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Ken Mogi

출생: October 20, 1962 – Nakano, Tokyo, Japan

Ken Mogi is a Japanese neuroscientist, writer, and broadcaster whose work explores consciousness, creativity, learning, and ikigai. Best known internationally for The Little Book of Ikigai, he has authored numerous Japanese-language books and helped popularize the concept of ikigai worldwide through translations, lectures, and media appearances.

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Ken Mogi, born in Tokyo in 1962, built his career at an unusual intersection of science and the humanities. Educated at the University of Tokyo, he earned degrees in physics and law before completing a Ph.D., then went on to research posts at RIKEN and the University of Cambridge. That training shaped the question that has animated much of his work ever since: how consciousness, qualia, memory, emotion, and decision-making arise from neural activity. He later became a senior researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratories and, as of 2026, also holds a project professorship at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. ((https://www.zen20.jp/enspeakers/ken-mogi?utm_source=openai))

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Google taught us the power of the mundane, if it is tried real hard
-To do everything you can
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Humans are at the mercy of the forces of nature, ever since the beginning of time, now, and in the future forever
-Under the board, there is hell
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Kim is an honor for all of us. An inspiration, an enigma
-Meeting with Kim Peek
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"Dubliners" for me represents the best in English prose
-James Joyce's delirium
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The encounter with Ozu's Tokyo Story had a particular significance in my life
-Ozu's Tokyo Story
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Purpose is a universal evaluator of many fields of human activities, and will certainly lead at least a part of artificial intelligence development from here
-The Japanese philosophy that could save us from AI

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커뮤니티 의견

"Neuroscientist and best-selling author Ken Mogi has popularised a Japanese happiness philosophy known as ikigai"

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"GLOBIS Insights called Ken Mogi a Japanese brain scientist and bestselling author"

GLOBIS Insights

"The New York Times Book Review called Ken Mogi's Awakening Your Ikigai a delightful look at Japanese traditions"

The New York Times Book Review

"The Guardian called Ken Mogi a prominent neuroscientist and broadcaster"

The Guardian

"Publishers Weekly called Ken Mogi's The Way of Nagomi an insightful manual where wisdom abounds"

Publishers Weekly

"Spirituality & Health said Ken Mogi is a neuroscientist with a knack for explaining Japanese culture to Westerners"

Spirituality & Health

"Well+Good said Ken Mogi makes ikigai feel as simple as habits that reflect your purpose in life"

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