The Myth of Individualism

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  • Even after decades immersed in a system that rewards individualism, egotistical behavior and greed, both materially and morally, we have undeniable examples of empathy and cooperation. Imagine what we could achieve with a better system...

    @00Platypus00@00Platypus0016 күн бұрын
    • Is it possible to participate in individualism and be kind and empathetic?

      @Generic_Phantom@Generic_Phantom16 күн бұрын
    • @@Generic_Phantomit’s possible individually, not societally

      @axelblack1799@axelblack179916 күн бұрын
    • @@Generic_Phantom I'm sorry, but "participate in individualism" seems contradictory to me

      @00Platypus00@00Platypus0016 күн бұрын
    • @@axelblack1799 isn't that what matters?

      @Generic_Phantom@Generic_Phantom16 күн бұрын
    • @@00Platypus00 Ah I now see how my poor choice of words effectively destroys my argument.

      @Generic_Phantom@Generic_Phantom16 күн бұрын
  • nothing interests me more than seeing the brain attempt to explain itself

    @bananaveg7373@bananaveg737316 күн бұрын
    • i feel like you'd fail captchas

      @LuNa_097@LuNa_09716 күн бұрын
    • It's interesting how people try to seperate and isolate brain as an entity distinct from the universe. I think it is much more complex than that, we all are temporal nodes of an interacting system with each component influencing the other to some non-zero degree, of course in causal order. Trying to insert some kind of hard seperation between the brain and the rest of the system is the crux of individualism.

      @re11ik96@re11ik9616 күн бұрын
    • 😂. Just like bacon is an atoms way to be tasty.

      @user-lj9hv3zz9u@user-lj9hv3zz9u16 күн бұрын
    • @@LuNa_097 What??...

      @alefmagnum207@alefmagnum20716 күн бұрын
    • @@alefmagnum207 I think he means that the OP sounds like an alien or bot by the sentence he made

      @Thryllos@Thryllos16 күн бұрын
  • the problem is when one WANTS to bond, but fails to do so. Its reassuring to dig our hole and decorate it to feel less lonely

    @AlanisCastellanos@AlanisCastellanos16 күн бұрын
    • Yes, I believe our current society is poorly equipped to help the most insecure and/or neurodivergent individuals feel part of a community.

      @subatenome@subatenome12 күн бұрын
    • Exactly

      @prapanthebachelorette6803@prapanthebachelorette68039 күн бұрын
  • I admit that part of the draw of individualism (for me) is the insecurity that I won't be accepted by the group. It's safer to be on my own and isolated than to be around people who will find out my flaws and exploit them or use them against me, not to mention the groups that just don't want me around because of something inherent to who I am.

    @omarqasirov8754@omarqasirov875416 күн бұрын
    • I know Im just a person on the internet, but the only way to learn to like people is to mildly interact with others to figure out who to trust. From there you reinforce connections with good people and drop bad people, whatever good and bad may be for you. I know it’s hard but I believe in you.

      @philforge4240@philforge424016 күн бұрын
    • I would just like to say that I used to also hold this fear. Until I realized often instead of people seeing and using your flaws or insecurities against you. They just don’t care at all. I think a lot of social anxiety is rooted in a narcissism. Which is okay. But it’s usually really easy to sniff out the bad actors and figure out pretty quickly who you enjoy being around and who you don’t. Ofc protect yourself but without giving the people around you at least a baseline level of trust, you will never really get to truly interact with another human.

      @hegaliandialectics4289@hegaliandialectics428916 күн бұрын
    • Individualism is not about being alone

      @mornotafi@mornotafi15 күн бұрын
    • Casting social anxiety as mostly narcissism really denigrates social anxiety and misses the major accepted causes of such a disorder, such as genetics, brain structure, and learned behavior from negative social interactions in the past. That last one also speaks to the OPs argument: if you’ve ever been in a situation (or more likely more than one) where you have been singled out for ridicule, bullying, or other abuse, a common (and to my mind understandable) reaction is to self-isolate, reflect, and self-realize. It may also to be to develop a defense mechanism. And in addition someone in that situation may not develop the social skills to suss out the sus people around them, but may instead take the easier route and leave the defenses up for as long as possible.

      @IronhandedLayman@IronhandedLayman14 күн бұрын
    • @@IronhandedLayman Let me clear. I’m not literally calling social anxiety narcissism. Just that there is validity to the idea that in reality people do not care. People are so wrapped up in the tangle of their lives our silly brains make up insane scenarios or hold onto past traumas in every attempt to prevent healthy social interaction. And ofc it does right thats the brains job. To imprint traumas and unpleasant experiences and ensure we don’t have to experience them again. My point was more this is a fair and relatable way to think and view social interaction. Especially if one has been bullied or worse. But its not really an effective or healthy way to deal with those feelings. It literally does not work. You can only develop the social skills the “gut” to sniff out malicious people by slowly putting yourself in vulnerable positions of trust with others. You start small no one puts it all on the line with a stranger. You develop these skills by just brute forcing it all. And it’s exhausting and demoralizing and frustrating. But god damn if there isn’t any other healthy options. Rot in loneliness forever unable to make meaningful connections. Or experience other people for all they have to offer. I think one thing that helped me get the ball rolling was shedding this metaphorical narcissism my brain had created to ensure I remained isolated with the walls up. Once you realize people really don’t give a shit unless you have built rapport with them. You are freed from a lot of that anxiety.

      @hegaliandialectics4289@hegaliandialectics428914 күн бұрын
  • HOW TF IS HE ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT MOMENT. i was having an existencial crisis about how boring and not special i'm really am, and how i'm constantly bombarded by the individualist myth around media, and i left feeling empty and frustrated because this is just like a power struggle

    @hanto144@hanto14416 күн бұрын
    • Same

      @theadhdviking8218@theadhdviking821816 күн бұрын
    • @@theadhdviking8218 i giggled at this

      @garfeld280@garfeld28015 күн бұрын
    • The matrix bro /s

      @mikem380@mikem38013 күн бұрын
  • leave it to Sisyphus55 to be the first to use the monkey neuron activation illustration in the correct topic and context lmao

    @S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-Strelok@S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-Strelok16 күн бұрын
    • absolute memelord genius move

      @ivanlrodriguez@ivanlrodriguez15 күн бұрын
    • my neurons surely activated

      @ivanlrodriguez@ivanlrodriguez15 күн бұрын
  • The part about how everything changed after the pandemic is so true, I cannot stress this enough. It really feels like everyone just became mad after covid hit and now we're just trying to regain meaning.

    @inakoto@inakoto16 күн бұрын
    • I think a lot of people, you included, had for the first time a chance to experience actual societal abuse and the time and energy to actually see it And it had been by design, I remember reading that one if the main proponents of the American lawn used as a pro for that "A man that has to mow a lawn doesn't have time to read the communist manifesto" or something to that effect. But trust me, it has always been as crazy.

      @ksrknwht300klls@ksrknwht300klls16 күн бұрын
    • I wonder if COVID, even asymptomatic cases, messed up our brains ability to cooperate. Although it was mostlikely the isolation.

      @Dave.O@Dave.O16 күн бұрын
    • @@ksrknwht300klls You have a point. It's definitely been crazy before, we just didn't have the time to rot away in our houses all day to see through it.

      @inakoto@inakoto16 күн бұрын
    • @@Dave.O Oh yeah, definitely, it's usually referred to as brainfog and definitely screwed our brains up in a lot of ways.

      @inakoto@inakoto16 күн бұрын
    • Yep, it was a time of government abuse that also created mass psychosis.

      @TheRedneckjim@TheRedneckjim16 күн бұрын
  • I think it’s important to know the difference between individualism and individuality. There are always gonna be individuals and personal identities. But individualism is believing each individual is their own island.

    @mallorieudischas8063@mallorieudischas806316 күн бұрын
    • "Everyone being their own island" is just another expression of being individual in my opinion.. everyone is a universe of their own with all their beliefs, motivations and so on, however, at the same time we are all connected in the one grand universe. And each connection, each friendship for example, creates another universe which only those involved in it truly understand

      @mirac8803@mirac880313 күн бұрын
    • ​@@mirac8803You're right, but there's still a very thin differentiation. If you're an island, you're an island, true and honest. Yes, all of those things you mentioned are included, but so are all other material and organizational aspects as well. True unity, built upon community and cooperation, cannot be created in an island society dynamic.

      @Jay.Taylor@Jay.Taylor11 сағат бұрын
  • the most ironic part of individualism is that it needs the existense of the "other" to exist, but there is a catch that nobody likes to be an "individual" so they usually try to find people like them to feel less alone... it's a tragic irony that infected us all.

    @ryuken347@ryuken34716 күн бұрын
    • Everything that ends in -ism is an incomplete ideology. Individualism, communism, egoism, collectivism, etc.

      @thomervin7450@thomervin745016 күн бұрын
  • "Hatred burns empathy, but does not kill it," -psychologist Jamil Zaki in _The War for Kindness_

    @dylaann@dylaann16 күн бұрын
  • This whole video sums up my entire issue with motivation, there's no reason. I simply don't want material gain, I can only motivate for other people's sake. Yet I have no community or family or anything to work for. There's nothing to care for but yourself. It's not worth the rest of my pathetic life to be stuck in a society that explicitly rewards egomaniacs and psychos, acts as if generational wealth isn't an issue, and crushes any hope for normal people. At least under the old monarchies I'd still have a village. Now I have nothing. They've taken everything I could have possibly wanted, so their numbers can get bigger. Psychopathy.

    @jackdaniels4975@jackdaniels497516 күн бұрын
  • The more I look at my life, the more I realise that every aspect of my life is influenced by other people. My intelligence is a result of my good teachers and the fact they were supportive. My interest in computers only exists cause my dad chose to buy me one when I was 4 years old. The way I speak was influenced by the TV shows I watched as a kid. My health is based on the food my parents cooked for me

    @Muhluri@Muhluri16 күн бұрын
    • When it comes to intelligence... there have been thousands even million people or accumulation of their work

      @muborakrustamova9753@muborakrustamova975316 күн бұрын
    • @@muborakrustamova9753 so true. At some point in history someone thought it was a good idea for us to wash our hand 😂

      @Muhluri@Muhluri16 күн бұрын
    • Me me me me me

      @user-lj9hv3zz9u@user-lj9hv3zz9u16 күн бұрын
    • @@Muhluri and got sent to psychiatric hospital for it 😅

      @muborakrustamova9753@muborakrustamova975316 күн бұрын
    • Yes and it all links back to a lack of free will. Think about how lucky you've had it, then consider the poor, the imprisoned, the ostracised - they're just expressing their poor environments. We are literally just a mouthpiece for our environment, we are our environment expressing itself.

      @MCart1215@MCart121516 күн бұрын
  • I feel like even more so after the Covid-19 Pandemic, we’ve become a lot more isolated (not just physically either), detached from each-other emotionally, and more individualistic, yet we still yearn for that tribal sensation through clawing for internet/social media validation. All I see is hatred towards one another and a lack of humanity or very little empathy for other human beings. I wish we could get some empathy and compassion flushed back into us as a people.

    @OLDMANWAFFLES@OLDMANWAFFLES16 күн бұрын
    • I agree and feel it too. Lately I have seen the kindness and closeness in the protesting college campus groups especially in knowing that they are well organized, prepared and have observable coordination en masse. They have used their priveldge as a good model.

      @totonow6955@totonow695516 күн бұрын
    • @@totonow6955 It is not movements that are well organized and insignificantly prepared. It's loney people looking to be along for the ride for men of action and slogans those that don't apologize

      @the_expidition427@the_expidition42716 күн бұрын
    • @@the_expidition427 Go back and take an (other) look at the actual dialectic of Hegel...try the podcast why theory. If this comment doesn't make sense to you, let me know. I believe Nietzche would agree with me dear. - from an old

      @totonow6955@totonow695516 күн бұрын
    • “We have lost the reason to live, for the sake of being alive.”

      @BecuzARealOne@BecuzARealOne15 күн бұрын
  • okay I know this isn't really relevant but fungi are heterotrophic, they get their energy by breaking down other organisms, especially dead and decaying organisms and are more closely related to animals than plants

    @muddymushrooms@muddymushrooms16 күн бұрын
    • And trees dont get carbon dioxide and water out of nowhere. Everything depends on something else which makes distinction between the two useless

      @DuckTheFinn@DuckTheFinn16 күн бұрын
    • Yeah fungi are heterotrophs

      @arianafox4944@arianafox494414 күн бұрын
    • I paused the video to search for this comment

      @arthurcezariooliveira2921@arthurcezariooliveira29214 күн бұрын
  • Finally a re-upload, I was scouring the internet for this one

    @nikita1351@nikita135116 күн бұрын
    • Ok so I wasn’t going crazy thinking this was a reupload. Good. It’s a good video so I’m glad I could find it again

      @jacobchoptain2272@jacobchoptain227216 күн бұрын
    • I KNEW IT. Thanks for the confirmation.

      @almond5284@almond528416 күн бұрын
    • Yeesh, thought i was going nuts 😂

      @youngcalisthenics@youngcalisthenics15 күн бұрын
  • Love this (havent seen it yet)

    @173_nora7@173_nora716 күн бұрын
    • Edit the comment once you've seen it.

      @Generic_Phantom@Generic_Phantom16 күн бұрын
    • Same

      @millalaure@millalaure16 күн бұрын
    • Have you seen it yet?

      @Generic_Phantom@Generic_Phantom16 күн бұрын
    • It's been 3hrs have you seen it yet?

      @hildenear@hildenear16 күн бұрын
    • Good sir, Have you seen it yet?!?

      @isaiaharmstrong1799@isaiaharmstrong179913 күн бұрын
  • everything is affected by an infinite number of things, some having larger effects. We are both individualistic and communal to different degrees depending on the context.

    @123sheag@123sheag16 күн бұрын
    • yes! we are not either or but rather both. theres always nuance

      @dietsmoke@dietsmoke16 күн бұрын
    • Yep

      @mirac8803@mirac880313 күн бұрын
  • One MUST imagine sisyphus 55 monetized 😅

    @josephsteinmann9172@josephsteinmann917214 күн бұрын
  • Lowkey this video was eye opening. Idk but this video explained a lot, what I find wrong with myself, my own hyper indiviualism has shot me in the foot

    @cakexo7756@cakexo775616 күн бұрын
  • It's crazy to me how people don't see the various forms of collectivism being hijacked for individualist gains, and not seeing the collectivism within their own biology that functions to make them live and breathe another day. Imagine if humans, with respect to individualism and peoples uniqueness, utilized collectivism for the benefit of everyone.

    @StaticCollapse@StaticCollapse11 күн бұрын
  • me who is socially isolated and discovered "myself", found out i suck

    @internetghost-jq6fz@internetghost-jq6fz16 күн бұрын
    • @totonow6955@totonow695516 күн бұрын
    • Nah, cringe opinion

      @BoofGalls@BoofGalls16 күн бұрын
    • Look deeper, we all had an innocent childhood. Don't define yourself just by the state you are in now, the past and future look different

      @smartsmartie7142@smartsmartie714216 күн бұрын
    • ​@@BoofGalls ?

      @lukyluk_py@lukyluk_py16 күн бұрын
    • I think that is an empowering revelation, because it means you have become aware of the pain that is necessary to change.

      @williamrelue@williamrelue16 күн бұрын
  • As a current nursing student what I learned recently: we must ensure that we are physically, mentally, and SPIRITUALLY well in order to live a healthy and happy life.

    @ildabarsegian628@ildabarsegian62815 күн бұрын
  • Glad to have been awake at 4am to see this just after it uploaded

    @ExtraPlanar@ExtraPlanar16 күн бұрын
  • I have been watching this channel for over 6 years now and i have to say : Your content has really improved over the years a im glad to see that you are getting the recognition you deserve.

    @gamingchickenstudios@gamingchickenstudios16 күн бұрын
    • This is the best one yet for me personally

      @chops_chops@chops_chops16 күн бұрын
    • Funny because this is a re-upload

      @almond5284@almond528416 күн бұрын
    • Though tbh it's still true, Sisyphus really do be getting better at pushing his boulder

      @almond5284@almond528416 күн бұрын
  • The amount of community in religious groups makes me happy.Well,usually on video/in images,seeing religious communities praying in a group brings me joy,seeing humanity unified.I wouldn't consider myself a Christian like my family (or at all,for now) but I love the message of 'we are members of one body'. Ofc,not all is subjectively good in certain religions:corruption,greed,discrimination,but I do prefer something close to it rather than hyper-individualised sense of conscience where everything seems to be based on hedonism. See how majority of religious teaching emphasise not being tempted to desires and being selfless?

    @GL887@GL88715 күн бұрын
    • 🤦

      @mornotafi@mornotafi14 күн бұрын
    • @@mornotafi What?Did I sound cultish?Weird?If you really only replied with an emoji as a knee-jerk reaction,fair,but if I said something questionable point it out.But if u just want a post an emoji,then fine.

      @GL887@GL88714 күн бұрын
  • It looks like a lot of people in the comments are mistaking what you are saying. So I will attempt to clarify, we are individuals, we have our own wants and desires and are mostly (if not completely) in control of our bodies. We as individuals require to be together and work together, learn to get along and build communities. Individualism is the idea that we can be self reliant and not need others. This rediculous notion is easily countered with hundreds of years of history, we humans only do well because we are in groups. Do not forget, we are still individuals though, we are no hive mind. You are still your own person with thoughts, emotions, and desires. Just don't forget you need to learn how to work with others and get along with the people around you.

    @smigless6154@smigless615414 күн бұрын
  • The popularity that is coming back into the mainstream with mushrooms leaves me hopeful that it will lead to some revolution. It feels and looks like a lot of people microdose, more so than ever.

    @mikem380@mikem38013 күн бұрын
  • I think isolation is very useful if done mindfully as it helps give space to oneself to recharge/realise and analyse things. This is very important for someone whos trying to be "authentic" but everything should be done in moderation. Excessive isolation can lead to a lose grip on reality and relate-ness with those around us or with events happening around us. Being a heterotrophic organisms we notably depend on our surroundings so being in touch with the surroundings is plausibly an imp aspect in the process of being "authentic". Excessive practice of almost anything can inturn lead to the feeling of depression/frustration/etc when one is foced to come on terms with reality by any means as the perception one may have can hugely differ with the one that actually exits(generally). Hence, I think, isolation is a tool that requires good self control and judgement. Interacting with the surroundings and indulging in the experience is also an imp aspect of authenticity as what one learns/gains from it; its unique to each individual, this yeilds many other useful tools like empathy, humbleness, sympathy, etc and when all of this is combined a good balanced rough sketch of oneself can be drawn.

    @Kiwi.an_bean@Kiwi.an_bean16 күн бұрын
    • I've recently taken up meditation. And lately I've felt like the swirling noise I experience all day has quieted a bit. I'm less afraid of strangers and will be more willing to strike up a conversation randomly. So yes, I totally agree that isolation can help bring us together.

      @beeflumps@beeflumps12 күн бұрын
  • “and so the idea that I am alone,or the idea that I am an individual, is actually, interestingly enough,you're already not. It's false. It's a distortion. 'Cause you're the thing and the observers simultaneously meeting together, and that creates the illusion of self.” -Clancy (Duncan) from the show ‘The Midnight Gospel’

    @coolchannelat@coolchannelat2 күн бұрын
  • how, in this ideology, am i supposed to motivate myself to do things that i want to do, but know that they will be hard? isnt this way of thinking anti productive? i know it is, but i simply cant bother to think like that, i have things that i want to get done and me and the people around me feel very happy that i care to put effort into these things. i face every aspect of my life that requires effort as work, and i live to put out effort and do work. i couldn't be happier by beeing focused on my frankenstein self and by listening to others advices in how to be better. its the only reason i wake up and go to sleep with a smile, knowing that tomorrow ill have to improve on something

    @pinna9391@pinna939116 күн бұрын
  • oh my god i’m so glad you reuploaded this, it was my favourite ever video of yours and one of my favourites on the whole platform

    @lilacmckenna@lilacmckenna16 күн бұрын
  • Thank you for putting in the time and energy to put out videos like this. You really help me collect my thoughts and put them into a more clear perspective. Lots of the things you speak about are like thoughts I have daily but fragmented. You put it all together in a completely cohesive way that helps move my personal narrative forward rather than letting my thoughts sit and go wild

    @TheLegendOfAnastasia@TheLegendOfAnastasia14 күн бұрын
  • Really good work. One of your best videos yet! Thank for you sharing ❤

    @ohmeohmy1231@ohmeohmy123116 күн бұрын
  • 00:13 The illusion of individualism and the interconnectedness of all beings. 02:45 Interbeing through interpersonal neurobiology 05:10 Lockdowns made us realize our interconnectedness in the global community. 07:36 Isolation and individualism hinder authentic self-realization 10:06 Excessive individualism leads to increased depression and reduced life satisfaction 12:34 Individualism vs. interconnectedness and capitalism vs. socialism explained. 14:54 Fischer promoted acid communism as a response to mandatory neoliberal individualism. 17:14 Psilocybin promotes empathy, creativity, and nature connection 19:18 Recognizing our interconnected existence.

    @Gaurav-pq2ug@Gaurav-pq2ug16 күн бұрын
    • Thanks for this. There were so many topics and they were so dense.

      @beeflumps@beeflumps12 күн бұрын
    • 4:31 among us

      @DoctorIglooman@DoctorIglooman11 күн бұрын
  • Great explanation! I'm starting to notice the interconnection of everything more and more, by way of science, Buddhism, and psychology. What you can discover in isolation is extremely limited compared to what you can find outside of it. Being in my first relationship has exposed a lot of blind-spots I've had towards myself, but I see it as an opportunity to work on them. I always learn something from your videos, and come away interested in new topics! And now I want to try acid...

    @lummozz@lummozz16 күн бұрын
  • Love the video. The importance of community is something that I have begun to realize myself while in college. Like you said in a previous video, nothing will get better if we don't go out into the world striving to make a change.

    @finnwil56@finnwil5616 күн бұрын
  • Ayoooo I'm really glad you reuploaded this one, this was one of my favorite videos of yours and just in general, I tried to show it to a bunch of people and immediately noticed when the video was gone

    @tysonasaurus6392@tysonasaurus639216 күн бұрын
  • These videos really help convey just how useful philosophy can be sometimes, I’ve become interested in this sense of connection many cultures end up discovering one way or another. Finishing my intro to philosophy class in college, you motivated me to start, I’m going for at least a minor in PHI. Thanks man! Thanks for planting the seed!

    @kedityt@kedityt15 күн бұрын
  • Always a great video. Thanks. I shared to my FB page.

    @JaceHart33@JaceHart3316 күн бұрын
  • This video essay was well articulated and well put together.. but I don't see how any of this discredits or refutes the concept of individualism. These concepts aren't mutually exclusive. I like to analogize that every man and every woman is a star - wholly self-sufficient unto themselves but without the gravitational pull of those around us, we would be thrown off course.

    @Lemon-yh6xg@Lemon-yh6xg16 күн бұрын
  • Amazing& interesting video, thank you!

    @millalaure@millalaure16 күн бұрын
  • yess finally... a video that feels like what sisyphus55 videos felt like. But instead of the depressing themes, there is optimism and hope, an ideological evolution that mirrors mine.

    @caosed4991@caosed499116 күн бұрын
  • Love your content, quality is high!

    @PaintVista@PaintVista16 күн бұрын
  • so what im hearing is... eat the rich, and use their money to host psychadelic community-based festivals where people can brainstorm how to better the world and what humanity should collectively work on next

    @MiloMiloMilo@MiloMiloMilo16 күн бұрын
    • yes!!!! Psychedelic festivals !!!

      @realx0@realx016 күн бұрын
    • or just do it right now, money is isolating

      @pickle380@pickle38016 күн бұрын
    • @@pickle380being homeless is isolating

      @jackdaniels4975@jackdaniels497516 күн бұрын
    • @@jackdaniels4975 I get that. My point is that we shouldn't wait until we think we have enough resources to start creating community, that's all.

      @pickle380@pickle38015 күн бұрын
    • YES!!! Well just eat the rich part. How dare they have more money than me??

      @Generic_Phantom@Generic_Phantom15 күн бұрын
  • Chul Han is truly one of the most important contemporary authors. Amazing work.

    @00Platypus00@00Platypus0016 күн бұрын
    • The podcast Philosophize This has a great episode on his work. Agreed he's an amazingly concise but piercing philosopher.

      @AntiJovian@AntiJovian16 күн бұрын
  • God bless the day KZhead recommended your channel. The best contents I came across after more than 10 years being on this platform. Thank you, really.

    @simonecastellana3557@simonecastellana355715 күн бұрын
  • I see a sisyphus 55 video I immediately click its simple youre that good 🤩

    @khaledalem3163@khaledalem316316 күн бұрын
  • Maybe its the optimist in me, but I feel like I see the rising generation waking up to this line of thinking faster and more frequently. The seeds of love are being planted, and a platform like the internet is helping that example spread like wildfire. gives me a lot of hope for the next few years

    @hueyvon2417@hueyvon241716 күн бұрын
  • how are many of your videos so well timed with what's happening in my life?! everything must well and truly, be connected.......

    @varadkadam6009@varadkadam600916 күн бұрын
  • im so glad you made a video about this. i recently read a book called together: the power of human connection in a sometimes lonely world by Dr Vivek Murthy. it was a great read and it really opened my eyes about how important interperonal connections are. i think everyone could read the book and take at least something from reading it. reading that book really just made me think "i wish more people would understand this" so i love to see a creator like you touch on the subject as i really trust your judgement and knowlege and youre spreading the message through a more political lense to get to a different type of audience. it is so important to value interconnection so im glad youre sharing this

    @dietsmoke@dietsmoke16 күн бұрын
  • This is probably your best vid yet ❤❤❤ Great length too, no offense but I like your vids

    @basic_chain@basic_chain16 күн бұрын
    • I pass on almost all near hour long videos and over

      @Dave.O@Dave.O16 күн бұрын
  • Really enjoy what you share. Thanks a lot.

    @enriquemansillaromero2146@enriquemansillaromero214612 күн бұрын
  • Bro our views are converging. Been watching for awhile. Thank you.

    @NathanielKing86@NathanielKing8614 күн бұрын
  • This brought back memories and feelings from when I had ketamine infusion therapy and I felt myself traveling through the universe and scaled up and down in space to see how we are all just a small piece of a larger organism that is the universe.

    @Couchintheclouds@Couchintheclouds15 күн бұрын
  • 1000% your best video yet

    @corruptcatalyst4141@corruptcatalyst414115 күн бұрын
  • Community is everything, humans need it

    @ash-os6wo@ash-os6woКүн бұрын
  • Does anyone remember which channel Sisyphus 55 went on a live stream for a debate and was obliterated?

    @ViVeriVniversvmVivusVici@ViVeriVniversvmVivusVici16 күн бұрын
    • ben shapiro could debate with a neurotic awkward climate scientist and wipe the floor with him, but that doesn't change the fact that he's wrong on the science. oration skills, especially in a stressful setting like a debate, are no litmus test for the legitimacy of ideas.

      @imaginater5238@imaginater523814 күн бұрын
    • @@imaginater5238 wtf are you talking about? The only thing you're doing here is questioning my level of discernment. If you don't know/don't remember then keep on stepping. We all know Shapiro is a sophist.

      @ViVeriVniversvmVivusVici@ViVeriVniversvmVivusVici14 күн бұрын
  • The problem of collectivism is that the individual becomes disposable. Who must sacrifice for the revolution? How many souls can be sacrificed? This issue altogether suggests the individual should have some inalienable rights.

    @pavlova717@pavlova71715 күн бұрын
  • sigh another video that will probably apply to some aspect of my life. have yet to listen, will update when finished

    @garrickthomas8631@garrickthomas863116 күн бұрын
  • Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

    @fakiriayoub8087@fakiriayoub808716 күн бұрын
    • Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!

      @BestOffer-ii9ny@BestOffer-ii9ny16 күн бұрын
    • Yes, dr.porass. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.

      @FabioPioFersini@FabioPioFersini16 күн бұрын
    • I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.

      @HealthyPriestessSophie@HealthyPriestessSophie16 күн бұрын
    • Is he on instagram?

      @BestOffer-ii9ny@BestOffer-ii9ny16 күн бұрын
    • Yes he is dr.porass.

      @FabioPioFersini@FabioPioFersini16 күн бұрын
  • Appreciate ya. Thanks for sharing.

    @ruperterskin2117@ruperterskin211713 күн бұрын
  • Awesome vid!! Would love to see your reupload of "on beauty" it was my favorite. The script was so old though, doubt u still have it. All love to you still man ❤️❤️

    @nuddlesoups4814@nuddlesoups481414 күн бұрын
  • love it (have watched all)

    @fcliverpool6167@fcliverpool616716 күн бұрын
  • Happy Birthday to me 🎉 Thank you for the coincidental alignment of your upload schedule with my life

    @aceofed9967@aceofed996716 күн бұрын
  • This is (to me) still your best work Congratulation !

    @ounayec7524@ounayec752415 күн бұрын
  • 8:33 i absolutely didn't expect tyler1 and slavoj zizek in this, i do really am like you Sisyphus

    @LeZylox@LeZylox14 күн бұрын
  • I hope this moves the people it needs too, im tired of living in such a sad state of the world. I want this to change for all of us.

    @BohAstora@BohAstora16 күн бұрын
  • Actually trees and fungi are also interdependent (even though some are technically considered autotrophs). Check the paper: Mycorrhizal networks: Mechanisms, Ecology and Modelling or better yet read Suzanne Simard's book: Finding the Mother Tree

    @joshariel7116@joshariel711616 күн бұрын
  • Absolute banger

    @LegaliseFinland@LegaliseFinland16 күн бұрын
  • Cool cool man. Gave me a different framework to view individualism

    @8lec_R@8lec_R15 күн бұрын
  • Hey, don't get down on the fungi and plants - they are incredibly interconnected.

    @9000ck@9000ck16 күн бұрын
  • A bit unrelated, but a lot of people try so hard to be "unique" that they forget to be themselves. It's okay to like "normal" things. Tbh, it's only natural you would like some (or even a lot) of it.

    @urphakeandgey6308@urphakeandgey630814 күн бұрын
    • No, I agree. I feel it's very related. "Uniqueness" seems to be a very marketable trait

      @beeflumps@beeflumps12 күн бұрын
  • It’s a good day when sisyphus 55 posts a new video

    @mklgonz@mklgonz16 күн бұрын
  • Ben, this is beautiful work. I wish Derek from Veritasium and you collaborate on something. That'd blow minds

    @KalpeshMange92@KalpeshMange9215 күн бұрын
  • Zizek's point is true as long as things we eat are manufactured. However we still have the option and freedom to mostly select what we eat or drink. A person can entirely start a new life in a rural area where every food is unprocessed and fresh, whereas we were left with no other choice than getting vaccinated and even in some cases only the biontech's vaccine was being accepted. Not getting vaccinated was not an option for many people who had careers or needed the money for survival. That isn't the same freedom of choice with what you're able to eat is it?

    @fy7589@fy758911 күн бұрын
  • cool to see this was reuploaded

    @austinhallberg1736@austinhallberg173615 күн бұрын
  • This is so awesome

    @MCart1215@MCart121516 күн бұрын
  • I say this with the upmost respect for opposing opinions . I don’t associate being an antivaxer with being hesitant and skeptical, at first, toward the Covid-19 vaccine. I’ve taken a ton of vaccines but I was definitely hesitant toward the “streamlined” vaccine used to “treat” c-19. Being labeled an antivaxer for that is absurd. In fact I only took the first of the two bc it knocked me on my ass with the worst flu symptoms I’ve ever felt and literally feared I might die. I have a strong immune system and am pretty sure I’d already made contact and built up antibodies to it I wore a mask. I social distanced. I was considerate of other’s immunity but there was something INCREDIBLY sketch going on w this pandemic, Fauci, the media, and the political status quo of that time, that greatly merited suspicion imho.

    @davidh2550@davidh255016 күн бұрын
  • Biology nerd here . . . I hate to break it to you, but fungi are heterotrophs, not autotrophs. They gain nutrients by breaking down other organisms, much like animals. They may look more plant-like from our perspective, but they are in fact both more biologically similar to and more closely related to animals than plants. Sorry if I come off as a pedant lol, but I've caught you make the same mistake in two videos now

    @TheJackhuston@TheJackhuston14 күн бұрын
  • there is a union needed here. The interconnectedness is needed, no man can save himself from drowning. But also, there’s a theme that all of us know about interconnection that we all dread but is the reason why we like to promote individualism. Responsibility to one another. The interconnection cannot truly happen without that. You can’t say you love someone and just have fuzzy feelings. It’s action, words, time, and duty. This is something none of us want because it’s hard and not thrilling. to be my brother’s keeper. No, I don’t think being involved in everyone’s lives to be how WE want it is the way to go, but simply understanding that we are connected is strong enough for us to realize the Golden’s ultimate severity: “treat others how you would be treated.” This removes pride, complaint, apathy, and rigid class systems. If the bottom affects the top, then we must take care of the bottom and the bottom must take care of the top. We are different and the same. A hand can’t be a foot but it can work together not by focusing on their individual personalities, but by focusing on others, the divine, nature. In short, the real world.

    @lucasaster2968@lucasaster29687 күн бұрын
  • What a great video!

    @MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy6@MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy615 күн бұрын
  • One trip on psychedelics makes you think you understand the universe, and see a deeper fabric that was always in front of you. 10 trips on psychedelics makes you believe change is possible in society, to see what you see. 200 hundred trips on psychedelics makes you realize the world will continue to spin, and humans will continue this impossible task to explain their own reality without ever considering uniting as a single planet.

    @dhwardani@dhwardani16 күн бұрын
  • Has this video been uploaded before? I'm seeing it and having some kind of multiple de ja vues. If not, it either expresses my thoughts very well, or it's the interconnectedness warming me up

    @TricaSpada@TricaSpada3 күн бұрын
  • I think a great way of reimagining "ritual" is to look at what is being done globally which is meaningful, collective, and regular, and withiut need for a specific spiritual pov. Protests, housing rebellion squats, left spaces like pubs that regularly bring in good punk bands, deportation resistance, etc. Being dirrectly involved in these things help build a sense of collective and individual meaning. Especially things like housing rebellion squatting, as that requires really being in community. Working through issues, giving space, etc.

    @Catthepunk@Catthepunk11 күн бұрын
  • you should play cruelty squad and discuss the philosophy in the game, i think it resonates a lot with your channel and this video specifically

    @garfeld280@garfeld28015 күн бұрын
  • Is it just me or do y'all remember watching this video months ago. The thumbnail feels like ive seen it before. I may be mad tripping tho lol

    @pablomontoya9160@pablomontoya916015 күн бұрын
  • Mr. Sisyphus could you do a video on how to change? How to be a better person?

    @fornitebattlepass6403@fornitebattlepass64035 күн бұрын
  • It's fascinating how the pandemic has highlighted our interconnectedness and the concept of interbeing. Understanding that we're part of a collective "we" can indeed spark hope for a more unified and sustainable future! 🌍

    @EcomCarl@EcomCarl14 күн бұрын
  • People on this thread bruv smh .... Individualism is not about being alone !

    @mornotafi@mornotafi15 күн бұрын
  • Great video! Should be seen by more! Comment for the algorithm!

    @enmorot@enmorot14 күн бұрын
  • it’s just neoliberalism. it’s always neoliberalism.

    @MaxMurphyXYZ@MaxMurphyXYZ16 күн бұрын
  • The current times are brutal man. I long for community, friends, and loved ones, yet it feels like I'm on a path that will only end in isolation and it feels like I can't change that.

    @shulex7@shulex73 күн бұрын
  • This video made me go and watch the life aquatic... the music sounds so much like mark mothersbaugh!!!! i love!!

    @sweetandvery@sweetandvery15 күн бұрын
  • When the impostor is sus 4:31 🤯

    @waywardwaster@waywardwaster16 күн бұрын
    • Dun dun dun dun dun dun, du-du-dun

      @cardboardking577@cardboardking57715 күн бұрын
  • I love your videos.

    @barbinski8160@barbinski81602 күн бұрын
  • Heyyy so I’ll watch this later I’m lowkey have a breakdown rn and I feel like I need to watch this in full detail at another time but I will prolly forget so someone please like this thank you in advance 🫶🫶

    @kin3702@kin370215 күн бұрын
    • hey, this is your reminder. Come watch this video again? Did I do it right?

      @beeflumps@beeflumps12 күн бұрын
  • I think, in order to be one's ideal self, one must first dismiss any notions of the self being an independent entity from those around them, and the world itself.

    @purplehaze2358@purplehaze235815 күн бұрын
  • you don't know how fast I clicked this video!

    @Txlr_Nz@Txlr_Nz16 күн бұрын
  • Individualism is the biggest stumbling block our species has ever experienced. We are capable of almost anything with collaboration. We are nothing but sound and fury if we try to go it alone. Humanity needs humanity, with all its magnificence and all its depravity. None of us can separate ourselves entirely from any end of the human spectrum without forsaking our true reason to be here. We're here for each other, not ourselves. This life becomes so beautiful when you realize it's not about you, the individual. It's about all of us, here and now, past, present, and future. You and I are happy little trees in an infinite and infinitely interconnected forest!

    @Gorlim_the_Unhappy@Gorlim_the_Unhappy15 күн бұрын
  • I honestly feel bad for people trapped in this mode of thinking. Good luck to you all. Ill be praying for you.

    @ChadOHara98@ChadOHara9816 күн бұрын
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