However, Benjamin falls in love with Mrs. Robinson's

Anyone familiar with the 1967 film The Graduation, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Dustin Hoffman, will be at least 50 years old.  

Benjamin (Dustin Hoffman), who graduated from a prestigious eastern university with excellent grades, is highly anticipated by his family and people around him, but he is tempted by his father's partner's wife (Mrs. Robinson) while he is wandering about wondering what to do about an uncertain future.

However, Benjamin falls in love with Mrs. Robinson's daughter, Elaine, and ends up taking Elaine, who eventually wants to marry a medical student, from the wedding and running away.

There are many famous scenes in this movie, and among them, there are scenes that Mrs. Robinson seduces and escapes from the wedding hall with Elaine,

More than that, my dad's friend approached Benjamin and said, "Plastic" is a word that I have to say to you

In fact, the commercialization of plastics, which began in the 1930s, was already becoming more common in the 1970s to the extent that beverage bottles replacing glass came out.  

There is a point in time when new industrial changes occur for each period.
It is a representative product or industry that has one or two keywords.  

If Benjamin had graduated by now, would your dad's friend tell you a keyword?

Bitcoin
Artificial intelligence?
ChatGPT?
Stable diffusion ?
GPU?
Or a quantum computer?
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What are the keywords? #1. How do we perceive the response to the climate crisis?

"I think we need to respond to the climate crisis, but I don't think others think so. So it won't."

I don't have a philosophy and will to respond to the climate crisis. However, I think many people, including myself, should strive to respond to the climate crisis, even if they bear certain costs and inconveniences.

I believe that technology and industry should be the foundation to reduce costs and inconveniences. Some believe that blind transformation will only increase antipathy.

I don't think responding to the climate crisis is a matter of progress or conservatism in the political landscape. I became interested in the climate crisis when I entered companies.

Many Korean companies are investing heavily in the green transition. For the green transition to bear fruit, it has to go through a terrible catharsis. Every step you take is a drag on technological limitations, huge investment costs, and legacies. It's impossible without a lot of will and power.

Technological and industrial development are essential to make the green transition easier. I'll accept riding an electric car, but it's hard to accept if you tell me to ride a bicycle or walk around.

It's up to you to buy an electric car and ride it. It's up to you to build an electric car, set up charging stations, create renewable energy, and build a grid.

Companies don't hate conversion, they hate uncertainty. When a transition is made, new money is made, so you take on the challenge, and if you don't, it becomes a sunk cost.

Making money is a very strong driver of the green transition. With good will, there is a limit to making a big difference. In the past, green transformation was the other side of making money, but now it has the same direction. After all, consistent policies should be supported.

Then, awareness is the biggest driver of consistent policies in a democratic society. How many people do you think should strive to respond to the climate crisis?

There was a climate general meeting at the National Assembly on the 21st. Dr. Seo Bok-kyung mentioned the results of an interesting foreign study before the presentation. The Nature Climate Change Journal reported that 130,000 people in 125 countries around the world were surveyed on climate awareness. It's a really extensive survey.

What is the percentage of households that want to donate 1 percent of their income to overcome the climate crisis? A whopping 69 percent said they would donate. Six percent said they would donate less than 1 percent, and 26 percent said they would never.

And what's more interesting is that you asked how many citizens of your country would donate 1% of their income, and the answer was 43%.

75% of the respondents said they would do it, but it's a very unique perception that 43% of them think others would do it.

If I'm not the only one who thinks so, I think if a lot of people have that idea, I think we can talk about doing it together.

The results of the Climate Crisis Public Perception Survey, hosted by Climate Politics Wind, are very interesting. It's quite different from the stereotypes we have.

Cities and young people are not more interested in the green transition, and the boundaries between progressive and conservative are ambiguous. There was a strong view of the green transition from the perspective of life and work, not from the attention of the campaign.

(The view of responding to the climate crisis as a progressive agenda seems to be evident in politics, but people do not accept it very well.)

I didn't feel it well while listening to the results, so I don't know how many times I repeated, "Is that right?"

The story will be in the next episode...