The resolution of the "national threat" chapter of Tiktok was pretty much a defeat for the other social media giants, so I guess they'll pursue this angle now.
Was it? The US version of Tiktok is going to be run by One Rich A-hole Called L. E. pretty soon. It seems like maybe this research is just being published a little to late? Or maybe it's to manufacture consent for actually using the Oracle version.
I've heard about using food tracking apps as a planner instead. Instead of logging what you ate, you add what you PLAN to eat for the day, and adjust accordingly to fulfill the nutrition requirements.
I posit that Japan is able to keep its "exoticness" (to much of the world) as a culture because the cultural osmosis that comes from having a populace with good English skills promotes homogenization. I imagine a Japan that's highly fluent in English will look a lot more similar to S. Korea.
I might go to extend this theory and say the quality of English literacy in Japan is intentionally kneecapped at some level in an attempt to retain their cultural identity, even if unconsciously.
Yes, but authenticity as value signaling, not as a commitment to behave without unnecessary layers.
I lived in a meditation center for a year, and I saw some people there that claimed to be authentic, and worked to look like the stereotype. But they were actually hiding a desire for materialism and the failure to live up to it behind the apparent choice of rejecting it.
Style and looks is just what it is, a shell. And some people use clothing to augment what they are lacking in their character. And smart people can see through that.
