Hmm, so what have I stumbled across here! A bunch of brain washed individuals who are Anti-Establishment, Anti-Authoritarian who hate and are jealous of wealth. This whole "Greed" thing is getting a bit tired now. And, this woman works in government? They love to spread conspiracy theories! It's strange how Adolf Hitler was also a socialist, who hated capitalism. Is this history repeating itself.

Goodness! How awfully 19c - no acknowledgement of the First Nations traditional owners of the country where this took place. How awfully twee of you... I did note your speaker was clearly inhabiting the 21c - he acknowledged traditional owners...

21:30 I hope that he sets him straight - The Chinese have lost the meanings in the symbols used in the I Ching. Like we have lost the meanings in our words. Logos as example, or equanimity, or better yet: faith. Faith: In Greek, Sanskrit, Hebrew... It means trust in the path you follow - not a blind belief... Vicissitudes: the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune are our building blocks: they are who we are, our victories and failures both.

15:00 Tao. Translated by the Jesuits as God(logos). I would suggest they should have used Lucretius' Rerum Natura. The Physics of existence. The Tao of Humanity, of Heaven, and Earth. A cycle that we must work within and with, not try to deny or oppose. s The word Tao was translated by the Jesuit Father Régis as Vis Operativa et Operandi, Via, Ratio, Lex = Operative Power and Work, Way, Reason, Law. 21:30 I hope that he sets him straight - The Chinese have lost the meanings in the symbols used in the I Ching. Like we have lost the meanings in our words. Logos as example, or equanimity, or better yet: faith. Faith: In Greek, Sanskrit, Hebrew... It means trust in the path you follow - not a blind belief... Vicissitudes: the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune are our building blocks: they are who we are, our victories and failures both. 26:00 It was, until simplified characters... 28:45 : with that definition of the Tao: I would share the English word 'Providence'...

7:00 The Smallness, Like Therese of Lisieux's Little Way... Like the translator I have come to appreciate the classics, East and West: with new eyes. Ones not jaded, but appreciative of what is shared and not what is unique.

Save you wasting your time, the west are prosperous by being the most violent ppl on earth - evading and stealing resources And having this “Jesus died for our sins” complex compounded with a certain chosen ppl feeling completely entitled and absolved to destroy the world for money

I found my way here because of a Chinese made video game called Black Myth: Wukong but what I did not know is that I had already been introduced to classical Chinese literatures, the ideas, the philosophy, ideology, logical criticality and social comedy because of the likes of, what I regard as Monkey Magic the TV show, the writings of the great Science Fiction writers suck as Philip K Dick, Issac Asimov, Frank Herbert and Cixin Lui, to name but a few. Thank you very much for this video and conversation of Chinese literature. Slainte mhath to all!

I am delighted to have found this video, it has led me to his books. I know them both but not with his special quality...

'The unexamined life is not worth living'? But we can never know! Because to decide if it's worth living, we have to examine it! At which point it's no longer unexamined ...

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The handmaidens are protesting the laws against abortion. Hence, the puritan outfits.

I guess I sort of see you point on technology around the 30 minute mark. It's hard to imagine them not changing things though, but at least that change being guided? Just two quick examples that may fit, on urbanism channels you tend to see a lot of talk about how ever bigger pickup trucks make pedestrians, bikers, and now sedan drivers unable to use the roads safely. If you compare 1950s pickup trucks to now, wow they are enmormous. And so in this immense freedom to drive whatever you want, you prevent other ways of using technology. It breaks good order. The problem is we are so steeped in this freedom that having controls on technology, such as only computers that don't play videos but are just for text or audio at most so as to not let mankind waste away inside like I am now, is hard to be envisioned. The other example in my head is from my hobby, airsoft, where different weapons or gear mean that organisation or ways of doing combat are often reduced into a chaotic blob because there is immense freedom to use whatever you want and play however you want during standard open plays without stricter rules. I guess the question is though, is the sort of controlled usage of technology by Amish, which is less controlled than in the past where they wouldn't have done that, just them slipping? Is it some social capital that holds them together despite the technology that is being eroded by its use? Just like us in the 1950s? Idk, its just truly is hard to imagine how a tractor or any other technologies, regardless of community control would not transform society and break it in ways. But yeah we guess it certainly a hope that regardless of our ability ot edit genetics or inject people with opposite sex hormones that proper political technology would prevent that, and I guess with nukes, or murder, or any other crime, that can be, (albeit imperfectly, though not on nukes yet) seen.

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One of me Raja yoga teachers - has said the same. What now ? Fare thee well - in life's journey.

That was great.

Love the question at about 1:16:28.........

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Hi Bettany! Don’t know if you will see this or not but wanted to reach out to you. I loved this lecture, very interesting and informative. Have also viewed many of your tours and especially liked the Nile trip. I love the passion you have for your subject matters it really makes them stand out. Not wanting to be coarse but you are a beautiful lady as well.

Pluckrose has managed to clearly lay out a complicated and often muddled epistemological topic

I am grateful universe THANK YOU FOR WHAT IVE OVERCOME

She’s a professor of economics? I'll give you my viewpoint as to why you should not listen to this economist. “Get off your couch and do something. Government can’t do anything.” She also gleefully said that this is an amazing time to be an economist, and then the 60 minute Australian interviewer pushed back on her statement and told her what about all the suffering and she backtracked on her statement which has done massive damage to the middle class with huge income inequality. We were watching her on TV and once she made these statements, even my friend said she’s an idiot. Conservative economist like this lady push austerity and they look at the national debt just like household debt, which is nonsense because a household is not have its own currency. They also use the national debt as a scare tactic to promote the idea that the nation is broke this intern causes the promotion of austerity which is to cut government social programs and infrastructure spending that benefit the poor, middle class and the upper middle class. If you think that having an economics degree is just like having a dental degree where dentists have a general consensus on how to fix teeth you’re wrong. There are two dominant economists out there conservative and progressive economists. Conservative economist like this lady are the ones who have been promoting Supply so trickle down economics for the last 45 years and pushing austerity policies Right wing/conservative economist like this lady have completely different viewpoints on how to run an economies as compared progressive demand side left leaning economists. If you want to see which countries have the best economic outcomes I suggest you do a comparison. In fact, one of the best comparisons is to compare Republican states to democratic states in terms of life expectancy, pollution, crime, incarceration rates, poverty rates, addiction, inequality, etc. Google or KZbin the definition of conservative Neoliberal political economic policies over the last 45 years and what they’ve done to the world. Conservative politicians promote these kinds of economists. Oh and like most conservatives she's part of the anti-vax movement because that's evil big government. God help us.

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Wow this is such an inspiration. As a Chinese, I am also learning from the Western civilization, the Greek Roman, Judeo Christian Civilization, Islamic Civilization. It makes me look back at my own cultural background and I feel so warm that people from other cultural backgrounds can reach Chinese civilization at this depth. It’s such an encouragement for me. In the world full of chaos and conflicts, I am in search for peace and beauty in all. Thank you.

What an experience listening to him! Now I am saddled with the obligation to read the many thousands of pages of Chinese classics. 🫣😅

7:00 Yikes! With selective framing how the US "entered" WWII, why bother listening further? Hint: You need to broaden your intro-foundations for more "awakened" audiences! 😜

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Important and good talk … thank you for sharing … a humble contribution … part of the problem in the West … is that we confuse vocational training … with education … and we need to ask ourselves … are these two the same … I’d suggest not … while vocational training produces teachers, nurses, lawyers, accountants, programmers and the like … is education not about moral enlightenment, the capacity to reason and discern and being an upright citizen … about self-knowledge … and self-mastery … and I’m not talking about the limits of the vocation of psychology … my area of vocation … and I find so often PhD colleagues I work with … to really be quite dull and incapable of discerning some of the very simple things … and education will inquire into those bigger questions around spirituality and the profound beyond the profane … 🙏

Brittany should look into the Electric Universe Paradigm, found on the Thunderbolts Project channel, for our planet's TRUE origins, along with the true origins of ALL of the mythologies found around the world because the oldest ones all share the same elements and iconography. She would learn that the literal planet Venus was the source of ALL goddess myths- from Beautiful to Wrathful and Destructive. The history of the Earth, Venus, Mars and Saturn are interwoven and COMPLETELY different from everything astronomy and astrophysics believes and teaches to be fact. Our solar system was a COMPLETELY different place not so long ago. Indeed, the image she shows at 12:00 is of Venus the Destroyer. Note the large star looking symbol prominently placed in between the two figures. That is Venus as an 8 pointed star with MARS as the navel looking disc in front. Her attempts to warp the ancient Hellene views with marxism/feminism, such and such "misogyny", are quite silly and superficial. The ancients and all traditional cultures fear, respect, worship all of the Divine forces equally. Modern, Christian derived views of Greek religion will by definition be superficial and myopic, whether it's women or men doing the writing. However, this feminist/marxist notion that "Beauty" is not "serious" is one of the most ridiculous of concepts.

You are amazing, I am tour guide in İstanbul and you have learned many things from you and I have been experiencing my city much more better after reading your book. Thank you.

Great pics. Thanks Cam. Your sister from Tennessee, US.

Like how she doubts Aphrodite’s existence when she’s been around and worshipped by THOUSANDS of people for THOUSANDS of years and is even worshipped to this day. Yet, Christianity is one of the newest religions and so easily excepted with FAR LESS PROOF than ANY Pagan religion. And here I was about to buy her book to learn more about Aphrodite’s history but NOT NOW!!! With that mindset she’s one of the last people who needs to be writing a book about any kind of deities, whether she’s a historian or not. Leave that to people who ACTUALLY BELIEVE in what they are writing!!! What a bigot!!!

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This is the white Supremacist elite talking point. And the female running dog 🐕 aiming to take down China by the Ausi regime. Together the fake news media paying for the propaganda

What a fool believes; HE SEES - Speaks to the reliability of observations made by those whose very perception of reality is poisoned by preconceived notions that are accepted and retained without critical evaluation. One false belief can do long term damage to one's ability to understand factual reality. There are more than one cautionary aspects to the Doobies' admonition there. Great observation your questioner raises here too - I've constantly been stimulated to practice analysis by culturally sourced cues, delivered by critically thinking artists.

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She mothers me. bettany , You are the desire that fuels me currrently

Some veeeeery long questions...

Great introduction to an extraordinary book.⚡ 👍🤔(Green Fire UK) 🌈🦉

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My own university, Liverpool, made a fool of itself, by taking W.E. Gladstone's name from the title of one of its halls of residence.

The meaning behind Athena saying that she can decide the case because she is motherless is to point out the fact the she is completely impartial, that she is not subject to the same bias that every mortal is. So much of the conflict in the paradox of mortals assigning justice is due to the fact that it is not possible for any mortal to be truly impartial. That's the whole crux of the play. Our Apollonian logic is inexorably attached to mortal passions. Hers is not.

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Ideology is the enemy of critical thinking because they are a collection of convictions.

answers build questions, not understanding questions build understanding, not knowledge knowledge builds answers, not questions

Peace full worship in Western countries🙏🙏🙏

Thank you for your insights!

"Why smart people believe weird things..." I think, maybe, this is being too reductive. Yes, smart people are better at rationalizing "bad" ideas... but their perspective on the ideas are, typically, fundamentally different than the colloquial interpretation. "Anything is possible, it just won't necessarily look the way you expect." If you ask the average person if they believe humans could develop super strength, they will probably say no. Some of them might say yes. Some 'slightly' above average people might make reference to biochemical engineering, or gene manipulation, or possibly robotics... And the smartest people will say we already have super strength. It's called cranes. Forklifts. Wheelbarrows, "trolleys" (I don't know what they are called in other places, the manual wheeled lifting devices often used for things like fridges), or other engineering solutions. Or telekinesis. Again, most people would probably say no. You can't move things with your mind. Some people might make the 'technicality' or definitional argument: My mind is my brain. My brain controls my body. My body is moved by my brain. The things my body moves are, ultimately, moved by my brain. But then at the higher ends you may have people considering AI and robotics, or 'neural nets', or possibly magnets. It's not how one typically pictures these things, but it functionally is the thing. Like flying. If asked if you wished you could fly, most people (whether their answer is yes or no or otherwise) would imagine some kind of wings, or the ability to fly with nothing but themselves. Does low gravity count? TL:DR It's not just that more intelligent people are better at rationalizing bad ideas, it's that they are more capable of considering ways in which something could work. "Can humans fly?" "Of course not" says the average person "Hmm, give us 4 years or so" responds Wilbur and Orville Wright, in 1899.

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