Saturday, December 11, 2010

종교를 바라보는 올바른 시각

"종교는 인간이 만든 형태일 뿐이다. 종교는 누구나 인정할 수 있는 보편적 가치를 생활에서 실천해 나갈 때 참종교가 된다. 부처님이 제자들에게 한 마지막 말씀은 '나의 말을 믿지 마라, 내가 말했기 때문에 믿으면 안 된다'였다. 맹목적인 믿음은 종교의 독이다."

Sunday, November 14, 2010

오늘의 처방

"... 결과물을 떠올리며 즐겁게 일을 해보자. 벽돌을 쌓는 일은 죽을 만큼 힘들어도 멋진 성이 완성되고 난 뒤에 느낄 편안함과 뿌듯함을 생각하면 지금의 어려움쯤이야! 과정은 힘들어도 보람 있는 결실을 맺을 수 있을 것이니 열심히 더 열심히 노력해야겠다. 포기하고 싶은 순간들만 무사히 잘 넘기면 탄탄대로, 걱정할 것 없으니 끝까지 최선을 다해 노력해보자..."

지금 나에게 가장 필요한 말 같아서 가져왔다.

가끔 보는 오늘의 운세는 그 얘기가 맞아서 본다기 보다는 내 생활을 다른 시각으로 볼 수 있게 해줘서 보게 된다. 어느 한 부분에 매달려 정신 없을 때나 스트레스 받을 때 잠깐 다른 방향으로도 생각을 해서 좀 더 풍성한 삶을 살 수 있게 해주는 것 같다.

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

GRE vocabs

contretemps
coruscate
effete
eidetic
emaciated
emanate
grouse
hoard
impudent
pontificate
precarious
preposterous
providential
quagmire
querulous
rakish
raucous
recalcitrant

Will I be ever seeing these words later? It will be one rakish Economics paper, if any of these words are used.

Friday, October 29, 2010

격식

사람 사이가 아무리 가깝고 허물없이 친한 사이이더라도 기본적인 격식을 잊어서는 안된다. 격식을 잃는다는 것은 사람과 사람 사이의 기본적인 예의를 잃는 것과 같다고 보고 따라서 더 이상 상대방을 존중하지 않는 것이라고 생각한다. 상대방을 존중하지 않는데 상대방으로부터 존중받는 것은 가능하지 않다.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

반기문 UN 사무총장



나의 롤모델로 가당키나 할까?
자신이 선택한 길에 대해서는 책임을 지고 끝낸다는 반기문 UN사무총장님의 성격은 나와는 정반대인 것 같다. 1시간도 못해 흩어지는 나의 집중력... 오늘부터라도 시작을 해봐야하겠지만 험난한 길이 될 것임에 틀림이 없다.
하지만 어찌보면 나에게 가장 필요한 덕목을 지니셨기에 이렇게 성공하신게 아닐까.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

문명하셨습니다.

Such an addictive game. I was barely able to stop and uninstall it until my laptop was lagging, running that program, luckily. There is even a video clip about the addicts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccn9V8V10q4

I certainly have better things to do later on, and such game won't be one of them. No more Civilization V.

Sunday, October 03, 2010

Research topic idea

Infant industry policy and its validity:

It has been believed that the free trade is the best, and accordingly, there have been several multilateral trade negotiations to remove trade barriers, such as tariffs. Since the 19th century, several exceptional cases have been found, and infant industry argument was one of them.
The main argument of infant industry posits that some industries, which have initially high costs, may have comparative advantage in the long run in the world market after a temporary period of development in technology. There are mainly three conditions, which must be met to validate the argument (Krueger 1984):

(1) there must be an industry, currently uneconomic, which, if developed, would experience a sufficient decrease in costs, or generate sufficient externalities, so that the initial excess costs of the industry would be repaid with a rate of return equal to that earned on other investments;
(2) some part of the decrease in costs would have to consist of externalities generated by firms in the industry or the entire industrial sector, since otherwise private producers would themselves be willing to incur the costs in order to reap the benefits (on the assumption that the industry would be genuinely economic to develop), and
(3) the protection would in fact be temporary (i.e. vested interests to maintain protection would not be created). The validity of the infant industry argument as a case for a departure from free trade thus rests on the assumed short-term nature of the cost disadvantage the industry suffers from, on noncapturable externalities, and on the temporary nature of protection.

Firstly, the study investigates the historical data of the countries (especially East Asian countries) which supported infant industries and now are enjoying the developed economies as the result of the policy.
Secondly, the study employs the basic infant industry model and throw “political pressure” or “dependence on developed countries” factor into the model as one of the determinants of developing country governments’ decision making. I have not found any infant industry study which considered these factors as one of the decision-making factors, except a couple of articles written by Ha Joon Chang. However, Chang merely raises an argument in his articles that it is not fair for the current developed countries, which supported infant industry when they started developing their economies, to try to ban infant-industry-supporting policies in developing countries for their benefit, and his articles do not evaluate the models.
Thirdly, I would like to check whether the infant industries actually succeed to decrease their cost to compete with foreign firms. Supported by the governments, the infants are able to decrease their cost; however, the world price is also decreasing as the leading firm in the industry would keep trying to minimize their cost as well. The study of List assumes that the world price stays still, and since the rate of cost reduction in the leading firms is assumed to be slower than the infants', List's argument seems valid if the leading firm reaches the minimum cost level where there is no more possible cost reduction. However, when it comes to the empirical studies, it is fair to think that the cost reduction is still in process. One good study that I have examined was Krueger and Tuncer's, "An Empirical Test of the Infant Industry Argument."

Monday, September 20, 2010

Truth hurts

Truth always hurts.
It is a matter of whether you are ready to face it or not. Wise people would find ways to lessen the pain from truth, while others try to avoid it.

Friday, May 28, 2010

Back to the states

Finally I'm back to the united states where the people in customs hold me in the airport for an hour for nothing (their bureaucratic process they say).
I missed the next flight for it, and they gave me 30 dollars for food and Sheraton hotel suite for accomodation. I got to see my brother and his wife here in Chicago, and it actually turned out to be the best since my wife got sick from the long journey. :)
Now, here I come, Boston, and my apartment. I miss you.


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Monday, May 17, 2010

Wedding photos

... to be posted.

I am about to get married.

Monday, May 10, 2010

이제 새로운 시작

평생의 무조건적인 같은 편이 생긴다는 말 좋다.


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Saturday, March 13, 2010

독도발언

그렇게 대선을 정치참여가 아닌 한판 쇼로 만들어 놓더라. 허경영 같은 잡스러운 후보가 나오질 않나, 서생원 같이 생긴 거짓말 하는 놈을 일국의 수장으로 뽑질 않나. BBK인지 뭔지 하는 주가 조작 회사 설립했다는 동영상은 조회수가 그렇게도 높던데... 그 동영상 본 사람만큼만이라도 투표를 했으면 이런 참담한 결과는 나오지 않았을텐데... 결국엔 키보드만 두들겨대고 마우스만 놀려대는 잉여인간들이 놀이동산에 가서 바이킹을 타듯 남은 시간에 동영상 보고 아드레날린 발산하며 욕하고 싶었다는 것밖에 설명이 안된다.

대중은 물길 따라 흐르는게 어느 나라나 마찬가지이지만, 난 우리나라 사람들이 그래도 이런 미련하고 상무식한 미국 대중보다는 더 깨어있다고 생각했기 때문에 너무 실망이 컸다. 그렇게 못난 정치인들을 욕하더니 결국엔 국론을 분열시키고, 지네가 뭐하는지도 모르는 중고등학생까지 촛불 시위 나가게 만들어서 국가를 미워하게 만들고, 지가 후버댐을 짓는 양 착각하면서 나라를 갈아 엎고, 이제는 영토까지 팔아먹는 대통령을 뽑아 놓더라... 이렇게 무식한 대중들이니 정치판에 있는 사람들이 얼마나 얕잡아 보고 지네 맘대로 하겠어. 선거 1년 전부터 자기들이 한 일들 가려 놓으면 이 무식한 대중은 금방 잊어버리거든.
운동권이니 수구 꼴통들이니 서로 편가르면서 싸우지만 결국 호강하며 사는 것들은 정치판의 어르신들이라는 걸 언제야 알아차릴까. 그들이 당신네들과 얼마나 다른 차원의 생활을 하는지 언제야 깨달을 수 있을까. 당신네들이 그나마 가진 힘이라고는 투표용지의 도장 하나지만 그게 모이면 얼마만큼의 힘이 되는지 깨달을 때까지 얼마나 걸릴까. 그런데 그나마 그 도장도 언론과 정치세력이 흘려주는 정보와 여론의 물길에 따라 당신네들의 주관 없이 찍고 있다는 것 또한 알 수 있을까.

그럼 난 뭘 할 수 있을까. 경제학자가 된다면 뭘 할 수 있나.
경제학의 기본은 "돈"이다. 돈은 세상을 움직이고 있고, 그 돈을 쥐고 있는 유태인이 나라도 없이 미국에서 또 세계에서 살아남고 있는 이유라고 생각한다. 그렇게 믿기에 난 아직 내가 나의 힘으로 우리나라를 더 살기 좋게 만들 수 있다는 희망을 갖고 있다. 내가 그 자리에 올라설 수만 있다면 최선을 다해 바꾸고 싶다. 정치와 경제는 국가 운영에 있어 서로 맞물려 돌아가는 톱니바퀴 같은 것이라고 보기 때문에, 가능할 것이라고 생각한다.

경제학에 대한 나의 지식은 아직 바닥이다. 이제야 겨우 1~2세기 전의 사람들이 발견해낸 가설을 공부하고 습득하는 수준이다. 하지만 앞으로 짧게는 5년 길게는 10년 이상의 공부를 통해서 나의 톱니바퀴를 만들고, 그 톱니바퀴로 우리나라를 움직일 수 있도록 해야겠다. 내가 30대 40대가 되면 저런 멍청한 정치인들이 나라를 망쳐가는 모습을 지금 같이 보고만 있지는 않을 것이다.

Friday, March 05, 2010

정신줄 잡기 위한 계획

나의 계획:

잡다한 일들 빨리 끝내버리고 공부 시작.
EC545 필기 정리
EC508 필기 정리
EC508 Project topic 검색 및 Research proposal 초안 작성
Directed research topic 검색 > 페이퍼 하루에 한 개씩은 검토 > Research proposal 초안 작성
베이츠 교수들 추천서 부탁





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Thursday, March 04, 2010

아마존의 눈물

아마존의 눈물의 제작진은 아마존 사회의 "여유로움"과 "현대사회의 치열함"을 비교하고 현대인들의 각박함을 비판하기 위해 "목숨을 걸고" "치열하게" 촬영을 했다.
제작진의 본성과 반대되는 성질의 것을 대중에게 보여주고 이해시키려고 하는 의도가 아이러니하고 한편으로는 그들의 위선이 거슬리기까지 한다.


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기대감과 실망감

기대감에는 실망감에 대한 두려움이 내재되어 있다.


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괜한 자신감

난 또 왜


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Wednesday, March 03, 2010

悔しい

"분하다. 분하다. 분하다."
부끄럽기도 하고 또 분하기도 하지만 한편으로는 안도하고 있다.
더 분해야 한다. 하지만 내가 내 최선을 다 하지 않은 걸 내가 알고 있기 때문에 더 분할래야 분할 수가 없다. 그저 더 나쁜 상황이 일어나지 않은 것에 대해 안도할 뿐이다.

내가 어쩌다가 평균에 가까운 점수로 안도할 수 있게 되었는지 도무지 알 수가 없다. 정신차리자.


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Monday, March 01, 2010

매일이 시험

하루하루가 얼마나 중요하고 이 히루들이 모여서 나의 꿈을 이룰 수 있는 바탕이 된다는 걸 안다.
알고는 있다.
이 하루하루가 나에 대한 시험이라는 걸 깨닫게 될 때까지 얼마나 시간이 걸릴까? 평생 깨닫지 못하고 죽을 수도 있다는 생각이 든다.


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Saturday, February 27, 2010

MBTI Personality Type

The Scientist

As an INTJ, your primary mode of living is focused internally, where you take things in primarily via your intuition. Your secondary mode is external, where you deal with things rationally and logically.

INTJs live in the world of ideas and strategic planning. They value intelligence, knowledge, and competence, and typically have high standards in these regards, which they continuously strive to fulfill. To a somewhat lesser extent, they have similar expectations of others.

With Introverted Intuition dominating their personality, INTJs focus their energy on observing the world, and generating ideas and possibilities. Their mind constantly gathers information and makes associations about it. They are tremendously insightful and usually are very quick to understand new ideas. However, their primary interest is not understanding a concept, but rather applying that concept in a useful way. Unlike the INTP, they do not follow an idea as far as they possibly can, seeking only to understand it fully. INTJs are driven to come to conclusions about ideas. Their need for closure and organization usually requires that they take some action.

INTJ's tremendous value and need for systems and organization, combined with their natural insightfulness, makes them excellent scientists. An INTJ scientist gives a gift to society by putting their ideas into a useful form for others to follow. It is not easy for the INTJ to express their internal images, insights, and abstractions. The internal form of the INTJ's thoughts and concepts is highly individualized, and is not readily translatable into a form that others will understand. However, the INTJ is driven to translate their ideas into a plan or system that is usually readily explainable, rather than to do a direct translation of their thoughts. They usually don't see the value of a direct transaction, and will also have difficulty expressing their ideas, which are non-linear. However, their extreme respect of knowledge and intelligence will motivate them to explain themselves to another person who they feel is deserving of the effort.

INTJs are natural leaders, although they usually choose to remain in the background until they see a real need to take over the lead. When they are in leadership roles, they are quite effective, because they are able to objectively see the reality of a situation, and are adaptable enough to change things which aren't working well. They are the supreme strategists - always scanning available ideas and concepts and weighing them against their current strategy, to plan for every conceivable contingency.

INTJs spend a lot of time inside their own minds, and may have little interest in the other people's thoughts or feelings. Unless their Feeling side is developed, they may have problems giving other people the level of intimacy that is needed. Unless their Sensing side is developed, they may have a tendency to ignore details which are necessary for implementing their ideas.

The INTJ's interest in dealing with the world is to make decisions, express judgments, and put everything that they encounter into an understandable and rational system. Consequently, they are quick to express judgments. Often they have very evolved intuitions, and are convinced that they are right about things. Unless they complement their intuitive understanding with a well-developed ability to express their insights, they may find themselves frequently misunderstood. In these cases, INTJs tend to blame misunderstandings on the limitations of the other party, rather than on their own difficulty in expressing themselves. This tendency may cause the INTJ to dismiss others input too quickly, and to become generally arrogant and elitist.

INTJs are ambitious, self-confident, deliberate, long-range thinkers. Many INTJs end up in engineering or scientific pursuits, although some find enough challenge within the business world in areas which involve organizing and strategic planning. They dislike messiness and inefficiency, and anything that is muddled or unclear. They value clarity and efficiency, and will put enormous amounts of energy and time into consolidating their insights into structured patterns.

Other people may have a difficult time understanding an INTJ. They may see them as aloof and reserved. Indeed, the INTJ is not overly demonstrative of their affections, and is likely to not give as much praise or positive support as others may need or desire. That doesn't mean that he or she doesn't truly have affection or regard for others, they simply do not typically feel the need to express it. Others may falsely perceive the INTJ as being rigid and set in their ways. Nothing could be further from the truth, because the INTJ is committed to always finding the objective best strategy to implement their ideas. The INTJ is usually quite open to hearing an alternative way of doing something.

When under a great deal of stress, the INTJ may become obsessed with mindless repetitive, Sensate activities, such as over-drinking. They may also tend to become absorbed with minutia and details that they would not normally consider important to their overall goal.

INTJs need to remember to express themselves sufficiently, so as to avoid difficulties with people misunderstandings. In the absence of properly developing their communication abilities, they may become abrupt and short with people, and isolationists.

INTJs have a tremendous amount of ability to accomplish great things. They have insight into the Big Picture, and are driven to synthesize their concepts into solid plans of action. Their reasoning skills gives them the means to accomplish that. INTJs are most always highly competent people, and will not have a problem meeting their career or education goals. They have the capability to make great strides in these arenas. On a personal level, the INTJ who practices tolerances and puts effort into effectively communicating their insights to others has everything in his or her power to lead a rich and rewarding life.

ΓΝΩΘΙ ΣΑΥΤΟΝ

Gnōthi seauton
Know thyself.
현재 나에게 가장 필요한 말.

이제 진짜 시작

어제는 내 생일이었다. 어제의 다짐으로 다시 태어났다고 생각하고 열심히 살자. 그래서 여유롭게 그들 위에서 내려다 볼 수 있도록 하자.
힘내.


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Friday, February 26, 2010

아이폰

아이폰 없었다면 어떻게 살았을까?


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정신줄

내가 정신줄을 제대로 놓았나보다... 사실 잡고 있지도 않았던 것 같은 느낌이다. 어제 시험이 끝나서야, 내가 정말 진지하게 내 앞길에 대해 생각하지 않았다는 걸 알았다. 난 지금 여기서 뭘 하고 있는 건가? 내가 하고 싶었던 공부, 살고 싶었던 삶을 위해서 2년에서 길게는 6년을 저당 잡혀서 왔는데, 틈만 나면 조금씩 그 삶을 잊어버리고 거기서 벗어나오려고 하고... 결국에는 시험 볼 때마다 나를 자책하게 만들고 있다.
이제는 제대로 해야한다. 이번 시험이 전체 성적의 10% 밖에 되지 않는다는 것에 자위해서는 안된다. 매 순간이 나의 삶 100%라는 걸 잊지 않고, 내 자신이 어떤 사람이란 걸 잊지 않고 살아야 할 것이다.
또 한순간의 깨달음으로 지나치지 않게 글을 남긴다.