Get all sides of every story in one place at ground.news/andrew. Try it for as little as $1/month or receive 40% off unlimited access, if you subscribe before the end of May. Who have you noticed employing dominant virtue signalling? Let me know below - and hit like on the video!

"Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole." - Thomas Sowell

After seeing "be kind" on bags and shirts I want one that says "be kind or I'll fuck you up" 😂

About comunist work ethic, in Romania people used to say: "We pretend we're working. They pretend they're paying us" or "Long and frequent breaks are the key to great success". My husband worked as welder for a few years in the late 90s. Every morning he found a glass of vodka in his locker. He would throw it away careful not be seen. They were already making fun of him for being on time, not stealing bits an pieces, going to highschool and dreaming to go to university.

I am loving how successful this channel is getting, especially since you were rejected by the mainstream media for the colour of your skin. Probably why mainstream is cratering.

Brilliant! I'm 32 and feel like my entire generation should see this.

OMG, when Will spoke about sensitivity readers I immediately thought of Winston Smith working in the records department at the ministry of truth

I'm dyslexic and nothing annoys me more than people using it as an excuse not to read. You just learn differently, but that doesn't mean you can't read and write. Look at Jimmy Carr etc, plenty of us get degrees and rise up quickly in our professions as we just get on with it.

“Sensitivity readers” really? Art will die if we sit back, shrug our shoulders and say “ What can you do but suck it up”. Perhaps Art has died already.

Oh my gosh! This is ABSOLUTELY correct! It IS a status game! So spot on. It’s high school level social politics. So disgusting.

I don't seek belonging and acceptance. I really don't mind being left alone. I just don't want to be limited in my options.

I am seventy and received a diagnosis of dyspraxia late in life. Not knowing I was as a child makes me both sad & grateful in equal measure. Throughout my life, I have found my own strategies to cope & even succeed. Who knew 😊

Not only are most Japanese not opposed to foreigners wearing kimono and obi, they actively encourage it, and are completely chuffed with the optics of it. Same for my Indian friends with saris. They always want me to also wear a sari when I attend a wedding for instance. I suppose it's because these woke people haven't travelled on account of their carbon footprint, that they are so thoroughly and vocally mistaken.

Thomas sowell’s discrimination or disparities will enlighten anyone who reads it. Woke is a simplified version of looking at the world, you peel back one layer and it falls apart….

I tried to be woke but ended up offending MORE people. People feel less offended, well they complain less when I'm insensitive. The more sensitive you are, the more they will complain. It's a trap, a game nobody can win.

I propose we borrow the term "cope cage" for the proliferation of neurodiversity labels adopted by the young. Not only are these labels often shields for criticism, but they also "trap" the person in dependency.

The BBC need a taste of their own medicine. Defund .

Churchill said, "Hitler is the child of the rage of an empire......."

Will Storr is great and i can't recommend his book The Status Game enough

Sooooooo weird To see people on the left finally calling it out and pretty much using the exact same language we all did nine years ago......

I just watched the video Andrew, great interview……….oh no!, my social score just dropped 8 points, now I can’t buy bread or milk. Oh well, great guest, just common sense and critical thinking in a world where it’s waning.

What a weird and unreal world if existence. What happened to moral and ethical standards based on humanity or upon religious/spiritual belief. It is like people no longer know what to believe and resort to dominance tactics to acquire status. That's a short route to isolation and ignominy.

38:50 Two things. None of the stars people idolise got there without dedication and back breaking effort. Fulfilling a dream doesn’t mean you have to rise to the utmost top. I have loads of friends who are good musicians but you’ll have never heard of. Same for many other professions. The myth is that you can become good at something without a lot of effort, not that you can’t do whatever you want or be whatever you want to become. The other is that failure it’s somehow bad. Failure is how everyone learns. If you want something badly enough you will pursue it regardless of the failures until you achieve it.

What people perceive as success is skewed by celebrity cult.

When did ‘virtue is its own reward’, become virtue is a tool of dominance?

Good one. The addition of the plants on set is a welcome aesthetic 😎

This should be required viewing by everyone, especially the young.

“Be kind” is a cloak for some very unsavoury characters. The guy who runs the absurd and extremist “hope not hate” outfit for example used to run the British national party. I’d bet good money that he hasn’t had an epiphany and has flipped his politics, no, it is the extremism bit that he finds appealing. From hard right to hard left, the constant is the extreme positioning.

Love your channel. You bring on such interesting guests. Great food for thought!

I wish everyone would watch this. Talking about now having to be so ambitious because it's not about being the best for every single person, just about being good and enjoying something and feeling fulfilled in that. For some reason it made me cry. It's so much more encouraging than the message out there right now. It makes me think about that quote "and now that you know you don't have to be perfect, you can be good." 💗

The only status you need to work out is what you value most and makes you happy, and make that your priority over everything else. If that is your wife and kids, make sure the work you do gives as much time as possible with them. If that status is a passion of yours, like sport, music, art, or even your career related staus itself - pursue that as much as possible. An interesting take on life strategies for "success" i watched was a Chris Williamson inteview with Bill Perkins. And he hits the nail on the head for me.

Fabulous interview!!❤

You will be remembered more for your kindness than any other success in life.

Going out to pick his book up! Wow! Great interview ❤

I like how Will explains that hard work leads to the creation of great things and then follows the respect for its creator. The problem with Woke people is that they want to skip the "hard work" part and think they automatically deserve respect for anything they create regardless of the quality or morality. I think it all started with the awarding of participation trophies in competitive events. Losers are just as good as winners.

always enjoy your videos.

Andrew; Bravo 👏 my friend. Enjoyed every minute of this 👌. Please keep up the great work 👍. So informative. Thanks mate.

Great interview, as usual. Love so much that format. Thank you!

"It's a sort of creative cancer"- what a great phrase to describe the virtue signalling type of woke! I'm adopting it.

So happy for your success. Keep up the real investigative interviews

Ha! The thumbnail quote is 🎯!!!

Great chat! I also loved The Science Of Storytelling by Will Storr which is also worth reading. I just like how he thinks and looking forward to reading The Status Game and Selfie as soon as I've finished Iain McGilchrist's two volume magnum opus - The Matter With Things. It's taken me two years to fully digest!

Loved this Really great interview and discussion 👏

This was a great episode and I can tell you enjoyed it! I will have to get a couple of his books as everything he says makes so much sense!!

Hey Gold, I live your interviews. But I gotta say, your set is fabulous. That semi-tropical, rustic furniture, nostalgia signs works. Whoever did your decorating, give them a Gold star (pun intended.)

Just discovered this channel and subscribed 10 minutes in to this video! Keep up the good fight!

Great interview once again.

Woke is just the new way to bully and stay on your high horse while doing so.

That's got me thinking. What is a book store's censorship policy? The public library system I work for has a written policy stance of censorship that we are not the arbiters of morality (and it does cut both ways, I search questionable books from time to time to make sure). The only time they take a stance and refuse to put an item in the collection is if it has the potential to cause immediate harm i.e. Under this criteria an idea no matter how morally reprehensible will not be removed or barred from the collections but something like a book on drug making or bomb making would.

I saw you on Paula M and you caught my interest. Looked up your book and made a purchase. Looking forward to your Chanel.

Love this channel..quality💜

27:17 even if someone has a leg up to start from their parents wealth they're merit will still be displayed in whether or not they're competent to keep that sucess or that wealth..

Its fascism. Liberal fascism by Jonah Goldberg called in in like 2006.

Hello Andrew. What a pleasure to be here listening to the two of you today. I see that this was released a few days ago although I am just now receiving it .. Of course I keep my notifications turned on .. Although UT strikes again? I don’t know.. I don’t like being paranoid about such things as how I get my information via KZfaq .. But they have been known to do some of the strangers controlling moderation/mediating, unfortunately they target the wrong people .. Either way a few days late or receiving it now .. I am very pleased that you are both here discussing a topic that is massively important to understand .. Woke .. A culture .. Virtuous, angry, victim hood, demanding, entitled, lowbrow .. Several years ago I understood the agenda was to get us all to wear their badges in uniforms.. We were all to represent their desires by acknowledging with either virtue signalling .. Are clothing, our hair, anything to say that we understood … Since the beginning of time we’ve always had the others with us … There was not a problem they were highly revered in almost each culture for their own uniqueness .. For instance even now those who are 10 minute in some cultures will tell you, I am a lady man .. They know they’re not a woman .. Their cultures don’t persecute them for being a lady man .. The Hawaiian culture .. It’s similar to that of Native American culture … There are those who are different within our tribes but we don’t set out to destroy them … The woke culture … It is self defeating … They’ve had their “power” all along… There was no need to force feed.. As to what’s happening recently .. Within your elementary schools high schools universities .. Don’t think for a minute this hadn’t been well thought out over two decades ago …

love this broadcast ...as usual

"The starting line is not the same." But, every competent parent on the planet has wanted to make a better life for their children. Achieve so that their children have a better start at success. It's the greedy and lazy who want to take that from them for themselves. If you want to help someone up, help them. If you need the resources of others as well, persuade them. If you just take their money, you're not an altruist; you're a thief.

I'm sure Sikhs had the idea of meritocracy 400+ years ago, where we don't look at caste, colour, religion, kings & peasants, etc.

Love Will Storr. Great catch!

Thank you, you asked the question that I have been thinking about for a while.

The long and short of it is this. And it's very simple. They are 'Religious Fundamentalist'... it's that simple.

Very very interesting 🤔

William Storr, thanks for enabling to place confidence in myself again.❤❤❤

Great talk

Status also doesn't have to be measured externally. You can feel worth and status through your own internal standards that people wouldn't even know about.

The folks who get offended on the behalf of those who do care, are usually just narcissists, and get off on it.

Meritocracy is where you are rewarded for the value you offer to the human family. -Storr

Hi Andrew. Love your content. One suggestion: perhaps start each video with a short introduction of your guest? I don't know most of the people you have on the show.

Perhaps, instead of tolerating it and putting up with it, we should all just openly reject and open up wokeness to the ridicule it deserves.

Looking forward to this 😏

Great Show

So good about what success means. Sucess is just achieving any level of anything that gives you satisfaction and joy. Its not about being remarkable necessarily.

I admire heretics who were not completely stupid in the first place.

Middle of the road is the way to go 😊. Mediocrity is seriously underrated.

Such a lucid and coherent take.

“Your inability to control your thoughts and emotions does not obligate anyone to accommodate you.” Put this on billboards across the nation.

17:24 Like that episode of Black Mirror

I'm still puzzled about the woke even made it that far with their weird theories

I’ve been actually diagnosed autistic and have ADHD after seeking multiple opinions to be sure. I didn’t want to be lumped with everyone diagnosing themselves without seeking the validity of their suspicions. So I saved money, worked harder than I should have with too many bad days, and was finally accepting of it after so many different doctors, psyche med doctor and therapists/psychiatrists all said i meet the criteria of the DSM5. It’s harmful and will take away the supports those who went through the process. I already deal with a lot a problems since the self-diagnosis plague.

🎉 love your work 🎉

I disagree about his President Trump comments. He was very effective in turning around a faltering American economy and reducing overall unemployment to virtually zero.

So sad that at the end he had to aim for the cheap virtue of condemning Israel while being clearly ignorant about the facts on the ground. Let's see how quickly his admirers will set out to cancel me for pointing out it.

Wow. Now I understand my mother in law. Thanks!

34:44 I believe the expression you wanted was "suckling at the teat"

The Japanese don't care if you wear a kimono because they see attempts of outsiders to emulate them as reaffirming the superiority of their culture. Poorly emulating them isn't seen as mocking them because they don't think you have the ability to emulate them and they'll mock you with platitudes.

Hmmm, my in laws did not go to work to drink vodka, I think that's an exaggeration. Although the reasons why communism doesn't work well ring true. I'm glad he recognises the damaging side of individualistic thinking and me, me, me culture.

Loved the book. Many conversations with my "friends" begin and end with their little status games about the houses they live in, the jobs they do, the cars they drive, the size of their wallets etc. It's extremely subtle but it's always there bubbling under the surface. The biggest status game in virtue that's being played at the moment is how much "everyone" hates UKGOV and wants to kick them out whilst completely ignoring the fact that politicians of all parties seem far less capable of improving the lives of many with the traditional levers of "tax" and "spend" in a digital global economy.

The problem with knowing what the 'other side' thinks is that they don't think at all.

Pedantic I know...but sex not gender if we are talking about reality...

Great interview!!

I take offense with the statement that “all” people are seeking a connection and status among others. I’m not. I don’t care if anyone else wants to be around me or thinks I’m valuable. I KNOW I’M VALUABLE! I am a child of God and my identity is found in Him. He knit me together in my mother’s womb. I am created in His image. I have a purpose in Him. We should not let others decide how we feel. It gives them all the power. “Validate me”. NO! If everyone would just treat everyone else with love - which includes truth - maybe this world wouldn’t be so messed up. But satan is doing his best to destroy humans. AND WE’RE LETTING HIM. Find your place with Jesus. Serve Him and you will find joy. Life may still be difficult, but you will have hope for eternity.

great interview/analyses thx

Very weird, I was talking about Will Storr the other day. His book I read many years ago, the science of storytelling, didn't just help me become a better writer but changed my perceptions on why we write stories, and the importance they are to the human conscious.

I really like Joe Rogan… there is a reason why he is the most successful podcaster… he interviews some of the most amazing guests…

Joseph Campbell promoted following one’s bliss. Wise words to follow.

Remember words are flexible. Words have special meanings in different contexts especially Relgion/ political parties/ sexuality ....ongoing . One word can create serious differential understanding of the relationship between other people.

Policing language. Sounds familiar. Is that like newspeak🙄 i hate being treated like an infant.

Meritocracy is Asian origin. Chinese exams many 1000's years ago! Uniform exam. A once a year exam. See it in Wikipedia. Aristocracy was similar not totally different in its origins. Aristo = meritorious in the original sense of Aristo-, 1000's years ago. There's a reasonable point to be made that society can deem adult children of {deemed high merit high competence high knowledge high judgment capacity} parents are good people to enable, and there's also a good point to make that a uniform exam should be imposed on every post, every candidate. Ta-daah! Andrew your interviewee made a mistake around the 23rd minute when he said meritocracy is a Western invention. It's merely an implementation of a concept that the Middle Kingdom built several 1000 years ago. Now, we all know that those who win at exam-taking are slightly correlated to those best qualified to handle the job, when the job is one that requires knowledge. So, competence is a better criterion than inherited family background, in general.

Guys you are absolutely correct

That was great!❤

He lost me the moment he said those who provided Vs are working on behalf of humanity and are to be admired.