OS15「楽しむ工学」

抄録

The final goal of proposing and organizing this session is to develop a new economy, where everybody will be happy and enjoy life. Since the Industrial Revolution, we started to work for others. Until then, we worked for ourselves. In the old days, we started engineering to make our dreams come true. We worked alone for ourselves in pursuit of our dreams, which vary from person to person. And then we started to barter things. But still we worked for ourselves. We wanted to satisfy our own material needs. But the Industrial Revolution changed the whole scene. It introduced division of labor and we started to work of others, i.e., for external rewards. But human needs shifted from material to mental satisfaction. We would like to actualize ourselves. And the maximum satisfaction and feeling of achievement cannot be secured unless the job is internally motivated and self-determined. The Industrial Society is getting close to the ceiling and many issues are emerging. Now is the time to develop a new society for the next generation. In addition to these issues of the Industrial Society, the current economy is monetary. So, any time there are winners and losers. If we can develop a self-satisfying society, where people can self-sustain and can enjoy life each in his or her own way, then we can satisfy the self-actualization needs and make everybody happy. To achieve this goal, we need to create a new framework for developing enjoyable engineering.