All of this seems based on the premise that the only value available is succumbing to the primate-level social element of humanity and agreeing that your happiness, survival and value are in everyone else's hands and up to them to determine. If you are an extrovert or otherwise socially-needy, that may be sadly true for you. And if any of these 6 things are true of you then, yes, you are probably one of these people. But there are people for whom the other option for personal growth is to improve yourself independently and become more self-sufficient so that your needs are not in the hands of the hordes or their opinions of you. And it is not just human animals whose benefit is a worthy pursuit. If you bring value to any living thing on this planet, especially animals that are less driven by the unimpressive truths this video paints about humans, that is probably of higher and purer value and meaning, and is therefore often more fulfilling than simply transactional. Presuming that all your happiness will be brought by winning the girl, impressing the boss, becoming popular or famous among the masses of people you don't even know, etc... that is another game your mind plays on you and it satisfies almost no-one who pursues those things under the hope those things will be the solution to their problems. Be a better and happier you without needing the girl or the praise, offer important things to species to whom the rest of humanity is essentially cancerous, and develop the ability to independently create your own happiness and self-fulfillment. If this doesn't make sense to you or your brain reacts with the same kinds of excuses as this video describes for the social-credit realm of "self improvement", then good luck to you. Because you won't end up with the pay-off you're aiming for by trying to convince everyone else to appreciate you for stuff you do only to gain that appreciation.
@theapachevikingnomadfromhell8 ай бұрын
David Wong, author of John Dies At The End, is the author of the article.
@Maxon214 Жыл бұрын
Did not make me upset since nothing you stated wrong really at all. They were all things I knew already but not always put into practice effectively enough
@richardapril4205 Жыл бұрын
No fat, salt or sugar added. Thank you so much for all the efforts in the making of your presentation. That subject is just where the tire meets the road.
@Chr1ßtical Жыл бұрын
Damn, it should really be mandatory to watch your videos in schools cuz I can't even imagine how better the world would be if everyone watches those
@richardapril4205 Жыл бұрын
Ho yes. Mandatory or we get shipped into an island where everyone ''love each other'' like in the movies. Till we get blue in the face. ✔✔
@evanmoulton1399 Жыл бұрын
This all only applies to the ego... ... if you live by the ego and for the ego, then, yes, this is how it will all be for you. But the ego is not the real you, and this shallow transactional manipulation you describe is not the only experience of life possible. Rather than learning to play the game at the level of ego, do the work to clear the ego, and live a life truly free and fulfilled within. :)
@rabtrenkz22572 ай бұрын
Spot on ❤️
@griseo3300Ай бұрын
Relationships are transactional. You can love and adore someone for years, but if they do not reciprocate, what are you gaining? What is the point? How can they make you happy? What do they do for you that justifies your undying affection? Even a successful person who is shut off from the world will never find meaningful relationships because they refuse to give or receive any love themselves.
@goddosyourself7970 Жыл бұрын
Im surprised this is considered new info.I thought everyone knew this
@paulboberg5512 Жыл бұрын
Actually the theme of this video is really old, if you read the Epistle of James in the Bible you will find a very similar message.
@steved6413 Жыл бұрын
I am so pissed off! I better be better soon! ;)
@greendrummers Жыл бұрын
Lol. Are you really?
@steved6413 Жыл бұрын
@@greendrummers I will probably be ok. Clicked on your site.. I had an injured crow that lived with me for 25 years.
@greendrummers Жыл бұрын
@@steved6413 I bet you will be OK! However, your crow friend, how wonderful! Did he or she live in the house with you or were they outside and came in? Did they ever heal? What crow was it? It sounded like such beautiful experience. I only had 2 weeks with Gemima and 1 day with the injured crow who died the next day. I found it all a bit heart breaking when they left but so beautiful, Gemima taught me a lot, this young crow was so full of excitement and curious of life. She made me feel saner somehow, maybe her contact drew me closer to nature. I had no crow contact this year, only fed them when my landlady wasn't watching, but I feed them less often now as l fear they would become dependent and they have plenty of food at this time of year, in nature. I give them local mutton fat with organic peanuts and coconut, all a bit high in fat so l don't give too much in case it would harm them. I love them 💗😍 Did your crow learn to speak?
@steved6413 Жыл бұрын
@@greendrummers I will reply on your channel, video Gemima flying from head to shoulder
@NoobNoodler Жыл бұрын
Mechanics are more valuable than the unemployed.... I dunno that's a close one, depends if I want the cat out or back in 😂😂😂
@spaceted3977 Жыл бұрын
Well now I'm retired and self sufficient, everyone can get Stuffed.
@ronbernardi Жыл бұрын
All excuses are gone, you're your own boss. 😉
@arseneaultjohanne419 Жыл бұрын
I recognize myself in some of the attitudes presented. However, I don't feel offended or angry at all. I appreciate being told the truth about myself. THANKS!
@WearyBear Жыл бұрын
You just restated what I've always believed, that all human interactions are basically selfish and will never occur unless it benefited one or both parties. Think deeply about even the nicest human interaction or behavior and you will find a self component to each and every one of them. I suppose that is why I have so few friends right now, because I know that they will just use me until I dry up and then dump me in search of a new victim to bleed dry. What hurts the most is that I frequently found these kind of people in church.
@PapaBear1923 Жыл бұрын
I kindly recommend you watch the video again :-)
@Amos_Huclkeberry Жыл бұрын
My thought exactly!@@PapaBear1923
@SushiCoding Жыл бұрын
I also find people in the church to be like this. It's why I just read the Bible at home.
@maxave7448 Жыл бұрын
I understand what youre getting at but thats exactly what the video is trying to explain: would you actually care about some guy on the other side of the world just because he says hes a nice guy? Now what if this guy sent $100 to you? Point is, there are billions of "nice guys" out there, but only thr guy which sent you $100 matters to you. Same is with everybody else
@flalala Жыл бұрын
This was a very interesting video. Thanks for the life advice :)
@lugnuts7800 Жыл бұрын
Being impressed by myself is not a possibility. It is only through external observations that a person could seem to be impressive to another. If one is impressed by themselves it would be narcissistic at best.
@BlacksmithTWD Жыл бұрын
Perhaps I misunderstood, but I would disagree. I occasionally am pleasantly surprised, for instance when trying to play a song for the first time on the guitar, how well it goes. Isn't that the same as being impressed by oneself? The reverse of course also happens.
@qwerty6789x Жыл бұрын
this vid hit the reality to me😢
@TheUnknownSees Жыл бұрын
Really good.
@huntsail3727 Жыл бұрын
Great job! Looking forward to more
@HitsujiMamoru Жыл бұрын
Let me ask questions: When you hone and use your skills to provide quality work you are proud to share, that people congratulate you for even: was it the right thing to feel better? But then some other people asks you to change everything to fit their agenda, disregarding your expertise on the subject (and not taking no for an answer): are we allowed to complain, or is it yet another excuse? When you go beyond being a good listener and use your knowledge and humor to help someone you have feelings for: is it the right thing to be proud? But you still get the friend/brotherly love treatment after all that : should you be happy that it is at least a form of love? If the attempt to help generated hatred instead, break a friendship and put you in a situation you question yourself: what do you do? If you have no grand ambition but being a frugal yet reliable father: do you have to betray your needs to fit the needs of others?
@gabrielsieben8592 Жыл бұрын
Impressively well to the point.
@sureshbhave999210 ай бұрын
A very useful piece of advice. I gave up doing anything for the community several years ago for two reasons. It made no difference to anyone. Second, we have a welfare government and they should do their work. If I find anything to be set right, I approach the right people in the government, and, 90percent of the time, the job gets done. I paint well, write well, edit learned papers and am a fitness freak. I know now that people watch me closely. So far, several of them have told me that they look up to me as a source of inspiration without really knowing anything about me beyond what they can observe. That inspires me to live a blameless private life. How do you explain these phenomena.
@koneill1771 Жыл бұрын
This should be required viewing in high school.
@maxave7448 Жыл бұрын
As a highschooler I agree
@raymondhill3 Жыл бұрын
This video reads like a recipe for happiness with yourself and others, if you follow it.
@smoothvelvetsinger Жыл бұрын
Good content. Not a wise choice using a computerised voice though. This sort of content needs a human touch😊
@AussieDownUnder604 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Very appreciated. Sharing it with friends and family.
@QuartuvLarry8 ай бұрын
I’m trying to buy a sailboat. Real estate is a shambles; this is the only option left for a home to build. SHIIIT! It’s a fuckin’ BUGOUT
@Bitcoinsorbust Жыл бұрын
EXCUSE me MR A_Hole - Absolutely loved your vid, This is a really deep thought provoking vid. Time for a change people WAke up & be useful 😍😘
@TheUnknownSees4 ай бұрын
I'm a trash collector, so what would I think about myself according to these values accepted by society? I tell you what, imagine one of those big cities like Los Angeles or any other, not having waste collect for one week. All those important people with their fancy titles and things would sink in their own $hit. At the end, all of this is nothing but states of mind. And now here it goes the cliche; we're all nothing but dust.
@ManFat-ir7tn Жыл бұрын
Love it I think everyone should take this advice
@godKiller.369 Жыл бұрын
I knew that at age 5, but it took me a few decades to understand that very few others do 😄
@theenglishman91938 ай бұрын
This is why I always think these "You are enough" quotes are nonsense.
@smithmr1 Жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@kit888 Жыл бұрын
Gunshot wound? Stop the bleeding and wait for the ambulance. Do not operate in the street.
@paulboberg5512 Жыл бұрын
There's one thing about this bit of that I disagree with. I didn't hate it I loved it it's great! For the five things that I picked to start the video all of them are real projects that are currently serving mankind. To name two, one is a bridge built out of discarded scrap steel the saved my friend $30,000.00. The other is an specialized electric vehicle that sold for $12,000.00 People around me can't understand why I am offered given unique opportunities and privilege, the simple way to understand this is, what unique privilege would you offer me if I could facilitate you achieving a lifetime goal while saving you $30,000? By the way the people he talks about that constantly put you down, in my case predict that the bridge is going to fall down any day now and they been predicting this for over a decade.😂 Not that any of this is new the whole idea of this video can be found in the New testament where James the brother of Christ talks about don't pray for your brother, go help your brother and then pray for him. Of course many of those who hold the Bible to be holy, refer to James Epistle as the Epistle of straw.
@bryanbird1266 Жыл бұрын
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” Robert A Heinlein
@Stopinvadingmyhardware Жыл бұрын
Sounds like dialectic materialism
@awalton9024 Жыл бұрын
5:45 "What do you do?" Ahoy !! You get a parrot for your shoulder and learn to sail, because the girl in the bookstore has a peg leg (for some reason) so she would totally dig a pirate!
@blankearth5840 Жыл бұрын
Exactly, subjectivity
@davidprice4777 Жыл бұрын
Complainer are people who are scared to try because they are scared to fail!
@juglansregia1433 Жыл бұрын
Ye shall have no other gods before me nor serve them or bow down to them😏
@jamesrobinson9176 Жыл бұрын
Just show them how wonderful you are. All you gotta do
@charleneblack2792 Жыл бұрын
This made such little sense and is so absurd that I can't get past 5 minutes. It seems like the creator hates himself and humanity. I hoped to learn something. Is it over my head?
@greendrummers Жыл бұрын
Oh l look forward to this video to see if l get triggered :-)))
@blankearth5840 Жыл бұрын
Okay but does everybody have to be a surgeon? How often is somebody bleeding out on the street? I still find this to be very subjective. Every situation is different, and I don’t think you truly have to be some societal conformist in order to be loved or appreciated. Someone is a surgeon? Okay! Great, but to me that doesn’t make them any more interesting than a janitor
@BlacksmithTWD Жыл бұрын
You misunderstood the metaphore.
@blankearth5840 Жыл бұрын
@@BlacksmithTWD Can you elaborate
@BlacksmithTWD Жыл бұрын
@@blankearth5840 You can replace the surgeon by a janitor and replace the person bleeding by a building requiring the maintainance of a janitor. It's just when it's a matter of life and death like with the surgeon example, it's more obvious you don't want an incompetent person doing the job. Most people tend to be capable of imagining the result of someone performing surgery without competence, far fewer people know about the horrors that can result from an incompetent janitor.
@blankearth5840 Жыл бұрын
@@BlacksmithTWD Okay, but what exactly did I misunderstand?
@BlacksmithTWD Жыл бұрын
@@blankearth5840 You seemed to have taken the tale literally rather than metaphorically since you asked the question : "Okay but does everybody have to be a surgeon? How often is somebody bleeding out on the street?" Someone who understood that 'surgeon' was merely used metaphorically as a stand in for someone possessing a skill set that others lack and as such being valuable to others wouldn't have asked that question other than for trolling reasons. I don't think you were trolling, but of course I could be mistaken as well.
@youngstah619 Жыл бұрын
The bottom line is, people are selfish and don't appreciate what you do for them most of the times. That why you need to have a price for what you do and charge it. By charging, the appreciation automatically comes in from the start.😅
@cygnusx-1800 Жыл бұрын
Amazing....at some point almost any subject has to have some pejorative statement about communism.
@spaceted3977 Жыл бұрын
It's not the Video that is bad, it's the Way of the World !!!! I don't value people's opinions and I am Happy on my own with my 2 Dogs !!!! Also I am not going to be somebody's Slave !!!! I have always sorted my own problems out and have learnt how to repair everything that goes Wrong !!!! Running round in Circles after everyone will turn you intho an idiot !!!! Being married will turn a Man into a Brainless Idiot !!!! That's why I have always stayed Single !!!
@Karl_Marksman7 ай бұрын
is this an AI voice? Not trying to be rude if you're not, but it sounds very robotic.
@clutch5sp989 Жыл бұрын
A couple vids now...what's the deal with the chicks having cyborg legs?
@akbey3941 Жыл бұрын
Man you had some other good videos, but this us some SUPER BASIC STUFF that people know. Its just put in a way to make it seem like it's Smart or superior knowledge. This channel has good videos, but this not one of them. Basically, don't try to pass off basic stuff as "being deep."
@bigbootros436211 ай бұрын
Aimed at incels losers. If you not one, this will be boring and meaningless.
@annagramm6208 Жыл бұрын
This is just a collection of German values and wake up calls for incels....
@Noodles1771 Жыл бұрын
The video should be retitled: The Road to Serfdom - 6 lies Capitalists Want You to Believe That They Don’t Believe Themselves. 😂😂
@maxave7448 Жыл бұрын
Did you watch the video? Let me summarize it for you: Basically what he says is that if you want to be respected by others you must provide something others cant. Example: some guy on the other side of the world says hes a "nice guy". Do you care? - no. Now scenario 2: Some guy on the other side of the world has been your friend for years. Do you care? - yes. Because the friend provided you with good times while the "nice guy" did absolutely nothing to benefit you. As cruel as it may seem, that is what reality really is. And if you think about it, all human interaction is like that, and not just human - all of nature is like this.
@Noodles1771 Жыл бұрын
@@maxave7448 No this is not what the video is ‘basically’ about but to address your comment: yes I care about the homeless guy on the street that did nothing for me because my happiness and sense of well-being doesn’t just rest solely and selfishly on my own happiness and well-being but on the happiness and well-being of others. Capitalism is a system that atomizes us and places status on only those things that produce value within the context of the system. It promotes individualism over universal values that transcend a market of exchange. In other words you are the peasant that recites what 15th century nobility would tell him about the divine right of kings updated for the modern era. This video and those that agree with it are simpletons reciting the values of the ruling class - nothing more.
@maxave7448 Жыл бұрын
@@Noodles1771 1. I did not say the guy was homeless 2. I doubt it that you actually care about him (I find that really hard to believe, but if somehow you do, I apologize for my assumption) 3. I may have summarized the video slightly inaccurately. What I meant was that if you want to be valued by others you cant just sit around, do nothing, and bring no benefit to others 4. Could you explain how capitalism turns you into a serf?