nishio: you say something like âindependence is importantâ and think youâve said something, but itâs unclear what that âindependenceâ is. Huh? I think itâs a bit of a stretch to attribute it to âindependenceâ and be done with it.
nishio: For example, right now I am writing about my experience as a mentor for the Junior Unexplored Program in a public forum, not under someone elseâs direction, which at first glance appears to be a âproactiveâ activity. This seems to be a âproactiveâ activity. But what is the reason for this activity?
nishio: After digging deeper, I came to the fact that I once received a thank-you note from a creator-support organization regarding this article I had written on the adoption of the MIZUKO JUNIOR. I found that I once received a word of thanks from a creator-supporting organization for this article that I wrote about the adoption of the Unexplored Junior. I.e., this is âapproval fulfilled, rewarded by praise.â Generalists are selected when evaluated by sum
nishio: So the actions you are doing now are âactions that are being done because of approval or rewards from othersâ. Whatâs the difference between âIâm doing this because my mom praises me when I do thisâ and âIâm doing this because my mom praises me when I do thisâ? It is simply a misunderstanding that you thought you were acting spontaneously.
nishio: going back, I think I was spontaneous when I was a freshman in college when I first started my web diary. But I donât think the current Unexplored Junior system of âsubmit a proposal and get an interviewâ is useful in supporting that level of activity. Even if there had been an unexplored junior program back then, I wouldnât have submitted it, and even if I had, it wouldnât have passed.
nishio: So what was beneficial was that the activity was triggered by âa venture that has an office near the university rents a block of servers to students for free. This was beneficial because it was triggered by âyou can make your own website, come to the office and work on itâ.
nishio: I was given a place where I could freely place Perl CGI and rewrite it myself, so I âplayedâ with it. Maybe it would be good if there were more places of this kind.
hrjn: when Iâm raising my kids, I think, âInitiative is important, but you have to give them the materials to act independently.â Of course, you canât look for what you donât know, and you canât execute what you donât have the means to do. I think itâs the same at work.
nishio: Yeah, I started doing things here because I learned that âif I write a program in Perl and put it here, I can access it from home with a browser and use itâ and âI can create dynamically changing pages instead of just static I started doing a lot of things because I learned that âif I write a program in Perl and use it here, I can access it from home with a browserâ and âI can create dynamically changing pages, not just static HTML.
nishio: When I found out about it, I modified the CGI version of the presentation version to make a cave exploration game. I liked JNetHack at the time, and the idea of being able to write letters on the wall and have them gradually fade away was interesting to me, so I made that happen on an online bulletin board. Well, it wasnât used because I didnât think of the âincentive to write in a messy wayâ.
nishio: If you think about toddlers, they draw pictures because they have paper and crayons, they make X with clay because they have clay, they make X with Lego bricks because they have Lego bricks âŠand so on⊠it might be normal that âmaking toysâ are given from outside.
nishio: So Scratch and HackforPlay are good âbuilding toysâ and a âplaceâ to show them to others and get feedback. Itâs a âplaygroundâ that comes with a set of âplacesâ to show it to others and get feedback.
nishio: In my time, I was renting a server, but nowadays we can create both static and dynamic pages for free, so what the heck should I offer? Iâm not sure what to offer. Well, sharing information for those who donât know that it can be made for free is beneficial, but that only takes a few pages of articles.
nishio: how did we get to talking about âsubjectivityâ? Homogeneous, obedient and diligent factory labor â Diverse, autonomous and creative human resources
nishio: this is another story where the word is âspontaneityâ but related to Unexplored emphasizes spontaneity.
nishio: itâs good to walk and ponder for an hour about unresolved issues, itâs good for exercise, and itâs good for an hourâs worth of development of unresolved issues. Letâs do it again tomorrow. Tomorrow we will do âWhat is Social Significance?â Scheduled for
nishio: a suggestion of what might be good to support, I wrote this earlier Proposed service to send technical books to elementary and middle school students nishio: Related Unlimited access to technical books for elementary, middle, and high school students.
nishio: This is also about the disparity between urban and rural areas. Even if you donât have enough money to buy technical books, if you live in a city, you can go to a large bookstore like Junkudo and look at the shelves with a large number of technical books lined up. You can even browse the shelves. On the other hand, there are some people who do not have such large bookstores within their reach.
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