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> South Korea is taking action, versus other places where it's been slowly acknowledged as a growing issue

> Also there's the bit in the article stating that the problem is more grave in South Korea due to prior societal context.

Hmm, definitely not have thought of this way. Thanks for your guidance. :-)

Due to the features like Screen Time, I thought that addiction to smartphones were well known in other places too.

> look at another example of SK's competitive culture exacerbating an issue¹

Hmm, is South Korea's competitive culture well known? That's a bit surprising.



> Due to the features like Screen Time, I thought that addiction to smartphones were well known in other places too.

It's a pretty big problem over here too, but it seems normalized, because most parents are just as addicted to their phones. Many give really young kids (2yo) tablets so they can be distracted. You see them sitting in strollers watching youtube while their parents are shopping or even playing with their own phones.

I have a family member who is addicted to their phone. They're failing classes and get really angry when it's taken away. All they do is scroll Instagram all day. Their parents tell me that they can't take it away, because all friends have one too.


SK competitiveness is second only to Japan and somewhat ahead of Chinese.

USA also is internally competitive though not as openly. (And the growing inequality is stifling it more and more.)


> SK competitiveness is second only to Japan and somewhat ahead of Chinese.

I'd rather say, South Korea's competitiveness is ahead of Japan but second to China.

Japan's competitiveness is definitely lower than Korea, that I'm sure.


I'm aware of it because I'm interested in the country, but I don't know if it's well known. It pops up in articles about South Korea all the time, which in turn show up on HN quite often, so maybe.




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