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I didn't realize that South Korean was so behind the times until I read "Human Acts" by Han Kang. That book led me to perform quite a bit of research and furth

I didn't realize that South Korean was so behind the times until I read "Human Acts" by Han Kang. That book led me to perform quite a bit of research and further reading on Korea.

alephnerd 2y ago
The US has plenty of issues, but a lot of Americans take for granted that most countries have even worse work cultures or compensation structures. That said, it's good for us to keep striving to find an ideal balance between work and personal life.
- toomuchtodo 2y ago
  This is why I love birth rates declining: makes labor scarce and forces the better treatment of those still in the labor force. We won’t find better work life balance until workers organize and old folks in charge with old ideas and values die out.
  - alephnerd 2y ago
    > why I love birth rates declining: makes labor scarce and forces the better treatment of those still in the labor force I'd like to have Social Security benefits in 30-40 years tbh, so not a fan of potentially declining birth rates. That said, immigration is absolutely our superpower, and something we need to support.
    - toomuchtodo 2y ago
      We see the world differently, but I don’t fault your incentives and desired outcome. I see this as an empowerment and agency issue in a suboptimal economic system (working humans hard or to death without a lot of options, depending on jurisdiction, treating humans as a resource to extract from, broadly speaking). (I am bootstrapping a non profit to buy unwanted fertility, funded through carbon markets; bias disclosed)
    - tharmas 2y ago
      Immigration? You mean third world immigration like Canada? Swedes and Canadians would like to have a word with you.
      - alephnerd 2y ago
        My parents were those "third world immigrants" as is my SO who is an MD. Despite being the son of those "third world immigrants" I've funded companies and built products that have most likely protected your employer from nation states attacks by "third world" countries like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, and have absolutely protected NATO+. Go crawl back into your hole and don't come out.
        trallnag 2y ago
        There are always exceptions to the norm
        tharmas 2y ago
        So ur a westerner. When a country brings in mass immigration all at once and insist on multi culturalism what do think that does to the recipient country? Could u have started those companies in ur parents origin country?

I didn't realize that South Korean was so behind the times until I read "Human Acts" by Han Kang. That book led me to perform quite a bit of research and further reading on Korea.

alephnerd 2y ago

The US has plenty of issues, but a lot of Americans take for granted that most countries have even worse work cultures or compensation structures. That said, it's good for us to keep striving to find an ideal balance between work and personal life.

toomuchtodo 2y ago
This is why I love birth rates declining: makes labor scarce and forces the better treatment of those still in the labor force. We won’t find better work life balance until workers organize and old folks in charge with old ideas and values die out.
- alephnerd 2y ago
  > why I love birth rates declining: makes labor scarce and forces the better treatment of those still in the labor force I'd like to have Social Security benefits in 30-40 years tbh, so not a fan of potentially declining birth rates. That said, immigration is absolutely our superpower, and something we need to support.
  - toomuchtodo 2y ago
    We see the world differently, but I don’t fault your incentives and desired outcome. I see this as an empowerment and agency issue in a suboptimal economic system (working humans hard or to death without a lot of options, depending on jurisdiction, treating humans as a resource to extract from, broadly speaking). (I am bootstrapping a non profit to buy unwanted fertility, funded through carbon markets; bias disclosed)
  - tharmas 2y ago
    Immigration? You mean third world immigration like Canada? Swedes and Canadians would like to have a word with you.
    - alephnerd 2y ago
      My parents were those "third world immigrants" as is my SO who is an MD. Despite being the son of those "third world immigrants" I've funded companies and built products that have most likely protected your employer from nation states attacks by "third world" countries like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, and have absolutely protected NATO+. Go crawl back into your hole and don't come out.
      - trallnag 2y ago
        There are always exceptions to the norm
      - tharmas 2y ago
        So ur a westerner. When a country brings in mass immigration all at once and insist on multi culturalism what do think that does to the recipient country? Could u have started those companies in ur parents origin country?