Last week I was in Nagoya for meetings with an automotive company. The giant industry is suffering. Suffering from the depression of course. But through the talk with some people working there, I found the problem something more structural…

"Chess is to go (碁) as double entry accounting (複式簿記) is to philosophy." Trevanian said in his book "Shibumi". Well said! Trevanian. Chess and shogi are like siblings. They are pretty much straightforward and have a clear-cut goal of …

We tend to think inadvertently that everything lasts forever. We take it for granted and never appreciate it. Then all of an unexpected sudden it ends. It feels absurd. Why did it end? We feel betrayed. There is no explanation to it but...…

Since I have a warped belly button^^, instead of ipod, I bought the other day an mp3 music player made in Singapore. It was not bad but I had something to ask about the software bundled with it and called the number written in the manual. …

Is mathematics a kind of language? He asked. I said yes. Then he said. "Is mathematics a discovery? or man's invention?" I answered "I figure mathematics as a method is an invention of human beings but what mathematics deals with is a disc…