Gary Shteyngart

The last time I was there, it was like, oh, we're going to take over robotics.

Obviously, robotics is a thing.

So I went to this way outside of Seoul and I went to this place.

place where they were creating bull robots.

Bull robots?

This bull, you know, you stood there with a red hanky and this bull would charge you.

And they're like, yes, we're trying to corner the Toreador market in Spain because people don't want real bulls to die anymore, you know.

So we're developing these Toreador bulls.

And this bull looked pretty fierce, you know.

And I'm like, Jesus Christ.

It's like, there's no end to it.

Every single part of our lives is going to be replicated.

But when you hang out with people in South Korea, they are exhausted.

They're exhausted.

You know, and they will drink.

As a Russian, I can drink, but nobody drinks more than people I've met in Korea.

They will drink themselves into a stupor and then talk about how, oh, at work, I'm on the B team.

I want to be on the A team.

I'm glad I'm not on the C team, but being on the B team isn't great either, you know.

The metrics are even more finely attuned than they are in America.