IsitmeetingwithpresidentsorCeosorbeinghereinfrontof a studioaudience?
社長やCEOと会うことですか、それともスタジオの観客の前でここにいることですか?
DefinitelybeingherebecausewhenyoumeetthepresidentandCeoandyousaysomethingstupid, I mean, theyaretheonlyonesthattheperiodandthey I'veheardmanystupidthingsintheirlifesotheyforgetit.
Andthisisactually a memory, historicalmemoryfromtensofthousandsofyearsagowhenourauntsisterslivedinthewildandtherewereactuallymonstersthatcametoeatkidsinthenight a lionwouldcometoeatyou.
Butkidsrarelyactuallymeet a liontoday, buttheymeet, saycorporationseverydaytheymeetgoogleandTiktokandfacebookandMcdonald's andDisneyandtheyneedtounderstandwhat a corporationisandhowtobeawareofthedangerswhenencountering a corporation, whichistodayfarmoredangerousthan a lion.
I heardsomekids, butyouknow, TiktokerMcdonald's, theycanbeverydangerous.
子供もいるらしいが、ティクトーカー・マクドナルドは、とても危険な存在である。
Soit's important I thinkforhistorytoconnectthepastwiththepresentandthebooktriestoexplainforinstance, whatis a cooperation, whichissomethingquitecomplicated.
I meanwhenyou'reon a booktourwithwith a booklikethis, isitmorefungoingon a booktourwhenyou'vewritten a kid's book, doyouencounterdifferentthings?
このような本でブックツアーをする場合、子供向けの本を書いた時の方がブックツアーは楽しいですか?
Youencounterdifferentquestionsfromyoungpeople?
若い人たちからは、さまざまな質問が寄せられるのですね。
Yes, somequiteunexpectedquestionslike, I don't know, thisonekidaskedme, I mean, isthere a dangerthatthebaboonswillevolveandbecomesmarterthanusandtakeovertheworldandthenlookusinthezoosAndyou'resayingthat's a sillyquestion, okay, I wouldbeworriedabouttherats, notthebaboons.
Youknow, chimpanzeescancooperatelike 50 chimpanzeesorharm a chimpanzees.
チンパンジーは50匹くらいで協力したり、チンパンジーに危害を加えたりするでしょ?
Youcanneverconvince a millionchimpanzeestocometogethertobuild a cathedralortofight a warortobuild a spaceshiptothemoonbyconvincingtheminsomestoryinsomemythology, butthisisthewaythatwecooperateandagain, it's notjustreligiousmythologies, it's alsotheeconomicsystem.
It's notitdoesn't haveanyobjectivevalue, like, I don't know, bananasandcoconutsandthingslikethat, butwehavethegreateststorytellersintheworld, whicharenotthepeoplewhowintheNobelPrizeinliterature, it's thepeoplewhowintheNobelprizeineconomicsandtheytellus a storyandit's basicallytheonlystoryeverybodybelievesandit's workedsosuccessfullythat I takethisworthlesspieceofpaperandgotothesupermarketto a stranger I nevermetbeforeinmylife, and I givethemthisworthlesspieceofpaperandtheygivemebananasthat I canactuallyeat, andthisissomethingthatchimpscan't do, andthisiswhywecontroltheworldandnotthechimpanzees.
I mean, democracyis a kindofsystemthatit's like a rareplant, itcan't surviveundereveryconditionmanyconditionswhenit's simplyimpossible, dictatorshipcansurvive.
Andoneofthepreconditionsisthatthepeopleinthecountry, theycanseeeachotherastheirpoliticalrivals, butnotastheirenemieswhentwohalvesof a nationincreasinglyseetheotherhalfastheirenemythatisouttogetthemtodestroytheirwayoflife.