Name: 自殺は間違った答え (Suicide is the Wrong Answer)
Uploaded: 2025-07-23T01:10:14.000Z
Duration: 9 min 46 s
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過去形

大家好, I'm Nathan Rich, aka 火锅大王. When I was a young man, I struggled to thrive.

大家好、火锅大王ことネイサン・リッチです。若い頃、私は苦労した。

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If you've seen the videos I made about my life story, or you've read my book, then you know what I'm talking about. Life got pretty rough. I almost didn't make it, but I'm happy I did, because life is worth living. And today,

私の人生について描いたビデオを見たことがある人、あるいは私の本を読んだことがある人なら、私が何を言っているか分かるだろう。人生はかなり荒れていた。私はほとんど成功しなかったが、私は成功したことに満足している。そして今日、

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I'm going to explain to you why I think that's objectively true.

それが客観的に真実だと思う理由を説明しよう。

I used to be a real nihilist, and in some ways, I still am. There's certainly a lot to be said for the concept that nothing is real, or nothing matters. But I want to specifically declare what it is that made me realize life is an exception to that idea. I made another video that explores some of the nihilist ideas floating around in my head. You can check that one out if you like. Okay, so life.

私はかつて本物のニヒリストだったし、ある意味では今もそうだ。何も現実ではない、何も重要ではない、という考え方には確かに多くのことがある。しかし、人生がその考え方の例外であることに気づかせてくれたものは何なのか、具体的に宣言したい。私の頭の中に浮かんでいるニヒリスト的な考えのいくつかを探求する別のビデオを作った。よかったらそちらもご覧ください。さて、人生だ。

First, let's point out some concepts. Time, we should all be aware, is a relative thing. Now, I don't just mean that it's actually altered by gravity or speed.

まず、いくつかの概念を指摘しておこう。時間とは相対的なものである。重力や速度によって変化するという意味だけではない。

I'm also talking about the experience of time. Your experience of time changes with your mental state. When you're a baby, everything seems so important and eternal. Everything is so long. But these days, things go faster and faster. If you're old like me, days are like how hours used to be. So we know time in relation to a person's experience changes. Do you remember how long it felt to grow up? I mean, for me, it seemed like an entire lifetime just to survive my childhood. I hope no one thinks I'm exaggerating. But what does this have to do with anything? All right, well, I start to think about what happens after we die.

時間の経験についても話している。時間の経験は精神状態によって変化する。赤ん坊のときは、すべてがとても重要で永遠に思える。すべてがとても長い。でも最近は、物事がどんどん早く進んでいく。私のような年寄りは、日々はかつての時間のようなものだ。だから私たちは、人の経験に関連する時間が変化することを知っている。大人になるまでの時間を覚えていますか？つまり、私にとっては、子供時代を生き延びるだけで一生分の時間がかかったように思えた。大げさだと思われなければいいのだが。でも、それが何か関係あるんですか？そうだな、死んだ

I find the notions of death pretty interesting if you consider some of the deeper philosophical theories about how reality actually works. I mean, it's quite possible that if you die, the universe you were in actually ceases to exist.

現実が実際にどのように機能しているのかについて、いくつかの深い哲学的理論を考慮するならば、死に関する概念はかなり興味深いものだと思う。つまり、あなたが死んだら、あなたがいた宇宙は実際に存在しなくなる可能性は十分にある。

Maybe it doesn't, but that's one of the many possibilities in my mind. And before you scoff, I wonder, how could you know it isn't possible? It certainly works out in theoretical exercises. Christians, Muslims, etc. all pretty much believe the same thing about the afterlife, actually. You die, you're judged, and you go live in paradise or hell or somewhere in between. I was raised to believe death only leads to living another life, a reincarnation. Others believe nothing happens when you die. Your consciousness simply stops. But what if the process of your brain powering down for the last time brings with it the slowing of time? This means you could theoretically experience an eternity of thought. You see what I mean?

そうではないかもしれないが、私の頭の中には多くの可能性がある。と嘲笑する前に、どうしてそれが不可能だとわかるのか、と私は思う。確かに理論的な練習ではうまくいく。キリスト教もイスラム教も、死後の世界についてはほとんど同じことを信じている。死んで裁かれ、楽園か地獄か、その中間で暮らすことになる。私は、死は別の人生、輪廻転生につながるだけだと信じて育った。他の人たちは、死んでも何も起こらないと信じている。意識が止まるだけだ。しかし、脳が最後にパワーダウンする過程で、時間の流れが遅くなるとしたらどうだろう？つまり

Even though it's only a second for the rest of the world, because your sense of time is distorting, it could seem literally like an eternity to you. I died in my 20s and was resuscitated over a period of 10 minutes. The inverse happened to me. That is, the experience seemed much shorter than the actual time had passed. But there was an experience.

他の世界ではほんの1秒でも、あなたの時間感覚は歪んでいるから、あなたにとっては文字通り永遠のように思えるかもしれない。私は20代で死に、10分かけて蘇生した。私にはその逆のことが起こった。つまり、実際の経過時間よりもはるかに短く感じられたのだ。しかし、体験はあった。

The time could have just as easily gone the other way in the end. So there are many possibilities here. But the interesting thing is, when we think the other way, what possibilities are there for life? We can control some parts of life by our own actions. But what about when life becomes too hard to suffer?

結局、時間はいとも簡単に逆の方向に進んだ。だから、ここには多くの可能性がある。しかし、興味深いのは、逆に考えたとき、人生にはどんな可能性があるということだ。私たちは自分の行動で人生のある部分をコントロールすることができる。しかし、人生があまりにも苦しくなったときはどうだろう？

What about when we know we've tried everything and can never be happy again?

あらゆることを試しても、二度と幸せになれないとわかっているときはどうだろう？

Well, this is the other case your personal sense of time comes in. It's actually amazing how much can change. You know, when I was young, everything seemed important and everlasting. All-encompassing. Every insult from another kid at school was the end of the world. Every album I listened to was epic.

まあ、これは個人的な時間感覚がもたらすもう一つのケースだ。実際、これほどまでに変わることができるなんて驚きだよ。私が若い頃は、すべてが重要で永遠に続くものに思えた。すべてを包括していた。学校で他の子から侮辱されることはこの世の終わりだった。聴くアルバムはどれも壮大だった。

Everything was huge. But you know, the interesting thing is, all the problems I thought I had at any given time are gone now. That girl who laughed at me in school, I don't even remember her name or what she looked like anymore. In some sense, it's like they never existed at all. What I'm telling you is, no matter how much I thought my life would never change, it did. No matter how much I thought something was important, it wasn't. Life is funny like that. If you give it some faith and focus on putting in effort, you actually can fix your life.

すべてが巨大だった。でもね、面白いことに、いつでも抱えていると思っていた問題が、今はすべてなくなっているんだ。学校で私を笑ったあの女の子は、もう名前も顔も覚えていない。ある意味、まったく存在しなかったようなものだ。私が言いたいのは、どんなに自分の人生は変わらないと思ったとしても、変わったということだ。どんなに大事だと思っていたことでも、そうじゃなかった。人生とはそういうものだ。信念を持ち、努力することに集中すれば、実際に人生を立て直すことができる。

Just remember, it takes time to do so. Because it's actually you that's changing. And you're stubborn. That won't make proper sense to you until you go through it. The only thing that's different between the unhappy version of you and the happy version of you is you. The material differences are a result of those changes. As you shift into pressuring your life to move in the direction you want, appropriate forms of wealth start coming back to you in the form of happiness and success. A lot of people get depressed about relationships. Believe me, I've been there. But what I didn't know then was as you get older, you actually start to appreciate those losses. You learn from them and they slowly become part of your life's experiences. You let go of the pain and the hate or regret or other negative emotions. You grow, you learn, and it makes you a more interesting person. And one day, you look out on a beach or at the sky and you slowly realize that you've grown. In some strange way, you're actually happy those bad things happened to you. Imagine that. So we know time can heal you during your life. We know that suffering actually does end. And after the suffering, you can become a better person. But what about death? Isn't that an option? Can't we just skip the suffering? I used to think so. When I was a young boy, I tried to commit suicide, which I talk about in my book. I felt like my life was already ruined. It was totally real to me. I was nine. When I was 15, abandoned by my family, I tried again. To me, there was just no point in pushing on. Why bother when I could just start over with a new life? But you see, I was actually wrong about that. I was too young and cocksure to get it. What I didn't realize then is this combination of ideas. First, like I said, life actually does get better with time. All you need to do is be patient. More patient than you think. And you need to try. But also, after much careful thought, I realized that death is not a way out. If there's a heaven, we can't get there without a full life of trying to do the right thing. And a natural death. If there's reincarnation, we need to adhere to the same standards. Try to be good and die a natural death. And do you remember how much being a baby sucked? Think long and hard about what life is like as a baby. Are you in a hurry to do that again? Or what about reincarnation as an animal? Have you ever seen a documentary before?

ただ覚えておいてほしいのは、それには時間がかかるということだ。変わっていくのはあなた自身なのだから。そして、あなたは頑固だ。あなたがそれを経験するまで、それはあなたにとって適切な意味をなさないだろう。不幸なバージョンのあなたと幸せなバージョンのあなたの間にある唯一の違いは、あなた自身だ。物質的な違いは、その変化の結果なのだ。自分が望む方向に人生が進むようにプレッシャーをかけるようにシフトすると、適切な形の富が幸せや成功という形で戻ってくるようになる。人間関係で落ち込む人は多い。信じてほしい。でも、その時は

Watch one again sometime and imagine carefully what your experience would be like if you were one of those poor animals on the screen. Nature is the most proven hell I've ever heard of. I'm not in any hurry to go there. If our brain has a prolonged consciousness experience, then we're going to be thinking about our lives for a very long time. So what do we want to see? I don't want to see myself giving up. I don't want to see myself doing regrettable things. I want to see myself giving it my all. I want to see myself doing my best to help others.

いつかもう一度、自分がスクリーンに映し出された哀れな動物の一匹だったら、どんな体験をするだろうか、注意深く想像してみてほしい。自然は、私がこれまで聞いた中で最も証明された地獄だ。私はそこに行くことを急いではいない。もし私たちの脳が長時間の意識体験をするのであれば、私たちはとても長い間、自分の人生について考えることになる。では、何を見たいのか？諦めている自分を見たくない。後悔するようなことをしている自分を見たくない。全力を尽くしている自分を見たい。人のためにベストを尽くしている自分を見たい。

I want to make up for past sins and help future generations have happier lives than I did. Isn't that worth fighting for? If consciousness simply disappears, like

過去の罪を償い、未来の世代が私よりも幸せな人生を送れるようにしたい。そのために戦う価値はあるのではないだろうか？もし意識が消えてしまうのなら

I said, maybe that's literally the end of the universe. If that's true, and this is gonna sound a little esoteric, but hey, that's me. If that's true, then don't you owe it to the rest of us to allow us to try? I mean, when I look at my cats, for example, I don't want them to end. I don't want them to stop existing, even if

もしかしたら、それは文字通り宇宙の終わりなのかもしれない。もしそれが本当なら、少し難解に聞こえるかもしれないが、それが僕なんだ。もしそれが本当なら、私たちに試させてくれる義務があるのでは？つまり、例えば私が自分の猫を見ているとき、私は猫に終わってほしくない。彼らが存在することをやめてほしくない。

I'm not there to see them. See what I mean? So if you go, maybe that means we all go. And honestly, I'd like to keep trying. Don't take that from me. Okay, maybe you think that's just a bunch of mumbo-jumbo. Fine. What about if just nothing happens? A person dies, the rest of the world goes on, and there is no experience. So what's the problem there? Well, death is an admission of carnality. It's a voluntary or forced acceptance of this reality being superior to one's own. I don't like that idea. I want to fight it. I want to prove the world wrong. It may feel like you can win the struggle by submitting to death, but what you're really doing is more like winning a trial by signing a confession. You might feel right in the moment, but you weren't. There was still hope, you just didn't see it. Believe me, the hope is real. But in a more practical sense, the thing to pay attention to here is that there are hundreds or even thousands of people out there that you have affected. As you get older, you occasionally start to run into them and realize this more and more. We humans like to pretend we're cool. We're unaffected. We're individuals, independent, cold. But we do feel you. We are affected by you, even when you feel alone. Even when you think we're all against you. Even when we say we don't want you. Don't believe us because it's a lie. We love you and we need you here. Because underneath it all, we're scared too. So stay with us and let's push through this together. Thanks everybody. Xiexie.

私は彼らを見るためにそこにいるんじゃない。わかる？だから、あなたが行くということは、私たち全員が行くということなのかもしれない。正直なところ、私は頑張り続けたい。それを奪わないでくれそんなの、ただの戯言だと思うでしょ？いいだろう何も起こらなかったら？人が死んでも、他の世界は続いていて、何の経験もない。何が問題なんだ？死は肉欲の告白だ。この現実が自分よりも優れているということを、自発的に、あるいは強制的に受け入れることになる。私はその考えが好きではない。私はそれと戦いたい。世界が間違っていることを証明したい