Yesterday, I talked that the anime "PSYCHO-PASS" is a good link to social interests.

However, the original (of course, it is a translated book) is basically difficult and boring.

In my case, when I try to acquire knowledge from books, I don't insist on trying the original and I will read down any number of commentary books and manga.

This is the rule of thumb that I have reached in my previous study of programming languages.

In order to know the a programming language, I try to copy 50 programs within 20 lines. This is the same story as the 80:20 law (Pareto's law).

"If I can understand 20% of the programming language, then 80% of what I want to do with that program can be implemented."

The same is true for "column writing".

At the deadline of the column every month, I do not have time to read the whole original book to cite the literature.

After all, I can not expect to understand 100% of the author's intention with my poor head. At the very least, I can say, "it's much better than sticking with the original book and get frustrated."

That aside

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I searched for books related to "society", in "PSYCHO-PASS",

- George Orwell: "1984"

→ I read this completely many times. This is a work as my mental support when researching a video surveillance system (I reject any objection.)

- Jacques Rousseau: "The theory of human inequality"

-> I read textbooks in the high school ethics society

- Philip K. Dick: "Does Android have a dream of electric sheep? "

-> I watched it in the movie "Blade Runner"

- Ortega "Republic of the Mass"

-> Now ordering

- Jonathan Swift: "Gulliver's Travels"

-> When I was in elementary school, I read the originals over and over again. At this time, I felt that I could know the fear of "immortality".

- Unknown author: "New Testament"

-> I have not read it all seriously, but I think that I read it quite often. At least I know the contents to enjoy the movie "Da Vinci Code".

- Marcel Proust: "In Search of Lost Time"

-> Too long. Maybe I will not read in the future.

- Max Weber: "Power and Control"

-> At present, there is no handy manual, so I have no plan to read it.

- Michel Foucault: "The Birth of a Prison"

-> At present, there is no handy manual, so I have no plan to read it.

- Stendhal:"Red and Black"

-> I read it to the end, but I did not understand the meaning, so I didn't have the impression.

It is not a direct quote, but the tone that flows throughout is like this book.

- Frankl: "Night and Fog"

-> I read and read it again and again.

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Today, I ordered some books from Amazon and the city-library.