I have returned to this time and again, it´s a lifeline for me, something that reminds me of my goals, my shortcomings, my abilities and my never ending journey to do things I never did before. "Make Good Art" - makes me weep like a child, every time. It is so true.

10:08 sometimes life is hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all the other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do. Make good art. I’m serious. Husband runs off with a politician? Make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by mutated boa constrictor? Make good art. IRS on your trail? Make good art. Cat exploded? Make good art. Somebody on the Internet thinks what you do is stupid or evil or it’s all been done before? Make good art. Probably things will work out somehow, and eventually time will take the sting away, but that doesn’t matter. Do what only you can do best. Make good art. Make it on the bad days, Make it on the good days too.

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Really enjoy the clarity & wisdom of Sheldon Wolin.

I have to listen to this once a year and it holds up every time for a different reason.

Makes me smile, because he's done, all of that.

Make good art - reminds me of what Kurt Cobain said. "Thanks for the tragedy. I need it for my art."

"If you are not what you want to be, then pretend to be someone who is that and behave as they would."

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Gotta say tho I am finding it a bit hard to follow the old man. 🤔 have to rewind it a good few times

Is it bad that as a Brit I don’t know this Sheldon dude..? It randomly popped up, prob because I am obsessed with CHRIS HEDGES!! - it was intriguing from the get go! A hefty 2.5 hrs I’m still on it. Love the intermittent discussion about my beloved Marx as well. Chris looks happy here, or “in his element” some might say. Thanks Chris + Real News

even the baby was crying in the background :(

Excellent !!! Thank you for posting the entire interview.

Neil Gaiman always a pleasure one of this world's brilliant souls who also happens to be one of those humans of immense good will. A treasure ... his books helped me through good times and bad.

"So that I hadn't actually lied I'd just been chronologically challenged" 13:59

Democracy as a system is risky because it give power to selected few. US is on the decline because corporations managed to place mole into power within the political system

14:47 no lies detected

Capitalism is a selfish philosophy. It focus on benefiting oneself to the detriment of others.

With great respect to Mr. Hedges, this question is a non-starter. Here, in the land, the nation that returned the republic as a form of political organization, what other financial system is even possible, let alone compatible? The only think that we must return to is strict regulation of corporations, preventing them from having any part in politics, and a sufficient taxation of the wealthy.

I think that the moment that Wolin and Hedges are waiting for is coming: It will be when capitalism fails because economic growth fails. The limits-to-growth are nigh. Read Jem Bendell, who has concluded that we are already in the early stages of civilizational collapse. As this becomes ever more clear, the legitimacy of neoliberal globalization will collapse in tandem.

Out of curiosity of where it might lead in understand the keepsake, I wonder why Sheldon Wolin has a photo of India's HDFC Bank on his shelf. I'd like to hear the story behind it. I believe Chris Hedges could speak to it.

Peter - can you please cut this in two? The online mp3 converter does not allow videos over 90 minutes, and I want this as a podcast. THANKS!

Sheldon had a profound sense of observational analysis. We need more critical thinkers like him. Thanks, Chris.

Great wisdom

This is the most important video I think I've ever watched.

I don't know if the choice I'm making is correct. And I have no way of knowing. I'm in highschool. I'm sick and tired of doing things I don't care about. I just want to write. Some may say I'm naive, and maybe even myself in the future will tell me I'm naive. But I'm going to make the choice to make good art. That's how I will live my life.

At 37:00 the death of tenure and its repercussions.

This is better than therapy

11:51 i needed this…

Soon Eye For Blood And Blood For Eye

18:50 pretending to be someone who could

I LOVE this guy! I took his Masterclass and just hung on every word!

Angry white boys hearing their future selves described. Suck it up sunshine.

Excellent commencement. For those who enjoyed this, I recommend looking up the "9 Life Lessons" commencement speech by Tim Minchin at the University of Western Australia.

There is a book that was written many years ago, "The Corporate Ideal in the Liberal State," by James L. Weinstein, which, while I have not read it, nevertheless is said to suggest that corporations played a leading role in writing legislation during the Progressive Era. If this is so, we can say that the long-term trend in American political economy is for there to be a "corporate state," which usurps or co-opts opposition to it. So what Sheldon Wolin is talking about here is, in some sense, nothing new, a notion with which I believe he might have agreed. Among Frankfurt School theorists (Horkheimer & Adorno, Herbert Marcuse), there had been talk of "totalization" or "totalisms," which I think have something to do with the sorts of things Wolin speaks of. Marcuse is more or less a relic of a leftist past, which seems at the same time a dead past, other than in exceptions for these kinds of discussions. On the question of money and politics, I take my cue from John Lukacs, the late historian; as much as money dominates politics, if there actually were widespread agreement that massive social projects were useful and necessary, there would be no problem about money. Which is to say, if politics were not dominated by right-wing media outlets and the persistence of propaganda efforts by conservative monied interests, we would have answers for the homeless crisis, global warming, endless wars, massive addiction rates, and so many other social ills. Wendy Brown talks about Wolin with Chris Hedges (she was Wolin's student), and she comes closest to Wolin's modes of critique. She is tremendously smart and articulate and is really worthy of your attention.

Why does Dr Wolin have a picture of HDFC bank in India behind him ?

This is so good and important. Both of these men are legends, visionary and priceless teachers. I'm reading Democracy Inc now and you know what book is next... fight the fight good people! ✊🏼🐵

why do i think tht i am geuenly in love with this man oh my freaking gosh my heart just melts and i admire all f his work so os much he is ugh just so admirable and like idek dude my heart melt every freakign time this was such an inspiring speech im god damn thankign the speech gods for this one and for his pure precious soul :>>>> ugh <3333 i hopw other people feel the same way so that im not aloen here lol

dropping out of college this semester bc it’s just not working out and this made me feel wholly, and completely, and totally better about it <3

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The super-rich are building bunkers. That says everything!!!

Greed must be tamed.

Khoti da bacha

Incredible & what an honor❤️

I’ve recently found Neil Gaiman because we’re reading his book on Norse Mythology in language arts class. I’m very glad I’ve found him, and I’m excited to read more of his work.

This is fun for Easter advice. I kept laughing make your own rules.

I still come back to this speech for inspiration :)

Middle class with ambition like capitalism not socialism like me

Great video thank you