The Higher Your IQ, the Greater Your Need for Celebrity Gossip, Expert Younghoon Kim Says

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00:00We believe at ArthWeekly that reading celebrity stories and indulging in entertainment content

00:07can help with your mental health and it's a sense of self-care.

00:12Have you ever explored the world of pop culture as escapism?

00:20First of all, the news of celebrities and the news of the entertainment industry

00:28are very helpful for anxiety and mental health.

00:36Because the news of celebrities are people who lead the culture of this world

00:45and produce cultural content,

00:50as long as I enjoy the culture, I have no choice but to enjoy these celebrities and entertainment news.

01:00And the life of such celebrities is basically an artistic life,

01:08so I think enjoying the news of celebrities is the same as living an artistic life.

01:21I love that. I do think that you can learn from celebrity gossip and from entertainment stories.

01:28And I love that you've acknowledged that.

01:31Very intelligent authors and philosophers like the author Yuval Noah Harari,

01:38who wrote Sapiens, a really huge book here,

01:41believe that our language and knowledge as humans evolved by way of gossiping.

01:47Do you believe that you can learn from talking about people and their stories in this way?

01:53First of all, I have a connection with Yuval Harari.

01:59Yuval Harari contacted Yuval Harari at the United Sigma Intelligence Association,

02:09which I created as a think tank.

02:11Yuval Harari was officially awarded by our organization.

02:21I've read a lot of his books and I'm very close to him.

02:27And I agree with Yuval Harari.

02:32I agree that the culture and civilization of mankind have evolved through gossip.

02:42Of course, language and knowledge can't evolve fast.

02:53But through gossiping and communication,

03:02the culture and civilization of mankind have developed rapidly.

03:07I agree with Yuval Harari.

03:10So I think that the more people hear the news of the celebrities at the forefront of culture,

03:20the faster the knowledge and culture of mankind will develop.

03:26I agree.

03:28Celebrities are just the dominant protagonists of storytelling in society now.

03:34And I think celebrities and entertainment stars,

03:39their stories are the modern day Shakespeare that we can learn from.

03:43There are comedies, there's tragedies,

03:45and we can all take on and learn about human nature from these folks.