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[@San-li9ml]

What happened to slowing down?

[@philosense]

Wow, this video really hits home about how easy it is to get caught up in the endless chase for excitement and novelty, only to end up feeling more disconnected and empty.

[@MasterofStories25]

It's a powerful reminder of how we can lose ourselves in the pursuit of more, only to find less.

[@iqnill]

@@MasterofStories25 But hey! There's blankist to not have to slow down to read a real book! YAY!

[@MasterofStories25]

@@iqnill True, but some prefer the depth and experience of reading a real book. 😊

[@jedihunter176]

@@MasterofStories25 "I fucking told you so" - Epicurus

[@humanbeing4995]

A door ajar Begin near from here One doesn't have to go far

[@tintedqualia]

The irony, I'm watching this video only because I am chronically online too 😂

[@JediDarkForce]

I'm at the point where catching up on online content takes nearly the whole day lol

[@AutismoGamer]

​@@JediDarkForcebecause you're too slow to realize you're slow?

[@JediDarkForce]

apparently not watching videos etc at 2x speed ratio lol hahahahahahahahhaahah

[@AutismoGamer]

@@JediDarkForce I ain't repeating myself and watching anything on 2x speed doesn't make you smart. You're just assuming you're learning because your attention span is so brainrotted you need to watch videos on 2x speed just to watch them but go on. Keep scrolling endlessly on your tiktok and shorts

[@AutismoGamer]

@@JediDarkForce It's easier to watch it at a speed you can actually process. You can watch the video at 2x speed and you will remember nothing throughout the whole video if you were asked about certain parts that's a fact

[@AshwinPraveen]

I love how most of your story type videos are open-ended. There’s never a happy or sad ending. You only leave us with a choice. Just like life

[@lysarous]

Exactly!

[@a-Stalk3r]

Because he is farming you bozo.

[@floof6896]

​@@a-Stalk3rfound the chronically online person

[@a-Stalk3r]

@@floof6896 Found the parasocial andy.

[@kazukawasaki97]

​@@a-Stalk3rits in his name,to persue something admirable or amazing,the vids of his I have watched he delicately dissects his subjects,I obviously cannot say his analysis is perfect idk what perfect is supposed to look like but almost everytime I recieve what utility I desire from these vids the teleportation is obviously a kind of symbolism and so is the character of us,its our choice to now click on a new vid or confront ourselves and do what we want

[@soullessvacuum]

This video perfectly encapsulates the saying 'Wherever you go, there you are'. I noticed that, over time, I completely lost interest in travelling. I realised that I was looking for novelty that would quickly wear off and default to total lack of excitement. I once said to myself 'everywhere I go is the same - it's just streets filled with cars and building filled with people..' not realising back then that the problem was in the way I see the world and not the world itself. Nowadays I don't travel anymore but I find more and more joy in walking my familiar neighbourhood and visiting the same places, over and over again.

[@coinbuyer-8605]

Well said. I feel similar to you. Life is a balance of change versus routine, and everyone needs to find their own equilibrium. Distance running is a hobby of mine. I regularly run about two dozen different "routes" in about a 10 mile radius of my house. That is my version of travel, touching grass, getting out. Otherwise I buy and sell coins online and rarely leave my house/property.

[@luannafsantos]

In the video’s analogy, “traveling” is how the fictional guy numbed everything. But anything pleasure can successfully numb feelings. Food, drugs, partying, music, traveling, exercise, books... We have many choices of potential mind-numbing obsessions. Most of those activities, when in moderation and with wisdom, are not only harmless, but also healthy. I don’t think the video has anything to do with traveling. Most people travel not to escape who they are nor for the sake of changing scenarios (expecting to see if it changes something in them?)… most people just want to see different natural wonders, hear different languages and reflect on the many directions humans evolved towards, see different lifestyles and learn about other people’s experiences, the similarities and the differences, the natural tendencies of being human that are common to most people around the world, but also the different quirks, different passions, different ways to see life. When traveling we find things to learn and things to unlearn, new tastes, new art. Now, always going to the same stores, the same people, the same streets, everything the same the entire time… is also a way to escape from life by escaping from the diversity and colorfulness of life. Of course, by all means, make sure you have anchors and a few things that stay the same, and there is beauty in routine and in simplicity. But even if you travel once a year, or not at all… you have too at least make sure you take a different path back home sometimes after work just because your brain gets a bit healthier if you do. Sorry for the long reply but your interpretation is so extreme, I had to start a conversation. Wanting to see the world has nothing to do with the topic of the video. Living without mindfulness, just being alive to numb feelings is. Traveling (mindlessly teleporting) was just used as an analogy

[@pushinghumanstupiditylimits]

​@@luannafsantos Thanks for the wise words. 🙏🏼🙂

[@thrpotatoasfgfejfidieiidkr7071]

@@luannafsantos great comment this goes hard

[@slyguy8931]

@@luannafsantosWell said, thanks. I’m a trucker.

[@GeoffryGifari]

"... it's kinda boring" a statement so banal but if one looks deeper it's so scary

[@abdullahshahj7194]

Could you explain why it's scary?

[@GeoffryGifari]

@@abdullahshahj7194 The character in the video has become so used to nonstop "teleportation" that no experience can excite him anymore. His life is neverending flatness, no longer able to feel joy and pleasure. Knowing the rest of your life will be trapped in that state is scary to me

[@burnttoast2330]

Watching at 2x speed so I can save time and consume twice the content in the same amount of time. Never present in the moment only moving from place to place. I dont rewlly remember clicking on this video. 🗣️🔥🔥

[@iamtechnos453]

That's me...

[@user-pm7ck6ij9s]

"It will take longer, but it will feel better for longer." How many times have I talked myself out of a visit with friends because of the length of the commute, all the while knowing seeing them will make me feel better for longer. I already believe in slow, but thank you for this additional reminder. Incredibly well written.

[@MrSGMishra]

"We were all tricked into addiction, bound by the chains of false security and comfort. Little did we know that we traded our freedom for enslavement."

[@svenheuseveldt7188]

it was supposed to be something to do in your free time, a fun new little gadget to get your mind of off live for a little while. little did we know it would take over our lives. inception in real life

[@AutismoGamer]

​@@svenheuseveldt7188No. Y'all simply let it. You're blaming an inanimate object for your vice? That's like blaming your father for stealing and drinking m. 🙄 But go off on how you're all smarter since your assumptions add nothing when you know nothing. Just lock-in Philosophy Ffs are you stupid?

[@akoaykilalamo]

Freedom is an illusion

[@AutismoGamer]

@akoaykilalamo free will.

[@prttylttlebnny]

I got clean in June, and I swear to you- I genuinely thought this was about "using"... You know what I mean. I'm stunned, impressed and feeling so present right now.

[@scali5948]

Congrats on getting clean :)

[@froodoftheforest]

Stay strong sister. I promise you, it's worth it. I believe in you.

[@stephanieannetanner9211]

This!!!!

[@michael-ph3jn]

after 18 yrs I'm looking to start using my drug of choice ... just can't find anything here

[@insectghosts8265]

So proud of you. I’m waiting to go into a detox and I read your comment right as the video was ending and started to cry because I want to get out of this quarry and go for a walk with a friend 💛

[@NecroSteven]

The irony of being sponsored by an app that relieves you from having to read a book

[@itstyqk]

This disregards people who love literature but dislike reading not the journey of reading but the action I focus too heavily on the words to read then the actual meanings and storys , audio books are under appreciated on top of blinkest allows for sharing and finding literature not to just speed through books

[@kennethli4531]

exactly

[@iqnill]

@@NecroSteven Yes! A point I made in my comment as well. The video and the story were thoughtful and ended up advertising a “quick-jump” approach to literature…

[@jakovreic4181]

Well that sponsorship allows him to make more nice videos like this one, and that is very nice and absurd at the same time.

[@sarahmadethat]

There’s people with dyslexia tho

[@pulpfloyd-t6w]

I don't say this lightly: this is an absolute masterpiece. Thank you.

[@ParabolicGains]

It's everywhere now though. In every aspect of our lives, from politics, to school, to work. I never knew my power of being able to dissociate on a moment's notice would be such a powerful tool for my own growth lmao.

[@namelos7089]

The modern world is full of the idea of achieving. Achieving success. Achieving without achieving pleasure, so we are constantly searching for distractment within false pleasure. Fast, easy achievable pleasure so we can fullfill our own created duties...

[@mohg7793]

Shortened travel, at what cost-anticipation, gradual transition and earned arrival. I understand man's gotta eat but sponsoring Blinkist in this video is a great decision. Very ironic. Since the travel distance also applies to information

[@chilkurvivek1391]

Life is biggest irony

[@sarahcouture24]

This video is so relatable, the way the guy feels and his lifes trajectory... its a really interesting way to make the story fit with pretty much any addiction with the teleportation device, especially internet addiction. Brilliant video.

[@Hacoby]

This is just beautiful, beautiful yet terribly accurate at the same time. To those who are just "going through" life, just remember that you are a human and you can appreciate small things in life

[@jimurrata6785]

Heroin is like that too. Chase the warm wave of bliss that washes over you, but you'll never find it.

[@SabaJakeman]

The irony of stumbling upon this story as I was mindlessly scrolling and deciding whether or not to skip to the next video 😅

[@hotrox2112]

Fun Fact: The prison in which you currently reside in, is the one in your hand reading this fun fact.....

[@paulrw5168]

I have missed your old style videos! I love your content man! Keep it up!

[@Felix-sb5wp]

The story videos you do are always the most interesting, at first I thought this was a warning about why we shouldn't want teleportation, however I quickly realised it's an allegory for the internet. You're a very good storyteller. W video

[@VR46314]

I wake up and put content on and pretty much have it on all day, I am intelligent and usually avoid drink drugs and porn but content wise I fall into the trap so easily. I try my best but it is really difficult.

[@lane1368]

Same.

[@Axter6]

It’s hard when I have so many slow days at the office and there is nothing else but KZbin to kill time. I try watching useful videos about my hobbies or new interests. I avoid watching ep. 389 of meme compilations.

[@stephanieannetanner9211]

Every addict needs to see this video. Actually… all of your videos honestly helped me so much in understanding myself and healing and getting outside of myself in healthy ways. Thank you so much for existing.

[@markhamlin6679]

"But it would be nice to be loved, at least once in a while, as I am; not who I am supposed to be. Maybe then it would be easier to be who I am supposed to be."

[@portugeese_man_o_war]

I wanna get rid of my e-tele. I wanna throw it off a cliff sometimes. But I need it for work. It's just too inconvenient to drive there. But still I could drive there if I wanted to. But I can't risk being late. There's no excuse for being late. I can't just tell them I don't have an e-tele. Plus driving a car is just so expensive compared to teleportation. And also what if I were in danger? I wouldn't be able to teleport out of that situation. What if there was some sort of emergency and I had to teleport to the hospital? What if my friends wanted to hang out? I'd have to tell them to wait as I drive there while they all just teleport somewhere in an instance. What if some sort of event happens? What if there's some once in a lifetime experience outside of my area and I wouldn't be able to teleport to see it in person? So maybe I could just keep it but only use it when it's necessary. But I've tried that and it doesn't work. Or it only works for a day. I'm always able to teleport somewhere else with a click of a button. How could I resist that for so long? I know it's not good for me but I keep on doing it. I can't really trust myself. I'll probably teleport somewhere after commenting this

[@jimurrata6785]

"Kill your television" used to be a popular bumper sticker. And, now that television is passe?

[@portugeese_man_o_war]

​​@@jimurrata6785 I wonder if the same will happen with phones and social media once some new addictive technology becomes popular. People might romanticize the 2000's-2020's where you could only access social media and the Internet through physical devices and not through your brain. "Back in my day you had to pick up the phone and physically scroll through tiktoks (rip tiktok) with their own thumb/finger, nowadays kids just have to think about scrolling or tweeting. We had to think of what words to say when commenting. We couldn't just have an ai transfer our thoughts into text instantly. Phones were something we could fit into our hands, physically see, hear, and touch. and it wasn't as invasive in our lives or addictive as it is now. I wish I was back in 2024."

[@cagdasekinzohra300]

Blinkist sponsorship is kinda ironic for this video

[@austins.2495]

That’s exactly what I was thinking 😂 holy moly

[@FlipSparrow]

I cracked up when I saw the sponsorship and came to comment the same. 🥴

[@birdthompson]

I'm so glad I found a genuine lama!!!!! born in Tibet!!!!!! I somehow find a balance between my desktop & the 6 sensed natural world...thank you, for this scary video because it is a good teaching! may all beings be happy & free of suffering & may they attain ultimate awakening!!

[@shggy748]

I've tried for years to stop. I've prayed to different gods, and I've taken on new versions of myself. My family doesn't notice when i repeat myself. When i have no interest at all about their lives or anything else. I dont love anyone anymore. Posting a comment about it is useless, but I feel the need to. I'm completely empty beyond cure. I can still blend in well enough with excruciating effort, but i respond to things without personality. I see, and i do. I "love" out of fear. I know that suicide is ridiculous. Do you really think the pain will end? So i'll carry on as an empty shell, and when im in a good mood, I'll cling on to false hope. I'll make New Years resolutions. I believe in god , and I know that his plan will prevale in the end, but I won't be part of that. I'll pretend to be a saint, just to avoid conflict. But in the end, I will go to hell. I haven't felt a thing I just said. I really dont know why im saying it, but i dont care.

[@robbarcen3509]

You got it, stand up for yourself, from yourself.

[@SpongemomSweatpants]

@shggy748 - you’re not alone I felt like you plucked every single word of your comment right out of my head. I know it sounds cliche and you probably don’t want to hear it because most likely you’ve already heard it a thousand times…. Call out to Yeshua (if you really want to be free) stand before the creator, hide nothing regardless of the consequences completely naked in spirit as real as you can possibly be, and with all that you are - ASK HIM to show Himself to you.

[@abdullahshahj7194]

Damn man, we're the same person

[@nathanielrobinson5863]

Read my mind

[@jjthe27th]

@shggy748 I get what you are going through.. All I can say is when the storms of life are overwhelming and nothing brings you joy, cling on the name of Jesus! 🙏

[@lenasvisionyoutube]

Not me putting on a 15 min video to brush my teeth for 2 min

[@austins.2495]

“It would be nice to be loved, as I am once in a while, not as I’m supposed to be. Then maybe it would be easier to be who I’m supposed to be.” Damn that hit way too hard and I’m freaking sobbing

[@MinhKhanh-e8q]

Wow, this really hit deep. The commentary on how we numb ourselves and escape reality through constant distraction is so relevant to today’s world.

[@DreadPirateRobertz]

5 minutes into this I couldn't help but draw a profound parallel between this and my battle with heroin addiction. My thought process at that time was encapsulated in this thought experiment perfectly. I fucking love this channel.

[@nezar-6889]

A more depressing, yet paradoxically motivating, ending would've been "I found myself in a cafe in Tokyo..." The cycle continues indefinitely. You CAN stop... But that needs effort. Why try when you can just distract yourself? Why suffer when you can try to force a smile?

[@Regenhasser88]

Straight Up exactly the video I've been looking for

[@hilliard665]

Took me 5 mins before I realised this is an allegory for short form video

[@Hammerhead210]

For anyone who likes this style I would strongly recommend an album: Headache - The Head Hurts but the Heart knows the Truth Would love to hear anyones thought who goes and listened, you wont be disapointed

[@jotch369]

i agree, spoken music is amazing

[@pickelbarrelofficial1256]

Album of the year

[@juliusgreshake8471]

@@Hammerhead210 great recommendation, thanks!

[@sitaL-z9x]

love these story based videos of this channel

[@steveeaton6952]

This is the best thing I've seen in ages, either on KZbin, streaming service, whatever. Frightening and causes you to look hard in the mirror. Thank you for putting it out there.

[@crobatron6802]

was gonna scroll tiktok in bed but this video made me fully power off my phone before getting into bed

[@SomebodyOnTheInternet98]

I’m struggling to stop scrolling despite having pressing work that I need to do and also, despite the fact that I hate it and used to love reading. I still love reading and get the respite of it sometimes but then I find myself scrolling and scrolling and scrolling.

[@user-RCST]

Stopping and pushing through the miserable boredom is the only way to beat it. It takes over 90 days for dopamine receptors to recover. The constand instant engagement from tech will make your tolerance to dopamine increase to set a new normal. After prolonged high dopamine you brain will down regulate it's production to prevent over stimulation which makes quiting even harder because now you have high tolerance and low production.

[@1unknownLP]

Thank you for this wonderful video. I love watching them, they are real. A good storyline, an open end and the meaning subtly showing more and more...

[@MsSourabh108]

This channel should be named ,"The Pursuit of Despair"

[@curiosityman1194]

What a beautiful story! *scrolls away*

[@jmccoomber1659]

I love that the video is about slowing down and appreciating spending time doing whatever it is you're doing and the sponsor is a service that condenses thick subjects into thin spaces. Sad dichotomy.

[@Qthepug]

“No matter where you go. There you are.” - Buckaroo Bonsai

[@leighatkins22]

There IS freedom in discipline...

[@G1CHUK1]

What a banger. Bro my attention hasnt been grasped by a youtube video like this before, the story, the messaging it was amazing I have not ever watched a video of yours this is my first but I had to instantly subscribe after that.

[@Arkhkalos]

I felt my life flash before my eyes watching this🌌

[@melissaralstonjones1550]

Oh man I dream of being this guy and totally discontent...have moved so many times but have settled two times and 10 years in here I am ready. A drifter at heart.

[@anu0271]

You have comprehended and articulated it stunningly, Mr. Wonderer!

[@Snowkatt26]

Our lives are made up of distractions that keep us from being, knowing and resting with ourselves.

[@Joshy2-E]

Using an abstract idea to get us to really see what our body and mind experiences when we're on the internet.

[@joachimb5721]

And even the „sponsor“ is part of this concept.

[@HerrLoeblich]

this found me at the right moment and hit harder than i expected

[@Gersberms]

Watching this video on 2x for extra realism. I hate how Blinkist is so relevant to this video because of how terrible it is.

[@LailorGG]

This sounds like a nightmare, no wonder I’m so unhappy on the daily

[@100ipede]

This is the perfect description of what it’s like to feel high

[@sapiently1]

I've seen people say this or that is addiction. So much so that I can't think of one thing people do not think is an addiction. I wonder what those who make those claims imagine a better life would be. It all feels like a pool of contradictory ideas that I cannot relate to. I do what I enjoy. I do not feel dissatisfied when I find passions. It is simply difficult to find them; regardless of what it is.

[@edevane-valencia-productions]

Thank you.

[@mimimi5656]

That was incredibly dreadful and amazing

[@carlosaguilar755]

I love all your content, but specially these fictions you create. This one is my new favorite now; if possible, you're getting better at storytelling ❤

[@0_0merry]

Thank you for this

[@hawtsauce2471]

The false kindness tricked us, slowly

[@AutismoGamer]

"false kindness" you're funny

[@Worm_g8]

This is absolutely amazing.

[@0deerg0d]

The quarry section brought me so much peace… I love being alone… a¿every living creature can’t

[@ApolloEnglish420]

Love your through provoking work!

[@Homie5151]

Literally man! it sucks the life force out of you, leaves you as a lifeless entity just observing things with no emotions attributed to what you're observing whatsoever.

[@Farcamp1]

It’s interesting as I listen to you speaking, it made me reflect on my life. I’m old towards the end of it and I realise I don’t need a contraption to make my life feel like it’s gone by too fast, going here and going there, forgetting about this and that, skipping from one age to another…being in a crowd and alone. I hope young people realise when their tine has flown by, and they’re towards the end of their road, forced to land, they too will realize they didn’t need this contraption…as their life will have sped by too fast, just like mine.

[@fifi4118]

Please don't mind me asking a fairly personal question. What do you wish you would have done when you were younger? (Refering to anything, mindset, actions, career choices, whatever comes to mind.)

[@Farcamp1]

@ I grew up in a demographic that wasn’t given the opportunity to go to university easily. I would’ve tried harder to get a higher education earlier in my life. As it was, I didn’t go to college until I was in my 40s. I grew up in San Francisco at a time when kids just didn’t automatically assume that people were going to take care of them. My parents died when I was young and my brothers and sisters and I all worked hard. I’m not saying I didn’t have a good life or that I wasn’t professionally satisfied, I just love education and I’ve been able to make up for last time. I also would look more carefully at the people and the places that I loved the most and would take them way less for granted. I have no children, and I would have adopted a child, at least one. I’m wishing you a good and happy life filled with all the things that make you feel happy and truly whole.

[@fifi4118]

@@Farcamp1 What an interesting insight you gave me, I appreciate it. You certainly didn't have an easy life. I hope you are proud of what you achieved. Growing up into adulthood I am realizing that we all have very different life stories, yet we are so similar because most of us are just trying to do the best with what life has given us. I feel there's a certain beauty in that. Thank you very much for your kind wishes. I wish you the same and that you can do what inspires you and gives your soul peace.

[@Farcamp1]

@ thank you! It’s those similarities, if we look for them that keep us human. Thanks for your thoughts. I greatly appreciate you taking the time to share them.

[@-kaminhou-9834]

Best thing i whatched this year

[@swil893]

I don't know why it took me so many years to realize that you encapsulate that "Wonder Years" narration perfectly.

[@earfthgirl]

dang bro this made me cry, good work 💯💜

[@KllswtchOvrDrv]

"Wherever you go, there you are."

[@jw-bt3nc]

My, your videos keep getting more and more beautiful. Thank you

[@joshuaobabor5932]

You legit describing my Dmt experience, am sure you see into my mind as well😂👏🏾

[@AbeTweakin]

Nah, you'd be surprised how aware I am, though.

[@gamemakingkirb667]

I love pursuit of wonder videos!!! Sometimes I think a video is kinda average or not really thought-provoking, but this one was excellent! I’m so sorry, but I can’t help but mention that I think the order of the last two clauses should be swapped; what you say last has the most emphasis, and I’d prefer that on the “main concept” part of the sentence. Really nitpicky, I know. (I guess the way you choose places a more introspective connotation-cool.) Anyway great video again!

[@sangmadewira4726]

To be somewhere is simultaneously to not be everywhere else. To be something, you must sacrifice not being everything and anything else.

[@Aalokwon]

I want to stop being me. I'll help myself. No one will do for me. It's diffcult/painful but need to done otherwise I'll always be in rabbithole.

[@spoiler1828]

The irony of showing a story like this then recommending a sponsor who give the eTele treatment to books

[@ExecutionSommaire]

was about to comment on this haha

[@aurorastone]

Totally...just read the darned book!

[@PlayMoGame]

I thought the same thing, then I realized... nobody has Audible sponsorships like they did several years ago. Maybe this is the best option now, since we have less time to read books, and lower attention spans as well. Even the "booktok" folks use books more for fashion and identity then to actually read.

[@joachimb5721]

It‘s incredible. And of all the books he could suggest to give this treatment to, he chose those two. „Becoming an individual in an age of distraction“ - nah, I can‘t read all of that, Siri, or Blinkist, or whatever, give me a quick summary, I need to go back to scrolling, I can‘t read a whole book!“

[@kylebos6442]

"but it would nice to be loved, at least once in a while, as I am, not who I am supposed to be. Maybe then it would be easier to be who I am supposed to be" and "it'll take longer, but it will feel better for longer" what powerful quotes.

[@AnkitMishra-vt8cl]

Wait you and horses know each other.. that's fantastic he is also a great channel to watch philosophy and other new ideas and stories from history

[@chronicallyalive]

That was my initial thought but I believe it's Horus, not Horses

[@J.Dembina]

beautiful story, very powerful

[@Raethemagicbean]

i'm so susceptible to addition in literally all ways. if something is enjoyable/makes me feel good, i crave it constantly. at one point it got so bad i couldn't actually watch youtube videos anymore. like, i'd have to just watch the reels cause my newly-formed attention span along with my crippling need for constant story-climaxes wouldn't allow me to stay focused for more than a minute. when we're constantly able to reach that level of serotonin for a second, we gradually lose the tolerance we have for it. suddenly you're stuck in a spiral of needing constant entertainment with a high tolerance for what will give it to you. edit: grammar lol

[@jaimlawson]

This cut deep. I have realized that I denied life most of the time but it wasn't apparent why. Why do so many people live their lives in unsatisfactory ways, just to mask the symptoms of doing so with substances or severe denial narratives/rationalization?

[@giftcardoso2712]

Brilliant Video. It's super poignant for the times we live in

[@Godwinsname]

First a great warning against blinkist, then an ad for blinkist.. I guess the guy found himself in Tokyo, not remembering pressing the device after intending to walk with his old friend.

[@roseswiltbutneverdie]

This scarily reminds me of social media and content addiction

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

A story format, nice!! Very well said, too. 👍

[@andreylucass]

How I feel scrolling reels

[@sbring00able]

Dang i needed that! Sadly, i think I'll be back in the same loop within a day : /

[@zanderthemander8208]

It's giving cell phone addiction and I can relate to some of this

[@EndlessAmount]

This channel is my favourite for this content

[@otenglobi7134]

Biases corrupt introspection, we cannot perceive or corrupt biases. We cannot penetrate our unconscious, to ensure we have sufficient time and mental energy to 'think' well, are we able to make informed decisions that impact our lives positively. Through education on the various cognitive biases - ( logical errors and their effects) are we able to help ourselves introspect more expertly. Let us avoid underestimating our susceptibility to biases and our control over our mental processes, but instead, focus on our immediate 'emotional reactions'. In the process, we should also be open to inconsistencies between our gut feelings and our preconceived, and seemingly rational, notions. This an attempt at tackling the inevitable 'over consumption' culture that has sadly left entire generations behind. All the information at our fingertips, yet unable to decipher between knowledge and education both of which aren't coherently intertwined.

[@jaimlawson]

Well put. It is hard to analyze what bias filters we perceive life through due to cognitive dissonance, Every book I had read had told information that I Ignored. Turns out that you have to be open to all possibilities, as truth is the last place you'd think it would be.

[@chrissmith5778]

A beautiful, well-written story.

[@user-RCST]

I was/am addicted to my phone and constand stimulus & distraction. I tried coke & 4F-MPH for the first time about a month ago, & I've learned how much worse it can get. I can go for hours, perhaps even a day straight online, if i dont have work. Watching KZbin videos while bouncing between scrolling Reddit & Twitter for any entertainment. Everything has become so dull. If im not distracted my thoughts about my future and who i really am crush & terrify me. The solution is simple, but my stagnation has already piled up so much it seems insurmountable.

[@cryptochuck]

that was an amazing video!!

[@rationalmuscle]

Wherever you go, there you are.

[@Xo1ot1]

Good work.

[@shoyu3899]

Yo. This video arrived perfectly in time. Thanks yo

[@Yash_Tomar]

It's like an episode of Black Mirror, Kudos.