無論是上課、或是研究生來找我當指導老師,都會跟學生講,人生幾十個寒暑,要快樂和健康地活著;才能快樂和投入地學習,得到成就感和心靈的滿足,好工作自然跟著來。
1/31/2024
4/19/2023
2/13/2023
What makes us happy in life?
Marc Schulz and Robert Waldinger, An 85-year Harvard study found the No. 1 thing that makes us happy in life: It helps us ‘live longer’, CNBC, Feb 10, 2023.
Contrary to what you might think, it’s not career achievement, money, exercise, or a healthy diet. The most consistent finding we’ve learned through 85 years of study is: Positive relationships keep us happier, healthier, and help us live longer. Period.
1/22/2023
2021 Franz Edelman Award
Koen Peters, Sérgio Silva, Tim Sergio Wolter, Luis Anjos, Nina van Ettekoven, Éric Combette, Anna Melchiori, Hein Fleuren, Dick den Hertog, Özlem Ergun (2022) UN World Food Programme: Toward Zero Hunger with Analytics. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics 52(1):8-26. https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2021.1097 (2021 Franz Edelman Award, WFP received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.)
7/14/2022
3/10/2022
from lab bench to public office and back
Chen Chien-jen, Taiwan’s pandemic vice-president — from lab bench to public office and back, Nature 603, 203 (2022)
Two years on from the World Health Organization’s official declaration of the pandemic, I’ve been thinking about lessons I’ve learnt toggling between science and public service. I think all researchers — from bench scientists to physicists to computational social scientists — might find this exercise useful. Government advisers, too.
1/08/2022
值得你拼命的公司?(2/2)
6/06/2021
3/13/2021
咖啡廳裡親子的對話
有一天,在咖啡廳裡工作,聽到隔壁一對父母在教小孩。
大概的情況是,小孩子的作業訂正有問題,媽媽非常地生氣,期間也說明別人是如何如何,為什麼你都做不好?小孩子低聲啜泣,對媽媽的話,也不太敢反駁。爸爸則是說,我們不是和乞丐比較,唸書是要幫你找到好工作、賺錢 。後來,我和小孩剛好都離座,在走道上,我仔細地看了小孩一眼,一看就是一個乖巧、懂事的小孩子。回座後,夫妻開始有不同的意見。前後超過一個小時。
當下有非常高的衝動,想要和父母講一下。但是,我怕被白眼,所以還是忍了下來。
8/09/2020
4/14/2020
Response to the accusations of Dr. Tedros, the Director General of the WHO, against Taiwan
3/16/2020
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2020
Here is our annual list of technological advances that we believe will make a real difference in solving important problems. How do we pick? We avoid the one-off tricks, the overhyped new gadgets. Instead we look for those breakthroughs that will truly change how we live and work.
- Unhackable internet
- Hyper-personalized medicine
- Digital money
- Anti-aging drugs
- AI-discovered molecules
- Satellite mega-constellations
- Quantum supremacy
- Tiny AI
- Differential privacy
- Climate change attribution
10/26/2012
值得你拼命的公司?(1/2)
4/16/2010
飛蚊症
心想怎麼可能?最近眼睛沒有去擠壓或碰撞,怎麼可能視網膜破裂?所以就回家了。回家時,太太說太巧合了吧!這家診所下午專門做手術,剛好我就需要開刀。她建議我,先上網找資料,再看第二家的醫生。網上說必須先點散瞳劑,等候半小時,再看一次。
看第二個醫生時,假裝這是看第一次。醫生說我得了飛蚊症,我請他仔細說明,並且問他有無較好的確認辦法,醫生建議我要點散瞳劑看清楚。確認後,醫生只給我一瓶眼藥水,並且叮嚀要減少電腦的使用量;如果,那一天突然有好幾隻蚊子出現在眼前,就是惡化了。
告訴朋友這件事,朋友說她兒子給第一個醫生做雷射近視手術時,多講了一百度,因此多收了不少錢。
小兒科醫生
後來,住家附近開一家「小天使」,一樣看病仔細、而且用藥小心。宋醫生是香港僑生,在台念書實習就住下來,看病親切與專業。在每半年固定一次的健康檢查中,發現已經四歲多的兒子脊椎側彎,介紹我們去成大檢查。成大醫生建議兒子做運動,例如吊單槓、跑步、游泳,後來就正常了。
小朋友容易中耳發炎,所以,只要是生病,醫生基本的動作就是看耳朵。如果有耳屎,宋醫生也會花時間取出。但是,有些醫生會直接告訴你「耳屎太多,看不清楚」。
姪女一歲多時肚子容易漲氣,台中市的兩家診所都說要開刀。根據我們女兒小時候的經驗得知,漲氣極有可能是奶粉的關係,只要換奶粉和幫她做腹部按摩就可以。所以,建議給第三家再看一次,結果醫生講的和我們一樣,而且說明開刀是很久以前的方法。