About Me
This is a place where I write whatever comes to mind freely, unpretentiously, whenever I feel like it. I was inspired by Philip Flenker to keep this page as my own mini-autobiography.
Timeline
- 2004: Born in Saitama
- 2007: Started playing the piano
- 2013: Got hooked on Minecraft
- 2013: Started Aikido
- 2014: Started learning Java
- 2015: Got my own desktop computer
- 2017: Entered a local junior high school
- 2020: The COVID-19 pandemic hit right after my entrance exams
- 2020: Got hooked on 22/7 and Love Live!
- 2020: Entered Ohmiya High School
- 2020: Joined the English debate club
- 2022: Enjoyed my first and only school festival
- 2023: Entered Waseda University
- 2023: Got into classical music
- 2023: Started tap dancing
- 2024: Joined the Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- 2025: Studied abroad at UNSW Sydney
- 2025: Met my best friend
- 2026: Joined Uchida Lab
I Like to Reflect
I like to ponder things. I genuinely enjoy reflecting deconstructively on my life, values, or issues in our society.
I see reflection as one of the two essential parts of the process through which I update myself. The other is interaction with others, whether people, nature, or books. Together, these two help me continually break down and reconstruct my values.
I Get Into Things Easily, But Rarely Stick With Them
I easily get interested in things, but my enthusiasm usually lasts only a few days, or at most a few months, before I move on to something else. Some things I've tried include bullet journaling, image generation, speedcubing, and meditation.
Although none of them has become a lasting hobby, I haven't completely stopped doing them either. I still sometimes solve a Rubik's Cube or meditate when I feel like it. I'd call it the periodicity of my interests.
I Abhor One-Size-Fits-All Values
I appreciate plurality. Our society is so complicated that there's no single way to measure it. So why should we favor one metric over another? I'm skeptical of reducing a complex society to a single measure of what is good or desirable.
Other Things About Me
- I rarely have regrets. It's not that I've adopted some self-help slogan; I genuinely don't tend to feel regret. If my current self is the consequence of all the choices I've made in the past, wouldn't rejecting my past self also mean rejecting who I am now?
- Philosophers I respect: Tatsuru Uchida, Kohei Saito, Hiroki Azuma, and Masaya Chiba.