Amy's retelling of her sense of meaning and purpose collapsing around her as she realizes that her work is insufficiently transcendent, is so relatable to so many of us nowadays. Unfortunately, after a nicely executed recitation of that chapter of her life, by the end of the talk she has wound her way back to the ho-hum, atheistic, individualist, nihilistic, epicurean ethic of the 21st century West, with a bit of white guilt thrown in for good measure. This, of course, cannot be the end of her journey if she wants to access truly deep meaning and purpose. I hope this talk will eventually be seen as one mile marker on the longer and richer journey which awaits her if she will remain open to it.

@redtop52

9 ай бұрын

Yes she's a millennial cliche that has been brainwashed to the leftist feminism. Everything she complains about is just is so main steam liberal talking points almost textbook platitudes. I feel bad for her.

Disconnect from external validation while also being an active provider of external validation. I loathe HR. I have worked too long not to

This is so deeply rooted in the corporate world. Its like a HR seminar with Netflix script writers in attendance all happenig in a sandbox delimited by Thatcherism and consumerism, where one gets a Che t-shirt with the corporate logo and tells everyone you are a webel and fwee

Great talk, thank you!

So much to take away and think about... thank you Amy.

Really wonderful talk. Thank you for being so open and candid

Such a good talk Amy 🎉 As always, you did brilliantly 👏🏻 Finally someone talking about something we are all feeling.

@soulfuzz368

10 ай бұрын

Does this count as that external validation thing Amy was referencing in the talk? Just curious

@henryramosacosta7746

10 ай бұрын

exactly brother. instead of running from patterns which exist w/in ourselves, try placing them in their proper place. Christians turn to Jesus (we fail just like anyone else). If you give up on them then you'll just be unaware of how they guide you. If you put them in money/likes/views then you'll feel empty like her eventually@@soulfuzz368

Fantastic talk, thanks Amy!

This was fantastic, thank you Amy

For some, everything mean nothing in this life. They just staying alive, then choose their role, is that contribute or no to other, lives with that and die. For some everything's mean nothing in this life, but after life.

If you missed Paul VanderKlay eviscerating this talk, you really should look it up.

@mostlynotworking4112

10 ай бұрын

💯

@king6dutch

10 ай бұрын

Listening to that right now, and haven't listened to her full talk, but here's my initial partly informed guess. Amys world view (progressive liberal feminism) sold her a path for life - focus on career, old age is a long way off and you have plenty of time, don't tie yourself down with things like kids. She bought this path, as many today do, she worked hard and for the most part succeeded at it in some measure. She has come to realize that the path she was sold is short and straight, its a stairway, that the sign at the bottom promised a view, but turns out to be largely a stairway to no where and the view is of what could have been if you took the path your parents and grandparents took. I am right at the start of her "If we have to keep working, how do we make it mean something" slide. I hope to be pleasantly surprised with her answer....

@king6dutch

10 ай бұрын

😬 oof.

@benoitlapierre1315

10 ай бұрын

Extremely sad , 9-5 , no mother instinct, no marriage, no intimacy, trauma bound to undiscloded secret, a humor that hide pain, a doer alpha mentality, afraid of elitism in certain demographic, absence of sacred feminine figure, perfect recipe for covert b narc depression

@kieranbarker1902

10 ай бұрын

The comment section of that video is absolutely revolting.

Her advise is almost the opposite of what you need if you're suffering from a meaning crisis. We are social animals. You need other people to help assess whether you're going in the right direction. You need family and friends. Her idea that you should not listen to others is just wrong. Now those you interact with must have your best interest in mind, but those should be your family and friends. Thumbs down.

@CSIRID

9 ай бұрын

One thing is not requiring external validation (regarding social media, your co-workers, or the industry you're working on), and another completely different thing is not having a support network. What you're saying is definitely not what she meant at all, just quoting one of her slides: "If your validation only comes from your employers giving you pay raises, promotions, and good performance reviews, the absence of those things will leave us feeling invalid" She even mentioned that "We will never stop completely stop needing external validation, but we can truly cultivate true meaning within ourselves" it's about meaning, not about relying only about yourself