The afterword of the original Japanese version

Finally, I'll tell you a story that's a bit long enough to be an "afterword" but not so long as to be a chapter.

On a related note to the previous chapter, the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle affirmed the slavery of his time.

The slaves of this period are those who are not "the free people (liberalis)" described in the previous chapter.

The people who are not physically bound by ropes, chains, etc., but who are bound and crippled by the bondage of labor.

And this Aristotle's ideal was a monarchy with slavery.

Aside from the monarchy, why did Aristotle think slavery was necessary?

The reasoning behind this is that for free people to concentrate more on consideration and inquiry, they should have slaves do the necessary labor, such as looking after themselves.

So, what would happen here if the "necessary labor, such as looking after themselves," of this time translate into modern times?

I think it would be "labor to supply necessary things for life.

Furthermore, what if we replace these "slaves" with "AI and robots" here?

I believe that this is the future that will come sooner or later.

Now, let me ask you about this "future that will come sooner or later."

What would you think if we, the Japanese, were all of a sudden put into this kind of future with our current condition?

I fear that there are quite a few people who are at a loss as to what to do.

Furthermore, if Aristotle saw the sight, he would probably say.

"This is not good! It seems that a slave has mixed up by mistake!"

And when I write this, it becomes Aristotle is a terrible person, but since slavery was the norm in Greece at this time, it may be inevitable.

But, Aristotle also says the following.

"Person is actually a slave or all of the people are free people, should not necessarily be taken as born slaves or freemen."

Besides, in his work, the Politics, Aristotle describes a natural slave as "Anyone who, while being human, is by nature not his own but of someone else." and "Who participates in reason only to the extent of perceiving it, but does not have it."

To put it a little more plainly, he means that "A man who has little or no reason is a slave even if he was originally born in a free person's house."

On the contrary, this is "A free person is a person who has a reason (be all one's own) that is not others own."

In other words, It's not defined by one's origins, whether one was born into a free person or not, but it depends on the one himself.

However, we Japanese people today are generally working, and our job requires us to "perceive the reason of others and act by that reason."

The most obvious example of this is in the hospitality industry, where we must feel "sense the wishes of the customer and act in a way that will make the customer feel more comfortable."

For sure, that is an inevitable part of our work.

Conversely, when you're not working, you don't have to "perceive the reason of others and act by that reason" in that way.

Of course, there may be cases where the person does things to one's loved ones, such as family members, with one's reasoning and in good faith.

But if there is no such reason, what would be the point of leaving it to "other people's reason" without respecting one's reasoning as such?

That "other people's reason" includes "conventional wisdom" formed by an unspecified number of people, not a particular individual.

Indeed, "liberation from bondage" is a great variety.

Some of the bondage includes what is said to be "conventional wisdom" and the opinion that one's preferences and ideas are correct.

And by "liberation from bondage," you will have a happier life.

You don't need something special to learn this, familiar entertainment works such as games, manga, and anime will be enough.

First of all, do so and be the right customer with the right eye for luxury goods or goods with a strong preference.

And put yourself in other's shoes, and think about it, and develop it more.

Then you'll be able to do that as a job and contribute more to society and the world.

(For example, let's say you are a lover of Indian curry, and you make a hobby of going to a restaurant that specializes in Indian curry.

It was and still is, you could turn your hobby into a job by being the one to make and serve the curry yourself, but in this case, you need to have a talent for cooking.

Nowadays, you can become a YouTube or blogger and do a job out of it by reviewing restaurants from a completely customer's standpoint.)

Finally, I would like to talk about the event that inspired me to write this book.

One day I had the privilege of attending an online meeting on the subject of withdrawal(hikikomori).

I told the story of Sakura Wars, which I wrote about here (Chapter 5: Examples of learning from a game "Sakura Wars") at that time.

Then someone praised me as follows.

"If you have someone who says that, you can take games positively, and you can get rid of guilt and learn."

"It's a good idea, so why don't you put it all together in an e-book?"

I get carried away every time someone praises me, so I thought, "It must be written and published by all means." and I accidentally wrote this that's what this book is all about.

Therefore, this book wouldn't have been born if I hadn't received praise from this person at this time.

After all, it makes me glad to be congratulated, so it is easy to motivate myself to write.

That is how all kinds of works create in the world, so I think it's not only the people who create these works, but also the people who can evaluate them are great.

I have tried to put together this book in the hope that those who can evaluate these works will be even happier.

May the information in this book (= Knowledge) turn into better wisdom for you.

And with that wisdom, I hope you will be happier.

Thank you for taking the time to read this book.