{"id":38607,"date":"2020-12-08T00:02:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T22:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/?p=38607"},"modified":"2020-12-08T00:03:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T22:03:53","slug":"intelligent-people-cooperate-whereas-silly-people-compete-part-a-2360a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/intelligent-people-cooperate-whereas-silly-people-compete-part-a-2360a\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Intelligent people cooperate whereas silly people compete (KISHIMI ICHIRO & KOGA FUMITAKE) | Part A’"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHILOSOPHER:<\/span>\u00a0There<\/span>\u00a0is<\/span>\u00a0no<\/span>\u00a0contradiction<\/span>\u00a0or<\/span>\u00a0anything<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0sort.<\/span>\u00a0Try<\/span>\u00a0to<\/span>\u00a0think<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>life as a kind of\u00a0marathon<\/span>. There are rivals running beside you. As this itself\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may act as a stimulus and feel reassuring, it does not present any problems.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>However, the moment one intends to \u201cdefeat\u201d that rival, the situation changes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>completely.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The goal at the outset, which should have been \u201ccompleting the race\u201d or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201crunning fast,\u201d transforms into the goal of \u201cdefeating that person.\u201d The\u00a0rival,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who should have been one\u2019s sworn friend, turns into an enemy who must be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crushed. \u2026 And this brings out all manner of gamesmanship with regard to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>winning, and even results in interference and unfair conduct. Even after the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>race is over, one is unable to celebrate the victory of one\u2019s rival, and one strug-\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gles with feelings of envy and inferiority.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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YOUTH:<\/span>\u00a0And<\/span>\u00a0that\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0why<\/span>\u00a0competition<\/span>\u00a0is<\/span>\u00a0unacceptable?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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PHILOSOPHER:<\/span>\u00a0Wherever<\/span>\u00a0there<\/span>\u00a0is<\/span>\u00a0competition,<\/span>\u00a0gamesmanship<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0unfairness<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arise. There is no need to defeat someone. If one can complete the race, isn\u2019t\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that enough?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

YOUTH:<\/span>\u00a0No<\/span>\u00a0way!<\/span>\u00a0You\u2019re<\/span>\u00a0naive<\/span>\u00a0if<\/span>\u00a0you<\/span>\u00a0have<\/span>\u00a0notions<\/span>\u00a0like<\/span>\u00a0that!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

PHILOSOPHER:<\/span>\u00a0Then<\/span>\u00a0let\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0stop<\/span>\u00a0using<\/span>\u00a0this<\/span>\u00a0marathon<\/span><\/span>\u00a0example,<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0get<\/span>\u00a0back<\/span>\u00a0to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>real society. Unlike a\u00a0marathon<\/span>, in which people vie for the best time, in a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>community run by a dictatorial leader, there are no clear criteria\u00a0for \u201cwinning.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>In a classroom, there are aspects besides schoolwork that can inform one\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>decisions. And as long as the judgment criteria are unclear, the world will be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rampant with people who hold their comrades back, take credit for other peo-\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ple\u2019s work, and flatter their leaders so as to gain recognition only for them-\u00a0<\/span><\/span>selves. You\u2019ve witnessed this kind of thing even in your workplace, haven\u2019t\u00a0<\/span><\/span>you?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

YOUTH:<\/span>\u00a0Uh,<\/span>\u00a0I<\/span>\u00a0guess<\/span>\u00a0so\u00a0\u2026<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

PHILOSOPHER:<\/span>\u00a0In<\/span>\u00a0order<\/span>\u00a0to<\/span>\u00a0prevent<\/span>\u00a0such<\/span>\u00a0situations<\/span>\u00a0from<\/span>\u00a0arising,<\/span>\u00a0an organization must implement a real democracy that is without reward and pun-\u00a0ishment, and without competition. Please consider that educating by trying to\u00a0manipulate people with reward and punishment is an attitude that could not be\u00a0any further removed from democracy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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YOUTH:<\/span>\u00a0Then<\/span>\u00a0tell<\/span>\u00a0me<\/span>\u00a0this.<\/span>\u00a0What<\/span>\u00a0do<\/span>\u00a0you<\/span>\u00a0think<\/span>\u00a0democracy<\/span>\u00a0is?<\/span>\u00a0What<\/span>\u00a0kind<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0or-<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ganization or community would you call democratic?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PHILOSOPHER:<\/span>\u00a0A<\/span>\u00a0community<\/span>\u00a0that<\/span>\u00a0is<\/span>\u00a0run<\/span>\u00a0not<\/span>\u00a0on<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0basis<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0principle<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>competition, but on the principle of cooperation.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

YOUTH:<\/span>\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0principle<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0cooperation!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

PHILOSOPHER:<\/span>\u00a0Put<\/span>\u00a0cooperation<\/span>\u00a0with<\/span>\u00a0others<\/span>\u00a0above<\/span>\u00a0all<\/span>\u00a0else,<\/span>\u00a0instead<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0compe-<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tition with others. If you can learn to run your classroom according to the prin-\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ciple of cooperation, your students are likely to adopt a lifestyle in which they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>see that \u201cpeople are my comrades.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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YOUTH:<\/span>\u00a0Ha-ha!<\/span>\u00a0Let\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0all<\/span>\u00a0get<\/span>\u00a0along<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0do<\/span>\u00a0our<\/span>\u00a0best?<\/span>\u00a0That<\/span>\u00a0sort<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0pipe<\/span>\u00a0dream<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>doesn\u2019t hold water even in kindergartens today!<\/span><\/p>\n

PHILOSOPHER:<\/span>\u00a0Suppose<\/span>\u00a0there<\/span>\u00a0is<\/span>\u00a0a<\/span>\u00a0student<\/span>\u00a0who<\/span>\u00a0has<\/span>\u00a0engaged<\/span>\u00a0repeatedly<\/span>\u00a0in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>problem behavior. Many educators would think to themselves, \u201cWhat should I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>do about this student?\u201d They would think about whether they should praise, re-\u00a0<\/span><\/span>buke, or ignore them, or if they should take some other approach. And then the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>student would be summoned to the teachers\u2019 room to be dealt with individ-\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ually. But this way of thinking is wrong.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>YOUTH:<\/span>\u00a0How<\/span>\u00a0so?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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PHILOSOPHER:<\/span>\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0problem<\/span>\u00a0here<\/span>\u00a0is<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0principle<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0competition<\/span>\u00a0pervading<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>entire classroom, not that the student got involved in problem behavior be-\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cause they were \u201cbad.\u201d If they had pneumonia, for example, it would not be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that they are suffering from pneumonia as an individual, but that the entire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>classroom had a serious case of it from the outset. His problem behavior has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appeared as one symptom of that. This is the way of thinking of Adlerian psy-\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chology.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

YOUTH:<\/span>\u00a0A<\/span>\u00a0sickness<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0entire<\/span>\u00a0classroom?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

PHILOSOPHER:<\/span>\u00a0Yes,<\/span>\u00a0it<\/span>\u00a0is<\/span>\u00a0a<\/span>\u00a0disease<\/span>\u00a0called<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0principle<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0competition.<\/span>\u00a0What<\/span>\u00a0is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>needed of educators is to look at the community in which the problem behav-\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ior is occurring, not at the individual who is engaging in it. And then, instead of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attempting to treat the individual, to go about treating the community itself.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>YOUTH:<\/span>\u00a0How<\/span>\u00a0does<\/span>\u00a0one<\/span>\u00a0treat<\/span>\u00a0an<\/span>\u00a0entire<\/span>\u00a0classroom<\/span>\u00a0that<\/span>\u00a0has<\/span>\u00a0pneumonia!?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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PHILOSOPHER:<\/span>\u00a0One<\/span>\u00a0stops<\/span>\u00a0engaging<\/span>\u00a0in<\/span>\u00a0reward<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0punishment,<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0continually<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nips competition in the bud. One rids the classroom of the principle of compe-\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tition. That is the only way.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

YOUTH:<\/span>\u00a0That<\/span>\u00a0would<\/span>\u00a0be<\/span>\u00a0impossible<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0have<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0opposite<\/span>\u00a0effect!<\/span>\u00a0Have<\/span>\u00a0you<\/span>\u00a0for-<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gotten that I\u2019ve already tried no-praising education and failed?<\/span><\/p>\n

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PHILOSOPHER:<\/span>\u00a0\u2026<\/span>\u00a0Yes,<\/span>\u00a0I<\/span>\u00a0know.<\/span>\u00a0At<\/span>\u00a0this<\/span>\u00a0point,<\/span>\u00a0let\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0step<\/span>\u00a0back<\/span>\u00a0for<\/span>\u00a0a<\/span>\u00a0moment<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>take stock of our discussion points. First of all, the strength- and rank-\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contesting principle of competition always results in \u201cvertical relationships.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Because it creates winners and losers, and the hierarchical relationships that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>exist between them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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YOUTH:<\/span>\u00a0Okay.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

PHILOSOPHER:<\/span>\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0\u201chorizontal<\/span>\u00a0relationships\u201d<\/span>\u00a0advocated<\/span>\u00a0by<\/span>\u00a0Adlerian<\/span>\u00a0psy-<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chology, on the other hand, are imbued with the principle of cooperation. One\u00a0<\/span><\/span>does not compete with anyone, and there is no winning or losing. It does not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>matter if there are differences in knowledge, experience, or ability between one-\u00a0<\/span><\/span>self and others. All people are equal, regardless of scholastic achievement or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>work performance, and it is in the very act of cooperating with others that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>building community has meaning.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>YOUTH:<\/span>\u00a0So,<\/span>\u00a0this<\/span>\u00a0is<\/span>\u00a0what<\/span>\u00a0you<\/span>\u00a0are<\/span>\u00a0talking<\/span>\u00a0about<\/span>\u00a0when<\/span>\u00a0you<\/span>\u00a0refer<\/span>\u00a0to<\/span>\u00a0a<\/span>\u00a0democratic<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nation?<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u03a6\u0399\u039b\u039f\u03a3\u039f\u03a6\u039f\u03a3: \u039d\u03b1\u03b9. \u0397 \u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03bb\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd\u03ae \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03af\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c3\u03b5 \u03bf\u03c1\u03b9\u03b6\u03cc\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c7\u03ad\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2, \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03af\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b7\u03bc\u03bf\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03af\u03b1\u03c2.<\/p>\n

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PHILOSOPHER:<\/span>\u00a0Yes.<\/span>\u00a0Adlerian<\/span>\u00a0psychology<\/span>\u00a0is<\/span>\u00a0a<\/span>\u00a0horizontal<\/span>\u00a0relationship\u2013based<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201cpsychology of democracy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Part b’ follows<\/em><\/p>\n

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The courage to be happy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

KISHIMI ICHIRO & KOGA FUMITAKE<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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There are rivals running beside you. 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