働きすぎる社長は、本当に優秀なのか

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   21 Sep 2026 · 11 min

   焼畑ビジネスで気を付けなければならないポイント

   How can you tell whether a business opportunity is already burning out? In this episode, I examine “slash-and-burn” business models, especially those built around teaching people how to make money online. The early entrants may succeed, but problems arise when students become sellers of the same methods and the market depends on a constant supply of newcomers. I discuss several useful questions: Who is the final consumer? Does the product have value without being resold? How many people actually succeed? What did the successful people sell? Sometimes a market looks prosperous only because…

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   20 Sep 2026 · 13 min

   自己啓発産業のサプライチェーン

   What if the self-help industry has its own supply chain? In this episode, I look at self-help through the lens of manufacturing. Ideas such as mindset, personal branding, resilience, and journaling are imported, translated, adapted, shaped into familiar formulas, mass-produced as social media posts, and distributed to consumers. Some creators act like trading companies, others like mold makers, factories, wholesalers, or retailers. This does not mean self-help is worthless. The more interesting question is where value is added, where ideas become diluted, and where they turn into copies.…

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   19 Sep 2026 · 13 min

   現代人は、人生を攻略ゲームに変換することで、不確実さから逃げているのではないか

   Why are modern people so obsessed with optimization? In this episode, I explore the possibility that optimization helps us cope with uncertainty. Life has no clear roadmap, but goals, numbers, routines, and success formulas can make it feel like a game with rules. We want success to have a reason and failure to have an explanation because randomness is uncomfortable. Yet effort does not always produce results, and success may depend partly on timing, circumstances, and luck. Perhaps we do not need more strategies for mastering life. What we need instead is the ability to live in a world that…

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   18 Sep 2026 · 17 min

   自己啓発屋の思想はなぜテフロン加工されているのか

   Why does self-help thinking sometimes seem Teflon-coated? In this episode, I explore how certain ideas appear designed to repel criticism, failure, social problems, and even self-doubt. When reality challenges the message that “everything depends on you,” another positive slogan can simply provide a fresh coating. I contrast this with a “wok-style” philosophy: scratched, burned, blackened, and shaped by direct contact with reality. Perhaps good thinking should allow failure, contradiction, other people’s suffering, and uncomfortable facts to stick. There is nothing wrong with ambition or…

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   17 Sep 2026 · 9 min

   空手形ばかり切るビジネス

   Is modern self-help built on promissory notes? In this episode, I explore how online businesses often sell promises whose value can only be judged in the future: change your habits and your life will improve, invest in yourself and you will succeed, or build systems and you will become free. On social media, people even seem to endorse each other’s promises through likes, comments, and mutual praise. But eventually, every promise reaches its maturity date. What actually remains after one, two, or three years? Perhaps sustainable business is less about selling grand dreams and more about…

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   15 Sep 2026 · 13 min

   人畜無害はノーリスク・リターンな徳である

   Is being harmless the same as being a good person? In this episode, I question why modern society often treats harmlessness as a moral virtue. Traditional virtues such as courage, justice, generosity, and honesty usually involve some kind of cost: risk, conflict, sacrifice, or responsibility. Harmlessness, however, can often be achieved simply by avoiding conflict, strong opinions, and difficult situations. There is nothing wrong with living quietly and peacefully, but not harming others is different from actively doing good. Perhaps we have begun giving too much moral credit to people…

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   14 Sep 2026 · 11 min

   AIで空いた時間に、仕事をしてはいけない

   What should we do with the time AI saves us? In this episode, I argue that efficiency should not simply lead to more work. If a task that once took three hours now takes one, perhaps the remaining two hours should belong to us. We can play games, read, walk, nap, or do nothing at all. Modern life often turns even rest into another productivity tool, but rest does not need to justify itself. AI and automation should not exist merely to increase the density of work. Their real promise may be giving human beings more time in which they do not have to work.…

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   13 Sep 2026 · 11 min

   苦しみの資産化 ── なぜ不幸はYouTubeで価値を持つのか

   What happens when human suffering becomes an asset? In traditional accounting, humiliation, loneliness, unemployment, and painful memories have no monetary value. But on YouTube, those same experiences can generate views, donations, subscribers, and advertising revenue. In this episode, I explore the strange economics of turning personal suffering into content. The most disturbing possibility is that success may create a conflict: you want to escape your suffering, but your audience may value you precisely because you suffer. When unhappiness becomes profitable, recovery can reduce your…

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   12 Sep 2026 · 11 min

   深いことを言いすぎる時代

   Why does everyone sound so “deep” these days? In this episode, I explore the inflation of philosophical language online: words like freedom, meaning, identity, structure, desire, and authenticity now appear everywhere. The problem is not thinking deeply, but mistaking abstract language for depth itself. When profound-sounding words are used constantly, philosophy can become little more than background music. I argue that the weight of a thought may depend partly on how long someone has remained silent before saying it. Perhaps true depth comes not from speaking endlessly about life, but from…

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    11 Sep 2026 · 11 min

    壁打ちは環境負荷が高い

    Is AI “brainstorming” bad for the environment? In this episode, I half-jokingly ask whether we really need data centers running around the world just to help us organize our thoughts. People now use AI to reflect on their careers, emotions, goals, values, and daily frustrations—tasks that once required only a notebook, a walk, or a quiet evening. Of course, AI has many valuable uses, but perhaps not every vague feeling needs computational power. Sometimes the most environmentally friendly form of reflection is simply thinking for yourself, writing something down, or doing absolutely nothing…