A classic volume about value investing
Ask Warren Buffet, one of the great financial investors in the world, what book a newcomer in the stock market should read. Then, he will be sure to pick up this book, “The Intelligent...
New era of metaverse dawns
Neal Stephenson authored a science fiction novel, named "Snow Crash," in 1992 where human avatars interact with each other and software agents in a three-dimensional virtual space.
The novel piqued the curiosity of some Korean fans...
Michel Foucault brings forth concept of episteme
In his book “The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences,” French philosopher Michel Foucault brought forth the concept of “episteme.”
The 1966 book is about 55 years old, but his “episteme,”...
Did Hawking write a religious book?
I heard quite often that God exists outside of space-time and that prompted me to pick Stephen Hawking’s best-seller of “A Brief History of Time,” which was published in 1988 and revised in 1996.
I...
Roland Barthes shares his experiences in Japan
There are prominent English-language books about China, including “The Good Earth” by Pearl Buck, “Wild Swans” by Jung Chang, and “Red Star Over China” by Edgar Snow.
About Japan, there are “The Chrysanthemum and...
How forgiveness transcended tragedy
On Oct. 2, 2006, a gunman named Charles Roberts took hostages of 10 girls aged between six and 13 at a one-room schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania.
Roberts eventually shot eight, killing five, before committing suicide.
The mass...
Copies have no longer any originals
Before filming the world-famous Matrix series, its directors of the Wachowski brothers asked actors and actresses to read three books, including “Out of Control” by Kevin Kelly and “Introducing Evolutionary Psychology” by Dylan Evans.
The...
Schmidt comes up with first-ever sting pain index
Justin Schmidt is quite a character. The U.S. entomologist is comparing the impacts of stinging insects on humans, mainly based on his own experience in his book “The Sting of The Wild.”
In...
Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy
This is the first of a three-part series, which highlights Modern Monetary Theory and the South Korean policies. _ ED.
If unemployment goes down, the price level goes up and vice...
Mystery behind Jim Simons’ successful quantitative investment
Experts tend to talk about random walk theory and efficient market hypothesis to insist that technical analysis in the stock markets cannot be trusted.
The former infers that the past movement of a stock...
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