Henry Rollins: The Myth of Online Transparency

[@theneedledrop]

thanks, henry.

[@abhinatorwillkillU]

theneedledrop hey melon

[@wazzupboyfly]

Woah. Fuckin melon shit right here

[@joeywong7562]

love you melon

[@mikaelthebard5068]

Why are you everywhere dude seriously

[@jonathalon6022]

Yo I'm just happy to be one of your notifications

[@BigMoeFo]

Been following Henry Rollins since he was the vocalist for Black Flag. This guy is the workingman's intellectual. When I was a teenager "Six Pack" spoke right to me...now as an adult his words are just as meaningful.

[@sjewitt22]

always been a good lefty/

[@ZyzzUMIRIN]

@@sjewitt22 if you believe in the political machine you’ve missed the whole message

[@sjewitt22]

@@ZyzzUMIRIN what? Childish nonsense.

[@sjewitt22]

@@ZyzzUMIRIN People actually need good wages and healthcare, power dynamics are real.

[@JustSomeDamnGinger]

"I tweet to my "followers", a word I don't like so much." I love how humble this man is while being such an incredible guy.

[@delilithkerk1130]

he is telling the truth but seeing him I still hear: "Cause I am a liar!! YEAH!!! I like it! I feel good!!!" one of the best songs of the 90-ties

[@AstralFrost]

Well said, Henry. The problem is that there is no accountability. Do folks really believe that these public servants really consider themselves as such? They don't. They believe that they are above everyone, and there are laws to attest to that.

[@ScAR3Cr0w1]

5yrs old & still true of media today.

[@LieuDownUnder]

I think he's older than 5 here. Maybe 11.

[@jilliansmith7123]

11? Progeria? Methuselah Syndrome? (kidding)

[@aweebunny]

That old saying.."The first casualty of war is the truth".

[@mehappierthanu]

Rollins should continue doing these little Q&A videos... i would be interested to see his view on certain topics such as these. Hes well spoken, articulate and most of all inspiring ... keep up the good work bigthink/ Henry Rollins

[@Adventuretk]

Never have enough of these featuring Henry, Keep it up!

[@rebel8114]

A word to Mr.Henry Rollins, you know that you can be the President of the United States ?

[@karimtabrizi376]

he's too honest

[@Wyzard01]

He did a video on that subject on this channel.

[@sockpuppety]

I liked that you commented on his library comment - don't let a carelessly made incorrect comment, even a tiny one, slide. Rollins should know better than to diss libraries, and I think he'd agree and correct himself; libraries are still important.

[@soundvisionary13]

The subtitles were wrong at times. When Henry said, "I think CNN was complicit.", the subtitles said, "I think CNN was complacent." Big difference in meaning.

[@deskofsquid]

Usually only watch for Nye & Kaku but enjoyed this very much! Please more Mr Rollins :)

[@BloodServantNo13]

I agree I think what he meant was you don't need to flick through a million books to find out something in particular, going through every word until you come upon the ones that seem to fit your question. You can specifically type into google (or something of the like) what you want for example and it will come up for you in an instant.

[@mvc_93]

Easily one of the most inspirational people I've ever heard speak.

[@shannonxlester]

There's not enough words to describe how much I respect Henry and his outlook on things.

[@determined919]

Henry Rollins is quickly becoming one of my favorite people

[@kittypeach]

"Colin powell owes me an apology because he lied to my face. He looked right into the camera and lied" YES! Now whether he knew he was lying, or if he was "mis-informed" does not change the fact that he lied to every single American, and everyone else around the world that bothered to listen to him. He owes all of us an apology, but he is far from the only one, especially from the administration he served. Thank you, Mr. Rollins!!!

[@JediBladeMaster]

Thank you so much Mr. Rollin's. I loved listening to your words. This Night.

[@TakajoMiyazaki]

"I can see you, but you can also see me" I just immediately thought about that song from In My Head

[@moonmadness9465]

Brilliant. I knew about everything he spoke about. Rollins just has a great way of delivering it.

[@crimsonsamuraiftw]

Much Love Mr. Rollins, everything said is pretty much how I have felt already, but its still nice to know that I'm not the only one.

[@empath69]

Because they are really good at pointing out easier targets for us to focus on elsewhere...and because 'they are helping us' we don't look too closely at them...

[@lilly3068]

Wow! Even more profound now. Impressive..💛✨

[@ramrod126]

I know this is a super old video but I followed you on twitter because of this one.

[@omic987]

I wish there would be more people using inteligent sense and standing up for it like Henry.

[@HunterFunk]

Out of everyone on Big Think Henry Rollins and Penn Jillette are my favorite

[@GeschichtenUndGedanken]

You put all that in pretty clear words which I appreciate. Thank you, Henry. Greetings from Germany. Yours Kathrin.

[@geek593]

Same here. I think it's because their professions and experiences have empowered them with the speaking skills and charisma needed to catch a viewer, and thinker's, attention. They can share their views and opinions and thoughts all while making the videos interesting to watch. They can morph their videos into a show of thoughts instead of a basic lecture.

[@MrDemocles]

'Oh, you mean the one under the rule of a tyrannical dictator' Yeah, that one. I dont dispute Saddamn being a tyrant. I do find questionable going after him, when we're going after the perps of 9/11, which his regime had nothing to do with. 'Just because no WMDs were found at the time, doesn't mean we weren't in the right for going there.' When WMDs were the case presented for doing so, yeah it patently means we weren't in the right.

[@JakeJohnRogers]

That's probably the exact thing about it dude. The Higgs-Boson was just discovered, so it's probably exceptionally hard for just a KZbin channel like 'Bigthink' to get a hold of such an amazing and intelligent person.

[@----.__]

there's something about Mr.Rollins, Jobs had it too, natural leaders. It's a pity Mr.Rollins can't be put in a position where he can make mass change, and I respect that he does what he can with what he has at his disposal.

[@thegyger]

You should also see his shows when he comes to a major city near you. It's this stuff for 3 straight hours. I've had a little piece of intelligent and funny heaven the last 6 times he's been in town. He's got a hell of a lot of good angles on a really varied amount of topics.

[@TheTracemann]

How can any logical person disagree with any of this?....Thank you Henry

[@thegyger]

Go alone if you have to. I have a few of his books as well but it's almost all "Spoken Word" stuff aside from his famous Get In The Van journal, which I haven't read. I would recommend his most recent books and working your way back. He's a lot more articulate now than he ever was even if Hank fans like his earliest stuff the most IMO. Make sure to buy something at his booth if you do see a live show. It's how the guy eats ;)

[@arongitis]

wow, thanks man. i needed to hear that i thought i was going crazy. thanks G

[@renragged]

Deep stuff in this video. Thanks for posting.

[@pseudogenesis]

I really like this guy. In a few videos he's become my favourite guy on BigThink.

[@TheMuskokaman]

Well At least he has the Kahuna's to call a spade a spade! Many thumbs up for Mr Rollins!

[@Rusty511]

Such a down to earth guy, love it.

[@DrDeathpwnsu]

What you have to remember is the news has no obligation to report the news. The news is a form of entertainment just like anything else put there so you will watch the commercials. That is how both TV and .com sites work. .com stands for commercial!

[@c1ubmandan]

301/302 is the figure KZbin allows a video to get to before it reconciles/synchronises its worldwide servers to ensure there are no bots getting views or anything overly infringing on copyright/decency :)

[@JustinFreyvogel]

I found it odd for Henry Rollins to be on Big Think, but he's been very well spoken and lucid.

[@DefenestrateWindows]

I am liking this guy. Lets keep this guy.

[@thomasrusso7839]

Transparency can be found in Volume 1 United States Code inclusive of Titles 1-4/Title 5 sections 101-5949 pay attent to all the dates and language in Titles 1-4 this is the Organic laws.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

“If some fanatic bishop, king or priest somehow justified death for their greedy desires to gain fortune or godhood or whatever they wanted, then it's their problems.” Actually, it’s the problem of the people who die as a result of it. The individual who gains fortune or godhood from interpreting a certain scripture a certain way is certainly not having a problem.

[@neutronbomb10]

Some great points raised by Henry here

[@superman4ism]

Henry Rollins..you sir are amazing!!

[@davedave4918]

I like Rollins a lot. And I agree with much of what he says about the media. One thing I disagree on is that non-transparency in the news media is something new. Or at least that's the impression I think he is giving here. The news media has never been transparent and will never be. Apart from a few publications (Private Eye in the UK for example), every news channel or publication filters the information that they have to serve their own agenda - this is Media Studies 101, which we all should know. The difference that 'social media' has made--is making--in the news media sphere is that we are getting raw 'news', unfiltered. This is problematic because it highlights the instability and chaotic nature of the world in which we live - it has always been like this. Now we get to see the chaos of the world unedited, unfiltered, directly to our devices and that's scary. It also makes it more difficult, if not impossible, for us to make sense of what is going on in the world. And when truth-seeking journalist try to get to the truth, often an ugly truth for governments, they are portrayed as trying to undermine those governments and their foreign policy agendas. So raw news is demonised as somehow unpatriotic or even terrorist in its motives, as Trump likes to do -- ‘fake’ news has become a catch-all for unpalatable or embarrassing information, but can equally be applied to the propaganda disseminated from government media and comms departments. Where does that leave us? In a kind of news ‘non-space’ -- a soup of truth/fiction that nobody likes. The solution? Who knows. One thing is clear: social media just thickens the soup. My advice is to not use Twitter or FB or any of the online surveillance mechanisms. And that’s what they are, forms of surveillance, whether it’s Zuckerberg-style fascists, governments, serious news journalists or you. We’re all watching each other. Orwell said: the perfect police state requires no police. If we are not careful we will all be ‘informing’ on each other -- government and individual: Log off, tune out and look up.

[@davedave4918]

Intersting strike-through. I didn't do that...

[@parvezjakson]

Love you ,Henry rollins..thanks

[@danhair]

It's all about interpretation. Some interpret the best, others choose the worst parts just so they can validate their hate and scorn as being rightfully placed. That's the most simplistic form of it, it's like telling a child not to eat sweets or worms are going to start growing inside. But it's also a protection mechanism for the people, telling all the people that don't want to understand God that they will suffer if they do bad things to others, if love can't save them, maybe fear will.

[@ThinkPositiveDude]

Hahahaha I like how as the video progressed he went into a tangent about hoist personal view about the media. However I respect this man and I share his views proudly

[@DeltaHorizon22]

This man has a lot of very relevant and sensible things to say.

[@CreatorsAbout]

Always gives a powerful speech.

[@MpowerdAPE]

i see that now, you're right. and you were right too "go there". the youtube comments section is becoming more predictable then i imagined possible back in '07

[@burningxdagger]

don't need to be smart to make a difference. You just need passion and sense

[@SBCBears]

I just reread the posts. Turns out I was not replying to you, but to UnitsHell. Maybe you missed that. I've done the same thing myself, especially when it is past my bedtime. Cheers!

[@metaltyphoon]

WHERE IS MICHIO KAKU ???????????? He was the sole reason why i subscribed !

[@TheImmortuary]

Michio Kaku is a scientific spokesman at best, regurgitating the hard work and research of others. However he is an educator, so you cannot begrudge him for him, like Neil Degrasse Tyson, and educating the masses (no pun) is worthwhile. I will agree however that you are absolutely correct when you say nobody knows what it is. Scientists are trying to explain with analogies of drag, but are failing miserably at explaining the finer details, because they themselves, dont know yet.

[@tudortoomey]

Rollins is really good on these.

[@SharpeTrade]

"The supreme irony of the information age, is that it gives new respectability to the uninformed opinion" - Michael Chrichton. How Chrichton used references and quotes in his works lends great irony to that statement ...

[@Oshowah]

Loving this!

[@Volound]

0:58 what word does he use here? X of privacy? would really help me out, thanks.

[@rowanbritto5365]

Amelioration - the act of making something better; improvement.

[@Volound]

@@rowanbritto5365 wow its 2020 and it seems to obvious now. thanks for the reminder btw.

[@snt_gulab]

He is amazing...

[@Oohsuger]

dude, ur my favorite, I love you

[@PoetlaureateNFDL]

Thanks Henry. Great insights!

[@AH900112]

We salute you for your deep views.

[@carlosgarciahernandez7201]

Wow! Great stuff

[@darrenlee1938]

The truth. All these years have passed but still the Truth

[@thecaveoawesomeness]

AGREE....kinda.David Eagleman is great to watch

[@Born_Into_This]

I believe he points Colin Powell out because he is a man of integrity and of higher morals and values than was seen throughout that administration - or for many administrations. Cheney-Rumsfeld did not do him any favors putting him in such a position and I remember thinking to myself 'what is he going to do? I couldn't see him falling in line' but I remember distinctly & thought it was his oath to country to back up the administration's claims on Iraq WMDs & Al Queda ties. His pain was evident

[@vidfreak56]

"traded truth for access". Yes. This is how the world works. You trade what you have for what you need. A profitable network would rarely commit suicide in order to tell people the "truth". And this doesn't make them "cowards" either. You would do this yourself if it benefited you more. Like you wouldn't just give a piece of your liver to someone unless you got something out of it. Same goes with charity. NO one just gives unconditionally. Everything we do is based on incentives.

[@ZerosInfinite]

OMG this guy hits the nail right on the head! Not too long ago I was pretty young naive and idealistic.. always going to be naive at least to some degree but towards the last half of the Bush administration I gave them so much benefit of the doubt, because he was my president and "we're the good guys".. so I would look the other way under the guise that whatever they were doing behind the curtains was for the greater good. It is utterly defeating to pull that curtain back & find petty corruption

[@mutatismutandis6051]

ok, I get your point now. I take it back, you're right. took me a while to put things in context... but then I live really far away from the US. (what cheese sandwichs?)

[@vernonhampton5863]

Sad thing about this is, Colin Powell did say that what he did was wrong. Long after thr events but he did openly say that he regretted his statements about Iraq.

[@ushilives3]

"Think for yourselves, question authority" Timothy Leary

[@dallasburns7692]

Just remember that this isn't a partisan issue. From Ron Reagan to the current President there are people out there doing horrible things for "the greater good". I don't care who becomes President they become disciples of Machiavelli eventually and it's freaking scary stuff. Iraq was a hard thing for me because I joined the Army as Country loving American but by the time I went to Iraq my perception changed to that of a humanity loving American. It was a really tough time.

[@GravDiga]

I love youtube, it's the first the time little man actually has control... on what is broadcasted.. on a worldwide scale...this shit...is the beginning. and this video paints the perfect picture of the dawn of the end of corruption...if the people wake up, it's not about intelligence, it's about actions and intentions.

[@siphra]

I have never thought of Henry Rollins as being old until he said 'I'm on the twitter"... that is such an old man way o f saying it...

[@JUGAopet1]

BRAVO !!

[@PsychoHF]

Adblock Plus is available for both Chrome and Firefox. Yes, advertising supports the companies that provide us with content like this, but forcing advertising in the way that KZbin does is disgusting. So use Adblock as a protest, but add exceptions for websites that aren't terribly annoying with ads.

[@jahwontpayanybills]

"on the twitter like all those crazy young kids are" what a perfect human being

[@3yearshardcore1]

Thanks, I'll give it a go.

[@shehrima]

شخص رائع ويستحق الإحترام

[@gutterchic66]

he is so smart love him

[@TheSluglie]

it is not so much that a despot was gotten rid of which is a good thing, the problem is that if america had not put him in power in the first place it would not have been an issue

[@kevinclark6934]

What's the delay in getting rid of all the despots closer to home?

[@weltraumalltag]

That's his opinion and his point of view. He has not to proof everything, it's just opinions shared and these opinions come not only from him but more from other people behaving to him, others, the world.... His reaction and words are fully legal. In any case more legal than politics lying to the world.

[@clumpy100]

Kudos Henry. Though I'd respectfully ask you to reconsider identifying yourself as a consumer. You might want to identify yourself as a citizen. Citizens have rights and responsibilities, consumers are a herd.

[@just2pissyouoff]

ya youre right on that one

[@cleansingfire100]

lol weird i was just thinking about this while i was on a hike the other day!!

[@wotmot223]

Yes, you can get a glut of information.... a great deal of it being partially or completly inaccurate. You can get that from books as well of course, but inaccurate information on the internet tends to take on a life of its own. The internet is only as valuable (in terms of information) as its sources.

[@StJamesJr]

I love BigThink when they have scientists or academics explain interesting concepts. I am less interested in the opinions of celebrities, even very smart and articulate ones. Knowledge is hard to find. Opinions are easy to come by. For evidence of this, see the Internet.

[@dynasticc]

1:01 I can see you! You can see me! I can see you! You can see me! (x100000)

[@ivyking4149]

As always; Henry Rollins genuinely dropping bright, truth bombs.

[@FreeThink1984]

great line to say as a precursor to speaking the truth "and i'm not mr. conspiracy theory boy" 3:40

[@Vinc3stylez]

Need more videos with Dr. Kaku

[@Fin10G]

This worked well as a prologue for The Newsroom.

[@mehappierthanu]

I want to so badly, but none of my friends want to join me... so its either I go alone or wait till someone posts it up on youtube. Have you by any chance read any of his books, im looking into buying a couple but cant decide which two to purchase... any recommendations?

[@Ragnarockalypse]

Thank you, you can post it on facebook if you like. If a discussion arises around it I'd be glad to join in if I can. I don't want to take too much credit, though. The train of thought i presented is inspired mainly by Richard Dawkins and Penn Jillette. Also comment space only allowed me to develop my thoughts so far. The passage to which I'm referring: Deutoronomy 13:6 - 13:10. Dawkins: watch?v=4aCRHjH6d4Q Jillette watch?v=NGw_IY-5dsA (The end)