Exhausted and without hope, East Asian youth are 'lying flat'

[bae]

The younger generation seems to be giving up on participating in the rat race:



They're now embracing a new philosophy they've called "tang ping," or "lying flat."

The phrase apparently traces its origins to a post earlier this year in an online forum run by the Chinese search giant Baidu. The author of that now-deleted post suggested that instead of working one's entire life chasing after an apartment and traditional family values, people should pursue a simple life.

In other words, just "lie flat."


https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/28/economy/china-japan-korea-youth-intl-dst-hnk/index.html

[iris lilies]

http://www.simplelivingforum.net/showthread.php?19252-Simple-Living-Chinese-Style&highlight=Lying+flat

Rob brought this up last month. It is weird. I wonder if this Chinese youth movement will go anywhere.

[bae]

Oooh, I missed the previous mention

[JaneV2.0]

I've never embraced the working yourself into an early grave--Japan has long wrestled with that concept--see "karoshi." I don't blame youth for a minute for wanting more "white space" in their lives. Between robots and other AI and young people's general disgust with the rat race, maybe we will have a groundswell of simple living eventually.
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