Daughter: "To be frank, Dad, what do you think of the current telecommuting situation?"

I: "Basically, my job description is creating documents and coding, so if you're asking me if the company's equipment is essential, it's not."

D: "Any meetings or anything?"

I: "I need some things that can only be done in a F2F meeting, such as really detailed specifications. Well, there's room for innovation in that, too. Maybe we should increase the number of meetings."

D: "Are you stressed?"

I: "I wouldn't say 'no,' but I think I have less 'out-of-town stress' than other people, like they say in the news interviews. I hear I'm a 'misanthrope' to begin with."

D: "So, do you hope that this corona disaster situation will continue forever?"

I: "It won't. I don't want the world to continue with a vicious killer virus. I sincerely hope that a vaccine will be the answer, if possible -- but..."

D:"?"

I: "I'm still not convinced that a 'vaccine' will really settle the issue. There may be a variant of the new corona, another virus."

D: "And?"

I: "Considering the future coexistence with the killer virus, at least in the future, the world should make a paradigm shift to reduce, if not abolish, activities where many people share the same place, such as school trips, cultural festivals, and high school baseball games, especially the Koshien tournament. And " Athletic meets". Yeah, there's no choice but to abolish it"

D: "..."

I: "For the school trip, the group size should be no more than four people, and each group can decide the budget and duration of the trip, and go wherever they want. Of course, you can also travel alone. It would be nice to have that much discretion"

D: "..."

I: "And the world gives up 'drinking' -- even after Corona"