前回はノーベル化学賞受賞のゲノム編集技術、クリスパーについて話しました。白熱した議論になりましたが、結果このテーマは光と闇が深いということが改めて分かりました。1回のディスカッションでは足りない、また別の機会に改めて話したいですね。
さて今回は哲学っぽい雰囲気のディスカッション。
チェアはフェリスさん。
いつもユニークなテーマを持ってきてくれます。
Topics on 7th November
リアリストとは、今そこにある現状に即して物事を考える人です。そんなリアリストの中で最もホットな注目を集めているのが、若き歴史家、ルトガー・ブレグマン。彼曰く、人は生まれながらに優しく、未来はめっちゃ明るくできる、らしいです。
それってホント？どうしたらいいの？きのこの山の住民になったつもりで考えてみてください。
Topic 1 The wildest dreams ever in your life.
What was your dream? Be a rockstar? A baseball player, A Nobel prize winner?
1 What was your wildest dream ever in your life? Did you try anything for
the dream?
2 Was there a dream you almost achieved, but seemed not as easy as it looked?
3 Have you ever felt “My dream came true!”?
4 Having a wild dream is always nice. It makes your life more exciting.
Do you still have one?
Topic 2Let’s Be Realistic!
How are realists like? Are they Cynic? They think we were born evil? A
Dutch historian/realist Rutger Bregman claims that we are basically born
kind and altruistic, from thousands of historical events. This young thinker
is a real hot stuff and may change the world. At least, he made a drastic
change on me feeling that the future can be rosy.
1Basics;
We, egoistic human beings were born evil and that’s why we need laws.
If you think so, please watch the video below. A kid, a baby, even a dog
shows altruism. Is this our nature?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4nsxWx5GHw&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=Woody%26Kleiny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y2IkZULXo8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hlBZyN1SLU
https://www.washington.edu/news/2020/02/04/altruistic-babies-study-shows-infants-are-willing-to-give-up-food-help-others/
2When was it?
If we were born altruistic and caring, what has happened to us? What is
preventing us from being what we really are? Were there any significant
occasions that have changed us?
3WWUD?
You live in a small village. There is a mountain and everyone has the right
to go into the woods and harvest delicious mushrooms. One day, a big company
found the mushrooms profitable. They hired many people and started harvesting
mushrooms as much as possible.
The mushrooms are famous and expensive now.
If this continues, the mushrooms will drain and some weak village people
cannot enjoy the mushrooms anymore. However, even though you don’t go into
the mountain, someone else will go.
What would you do? There must be thousands of ways for the villagers to
live happily ever after.
FYI:
https://www.ted.com/talks/rutger_bregman_poverty_isn_t_a_lack_of_character_it_s_a_lack_of_cash?language=ja#t-852388