Rab taught us that we have to do the 3B’s check at first when we read books and texts.
What is the 3B’s check?
1.Background→subject : range point : argument
2.Biography→writer : position
3.Bias→book
No.1 is for understanding the writer’s point of view and the theme of the document.
No.2 is for knowing better about the writer. It’s very important because the information of his or her position and the background are necessary to realize the reason why did he/she think in the way.
And the most important one is No.3. When we read something, we must find and understand biases that the writer has, because all the people have at least 1 bias. Off course we have some, too. So if we don’t understand it, we can easily swayed by the idea or just criticizing it and miss 'the truth to me'. There are lots of ways to think about something and also many collect answers can be existed, so we have to think neutrally and try to learn some new things from there.
Rab gave us an example. He said 'There are about 780 universities in Japan and 30 are good, others are crap.’ He continued and said, 2 teachers think about it differently. TeacherA says ‘Japanese universities are all crap because the students are lazy and untidy.’ because he has taught in universities the students don’t listen to him or just sleep in his classes. TeacherB says 'All the university students in Japan are great!' because he has taught in very high leveled universities the students are motivated.
And I understood that all of them are truth to them because they had different experiences so it’s natural that they think differently. That’s the bias Rab said.
Next, he told us how to find good books. One easy way is that search the book on Amazon and see the reviews.
Great books have the C shape reviews on it because almost all the customer’s opinions are divided on 2 sides. Someone agree to it very much, or, conversely, disagree to it very much. The reason why such a thing happens is that the opinions the book says is logically correct. So the people who like the opinions give good reviews and others who dislike them give opposite ones.
At last, we watched a videoclip about corporation. People in the movie said differently because they have biases and I could understand either of them.
I've got confused after we finished watching the videoclip because there was a big issue to solve. Now we are familiar with corporations and we can't do without them. But there are some questions. What is corporation? What is the aim of corporation? What is the right corporate philosophy?
The definition of the word corporation is, making profits as much as possible with obeying the low. So it is no matter how much the corporation pollutes the environment if they keep the low. In fact, most companies prior the benefits at first. I know it's natural and they have no choice. But I can't stand it because I think they have to consider the quality of lives and environment around the company. Also they have to give us some benefits, too. Moral actions are important in this era of the destruction of the environment. This is the ethical way of thinking but there are other ways, too.
Rab said 'The truth is somewhere in the middle.' But I understood that sometimes it's so hard to find it because 'the truth' is different between people.
But now I'm happy to realize the bias of people, and also of me. I can think more neutral than before.
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