Full Lecture: BeReal and the Ideology of Authenticity

[@mikalzanna2076]

"We are never less authentic than when we're trying to be real, and we're never more real than when we're embracing our inauthenticity." A properly dialectical conclusion, thanks as always Julian!

[@marialeonardocabrita]

When I am Alone, I always push myself to imagine there is an imaginary person to whom I have to perform. When this imaginary person exists, life improves because I feel a better version of myself. When I am with others, that I know of, I try to be less authentic as possible because the idea of authencity feels precisly fake. Calling authenticity a way of fascism was a wake up call for being fascist towards myself. 🤣 anyway, always a great pleasure to listen to your lecture. And congratilations Brazil.

[@leodashers]

Begins at 6:05

[@tugalic3979]

thx

[@MrKishoreRavi]

I miss jenaline and her interjections! Thanks for the lecture!,

[@julianphilosophy]

I’ll pass it on! She’s still very much on the bonus podcast we record for patrons if you’re interested ($5 at www.patreon.com/jenalineandjulian)

[@noelimmermann9670]

That was incredibly thorough provoking! I am now thinking about, if having Makeup on makes you more or less authentic. You could argue that it is a façade you are portraying, but on the other hand you could argue that actively not wearing makeup, to show your “authenticity”, could also be used to hide your true motive.

[@charlie7759]

Only 10 minutes into the video and already can´t wait to watch the rest! Greetings from Vienna

[@EMC2Scotia]

@13:20..."into this house we're born, into this world we're thrown, like a dog without a bone, an actor out on loan....riders on the storm..." The Doors!

[@TheRealNickG]

Another very enjoyable talk! Personally, I find Byung Chul Han with Psychopolitics and Burnout Society interesting to point out here in this context. To me, and I think to Han, the main criticism is that the processes that are being described are indeed symptomatic as you describe but that there is STILL something pathological in the phenomenon in ways that I don't think were discussed. In other words, this analysis, while excellent, sort of sidesteps the uniquely outsized effect that utilizing technology in the manner and for the ends that we do has on our affect.

[@madeline6663]

Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷 So happy to be hopeful again. Thank you for your amazing content! ❤️

[@PhilMccamley]

Thank you for this.. I didn't feel the hour pass by, really great explanations! Greetings from the south of france 👍

[@iDigsGiantRobots]

I'm so glad I found you! Such excellent breakdowns of complex ideas!

[@riebeck_8171]

I could listen to these for hours. One of the best discoveries I've made in the past year. I was really hoping to hear the part about Peterson though, are you going to post anything from the Q&A? Thanks and greetings from Ontario, Canada.

[@julianphilosophy]

Thank you! I’m sorry I didn’t get around to it. That was unfair of me. But I’ve posted the audio for the bonus discussion to my patreon ($5). And yes, I talk about all the things I didn’t get to here. Identity politics, Peterson, masculinity/mens rights, ant1semitism

[@louisnooope]

thanks again for this. i needed it. Curently reading the sublime object of ideology and this is helping a lot

[@dimosthenistserikis5901]

Can’t wait for the next one!

[@bellyjar3020]

What a marvelous video! As someone studies authenticity, I certainly quite enjoyed it. Thank you for your work 🌿

[@animefurry3508]

If we are taking about Authenticity then we absolutely have to mention the work Hans-Georg Moeller & Byung Chul Han.

[@Charlesmartel01]

Excellent. Great lecture!

[@hoxas]

Thanks, wonderful watch 😊

[@TakinR]

Hi Julian, Could you point me toward a text from Marx (or someone interpreting Marx?) that discusses this idea of "bourgeois ideology"? I liked the way you explained it in terms of difference/universalism and would like to read into it further

[@whiteprism7004]

Great lecture , greetings from Athens, Greece!

[@dialaskisel5929]

Fascinating discussion. Through the Buddhist lens, "Authenticity" is a pretty extreme form of delusion. After all, there is no fixed Self or thing that is truly unchangingly "You" underneath the ever-changing phenomena of your material body, senses, cognitions, etc. The belief that there is a "True Self" only leads to further suffering and alienation from the world around you.

[@Jordan-bn7rv]

cheers from rainy London town

[@XDskateable]

Wonderful video, I thought it tied a lot together deftly.

[@kjmontalv1]

So if you ignore a wildly popular video on your YT feed because you're consciously trying to the buck the algo, that makes you inauthentic?

[@gustavsbrigmanis8599]

Is it still possoble to access the after lecture q&a?

[@markoslavicek]

I'm afraid not but it may be available on Julian's Patreon.

[@SPACEDOUT19]

when i look at the camera, i respond back to it with inauthenticity

[@tonydancer]

Ok. I like the idea of embracing Inauthenticity but this leads to the question: If everything is a mask what should we do? Even if everything is a mask we can't escape the fact that in our world these masks are fighting against each other on who gets the upper hand. And what are these masks supposed to be anyway? Ways of living like hedonism or asketism? Different branches of a culture like catholizism or protestantism? Schools of thought like the Enlightenment or Irrationalism? Political positions like left or right or different social classes like worker and capitalist? If everything is a mask by which standard do we measure what to do? Waht is human progress? What is beautiful? How should we live together and so on and son?

[@jakobdre]

greetings from slovenia

[@gpalmer456]

Never able to tune in love because of work, but wanted to comment that I’m listening in from Fredericktown, MO

[@lennartik]

I dont have the means to join the patreon. Is anyone willing to share?

[@marialeonardocabrita]

Greetings from Portugal. And I might buy your new book because the topic is very meaningful to me. I want to recommend a book : the green Ray, an amazing story about love and hope

[@julianphilosophy]

Bom dia e obrigado! I’m working hard on the very final edits. Will be available on patreon tonight. Link is: www.patreon.com/jenalineandjulian

[@Steini9900]

Eric Rohmer's film adaptation is really good as well. I haven't read the book but I loved the film.

[@marialeonardocabrita]

@@Steini9900 yes, the movie is great. The book also , and it is mentioned in the movie. They are different versions of the same. The idea of looking for and when you stop Chasing the mirage ( an illusion) that is when you truly find love. Great metaphors. And finally there is this artwotk by tacita Dean the green Ray. An inspiring art piece.

[@xletix69]

4:05 Outline 6:03 Is BeReal oppressive? or BeReal and freedom or BeReal and the imperative of authenticity 35:57 Why we vote for bad people (ignore)

[@Kevin-the-Simple]

Wonderful lecture, helpful for my social media paralysis 😅

[@anitanyers]

Hey 👋 Any chance to purchase your book without the Patreon subscription?

[@julianphilosophy]

Alas no, not at present. But thanks for asking!

[@thekajalflaneur]

Idea of performed authenticity and how this plays with the working class people: they are honest, intuitive. But isn't this honesty + intuition the basis of psychological, rather than ideological, authenticity? Being real surely is being upfront and transparent. Rather than a simulacra of honesty, a mask of authenticity. Or perhaps we are kinda talking about semantics around 'authenticity'? I'm very curious 🙏

[@josemaria1035]

I should've come here when the guy who puts timestamps posted

[@julianphilosophy]

Yes please. I’d love it if somebody posted time stamps! Would be very grateful

[@Anabsurdsuggestion]

I love that guy

[@ralphricart3177]

I'm a resident Aussie living in Madrid.

[@rahimabstract3455]

I can't find the ebook can anyone help me download it

[@julianphilosophy]

Oh no! Is this still the case? That would be bad: www.patreon.com/jenalineandjulian

[@rahimabstract3455]

@@julianphilosophy ahh I m from Algeria 🇩🇿 and I came to know that patreon is blocked here unfortunately

[@turanhasanli1188]

Couldn't make it in time but love from Azerbaijan

[@john-lenin]

39:00 You're close to deconstructing it, but then you just fall back to Kant - and then a closed off reading of Zizek|Lacan.

[@manolispapadeas1870]

It's unfortunate that you didn't have the time to talk about the rest of what you had planned, it seemed really interesting... I really wouldn't mind the lecture being 1.15 hours...

[@julianphilosophy]

Thanks! I did another 45 minutes in those topics and I’ve posted it to to lowest tier on patreon if you’re interested: www.patreon.com/jenalineandjulian

[@jimmanueljoseph]

@Julian Medeiros kzbin.info/www/bejne/rX-5fZatmrWJjZI&si=IU9FHBcvAW-94un5 This is my posture - the exact opposite of your view!

[@Vladimir-Struja]

what is the concept behind deleting the ebook?

[@julianphilosophy]

Making sure I keep moving forward and that the audience/community is up to date with where I’m at. But if you’re curious about the old ebooks, they’re being passed around for free on discord from what I hear

[@Vladimir-Struja]

@@julianphilosophy thank you. yes I am very curious. I am playing with the idea of joining your patreon for some while now... :)

[@timothyhadfield3946]

I’m from Orem, Utah, USA

[@wrrwvv]

6:10

[@yj9032]

Thanks

[@ComradeDt]

Does anyone wanna start a reading club?

[@CarterMuller]

Interesting lecture, thank you

[@Vladimir-Struja]

oh god, what happened to starwars is prime example of total destruction from whitin

[@joaovictorcarvalho6339]

yes i identify as the gays

[@HakWilliams]

BeReal sounds horrible.

[@jackl4349]

I unliked this so much. I'm being authentic right now because I must.

[@john-lenin]

06:05

[@john-lenin]

How to misuse Philosophy. Even tweens use the app ironically.