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On BTS and history
On BTS and history
Why can we remember the past but not the future? Why does time pass faster in the mountains than it does in the valleys? Why does time pass more slowly for things that move than for stationary objects? Why does cause precede effect? Just what is Rainer Maria Rilke's 'eternal current' that draws all ages and epochs along with it?
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Stoned Korea and the doors of perception
Stoned Korea and the doors of perception
Consciousness and the act of being human are very difficult things to understand. It's generally for the best that we don't think about it too much. With ignorance, we can simply skip through life believing that we are rational individuals, composed of single selves, making choices according to our own free will, perceiving an objective world outside of us. If we do that, our...
2022-10-15 12:26
Sublime object of ideology: Korean beauty standards and metaverse
Sublime object of ideology: Korean beauty standards and metaverse
South Korean people are attractive. Especially the ones you see in the dramas, the music videos, the movies, and social media. Beauty here is off the charts. But such sky high beauty standards are not just expected from the country's rich and famous. Nor are they only applied to women. Whether going to work, attending university, or just trying to live, Korean people young an...
2022-10-08 11:43
On Korea and Britain: Small talk intensifies
On Korea and Britain: Small talk intensifies
“It might be a stereotype but I've always had the impression that Korean students are quite robotic. That they just study. Lack creativity,” he said as we smoked Cuban cigars outside a chapel. My younger brother had just gotten married in the south of England and many of his friends were curious, and opinionated, about life in South Korea.
2022-10-01 17:25
On Modernity: Korea and the West
On Modernity: Korea and the West
To define whether or not a country is modern is a rather difficult thing. Some of us instinctually reach for economic factors as a mark of a state's development. The simple equation being: the more cash it has, the more modern it is. Yet such figures can be deceiving. Rather than just mere gross domestic product, people expect a reasonable amount of economic distribution in a...
2022-09-24 13:25
Han Byung-chul and the Beauty of Yeobek
Han Byung-chul and the Beauty of Yeobek
We live in a world filled with people marked by imperfections. People like you and I. Amidst buildings that are damaged, with rainy days, and blue moods. And it is our flaws and our limitations that make us real. These qualities make us human. Mortal.
2022-09-17 11:36
Korean dating, YouTube videos, and daeri manjok
Korean dating, YouTube videos, and daeri manjok
Modern Korean society has created a unique series of existential, psychological and economic pressures. They are unique because although it is easy to see many commonalities in popular culture between Korea and the West, the differences that do exist are important.
2022-09-10 14:17
Compressed modernization as epistemology
Compressed modernization as epistemology
Modernity has many definitions. It is understood as (capitalist) economic development, technological advancement, or liberal democratic communities. Decolonization has helped give rise to a less Eurocentric vision by championing local subjectivities and raising the voices of those once oppressed.
2022-08-27 11:58
Can we escape the Korean metaverse?
Can we escape the Korean metaverse?
One of the decisions that many in South Korea have taken recently, from the largest conglomerates, to government projects and high school education, has been to embrace the idea of the metaverse.
2022-08-20 11:33
K-pop: Full of aesthetic but devoid of art
K-pop: Full of aesthetic but devoid of art
With religion having largely receded from day-to-day life, particularly among the youth, a vacuum is created. Our extra-rational cravings and innate desires leave us yearning for something more than a simple physical existence. We become masterless dogs. Desperate to chase a ball but no one to throw it for us.
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