Frank Yang's book recommendations part 1 of many. Check description box for book details

[@ghostrider437]

"It's like finding out your girlfriend is a black guy" -Frank Yang, 2013

[@frankyang]

I haven't gotten to specific philosophers yet but I shall. And yes Schopenhauer, Sartre, and Nietzsche really shaped my thinking.

[@Kaelan66]

Yes I'd also be interested in hearing about the philosophers that influence you.

[@frankyang]

I've been focusing on filmmaking the last couple of months. After I upload them I'm gonna start recording violin pieces in full, semi nude. I also need to cut more for that to happen. still practicing though.

[@PARSLEYtheLI0N]

You've reinvoked my curiosity in life. For the last few weeks i've been reading [real] books for the first time in my life. Thanks.

[@ApplySkills]

I'm 9 years late, cares to share how your curiosity got reinvoked?

[@Gardengnome95]

frank please make a part 2 to this! These recommendations are great

[@PhilosophicalFitness]

Hellz to the yeah Frankie... I love trying to wrap my mind around your way of thinking. So many people are stuck in the same mind set for life and never care to look at the world through a different light, so to speak. Too many people are content and lack a thirst for knowledge. Way too boring for me... Curiosity is a beautiful thing.

[@frankyang]

Spelling is not my strong suit, and I actually am going to make a video about how a lot of non-linear and visual thinkers can't spell at all. Not to put myself in the category of Einstein and Da Vinci but their notebooks were full of misspells.

[@Machoison]

"part 1 of many" fronkie boi its been 3 years give us another part already

[@turbofister6000]

he did now hehe

[@frankyang]

agreed. Language is a sort of an alien force that we are "thrown" into...a matrix that dictates order through grammar/spelling. It's like we are looked down upon in society and placed in the lower orders if we can't spell or use the correct grammar. Nietzsche even said that language makes us herds, and that to full express oneself authentically one should use other mediums.

[@d.parasol]

Most still are. It's why I didn't immediately latch onto psychology. That was compounded by my realization that conditioning/behaviorism was something my entire childhood flies in the face of.

[@frankyang]

yes 100 percent. i got interested in philosophy because of the Greek and Roman stuff. Intro to Greek philosophy was the first (and one of only) philosophy class I took - we covered Republic and Symposium and Seneca. It's good foundation...kind of like needing to build up the squat before you can translate that strength to the vertical jump/

[@TheJMc1888]

I have never came across someone so much like myself, frank thinks he isn't good at explaining things and I think I'm good at understanding him because I myself am not good at explaining things, like it all makes sense in the head but hard to explain to other people, he puts everything in a simple concept, I never knew I would come across a bodybuilder who has so much knowledge for stuff outside of bodybuilding and isn't another stupid jeff seid, frank is so intelligent. keep up the good work.

[@Freakzilla46]

I read The Blank Slate a little over 2 years ago. Seriously changed the way I think about EVERYTHING!

[@myne4]

First time I've seen an intellectual AND down to earth video from Frank. 10/10.

[@frankyang]

That's a good thing. When I went to college, most psych majors were still stuck in behaviorist/conditioning mode.

[@sumflip]

Hey Frank! Great video, I'll definitely check out a couple of those books. Have you heard of the book Influence, by Robert Cialdini? I'm sure you already know the concepts of the book, but it is about the power of persuasion and its 7 principles, and the psychology behind it. It also talks about Jim Jones (Jonestown incident) and how he had the "power" to gather so many followers and have them do what he wanted.

[@darkarizard]

Wow, frank this video is finally out :) I've read quite some philosophies. I really think that your way of thinking is really unique. I believe that you are going to create some timeless works. I am waiting for that day, I am excited about it. It may take 30, 40, or maybe 50 years. I am going to wait for the time that Frank Yang change the world. I am going to subscribe and follow all the video, essays, your works, always even 50 years later.

[@steamboat4853]

I was hoping for a video like this, thank you frank

[@frankyang]

no. I learned almost nothing in college except for one or two courses that had really good professors.

[@frankyang]

Andy Warhol was the master at making boring things interesting. He even said, "I like boring things". He liked to make art (or just look at) really boring things and could be entertained by anything. His imagination was so big that he could make the most mundane things interesting not just to himself, but others as well.

[@frankyang]

yes I read them. Zizek is hard but the intro to Lacan was ok. And I enjoyed the documentary.

[@frankyang]

I've been wanting to read that book man. Thanks. It's just that I wanted to take a break from popular science/psychology books. I'll get to it one day though !

[@OddClancy]

Tezz? Randomly saw your comment. The point is, he reads all these books to gain a better knowledge of the processes and inner workings of the brain. If you enjoy doing this, how is it any different from 'living life'. While I'm on that subject, what is 'living life'? Are you trying to say that 'living life' is not reading all these things, but instead what, doing something else with your time? This is no different from those things. Would you rather your brain a maze or a boring open field?

[@frankyang]

elaborate. There's only so much one can explain about the mind through genetics. Evolutionary psychology is great but not without limits and been overly reductive. I try to understand the mind in 2 ways - from top to bottom and from bottom to top.

[@altraman6]

im in love with your mentality bro

[@frankyang]

thanks. You're gonna like my next video. Uploading now.

[@Jack2488]

From what you like on the video you may also like 'Daniel Kahneman - Thinking, Fast and Slow' ... Steven Pinker is a big fan of his. This is what he had to say about him and his work. "Daniel Kahneman is among the most influential psychologists in history and certainly the most important psychologist alive today"

[@frankyang]

yap there's a thought inside a thought inside a thought. And everytime you validate your thought you go deeper into that particular thought itself because you are using that thought to confirm itself through itself with itself.

[@jomohr84]

Hey Frank, thanks for the recommendations. You should check out Carlos Castaneda, my favorite of his books is Journey to Ixtlan, though they are all good. The teachings of Don Juan is the first, so maybe start there. Also, Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. Both of these shaped the way I see the world, and I would recommend to anyone

[@risingfallen1]

love these serious videos where you arent doing any weird shit. Going to pick up those books.

[@frankyang]

yes all the time.

[@frankyang]

ok thanks! I'll google it right now.

[@EricLeePiano]

totally agree with what you said Frank. Great video!!!

[@frankyang]

Well i guess they would be more relevant to lawyers and left brain thinkers.I tried to be pretty logical and rational at one point of my life when I was reading a lot about the Enlightenment philosophy too but the nature of my brain just won't completely accept these models.I guess it's why I've always been more interested in the arts.Actually new neuroscience studies threw a lot of those old schooled rationality out of the window.The brain just isn't as linear as previously thought.

[@frankyang]

Try "Descarte's Error" and any of the Dimasio stuff

[@frankyang]

is that the misc for hippies?

[@luisgon7090]

More book videos please

[@freyrsmith6365]

Your hair looks much better now.

[@TeoriadoDiabo2]

LOL! It's like imdb for books. That way your "friends" on goodreads can see what you're reading at the moment.

[@frankyang]

Being mindfucked feels good man. After a while you'd realize that it makes you feel better than physical sex. Anyway, Steven Pinker and Brian Greene's books will definitely be within reach in your local Barnes and Nobles. I live in Taiwan right now and I can find these books here in English.

[@frankyang]

sure

[@johnkongarang2555]

Who’s here in 2024 after Frank is “Enlightened.”?😂🎉❤

[@flume420]

uhhh frank i don't know where you're getting your picture of contemporary psychology from, but the evolutionary approach is very well received. they teach that shit in psych 001 in most colleges.

[@frankyang]

Honestly I don't read that much fiction. I'm not interested in stories as much as concepts and aesthetics. Sometimes when I watch movies I don't even pay attention to the story.

[@frankyang]

Murakami - start with the short stories.

[@phazon69]

thank you frank!!!! i've found some very interesting author!!!

[@markk_888]

Awesome, thanks man

[@jaakizamazin]

My psych prof. said that you can't truly come to understand Freud until you have kids. (her experience)

[@Kaelan66]

I am also artistically inclined and have dealt with irrational thoughts due to mental illness, but I also see great value in our ability to alter our thoughts and values based on rational realizations. I think this conflict may be especially prevalent in me because I have passions for both the scientific/practical and the artistic/philosophical. Thanks for your response, by the way. Can you direct me to the neuroscience studies you're referring to? I'd love to read them.

[@Kaelan66]

Hey Frank, since you seem to enjoy the abstract and irrational I was curious how you felt about the enlightenment movement and thinkers such as Ayn Rand or John Locke? I find myself torn between loving the rational and the irrational.

[@vickynt6872]

“My legs are big still” 😂😇

[@JesusMontoyaMorris]

any body intereseted in psychology should be intimately aware of freud. The man never proposed to be the father of modern psychology (even though he is touted as such), but rather was interested in specific sexual neuroses which he was dealing with as a part of his profession. His case studies are extraordinarily invaluable to anyone of any era.

[@frankyang]

haven't heard of him. but thanks.

[@pikpaadig]

Yo Frank, have you read any Jacques Lacan or Zizek? You should check them out, you'd find them interesting if you like Freud. Zizek's How to Read Lacan and A Pervert's Guide to Cinema are pretty comprehensible.

[@frankyang]

thumbs up everyone!

[@LeetGarra]

Damn, I'm really tempted to read The Fabric of the Cosmos now, but I'm also scared of how it will change me, and completely change how I see life.. lol.

[@MastrKillz]

I'm being followed... Should I turn around?

[@ChuddAnon]

i hope i can find those books in my area,whenever i learn something new i feel..like understanding ..realising so much can mind fuck me,open my mind to new things,makes me feel better for some reason,no idea why

[@akebooshii]

Great video!

[@lopo12345]

Where'd you get that jacket? Looks nice.

[@frankyang]

website is down i dont even fucking know how it happened. Go to my facebook. I have all the notes in there

[@frankyang]

lol are there ratings for books from 1 -10 in there

[@95vinicn]

I'm reading "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" for the second time and still at some points I just rest the book in the bed and start think about that words. Do you have this reaction reading some books too?

[@Wretched502]

Frank, will you ever post a video of you playing the full Tchaikovsky concierto?

[@RackDreams]

what do you think of peter joseph? i think his work is the future

[@rmatos997]

frank what you think about chris jones being a bishh and ogus cake owning him

[@StronglikeLion3]

Wonder how many followers will order some of the books.

[@simonklawitter629]

"I don't even know..." Frank Yang

[@morote123]

you da man frank!!

[@shawneechavez7681]

These reads are pretty challenging

[@andypejman]

for a bigger mindfuck than all those books combined read The Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard, amazing book right there and answers all questions

[@Swump87]

3:59 lmfao hahahaha, keep it up frank :)

[@comerapapita]

Frank, what's your view on the I-Ching?

[@markk_888]

Do you have to of studied Psychology at a college level to understand any of these books, Frank? It seems intriguing to me, but I'm unsure whether a layman, as myself would understand it

[@zodawg0079]

I've had a copy of that Steven Pinker book on my shelf for years and never got to reading it. feelsbadman.jpeg

[@frankyang]

Why? So you can pretend you interested? *chuckle.

[@grindthemuscle]

I know this is old, and hoping you still check this video. which book would you recommend reading first out of the 2? Blank Slate or How Mind Works?

[@frankyang]

thank！！

[@gvsk8er33]

frank i want to hear you talk about religion !!

[@andreperiquito5989]

"Finding out after ... years that your girlfriend is a black man" WTF??? FRANK! LOL. Have to read that book now.

[@jamclow]

the further and further I read into psychology and think hard into myself, the less and less significant I feel, but in the most positive way. Everything is ultimately nothing and that is hilarious

[@carpenter283]

I thought you liked Schopenhauer Frank? I would like to hear about your most influential philosophers because I struggle to relate to your way of thinking. I agree with many of your thoughts in the past, but I would like to be able to reason like you for myself. I realize that I cannot have your brain lolz.

[@phzaa]

Frank, what happened to your website that has your essays on it?

[@KopMATT96]

frenk yeng

[@jeremyandrew2229]

do you ever read fiction, Frank? (not meant to be insulting)

[@TeoriadoDiabo2]

Frank, you should register on goodreads com

[@HunterOsking]

do you have any fiction recommendations?

[@kulekise1]

what kind of diana do u take ?

[@danmujibangsong]

Where's part 2 broseph? I need that shit

[@fattyfatfat911]

Frank what is your thought on education?

[@bigrobfitness7953]

It’s gay

[@JeremyLam0]

how does frank make money again?

[@datsumloli]

Read the meditations of Marcus Aurelius and The Discourses by Epictetus or GTFO.

[@MD-np2nk]

No ancient philosophy? Greek, Roman, ancient Chinese?

[@MD-np2nk]

***** Why? Has human nature changed much over the past 2500 years?

[@comerapapita]

André Bazin - What is Cinema? Seriously Frank.

[@EMPELZIP]

This book will challange all your books that you have read so far.. Have to read this book ;): Jed McKenna Spiritual Enlightenment the Damnest Thing

[@thebigtortuga]

What's the highest level of math you've learned? Calculus? Linear Algebra? Real analysis?

[@Profixi0n]

+thebigtortuga how is that relevant to this video?

[@chvideo12]

how many times did he say "like" hahahahahah XD

[@someonefox992]

Elliot made a change in Frank

[@BluEN1111]

The problem with the whole argument thing that you are talking about is that we only have acces to the empirical world and only because something can not be verified by science doesn't mean it's false.Science studies patterns ( which can not be verified in most of the cases ) and define the world in terms that can't be defined. That's why Schopenhauer and Kant are so great. Science is all about senses.

[@BluEN1111]

***** to turn your back to ideeas just because they are not logically formulated you have to be pretty weak minded. After all, we are trying to understand reality.

[@BluEN1111]

***** Schopenhauer logical all the time ? Stay away from philosophy buddy, your statements are absolute shit.

[@BluEN1111]

***** Do you really need to insult me just so you can prove your point? Expand your consciousness buddy, every ideea is valuable as long as it helps you to undestand reality. Schopenhauer has alot of metaphyzical ideeas that can not be verified empirically but they are good. Cognitive dissonance is strong with this one.

[@BluEN1111]

***** I was trying to say that his statements are not logical from a scientific point of view.You are hating someone while you completly forget his good parts, and in this case it's your fault. Take the good ones and leave the statements you don't like, no need to judge him only for the bad ones, who's lacking logic here buddy?

[@JeremyLam0]

Is he back from taiwan then?