If we pay even a little attention to the intersection of science and popular culture, we can see that science does not deal solely with facts, and the humanities do not deal solely with values.
In our everyday culture, facts and values ​​are already mixed together like a hodgepodge.
Therefore, the task of accurately interpreting the intertwining of science and humanities, facts and values ​​within culture becomes a bridgehead that can narrow the gap between the two cultures.
--- From the "Introductory Note"

What message does the novel "Frankenstein" convey to us? The possibility that humans can breathe life into other beings simultaneously reveals the hopes and fears inherent in new science. Just as Prometheus shared fire, once the domain of the gods, with humanity, Frankenstein, too, defied taboos and yearned to gain knowledge previously inaccessible to humans.
However, the important message conveyed by this work is that the knowledge gained in this way was not used responsibly and was not controlled.
--- From "Part 1: The Image of Scientists, Crazy or Freaky"

Just as women typically lose time to marriage, childbirth, and childcare, the same is true for female scientists.
Most people navigate their lives by negotiating and compromising with the various desires they encounter, and scientists (whether male or female) are no exception.
The only difference between scientists and ordinary people is that they have a very strong desire to do good research, and sometimes this desire can overwhelm other desires.
Scientists are human beings with reason, emotions, and desires.
So obviously.
So science is a product of humans, by humans, and for humans.
_From page 82, 'Part 1: There Are No Superwoman Scientists' --- From "Part 1: There Are No Superwoman Scientists"

The message of the work "1984" cannot help but emphasize the dangers of totalitarianism, the totalitarian governments seen in countries like Germany and the Soviet Union at the time, and the dangers of thought control.
In particular, there is a strong message here that we should not trust the media.
The surprising thing is that this book was written in 1948, before the development of computers and information and communication technology.
Yet, it is remarkable for its insight, as it shows a future where highly developed information and communication technologies can be used as surveillance technologies.
--- From "Part 2: The Invisible Big Brother Is Watching You"

It is said that eugenics was briefly popular in Korea during the Japanese colonial period and then disappeared, but the reality is that the legacy of eugenics is still widespread.
“As expected, it’s superior genes.
The story that “even celebrities have handsome younger siblings” is broadcast on TV without a care in the world.
"Superior genes"? Whether you're good at studying, good-looking, or athletic, they say it's all due to superior genes.
Thinking this way can lead to the idea that people at the other extreme are 'not worth living'.
Eugenic thinking is that not only people who study well and are smart, but also their families have superior genes.
In reality, that is not the case at all.
--- From "Part 3: A World Where Only Superior Genes Survive"

Kusunagi, the protagonist of the movie [Ghost in the Shell], comes to the conclusion that just as a person needs many complex things to be human, a cyborg himself also needs many things to become his true self.
The face and voice that distinguish us from others, the hand we look at when we open our eyes, memories from childhood, premonitions about the future, vast amounts of information, a wide network, etc.
She saw all these things as part of her cyborg self, creating her consciousness.
In other words, I thought that since cyborgs like myself are beings created through a complex self-organizing process just like humans, they could be said to have souls just like humans.
--- From "Part 3: Are Cyborgs Human or Machine?"

Among the novels written during the Japanese colonial period in the 1920s and 1930s, there are many that depict electricity as relatively dark, inexplicably uncomfortable, or mechanically cold.
These descriptions can be seen as revealing the contradictions of colonial everyday life, such as the gloom, imbalance, helplessness, and irony that exist behind colonial development.
Whether the authors were conscious of it or not, the biographies recreated in novels from the 1920s and 1930s revealed the discomforts of colonial daily life, which were difficult to define logically, through literary imagination and sensibility.
--- From "Part 4: Strange Science Through the Eyes of Modern Boy"

The first complete photograph of the entire Earth, taken by Apollo 17 in 1971, titled “Blue Marble.”
What's remarkable about this photo is that the blue Earth seen from space looks so fragile.
This photo completely changes people's perception of the environment.
Looking at the pictures, we can see that the place we live in is at best this small Earth.
Here, not only humans but also millions of species of plants and animals live together.
In the West, based on the Bible, it was believed that a person resembling God was the king of all animals and could do whatever he wanted with all living things on Earth.
But after this photo appeared, I began to think anew about the position of humans on Earth and the relationship between humans and other living beings.

--- From "The Fusion Worldview Presented by the Fourth Universe"