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The Long and Short o |
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We’ve recently experienced oil price fluctuations that remind us of the economic importance of fossil fuels. But, just how important is petroleum today and going forward? What are the shortterm, medium-term, and long-term trends driving oil prices? What’s likely to happen to oil prices and what are the implications? |
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Choice Overload |
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In today뭩 marketplace, consumers are bombarded with more choices than ever ?yet they are increasingly less satisfied. Whether they are buying a car, choosing a cell phone plan, ordering a beverage at Starbucks, or selecting a breakfast cereal at the supermarket, Americans are finding that simple decisions have turned complicated, time-consuming, and confusing. |
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글로벌리즘 헤게모니에 도전하는 내셔널 |
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전 세계 곳곳에서 내셔널리즘이 글로벌리즘의 헤게모니에 도전장을 던지고 있다. 약 70여 년간 글로벌리즘 주의자들의 노력을 수포로 되돌리고 있는 주요 요건은 무엇인가? 내셔널리즘은 어디로 향하고 있는가? |
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정보 기술이 화학 분야에 거대한 진보 |
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역사상 최초로 화학 분야의 신기원이 이루어지고 있다. 케마티카(Chematica)로 불리는 새로운 시스템이 전 세계 화학자들의 모든 지식과 정보를 진화된 쿼리(query, 정보 검색을 위해 설계된 전용 언어)와 인공 지능 능력과 결합하고 있다. |
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Membership in Virtua |
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Enormous increases in processing power and bandwidth are blurring the lines between the real world and the virtual one. As work, education, government, and entertainment have moved on-line, the barriers of space and time that formerly marked different parts of people’s lives have disappeared. Virtual work teams, telecommuting, long-distance learning, and electronic shopping for many have resulted in an “anything, anywhere, anytime” lifestyle, in which formerly distinct areas of people’s lives are now intertwined in cyberspace. People’s lives and their relationships with others are increasingly taking place in this electronic reality. As a result, digital technology has transformed the personal and public lives of most Americans over the past 15 years. |
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