I find that when I'm not into self help, I actually get more done lol... since it feels like I'm in a flow state and living in the present moment, instead of just ticking things off a check list and wanting to do more things just as a form of mental mastirbation.

western psychology basically awed us all by saying"hey, perhaps people are different and work differently" but then looked back and said"sike, all you people just get up and do the same things and define success in the same way and try to be like this and that"

@Saber23

2 жыл бұрын

What do you “western psychology” brother this is a universal thing known the world over even before psychology was established as a field of study whether it’s differences between men and women, different nations and tribes or just your neighbours of course there are just as many similarities but I, just saying

@themrmoustacheman

2 жыл бұрын

@@Saber23 What?

@Saber23

2 жыл бұрын

@@themrmoustacheman what do you mean what you magnificently moustached man?

@themrmoustacheman

2 жыл бұрын

@@Saber23 What a pleasant reply. I'm sorry if I appeared hostile but I was just (and still am) genuinely confused as to what you were trying to say before.

@Saber23

2 жыл бұрын

@@themrmoustacheman well it’s fairly simple my guy it’s just that the idea that everyone is different wasn’t discovered with the founding of western psychology it was always something universally known

This was a refreshing perspective on perfectionism. I am used to telling myself to “just let go of expectations”, but it isn’t that easy: the only thing that annoys me more than not ticking the boxes, is not having a personal agenda. I have drawn a lot of inspiration from this video to dare to experiment more with what it is that makes me feel good, and I already know it won’t involve waking up at 5AM. How. Cool. To have found your thoughts and ideas on this platform! Thank you for your work!

I think its part of the fun of life to be snatched into a paradigm. Discover its benefits and its follies. Extract only the benefits. Have the paradigm blown apart by critics and life experience. Only to find a new paradigm. To not commit oneself to stories promising success because of the inevitable criticism that will befall it is missing out on the opportunity to discover for yourself. Some self-help "guidelines" sound so simple (i.e. exercise, eat healthy, cold shower, meditate, etc.) but sometimes the complexity of the harmony of self-help guidelines can only be known through experience before an illustration by science is known. Don't blow all your money on self-help books and seminars and whatever, but don't let science deter you from exploring through your own senses. You contain intuitions too complex to be held within science. Discover and adapt principles and guidelines yourself. The only way to do this is to plunge into these imperfect paradigms using your intuitions to guide you. Afterall, most if not all paradigms are imperfect.

@zainabjamshaid2101

2 жыл бұрын

This is actually really true

Waldun, I've been a supporter and bumped your threads on /lit/ all the time. I feel like you have been unfairly attacked by people, but there could be some legitimate criticism of how so many typos made it into your recent book? I have a question, after you got the first copy of your book in your hand, did you read it with a red pen in your hand? Always proofread your stuff when you get it back from the editor! Keep writing, go go go!

Are you trying to help me help myself not selfhelping?

hey im a long time sub, thank you for always making great vids. when i clicked on this i didn't expect it to go in the direction i thought it would, but this was so helpful and i didn't know how much i needed to hear some of this right now - i just moved to a specific uni and feeling like i dont fit in but finding myself yearning to fit in and be like people who i could never be. thank you for this, and for all your work

This is very thought provoking. I too am a skeptic, but the thing is I look to others for answers. Self help, google, this video, etc. i am going to do an experiment where I will deprive myself of external answers and try to answer my own questions philosophical and psychological on my own, I will try to create and destroy my own systems and values. What does me good? Do I need to be perfect? Do I need to be special?

Hey R.C. are you ever going to do a Video on John Milton? I noticed that you put this really nice quote of his in your book, so I assume you have studied his work quite intently. Love your expertise and wide knowledge on literature, always a pleasure Edit: I made this comment to mock you Waldun, but I do respect the way you handled the situation in the end. Good luck with your next project and make sure double check your sources 😉

What i noticed about a friend who only consumes self-help books; he's arrogant and has a pretty difficult time thinking for himself.

@elierreyes9287

2 жыл бұрын

Seems like self projecting

@mississipi1103

2 жыл бұрын

... you seem like a judgmental person though

sneed

Just found your channel when looking up tips to become a better reader, as I want to learn more about psychoanalysis and philosophy. Really cool stuff.

Self help books will surely make you feel like you’re making progress, even when it’s not the case. But you can always buy another one and spend your time, or watch another video of how to become better, those will recharge that rush.

I'm so happy that I find this great channel 😍

this sounds more like an existentialist critique than a post structuralist one especially with your emphasis on personal, individual identity and a sort of authenticity in exploring our subjectivity

Thanks for this video Robin. I am happy that you mentioned Derrida in your videos, as he is a philosopher I also admire. However, I respectfully take issue with a couple of points you mentioned: 1) you said that some self-help gurus may not have the right credentials and are therefore dangerous. While I see your point and you may be right, I would add that the experts WITH credentials and qualifications next to their name are perhaps equally, if not more dangerous. This is what Foucault talks about as “the force of truth”, “power effects” or “truth effects”. When advice is given by an expert (or savant) with credentials, the media and society in general treat his advice as gospel Truth and something that OUGHT to be followed. This can also be dangerous and insidious because nobody dares to challenge the expert with the “knowledge”. 2) The desire for perfection in one’s life - and refusing to live a life of mediocrity like 95% of people out there - is a good thing, in my view. It’s a virtue. Will it lead to pain and suffering? Yes, it might. But in my view, that is a price that is worth paying to be better than the average human being (who sits and watches hours of TV and Netflix everyday). My guess is that a lot of people who watch your videos (like me) want to learn and read more. They want to improve and be better readers/thinkers. However, you are absolutely right that we need to prepare to change our minds and perspectives constantly. Nothing stays the same, including us. Thank you again.

You're the man! Great content ⚡️

Going off tangent but - do you have any tips on decluttering or sorting through your book collection? Finding it hard to part with some books and maintaining my personal library :L

I feel each of us know our own faults perhaps a little too well. So, only we can best judge which area needs improvement and how much. With a certain degree of wisdom on our part, we should be able to help ourselves, without giving into self-hate or extreme pride in oneself.

I give up on self help books about 30 years ago, because none of them seemed to apply to my life. The techniques seemed to be for people who wanted to make their millions writing self help books. Now in my 60s, I seemed to have discovered a significant piece of the puzzle for solving my miserable life. The puzzle piece is a low carb diet. The best motivation for me over the years has come from science fiction novels. I have your novel, so now to get around to reading it. First I still have 890 pages to go in 1Q84.

@rainpeopleperson

2 жыл бұрын

How's 1Q84 so far? I know some Murakami fans who were sort of disappointed with that one. But if it's half as good as Kafka on the Shore or Norwegian Wood, I'd still be interested.

@wburris2007

2 жыл бұрын

@@rainpeopleperson 5 stars so far. I am on Chapter 17, page 264. My only other Murakami read was Norwegian Wood. I am enjoying 1Q84 much more.

@rainpeopleperson

2 жыл бұрын

@@wburris2007 Nice to hear!

Phenomenal. You deserve a million subscribers 😍

I agree with almost all of your points in the video, namely, that the self-help and personal development side of books and youtube videos are basically simplified, more intelligibile and relatively easily digestable bits of philosophy and psychology. Possessing a critical mind, as well as using methods of analysis and assessment to pick apart, and, as it were, deconstruct, the ideas and thoughts spouted in such material to discover the fundumentals behind them instead of resorting to consuming a hundred or more seemingly "different" books in the genre is a way of assuring that not only does one not lose his or her authentic self in this process of achieving "perfection", but it also aids in understanding the potential danger in following certain "guru"s and "life coach"es as quasi prophets. And, come to think of it, the very idea of "perfection" itself is very anti-authenticity, is it not? If you think of the "perfect" man (or woman) as an abstraction, the abstracted-out and low-resolution image of the ideal individual, almost archetypcal in nature, you will see that not a lot of high-resolution-based detail is visible in that picture. Authenticity is, in essence, extremely individualistic and personal; why must we ruin the authentic self, with attempts to achieve the, often illusory, perfect self? And to what extent and what lengths are we willing to go to make that happen? I am not at all againts personal development, and am very much for the idea of becoming a better human being. But I have also sensed this almost sickening trend of people becoming an "image" which, for some reason, always murdered my appeal. Becoming a better version of yourself is not just ok, it is necessary, a "moral obligation" as someone like Jordan Peterson might call it. But losing yourself in an attempt to become less real and more abstracted, more "perfect", is perhaps, ironically, the most imperfect vision a human being can have.

This is awesome!!

Everyone says wake up at 5am I go to sleep at 5am and my life is going pretty reasonably, making art, staying healthy, just chillin.

Nothing of this has do to anything with Structuralism or Post-Structuralism. Structuralism is a specific linguistic theory (yes, even Strauss refers to Saussure) and explaining it with "it has to do something with structure" is like saying "Postmodernism is when something is modern".

As a little curiosity which sparked my in the last day, I have started to read some stories by Ryunoske Akutagawa and in some aspects, I could find your style of writing in his stories, so I gotta ask you, what do you think of him?

Your cool curtains truly attracted my attention.

THE VIBES ARE IMMACULATE

Love your channel

The video just started and I find myself cheering, "Yessss!" Your channel is a bastion of hope for me. I often feel discouraged and just too different from others to find satisfaction in conversation and shared interests. We must always keep questioning, digging in history, reaching for understanding. Thanks for sharing who you are with us.

How did you understand Derrida? How do you know you have understood it right?

the postmodern current under this video being used to critique a contemporary issue is very interesting.

Excellent video btw

Yes Derrida 👏

Thank you for your wonderful and thought-provoking content, but as a pianist I find it unbearable to hear a haunting jazzy piano tune in the background and not be able to identify it. Please tell me what it is! I NEED to play it

I’m a new subscriber here and after this now I think I want to watch your entire channel in just one night

@RCWaldun

2 жыл бұрын

Get some sleep too, please. 😂

@camiocon7364

2 жыл бұрын

@@RCWaldun Fortunately it’s barely 10:30am for me I’ll come back here later in the evening :)

funny thing is that you say "tomorrow something might happen that's going to throw this rule out entirely", because to divide time into yesterdays, todays and tomorrows is a rule in itself to be thrown out, for example, I have been up for more than 24 hours now, and I'm no longer sure if today is still today or if tomorrow has begun.

@makideprimo1700

2 жыл бұрын

amazing

great thoughts buddy!

I think self-help is good for when you need to... help yourself. If you struggle concentrating, there's no problem looking up advice that worked for other people. So if you have a problem, you can try to solve it. I think it goes wrong when there's not really anything wrong with you and you lapse into vague perfectionism, just for the sake of being 'better' on all fronts.

@faizyusuf2470

2 жыл бұрын

I think the problem that isn't being discussed here is that you don't need to strictly or religiously follow every self help advise/books. In another word, find stuff that suits you the most.

Interesting. When I was a grad student in the late '70's, '80s, I remember saying, in ten years no one will be reading or talking about Levi-Strauss! As a professor in the '90s, I never thought much about the successor, Derrida and wrote a satirical obit of Derrida when he passed where I reprise his writing style to say ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in the most prolix and nuanced manner! Derrida, sitting listening to Heidegger as a youth said, Martin had done everything and there was nothing left to do. Then he discovered how to endlessly qualify everything he said and never conclude an argument or discourse. Scholars have been imitating that STYLE of writing ever since and less and less is being said in ever more complex ways, lol! But, fortunately, the tide is turning and a new group of scholars are saying life and people matter! The environment, inequality, racism, class, etc., matter! Let's see if we can make things better and stop this endless stylistic POSTURING of isolated and rarified elites who write only for each other! Philosophy has always questioned everything well before the rise of Postmodernism! Relativism has been with us for millennia! Sophists were many in ancient Greece, but it is not them we remember, lol!

@el_equidistante

2 жыл бұрын

nonsense, so mathematicians and physicists should also use language in a way for everybody to understand it?

@cnhhnc

2 жыл бұрын

@@el_equidistante This is actual science and not pretend science. What I am referring to is scholarship that has NO relation to the real world of people, things, and processes. Where the discourse is largely made up. Have you READ any Postmodern texts? They are NOT written by mathematicians and Physicists. Such individuals usually point out that such abstract maths are the language of the universe not men and women. They are searching for laws and theories and using EXPERIMENTATION as their tool. Replicating studies, trying to achieve scientific consensus. What Postmoderns are doing is similar to what an artist might do in creating a language of his/her own. Useful for the art but with little value beyond that. The comparison is not one of apples to apples. The problem. Postmodernists are NOT claiming to do art. If they did, I would have no problem with their discourses. Sure art. But, they claim to be pontificating about sociological, political and economic issues. In a language that only makes sense to them and has little value or applicability to anything outside their community. The same CANNOT be said about the scientific fields you reference. Science is NOT being criticized here, sorry! If math had no practical uses or effects it would be a quaint pasttime for a few individuals at best. You have a simplistic understanding of what I wrote above. Read it again and don't generalize too quickly. Read more closely. The final section is a refutation of relativism in social discourse and philosophy. Not an endorsement. The problem? Even within a field, let's say sociology, we cannot achieve agreement and dialog because the postmodernists within this field will not speak to the others who are also scientists within it. Tell me that that is the case in Math and Physics. Do mathematicians disagree about a math proof or how to do it, get there. And does this create a conditon where consensus or even understanding each other becomes impossible? No! You know what a Sophist is, right! That's what is being said above. DO NOT ENGAGE IN SOPHISTRY! Math and Physics are not that! And, yet, many of the greatest physicists have written books for the layman, tried to explain the most esoteric and abstract with little reference to the maths that ground them. WHY? Because, even an analogous understanding enriches, expands and educates the individual. And I do think it is a noble enterprise! Scientific literacy is NOT limited to those who speak math at the highest level, lol.

@el_equidistante

2 жыл бұрын

@@cnhhnc If you are a professor I am really astonished at what you just said, because it shows a lack of understanding in several things. Math is not based on experimentation at all, nor natures laws. It is also very debatable if it's "the language of the universe", an old cliche from Galileo, because after all if you use math to describe the universe than any non math way to describe it will become invisible to the models, and then you use that fact to argue that math is "the language of nature", that's petitio principii, and one could argue that with Godel's incompleteness theorem and the ever more complexity in the attempts to marry Relativity and quantum and the struggle to understand (by the theoreticians themselves) what that math actually means, it is not necessarily the case. In that same line, layman books do not actually explain those esoteric subjects because many of those mathematical abstractions are literally impossible to translate to common language (and there's also a bunch of layman books about postmodernism btw), all they do is use metaphors, which leads us to Postmodernism, because that's exactly the point of it, trying to understand the limits of language and meaning. You assume several things in your comment, like what you said about math, or that relativism should be avoided, or that knowledge should be useful, but not only you cannot prove any of these, you are also unaware of it's dependency on your own assumptions and values while stating them, which is precisely the sort of thing postmodernist critique and try to make you aware of. Lastly I just gotta say art is not such thing, it is not creating your own personal language (neither is postmodernism just to be clear). And I can't believe I have to say this. Math and philosophy are different languages because they deal with different modes of comparison and identity, in which math is about the quantifiable and magnitudes and hence why it's an exact science (it's also the reason why when it comes to infinities it leads it to paradoxes), common language cannot have that degree of clarity because of the nature of its comparisons. However the reason I mentioned math in my previous comment, it's because both have their specific specialized concepts, from that perspective, complaining about you not understanding Derrida is nonsensical, you don't understand Galois either and yet you trust that what he says makes sense, but use the same logic to argue that Derrida does not. There are plenty of people, postmodernists and critics of it, that understand him just fine, so maybe it's just a you problem.

@cnhhnc

2 жыл бұрын

@@el_equidistante So you embrace the Postmodern. Hence we will not really be engaging in a dialog , will we? In essence, though you think you've jettisoned my argument you've simply proven my point that there is a DIVIDE that we cannot bridge unless I speak your language, you refuse mine. Because all statements are suspect, any foundational knowledge questioned, common meanings fleeting. The problem is that you probably do not have to live with this. In my field the discourse has become more and more ridiculous. To the point where it is not worth even reading some of the articles because their language play is all they are. I am quite familiar with the limitations of human languages and meanings and did not need to have Derrida point such things out. My tirade is mostly exasperation at the continual posturing. Godel''s ideas are also familiar although I am not a mathematician nor do I pretend to be. Relativity is also NOTHING new. You can find it in the writings of the ancients. Positional thinking! ALL THINKING, including Postmodernism is that. No one escapes that criticism regardless of how much they pretend to. Postmodernism is very much a creature of our TIME. And I am somewhat taken by Jameson's and Harvey's arguments about the Logic of Late Capitalism there, if you are familiar with them. I know, a kind of anathema, reductionism and all that, lol! At the beginning of the 20th century in the field of Anthropology, in America. Franz Boas proposed the theory of Historical Particularism, a theory that pretty much helped articulate the idea of Cultural Relativity. Boas, as European Jew who came to America, spent a lifetime critiquing ethnocentrism and prejudice-for the U.S. that meant racism, anti-semitism, etc. He argued that race, language and culture can vary independently. His students went after the evolutionists of the day. Armed with an array of cultural examples from all over the world that undercut almost any and all attempts to erect some facile human universal and argue for a linear progress to civilized men/women. Historical Particularism proved to be a wonderful vehicle in dealing with such problems. Politically it was a success. It swept away much of this in a way not dissimilar to what postmodernism also did when it first appeared. It was not all bad. BUT, as time passed, Boas's ideas did not lead anywhere they became repetitive and unproductive. In my opinion (and you can certainly disagree, you do seem to) Postmodernism reprises much of this. Deconstruction and criticism. The fight against hegemonic regimes, the marriage of knowledge and power. The so-called prioritizing of one term of the dialectic over the other (Derrida-I don't agree here, necessarily). And much more. All useful in the fight against totalizing totalitarian regimes, etc. No one denies that. But there comes a time when we have to move beyond this. And the problem, at least in my field, is that we haven't or don't seem to be able to. How many times can you read "Reading the Forest as Text" before you throw up your hands and say, yes, I've seen that before, and before that, and before that. How many times can you read Derrida's discourse about Nietzsche's Umbrella. Certainly, amusing and entertaining on first read. How many times can one for example, read about the Chinese state and its effects where the article never CONCLUDES that there are any effects but that there are only certain processes that may or may not, might but might not, are almost cohering but retreating, appearing and disappearing, that are significant because of the absence of the space they might occupy if they were there, and on and on. This may be mesmerizing to the fold but they add nothing to our understanding of the so-called Chinese state. An area of mine. I have postmodern colleagues whose students KNOW nothing about the Chinese past even though they've taken a multitude of courses with these individuals. Ask them about the China/Taiwan divide. The historical relationship of Mao to Chiang. The outcomes of the Great Leap Forward. The reforms of Deng Xiaoping and the Chinese economy, and they have very little at their disposal. Current issues in Chinese Popular Culture and they're all over it. And that is NOT a bad thing, but is the history leading up to that of no consequence? The real question here is do we have ANY common ground. Or are we just going to sail past each other? Should we even BOTHER to try and communicate? Or shall both stay on OUR shoreline and continue to embrace our positions. Because make NO mistake, for all its denials. Postmodernism is a position. It is amenable to a cultural critique because it is of a time and place. (As someone who works on China, I could even call it something it would hate, Eurocentric!) And, something else WILL displace it. That is, if I may be a little foolish. The Order of Things. I really would not mind a DIALOG here. And should apologize for being so dismissive in my previous post. Your first response to my post seemed to do much the same thing. So I merely responded in turn. My bad. Your thoughts? Can you see nothing in what I am saying above? Let me end by saying that I've lived through many many theoretical movements in my lifetime and I've never been able to embrace any of them fully in their moment because I had too many questions. Here is a list. Behaviorism in Psychology-all the rage in the '60s and '70s, Levi-Strauss's Structuralism-unassailable in the '70s, Marxism, Cultural Materialism, the arrival of Foucault in the U.S. (mid-eighties), and Derrida soon after (and the onslaught of the French), in anthropology, Bourdieu, and, and, and the beat goes on, and the beat goes on. Each generation believing what is of the moment IS the latest and the greatest. And then the NEXT. Let me conclude by saying that my previous post was a kind of feeler that does not necessarily represent what I believe. I overstated and simplified, conflated philosophical languages and math so as to unfold more of what YOUR position was. In other words I was trying to see whether you subscribed to a scientific or postmodern approach. I was being deliberately loose. I was aware that there is a big to do about what the language of Math actually is or represents. I agree with you there. And I can see that I stepped on some toes. Above, I have tried to give some credit to this mode of thought and also define WHY I am currently having a problem with it. There is some great work being done, by European colleagues, who are mostly historians. And a lot of fluff being produced on our side that is all style and devoid of content-that is the problem. When your students know more about PM theory than they do about the actual subject at hand.

@huugosorsselsson4122

Жыл бұрын

@@el_equidistante "There are plenty of people, postmodernists and critics of it, that understand him just fine, so maybe it's just a you problem." Just some days ago, I re-read some things from Derrida's early essay on Levinas, 'Violence and metaphysics', and was just in awe, because I had forgotten just how many subtle and precise arguments Derrida had managed to put into that dense text -- e.g., arguments seeking to undermine Levinas's criticisms of Husserl by showing that Levinasian alterity can properly (and somewhat paradoxically) be accommodated for only in terms of Husserlian intersubjectivity. It is a pet peeve of mine that people, Chomsky included, try to paint Derrida, one of the most patient and careful readers of his predecessors and a highly complex and nuanced thinker, as shrouding a vacuity of content under wordplay, etc. Also, this idea that from "postmodern posturing" we've finally moved on to the acknowledgement that "environment, inequality, racism, class" etc. matter is silly for two reasons: 1) the thinkers grouped under postmodernism or poststructuralism (Derrida disavowed both labels btw) did much to inspire contemporary discussions on said topics, as shown in Judith Butler's influences for example; 2) contemporary academic discussions about postcolonialism, gender, etc., tend to be just as inaccessible to the non-initiate layperson as an essay by Derrida.

I think you'd like a book called the Principia Discordia.

Very true that it’s all about zigzagging in roughly a forward motion.

this is going to rustle some jimmies....

Hey! I was just thinking about how you have played such a big role in my life in changing so many things in my life and my vision towards everything..just late night thoughts.. and you just came with a new precious video of yours! I mean aren't you the best!! I love you!!💕

@naufalmuhtarom360

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr

i love listening to you, your voice is so calimg and i always feel inspired just by looking at you and your room

I've read my fair share of dating books, and this rings true even more in that community. But there is a self checking mechanism for the self help fanatic. In the form of reality. You try these tips, and the rubber meets the road. Some work and some fail spectacularly. And you soon develop a sense of what was bs and what was good advice. Almost always, there's a baby in that bathwater.

I agree, but I don't understand the difference between philosophy and self-help, for example, ¿what's the difference between Schopenhauer's essays and self-help books?

come over pls

@connorkearley7381

2 жыл бұрын

😚🤓

It's true most self-help authors don't have "credentials". But also it's funny you should mention that in a video about post-structuralism, since the idea that the opinion of someone with credentials is of higher value than the opinion of someone without credentials... is a social construct (also, I speak as someone that was almost killed by a diet that a nutritionist - that had a diploma from a top university behind her desk - told me to do: Credentials mean NOTHING).

@dariooben9

2 жыл бұрын

So I agree with the premise... "Following Advice Blindly Is Dangerous". But that does not apply only to self-help. You should not follow ANYONE's advice without really thinking about what you're doing.

@dariooben9

2 жыл бұрын

In which case, drinking water and going on a daily run is probably the most innofensive advice you could possibly give someone.

@robinswampangel

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say "Credentials mean "NOTHING" No way would I trust you to give me heart surgery, bud. More like people are actually human and inherently make mistakes and we, as fellow humans, should understand and work to not jump to irrational conclusions against the entire world because one human in our personal lives made a mistake. I once had a doctor who put me on meds that gave me seizures. I stopped taking those meds. Now I live in a different city and still don't take any meds because I decided to prescribe to meditation instead, but if I get sick, I'll still go to a doctor.

@robinswampangel

2 жыл бұрын

credentials mean a lot. Do you have *any* idea how much sh!t someone has to go through just to become a nurse? And that's not just because the government wants your money, it's because we don't want you making a mistake and giving a patient hepatitis B because you didn't know how to properly sterilize a needle. I wouldn't trust just anyone to cut my hair, give me a piercing, a tattoo, a shot, set my broken arm or anything otherwise that requires specialized training because someone else with a credential has gone through years of rigorous drilling honing their specific craft and I trust them over the other who says "I think I could do a pretty good job"

@robinswampangel

2 жыл бұрын

You can kill someone by setting their broken bones wrong, did you know that? If the bone marrow leaks into their blood stream and reaches their heart, they are dead. Likewise, you can kill someone by performing CPR or the Heimlich maneuver wrong.

I did not understand you said in this entire video. For some reason I was lost the entire time.

I see a loop

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Spitting straight-up fax.

I just LOVED this video, the amount of information and the way you explained was just so awesome. Wow 💙

What happened to your new apartment?

@RCWaldun

2 жыл бұрын

I had to move back home for a bit because cvoid's getting pretty bad in the city. :)

These are the contents I live for

I agree with the proposition of not basing your health, routines, etc... in some guru or pseudo course, but the point that I don't think you clarify as well as I wanted is that we should base our decision (or at least important decisions like health and other things) on evidence (ideally scientific evidence).

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Ok I am commenting out of need to be part of the community. What is this "ism"? Hahaha. Anyways, I do agree. Also self help books not only define right thing to do. It I think also defines wrong thing to do. Like "you can only mess up this time, this day, this situation". Even messing up is perfect and well planned. Also critique of your critique would be, self help attitude is what gets us in this field of deconstruction and questioning when nothing written in self help actually works for you. It doesn't work the way it should but works indeed.

why should I listened to your advice if you are saying to do not listen other people's advice?

Omg i need much money , aaamiiin , bismillah

I love deconstructionism

Last time I was this early, my father was pushing me to read Beyond Good and Evil

Great video absolutely agree!!

The Imitation of Christ by Kempis is what real self-help looks like

This guy has the worst thumbnails ffs

I need to watch the whole video cuz of the thumbnail 😒

Isn't it hypocritical criticizing people who follow beneficial advice and try to better themselves even by adopting other peoples' character traits when you act like a white sophisticated european but are an asian man living in Australia? You need to embrace who you are and stop living in a dream.

@elierreyes9287

2 жыл бұрын

You seem to be in denial

@RCWaldun

2 жыл бұрын

If you feel the need to bring my ethnicity into this then I'm speaking to the wrong person.

@nixes7099

2 жыл бұрын

@@RCWaldun It's not about ethnicity,it is about the thought process. And what is wrong with ethnicity? It is a part of your character. Have you ever spoken ONCE in your native language on this channel? You could do your part and help your native literature in the best way you can AND keep doing what you are already doing. But you do not do that,you literally deny your roots and follow others' advice. You are unironically doing that exact same thing you are criticizing. And keep in mind Im saying all this with no animosity whatsoever. I see a struggling young man that could do big things if he got in right way & mindset.

@themightyblat5007

2 жыл бұрын

so how are Asian Australians supposed to act?

@labibanawar6288

2 жыл бұрын

It is completely unnecessary to associate one's ethnicity to their choice of life style. You are just looking for an excuse to bring down another person just because you personally felt attacked by his opinion. Self-help community is notoriously known for making you feel like you are a failure/loser if you don't follow a certain framework of perfect life (this framework is subjective to the person preaching the self-help guidance). If the self-help guidance works for you, good for you! but just because that framework works for you, it does not mean it would work for everyone. We all live our lives a certain way and I have no way of knowing or understanding your mindset towards life unless I live as you for an extended period of time. The same thing can be said about you. You are not Waldun so you have no right to assume that he is a "struggling young man" based on your interactions with him via youtube videos. How do you define big things? Making lots of money? being ultra famous? status? prestige? If anything, Waldun is achieving great things and changing many lives by discussing his deep and reflective thoughts with the world, enough to have an impact on 191 K people. If that can not be considered big things, I am sorry buddy but you have a very narrow view of success. I highly suggest you take your racist attitude elsewhere. You can only achieve big things when you learn to value others around you regardless of their background or lifestyles.

derrida was a charlatan

I've gotten tired of philosophical orthodoxy. What's the point of knowing or being "good" inside of it never gets out. It's too much theory. Time for some praxy