A sympathetic philosophy, a vision and strategy for 100 years ahead--Softbank President Son, howls at IT policy

The Internet Business Innovation Research Consortium of Keio University SFC Research Institute held a symposium "Internet Business Innovation Policy Forum" on February 4, which proposes rules for developing new industries and developing the economy by utilizing the Internet. .. Government officials and representatives of Internet companies gathered to discuss the government's IT policy, but the one who was particularly enthusiastic was Mr. Masayoshi Son, President of Softbank.

In fact, at the beginning, Masahiro Inoue, President and CEO of Yahoo Japan, was scheduled to participate in the forum. However, Mr. Son, who is also the chairman of Yahoo!

The government's new growth strategy has set a goal of increasing nominal GDP by 177 trillion yen from the 2009 forecast to 650 trillion yen by FY2020. The goal is to expand the market by 50 trillion yen in the environmental field, 45 trillion yen in the health field, and 10 trillion yen in the tourism and regional revitalization field, but in addition to this, a market of about 70 trillion yen is required. Therefore, Mr. Son recommends that "the information and communication field, which has the highest domestic production value in the last 30 years, should be expanded."

"Even in the art of War of the Art of War, there is a saying,'Win easily.' To succeed, it is a shortcut to stretch the part that is easy to stretch."

Mr. Son argues that more budget should be spent on areas where IT is lagging behind. One example is the field of compulsory education.

The beginning of the compulsory education system dates back to the "education system" promulgated in 1872 (Meiji 5). "The compulsory education system was introduced to change the world from an agricultural society to an industrial society. Now that the social paradigm is changing from an industrial society to an information society, the education paradigm must also be changed."

Traditional compulsory education has focused on memorization, but now that search engines have become widespread, information from around the world can be searched on the Internet. In such an era, it is Mr. Son's theory that "shifting energy from rote memorization to thinking" is important.

When Mr. Son used Twitter to ask, "What do you think education should be in 30 years?", 230 responses were received in one hour, and a total of more than 1000 responses were received. That is. Above all, "Maybe I should do my best with the proposition of'transmitting impressions'. Impressions of history, impressions of society, impressions of natural science. Impressions of working together with friends. He strongly agreed with the comment, "I was impressed to be involved in the construction."

"Human beings are thrilled and impressed by satisfying their intellectual curiosity. They remember much more when they are impressed than when they are stuffed. To convey that emotion, one-way media printed on paper Is it the most useful? "

Therefore, Mr. Son proposes the introduction of electronic textbooks. Mr. Son says that a device that can communicate in both directions while using audio and video will be more moving and memorable.

"Even a terminal equipped with a full touch panel and motion sensor and equipped with a 1GHz CPU can now be made for about 20,000 yen per device. Even assuming that the number of students enrolled is 18 million, the introduction cost is about 360 billion yen. This is less than the construction budget of the Yatsuba dam of 460 billion yen. The country can be established without the dam. 18 million children are the top priority for Japan to invest. "

In the panel discussion, there was one act that complained to Deputy Minister Kan Suzuki of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, who was once an assistant professor at the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University. Deputy Minister Suzuki pointed out that the Internet community's relationship with the government has been weak so far. Taking as an example the medical fees scheduled to be raised in 2010 with the help of working doctors, "They have been in contact with each other online to deepen discussions, approach politics, and raise their budgets. The community is a little behind, but let's do our best (to move politics). "

On the other hand, Mr. Son said, "It is not good for private citizens to tell them what they want them to do in their policies, and if they do, politicians will do it. At the same time, politicians must be willing to listen to and pick up the opinions of the general public. "

Furthermore, "When the people have various anxieties that the nation is dangerous, it is necessary to show a high-minded vision and strategy as a nation in a span of 30, 50, 100 years. First of all, for what. Establish a sympathetic idea of ​​working, what the nation is for, and how to be happy, and develop a vision of what kind of society you want to create and a strategy to realize it. It is necessary. If you make a mistake in the order, you are just going back and forth. I want you to talk about your vision and strategy with high aspirations first. "