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Echoes of Nietzsche: The Illusion of Success and the Death of Society In this merciless and rapidly evolving society, there is scarcely any space to be candid with our own emotions. Instead, we are compelled to willfully suppress our feelings in order to keep pace with others. The immense difficulty and weighty responsibility of being true to our emotions are intrinsically understood. It is only in the aftermath of our disintegration that we come to recognize our ..
Solving a maze using Topology Can you solve this maze? Is it too easy? How about this one? Still doable right? What about this one? Doesn't it break your will to solve just by looking at its size right? I will tell you a little secret on how to solve any maze with ease! We can think of the three mazes above as topologically identical mazes. If you approach them topologically, you will be able to solve any maze with very litt..
Failure of the Chinese economy Since the opening policy under Deng Xiaoping in 1978, China's economic growth over the past decades has been unstoppable to the point where the United States of America's hegemony was threatened. The country's GDP has grown from $300 billion in 1978 to over $14 trillion in 2019, making China the second largest economy in the world. Benefiting from its large and low-cost labor force, the Chinese ..
Definition of Modernism through Virginia Woolf's Unwritten Novel The ‘modern’ in the term Modernism refers to the period from the mid-19th to early mid-20th centuries. It was only after the industrial revolution that this modernism arose and was spread, but there were several attempts for modernism before the industrial revolution. For example, the protestant reformation and the French civil revolution are one of many. World War II and American pop culture in..
사회는 죽었다 바쁘고 빠르게 돌아가는 이 매정한 사회에서는 본인의 감정에 솔직해질 여유도 없이 오히려 감정을 애써 외면해야 남들을 따라갈수 있다. 본인의 감정에 솔직해지는게 얼마나 힘들고 얼마나 책임을 요구하는지 스스로 알기 때문이다. 부서지고 나서야 본인을 깨닫고, 망가지고 나서야 이미 모두가 망가져있다는걸 깨달을수 있지만, 그런 사실들을 철저히 외면한채 가면을 써야 이 차가운 사회에서 살아남을수 있다. 인간의 더럽고 추악한 욕망의 결정체인 돈이 성공의 척도가 되고, 삶의 목표가 된다. 찰스 보틀레르가 그랬던것 처럼, 추한 인간의 사회에서 아름다움을 찾는 모순적인 시각으로 사회를 바라보고 싶지만, 이미 이 시스템의 일부분이 된 나로써는 도무지 비관적인 관점을 벗어날수 없다. 인간의 본성은 악하고, 물질주의적인 사회에..
The buildup of the nanometer-thick SEI layer Leung and Leenheer stated in "How voltage drops are manifested by lithium-ion configurations at interfaces and in thin films on battery electrodes" that in the initial stage of Solid Electrolyte Interface(SEI) formation, the solvent molecules absorbed on the surface of the charged electrode will greatly reduce the voltage and alter the structure of the layer under the applied electric field. Thi..
Molecular Dynamic Study of electrode-electrolyte surface Modern Lithium-Ion Batteries(LIB) contain organic solvents(carbonates, ethers, etc) and salt anions(PF6-, BF4-, ClO4-, etc) which are not electrochemically stable and will undergo decomposition reaction to form a passivating layer, referred to as the Solid Electrolyte Interface(SEI). It is at this interface where the crucial electrochemical reaction, which governs the whole battery performance, ..
Quantum Tunneling Phenomenon in Batteries In this scenario, the rock in position A will never be able to move up the hump without an external force apllied to it(illustrated as person pushing). In order for the rock to move to position B, all it needs is just enough force to go over the hump and the rest will be spontaneous. Such force required to move up the hump is called the Activation energy in modern chemistry. Any force smaller th..