Serenity

Yesterday Gene came to my room and had a talk. We discuss about the unwilling things when we concentrate on researches. Gene thinks we'll have much administration when we have a bigger research plan. He would like to prevent these things. After all, what we love is research. Taking too much time in administration is like putting the cart before the horse.

I think of what 李開復 said in the speech the day before yesterday. We should distinguish what we can change from what we can't change. I think we can't avoid the administration, so what I can do is change my mind. Either not doing the researches which requires lots of data or being willing to do the administration. I like the attitude of Arishia in ARIA. She enjoys everything, and therefore she has no annoyance. For a character in the animation, achieving this attitude is very easy. The author said "Yes, she enjoys everything", then she did. However, we don't need to be a 100% person who enjoys everything. We just keep trying to escape from the bad mood. Someday we could even have no bad mood when the annoying things that we thought before happened.

Or we can take the other way, like Albert Einstein who researches theoretical physics. I think he need only a few data, so he needn't do administration. On the other hand, Newton was President of the Royal Society. he used his power to make the members publish their data for his research. Obviously, Gene doesn't think "enjoy everything" is a good solution, while he takes this example. Maybe we can find some interesting research without lots of data. Therefore, we could have less administration.

This noon, I think of another example while I'm listening to the background music of RO2. Like 菅野よう子, the composer of RO2, often composes many complex music, so she needs a group to finish her works. On the other hand, a pianist doesn't need a group. He/She can do whatever he/she likes.

Although I'd like to be a man who can enjoy everything, I prefer to do works including less people.