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0 pointsmikelyons6y ago0 comments

The big problem is that it's not true skepticism, it's false skepticism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kzZdps9PG4

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I agree. The problem is that "true scepticism" demands a disciplined mind in a relatively stable emotional state. That's not what usually what happens in our daily lives.

dredmorbius6y ago

Actualised really needs to distill its message to 10-20 minutes max.

I see 1h 16m and close tab.

I've tried watching in the past: tediously repetitious.

mikelyonsOP6y ago

This attitude that dumbed-down, 10 second sound-bytes can suffice to examine and grok the nuance and existential dimensionality of the deep topics that he covers is what has lead to such pervading pollution of the information ecology. I would posit to you that you don't have time for shorter videos on these topics, and if you believe that, you will waste your life at a very low-level of communication and awareness around these topics in your attempts at a shortcut to wisdom. Does that sound wise? If it seems repetitious I would see if you can find the subtle differences between what occurs to you as mere repetition.

Or am I just witnessing the damage to attention-span of modern living?

There's lots wrong with this attitude IMHO, even though I am guilty of it in many ways I think that you should be able to see the quality of the messages and place them higher than a lot of other information sources that are blasting at you.

dredmorbius6y ago

I watch and listen to plenty of good long-form audio/video.

This ain't it.

10 minutes is 60x 10 seconds.

And if you can't get the meat of your argument out in a few minutes, there's something wrong with it.

(And that's windbag-me saying this.)

You're also going a bit overboard with the Actualized videos of late. Might want to give it a break.

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high_56y ago

I agree. The problem is that "true scepticism" demands a disciplined mind in a relatively stable emotional state. That's not what usually what happens in our daily lives.

dredmorbius6y ago

Actualised really needs to distill its message to 10-20 minutes max.

I see 1h 16m and close tab.

I've tried watching in the past: tediously repetitious.

mikelyonsOP6y ago

Or am I just witnessing the damage to attention-span of modern living?

dredmorbius6y ago

I watch and listen to plenty of good long-form audio/video.

This ain't it.

10 minutes is 60x 10 seconds.

And if you can't get the meat of your argument out in a few minutes, there's something wrong with it.

(And that's windbag-me saying this.)

You're also going a bit overboard with the Actualized videos of late. Might want to give it a break.

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