In this blog post, we will find out why we still need to save energy even though solar energy is infinite. Yuval Noah Harari wrote “Sapiens.” In the fourth part of “Sapiens,” “The Scientific Revolution,” he argues that credit, the basic principle of capitalist society, has enabled us all to live in abundance. This means that the size of the economic pie has increased, so that the fact that...
This blog post examines whether it is reasonable to exclude college students from the industrial service personnel program, considering the competitiveness of the IT industry and the needs of the field. The IT industry should include college students in the industrial service personnel program On September 16, 2023, a policy debate was held in the National Assembly of Korea on the topic of...
In this blog post, we will look at how emotion-regulating drugs affect human happiness and social values. In the movie Equilibrium, humanity establishes the Unified Government of Libria after World War III. About five minutes into the movie, there is a scene where soldiers arrest someone who is hiding the Mona Lisa and burn it. Why is the government burning the Mona Lisa, a historic work...
In this blog post, we will look at whether the Japanese colonial period contributed to the development of Korea or whether it only left a deep scar from various perspectives. From the 19th to the 20th century, several European powers, the United States, and Japan expanded their empires by colonizing other countries. These powers pursued their own interests through colonial rule, and during...
In this blog post, I will look at the structural problems of neoliberalism that have deepened the polarization of South Korean society and examine why the welfare state can be the only alternative. I learned that neoliberalism is the core paradigm that has been driving the Korean economy since the IMF crisis in 1997. I will now look at the origins and characteristics of neoliberalism, the...
In this blog post, we will look at the beginning and development of the history of the Korean automobile industry and talk about the challenges we will have to face in the future. What is the most common means of transportation we see around us? Most people would answer that it is a car. Cars are more than just a means of transportation; they are deeply embedded in our lives and culture...
In this blog post, we will look at how public pensions complement the limitations of private pensions and public assistance and function as a social safety net. The purpose of the pension system is to ensure a certain level of income when an individual is no longer able to participate in economic activities due to old age, thereby promoting economic stability. Such a system serves as an...
In this blog post, we will look at the debate surrounding the abolition of the statute of limitations and consider what the advancement of forensic science means for the realization of justice. What is the statute of limitations and its institutional significance? The statute of limitations is a system in which the right to punish a crime ceases after a certain period of time has passed...
In this blog post, I will explain in an easy-to-understand manner why Archimedes shouted Eureka and how buoyancy is related to inertia and density. Eureka! Can you guess who said this? Socrates? Achilles? Tyrannosaurus? Among the similar names that sound familiar, I’m sure no one has heard of Archimedes for the first time. This great mathematician and physicist from ancient Greece is...
In this blog post, we will consider whether artificial intelligence will become a being that surpasses humanity or whether it will remain under human control. Humanity has long believed that the driving force behind their ability to dominate the Earth is intelligence. This was not only the most reasonable explanation for human dominance, but also a way to further strengthen that belief...