06:01:00 +07:00 Kong Yiji: The memes that lay bare China's youth disillusionment - I think what this article describes isn't particular to China. When you zoom out, there are many many people worldwide that spend literally multiple decades of their lives in isolation. The unwritten promise from society has been that it will lead to a better life. But that promise is being broken in a big way. Folks that didn't choose that route find themselves with money, and now with AI, it turns out they didn't need to study anyway. The discontent from the skinny educated is bound to become something that will need to be reparationed. # www.bbc.com