Too big, too friendly

Over 13 years and more than 1,000 forums.

That probably is close to the number of talks I took part in, either speaking or moderating for North Korean refugees speaking with travelers, university and high school students, businesspeople, housewives and so on.

As I have written in the past, almost all of the sessions have been lovely.

There are often tears, hugs and lots of praise for the North Korean refugees and our organization.

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Negativity sells much better than positivity.

Today I will talk about one of the main problems with some of the forums: superficial comments by attendees based on a 60 to 90 minute group engagement with a North Korean refugee.

To be clear, it isn’t only with attendees at our events.

A big problem in this world is people thinking they can read the minds of others or making superficial judgments about others.

To those who will claim I am doing the same thing, I have moderated and spoken at more than 1,000 forums.

This is the first time I am saying this publicly after more than a decade of observation.

I thought about this after North Kore ...