《Sun Ge’s New Concept Contest: Book Review of an Essay》

More than ten years ago, there was no Xiaohongshu, no Instagram, no top-notch luxury handbags and travel

No beautiful women who didn’t have to work—every day, people didn’t flaunt lives of extravagance, lust, and debauchery online

Back then, women believed in love, while men believed that hard work could change one’s fate

No algorithms to make you anxious every day, and no “net-dating players” and lousy men to ruin your mood

This so-called “illusion of the golden age for humanity” isn’t the streets of Seoul, where people suddenly stop to hug and cheer

It’s that moment, right now, when you still believe that hard work will lead to the future you

Salute to every friend still fighting in the crypto circle