The Subtle Art of Facing The Apocalypse
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It’s shocking how this video does not have millions of views. This video essay is crafted magnificently. Perfectly capturing the nihilistic, mundane, repetition and meaningless. I believe everyone should watch it. Thank you for sharing your analysis and resolve in a world where it is taught “life is empty and meaningless.”
You might have just brought me (and a lot of others) out of a nihilistic hole. It's easy to find yourself just watching the world burn, but it only takes one sentence, one view, one place or even one person to let your perspective shift.
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I'm sorry, but if all it took was a single online video to get you all peppy, you were never in a "nihilistic hole". Dumb comments like this are embarrassing to people who've actually dealt with real depression.
Everyone's perspective of depression is different, just because he didn't meet the criteria within your own subjective perspective doesn't make it so. An opinion is merely an opinion at the end of the day, not a scientific law the rest of us abide by. Everyone's different in how they deal with nihilism, the fact that they got out of the hole is good and I applaud them for that. 👏
Whenever I’ve fallen a nihilistic rabbit hole, which is a lot, I find a way to always force a smile, because that way life knows it f*cked with the wrong person.
@@ZaLewdWarudo Your experience isn't universal. And if you have it so bad, why would you try to drag someone back down after they made it out? Coming from someone that hasn't made it out yet, that was a wack ass comment bro✌
Too many people think of happiness as a constant fulfillment of your desire, when actually it is sacrifice that can actually bring you to the place that you want to be. Happiness itself can often be a paradox, because you always have to choose between your short term happiness in the now, vs long term happiness that comes after the hard work and sacrifice.
There is no way out. We’re just all here. We’re here and we feel things. We’re here so let’s help each other feel better. I’m so so sick of living in a world where some claim to have all the answers when they don’t. I’m sick of a world that tears itself down person by person. I’m grateful for everything that I have and everything that I am, but that will never stop my individual struggle or pains. But as a collective we all need to hold each other up and to help each other mitigate our individual suffering. As a whole we can create security, peace, and the opportunity for the persist of happiness for everyone. But only as a collective
That first part was incredibly validating. I didn't realize how much has gone on and what I came out of through this last couple of years. I'm not crazy, just surviving in a crazy world.
I feel very lucky to have basically always believed in optimistic nihilism, even before I was formally introduced to it as a concept. The idea that the universe has no meaning is so *freeing*, it allows me to impose *my* meaning onto the universe.
Optimistic Nihilism is a meaningless term.
@@perrywidhalm114 How so ? Why wouldn't it mean anything ? You can believe that life has no meaning or ultimate goal but be perfectly content with that fact, can't you ?
Found this just in the right moment. Thank you. We are all Sisyphus.
Always creating thought provoking, impactful videos. Keep it up my man 🫡
I’ve watched so many videos about storytelling but still get stuck. Thanks for your videos!😊
This made me cry. Thank you❤
Thank you for not perpetuating the negativity I see all over youtube lately
This is really helpful. The only thing I missed is an asterisk next to stoicism because the idea that there is so much in the outside world we can't change can lead to passivity and inaction and prevent necessary changes. This is specially poignant in terms of climate change but also regarding any injustice that we can give our little grain of sand against.
Hey man, I really enjoy your content, and I'd love to see a video about Mr. Robot! I think it's a highly underrated show that deserves more attention, and you always have eye opening and interesting things to say about the media you cover. Keep up the good work!!
“I don’t want peace, I want problems. Always.”
Élites in a nutshell:
God these 10-15 min videos feel like an eternity. It’s amazing.
Another masterpiece, incredibly crafted keep up the good work!
Beautiful video man. Thanks.
Phew, this was such a good video it brought me to tears. I'll probably have to watch this again and again to digest it all. Also the snippets we're some movies/shows I've seen, but many I haven't. Can't wait to see more.
This is such a fantastic video, thank you so much for everything you do.
After pleasure comes pain.
Thought provoking as always, keep it up
In Revolutionary Road, they called it hopeless emptiness. Great movie. It was better than I thought it would be. Made me go on a Michael Shannon binge. I quote from his character: "The hopeless emptiness? Now, you've said it. Plenty of people are on to the emptiness; but, it takes real guts to see the hopelessness. Wow."
I really resonate with the message in this video. I find myself believing that it is truly honorable to try and be positive even when we know how fucked the world is even when there are so many injustices around us and so much things that make us negative. Thank you for making this beautiful piece of underrated media. Sennding much love to anyone reading this. Have a great day.
"Our Hearts are restless until they rest in thee"
hope ur happy. i seem to feel happy atm. great vids
This video hits, great work
This video is so well done and well said. It also came to me at the perfect time 😭💔 thank you very much. I want you to know how helpful I found this
great video as always
man... i needed this video so hard...
Great video sequence and message
I love your videos. The 2 videos about the Literally Me characters saved my life ❤
this hit deep. defo food for thought
Definitely the most well spent 14 mins of my day :)
Some people just want to see the world burn... 🔥🔥🔥
David Foster Wallace, "This is Water..." This is the daily swim, the daily struggle as we go through life.
‼️I LOVE your videos!! You always have such a unique perspective! You should write a book I would legit buy it! And I'm sure I'm not alone
Thank you!
This video came to me at the right time
Throwing beer and McDonald’s and spa resorts in with all the real societal progress is making me crack up
Originally I had the deep fried mars bar also in the script but I cut it out cause the clip I wanted to use was too jarring an insert bit.ly/3BKMedm
Thank you
Susanne Klien writes about "life in liminality" in her book Urban Migration in Rural Japan. By using them as an example, she formulates the theory that life in a post-growth society which includes most western nations, is defined by "never arriving anywhere, always looking for a new project, a new home, a new job". I wondered what she meant by "arriving"... suburban home, white picket fence, 1.5 children? Nonetheless, I liked the "Life in Liminality" idea. Nothing is set in stone, everything can be open, you can switch course when you want (and are able). It's both a recipe for constant unhappiness and exciting horizons.
Great Video again! i really enjoy your style and content. The cuts in this one were a bit too fast for my taste though. Thank you.
would recommend to anyone here to attend a 10 day vipassana meditation course. They are completely free and offered many times a year. I won't say anything about it other than is worthwhile and easy to find.
This video is very helpfull these days.
Beautiful
I am a proud optimistic nihilist, nothing matters so I chose whatever it matters to me
Thank you ! The impending doom that i’ve been felling towards AI and our future has lifted a little bit. 💙
Incredible
I think this channel has become a life saving channel. And honestly the ideas aren’t even that special or unique, but they need to be repeated over and over until you understand.
This arrived to me at exactly the right time that I would _hear_ it, there is much wisdom in your words. Thank you so very much for an amazing year of content.
Let's go!!!!
Can you do one on black sails and Ragnar from Vikings please
How did people behave during WWII? It's hard to imagine a more real and present situation where the world felt like it was ending. Were people apathetic, too? I have a hard time imagining that.
Definitely. People have been apathetic since the dawn of humanity
Banger
I've thought about heaven and I've always felt that the idea of heaven alone is necessarily inhuman. Humans cannot properly function without since sort of struggle, no matter how small. Just look at the rich. They so often go insane, and their families and children are broken and messed up
With heaven comes another existential dread: "What happens when heaven (or paradise) gets boring?"
@@rhondahoward8025 which it will almost immediately
Lol, couldn't be me😅 No, but seriously, my relationship with God and the pursuit of His teaching and the enjoyment of His designs.... My life can still be hard, but it's always either my own stupidity or if I take a moment to think l can always see how it fits right into God's plans. What God does creates a deeper and more meaningful perspective on every aspect of existence; plus, the journey to challenge His perspectives and to grow would easily outlast my time living here. Good thing He wants me to go live with Him next😅😁 Sorry for the short rant, just discovered your channel. I've been looking for something like this! I love it ❤️ instant subscribe!
The question is what is the virtuous life we need to live? Do we go according to religion? Accordingly to what society deems we do? According to our values learned at home? How do we get satisfied knowing what we do now Is based on virtue? What is supposed to be good and bad in our nowadays world?
From 0:00 - 6:00 In the modern side of the world, the ability be able to feel pain and the want to be recovered from it, is what betters our resolve but also is what is killing our natural state. Pain is the best and the worst aspect of this modern reality and for those who do not care about progressing things forward get to enjoy the subleties of life. They enjoy the now and not the tomorrow, as tomorrow is so far away and unreachable. Hapiness is a way of life for me, I am happy to know that I will heal when I am sick. I am happy to know that I exist as the same time nearing unexistance. I am happy to be where I am because where I am is the only place I can be right now and thats ok. I am happy to achieve greatness in myself but also to share this greatness with others. I am as I am just alive.
Well said👏 Without pain and hardship we would, without a doubt, just be hollow and pointless. Hard work is the stuff that makes water taste good.
"you ain't never gon' be happy till' you love yours" JCole
I really like you, man
@Storytellers can you do a video about saving private Ryan?
You can not have infinite growth on a finite planet. Denying this simple truth doesn't alter it.
WooooooW.
The Mayans didn't predict the end of the world would happen in 2012. They predicted that a climate shift would happen in 2012. Their calendar measured this long-term cycle of Climate change. At least that's what one scientist claimed, especially when he compared their calendar to samples drilled in the poles that showed a cyclical pattern within Climate Change that corresponded to the Mayan calendar.
nice
Fantastic video. Thank you for sharing this, genuinely
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what was the movie at 3:16?
Unlearning Economics and We're In Hell have good videos on Steven Pinker's philosophy
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7:41 anyone know the name of this film?
Theory of Everything
@@storytellers1 Thanks! And thank you for the intriguing video. 🤍
I mean, I understand the whole "but look at all the good things" Idea, however I really cannot see a future where society as we know it does not collapse in my lifetime.
Maybe, point of the video is to be happy and try to do good regardless.
@@storytellers1 I will do my best. It is definitely an uphill battle. I have saved this video to a playlist regardless, for videos I might need to rewatch in the future.
@@storytellers1 why be good? I say be whatever the fuck you enjoy being, a monster too if that's your thing. It's all pointless, so grab it by the throat and squeeze the good juices out.
They just made a breakthrough in Fusion technology, imagine the possibilities of that
Still do. 2023 is gonna be crazier
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I'm honestly fine with it From what we know, life inheritly meaningless But i found meaning and beauty in such meaningless Like human strives to be better Everything does as well But being an SA victim, you can't ignore how cruel human can be, what they'll do to each other for a laugh, and that's someone close to you..... What if they don't know you at all? What thoughts lies within such beings?
3;23 Seth Rogen (film)
Me eating Taco Bell 10:30 at night sobbing at this video
More free time, more speculation.
Please activate the Arabic translation, and thank you. I am from Iraq
Existentialism?
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Not everyone sees doom and gloom only through the television set, many of us know people who have been directly effected by the negative downturn the world has taken.
Wrong! The sense of impending doom IS THE RESULT OF EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES! Because "social existence determines consciousness"! Not vice versa. Yes, I know it is hard to accept. But that is harsh reality. You want fluffy stories about human psychology? Your choice. But eventually reality will get us all. Individual happiness is unobtainable. Collective happiness is the future.
Your statistics of progress aren't correct in my country -- millions of young people here are going to die younger, never marry, never own a home compared to the plenty our parents enjoyed.
You might want to do a little sleuthing on Steven Pinker…. These are not the droids you’re looking for. Intimacy and material connection will solve this. Period. When capitalists aren’t in charge, when those who truly understand that happiness is not something you personally gain at the expense of others. It’s about mutuality. Abundance. Agency. Not the classically waspy “we know what’s better for you than you do” People are more important than abstract ideas. Be kind to individuals, ruthless with institutions.
Your idea of trying to make the world a better place is even more depressing because it's simply another form of denial. The idea of straining for meaning only to realize there is no meaning to what you do is the ultimate kick in the nads. Shifting your perspective is simply denial but nice try.
It is "denial" only if he believes it to be so. Nice try...
Happyness is disguesting it destorys everything by removing the challenge in life. Depression and overwhelming challenges should be normal. Does does not let people play on easy mode. If you try to play on easy mode your cursing god and saying he isnt perfect which is the purist form of evil.
Nah Schopenhauer was right, everything here is just complex cope.
meh
Literacy is overrated. More people can read now and look at the state of the world or any comment section.
Those people are only technically literate. Most burgerboys for example read at an elementary school level
As Mr. 9953 noted, simply reading words is not functional literacy. Most people (about 80%) lack the general intelligence to understand a introductory college text. They might read some de Tocqueville and know every word but they will not understand or appreciate what they have read.
unfortunately media literacy is a lost art, look at how many people think deus ex is a far right conspiracy schizo rant or the people who think bioshock is pro-capitalist.
This video made me unsubscribe
Why?
@@storytellers1 Your video, put out a lot of ideas, so does my response. tl;dr: people are motivated by rewards given by the brain, not the drive to have the absence of pain. That is why I believe the basis of your video is wrong. Imminent doom in religion, is a tool of organised religion which is dictated to its followers by those in power, not a self-actualised feeling by its followers. This of imminent doom as a tool is a conspiracy to make followers feel vulnerable and helpless, with safety only being in conforming to the religion. I.e., Individuals do not arrive at this conclusion independently, it is introduced to them by an organisation with a motive. Imminent doom as a core internal aspect of our human psychology is a as a concept put forward by Mark Manson is another one of these conspiracies. By purporting this as a fact, Manson, is able to make his readers believe they have this vulnerability, and he has insights on how to address through his product, it’s a self-endorsement. I.e., It’s a snake oil problem and solution, the problem has been misidentified and the solution is a logical fallacy, as a real solution must follow a real problem. Evolutionarily this concept makes little sense when you link it back to a biological mechanism. Our brains are machines which act as reward centres, when we have a goal and achieve something we are rewarded. Think: endorphins, dopamine and serotine (there are over 50 hormones our brain absorbs as rewards). This reward is amplified when we have aspired beyond a goal into having a purpose which can be made of many goals. As we achieve our purposes in our life, we feel immense satisfaction. This is our brains way of making us competitive to do more, rather than less. This is linked to very simple hunter gatherer concepts where the brain rewards the hunter gatherer for collecting and consuming food despite the massive challenge. This mechanism translates across scale, this is why we create societies, kingdoms, beer, (sigh) [organised] religion etc. Without these reward systems we would still be sitting in our caves perfectly unhappy, as there would be no motivator. With these reward systems and not acting we feel a deficit, this makes us feel negative, but also craving. People will also go through a great amount of pain, even self-sacrifice of life to fulfil these aspirations and receive these internal rewards. This negative feeling as a result of a deficit is what you are describing in your video is not the driver, it’s the deterrent. Your examples of Mark Manson and Louis CK are anecdotal. I.e., rewards are motivators, not the absence of pain. People who in this state of ‘pain’ are those who do not have goals or aspirations. Take for example Ricky Gervais in After Life, his character is unable to thrive not because he is in pain, but because of the loss of his wife he has lost the conditions required for the aspirations he held, a life built with his wife. People are not seeking an imagined Utopia, they’re seeking fulfilment through goals they set themselves. Those who do not, suffer. There is an informal conspiracy within United States media to make people fit into this category of suffering by giving them a feeling of impeding doom as a means of suppression as it means people are less aspirational, resulting in them expecting less, meaning there are more easily manipulated.
I'm kinda tempted to unfollow over this video...... this is a really bad take besides the call to do good..... And did Louie CK and Ricky G really just get positive call-outs in a video about how the world is getting better???? What???????? Did you not hear????????
literally same i wasn’t feeling this video it’s so specious
Decided yes on the unfollow
I'm not sure if quoting someones work means that you condone all their actions and statements. Louis CK is arguably a good comedian, although I would never want to give my money to him again. Ricky Gervais on the other hand is one of those people who I think has fallen from grace, kind of like Dave Chappelle, where all they can talk about is the same old transphobic jokes and complaining about how "wokeness is ruining comedy" when they're just getting old. Doesn't mean that all they say is complete nonsense though, so I don't see the problem in quoting them, although a disclaimer for Louis CK would have been nice.
@@FSXtremeVideos they don't need the free advertising. And they were being used to support a take I hate I reccomend We're In Hell's video about Steven Pinker. Another guy who I think it's sus to stan
what
Your anti-Russian / pro-Ukraine propaganda is nauseating nonsense. Educate yourself about the Ukrainian Nazis killing ethnic Russians in the Donbas (> 14,000 civilians) since 2014.