Korea

5 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 21, 2018 by Dacher Keltner · said 19 times in 2 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Everything said about Korea, oldest first

Feb 21, 2018
Assertion Supported
Half of Emotional Expressions Are Universal; 25% Are Culturally Specific
“Across these five different cultures, China, India, Japan, Korea, the U S really different cultural systems. About 50% of any expression that an individual would admit is this universal expression, you know, where if you get embarrassed, you turn your head awa…”
Dacher Keltner Feb 21, 2018 ▶ 14:59 #29 Dacher Keltner: Survival of the Kindest
Jun 10, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hastings: Squid Game's Global Hit Status Was a Complete Surprise to Netflix
“So we knew Squid Game would be big in Korea, or we highly suspected it would be. But the fact that it took off globally you know, was a surprise to us, and we'd been doing it for 20 years.”
Reed Hastings Jun 10, 2025 ▶ 40:09 Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment
May 19, 2026 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Hyundai Required English Entrance Exams Years Before Other Korean Firms
“English tests were required at Hyundai years before the rest of Korea caught on.”
Shane Parrish May 19, 2026 ▶ 51:33 The Hyundai Founder Who Put a Country on His Back
May 19, 2026 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Hyundai Earned Top Credit Ratings by Finishing Projects Despite Massive Losses
“When the Ministry of the Interior assigned credit scores to the country's construction firms after the war, Hyundai's was the highest in Korea. Not because they had made money, they had lost a fortune. They got the highest score specifically because they had f…”
Shane Parrish May 19, 2026 ▶ 37:56 The Hyundai Founder Who Put a Country on His Back
May 19, 2026
Assertion Supported
Hyundai Reached Over $10 Billion in Annual Sales by the Mid-1980s
“By the mid-nineteen-eighties, Hyundai was doing over ten billion dollars in annual sales and was the largest company in Korea.”
Shane Parrish May 19, 2026 ▶ 1:59:35 The Hyundai Founder Who Put a Country on His Back
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