Skip to content
GK LibraryA home for curious minds
English
Browse articles

Articles to explore

You are browsing the English interface. Articles without a published translation are clearly marked and open in Korean.

808 articles found

Translated article

General knowledge

It Always Takes Longer Than Expected: Hofstadter’s Law

Hofstadter’s Law says that it always takes longer than you expect, even when you take the law into account. This piece covers its origin in Gödel, Escher, Bach, its recursive struc

Translated article

Education

A Bridge Laid Before New Knowledge: The Advance Organizer

Proposed by educational psychologist David Ausubel, an advance organizer is a broad, general idea presented before new material so it can connect to what learners already know. Thi

Translated article

Business administration

How to Nearly Eliminate Defects: Six Sigma

Six Sigma is a management improvement method that uses data and statistics to find and remove the causes of defects and reduce variation in work processes. This article covers the

Translation update pending

Psychology

Attachment Theory: A Guide to Its Types and Characteristics

How attachment theory developed from Bowlby and Ainsworth, the main attachment types and their traits, and how the theory is applied today in education, therapy, family counseling,

Translated article

Robotics

The Easy Things Are the Hardest: Moravec's Paradox

Why can computers beat chess champions yet struggle to pick up a cup? This article covers the origins of Moravec's paradox, its evolutionary explanation, examples from robotics, an

Translation update pending

Psychology

Mirror of the Mind: The Psychology of Empathy

Empathy is an essential element in forming and maintaining relationships with others. Empathy goes beyond simple understanding: it is the ability to share another person's emotions

Translation update pending

Business administration

How to Maximize Market Opportunities Through PEST Analysis

Systematically analyzing a company's external environment is very important when developing a business strategy. One widely used tool for analyzing this external environment is PES