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when i grew up i thought everything was
black
or white you're either this or you're
that there is no middle
you're either rich or poor good or bad
free or not free you get the idea my
perception of the world was so
basic but the more i traveled i realized
anytime you say something is black or
white
most likely you are wrong it all started
when my parents compared me to japanese
kids
they would say japan is amazing japanese
kids are so smart
why are you not like the japanese we all
have this idea that japan is just
perfect
that japan belonged to the category of
the good
and that idea that idea quickly
evaporated when i visited
japan japan is a near perfect country
it has beautiful nature order wealth
and culture it is the perfect place to
live hello from japan
but for many here it's also the perfect
place to die
because in japan the suicide rate is one
of the highest in the developed world
double that of germany's it's so high
that there is a forest called the
suicide forest
where many japanese people come to end
their lives they walk into a dense
forest
leaving only a string in case they
change their mind
oftentimes they don't
in a society where the focus is on your
job wealth and school
suicide ends up becoming the ultimate
escape suicide exists
all over the world but to see it so
prevalent in a near-perfect country like
japan
makes one wonder in pursuit of a perfect
society
what is being lost on the way that's one
minute see you tomorrow
next up palestine from the newest
coverage it looks like palestine
is on the brinks of collapse all the
time as if palestine is always suffering
all of it there is some truth to that
palestinian struggles
are real but that's not the entire
picture
us palestinians are capable of way more
than just
that this is where we are on top of a
city
in the middle of palestine because this
is the city of rawabi
one of the only cities in the world
built entirely by business not
government this cost 1.4 billion dollars
and made possible by this guy
who is crazy enough to build a city with
an underground theme park
above ground mountain view tech
incubators offices good restaurants
shopping centers it's cool and a
state-of-the-art
english school with fingerprint scanners
for attendance for
kids a place for a mosque a church a
winery and a real roman theater
the largest in the middle east this is
all built by palestinians
for palestinians and women are involved
many people wonder what the future state
of palestine would look like
and to those i say you're looking at it
that's one minute
last but not least africa so many people
lump up africa as one continent one big
piece of land one big stereotype
and as much as i like to pretend
otherwise when i was a kid
i thought that too until i visited seven
countries
in africa when i told my parents
that i'm going to africa and i'm taking
my sister with me
hello they said
be careful in africa it's not their
fault africa is oftentimes thought of as
a dangerous place
but look around this is africa this is
africa
this this this and this is africa
in cape town south africa these houses
go for two million dollars each
this is one of the most expensive real
estate on the continent in kigali rwanda
the streets are impeccably clean and
safe and women kind of run the show
in casablanca morocco the culture is
like no other in the world
in kenya nairobi the technology startup
scene is booming
in morondova madagascar the nature is
simply breathtaking
and in lagos nigeria the country's
economy is
huge as i talked to you from africa's
skyscrapers
please remember don't be careful if
africa
be excited for its potential that's one
minute see you tomorrow
at the end of the day japan is good but
not
all of it palestine is suffering but not
all of it
and africa is poor but not all of it
the world is far far more complex than
anything i've ever imagined
and that that is the beauty of it
before you go one last thing that video
you just saw
i made using this camera and this
microphone
but for the first time ever i'm ditching
my camera
and i'm picking up my podcasting
equipment
because yes i'm starting a podcast
it's called nostalks it's free and it's
only on spotify
and if you liked that video i think
you're going to love the podcast
because i just wanted to make a podcast
about things that
i would listen to about topics that i
want to listen to
yes now stocks is 100 honest
and raw and deep and by the way it's 100
free so keep your money and give me your
ears
because if you like this video i think
you're gonna love this podcast see you
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