Cheat day

Things that seem useless

“Why is this useless!”

Everyone was startled by the sudden loud voice.

└Surprise

└Why are you so excited?

└It’s understandable to be angry. I would be really annoyed too if I were doing something good and someone belittled it by saying it’s useless.

Anyway, the broadcast atmosphere gets ruined because of those thoughtless guys.

Are there really only a couple of kids like that? Don’t worry about it.

As the broadcast neared its end, the viewers, who had significantly decreased compared to the peak time, consoled each other while criticizing one viewer.

“Chanyong.”

Cha Ji-chan got up.

I knew how heartbroken Banchan-yong must have been, but I was worried he might make a mistake on the show, so I was about to stop him.

You have friends, right? “When we’re bored, we meet up and hang out, right?”

Everyone was bewildered by the sudden shout for side dishes that came just in time.

“I’m not here!” These people are all of them! I do nothing but editing, broadcasting, meetings, scripts, exercise, editing, broadcasting meetings, scripts, and exercise every day. Can’t I use this as an excuse to slack off? Isn’t it okay if we do good things together, work hard, cheer each other on, and then eat together as a way to make memories? “Why is this a pointless thing to do?”

Baek Woo-jin blinked and listened carefully to Ban Chan-yong’s words.

“I work every day.” I only work except for the time I spend sleeping and eating. It was the same when I was in school, it was the same when I was working at the company, and it’s the same now. So I didn’t have any friends, but these days it’s fun to be with these people. Not really.

Even though I don’t want to, I still memorize the Grand Master Gungye’s teachings.

Jujiseung’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Always acting picky, but it’s the older brother who takes care of everything behind the scenes.”

Cha Ji-chan pouted and started organizing the dishes again.

“Chattering noisily like a little pig.”

“Where are you going, pig?”

“It’s nice to be together.” I don’t know if it’s because I don’t have any friends, but it’s nice. But are these people a bit busy? I’m busy too!

Banchan-yong stopped talking.

“Didn’t it end strangely?”

When Mukji pointed it out, Banchanyong collected himself and continued the conversation.

“That’s why this happened.” Good thing. I made some excuses related to our work. What’s so useless about that? “It’s the most important thing to me!”

Baek Woo-jin opened his mouth.

“If you want to have fun, go to a PC bang or a karaoke room.”

“Sniff.”

Joo Ji-seung let out a small laugh.

“Anyway.” Don’t just say that because it looks like that to you. Got it?

When Banchan-yong showed his displeasure, Cha Ji-chan let out a long “Ah.”

“Hey, dude.” Is this work or play?

Am I the only one having fun?”

When Banchanyong asked back angrily, Chajichan didn’t answer and just chuckled.

“Let’s wrap it up.”

Jujiseung said while wiping the last pot.

Please provide the text you would like to have translated.

After finishing his business, Baek Woo-jin returned to the studio and turned on the broadcast.

└Again?

└I’ve been doing it all day today.

└Aren’t you tired?

└Their stamina is insane.

The subscribers of the Ugenius channel, though puzzled by the unscheduled broadcast, gathered one after another.

Baek Woo-jin opened his mouth with a face that looked completely haggard.

“I’m tired.” I have to go out early tomorrow too.

I couldn’t suppress my yawn.

Baek Woo-jin opened his mouth wide and relaxed his neck muscles.

“I turned it on for a moment because I had something to say.” I don’t know if I’ll upload it to YouTube. It’s just something I’ve been thinking about lately, so feel free to listen.

Baek Woo-jin slowly began to unravel his thoughts.

“Looks like there are quite a few people who don’t like our lunchboxes?” What’s the point of doing that? Well, if you consider the pros and cons, you might think that way.

I took a sip of the cold burdock tea.

The novel I’m writing. There were similar comments on “Mozart in Joseon” as well. The protagonist only does good deeds, so it’s not interesting. You seem like a pushover.

Baek Woo-jin shrugged his shoulders.

“There’s that saying, you know.” If you live kindly, you’ll be taken advantage of. Being used. Everyone must have said that because of their bad experiences, but I’ll talk to them to see if it’s really true.

Baek Woo-jin searched for Adam Grant in the search bar.

First. There’s a famous organizational psychologist named Adam Grant who has also given TED talks, so check it out if you’re interested. It’s fun. Anyway, I’ll talk based on what this person said in the TED talk.

Baek Woo-jin, who displayed a photo of Adam Grant, spoke fluently without a script.

“Adam Grant classified social members into givers, takers, and matchers, and investigated who succeeds.”

Baek Woo-jin opened Excel.

The person who receives is a Taker, the person who both gives and receives is a Matcher, and the person who gives is a Giver.

“Takers only seek to take in relationships.” They are the type who only think about what they can gain from the other person without ever conceding. Matchers have the mindset of “if you do it for me, I’ll do it for you.” Isn’t it reasonable? Lastly, Givers are just good people who like to give. There are people like that very rarely, right?

Baek Woo-jin manipulated Excel to create a pie chart.

Adam Grant divided around 30,000 people from various industries and cultures into these three categories. So, Takers made up 19% of the total, Matchers 56%, and Givers 25%. Which type of person do you think will be the most successful among these?

The opinions in the chat room were divided.

└The person who gives and receives?

It’s annoying, but people who take care of their own interests tend to succeed.

Looks like └takers?

└Could it be givers?

└I originally thought they were takers, but there must be a reason they’re asking, haha. They seem like givers.

“The person with the worst performance was in the Givers group.”

The viewers reacted as if they had expected it.

Adam Grant gave three examples of jobs. As a sales representative, engineer, and medical student. But the person who always performed the worst in these three jobs was always the Givers. I couldn’t get my own work done because I was busy helping others.

└Seriously, people like that can’t handle office life.

└Exactly. Why are you meddling in others’ affairs when you can’t even take care of your own? LOL

Even if you help, you should do your part completely.

└Got it. It means that the person who gives and receives is the most successful.

└Seems so

So, how was Takers? These people succeeded the fastest in various professions and also fell the fastest.

Baek Woo-jin observed the audience’s reactions while explaining Adam Grant’s research findings.

“At first, they only take advantage, so they quickly see results, but we can’t help but look at them with disdain, can we?” The people who give and take, that is, the Matchers, did not let the selfish and greedy colleagues off the hook. Even if it takes some time, Takers are eventually excluded from the group by Matchers.

└Implementing Justice!

So, are you saying that giving and receiving things like luxury cars is also an act of this kind?

└That’s right. I won’t deal with people who act like dogs.

“Then, which group among T, M, and G had the highest-performing employee?”

The majority of viewers chose Matchers.

“In every company and profession, the people who consistently achieved the highest levels of performance were always Givers.” Isn’t it amazing?

The viewers were confused by Baek Woo-jin’s explanation.

Just a moment ago, I heard that the person with the lowest performance belonged to the Givers.

The distribution of people who belong to Givers is fascinating. The most successful person and the most unsuccessful person coexist in that group. “Do you know why?”

Baek Woo-jin smiled slightly.

Medical students belonging to Givers really try to provide excellent service. Not only do they treat the illness, but they also observe and care for the patient’s psychology. So, even though it’s inefficient at first, the longer the period, the significantly better the results compared to others. This is the same for engineers. I try hard to make good products and always check them meticulously, so people around me recognize it. It just needed time.

└Now that you mention it, I can see how that could be.

So, even if it seems like I’m at a loss, in the end, there will be someone who understands, right?

If you give an example from the hospital, it will be easy to understand. I don’t go to the hospital that just throws a pill at me in 30 seconds without even listening to what I have to say. But even though it takes some time, hospitals that provide detailed explanations are always busy.

Even just a restaurant, right? Restaurants that use low-quality meat to cut costs go out of business quickly. Places that quietly use good ingredients survive as popular restaurants for a long time.

“Right.” The important thing here. “Why do successful and struggling people coexist among givers?”

No one was coming up with an answer.

“Among givers, those who do not succeed do not receive the reward for their good deeds.” “You’re nice to others but feel uncomfortable when receiving kindness yourself.”

Baek Woo-jin took a sip of water.

“Givers who have succeeded accept favors from others with joy.” 왜? Because if you do well, you can give more. This is different from the equal exchange of Matchers where if you give, I give too. It’s only natural and joyful to give to each other.

└There’s a difference in that it’s an action that doesn’t expect anything in return.

└That’s amazing.

└When you look at the news or what’s happening around you, it seems like only terrible things are happening, but surprisingly, there are positive aspects to society as well.

Right? So, thinking that people who give and share with others are foolish is truly ignorant. He’s just a fool who only chases after temporary gains right in front of him.1)

Baek Woo-jin took down the photos of Excel and Adam Grant.

Next, the second. It’s about Chat GPT, which has been talked about a lot lately. It might not seem related, but if you listen to it all the way through, you’ll see it’s in a similar context, so give it a try.

Baek Woo-jin stretched his neck.

Our parents’ generation succeeded because they were smart. I considered passing the state exam to be the highest achievement, and it truly was. So, they wanted us to go to a good university.

The viewers were positive.

“Even if you were a bit lacking, if you were diligent, you would still be recognized in your own way.” From the boss’s perspective, it’s easier to deal with employees who quietly carry out their tasks. But the world has changed, right?

Baek Woo-jin continued speaking while searching for various people representing each profession.

“Actors, singers, webtoon artists, professional gamers, YouTubers, web novel writers, and other jobs that used to be hard to make a living from or didn’t even exist have emerged.” And then the saying that creativity is important came up. School studies are no longer everything. The importance of someone who only does what they are told has diminished a bit. But it’s changing again. It’s because of artificial intelligence.”

Baek Woo-jin accessed Chat GPT.

“Artificial intelligence will become the most important technology in the future.” It will achieve automation across the entire industry. The world inevitably operates economically.

When I asked Chat GPT to explain which industries AI would be applied to first from an economic perspective, it responded instantly.

Even to such difficult questions, Chat GPT answers quickly. When you search for something, it shows all the documents that contain that word, which is different from the existing search portal sites. You can now get what you really want so easily.

Baek Woo-jin read Chat GPT’s response slowly.

“Chat GPT just told me about five industries where artificial intelligence can be applied.” Manufacturing industry, healthcare industry, financial industry, retail industry, transportation industry. What could be the commonality among these?

Don’t know? Don’t care

└I really don’t get it

What does a person do?

└Where is there anything like that?

“That’s right.” The work done by people. In other words, industries with high labor costs become the top priority for artificial intelligence and automation. If you reduce costs, you’ll have a lot of money left over. The higher the value-added industry, the more so. The salaries of employees at financial firms are high, right? Doctors and nurses earn a lot of money.

└That’s true.

└Cost-cutting here again;;

Seriously, now they’re even cutting labor costs to save money.

└But even if manufacturing tends to earn a lot of money, do retail and transportation also have high incomes?

“That’s the second condition.” Industries with many workers will also quickly undergo AI and automation. The profit per person is small, but since there are so many workers, reducing that number can significantly cut costs.

The viewers were convinced by Baek Woo-jin’s explanation.

Look.

The viewers could not refute Baek Woo-jin’s question.

Again. “Even if you try to be diligent, can you be more diligent than a robot?”

How can you be more diligent than someone who works 24 hours a day? LOL

It’s 168 hours a week, lol.

Don’t compete with robots…

“So, in a society where artificial intelligence has advanced, what should we be prepared for?” Creativity? It’s a good answer, but it’s not the correct one. I’ll show you an example.

Baek Woo-jin took out an illustration.

Even professionals like doctors and accountants, as well as transportation workers like delivery drivers and bus drivers, are not free from the impact of artificial intelligence and automation. Now, the ability required of people is not to be smart. No matter how smart an individual is, they can’t know more than artificial intelligence, right?

└No way, lol. An ad here?

You wrote it, didn’t you?

The ability to ask the novel writer what they want, listen to them, and then create illustrations accordingly was amazing. His drawing skills were, of course, top-notch. But now AI can draw pictures for us? So, will illustrators lose their jobs?

└Still, I think people who are doing well will maintain it.

The AI that draws instead of you is not omnipotent. The details are difficult, and the keywords need to be entered very accurately and meticulously. I also need to do some retouching.

“That’s it.” I don’t know what to say to the AI. No, you probably don’t know the author Woojin who happens to have the same name as me. I don’t even know what I want, so I don’t know how to explain it to the AI.

Baek Woo-jin shrugged his shoulders.

“So, I will still commission the cover work to the illustrator, and he will listen to me well, ask questions to accurately catch what I want, and then use AI to proceed with the work quickly.” Editing too.

Is professionalism still intact?

└Please summarize.

Again. Doctors are the same. If artificial intelligence develops, doctors won’t diagnose. I won’t even have surgery. You just need to input the patient’s condition into the computer. But is it like before? Please pick up your medicine. Next patient. “Could a doctor like this really do something like this?”

Baek Woo-jin shook his head.

No. While talking to the patient, the doctor can extract data on exactly where the patient feels discomfort and how they are feeling, and input accurate information into the medical AI. And you continue the conversation until the AI provides an accurate answer, using the knowledge you have. Do you have any idea what skills we need to develop now?

The chat has paused for a moment.

“It’s the ability to communicate.” The day will surely come when those who can read, write, listen, speak, and naturally connect with others will demonstrate their strength.

Baek Woo-jin closed the internet search window and said.

“That’s why you should live by giving.” Listen carefully to what others say, and learn how to express exactly what you want to say. To empathize. If I were to summarize it in one sentence you like, it would be to treat others nicely.

Baek Woo-jin paused for a moment before speaking.

“Don’t think of doing good deeds or helping others as a loss or a pointless act.” That thought will exclude you from society and deprive you of your future.

Baek Woo-jin picked up the cup.

The reason we earn money. Think carefully about the reasons you want to become rich. It’s all because of useless things. What we really want are the things that seem useless, things that can be bought with money or not.

Baek Woo-jin drank the lukewarm burdock tea and wiped his mouth.

“Dolls, earphones, pillows, Netflix, tteokbokki, comic books, sunlight, wind, the smell of rain, leisure, bed, a friend to chat with—things like that.”