With a favorite musician Momus's songs this morning, I read the rest of Michael Sandel's "The Tyranny of Merit". Of course, I have never been a guy who has studied philosophy so deeply. All I have learned is mainly from the books I've enjoyed (for example, Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, and Heidegger) and the life experiences I've learned. However, I think I could have enjoyed this hot book by an owner of a truly warm heart.
Following Sandel's crisp analysis, I've learned the current situation in this world again. Sandel must have a decent attitude toward the people who might not agree with him because of their political opinions. As for me, how can I step closer to the people who are standing on the opposite side? I shouldn't accept them as enemies too simply/rapidly, but also shouldn't push them too hard and reach our "united" conclusions. Of course, I should try to calculate each case's answer practically (hoping I could have owned such a warm heart, too!).
How will this world become (especially, AFTER the ongoing election in the USA)? Of course, I am just an ordinary Japanese citizen. On Twitter, it seems that there must be various struggles by plenty of fighters. Even though they must have inner missions that move them toward those so serious, I just want to keep "my calm stance" enough not to be involved by that outside terrible flaming, and also by my inner cynicism or an evil mind. Probably some people laugh at this attitude as too "snob" or too "clean", but I am not so young anymore... So it goes.
This afternoon, I enjoyed reading Han Kang's Japanese paperback "The White Book" (even though the town I live in is a rural one, this paperback was in the bookstore at AEON maybe because of the Nobel Prize). Although I already read this very poetic and sensitive work, I could have put myself into this book's beautiful world I guess. It even has reminded me of Sebalt's brilliant books.
This evening, I joined this week's English conversation class. There, we enjoyed a pleasant time. We learned how to use the simple verb "want" fluently today, and after that lesson, I came back to my room and enjoyed chatting on Discord and LINE (mainly, about AI art and the concept of beauty).
