Listen "Why Asians work so hard"
Episode Synopsis
From rice paddies to 996 tech culture, from immigrant takeaways to global boardrooms — Asian hustle didn’t appear out of nowhere. It’s part survival strategy, part cultural inheritance, part trauma bond. This essay traces the roots of “work hard” as an identity, and asks: is it ambition, discipline, or something we still haven’t healed?
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