My words, without a title, are cheap

Even though it's the same phrase, why does it sound so light when I say it?

Let me conduct an experiment.

I am going to show you a single phrase. I want you to read it and honestly observe how you feel about it.

First, this person said it:

"Effort is a luxury permitted only to those with talent."

The person who said this is a man like this:

...How did that feel? Didn't you think, even for a second, that it was just an excuse from someone who ran away from hard work?

Next, this person said it:

"Effort is a luxury permitted only to those with talent."

It is exactly the same, not a single character different. However, this time, let's assume it was said by this kind of person:

...How about now? Didn't it sound a little more like it had a point than before? Like, "That's a thought-provoking take on talent and environment."

It is the same phrase. The content hasn't changed by a single character. The only thing that changed was the title of the person who said it.

You are not looking at the content.

If you felt even the slightest difference between the two impressions, then just now, you judged the value not by the content of the words, but by the container.

I'm not blaming you. Everyone does this. I do it too.

Titles are convenient. There are too many words in this world. No one has the time to examine the content of everything from scratch. So, the brain takes a shortcut. "A professor said it," "A person with a million followers said it"—you use that title as a "mark that says you don't need to verify the content."

Judging by titles isn't because you're stupid. It's a rational cheat code for a finite brain to process infinite words.

But that shortcut is also a trap.

A convenient shortcut simultaneously becomes a trap.

A title is not a guarantee that the content is correct. Yet, before you know it, it turns into an excuse to not look at the content.

Even if someone with an impressive title says something empty, the title clouds your ability to verify it. Conversely, even if someone without a title says something genuine—that word is rejected at the entrance before it is even verified. It ends with, 'Who are you to say that?'

On social media, it is even more blatant. The words of someone with many followers look 'amazing' just because of that. Before you even read the content, the numbers tell you, 'This has value.'

This is my story.

I will write honestly. This is not a criticism of the world. It is a story about my own position.

I have no title. I do not have many followers either. Therefore, no matter how much genuine content I write, there are times when it is not even considered 'worth verifying.' It is rejected at the entrance, before the content is even reached.

If you felt that my nameless words were an 'excuse' in the first experiment—that is what happens to my words every single day.

That is why I create images. I refine titles. I leave spaces between lines to make it easier to read. This is not pandering. It is a battle for someone who does not possess the 'pass' called a title to reach the place where they can at least have their content read, all on their own.

Finally.

I will not say, 'Do not measure words by titles.' That is something no one can stop. Even I do it.

However, just one thing.

I want you to remember just that one moment when you measured the same words differently based on the container.

Because among the nameless words you ignored today, there might have actually been something you should have listened to.