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Unit 7. Fuel Efficiency standard: A detour from the Cheapest climate protection Last week president Obama made good on a campaign promise to consider california's request for higher automotive fuel efficiency standards. If the Environmental protection Agency grants California's request to adopt standards more stringent than pending federal requirements, at least 13 other states will likely follo..
Unit 8. Buddhism and Science / probing the Boundaries of Faith and Reason Western interest in Eastern religions, expecially Buddhism, historically coincided with the rise of modern science and the corresponding perceived decline of religious orthodoxy in the West. Put simply: Modern science initiated a deep spiritual crisis that led to an unfortunate split between faith and reason-a split yet to..
Unit 1. Darwinism Must Die so that evolution may live "You care for nothing but shooting, dogs and rat-catching," Robert Darwin told his son, "and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family." Yet the feckless boy is everywhere. Charles Darwin gets so much credit, we can't distinguish evolution from him. Equating evolution with Charles Darwin ignores 150 years of discoveries, includin..
Unit 2. Cure for the common cold? Not yet, but possible Curing the common cold, one of medicine's most elusive goals, may now be in the realm of the possible. Researchers said Thursday that they had decoded the genomes of the 99 strains of common cold virus and developed a catalog of its vulnerabilities. "We are now quite certain that we see the Achilles' heel, and that a very effective treatmen..
매우 유명한, 지금은 고인이 된 세기의 천재, 아이폰의 아버지, 애플의 창업주이자 CEO 였던 스티브 잡스의 스텐포드대학 졸업식 연설입니다. 유명한 동영상과 글이니 만큼 그냥 지나치기 쉽지만 한번은 정독해 보시길 바랍니다. Unit 15 "You've got to find what you love" by Steve Jobs I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. Truth be told, I never graduated from college. This is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. To..
빌 게이츠의 글입니다. 정보와 지식에관한 단상과 향후 전망을 하고 있습니다. 시기가 조금 지났지만 여전히 생각해 볼 문제를 내포하고 있는 내용이네요.. 트리거 파트2에는 빌게이츠가 쓴 2개의 글이 있습니다. 화자나 작자만 알아도 해석에 많은 도움이 될겁니다. Unit 19. The new road ahead - where next for the knowledge economy It's hard to say exactly when it happened, but at some point in the last 20 years the word "knowledge" became an adjective. As intellectual property became increasingly important to busi..
