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When a pork processing plant called Smithfield closed in the U.S. due to the COVID-19 pandemic, news reports noted that pork was hard to find in supermarkets, prices were rising, and the problem stemmed from market monopolies, among other factors. Out of curiosity, I decided to do some research. These days, the world has become so convenient that curious people like me can look things up immediately. In any case, the surprising fact is that this pork issue is linked to “China

Following my previous post on Forever 21, I’d like to write about the serious environmental problems caused by fast fashion. In my last post, I discussed the efforts companies are making, citing their sustainability and social responsibility initiatives as examples. As one such effort, I discussed companies’ recycling programs, citing H&M’s program as an example. However, as an uninformed consumer, I was once again deceived by these companies—specifically through “greenwashin

Korean news about Forever 21’s bankruptcy has mostly highlighted the immigrant success story and how the company struggled to keep up with online shopping. These reports focus on the economic side and the wealth the company built. But I want to talk about the negative effects Forever 21 has had on the environment and the labor market. Forever 21 was one of several brands selling cheap, fast-fashion clothing inspired by Korean style. I remember there was also a brand called

Right now, at 2:51 p.m. on December 1, 2019, people all over the world are living in their own respective spaces. Some live in wealthy countries, while others live in poor ones. Even within the same wealthy country, some live in luxury while others live in slums; and even within the same poor country, some live better than most wealthy people in developed nations, while others live as the poorest of the poor. The current Fourth Industrial Revolution won’t affect every country

The first person to design a robot was Leonardo da Vinci, 500 years ago. In fact, he is famous for conceiving and sketching military weapons, such as tanks, cars, and helicopters, for the feudal lords of his time. His robots, clad in helmets and armor, could move on their own and sit down and stand up. Since then, robots—evolved by humans—will, as seen in the movements of Atlas unveiled by Boston Dynamics in September 2019, live alongside us on Earth within the next two to th

Amazon’s e-commerce, cloud computing, AI, movies and music, space, grocery, health, media, and lobbying businesses, etc. Naturally, Amazon is being destroyed by humans every day. But Bezos’s Amazon is happy. Its logo is a smile—a smile of happiness. Today, I want to write about Bezos, the world’s richest man, who appears in the newspapers every day, and his happy, smiling Amazon. Amazon is not the simple e-commerce company we imagine it to be. Bezos, who came from a Wall Stre

Amazon’s Bezos and Tesla’s Musk are the most interested in the space industry. Bezos is working on the Blue Origin Project, and both men are working as subcontractors for NASA and receiving significant government support. Today, we’ll introduce Bezos’s Blue Origin Project. In a one-hour speech in May, Bezos explained that humans will one day be able to venture into the cosmos (space), stating that this had been his dream since childhood. He revealed that through the Blue Moon

These days, I’m working from home while my students are expected to take online classes. Yet, most of them don’t even have computers. The D.C. Department of Education decided not to lend laptops to students, concerned they wouldn’t be returned and might end up on the black market. Our school was even broken into recently by someone attempting to steal laptops. Out of roughly 30 fourth graders, only five regularly attend the twice-weekly online classes—thirty minutes each of E

I’m still pondering the direction of “Future Education,” which is the ultimate goal of my blog.... In the agricultural era, parents simply had to teach their children how to farm. With the advent of the modern era, schools became widespread, and parents sent their children to school, urging them to study hard so they could become white-collar workers. If they had higher aspirations, they were raised to become experts. This was possible because parents had a certain understand

The first person who designed a robot was Leonardo da Vinci, 500 years ago - wearing a helmet and armor, his robot can sit, stand, and...

Currently, major powers are racing to reach the Moon’s south pole and plant a flag there. The reason is that water there contains hydrogen and oxygen, which can be extracted and used for missions to more distant destinations, such as Mars and other asteroids. In the case of the United States, since Apollo 17 (1972), it has been more interested in Mars than in the Moon. It has sent robots to Mars eight times and to Titan once. In contrast, the U.S. space shuttle fleet was phas

Alternative meat is being developed, and among them, soybean meat has been on the market for a long time (it appeared in the 1980s) and...

The Washington Post on July 18th, 2020 introduced Elon Musk’s new project, Neuralink, in the Business section. Introducing this project...