Airplane Crashes, Loud Americans, and Dating: How the ‘Cultural Free Market’ is Changing the World

Brian M. Williams, JD
Politically Speaking
10 min readFeb 16, 2022

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Back in 2013, when I was living in South Korea, a Korean passenger plane crashed in San Francisco. As the initial phase of the investigation ruled out mechanical error, I wasn’t surprised to hear Korean culture mentioned as a possible cause.

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Brian M. Williams, JD
Politically Speaking

IB Theory of Knowledge Teacher, Writer, Traveler, Mardi Gras DJ with a JD. Author of “Stranger in a Stranger Land: My Six Years in Korea” and “When a