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“If they have no meat, let them eat soy meat.”

2020/2/26    ,

It looks like vegan meat is really becoming a thing now. Actually, it’s not just vegan meat; cultured meat is also gaining attention. In any case, the population explosion and associated food crisis is becoming real, and there are more and more startups emerging to address the food challenge. For example, the plant-based meat substitute producer Beyond Meat went public on the NASDAQ exchange in May of last year and continues to grab the spotlight, with a help of ever-increasing environmental concerns. “(If they have no bread,) let them eat cake.”  This famous quote has been attributed to Marie-Antoinette (although ...

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Understanding Kanoe Ne through the Sexagenary Cycle

2020/3/12    

Society’s rise and fall and the cycle of life Recently, I often think about the lifespan that exists for an organization and a society, just the way we human beings have a lifetime. In our lifetime, we grow from an infant to a youth, then enter a mature stage and live out our life. Thus, ancient people described the life process as “青春 (youth)”, “朱夏 (the prime of life)”, “白秋 ( fruiting/aging stage)”, and “玄冬 (mastering and another beginning)”. When we think about it, no society nor civilization has ever been eternal. The Roman Empire came to an end after ...

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