Stephen Fry on the Relevance of Greek Myths Today

Stephen Fry on the Relevance of Greek Myths Today - The London Magazine pt.2

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6 жыл бұрын

Stephen Fry talks about his new book Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece with The London Magazine, the UK's oldest literary magazine!
In this clip, we discuss how Greek Myth is linked to everything from trolls to the birth of the internet, AI, genetic modification and robotic rights!

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@nicholaspogue4749 6 жыл бұрын

I just listened to mister Fry read this book. Best thing I have ever heard. The myths are about us! Our strengths and weaknesses wound up in wonderful tales. Fry is like a mixture of Oscar Wilde & Winnie-the-Pooh. I wish I was as smart, as kind, as wise and as articulate as he is.

@cameronalexander359 6 жыл бұрын

Stephen Fry is a bright fire of intelligence in an ever darkening world.

@prplmnkydshwshr6476 6 жыл бұрын

Oh how I love this man! In a perfect world, Stephen would be my next-door neighbour. We would sip tea and drink wine, he would talk and I would listen... My life would be complete.

@torbjornkarlsen 6 жыл бұрын

I'd be more like "Yes, go on"

@labradormcgraw 3 жыл бұрын

So much love here for Stephen. It's all perfectly justified, of course; he is truly a gift to us all.

@andjelatatarovic8309 6 жыл бұрын

this feels relevant to me today for sure

@jenwrenredmcmoore880 3 ай бұрын

Turn up the sound!!

@stevenbennett3805 4 жыл бұрын

If any of you are interested in this subject and other origins of myths and the human psyche may I suggest the books and audio tapes by Joseph Campbell.

@gavinleone 3 жыл бұрын

My absolute favourite human

@greyone40 Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing Ridley Scott talking about artificial intelligence. It obviously fascinates him as well. But no one has ever really explained how they get to the "self-aware" stage, even with an intelligent designer of the AI, as Stephen mentions here. This is a really good thing to do in a book, keeping the classics alive. I am really happy that Stephen failed in his attempt to take his own life.

@julianblake8385 5 жыл бұрын

horrible audio! What a waste! This guy is amazing.

@yuliaantonova23 3 жыл бұрын

Mythology and symbolism are piercing the arts, design and all creative areas. Religion and science are unable to replace myths

@importantname 4 жыл бұрын

we are as easily decieved as the ancient Greeks were.

@ry.online 3 жыл бұрын

Access to TikTok and Door Dash does not minimize the relevance of Greek Myth imo

@neilfeedthegoat9013 Жыл бұрын

Stephen Fry is like socrates

@illmade2 Жыл бұрын

And he thinks we can handle that future any better than we've handled the past? Even the most intelligent people, such as Hawkins, realize we're balanced on the edge of a sword.

@buildyourownscaler1173 4 жыл бұрын

crispa

@AnreJohn 5 жыл бұрын

This brilliant creator of fiction is certain there is nothing like intelligent design. Hmmmm.

@timeaesnyx 6 жыл бұрын

Don't make ais to begin with.

@eamonnmurphy5385 5 жыл бұрын

That is quite a claim, he states there is no inteligence behind the Universe yet he has only experienced a very small part of the vast history and scope of all things. Maybe we should just take Stephens truth claims for what they are; a confirmed atheists and comedians personal opinion. Einstein on the other hand was more careful in his considerations, rather suspecting that there had to be some inteligent source for origins of our finely tuned Universe.

@eamonnmurphy5385 3 жыл бұрын

@@kingy002 That's your choice.

@eamonnmurphy5385 3 жыл бұрын

@@kingy002 thanks, I would suggest you believe in Universes that arrive from nothing; that the complex laws and constants of our universe are luck; that matter and energy produced information; that the first living cell assembled itself; that nothing exists outside of what you can test and see; that's you have discovered all the dimensions that are out there; that it's not possible that our universe can be penetrated by an outside inteligence; that your life is ultimately meaningless. Stephen Hawking believed in other dimensions with the possibility of inteligent beings, are you saying you rule out the possibility they could penetrate our universe?

@eamonnmurphy5385 3 жыл бұрын

That's your choice, if it makes you feel better :-)

@eamonnmurphy5385 3 жыл бұрын

@@kingy002 Have you ever lived the holy life? If not, you have not walked the path I have! I have been a "want to be" atheist for most of my life, I know the story. It's like your favourite football team, I was a diehard in my support of my homies, we atheists united. There was rarely a day where I sought to check the other team out, that would be like treason! I eventually changed and sought the truth, my old life was becoming empty, void of meaning and power to keep the facade going.There is whole other world going on which most are unaware or will ever see. When people talk of a light coming into their lives, they really mean that brother.

@pinchermartyn3959 6 жыл бұрын

Obviously aware of no intelligent designer that made us since Darwin? Really? Not so unequivocal myself about that. Why wouldn't God choose to design through natural selection?

@Kurrrk91 6 жыл бұрын

PincherMartyn I think hes simply following occams razor, I agree its an unanswerable question though