2018-01-07

[TED] '내가 스마트폰을 쓰지 않는 이유' by Ann Makosinski




'Why I Don’t Use A Smart Phone' by Ann Makosinski (2016.2)

Ann Makosinski is an 18 year-old student, innovator and entrepreneur. Her first toy was a box of transistors. From there, her interest in science and creating arose. One of her friends in the Philippines got a failing grade because she didn't have any electricity or light to study with at night. As a potential solution, Ann invented a flashlight that ran off the heat of the human hand - the Hollow Flashlight. The invention won her age category at the 2013 Google Science Fair, as well as numerous awards at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair. She appeared on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and was named one of TIMES 30 Under 30. Ann hopes to manufacture her flashlight, bringing the invention to developing countries and including them in emergency kits. Ann also invented the eDrink - a coffee mug that harvests the excess heat of your hot drink and converts it into electricity to charge a phone. Ann debuted the eDrink this October on her second appearance on the Tonight Show.

*from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjaM0tdxtYA

[TED] '무엇이 당신을 특별하게 만드나요?' by Mariana Atencio



'What makes you special?' by Mariana Atencio (2017.2)

NBC News journalist Mariana Atencio has traveled the world from Haiti to Hong Kong. In her TEDx talk, Mariana tells us how the people she's met along the way and her own immigrant experience have taught her that the only thing we all have in common is being human. Get ready to 'get human' and embrace what makes you different! Take a stand to defend your race: the human race!

Mariana Atencio is a Peabody Award-winning journalist, currently a national correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. The Huffington Post called her ‘our Latina Christiane Amanpour’ and Jorge Ramos wrote: ‘Mariana is the next-gen voice for Latinos breaking all barriers.’ Mariana is known for combining in-studio work and high profile interviews like Pope Francis, with tenacious field reporting all over the world, covering youth-led protests in places like Ferguson, Mexico, Haiti and Hong Kong.

*from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY5SatbZMAo

[TED] '빅 데이터에는 없는 인간의 통찰력' by Tricia Wang




'The human insights missing from big data' by Tricia Wang (2016.9)

Why do so many companies make bad decisions, even with access to unprecedented amounts of data? With stories from Nokia to Netflix to the oracles of ancient Greece, Tricia Wang demystifies big data and identifies its pitfalls, suggesting that we focus instead on "thick data" -- precious, unquantifiable insights from actual people -- to make the right business decisions and thrive in the unknown.

*from: https://www.ted.com/talks/tricia_wang_the_human_insights_missing_from_big_data

2018-01-05

EBS 통찰.洞察 - '독립적 주체' 2/2 (인문학자 최진석 x 뇌과학자 김대식)


 
 
"한국사회에서 호기심이 죽는다고 생각하지는 않아요.
단지 그게 다른쪽으로 가는게 아닐까 해요.
우리 사회가 내면적인 호기심을 죽여버리니까,
외면적인 궁금증으로 왜곡되는게 아닐까 하는 거예요.
예를들어, 나는 다른 사람들하고 똑같이 살고 있는 걸까,
다른사람들은 나를 어떻게 생각할까, 내 아파트 평수는 왜 남들보다 작을까.
사실 이런 외면적인 호기심은 글로벌 수준에선 아무도 관심 없는 질문이거든요.
내가 원하는 대로 살면 되는 건데."
 
- 뇌과학자 김대식 카이스트 교수

EBS 통찰.洞察 - '독립적 주체' 1/2 (인문학자 최진석 x 뇌과학자 김대식)


 
 
"후진국이 중진국이 되는 데에 '5' 정도의 차이를 뛰어 넘어야 한다면,
중진국이 선진국이 되기 위해선 또다른 '5'가 아니라,
 '5천' 또는 '5만'의 차이를 뛰어 넘어야 한다.
왜냐하면 그것은 판이 전혀 다른 세계이기 때문이다.
이전 판은 정답을 찾는 능력이 중심이라면,
후자는 새로운 것을 발견하고 질문하는 능력으로부터 시작한다."
 
- 인문학자 최진적 서강대 교수

세계대전 이후 인류는 더더욱 '죽음'에 집착한다.

사회,국가적 이념 무장에서 부터, 한 개인이 삶의 의미를 찾는 고뇌에 이르기까지
그것은 최종 근거점으로 오늘날 강력하게 작용한다.
그리고 이제, '죽음'이 죽음을 앞두고 있는 듯 하다.
당신의 헛웃음 뒤로 점점 옅어지고 있는 모든 것의 토대.
우리는 이제, 어디로 가게 될까?