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If you were perfectly content you would sit in silence and not do anything. Well that's what Alain de botton argues in this interview. This man is extremely fascinating. Check it out. As for people looking for original insights sorry to let you down.use this video as grist for the original insight mill of your own.

That becoming wise was a “success.” Which is in itself a value judgement. We can succeed at being evil, doesn't make success good thing. I'm never put value on it. You brought up the idea that you have become wise as if it was a good thing. The only reason to learn something is because we are unhappy with the amount of knowledge we currently have. Yes I realize there is the flip side (i.e. the joy of learning) but I mean even Leo has said this himself the only reason to get a relationship/job/house is because we aren't as happy as we could be single/poor/homeless.

Proof that we are God. We have the power to create a Badass Jesus or a Gentle Jesus. It's all in your imagination.

So you SUCCEEDED in becoming wise due to the UNHAPPINESS that was caused from being unwise?

True! Thanks Leo I'm not surprised you get it.

Sounds like you were UNHAPPY with my post and now you are trying to SUCCEED in persuading me into something. Thus proving my point.

You are proving the point. This whole paragraph is examples of unhappiness and things that would drive you to success. De Botton explains that even every thought is a solution to a problem and starts as soon as the mothers nipple is denied at infancy and the baby cries. It's all very deep (almost as deep as Leos videos). I recommend watching the first few minutes of the interview. It's profound. PS I'm not saying success is bad but it has unhappiness as it's driver.

The modern world has worse outcomes for marriage and the couples report being unhappier in modern marriages. 70% of our happiness is tied to our relationships yet the modern world leaves this part of our lives to chance and "feelings" of young inexperienced people. Why not take a lesson from traditional cultures and get the wisdom of the elders involved and the trial and error of thousands of years? Leo as said similar too regarding the modern world being less happy. https://youtu.be/kRMcimuuk0Q?si=S-NNUkqBLeMCe03V ^Great interview with Allen De Botton regarding this topic in Big Think

For anyone trying to lose weight (like me) - realize that you are over-eating to make yourself feel better. But only temporarily. It's literally as intelligent as being a drug addict. Excersizing and eating healthy will make you feel SO MUCH BETTER AND FOR LONGER than over eating.

Yes attachment theory is well known and it's the elegant and impactful way Alain talks about it makes all the difference for me. It's a lot like how Leo talks about ordinary spiritual things in an incredibly profound and effective way that makes you actually absorb the concepts.

This guy is incredibly profound and wise. People who like Leo's long form videos this guy is sure to the interesting. This guy has tons of material out there he's written over 40 books and many amazing interviews like with Chris Williams

For example the most mind blowing concept here is that just like we unconsciously pick up very complex language rules and habits from our families before we are ten, De Botton suggest that most of our thoughts and ideas around relationships are also unconsciously and very subtlety inhereted at this age. Given that relationships account for about 70% of our happiness, De Botton is surprised that schools and families leave love and relationships to chance and offer very little deliberate education on the subject. This is a the product of our age of Romanticism vs the progmatic approach taken by our ancestors and for much of human history.

All true. It's no fluke that religions have been around for so long and will be around long after actualized.org Leo stops making videos and stops the forum. Also even Leo says himself his teachings are self-defeating because truth is not attractive to most people. Also Leo doesn't even offer an IRL community, and lifestyle. Something that may people crave far more the knowledge from Leo.

Caring that people have different values is also a value. That's like a meta value. A value about values. Sounds like something Leo would say anyway

Listen to Abdul accurately call out JDVance for being Peter Thiels bitch. Im starting to like this Abdul guy.

Hey hope everyone is having a great weekend. O'Connor is interviewing a religious person, and in this 30 second clip below, he brings up a great point about how matter can't be proven by scienctists - something Leo has said almost verbatim. I have a feeling fans of Leo will enjoy watching videos on this topic as much as I do. Take care everyone. Be kind to each other out there.

Start a new post with a specific thing you found useful from Orion Taraban. You clearly have time if you are on here shit posting other threads.

Hello beautiful people of the actualized.org forum. I hope everyone is having a great day. This is a great piece of advice by Mark Manson in a yt short. Comfort and growth are contradictory most of the time. Just sharing in case it can help someone, like it did me. Cheers

Yes it's actually a pretty funny interview in a cringe can't believe how stupid people can get sort of way. Even Hunter Biden's attempt to reason with Nick is quite funny. Good study of humans and where our postmodern, post truth society is at intellectually. Sadly these are our current thought leaders.

this is an insightful interview on what people are thinking on the left and the right.

Ya but what are those made of?

Ok then share something better.

They can be an enhancement. They can be whatever you like I suppose. I see them as distractions from true happiness. Best case scenario you find the love of your life and then one of you dies. Look at the divorce rate. A lot of unhappy distracted people in that statistic.

I hope they Hungarify the USA very soon and vote MAGA out, like they did to Orban recently.

It's says in the original post that I'm sharing a 30 second clip yet you criticize that I'm sharing a 2 hour video. You also don't engage or read the material you criticize. I find it interesting that other creators are spreading the message that Leo does too. If you aren't interested in these topics, or can't read between the lines, what are you doing here? Wasting your time and ours?