By placing Korea on Japan's list of restricted countries for exports, he made several mistakes.
1. He stated that it was in retaliation against Korea's Supreme Court ruling in favor of the enslaved Korean workers enslaved by a certain Japanese multinational. Which is against WTO rules. He and the Japanese government later changed the reason to national security.
2. He targeted industries where Japan is a leader, so it would Korea would not have an alternative source. Korea is now encouraging R&D, investment, and M&As for those industries. So, Korea will become a competitor in those industries within 1-5 years, depending on the industry.
3. Japan has always enjoyed a huge annual trade surplus since Korea became independent. Koreans are now boycotting travel to Japan and Japanese goods. Some companies have seen a 70% drop in revenues and a popular tourist area in Japan is empty. We have a trade deficit in tourism also. About a 4:1 ratio. Korea's trade deficit with Japan will be reduced significantly. This should cause a decrease in Japan's already very low annual GDP growth rate of less than 1%.
Did you know Japan spends over $500 million a year on promoting their version of history?
Japan's public diplomacy budget
If a person talks bad about people often, then that person probably talks bad about you too. If Japan twists history with Korea to cover up negative Japanese involvement, then think about what they say about Pearl Harbor. Ask the Chinese about the Japanese version of the Nanjing Massacre.
Japan's Abe says Japan never attacked and invaded Korea without warning which is false. It seems they attack without warning as a habit. The talk about mistaking time zones when they sent the letter declaring war on the US could be a lie. It could be just an excuse. They knew, but they just pretended to be mixed up about the time zones.
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
What If We Banned Unnecessary Industries and Businesses?
But still paid employees and owners that would not have an income, a basic wage for not working?
A little more, if they choose not to have children. At least until the population explosion is stopped or reversed.
We should focus on feeding, housing and taking care of people in need, not eating unhealthy food at expensive restaurants, driving expensive cars, and other stuff. Logically and ethically, that's what should happen until we solve our problems.
Imagine, a whole bunch of people being paid for nothing. What would they do? Spend money? Yes, but just on basics. Nothing luxurious would be available until everyone was fed and housed. No more rich. Sounds like communism or socialism. But only until the world's problems were solved. Music, philosophy, thought, science, and other mental activities would flourish, I think. People would spend all day trying to exercise, do charity work...
I am afraid that the world's problems will not be fully addressed in time, even though we have the resources to do it. Actually, the rich have most of it, but everyone has to participate.
The world as it is now is run by the rich and is basically a system to make the rich richer.
Once you have more money than you need, you can save and invest. The ordinary person has more money than they actually need for just necessities, so they can save and invest. But society teaches you to be ashamed of driving a beat up car or wearing cheap clothing, so most people spend instead of saving. Something is wrong.
The rich looking down on the poor contributed to this feeling of being ashamed if you are not outwardly rich or attractive. Stop buying into it.
I would probably be a really "bad" leader of the world. A "true" dictator.
Alas, the majority have extreme cognitive dissonance and prefer to avoid such thoughts.
Is the feeling of mostly content and somewhat satisfied in life from God? Or is it because of my middle class life? Both, probably.
Are life and consciousness a kind of dimension? That's going to take some time to think about. Where to start? Thinking through the void to new discoveries and conclusions, sometimes. Usually end up with other more difficult questions.
A little more, if they choose not to have children. At least until the population explosion is stopped or reversed.
We should focus on feeding, housing and taking care of people in need, not eating unhealthy food at expensive restaurants, driving expensive cars, and other stuff. Logically and ethically, that's what should happen until we solve our problems.
Imagine, a whole bunch of people being paid for nothing. What would they do? Spend money? Yes, but just on basics. Nothing luxurious would be available until everyone was fed and housed. No more rich. Sounds like communism or socialism. But only until the world's problems were solved. Music, philosophy, thought, science, and other mental activities would flourish, I think. People would spend all day trying to exercise, do charity work...
I am afraid that the world's problems will not be fully addressed in time, even though we have the resources to do it. Actually, the rich have most of it, but everyone has to participate.
The world as it is now is run by the rich and is basically a system to make the rich richer.
Once you have more money than you need, you can save and invest. The ordinary person has more money than they actually need for just necessities, so they can save and invest. But society teaches you to be ashamed of driving a beat up car or wearing cheap clothing, so most people spend instead of saving. Something is wrong.
The rich looking down on the poor contributed to this feeling of being ashamed if you are not outwardly rich or attractive. Stop buying into it.
I would probably be a really "bad" leader of the world. A "true" dictator.
Alas, the majority have extreme cognitive dissonance and prefer to avoid such thoughts.
Is the feeling of mostly content and somewhat satisfied in life from God? Or is it because of my middle class life? Both, probably.
Are life and consciousness a kind of dimension? That's going to take some time to think about. Where to start? Thinking through the void to new discoveries and conclusions, sometimes. Usually end up with other more difficult questions.
Friday, August 9, 2019
Really Shocked By Biased News On TV Chosun
The Korean TV channel's news reporting was so anti-Moon administration and twisted the truth far more than other TV channels that I felt obliged to looked it up on Wiki.
Wiki says -
It is owned by Chosun Ilbo, a newspaper that has been "criticized for its spotty fact-finding journalistic reporting" and has "a close relationship with far-right Liberty Korea Party".
The Liberty Korea Party changed its name because of former President Park Keun-hye. It is the main opposition party that is against every single thing that the Moon administration proposes and has boycotted almost every Parliamentary session in order to stop legislation from moving forward.
The party has changed its name several times, but the bad-mouthing, personal attacks, spreading of false news, agitating and trying to incite anger against a progressive government and boycotting of Parliamentary sessions have been its trademark ever since the administration of former President Roh Moo-hyun.
It worked to generate negative opinion against President Roh, and seemed to be working against President Moon, but just recently the Liberal Korea Party's approval ratings have fallen. When it rises, it is widely reported on the news and used as evidence of the alleged unpopularity and ineptness of President Moon, but when it falls, it is rarely reported and when it is, it is with little fanfare. When the next parliamentary elections are held next year, I hope the party disappears.
They used violence and physical detention of people in order to try to stop a bill reforming voting districts. There is a law against that. Now, they are refusing to show up for police questioning in the case. About 90 of them . All the other parties have responded to police requests, but the Liberal Korea Party is saying that the administration is using the police and prosecutors to suppress the opposition.
This party has a habit of accusing others of things that they do and have done when they were in power with President Park Keun-hye and President Lee Myung-bak. They used the police, prosecutors, judges, Supreme Court, the Korean intelligence agency, military intelligence, and other government organizations to suppress, harass and imprison the progressive or liberal opposition. They even made up a couple of spy scandals and tried to frame innocent people of being spies for North Korea. All of the above have been proven in court and some of the instigators have gone to jail. Some cases are still being investigated.
Yet, the Liberal Korea Party has steadfast support from the majority of people over 60. They have an approval rating of around 25%. It used to be in the high 40s before President Park Keun-hye's scandal and impeachment, and then dropped to the mid-30s.
A couple of days ago on KBS, I watched news about legalization of medicinal marijuana in other countries. Although it stated marijuana was a dangerous and addictive drug, the news reported in detail about how other countries have legalized it. It was the first time, I saw a sort of objective report on pot on TV. We usually have extremely negative news of people being arrested for pot and other drugs, and painting drugs users as really really bad criminals.
Thinking about gravity, quantum entanglement, metaphysical dimensions of meaning, will, and such is much more peaceful than reflecting on the political situation in Korea.
Space/time, energy/mass. What about structure, meaning, logic, will, emotion, thought, etc.?
Wiki says -
It is owned by Chosun Ilbo, a newspaper that has been "criticized for its spotty fact-finding journalistic reporting" and has "a close relationship with far-right Liberty Korea Party".
The Liberty Korea Party changed its name because of former President Park Keun-hye. It is the main opposition party that is against every single thing that the Moon administration proposes and has boycotted almost every Parliamentary session in order to stop legislation from moving forward.
The party has changed its name several times, but the bad-mouthing, personal attacks, spreading of false news, agitating and trying to incite anger against a progressive government and boycotting of Parliamentary sessions have been its trademark ever since the administration of former President Roh Moo-hyun.
It worked to generate negative opinion against President Roh, and seemed to be working against President Moon, but just recently the Liberal Korea Party's approval ratings have fallen. When it rises, it is widely reported on the news and used as evidence of the alleged unpopularity and ineptness of President Moon, but when it falls, it is rarely reported and when it is, it is with little fanfare. When the next parliamentary elections are held next year, I hope the party disappears.
They used violence and physical detention of people in order to try to stop a bill reforming voting districts. There is a law against that. Now, they are refusing to show up for police questioning in the case. About 90 of them . All the other parties have responded to police requests, but the Liberal Korea Party is saying that the administration is using the police and prosecutors to suppress the opposition.
This party has a habit of accusing others of things that they do and have done when they were in power with President Park Keun-hye and President Lee Myung-bak. They used the police, prosecutors, judges, Supreme Court, the Korean intelligence agency, military intelligence, and other government organizations to suppress, harass and imprison the progressive or liberal opposition. They even made up a couple of spy scandals and tried to frame innocent people of being spies for North Korea. All of the above have been proven in court and some of the instigators have gone to jail. Some cases are still being investigated.
Yet, the Liberal Korea Party has steadfast support from the majority of people over 60. They have an approval rating of around 25%. It used to be in the high 40s before President Park Keun-hye's scandal and impeachment, and then dropped to the mid-30s.
A couple of days ago on KBS, I watched news about legalization of medicinal marijuana in other countries. Although it stated marijuana was a dangerous and addictive drug, the news reported in detail about how other countries have legalized it. It was the first time, I saw a sort of objective report on pot on TV. We usually have extremely negative news of people being arrested for pot and other drugs, and painting drugs users as really really bad criminals.
Thinking about gravity, quantum entanglement, metaphysical dimensions of meaning, will, and such is much more peaceful than reflecting on the political situation in Korea.
Space/time, energy/mass. What about structure, meaning, logic, will, emotion, thought, etc.?
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Three Dimensions of Space?
Maybe we ought to differentiate between dimensions as used in measurement and Dimensions as used in space/time.
In reality, there can't be just x, y, and z dimensions in space, since space exists as space/time and other things, probably other kinds of Dimensions.
In many cases, nothing is as simple as one's mind or thoughts make it out to be.
Could mass/gravity be a Dimension also?
What about metaphysical dimensions? Probably a combination also. Data/logic?
What about life, meaning, logic, emotions?
Some more things to think about.
Nothing is just black and white. There are two sides to a coin and everything in between.
Meanings of words can change depending on the context and perspective. Communication through words is imperfect.
A person learns more by being close to a good leader (a person who sets the example) than through being lectured on how to be a good leader.
What one knows is much greater than what was learned. So learn a lot.
Will humans ever solve any of the world's problems? Not if they are cognitively dissonant. The cognitively dissonant rationalize illogical or unethical behavior, and subsequently act in unreasonable ways. Some very rich can afford to house homeless people, yet they refuse to do so for various reasons. Not ethical or logical.
Most everyone in the world could give a lot more to charity or good causes. Including me. Might have to increase my donations.
In reality, there can't be just x, y, and z dimensions in space, since space exists as space/time and other things, probably other kinds of Dimensions.
In many cases, nothing is as simple as one's mind or thoughts make it out to be.
Could mass/gravity be a Dimension also?
What about metaphysical dimensions? Probably a combination also. Data/logic?
What about life, meaning, logic, emotions?
Some more things to think about.
Nothing is just black and white. There are two sides to a coin and everything in between.
Meanings of words can change depending on the context and perspective. Communication through words is imperfect.
A person learns more by being close to a good leader (a person who sets the example) than through being lectured on how to be a good leader.
What one knows is much greater than what was learned. So learn a lot.
Will humans ever solve any of the world's problems? Not if they are cognitively dissonant. The cognitively dissonant rationalize illogical or unethical behavior, and subsequently act in unreasonable ways. Some very rich can afford to house homeless people, yet they refuse to do so for various reasons. Not ethical or logical.
Most everyone in the world could give a lot more to charity or good causes. Including me. Might have to increase my donations.
Saturday, August 3, 2019
No Ones Knows What Gravity Is?
That's what they tell me.
Washington Post: Everything you thought you knew about gravity is wrong.
Guess I am not the only one wondering about gravity. Force or Dimension? Both?
According to Einstein, mass bends space/time to cause gravity. It seems like a force to us, but is related to the dimension of space/time. Photons are both wave and particle, depending on the perspective. Maybe gravity is both a force and a dimension? Or just bent space/time?
According to equations in physics, gravity is a force.
Spend time thinking about God, gravity, quantum entanglement, or metaphysical dimensions.?
God is definitely not a being. Seems to be a dimension, force, or natural law, in my thoughts.
Washington Post: Everything you thought you knew about gravity is wrong.
Guess I am not the only one wondering about gravity. Force or Dimension? Both?
According to Einstein, mass bends space/time to cause gravity. It seems like a force to us, but is related to the dimension of space/time. Photons are both wave and particle, depending on the perspective. Maybe gravity is both a force and a dimension? Or just bent space/time?
According to equations in physics, gravity is a force.
Spend time thinking about God, gravity, quantum entanglement, or metaphysical dimensions.?
God is definitely not a being. Seems to be a dimension, force, or natural law, in my thoughts.
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Good Reasons For Bad Things In Life
If one's life is entirely wonderful, one would feel more regret towards the early death of loved ones.
If life was really bad, then one would feel less bad about loved ones passing away before their time. Don't you think?
Another reason? If life is really bad or painful, then death becomes an acceptable option. An imperfect life makes death seem less scary than a perfect life.
One more? Severe chronic pain for two decades can make one short tempered, overeat, too tired to exercise, and not be thoughtful. It can also help one overcome these problems, be more aware, mindful and thoughtful about such things.
Everyone seems to be in a hurry. Never stop to see the wonders of life. Imagine the Planck scale, the size of a proton, atom, molecule, mountain, earth, solar system, galaxies, size of the universe, all the atoms in the universe, a googol.
That's what everything should seem like. A googol. Almost infinitely complex and mind boggling. Most everything should test one's mental facilities. Nothing is simple, but most people, in their rush to live life fully before they die and due to natural instincts, skim through the facts of life.
Is one free? Most would say yes. A few would say, it depends on the exact definition of "one" and what you mean by free. Take time to "look" at all the wonders of the world, the metaphysical ones.
All that money, time, energy spent on eating out. I doubt humans were meant to eat processed foods, or sit down all day. Suppose eating out and unnecessary foods were frowned upon by society, discouraged, even banned. We could use the money saved to pay employees, or other people a basic living allowance, feed the poor, do other things. But no! Capitalism and freedom of choice seem to overrule ethics in today's society? Hopefully, present society will seem very barbaric in the future. Do we really need to eat that cake, or feed the poor? Feed the poor and then eat cake together? No, no more cake. Not good for you. Worse than pot.
Collective cognitive dissonance. Can the collective mind become free of cognitive dissonance?
If life was really bad, then one would feel less bad about loved ones passing away before their time. Don't you think?
Another reason? If life is really bad or painful, then death becomes an acceptable option. An imperfect life makes death seem less scary than a perfect life.
One more? Severe chronic pain for two decades can make one short tempered, overeat, too tired to exercise, and not be thoughtful. It can also help one overcome these problems, be more aware, mindful and thoughtful about such things.
Everyone seems to be in a hurry. Never stop to see the wonders of life. Imagine the Planck scale, the size of a proton, atom, molecule, mountain, earth, solar system, galaxies, size of the universe, all the atoms in the universe, a googol.
That's what everything should seem like. A googol. Almost infinitely complex and mind boggling. Most everything should test one's mental facilities. Nothing is simple, but most people, in their rush to live life fully before they die and due to natural instincts, skim through the facts of life.
Is one free? Most would say yes. A few would say, it depends on the exact definition of "one" and what you mean by free. Take time to "look" at all the wonders of the world, the metaphysical ones.
All that money, time, energy spent on eating out. I doubt humans were meant to eat processed foods, or sit down all day. Suppose eating out and unnecessary foods were frowned upon by society, discouraged, even banned. We could use the money saved to pay employees, or other people a basic living allowance, feed the poor, do other things. But no! Capitalism and freedom of choice seem to overrule ethics in today's society? Hopefully, present society will seem very barbaric in the future. Do we really need to eat that cake, or feed the poor? Feed the poor and then eat cake together? No, no more cake. Not good for you. Worse than pot.
Collective cognitive dissonance. Can the collective mind become free of cognitive dissonance?
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Is Gravity A Force or Dimension?
It is described as a force in equations, but it is related to space/time. So, it seems to be a dimension.
Is God a force or dimension?
Did you know that many religions say that God cannot be described in human terms and then try to explain God by assigning human characteristics, values and such to God.
God probably does not bless, "listen" or get angry. God cannot be described in detail, but if you take a more general perspective, you can make out the picture. Sort of like focusing a microscope. The magnification depends on what you want to see.
Something seems to inject thoughts/emotions/will into my consciousness occasionally daily or weekly. Maybe I have a clear consciousness?
Remember watching black and white TV, just ABC, NBC, and CBS.
Do you think that TV tried to show how people should behave in the 60s, 70s, and 80s? Remember lots of family shows. Brady Bunch, Cosby Family, the one with the guy housekeeper, The Jeffersons, All In The Family.
Is God a force or dimension?
Did you know that many religions say that God cannot be described in human terms and then try to explain God by assigning human characteristics, values and such to God.
God probably does not bless, "listen" or get angry. God cannot be described in detail, but if you take a more general perspective, you can make out the picture. Sort of like focusing a microscope. The magnification depends on what you want to see.
Something seems to inject thoughts/emotions/will into my consciousness occasionally daily or weekly. Maybe I have a clear consciousness?
Remember watching black and white TV, just ABC, NBC, and CBS.
Do you think that TV tried to show how people should behave in the 60s, 70s, and 80s? Remember lots of family shows. Brady Bunch, Cosby Family, the one with the guy housekeeper, The Jeffersons, All In The Family.