This essay reexamines the phrase “genius has insight, mediocrity does not,” asking why genius is capable of insight in the first place. By contrasting genuine talent with dogmatism and authoritarian thinking, it clarifies the true meaning of the “21st century of women.”

May 15, 2016

All of my close friends who were around me must have heard the following words of mine many times.

“Genius has flashes of insight; mediocrity does not.”

I have realized that a crucial annotation must be added to this phrase.

That is, one must properly explain why genius has flashes of insight.

What, then, is genius?

Genius is something that exists at the complete opposite end from incompetence—such as that exemplified by reporters of Asahi Shimbun or The New York Times (especially the Tokyo bureau chiefs, who are outrageously low-level men, astonishingly ignorant and lacking in study).

The reasons for their incompetence should be obvious, but I will state them nonetheless.

Their intellects are truly low-grade.
Dogmatism—this can be understood as a mind that labels things mechanically.

Authoritarianism—this is the kind of mind that, without even realizing how poorly educated and low-level it is, harbors the outrageous delusion that it is the absolute authority of democracy—or indeed of the entire world.

Because they are low-grade and childish, they are vicious (and thus they resonate with, or are easily manipulated by, one-party dictators of the same kind, such as communist regimes).
There is no end to writing about them, so I will stop here.

A major theory of genius will be addressed in the next chapter, but since I have written about these people, there is something important that must be clearly conveyed here to people around the world.

I once appeared writing about what I called “the 21st century of women,” which is itself a Nobel Prize–level concept.

Today, I have once again recognized the gravity of this idea.

Here, however, I will state another important point.

The “21st century of women” refers to a century that begins with the emergence of women who possess genuine genius and genuine talent.

It does not, for example, refer—at least in Japan—to female politicians belonging to opposition parties who, believing secondhand slogans from truly low-grade editorial writers at newspapers like Asahi Shimbun to be justice, shriek loudly while constantly engaging in words and actions that demean, oppress, and humiliate Japan.

Such women are nothing but a threat and a harm to truth and peace, both for Japan and for the world.

Because they themselves are completely unaware of this fact, they are all the more harmful.

The situation is likely much the same throughout the world.

To be continued.