"Korea Is the World's Most Depressing Country"…an honest travelogue of a famous American writer - MK
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Best-selling author and YouTuber Mark Manson "It's hard to pursue autonomy at work in Korea." "Because there's no individual, it causes stress". "Korea has a rare resilience." I'll find my way out of the dangerous horizon."

Mark Manson, an American bestselling author and famous YouTuber, has made headlines by posting a video that he “traveled to the world’s most depressing country” after visiting Korea. Manson, a best-selling author who has written famous self-development books such as “The Art of Turning Off Nervousness,” is a YouTube creator with 1.44 million subscribers.

Manson recently released a 24-minute video on his YouTube channel under the theme of “Traveling to the World’s Depressing Country.” During his visit to Korea, Manson met with Americans, psychologists, and psychiatrists living in Korea to look into depression in Korean society.

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    952·
    10 months ago

    Korea is surprisingly dystopian and no other country is exactly like that tbh.

    The internet (and many other areas) are completely captured by monopolies that control everything. There are so many inhumane, draconian laws too. This all contrasts with advance tech and pop production so starkly it kinda breaks people’s brains.

      • darth_helmet@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        91·
        10 months ago

        Yeah, the genre of cyberpunk in general can be loosely summarized as “it’s the libertarian wet dream future and it sucks”

    • gmtom@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Well the country is pretty much run by Samsung to the point their entire economy and education system revolve around it. And the family that runs the company openly gets away with doing whatever the fuck they want.

    • bob@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      10 months ago

      At least they didn’t have 500 million cameras deployed, The real Cyberpunk 2077 is China.