Making Decisions You Can Feel Good About in the End
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March 30, 2024 Kuma Journal No. 444
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Today, I watched a program on NHK about Oppenheimer, who is known as the father of the atomic bomb.
Since the movie "Oppenheimer" directed by Christopher Nolan also just started showing yesterday,
I think NHK released this program at this timing.
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As some of you may know, he was the leader of the atomic bomb development project.
The atomic bomb that he led the development of
ended up being dropped on Japan.
And after the war, the United States proceeded to test hydrogen bombs,
which were even more powerful than the atomic bomb.
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Amidst this history, having witnessed the devastating impact of the atomic bomb he developed,
he began to voice his opposition to the development of the hydrogen bomb.
Until then, he had been the leader of atomic bomb development,
but after the war, he opposed both the proliferation of atomic bombs and the development of hydrogen bombs.
In other words, he changed his opinion by 180 degrees.
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It seems he visited Japan after the war.
He visited Tokyo and Osaka and interacted with Japanese scientists,
but it is said that he was unable to set foot in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
I pondered his pangs of conscience.
I believe it was the remorse of having taken the lives of many ordinary people
with the weapon he had been central to developing.
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While it may be a matter of hindsight,
this might be a case where success viewed in the short term
and success viewed in the long term
did not equate.
Ultimately, at the very end, right before you die,
there is a moment where what you have done is evaluated (by yourself).
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In the short term, of course, there are not only good times
but also bad times, and there are ups and downs, aren't there?
I think there are times when you will have regrets.
But perhaps what is truly important is to accumulate decisions one by one
that, when viewed from the time axis of being on your deathbed,
allow you to feel from the bottom of your heart that you are glad to have lived this life.
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This is an extreme example, but
even with shoplifting, in the short term,
you can gain a profit from it.
But in the long term,
it will damage your reputation,
and perhaps there is even a possibility
of paying fines or serving time in prison.
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I think this involves the paradigm of
whether you view the time axis of decision-making in the short term
or in the long term of being on your deathbed.
If you want to make your life better in the long run,
you should make your current decisions
by imagining the time axis where you can feel at the very end that it was all for the best.
I want to be conscious of that kind of attitude
, don't you think?
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