🇰🇷 South Korea went from one of the poorest countries on Earth to a top-10 economy in a single generation. GDP per capita in 1960: ~$158 GDP per capita today: ~$33,000 No natural resources. No head start. Just education, discipline, and 60 years.

South Korea’s National Pension Service, the world's fourth-largest retirement fund, removed its cap on currency hedging last month, allowing it to exercise more heft in the foreign exchange market at a time of won weakness bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Um fato pouco conhecido, e impressionante, sobre a Igreja Católica na Coreia do Sul é que ela não começou com missionários, como aconteceu na maior parte do mundo. No fim do século XVIII, estudiosos coreanos entraram em contato com textos cristãos vindos da China, especialmente obras de Matteo Ricci. Movidos por uma busca intelectual sincera pela verdade, eles mesmos começaram a estudar, praticar e difundir a fé, sem nunca terem visto um padre. Em 1784, um desses estudiosos, Yi Seung-hun, viajou até Pequim, foi batizado e voltou à Coreia, onde passou a batizar outros. Assim, a Igreja coreana nasceu de leigos para leigos, algo praticamente único na história do catolicismo. Quando os primeiros missionários chegaram anos depois, encontraram uma comunidade já estruturada, e também perseguida. Essa origem ajudou a moldar o caráter firme da Igreja coreana, que mais tarde daria inúmeros mártires, hoje reconhecidos como santos. É um exemplo raro de fé que brota primeiro como busca da verdade e só depois encontra seus pastores.

Wonhyo was a Korean Buddhist monk who is said to have attained enlightenment after unknowingly drinking water from a human skull, leading him to realize that all phenomena are shaped by the mind alone.

Seoul's third annual 'Power Nap Contest' saw hundreds gather at a Han-River park in themed outfits to show off their napping skills. South Koreans are among the most sleep-deprived people in the world reut.rs/4tOBT9p

South Korea’s GDP per capita outpaces Japan’s by a CONSIDERABLE MARGIN. Between 2008 and 2025, South Korea's labor productivity has grown by 1.53%/yr, while Japan’s productivity has flatlined at 0.03%/yr. SOUTH KOREA IS LEAVING JAPAN IN THE DUST.

As people live longer, they are staying healthy for longer and working longer, too. Japan and South Korea, two of the most rapidly ageing countries, are at the forefront of this transition economist.com/asia/2026/04/2…

Elon Musk turned down all shares when he left OpenAI because he believed nonprofits are not meant for self-enrichment. "The reason I founded OpenAI was because I was concerned, based on my conversations with Larry Page, that he was not sufficiently concerned about the dangers of AI. At my birthday party, he, in front of a large group of people, called me a speciesist, for favoring humanity over computers. So after that, I was like, We got to have some counterbalance to Google, because Larry doesn't seem to care if humans make it or not. So I thought, what's the opposite of Google? It would be an open source nonprofit, and that's where the word open, in OpenAI comes from. It means open source. I provided all the money, recruited the key people, and taught them everything I know. I actually even got them to deal with Microsoft. And for all that, I did not seek any financial reward whatsoever. The reason I actually took down the offer for shares is because, I mean, I felt like what are the shares, and why like nonprofits supposed to have shares? Nonprofits are not supposed to be self enrichment, so that's why I turned on the offer of shares." — Elon Musk