JAKARTA — In a humid backroom of a co-working space in South Jakarta, a 19-year-old university student named Sari is doing something her parents find utterly baffling. She is livestreaming herself playing Mobile Legends: Bang Bang to 3,000 followers, while wearing a vintage kebaya (traditional Javanese blouse) and discussing the existentialist philosophy of Albert Camus. In the chat, fans from Surabaya, Tokyo, and Rotterdam are debating the merits of Indonesian instant noodle brands. The scene is chaotic, hyper-connected, and deeply, quintessentially Indonesian.
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