English transcript

If you look at game theories, all games, the

people who always win the game, they win because

of this formula, which is mass times energy

times coordination. Right, so, uh, mass is just

the number of people, um, times energy, which

is the level of motivation of these people,

times coordination, which is the ability of

these people to work together to achieve their

end. Um, some things to keep in mind about this

formula. First of all, the different factors

are not weighted equally. So coordination is

the most important factor, and it's weighted

at least three times as much as mass. Then you

have energy. Um, and energy is second, is what's

second most important, and it's weighted, uh,

twice as much as mass. And, um, depending, and,

you know, different, depending on the game,

the weightings can be different, but please,

please keep this in mind. Coordination is what

really matters, followed by energy, followed

ultimately by mass. So having explained that,

let me explain to you what each term means and

how we can measure each factor to get a more

mathematical understanding of this formula.

Mass is just the number of people involved,

but, um, what's important to measure is their

cohesion. How much they like each other, how

much they're willing to work together. So, for

example, um, you look at Japan and China. Japan

is a much more cohesive society than China.

So in terms of mass, Japan is actually stronger

than China, even though China has 10 times or

five times as many people as Japan. Then you

look at, um, energy. Energy is the level of

motivation. And usually when we think of energy,

we think of physical energy. But actually, in

this formula, it's mental energy that really

matters, because if you think about it, it's

mental energy that is the most, um, uh, expensive.

And so you need the most amount of motivation

in order to achieve mental energy. So let me

give you an example of this. Um, let's just

say there are two people. The first person,

he's digging a hole in the ground for 12 hours

a day for a whole year. Then you have another

person who every day is seeking to improve himself.

So he's constantly in the process of self-reflection,

writing down his, the ways that he can improve,

and creating a strategy or formula for how he

can improve himself. Well, according to this

formula, the second person is expending much

more energy than the first person, even though

if we just look at it, it seems like it's the

first person that's doing all the work, and

the second person is just sitting around all

day just thinking. And the reason why is, in

the world, the three hardest words to say for

a human being is, "I am wrong." To say "I am

wrong" is to negate yourself, to negate your

ego, to admit that you have failings. To say

you are wrong is also to commit to a policy

of self-improvement, self-change. It's also

a tremendous loss of face to say "I am wrong"

before your peers. You lower your status, um,

you lose face. And that, and that's why, um,

people who are more energetic, who are more

motivated, they are much more open to change.

They're much more willing to accept their limitations,

they're much more willing to commit to self-improvement.

So energy is a measure of motivation, and we

can measure motivation by a group's openness

to accepting its limitations, its failings.

Okay, so that's the idea of energy. Then the

third aspect of this formula is the idea of

coordination. And coordination can be divided

into two different, um, two different types.

The first type is conscious coordination. Second

type is subconscious coordination. Conscious

coordination is when you're led by someone.

It could be a leader, it could be a bureaucracy,

it could be a patriarch. Subconscious coordination

is when there's no clear leader or clear direction,

people just subconsciously work together. Um,

it's almost like a dance. And of the two, subconscious

coordination is the most, the more powerful.