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Imagine a situation in which advances in science and technology lead to humanity gaining eternal life, and discuss the changes in happiness that would result. We examine the social and personal implications of eternal life in terms of both instantaneous and temporal happiness, centering on the argument that eternal life could cause us to lose the meaning and value of time, ultimately reducing our...

Air conditioners cool a room by circulating refrigerant through a process of evaporation, compression, condensation, and expansion. The indoor and outdoor units work together to repeat this process to create a cool breeze, and modern air conditioners use inverter technology and filter systems to increase efficiency and indoor air quality.   When we think of summer, the word that comes to...

The eusocial species hypothesis explains that groups of people with similar dispositions come together and interact to promote and maintain cooperative behavior. While this contributes to the evolution of altruistic behavior, it has limitations in explaining the lack of diversity and creativity and altruistic behavior of entire societies.   According to a game theory called the...

One explanation for why animals exhibit altruistic behavior is the kin selection hypothesis. Genes are more likely to spread by helping individuals with whom they have a high genetic match. This drives behavior that sacrifices one’s own interests for the sake of a sibling or cousin, and can also explain the altruistic behavior of social animals like ants and bees.   We’ve all...

fMRI tracks changes in the brain’s oxygen consumption to identify areas of activity, enabling a personalized approach to treating mental illness and developmental disorders. This technology is driving advances in neuroscience research and could have applications in a variety of areas, including early diagnosis and treatment through real-time monitoring, and enhancing creativity and learning...

Drawing on the realities of an aging society as experienced in rural areas, this course explains neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and Parkinson’s disease. The types of neurodegenerative diseases, their symptoms, treatment challenges, and recent research trends will be introduced, and the impact of these diseases on individuals and society will be discussed.   When I lived in...

Based on the conflict through the eternal life of the protagonist who comes to use 100% of his brain in the movie ‘ Lucy,’ this paper discusses the possibility of human eternal life and the resulting happiness due to the development of science and technology. The movie explores three aspects of how eternal life does not guarantee true happiness: the finiteness of human life, the...

National competition and consumer policies play an important role in protecting consumer rights. Competition policies benefit consumers by regulating monopolies and collusion to increase productive and allocative efficiency. Consumer policy protects consumers by setting consumer safety standards, requiring product disclosures, and redressing consumer harm, and strengthens their bargaining power...

Under current law, monetary sanctions for illegal behavior include damages, fines, and penalties, which are intended to remedy the victim, punish the perpetrator, and correct the violation of the law, respectively. Fines, in particular, serve as a deterrent, but they have their limitations when it comes to illegal behavior that is unlikely to be detected. In such cases, punitive damages are...

By using amateur photographs as objects in his works, Boltanski allows the viewer to read cultural codes through ideograms and sociograms, revealing both the realism and fiction of the photographs. This allows the viewer to actively participate in the interpretation of the work and discover the multi-layered meanings of the photographs.   Modernist artists emphasized the purity and...