Min Jinseong

Deconstructing the "Grit" Fallacy: Dopaminergic Optimization Pathways and Meta-Learning Algorithms in Process-of-Elimination Pedagogy

Popular and educational discourses frequently reduce long-term perseverance to "grit"—framing the capacity for sustainedeffort as either a static genetic trait or a virtue of brute-force willpower. This paper deconstructs the "grit" fallacy using anintegrated framework of molecul...

Dissipation, Entropy, and Evasion: A Complex Systems Physics Framework for Legal Recoil and the Paradox of Intention

Human legal systems and moral frameworks rest upon an implicit assumption of proportionality: that anaction ought to generate an equal, direct, and corrective reaction upon the perpetrator. However, real-world observations routinely reveal instances where severe wrongdoing escape...

Mola Mola Lab White Studio Collected Works 2nd

I harbor fundamental questions about myself and the world that surrounds me. If someone were to ask me to speak of 'myself,' how should I answer? Stripped of relationships, roles, gender, and accumulated memories—how can I explain who I am in this exact, fleeting moment? Do I exi...

Algorithmic Domestication and Existential Outsourcing: The Atrophy of Intention and the Emergence of Neo-Feudal Sovereignty

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) rapidly surpasses human capabilities in cognitive execution, technicalsynthesis, and strategic planning, contemporary academic discourse remains largely preoccupied witheconomic displacement, workforce automation, and algorithmic alignment. This pa...

Neoliberal Double Extraction and Pseudo-Agency: A Cognitive Bandwidth Model of Working-Class Existential Avoidance

This working paper introduces an interdisciplinary framework combining cognitive ergonomics,behavioral economics, and existential philosophy to explain the persistent cognitive exhaustion and existential passivity of the modern working class. We challenge the traditional narrativ...

The Asymmetric Velocity of Intellectual Property: A Dual-Track Framework for Frontier Systems and Legacy Institutions

Traditional intellectual property (IP) institutions—specifically national patent offices and peer-reviewedacademic journals—were designed around the capital cycles and technological velocities of the IndustrialEra. Today, at the technological frontier (e.g., generative artificial...

The Pedagogy of Clearing (Negative Space): Cultivating Unhurried Presence and Non-Performative Communication

Modern communication theories and educational paradigms are built almost entirely onaccumulation: expanding vocabulary, refining persuasive rhetoric, and eliminatingconversational pauses. Consequently, public and interpersonal discourse has devolved intohigh-density performative...

Reframing Analog Scarcity: Leveraging Parental Tacit Knowledge into Digital Intellectual Property for Asymmetry in Modern Wealth Creation

In contemporary economic discourse, the offspring of working-class or economically modest families areconventionally viewed as starting from a position of structural disadvantage. Existing literature onintergenerational mobility predominantly focuses on two pathways for the digit...

The Regenerative Feedback Loop in Attention Capitalism: How the Restoration Industry Subsidizes Big Tech's Sustainability and Enables Double Monetization

This paper presents a novel structural model of modern attention capitalism, challenging thetraditional binary framework that views algorithmic media platforms and cognitive restorationservices as opposing forces. Instead, we propose the Regenerative Feedback Loop Hypothesis,whic...

Beyond Willpower Depletion: How Task Architecture and Ownership Feedback Drive Sustainable Hyper-Execution

The dominant paradigm in cognitive psychology and behavioral economics, particularly Ego DepletionTheory, posits that human willpower and executive control are finite resources that rapidly degrade undersustained cognitive effort. Standard literature suggests that cognitive effic...

The Epistemological Ceiling of Authoritarian Innovation: Engineering Mobilization versus Ecological Autonomy in Tech-Polemics

The rapid technological ascent of state-capitalist regimes—most prominently China—has ignited afundamental debate in international political economy: does technological innovation necessitate liberaldemocracy and open discourse, or can centralized authoritarian states out-scale m...

Post-CPTSD Metacognitive Architecture: A Framework for Sustainable High- Performance Systems in Extreme-Focus Survivors

Traditional clinical paradigms view Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) and severeburnout primarily through a pathological lens—as debilitating psychological deficits requiring therapeutic mitigation. However, this paper proposes an alternative, system-oriented model:...

Dissipation, Entropy, and Evasion: A Complex Systems Physics Framework for Legal Recoil and the Paradox of Intention

Human legal systems and moral frameworks rest upon an implicit assumption of proportionality: that anaction ought to generate an equal, direct, and corrective reaction upon the perpetrator. However, real-world observations routinely reveal instances where severe wrongdoing escape...

Tactile Focus and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Dual- Benefit Framework Integrating Digital Detox with Philanthropic Crafting in Workplace Wellness

In the modern knowledge economy, corporate breakrooms are increasingly failing to deliver true cognitiverecovery. Rather than resting, employees during break times frequently engage in passive smartphoneconsumption (e.g., social media, short-form video streaming), leading to seco...

The Automation Paradox: How AI Velocity Triggers Compulsive Task Expansion and Executive Overload in Solitary Projects

The rapid integration of Generative AI into solo workflows is widely presumed to liberate humancognitive capacity and reduce occupational fatigue. However, in high-functioning operators withunderlying trauma-adapted neural profiles, AI acceleration frequently induces the Automati...

Self-Archiving as Pathological Externalization and High-Baseline Maintenance: Catalysts for C-PTSD Recovery and Agency Rebuilding

Conventional therapeutic interventions for Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) frequentlyemphasize emotional soothing and the recognition of low-threshold "small wins," such as basic domestictasks. However, this study argues that such approaches often fail individuals...

The Subsea Climate Paradox: Thermal Pollution, Electromagnetic Disruption, and Grid Weaponization in Transoceanic HVDC Infrastructure

As global decarbonization mandates accelerate alongside the unprecedented power demands of artificialintelligence (AI) compute infrastructure, transoceanic High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) subsea power gridsare increasingly advocated as a solution to regional energy intermitten...

The Individual Capital Repatriation Tax (ICRT) Framework: Leveraging Domestic Brokerages to Channel Global Equity Gains into National Resilience

For emerging and middle-power market economies, household capital flight toward foreign equities presents a profoundpolicy dilemma: while global portfolio diversification enhances household wealth, capital outflows strain foreign exchange(FX) reserves and weaken domestic equity v...

The Gastronomy of Scarcity: Economic Inversion, Fermentation Aesthetics, and the Paradigm Shift from Cucina Povera to Global Haute Cuisine

Throughout culinary history, a compelling economic paradox persists: dishes originally developedunder extreme resource scarcity, poverty, and survival constraints—collectively conceptualized asCucina Povera—frequently evolve into high-margin luxury items in global fine dining. Th...

The Subsea Climate Paradox: Thermal Pollution, Electromagnetic Disruption, and Grid Weaponization in Transoceanic HVDC Infrastructure

As global decarbonization mandates accelerate alongside the unprecedented power demands of artificialintelligence (AI) compute infrastructure, transoceanic High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) subsea power gridsare increasingly advocated as a solution to regional energy intermitten...