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Documentary Focus - The documentary explores family and cultural differences [1] - It follows a Korean adoptee in the Netherlands reconnecting with her birth family [1]
How a 2000 year old story gives You direction in life | Bernard HSU | TEDxFuxingPark
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-28 16:46
Cultural & Historical Context - The presentation explores cultural differences between China and America, highlighting the continuity of Chinese language and decision-making rooted in its long history [2][4][5] - American decision-making is influenced by a shorter history and stories from the Bible, which have persisted through time and languages [6][7] - Stories are powerful tools for capturing hearts and conveying lessons across languages, locations, and time [7] Framework & Analogies - The presentation introduces "Ushing" (五行), a Chinese framework for understanding the world through the relationship and interaction of five elements [8][13] - Ushing provides analogies to understand complex situations, such as the relationship between water (policy) and fire (computers/AI) [13] - Ushing is presented as a story-based framework that offers guidance and warnings about building processes and institutions [15] Medicine & Healthcare - The presenter shares personal experience of combining storytelling (水 - water) and communication with medicine (木 - wood), resulting in significant success with over 6 million followers [10] - Examples are given of how these videos raised awareness for kidney cancer and contributed to enrolling a clinical trial, which had previously struggled with enrollment, after the video was seen by 30 million people [11] - The presentation discusses the incompatibility of metal (金 - money) and wood (木 - medicine) in the context of the US healthcare system, where 66% of bankruptcies are due to medical bills [16] - The US healthcare system's current state is attributed to a historical policy during World War II that led to employer-sponsored health insurance, which was later not taxed, creating a system where medical costs spiraled out of control [20][21][22][23] - The presentation highlights how storytelling and analogies can be used to communicate lessons from the past to shape a sustainable future [24][25] - The presenter helped raise almost 50,000 RMB for the Illness Challenge Foundation in China on World Rare Disease Day [12]