This article is an interview with Emanuel and Kim Taegyong (김태경 소장), Director of the Korea Institute of Patent Information (특허정보원 ), about education, technology and Korea’s future in the Monthly Journal, Patent Information Promotion Center Magazine (November, 2011).
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Review of Winslow Wheeler’s book on defense spending “The Wastrels of Defense” (article)
Here is Emanuel’s review of Winslow Wheeler’s book on defense spending “The Wastrels of Defense” as it appears on the site of the Center for Defense Information
“Rebels Within the U.S. Federal System ”
Emanuel Pastreich
January 10, 2006
Casually observing the mainstream media in
the United States gives one the impression that conservatives support the
administration of George W. Bush and the Republicans in Congress. Nothing could
be further from the truth. In fact, the most strident and damning attacks on
the “neo-conservatives” come not from “liberals,” but
rather from conservatives themselves. Moreover, although many Americans
foolishly buy into the argument that they should be afraid of “government,”
in reality, those in government have provided the strongest resistance to
corruption and corporate manipulation.
An excellent example of the rebellion
against the present rule of money and privilege in America is Winslow Wheeler.
Like the Democratic senator John Murtha, who recently called for U.S. troops to
be withdrawn from Iraq unconditionally, Wheeler is an insider with strong ties
to the military and the institutional culture that has dominated the U.S. for
the last 40 years who decided things have gone too far and has taken a stand.
He has written at length about the corruption in the military procurement
system, which is so deep that it poses a serious security threat.
“Korean Technology Beyond Motherboards and Displays” (article in Korea IT Times)
KOREA IT TIMES
Korean Technology Beyond Motherboards and Displays
Taekwando and Oriental Medicine at the Center of Korea’s Future
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Emanuel Pastreich
http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/18156/korean-technology-beyond-motherboards-and-displays
The term “technology” demands our special attention because the challenges we face require us to move beyond the rather limited significance assigned to the word. “Technology” generally refers to applied techniques for design and the fabrication of parts for the electronics industry, and to a lesser degree to mechanical engineering, energy generation, and biotechnology. But rapid changes in society such as the environmental crisis and the aging population are putting great pressure on us to expand the definition of technology to allow for new and novel solutions. As Albert Einstein said, “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Technology also must be taken up to another level.
“Defining Convergence” Asia Institute Seminar Featured in Korea IT Times (article)
KOREA IT TIMES
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
“Wrestling with Convergence, Part 3: Defining the Convergence of Industries”
The Asia Institute recently held a round-table discussion on the topic of technology convergence. The discussion was led by Dr. Emanuel Pastreich, Professor of Humanities at the Humanitas College of Kyung Hee University. Also in attendance were Charlie Wolf, Director at the Social Impact Assessment Center in the Greater New York City Area; Paul Callomon, Collections Manager at the Academy of Natural Sciences in the Greater Philadelphia Area; Stephanie Wan, the YGNSS Project Co-Lead and the North, Central America & Caribbean regional Coordinator of the Space Generation Advisory Council; Daniel Lafontaine, Business Coach and Consultant at AMA Korea; Alan Engel, President at Paterra, Inc. in Japan; Matthew Weigand, founder of Responsiv.asia and former editor of the Korea IT Times; Tahir Hameed, Research Fellow and PhD Candidate at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; and Vince Rubino, Global Team Leader of Business Development and AQ at the Korea Institute of Toxicology. In this third part of a five-part series, the experts discuss the true definition of the term convergence that is so easily thrown around these days.
Matthew Weigand: Personally I’ve always thought that the term Convergence was broad and generalized for political reasons – it encompasses the greatest possible meaning because people would like it to. Nailing it down to any one specific meaning would be marginalizing some segment of new technologies which want to claim the label for financial or political reasons. So I guess Emanuel’s take on breaking down convergence into sub-categories would be the only way to make any headway on discussing it.
Tahir Hameed: Thanks for a quite agreeable stance, and rightly pointing the only way forward. My intention was to just to establish a perceived weakness before carrying it on. Coming to the next question, there should be at least two aspects to discuss this; the possibility of development of S&T, innovation or industry, and the benefits that brings for society in general. There can be several issues in each. For now, I share my thinking about how the term convergence is useful to Korea in general. Will try to contribute on specifics and possible growth projections later.
“The Intellectual ‘Korean Wave'” (知的한류) in Korean (Munhwa Ilbo 문화일보)
文化日報
‘知的 한류’시대
이만열/경희대 후마니타스 칼리지 교수
2011년 10월 11일(火)
http://www.munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=2011101101033137191007
한류(韓流)가 세계를 휩쓸고 있다. 한국발 사랑 노래, 스릴 넘치는 영화, 시선을 떼지 못하게 하는 TV 드라마가 새로운 세대는 물론 기존 세대의 상상력까지 사로잡고 있다. 이렇듯 한류가 한국의 이름을 알리는 데 널리 공헌하고 있다지만 궁극적 의미에서 진정한 지적(知的) 한류는 아직 시작되지 않았다.
미국과 유럽, 일본에서조차 최고의 지성들이 한국의 작가 이름을 한번도 언급하지 않고, 한국 주요 지성들의 글을 읽은 적이 없으며, 한국 역사의 깊이에 대해 무지한 것이 현실이다. 버락 오바마 미국 대통령이 한국의 교육에 대해 찬사를 보낼 때조차 한국 전문가들의 이름이 언급되지는 않았다. 한국에 살면서 한국어로 된 서적과 저널을 읽고 한국의 미술관을 찾아 한국 지성들과 대화를 하는 외국인으로서 이러한 분야에서 세계에 널리 소개돼야 마땅한 부분이 많다고 단언한다.
“Convergence in Space” (article in Korea IT Times)
Recent Asia Institute Seminar on convergence and space featured in Korea IT Times.
Wrestling with Convergence, Part 2: Convergence in Space
Friday, September 30th, 2011
The Asia Institute recently held a round-table discussion on the topic of technology convergence. The discussion was led by Dr. Emanuel Pastreich, Professor of Humanities at the Humanitas College of Kyung Hee University. Also in attendance were Charlie Wolf, Director at the Social Impact Assessment Center in the Greater New York City Area; Paul Callomon, Collections Manager
“Don’t Repeat the Mistakes of Cyworld” MK News (in Korean) 매일경제신문 기고
매일경제신문
2011.09.22
제2의 싸이월드 되지 않으려면
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한국은 현재 기로에 서 있다. 혁신적인 기술 개발, 새로운 비즈니스 모델과 디자인 창출을 추진하고 있음에도 이 모든 것이 단지 일시적인 현상인지 혹은 장기적인 전환인지 불확실하다. 삼성전자 현대차 등 대기업 이름으로 좋은 제품을 외국에 수출하고 있지만 아직까지 구글이나 마이크로소프트처럼 세상을 변화시킨 제품을 생산해 내지는 못하고 있다. 과거 한국은 세상을 크게 변화시킬 수 있는 기회를 가진 바 있다. 1372년 `직지심체요절`을 인쇄했던 세계 최초 이동식 금속 활자가 바로 그것이다. 안타깝게도 당시 금속활자는 세계적으로 영향력 있는 획기적인 혁신으로 나아가지 못했으며, 결과적으로 금속활자 기술 개발의 공을 고스란히 유럽인들에게 넘겨준 셈이 됐다. 무한한 가능성을 가지고 있음에도 세계로 나아가기를 주저한 결과 초래된 안타까운 역사적 사실이다. |
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Life is a Matter of Direction, Not Speed: A Robinson Crusoe in Korea” (article in Korean)
Article on Emanuel’s Book “Life is a Matter of Direction, Not Speed: A Robinson Crusoe in Korea” from Joong Ang Daily. Interview with the author and description of the book in Korean.
Future Success of Scientific Research Institutes (Article)
KOREA IT TIMES
Key Factors for the Future Success of Scientific Research Institutes
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Emanuel Pastreich
The future of the research institute is one of the most critical topics of our age. Across the world, research institutes are struggling to define their vision and their function in response to the rapid evolution of technology and a changing economic and demographic environment. Here are a few issues that are central to assuring that a future research institute fully realizes its potential.
1. The need for a vision of how the research institute contributes to society
In the long term, large research projects will be strong candidates for funding, and broad enthusiasm among workers, researchers and taxpayers if they feature an over-arching vision for explicit social contributions. In an age of limited budgets, the need to show social relevance will be decisive. We have many research institutes that describe their research in terms of biotechnology or nanotechnology. Such descriptions are fine from an intellectual point of view, but in the future justifications for funding must be made in terms of a direct response to serious medical, environmental, or energy challenges, locally and internationally. Creating an intellectual backdrop that highlights how the research institute is leading the way, not only in terms of new developments in medicine and biotechnology, but also in an ethical sense, will be the key to building international collaboration networks. Those networks, by extension, will determine the effectiveness of the institution.
Munhwa Ilbo Article on Emanuel’s views on Chuseok Holiday (in Korean)
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My article in the Munhwa Ilbo Newspaper presenting my ideas about the upcoming Korean festival Chuseok.
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http://www.munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=2011090701033937191004
외국인 눈에 비친 이상한 秋夕
[오피니언] 포럼
2011년 09월 07일(水)