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Women and Others
I struggle to understand the world. Not only the news, but also daily life. The more I look at society, the more I feel that many of the world’s problems come from one old structure: cultures built around men, around physical power, around the idea that strength gives legitimacy. When people talk about war, they…
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Character Building
Another day when I chose to be alone. The weather is too gray for socializing. My head can no longer take people in, but I cannot stay away from people either. I ended up in the café on the corner near home. Spring is about to end, but summer is not coming either. It showed…
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End of Life
Scientists divide possible end-of-the-world scenarios into two categories: natural causes and human-made causes. Who even researches this stuff, by the way? I wish we were that kind of scientist. Devoting our lives to speculation. Neither wars would bother us, nor the economy. I wonder if it makes you paranoid? Throughout human history, apocalypse scenarios usually…
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The Human Element in Work and Borders
One of the main reasons I chose engineering was that I didn’t want to deal with people. The other reasons were creativity, problem-solving, and so on. After I entered working life, I realized that the real problem was people. Even the most technical project had people as its biggest problem. Today, technology has developed even…
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Disruptive Technologies-8: Final
I am finally finishing the series on disruptive technologies. Although the word “disruptive” may sound negative, I mentioned that its meaning is actually “things that fundamentally change our lives.” In most of the previous examples, I talked about how these technologies carry many ethical issues alongside their benefits. Now, I will write about technologies that…
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Disruptive Technologies-7: Technology, Biodiversity and Future of Earth
With the Age of Discovery, the world changed completely. New trade routes were opened. The tools required to use those routes developed rapidly. Of course, for this reason, many wars also broke out. A serious arms race began. That arms race eventually reached an entirely different point with the atomic bomb. It became not only…
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