This blog post takes an intriguing look at the evolution of TV technology and its social significance, from mechanical televisions to smart TVs. About ten years ago, an animated series titled ‘Black Rubber Shoes’ aired in Korea and gained immense popularity. Set against the backdrop of an ordinary working-class family in 1970s Korea, this work depicted the daily lives and sentiments of...
This blog post explores a future where AI can mimic human genes and even memes, and how this might transform humanity and the essence of existence. In the movie ‘Transcendence’, the genius scientist protagonist ‘Will Caster’ succeeds in transplanting his brain into a computer with his lover’s help just before his death. This film dramatically captures humanity’s dreams and...
This blog post examines how the social safety net of a welfare state enables individuals to endure failure, and why creativity and innovation emerge in that process, using statistics and research cases. It also discusses the relationship between welfare and future growth. When you’re hungry, creativity vanishes There are many reasons we should move toward welfare capitalism, but one...
This blog post calmly examines how derivatives, cloaked in the guise of investment, took on a gambling-like nature. We explore their structure, real-world examples, and the flow of the financial crisis. Can we pick out the rotten apples? Finally, let’s look at derivatives. Derivatives refer to ‘financial contracts whose value is determined by fluctuations in the value of underlying...
This blog post examines the scientific reasons why great white sharks cannot survive long in aquariums: their ram-air respiration method, long-distance migratory habits, extreme stress, and feeding issues. I love sharks. I like their appearance, and I’m often delighted when I meet people who say, “I saw a great white shark at the aquarium.” However, there’s one crucial point...
This blog post examines the structural reasons behind Baedal Minjok—Korea’s leading delivery platform—experiencing consumer and small business owner defections amid delivery fee hikes and policy changes. It analyzes the data and also explores market competition and regulatory pressures. It appears that Baedal Minjok, which employed various strategies to boost profits, is ultimately...
This blog post aims to calmly analyze the background behind President Trump’s demand for the Maduro regime’s immediate resignation and the underlying military, resource, and geopolitical calculations driving it. President Trump of the United States has effectively delivered an ultimatum to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The demand was for him to immediately resign from...
This blog post philosophically explores whether humans can have the right to artificially design their own capabilities and limitations, based on discussions in genetic engineering and bioethics. The 2011 film Rise of the Planet of the Apes features Caesar, an ape with intelligence surpassing that of humans. Genetic enhancement triggered by a drug designed to restore damaged human brain...
This blog post examines how altruistic behavior evolved as a conditional cooperation strategy in human societies described as self-interested, focusing on the reciprocity hypothesis, and reviews its significance and limitations. Think of The Giving Tree. The reason it unconsciously warms a corner of our hearts might be because encountering such people in reality is so incredibly rare...
This blog post examines how nanotechnology—the control of materials at the nanometer scale—is transforming medicine, electronics, and the environment, positioning it as the key to next-generation civilizational evolution. As intelligent beings, humans have evolved from primitive societies reliant solely on spears and flint to modern societies dominated by computers and machinery through...