【salon】第32回「仏教と科学のサロン」のテーマは「他力を知る」で開催されました。
今回のテーマは、浄土教ではど真ん中の難しいテーマ「他力」でした。実は数日前に、最近「ガンダムUC」を一気に見て興奮冷めやらぬ私（平原）が、「ガンダムオタク」として鳴らすご門主に、「順序は逆になってしまったが、次は何を見るべきか？」という質問をしていたのですが、それを受けての彼の「いきなり感満載」な枕話で唐突に幕を開けました。
Why Sleep-Deprived People Are More Selfish and Lonely
Research shows more and more that “lack of sleep contributes to anxiety and difficulty managing emotions.” It’s true. Not just that you see more abnormal behaviors among sleep-deprived folks, but they become less compassionate and lose their powers of emotional regulation. The backfire like those obviously harm your reputation and well-being. Seriously, we’ve gotta sleep
MS Office products debut in VR, eh?
A few days ago Meta, or more specifically, Oculus, released their new product of cool VR headset. The stuff itself is so expensive like hell, so the practical point is not the new product itself but rather how lower we can now get the older Quest stuff. First they’ve gotta spread their toys. At home
【event】Research Carnival 2022@UM FoM on entrepreneurship & VR/AR
I attended some sessions of Research Carnival 2022 held at UM Faculty of Medicine’s 3rd floor Auditorium. It’s about advanced tech, research, innovation, and entrepreneurship. There were speakers who are Dr.s as well as entrepreneurs who shared their experiences about taking risk to be in fulfillment. One of the interesting topics was of course, the
Keep growing with your own experience
A good article. Most of our “learning” occurs when we “experience.” Much more so than what we read or listen to lectures. However, to actually “learn” from what we experience is rather difficult. As the article puts it, “most of us are not good at “wringing meaning.” We often don’t learn from experiences because we’re
Google Pixel Watch in Japan w/ good Suica power
Google is smart as we thought. To dive into Japanese e-wallet market, getting along with Suica, the e-wallet giant in japan, which is operated by Japan Railway East, is a must. If you have a good Suica-compatibility on your mobile device, you have much bigger chance to carry it around, thus you’ll automatically use it
Does Mindfulness Get in the Way of Making Amends?
As you may well know, research on the effect of mindfulness meditation on our body and mind has been steadily growing. The below is one of the interesting studies I’ve encountered recently. “The result? While both meditations led to similar increases in mindfulness, only the loving-kindness meditation increased participants’ overall feelings of love, reduced their
Estonia helps European digital identity
As is well known, Estonia is a Baltic nation with only 140 million population, but it has one of the most advanced “e-nations” on the planet earth. Recently Estonia has organized a meeting with other EU delegates to discuss “digital identity,” which will be crucial for digital health applications in the future. The original article
【mtg】9/26-30｜Dr. Adam Dunn’s fruitful visit to eHealth Unit
A week roundup. Thank you Assoc Prof Adam Dunn of University of Sydney for the fruitful discussions and sharing sessions and giving so many great ideas. We’re looking forward to your next visit back to Malaysia. シドニー大学からAdam Dunn博士が来てくれて1週間。たくさんのセッションで多くの素晴らしいアイデアをシェアすることができました。心から感謝します。マレーシアへのまたの機会を楽しみにしております！
【conf】SingHealth Duke-NUS delegates visit FoM
SingHealth and Duke-NUS delegate from Singapore came over to Faculty of Medicine at Universiti Malaya today. It was a full-day meeting where we presented what we’ve been doing in areas of digital health, medical humanities, and epidemiology. We usually don’t have a chance to learn what other units are doing in Faculty of Medicine, so