In this blog post, I’ll take an in-depth look at the mindset and considerations amateur band performers need to adopt to achieve genuine connection with their audience on stage. I am not a professional. Nevertheless, the university band in which I serve as the vocalist exists for the purpose of performing. Of course, a small university club is not merely a group dedicated solely to...
In this blog post, we take an in-depth look at the conflict between protecting human rights and ensuring the safety of victims surrounding the public disclosure of child sex offenders’ personal information. It is only natural that the public disclosure of personal information regarding sex offenders who target children and minors was ruled constitutional in South Korea. While there are...
In this blog post, we examine why aggressiveness on the internet is intensifying and how anonymity and social changes are influencing this trend. What defines “strength”? In the distant past, during the early stages of human evolution, physical strength or extensive experience likely served as the yardstick for strength. As villages formed and wars began, power became the new standard of...
In this blog post, we take an in-depth look at whether the current legal system, which does not punish crimes committed by individuals with mental disabilities, is truly fair and reasonable. Do humans control and determine their own actions? This question—namely, the existence of free will—has long been a subject of debate with no definitive answer. Whether or not free will exists plays a...
In this blog post, we will examine the current state and issues of the sentence reduction system for the mentally ill and explore ways to improve it to ensure public safety. At approximately 1:20 a.m. on May 17, 2016, Ms. A (23, female), an office worker, was found dead from stab wounds in a public restroom of a commercial building near Gangnam Station on Seoul Subway Line 2. The...
In this blog post, we examine the idea that democracy can only be consolidated when it goes beyond mere procedures to secure substantive participation, and explain how civil society, politics, the state, and the economy support this. The transition from authoritarianism to democracy refers to the process of establishing democratic procedures by excluding illegitimate authoritarian...
In this blog post, we take an in-depth look at whether the causes of aphasia can be explained solely by the location of brain damage, focusing on classical theories and modern information-processing models. In the late 19th century, French neurologist Paul Broca reported on aphasia patients who exhibited severe impairments in language expression due to damage to the left frontal lobe...
In this blog post, I reflect on the meaning of our evolving human identity through the lens of cyborgification and the mechanical extension of the self. We, “Homo sapiens,” are increasingly researching and implementing ways to replace parts of our bodies with inorganic materials, and we are working to endow computers with a digital mind. We are gradually becoming cyborgs. According to the...
In this blog post, we’ll explore why a company’s stock price can remain low even when it has substantial assets, and the underlying market logic behind this phenomenon. Why is a company’s market value lower than its net asset value? Any investor new to the stock market has likely wondered this at least once: “Why doesn’t the stock price rise for some companies that have plenty of assets...
Market failure can arise from the inefficient management of public goods and common-pool resources. We will explore effective policies and solutions to prevent this. Most goods are allocated according to market principles, whereby consumers pay a price and suppliers receive that payment. While this allocation process generally ensures that resources are efficiently distributed through the...