Fourteen years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, radioactive contamination and damage are still ongoing. Is nuclear power really safe, and are we repeating the same mistakes? Today marks exactly 14 years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The March 11, 2011, nuclear disaster cost Japan an estimated $235 billion (about 25 trillion yen) in economic damage, and 160,000 people who lost...
Humanity is pushing the envelope with cyborgization. Is this a harbinger of doom or the beginning of evolution? We explore the future of Homo sapiens. Before you start reading this blog post, let’s imagine a scenario. What if the human species was on the brink of extinction? Does a volcanic eruption or meteorite impact come to mind, or is the human race being wiped out by some sort...
Where will advances in biotechnology take humanity? A voluntary end to Homo sapiens or the birth of a new humanity? In the movie E.T. (1982), aliens are shown as human-like beings who take samples of Earth and interact with a young boy named Elliot. However, the aliens in the movie are far from what we think of as “human”. Just as our distant ancestors, the apes, are different from us, so...
This blog post explores the reasons to live right and the personal and societal benefits of doing so, and discusses the importance of altruistic behavior. From elementary school to high school, we are taught to live right, or think about living right, through “right living” and “morality” and “ethics and thought” and “life and ethics”. But is there a reason for people to live right? Before...
If science and technology make eternal life possible, can we find true happiness? We explore the meaning of death and time to find the answer. It is famous that Qin Shi Huang ordered the search for the elixir of life to pursue eternal life, or that he wanted to create an elixir of life through alchemy. It is undeniable that there is a universal fear of death in humans. Our science and...
“Sympathy For Lady Vengeance” is not a traditional thriller, but rather a paradoxical and beautiful mise-en-scene that centers on female revenge and motherhood. The final installment of Park Chan-wook’s revenge trilogy, “Sympathy For Lady Vengeance” is a thriller full of paradoxes. Compared to ‘Vengeance Is Mine’, which is a movie about revenge from the title alone, and...
This article analyzes the problem of excessive private education and weakened public education in South Korea and proposes a fundamental solution to the education system. South Korea is the global center of private education. Although the concept of private education does not exist in other countries, there are probably only a few countries where private education has such a huge economic...
In this blog post, we’ll explore how to solve the problem of free riding in Teample and build effective teamwork based on cooperation and trust. In high school, one of the missions of a typical “good student” was to “carry” a group assignment, i.e., to do it alone. As one of those students, I faced the same situation. I tried to keep my groupmates involved as much as possible, even...
In this blog post, we analyze the causes of the oil price decline and its various impacts on the Korean economy, as well as strategies for the future. International oil prices have been falling every day. According to the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil, which was valued at $100 per barrel just a year ago, has fallen to around $40 per barrel...
Materials science has played a key role in the historical development of humanity and will have a significant impact on future innovative technologies and social change. From the past to the future. The title of this article is so clichéd that you’ve probably seen it at least once in your life. What on earth is past to future? If you’re having trouble coming up with a...