Friday 15 August 2014

人類 個人的さと団結のバランス   Humanity: The balance between individualism and unity

更新してから、時間が結構経った。面白いことがあってないからかも知れない。仕事は不振で、待たなければならない時期だった。しかし、ついに従業員を二人雇って、その二人が月曜日に働き始める。なので、これからついに進み続ける。第一年は結構悔しかったけど、その話は後回しする。このブログでは最近の面白い考えについて話したい。

It's been a while since I updated. Probably because nothing too interesting happened. Work's been slow and it's been a period where I couldn't do much else besides waiting. However, I've finally hired 2 employees who'll start work on Monday, so from here on out things will finally pick up again. The first year has been rather frustrating, but I'm postponing that talk to some later time. This blog I want to talk about an interesting thought I've had recently.

気を入れる為にフェアリーテイルのAMVを見てたら考え出したのは何でこの人達はこんなに親しくて、仲間にのなら何も捨てて何もやるか。アニメであるのは当たり前なのに、実世界と比較しては行けると思う。実世界にはそれほど親しい仲間が居る人も居て、居なくても居る。しかし、居る人さえ仲間の為にやることに限界があるじゃないか?例えば、家族や恋人の為にやられないことが少ないが、自分の物凄く大切な物を捨てれば相手を救える瞬間には救わないことにする人も居る。少ないか多いか知らないけど、確か居る。

When I was motivating myself through watching Fairy Tail AMVs, I had an interesting thought. 'Why are these people so close and why are they willing to throw away anything and do anything for their friends?' Of course it's an anime, but I still think you can compare it to the real world. I believe that in the real world there are people who have friends as close as this and also people who don't have friends this close. However, even the ones that do have a limit to what they'd do for their friends, don't you think? For example, I think there's very few things that people wouldn't do for their family and lover, but at the very moment when someone has to throw away something EXTREMELY important to them to save this person, I think there's also people who would hesitate and not do it. I'm not sure whether there's a lot of very few of these people, but they certainly exist.

とにかく、この例は過激であって、世界を一般化しているけど、何で人類は割れていて、個人的かと考え出した。答えは驚くことにとても簡単だ。現在の社会は個人的な社会であって、人々はそれぞれ異なる目標を持っているからだ。フェアリーテイルっていうグイルドの中で皆は大体同じ目標を持っているけれど、実世界では皆が異なる夢を叶えようとしている。しかし、それだけではなく、人類は色々な民族がある。この他には人類は様々な国に別れているままでもある。尚、国々の中では政党やスポーツチームやAppleとAndroid等の区分が一杯存在している。人類の変化は一般的に美しい事として認められているんだけど、貴方はこれを考えたことがある?俺に皆目悪い事みたいである訳ではないけど、良くない点があって気を付ければならない危ない事だとは当たり前じゃないだろうか?

Anyway, this example is extreme and I'm generalizing the world, but I did start to wonder why humanity is so divided and individualistic. The answer is surprisingly simple. Our current society is simply enough an individualistic society and every one has different goals in life. In the 'Fairy Tail' guild everyone for the most part has the same goals, but in the real world everyone is trying to accomplish different dreams. However, not only this, but humanity is divided in various races. On top of this we're divided in various countries. And as if this isn't enough, within countries we're further divided into political parties, sports teams, Apple/Android etc. Generally speaking, humanity's diversity is thought of as a beautiful thing, but have you ever questioned this? I'm not trying to say that to me it seems like a purely evil thing, but isn't it obvious that our diversity has drawbacks and can be a dangerous thing as well?

逆の極端はStarcraft IIっていうビデオゲームのZergっていう種族の様な社会だ。Zergとは一つの精神があって個人的さが全く無い宇宙種族だ。人間に似合わなく、それより現在の状況の方が良いのも当たり前なのに、極端の間の個人的さと団結の良いバランスの社会はどう思う?今は団結が全然無いままではないけど、若し何とか人類には団結して戦い合う必要な適が現れたら、社会に良い影響だかも知れない。現在、人類は地球のたった一つの覇者であって、適も無く、重なり合う目標も少ない。Zergの様な宇宙種族に成るべきじゃない。だけど、人類は人々同士の区分が少しも消えて少しももっと団結して、人間の中で皆が同じチームに気付かれるとしたら、それこそ美しい事だと俺は思う。

The opposite extreme would be something like the Zerg race from the video game called Starcraft II. The Zerg is an alien race with a single consciousness and almost no individualism whatsoever. This doesn't really suite humans and this is obviously worse than the current situation, but how about a society somewhere in the middle of these 2 extremes with a good balance of individualism and unity? It's not like right now there is no unity whatsoever, but if an enemy were to appear that would force all of humanity to unite and fight together, I think that might have a positive influence on society. At the moment humanity is the single ruler on planet Earth and we have neither enemies nor many common goals. We shouldn't turn into an alien race like the Zerg, but if somehow humanity's divisions were to disappear, we became more united and people would realize that we humans are all on the same team, I think that would be a beautiful thing.

考えまだ残っているけど、もう2時間位努力しているので、今回ここまで。漢字の勉強もよく進んでいる!1150字位書ける様に成って来たぞ!後1000字位なのに、悪くないな!最近はちょっと漢字勉強し過ぎちゃったから、これからスピードが減るはず。実は今まで過激なペースだった。しかし、ペースが減っても諦めん!

I still have thoughts remaining, but I've been doing my best for about 2 hours already, so this time I'll leave it at this. Kanji studies are progressing nicely too! I can write about 1150 characters now! Another 1000 or so remaining, but not bad. I think I've studied Kanji a little too much as of late, so my speed will probably drop a little bit. Actually, up till this point my pace has been absolutely insane/inhuman. However, even if my pace may slow down a little, I won't quit!