College dropouts who changed the world [교양의 재발견]

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A digital empire founded by a college dropout founder with bold execution that is not bound by rules.

Zuckerberg’s success highlights the unique characteristics of dropout founders. Dropout founders shine in newly opened industries. In traditional industries, existing players who already have experience and networks have an advantage. In other words, entrepreneurs who majored in the relevant industry at university and gained practical experience at a company leading the industry can start a business in a more advantageous position. However, in new industries opened up by technological innovation, such as the Internet in the early 2000s, smartphones in the late 2000s, and current industries related to artificial intelligence (AI) technology, all players start with a lack of experience. In this environment, creative perspectives and quick execution are more important, which creates new opportunities for dropout entrepreneurs. When Jobs founded Apple and Gates founded Microsoft, it was a time when the PC was newly emerging.

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What will be the end of the war over ‘bird poop fertilizer’?

The car was full of bird droppings. Thanks to the Humboldt Current passing nearby, plankton was abundant, and thanks to that, anchovies were abundant. Birds such as cormorants and pelicans that preyed on anchovies pooped endlessly on the chincha. The bird droppings accumulated in this way were tens of meters thick. Bird droppings, which the Andean people called huanu or wanu, became guano in Spanish. As a matter of fact, guano was a treasure trove of nitrogen. Since ancient times, farmers have known from experience that crops grow well if they use dung and urine as fertilizer. This has also been confirmed by science. For example, the German chemist Justus von Liebig wrote a book in 1840 showing that insufficient nitrogen is a key substance that limits plant growth. Overnight, guano was transformed into a treasure trove.

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Making a fuss and throwing tree branches at the Yut board drawn on the ground.

Yutnori is a type of board game where players compete for various skills by moving pieces on a playboard. Everywhere in the world there are different types of games. In the West, there is chess, which was developed in India and Persia and introduced through the Arabs, while Janggi and Baduk, which became popular after the Han Dynasty, represent East Asia. Yutnori is Korea’s representative board game, but there is still no unified opinion among scholars regarding its origin and meaning. Its names are diverse, such as ‘Cheoksa’, ‘Dogaegeolmo’, and ‘Jeopo’, and opinions on the etymology of the name ‘Yut’ are also different among scholars. Like most folk games, this is because it has been passed down among the people for a long time, creating various variations.

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