Alfi Miftachul Firdaus’s scientific contributions

Book Pandemic Panik!: Covid-19 Mengguncang Dunia written to tell us all that the pandemic that is happening is not a natural disaster that comes by itself. But there is human intervention in it, which results from the system social-economic currently prevailing it is capitalism. Therefore in this book, the author provides a solution, namely communism, to overcome the pandemic and anticipate the arrival of a brutal society that the author predicted will emerge after the pandemic ends.This book will be very appropriate to be read by a philosopher or intellectual. The solutions offered in the book can be used as a reference or material for consideration. But it does not rule out the possibility to be read by anyone because it is equipped with intellectual humor that can make us aware. Still, according to my the language used will be difficult for ordinary people to implement.Communism has proven to successfully deal with a pandemic established by China that can handle pandemics well. The number of positive cases of Covid-19 has decreased. Even when positive cases of Covid-19 in other countries have increased, China has opened a lockdown policy for its people in several cities. Of course, this is good news for everyone. Thus, the authors indicate that in some aspects, China is the future for the whole world.The reason why the writer of the recession chose the first book entitled "Pandemic Panik!: Covid-19 Mengguncang Dunia" is a book following the provisions and themes given by a lecturer who teaches philosophy of science. Second, this book is relevant to the current situation. The whole world faces a global pandemic caused by the Covid-19 virus and requires the right solution to overcome it. Therefore, this reviewer will summarize the book Pandemic Panik!: Covid-19 Mengguncang Dunia, which covers the causes of a pandemic, how a pandemic could have occurred, and solutions to overcome a pandemic.

Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia, which has its own problems in building transportation facilities, especially on land routes. For private vehicle users, congestion is a common thing, given the very dense number of people living in Jakarta, both natives and migrants from outside the region. And for users of public transportation services such as city transportation (angkot) and transjakarta, convenience is the main obstacle. And even though it is a public vehicle, it cannot avoid congestion because it is in one lane with private vehicles except for the transjakarta bus which has its own lane. Meanwhile, for train-based public transportation such as MRT (Mass Rapid Transit), LRT (Light rail Transit), and electric railroad (KRL), the problem is the lack of integration, namely that many stations are not yet integrated with other transportation. Various policies have been implemented to overcome these problems. This study aims to determine the level of effectiveness and efficiency of public transportation in DKI Jakarta today. The method used in this research is qualitative-descriptive through a literature review on 16 journal articles and 4 websites. The results of this study indicate that congestion is a major problem in the means of transportation in Jakarta. This is due to the increase in population due to urbanization which is also accompanied by an increase in the number of private vehicles. Therefore, to overcome this, the Jakarta Provincial Government has made improvements, reforms, and developments in public transportation. And it is hoped that people who originally used private vehicles will switch to using public transportation. But in reality, various problems in public transportation in Jakarta have not been resolved properly. Especially why traffic jams still occur?, and what are the solutions to overcome them?. It is hoped that the results of the findings of this study can be used as a reference in making or designing policies and can contribute to overcoming problems in the transportation sector, especially in the DKI Jakarta area. The limit of this research is that it only focuses on land transportation facilities in Jakarta.