Economics of Singularities of Science Elucidated with Buddhist Thoughts

S. Niggol Seo is an economist whose research focuses on global warming and global public goods. He has previously worked on various projects with the World Bank on climate change in Africa, Latin America, and Asia and has held Professor positions in the UK, Spain, and Australia from 2006.

• Chapter 1:An Introduction to Singularities of Science and Economics with Buddhist Thoughts1.1. Introduction1.2. Scientists Pursuits1.3. Singularities Science1.4. Singularities Economics1.5. A Heartful Perspective from the Buddhist Thoughts1.6. The Structure of the Book1.7. The Road AheadReferencesChapter 2:A Compendium of Buddhist Thoughts for Scientists as Elucidated by Lama Tsongkhapa2.1. Introduction2.2. Buddhism in a Nutshell according to Je Rinpoche2.3. The Question of “I”: Where It All Begins in Time and Space2.4. The Question of Life: Sentient Beings in the Cycle of Existence2.5. The Question of the Worlds: Things “beyond Us”2.6. Buddha the Teacher of Gods and Humans2.7. Manjushri the Buddha of WisdomReferencesChapter 3:The Economics of Singularities and Civilizations-ending Catastrophes3.1. Introduction3.2. The Bifurcation Theory and Singularity in Mathematics3.3. A Singularity in the Catastrophe Theory3.4. A Chaos Theory3.5. The Economics of Fractals and Fat-tails3.6. A Behavioral Economics Critique3.7. Moving Forward from Economics to Science SingularitiesReferencesChapter 4:The Physics of Relativity and the Strangelet Singularity4.1. Introduction4.2. Physics in a Nutshell4.3. The Theory of Relativity in a Nutshell4.4. The God Particle Experiment4.5. A Strangelet Singularity4.6. The Buddhist Wisdom of Light, Time, and SpaceReferencesChapter 5:The Quantum Physics and an Artificial Intelligence Singularity5.1. Introduction5.2. Quantum Physics in a Nutshell5.3. Shortcomings of Quantum Physics5.4. Singularity in Artificial Intelligence5.5. The Buddhist Wisdom on the AI and Quantum Physics5.6. Perfect Wisdom in the Context of AI SingularityReferencesChapter 6:A Singularity in mRNA Virus, Virology, and Vaccinology6.1. Introduction6.2. The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Novel Coronavirus6.3. mRNA Vaccines6.4. A Singularity of Virology and Vaccinology6.5. The Buddhist Insights on Virology and VaccinologyReferencesChapter 7:A Singularity in the Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning7.1. Introduction7.2. Cell Biology in a Nutshell7.3. Stem Cell Research7.4. A Singularity from Stem Cell or Cloning Research7.5. A Buddhist Perspective on Stem Cell Research7.6. Additional Remarks on Human Gene ModificationsReferencesChapter 8:A Neuroscience Singularity: Making Consciousness8.1. Introduction8.2. Neuroscience or Brain Science in a Nutshell8.3. The Neuroscience Experiments8.4. Singularities of Neuroscience8.5. A Buddhist Perspective on Neuroscience Singularities8.6. Final RemarksReferencesChapter 9:Buddhist Synthesis: Seeing Singularities of Science via All Things are Mind Only9.1. Introduction9.2. The Three Realms are Mere Minds9.3. Science Singularities9.4. Singularities Economics9.5. Seeing Science Singularities through Buddha’s Transcendent Wisdom9.6. An End of a Personal Journey in Minds-onlyReferencesAppendix. A Brief Introduction to Scriptures of Buddhism with Bibliography.Appendix: Essential Tibetan Words of Tibetan BuddhismBook IndexQED