt fear"

(To be continued)

I do not think that I am a human being who is able to get rid of emotions and perform logical thinking based on numbers.

The following is one of the examples

Daughter: "My friend's mother is lamenting that my friend is piercing."

Ebata: "Are you a friend of the same age? Piercings, now, will not be unusual. Does the mother have an old and conservative thought?

Daughter: "The problem is the place where she is piercing."

Ebata: "Well, 'Kippiru Pierce?'"

Daughter: "Other than that"

Ebata: "What?"

Daughter: "Tongue piercing"

Ebata: "I'm sorry. Now, in a moment, I could understand how the mother felt"

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"If you pierce the tongue, it will be unsanitary, and it will make your dishes poor, firstly !"

It is me that has been criticized so far, in spite of "I have not tried "Tongue piercing" by myself"

After all, my logicalness is, too weak to withstand this sort of incident.

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This kind of problem is an issue that solves in time and number, after all.

For example, if half of the university students come up with "tongue piercing" in fashion, everyone will not criticize it. Or everyone will not feel it.

This is the same as the "Google Street View" story that I have mentioned many times.

That's because we can not explain logically that "ear piercing" is OK and "tongue piercing" is NG.

And what can not be explained logically basically come to be accepted by society using "time and number", in other words,"familiarization".

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However, the history of "tongue piercing" is still short, against the history of "ear piercing".

In addition, it is difficult to take majority strategy like “google street view”.

So, I would like to keep watching over the coming 100 year war of "Tongue piercing" from a safe place where the bullets don't fly.

Q. Looking back on the infection status of COVID-19 on April 10, was there a problem that (Ebata) enjoyed his (solo) ski trip on March 21?

In response, I received an email from Dr. Shibata, so I will open it with the permission.

====== Reply from Dr. Shibata ("Shibata of the overrun"), from here ======

A. I think that Mr. Ebata's ski trip had no problem at all.

Historically, or rather, human societies are so loose that they indirectly harm the lives of others on a daily basis.

"Tobacco ⇒ Cancer death"

"Harassment and economic disparity that are not recognized as crime ⇒ suicide"

Automobile ⇒ accidental death, sequelae"

"Fast or salty food ⇒ hypertension ⇒ lethal vascular lesions"

"Nuclear power plant on volcanic and earthquake islands"

There are many examples and reality that human life is lighter than greed and inertia.

Well, there is a used expression that "Integration of multiplication of difference in life expectancy between developing and developed countries and number of births". It is said that this is the same of "the amount of life that person who haves cut off persons who have-nots".

So, I think that according to the act before the harmful act is widely known as a threat at the level of social common sense, nobody should take responsibility.

Also, the Japanese government weighs the economy and the complete end of COVID-19, and at the moment, we are giving up the end of COVID-19 and aiming for equilibrium.

The complete closure of the economy will hunt down a lot of people, create a lot of misfortune, and generate a considerable number of suicides.

So I agree with this direction.

The government's aim is to minimize the misfortunes of the world = spend money while keeping the number of COVID-19 patients to a number that does not cause medical collapse.

Corona is dead but society is dead ... This doesn't make us laugh.

When thinking that way, I think that Mr. Ebata, who spent money on leisure when there were only a few infected people, contributes much more to society than the young people who wander around without spending money in Shibuya.

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However, if I would like to add only one point, Mr. Ebata. you could not anticipate this "nightmare", but you could expect the number itself, Could you?

(To be continued)

I saw the news of the third emergency declaration and the images of people gathering in the park to drink soju and beer at the same time, thinking,

"I wonder if they want to drink so much"

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I have refused to drink now, but,

I am the one who has been exposed to these abominations.

So I think he understands the "fun of drinking".

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Sometimes I ask myself.

"At the time, I wondered if I would have done such a foolish thing even if I had been in a 'lethal infectious disease and the state was issuing a state of emergency"

I'd like to think that I would not have done such a foolish thing even back then.

However, I also think, "I can't say for sure that I didn't do it.

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I know from experience that alcohol, even in very small amounts, can destroy normal judgment with relative ease.

- Against a "lethal infection" that must be fought with the full force of reason.

- Alcohol can easily activate our instincts.

- Therefore, it is undeniable that alcohol is one of the greatest enemies of this disaster.

Others say that telecommuting is increasing the number of alcoholics.

(To be continued)

My daughters are, as a rule, amiable to others -- just like me.

Well, seriously.

I, at work, am very amiable.

I am convinced that I could write a whole column on the subject of "Amiability as a Strategy.

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It was at a part-time job where my daughter used to work that she had a problem with a senior customer who sent her an email.

Apparently, the man sent her a long email describing "my illustrious past".

She was having trouble coping and the consultation fell to me.

My daughter was being sociable with the customer in her 'business', but the customer came to think that she was being sociable with him in her 'favor', and -- well, this is a story that seems to be everywhere, not just with seniors.

Senior who wants to tell his "old saga" instead of his "current self" - this is probably the No. 1 case of harassment against young people at a drinking party.

But at the same time, it is a familiar story to me.

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As you know, I write and publish quite a huge amount of text every day.

And I am abusing the link (quote) of this text in emails and documents.

Although this is an act of 'I want to convey my thoughts from the past, with no explanations,' I think it is harassment enough for the reader.

-- well, readers can skip the link, so still less culpable than the senior above.

So I have ignored the fact.

Still, there is no difference in 'I want to talk about my past.

Let's admit the fact that I, am also a "senior who wants to tell the 'saga of the past'".

Seniors are poor creatures.

But I don't ask you to understand.

Because eventually you will understand.

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Now, in troubleshooting the above, I instructed my daughter to send the following email.

====== Email text from here ======

Regarding your email, I discussed this with my father who is in charge of the IP department at his company.

He warned me that "Known or just in a situation where I could know, will make me involve in violation of the Personal Data Protection Law (rightful offender), and Possible penalties"

I apologize to you, however I have just erased all your emails I have received.

I would appreciate it if you would refrain from sending us any such e-mails in the future.

Ebata

====== Email text to here ======

This one seems to have been completed successfully since then (I have not heard a report).

Well, on the back end, the picture of her father, who has worked with an acquaintance in the IP department (with whom I have worked), standing proudly behind her -----

I think the this was a great threat (fear), that would have been enough to destroy the "old saga" harassment.

I am now a member of a new team this year.

The team includes several people whose official language is English (not their native language).

I am surprised that everyone on this team speaks English normally, but more than that, I am surprised -- or rather, astonished -- by the new form of communication.

"Bilingual Simultaneous Use Communication"

Native Japanese speakers speak Japanese, English officials speak English, and

"Almost perfect communication"

has been completed.

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This is what "eye-opnening" means.

There are many cases in which a person can speak well but has difficulty speaking (I believe the opposite is almost never the case).

Our goal is not to use English or Japanese, but 'communication'.

The approach can be anything, as long as that objective can be achieved.

Of course, this requires mutual "hearing" between Japanese and English, but conversely, "hearing" alone is enough.

To be honest, I am stunned by the fact

"I (Ebata) did not come to this way"

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Come to think of it, I have seen a lot of Japanese who say, 'I can hear English, but I can't speak it well'.

There were also certainly many people, even from outside Japan, who said, 'I can hear Japanese, but I can't speak it well.

So, I should have realized this approach, but I think that our (our) 'English supremacy' mindset has prevented us from thinking this way.

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This method is, neither,

"If you're in Japan, use Japanese"

nor

"English is the default language"

This is a new paradigm.

And I think it is important to expand this method as a new form of communication that "should" exist in the next generation.

If your team has this operation, we would like you to keep sending it out.

I once had a guy who gave me a job because "other people were busy."

'Die, you idiot,' I said, still angry.

In this way, it has the same meaning as 'I look bored.

The only option for a request from someone like this is to 'refuse,' but that may not be possible in the case of business.

Still, I will not forget the guy with the worst possible impression.

This level of consideration comes with age -- but some people can't do it forever.

For example, "I (Ebata).

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My words and actions have hurt many people (including my blog and columns).

I have "talked too much" about too many things to think I am the exception.

How not to hurt people, are, I think,?

To remain silent, not speak, and not reveal one's true feelings.

However, it is much more difficult to do.

We should remember that 'talking about something' is synonymous with 'hurting someone.

If you want to remain a "good guy," shut your mouth.

Incidentally, the reverse phase of the above phrase is,

"Talking will always make you a "bad person.""

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By the way, regarding the above "because others are busy," whatever the truth of that, the phrase to use in this case is,

'There is no one else I can turn to but you, Ebata-san, on this matter!

Again, "whatever the truth may be."