In this blog post, we explore whether science and technology and eternal life will increase human happiness or cause misery. It addresses an important question about the future of humanity. Humans have been around for 70,000 years. In that 70,000 years, we’ve changed, and we’ve changed more in the last 500 years than we have in 70,000 years. In just a few hundred years, humans...
In this blog post, we explore an important challenge in modern society: how to balance individual freedom with communal morality. Individual libertarians believe that individuals are free and independent beings and therefore have moral obligations that bind them only by free choice and consensus. This position is appealing because it prioritizes individual freedom and autonomy, and...
In this blog post, we’ll explore the question: Can nature’s wisdom solve modern environmental problems? We’ll explore how the wisdom of the past can contribute to solving today’s environmental challenges. Extreme weather events such as prolonged tropical nights in the summer and cold winters and heavy snowfall in the winter are changing the global ecosystem. Experts...
In this blog post, we’ll discuss the question of whether technological advancement is driven by societal needs or whether technology itself changes society. From the invention of the hatchet to the automobile and the computer, humanity has been constantly advancing technology, which has greatly improved our quality of life. Today, people use cars to travel long distances quickly, and...
This blog post explores the question of whether history is simply a record of facts, or is it created through human selection and interpretation. History is unique to humans and is a record of past facts. However, not all facts of the past make up history. History is not simply a list of all the events that happened, but a logical organization of selected facts with meaningful causal...
In this blog post, we’ll explore how the pursuit of human interests and moral ideals can be reconciled in ancient Confucian thought. The ancient Confucians, represented by Confucius, Mencius, and Sun Tzu, strived to build a moral kingdom while contemplating the improvement of society and the salvation of reality. Their ideal society was one in which people expanded the “inner circle...
This blog post explores how viruses parasitize their hosts and their impact on humanity and modern medicine. Learn about the characteristics of viruses and their potential uses. Viruses are usually about one-hundredth the size of bacteria and are composed entirely of proteins and nucleic acids. As such, viruses lack the structure of a cell and are unable to metabolize on their own...
This blog post explores how the millions of years of records from Antarctic glaciers can be used to predict past and future climate change, and the importance of addressing climate change. Antarctic glaciers provide a vivid record of past changes in Earth’s atmospheric composition and temperature. They contain millions of years of Earth’s history in layers, acting as a time...
In this blog post, we’ll explore the revolutionary potential of 3D printers, the risks they pose, and the implications for the future. What is a 3D printer? A 3D printer is exactly what it sounds like: a machine that creates three-dimensional objects from 3D drawings. Initially using thermoplastic as a material to print simple sculptures, the technology has since expanded to include...
In this blog post, we’ll explore the standard for judging good and evil. We look at the relationship between intentions and actions, and discuss who is morally responsible. There is a significant gap between encountering good and bad deeds as an outsider, and feeling them as an actor. In the former position, it is difficult to know the intentions of the actor. We can only judge the...