Ancestors

Toot

Written by Jack of all trades on 2025-01-06 at 15:09

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When we think about our daily lives and we navigate our world, we tend to have what I call the mirage of regularity. And it's very easy to be seduced by this because things unfold in these highly predictable ways. And because of this, we start to think, "Okay, the world is controllable." This is, however, a mirage.

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-- Brian Klaas, "Why does it feel like the world is falling apart?"

https://youtu.be/TLm6dC34gYk

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Written by WesDym on 2025-01-06 at 16:43

@jackofalltrades I can't take the kinds of drugs that would be necessary to make it all the way through this frenetic, desperately self-conscious hot mess of a video.

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Written by Jack of all trades on 2025-01-06 at 17:12

@wesdym There is a transcript available at https://bigthink.com/series/explain-it-like-im-smart/brian-klaas/ Does that work for you?

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Written by WesDym on 2025-01-07 at 00:38

@jackofalltrades Fuckin' wall o' text. Is that some kind of fucking joke? Or was someone too lazy to edit it? For that, though, it's still awfully short. Is that really all that 11 minutes contains? Really?

Anyway, there's no clear thesis. It reeks of I-Am-Very-Smart energy. I knew a thousand people like this in college, and they were all boring twats who just loved to hear themselves talk. It's flowery bullshit.

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