Maezawa from the CEO’s Office here—I’ll answer as well.
Thanks for your question.
There’s one thing unrelated to the main topic that caught my attention（笑）
> For people my age, the internet only started becoming widespread around the time we entered the workforce.
If we assume you’re 55, then internet access became available in Japan about 25 years ago, which would mean you first entered the workforce at around 30. I’m curious what you were doing before then.
> The first browser I ever used was Mosaic, which ran on UNIX—a rather strange name.
Since you were using UNIX back in the days before Linux existed, I imagine you might have been affiliated with a university—not as a student—or perhaps a research institution. I’m curious what kind of place you worked at.
Generally speaking, people of your generation should have first encountered the internet on Windows, but trying to connect to the internet with Windows 3.0 was extremely difficult.
The reason was that Windows 3.0 didn’t come with TCP/IP built in. You first had to install TCP/IP on Windows, but the catch was that TCP/IP itself was something you could download only after connecting to the internet.
You needed TCP/IP to connect to the internet, but the program was only available online?
How were you supposed to get it???
It was a very strange time.
I used to use computer networks, so I wondered if I could somehow get it that way. But NIFTY-Serve wasn’t an internet provider yet, naturally, and although I searched through countless forums, the program wasn’t stored anywhere on NIFTY because of copyright issues.
So I went all the way to a computer shop in Akihabara to look for the software. There, I found free Netscape 2.0 being sold for money（笑）. It turned out that the TCP/IP program was included as a bonus because you were paying for it.
That was the kind of era when you could connect to the internet by paying for a free program（笑）
Ordinary people became able to connect to the internet with Windows 3.1, and I think the general public really started using it with Windows 95.
Incidentally, Mosaic was the browser that became the basis for Netscape.
But I honestly can’t imagine someone connecting to the internet with UNIX and Mosaic. It’s also a mystery where someone who was online back when practically nobody else was connected would have learned all this.
If someone said they first used the internet with Windows Vista, I could understand that, though…
Incidentally, if you go on lots of dates with women, you’ll be able to learn much more.
So rather than worrying about where to study, I think you should gain as much practical experience as possible.
Start by going on dates with as many women as you can. Hearing women’s honest opinions firsthand is probably much more important than anything you’ll find here.
In *Swordplay for Business*, it says:
> “When it comes to swordsmanship, you must devote yourself to it for at least ten years. Without that much effort, you can’t truly feel confident that you are strong.”
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> “After ten years, if you continue for another ten, you begin to understand how strong your opponent is.”
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> “Then, after another ten years…”
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> “Once you’ve practiced swordsmanship for thirty years, you finally understand how weak you are.”
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> “After forty years, you stop understanding anything at all.”
The path to understanding women may be the same as swordsmanship… perhaps?
Keep training.
I’m Kazu, a male member.
I’m a workaholic who sometimes spends several nights at the office, but I’ve also spent time with women and learned from those experiences since my twenties.
When it comes to things women dislike, I think what matters is whether a man has the kind of personality that makes it easy for women to tell him when something bothers them. As we get older, we tend to gain authority and become more stubborn, but as long as we remain the kind of person who is willing to listen to what others have to say, I believe women will always be willing to teach us.
