Losers and Tragic Heroes

Our societies are really good at rewarding success; but much less skilled at dealing with failure. Is there an alternative to being dismissed as a 'loser'?
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[@Arzaker]

"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life" -Jean-Luc Picard

[@coreycox2345]

"One who attempts something big that others fear to try is more likely to lose, CroaiusArzaker. He may still be the greater man." - Benjamin Franklin

[@hazesummer8328]

"Sometimes the prudent man makes mistakes and glory becomes the companion of the foolish"

[@xXSellizeXx]

I've often despaired at how consequentialist society is. They never really seem to care about the things that led up to a result. They only care about the result itself. There always has to be a person to blame, apparently.

[@EvieEveee]

yes, society just want quick and fast results without ever realizing that you cannot achieve anything without work. That's why the media is filled with schemes of getting rich, fit , intelligent fast. People just want the end result without realizing that the journey is the beautiful part

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

agreed. its like in a jury, they blame someone their actions, rather than their intent. sometimes its fine, if an action is bad enough, but if two people commit the same crime, and one intended it, or intended to do worse, and the other was just messed up, or didn't intend it or anything more, should they be punished the same? its complicated and people don't like complicated.

[@Afr0Afr0]

"Meritocracy turned failure from a misfortune, to an unbudgeable existential verdict on the state of one's soul." Powerful!

[@solo6264]

*head smashed*

[@knightsotl796]

Wow that is .......interesting

[@kahwigulum]

It also happens to be commie bullshit repackaged as a motivational woo.

[@motionmarketer4762]

The narrative voice is very soothing.

[@Dazbog373]

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett

[@gabrielcarlettocousseau1302]

DarKool81 That was not, I suppose, the message of the video.

[@Dazbog373]

Gabriel Carletto Cousseau No, but it should've been

[@gabrielcarlettocousseau1302]

DarKool81 Disagree.

[@Dazbog373]

Gabriel Carletto Cousseau filigree

[@iwilldi]

DarKool81 how many glasses have to been shatterd till one reassembles itself? It seems by citing Becket you want to proove entropy.

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

omg this is so true. like how so many times i've heard people refer to those who've attempted or committed suicide "cowards" or "selfish" which is completely inconsiderate and counter-productive. you don't punish someone for being in pain, you reach out to them. i mean i don't, but not cause i don't care, but because i'm just as messed up and don't know how, but i certainly don't judge people for just wanting or trying to hurt themselves

[@atimanavprashant]

To the person behind these videos - You are doing an amazing work, Sir. Your balanced outlook towards life and society is very interesting and uplifting. Reading a lot of philosophy was dragging me towards depression and nihilism. A sort of bitterness was creeping in as i kept on thinking how the world is a messed up place while so many good ideas were rotting in obscurity. But the way you look at the same certainly cheers me up a lot. I sure hope your subscriber base grows over time and your work gets the recognition it deserves. Big Fan.

[@maciejukasiewicz7661]

Prashant Choudhary I suppose it is a natural way of things for people who venture alone in the realm of philosophy, without a Mentor to guide them and explain the darker elements. I know, I have been there as well.

[@alizamzam11]

Success is going from one failure to another without losing your enthusiasm "

[@bigbone_99]

I wish I had something like this when I was a teenager. This channel is really helping me grow up. :)

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

me too, would've been really helpful even 5 if not more years ago. i'm glad for it now, but could really have used it much sooner

[@crangel2183]

All winners had to lose at one point. Actually losing is the most common, but you just have to be right once and everyone thinks you are an overnight success. In other words, people tend to see the outcome, not the path.

[@narezul]

+crangel21 what do you imagine the path is of certain people who are born into wealth sent to good schools have their way paid for them end up with a position inside the family company or inherit several businesses that run themselves?

[@williamspell5692]

So, in a nutshell, the main substitute to blaming the loser is for us, as a whole, to accept an external locus of control; that we are NOT masters of our fate, that there are people who win The Game by playing unfairly, and that ultimately, shit happens whether you can deal with it or not.

[@marlom7882]

exactly it's bullshit ain't it

[@alexanderdelacruz9249]

Sad to say this,but what you said is the reality.

[@yajasuszenfonemax4388]

Deity Saturn to think otherwise is denial

[@sonoxi1756]

But still you can control your actions and reactions, right?

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

@@sonoxi1756 true, that is all we can do really. it'd be nice if everyone did, but that's just not how life works, sadly.

[@K0ragg]

Least in my country, it's gotten to a point where even questioning teachers becomes something dreadful because of the possibility of saying something wrong or stupid or blatantly obvious, to "fail" and to look like a "loser". As much as they say "do ask questions, as many as you want, we are here to answer them!"; the collective mindset doesn't allow it...As soon as one says something silly or asks something of the same kind, laughter strangulates that person's self-image and courage...While the teachers sometimes intervene (way too rarely) they tend to just laugh themselves and then correct the mistake. More often than not they intentionally mock stupidity or ignorance. They seem to do it in order to..."make the hours more joyful" and "interactive", to be more "down to earth" and not seem so "cold and bitter". Can't say it doesn't work, but it completely kills our confidence. We sometimes notice very obvious mistakes, but are too afraid of pointing them out, often making a gamble or forcing some misfortunate person to ask. It's ridiculous because the students enforce it themselves, they got used to mocking some poor sod who is curious or confused...So nowadays you always get this awkward silence whenever they put forth the following interogation(s): "Any questions? Any at all? None? I don't like speaking alone ya know! Fine..." I learned to not give a damn about what others think anymore, if I don't understand or find something dodgy, I'll bloody ask about it. It's annoying whenever I have a slip of tongue or something of that sort and I have to put up with the giggles and ignorant laughter of others. Well, thankfully I'm done with highschool soon enough. Can't say I'll miss my class-mates, maybe some of my teachers. Hopefully college will be filled with less ignorant simpletoms who think I'm some depressed, insane loser for manifesting some passion for Literature, Philosophy and History. I guess the lack of genuine friends can make you look like that, or even act like that. Either way, nice video. It's true, I'm not sure when or how, but we really resent failure nowadays. We take it sooo far. It's just nuts. I blame the media. They jump on every mistake they can pick out and instantly satirize it, or outright mock it. It's like in the class room, but instead of fearing the laughter of your peers, you fear the laughter of your entire community or the entire world...Thanks globalization!

[@jackronesto8182]

What country are you from?

[@shervinmog995]

I totally understand what you mean. I feel like modern societies try to emulate perfection by trying to ignore our mistakes and shortcomings; and even when society becomes aware of this, it tackles this problem in an extremely unhealthy way.

[@K0ragg]

justaRandomhero It's been the same in the 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade as well...

[@K0ragg]

Jack Ronesto Romania.

[@owsomebrain]

Well, you most certainly sound smart to me. And yes college is much better depending on your particular feild of study. The more sophisticated = the more nerds who are just like you. Focus on the future and in a few short years, high school experience will seem like a distant memory. It's almost like you're not that person anymore, you become more wise and your view of everything might even entirely change.

[@MustafaKulle]

You are the hero in the movie of your life. Stop comparing yourself to others, you can only see the world through your own eyes. Focus on developing yourself, don't compete with others, forget expectations, just make sure you are better today than you were before. Life is not an easy ride. So make the best of it while you can.

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This might be the most important one of the whole series.

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I love how this channel takes all my thoughts and settles them in neatly held shelves. Just sheds a light at everything I perceive.

[@jimnewt2138]

A tragic hero isnt an average fella he is a man with great potential,physical streangth,intellect,a man of principle but because of fate and circumstances out of his control he ends up pretty low!

[@braveheartinacowardlyworld6016]

We all want success but should remember that it might not be exactly what we truly want: the journey is a whole lot more interesting if only we are willing to acknowledge that. And even if you come close to success but do not grab hold of it, you walked through that journey and knew that it was worth it anyways. And because that journey was worth it, you won’t mind going on more of those journeys. And after so many journeys, you are bound to achieve some success!

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I just quit my job, without nothing lined up because it was making me so stressed that I was getting genuinely depressed. I started panicking after meeting some friends that I had nothing in my life and it honestly made me want to die. Thank you for this video.

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It's only when you lose everything you are free to do anything.

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I want your tiny team to know that someone feels truly grateful for your push to spread encouraging ideas. It inspires me and indeed combats the constant barrage of mass resentfulness in my world. So uplifting.

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[@kipster9]

Brings to mind the quote attributed to F. Scott Fitzgerald, " Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy."

[@onyxianz8132]

Okay, this one gave me the bitchslap I needed, woah. From now on, I'll be focusing a substantial amount of time on meditation and psychotherapy to embrace the present moment and my life, whatever it is. Thanks School of Life!

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[@KerryLuckett]

So Foucauldian! Looking back in history to recover a good idea...to half paraphrase. I am glad I subscribed to you, +School of Life. And I agree; we have pathologized failure because everyone and thing must be a resounding success (whatever that is), and that is a lot to live up to. Sigh.

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+Kerry Luckett Not if you're actually successful, heyyoo!

[@MuadMouse]

Thank you for another insightful video on that most challenging of topics: how to be a better person.

[@pierrevalentin7300]

One of the most interesting vids I've seen in a while. Fascinating.

[@KaleidoscopeEyes412]

thank you, you have no idea how much your videos always help me in my saddest moments!!

[@alexanderdelacruz9249]

Sorry to hear.if its any comfort,i think most if not all of us go thru sad times.... Just remember you're not alone in this,cheers.

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Cecilia Nobili aww, there there

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From Kenya, this is brilliance in a nutshell

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From Kenya too✨

[@alexanderbilochenko4130]

Great message here, I've been following your videos for quite some time but this is the first one which has made me inclined to comment. I found that accepting this fact about the world (not everyone can be a winner) is essentially to a healthy state of mind but living one's life as if they cannot fail if they just try hard enough (hence a life with more willpower) generally leads to a more desirable outcome than living life in open acceptance of the fact. Something to note about accepting but not constantly acknowledging the idea that the world is not fair is that one must nurture the ability to recognize failure early (yet not too early or one may find themselves constantly jumping from idea to idea) and move on from it when the time is right. This goes along with being able to see success in something that others see as hopeless, but only when the idea is truly great. One of life's largest tragedies is that many of the "greats" in art, science, and literature lived horribly tragic lives with their work not being recognized until after their death. Something to think about for sure. Thanks for the great video, I always find your channel to be in tune with my thoughts about the world at a given time.

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[@noticias6111]

"..meritocracies turn failure from a fortune to an unbudgeable existential verdict on the state of one's soul"..DANG!,that hit's the spot. Also, I *DID NOT :D* think of the tragic character in the light brought up now.Before I'd only have thought it'd apply to *stories* about talented ppl in positions of power who's critical lacking get's "the better of them". Neat to see how it can be a part of empathy,instead of writing off not succeeding as ignorable. Nice bringing up Mr.T.

[@spartjovic]

Long story short, a society which can't accept failure properly will fail in the long run.

[@Nif3]

Fascinating and definitely essential subject, but I have to be honest: the visual improvement this time around really caught my fancy! Love the work you guys and girls do.

[@ianol154]

I thought you mainly do your videos on famous historical characters. I'm going through your uploads and I'm really enjoying videos like these. I like how's it educational and that it provides life advice and views that we can all apply to our own.

[@drewbaltz764]

I find that this video has helped me a lot to feel better about my own downfalls :)

[@MrMalibujunkies]

I watch all of the videos but this one was really really good. Thanks for this video.

[@coweatsman]

Thus the saying "but for the grace of God goes I". I think that is what makes for good writing. Not only the ability to make a flawed character but also for the reader to see that the tragic hero's flaws could be his own if the planets are just slightly realigned.

[@aethergoogle]

Thank you - should be a prescribed talking point in our schools and colleges.

[@JamesW717]

As DJ Khaled oh so eloquently puts it: "They don't want you to win".

[@ThePeaceableKingdom]

No mortal man, Kyrnos, makes his own success or his own failure. Nor is there any man who knows at heart whether he works for good or ill. Often he thinks he'll fail, and then he wins. Often he expects to win, and then he fails. Many a stupid man has striking luck, and turns apparent failure to success. Many a brilliant man whose luck is bad labours through all his life for no reward. So said the old Tory poet Theognis, perhaps a few decades before the first tragedy was staged in Attica, though these things are hard to pin down... (I've abridged the quote. The original is longer. And many kudos to the animators. This old signpainter/illustrator thinks you've done a wonderful job here!)

[@MisterTutor2010]

Success is not contingent on being a good person.

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I loved this one more than most. Keep up the good work!!

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***** rest assured, for there are FAR more hits than misses - trust me on this one. Keep it up!

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This might be quite possibly, the most important video of our generation

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[@MNanme1z4xs]

In scientific field no failure is consider a failure, nor bad luck, it is seen as a step closer to success. Those who made their name in history often attribute their success as standing on the solder of giants. This model of moral is applied anywhere except in personal finance and love life, which is where most people struggles.

[@CraftyF0X]

I can't belive it ! This video is just so true... a huge wisdom, it could be a masterwork of a life, a final conclusion. Speaks right out of my heart and mind ! You can't expect the world to be fair and still, you must deal with it. Everyone who thinks otherwise is just lucky, naiv or too young :) Best video 2015 ! (so far)

[@ruoweilim7334]

THANK YOU. our school has this """resilience workshop""" for grade 10 seniors who are in their last year of high school and are suiting up for the big junior college entrance exam at the end of the year from *8 am* to *5 pm* for *three consecutive days* like,, , bro.....

[@alejandronieto576]

Thank you.

[@aliyyahrusdinar66]

thank you, you make me feel better about myself :)

[@Gguy061]

Isn't there a kind of beauty in failure? To be perfect is to be artificial. I think some people do admire failure, not as an outcome, but as a result in the face of overwhelming effort, like the 300 Spartans of Thermopylae or the Alamo, here in the US. I tend to think of failure as an invention of human thought. Sure, you weren't able to achieve the outcome you wanted, but did you really gain nothing from the process? "Failures" are often valuable learning experiences, not just of the world, but of one's self. Who does the failure really belong to? The person alone, or the person judging from the outside?

[@paradoxinmotion]

Thanks this is great! so true

[@MPearson211]

Excellent.

[@gogetyourgun1490]

You can do everything right, and still fail

[@gtabigfan34]

To be or not to be that's the question- Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing, end them?

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MAD MEN!

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I am curious to know how you make these videos, Do you have a team who just reads books everyday and summarise key points? I am asking this because you specifically quote from works, which cannot be done without reading thoroughly. Do you mind sharing your process? and GREAT WORK, thanks all a lot for such honest efforts! Great Job!

[@bolivar1789]

For friends out there who feel like losers, here are some ideas and resources that can change the way you look at yourself : 1. For most of us, there is a gap between where we are in life and where we think we should be. A feeling that our efforts are never enough, accompanied with a choir of negative voices in our head. What we could do in those moments is just to stop and ask ourselves this one simple question: " Is this thought useful?" We all have the sad capacity to ruin every single moment of our lives, wishing for that moment to be different! It is a very unwise and unhealthy way of living. Instead we could say that we did what we could with what we had. This insight doesn't make you lazy at all. It makes you more serene, more enthusiastic and more motivated about becoming a better human being. Not from a place of self loathing, but from a place of self care and compassion. 2. If you are the kind of person who is always restless and can't stop working, the question is this: Are you running that fast because you are afraid and you are running away from something? Or are you running towards something because it is beautiful and inspiring and that's where your motivation comes from? The intention changes everything because if it is the latter, whether you succeed or not, you won't feel like a loser, but rather like a traveller in the wonderful poem " Ithaka" written by Kavafis. I highly recommend reading it every now and then. 3. Observing people who are extremely successful is very interesting too. If you won't get there anyhow, you can at least see what " being them" must feel like to them. I remember a very interesting documentary called " Bloody daughter" about the legendary Martha Argerich , one of the best piano players of all times! That woman probably never played a single wrong note in her life and all of her concerts and wonderful recordings were an enormous success. But in the documentary you'll realise that she suffers just as much as anybody else, from all sorts of anxieties. In one scene you'll see her complaining to her manager saying that her life between concert halls, airports and hotel rooms is so very "mediocre".... Or take the famous Rodney Mullen, " the godfather of street skating" , the writer of the book "The Mutt: How to Skateboard and Not Kill Yourself" . He won so many world skating contexts but in the end this is what he had to say: "I want peace. Defending the title is slavery, success is illusive". The movie " Raging Bull" by Scorsese, a masterpiece, that tells us the story of the world middleweight champion boxer Jake Lamotta ( Robert de Niro ) is also a great example. 4. When it comes to winning and losing, one very helpful insight is this: "what really counts is not the "outcome" but our efforts and our persistence".I have learnt this from a wonderful TED Speech by Carol Dweck called " The power of believing that you can improve". She was also invited to give a speech at TSOL. You can find it on youtube. I love the fact that she is talking mainly about " the process and the engagement" rather than being obsessed by success as the only possible result. It may sound paradoxical, but as you will see in that speech, this humble approach leads to more success indeed... Thank you for this very valuable lesson!

[@hatboxhaunts]

I’m a tragic hero I fight back but lose I know I’m a hero inside but it won’t come out I don’t give up man this school teaches me more than school does

[@Inglesao]

Spectacular!

[@marcpadilla1094]

Good moral character is rare.Not for lack of trying. The ends always justify the means. In a world where deception gains an advantage, transparency is an illusion.

[@satoshinakamoto5710]

Valuing tragedy is a nice solution and all but an alternate solution is to realize you create your own reality. Social reality are the social constructs people seem to have a consistent difficulty in recognizing. Step back and look at the big picture, the picture that the picture is yours to make. This is an important component of existentialism.

[@satoshinakamoto5710]

Social determinism. The idea that the individual is determined by society is an important, evident idea. It's an idea that is far too neglected, and far too removed from the social consciousness. Our behaviour is always being directed to a socially established path, so there must be a concerted effort to keep this mind and go forward while pushing other forced away.

[@blondthought5175]

***** Never forget that we don't choose our parents or our genes. And that habit is refractory. And that there is such a thing as fate. And that we are all a piece of fate. Existentialism, while interesting, contains a lot of delusional thinking.

[@satoshinakamoto5710]

Blond Thought Let me get this straight. You espouse your belief in "fate" and then proceed to call existentialism as delusional? You realize there are few things as absurd as 'fate'? I see where you're coming from but you're erroneously linking it to 'fate.'The fact that our ideas and behaviors are largely affected by our familial backgrounds isn't "fate", it's an actual real thing named 'social conditioning.'

[@samueltaylor4698]

***** And you're calling someone's notion that fate exists absurd when you - incredibly unscientifically- espoused something equally ludicrous: that we 'create our own reality'. No. If a plane falls out of the sky tomorrow and lands on you, killing you instantly, you've not done anything to 'create' that exact situation of reality. Nor deserve it. We live in a society (as this video astutely addresses) that holds the individual responsible because it's a society that's *absolutely* terrified of the 'not knowing' of not having comforting 'answers' or total control. Instead of accepting the sometimes scary truth - that we are only partly in control of our reality - that we're carried along by a river as much as we dig the oar in as well, we do what, well, what we amusingly blame religious nutcases of doing. We stick our head in the sand and say 'No. No it's definitely all their fault'. Comforting to the small mind maybe, but absolutely no less delusional than believing in fate. This also tells me that you've been exceptionally lucky, but are one of those types that chalks it all up to 'hard work' when the truth is, no matter how hard you try, some small (or large) amount of your circumstances are the result of the roll of a dice, fate, the winding, incalculable machinations (or formula) of the universe.

[@satoshinakamoto5710]

"...that we 'create our own reality'." Stopped reading there. Social reality =/= Physics. Please refrain from jumping to conclusions in order to avoid embarrassing yourself. I actually take pride in my Physicalism and my understanding of the Cosmos. Existentialism isn't Social Constructivism. Social realities are things related to the assumed ways society works like unempirical concepts of "Losers and Winners", which is the only topic mentioned in this video. This video is lightyears away from talking about the 12 fundamental particles, which I assume you're ignorant of and yet you somehow claim appreciation for science.

[@Fuddulous]

Just seeing this video now, though it was published on my birthday! A fine gift for a born loser :) I think people in the media figured out that it's more marketable, profitable, and overall attractive to make everyone think like they can be the big winner. Some of us know better than that, but it is the responsibility of each individual to be able to appreciate the harsh truths of life. On the other side of the coin, it's each individual's responsibility to do the best that they can. And sometimes your best just isn't good enough. But one person can only carry so much weight. If we had a better understanding of what each person's limits are, maybe we could all shoulder the burdens better. Cool Hand Luke is both a natural-born loser and a natural-born worldshaker, to me.

[@yajasuszenfonemax4388]

Noun you're not defined by losses. you're not a loser by bbirth we win some, we lose some

[@NarrowMullen]

The people clap loud when you win a Grammy. They clap louder when you win an Oscar. But the people clap the loudest when you fall. And Champ got knocked out today. Guys, I don't care how tough you think you are. Nothing hits harder than life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, okay? And don't be pointing fingers, saying "I'm not where I need to be because of him, or her, or anybody". Cowards do that, and that ain't you. NYEAGH NYEAGH NYEAGH NYEAGH NYEAGH NYEAGH NYEAGH NYEAGH NYEAGH NYEAGH NYEAGH NYEAGH NYEAGH NYEAGH NYEAAAAAAGH

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[@Undiscovered_Japan]

kinda reminds me of a movie called "A serious man". Really good guy has his world shaken and destroyed

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This was a very good video.

[@Bagman451]

I know in businesses that success and evolution is striven towards despite chance of impossibility, especially in relations to retail. If a neighborhood you're in simply isn't conducive with engaging in quite the same way an affiliate store does, more often than not, you'll be asked to find ways to bolster the store. When concerning a mal-prediction -- corporations, groups, etc -- for sake of survival or resilience, they'll often put blame onto the person asked to complete these goals. If you've ever seen a sour mood move downwards (managers, supervisors, employees), then you've seen how it spreads; you'd also see how, despite the contradictory behavior, each person on the ladder is expected to act more resilient than the person above him/her. It reinforces this idea of success by pushing responsibility downwards. Ironically, people are prepared to blame for their failures, but not wish to be blamed at the same time; take credit for success, chalk of failure to something else. Once you've gotten through this hell-hole of success by employing these methods, why would you want to admit otherwise? I'd assume it is incredibly terrifying, especially sense nobody else would take what you said -- they'd want to take this formula for success and continue to imply it, just in case, even if they'll never actively think of *that* possibility. In fact, there is an EDU class at the community college that you have to take that preaches those very things about success and failure.. And it is disturbing. It reminds me of the book, "The Secret". I mean, if you truly believe in that document, then failure would tear you apart: as hard as you try, somehow existentially, you're accountable for a level of negativity. The college teaches this. I had a terrible reaction to a pre-workout formula that nobody has complained about (igniter shot NOxplode) and have been working for the past year to get rid of a chemically-caused anxiety via medication. I have been told things like, "If you think that way, then it'll happen: don't be negative".. and it doesn't help. What helped was somebody affirming and validating my worries, but letting me know that if it happens what could I really do? "I'll help, try these things and let me know how they work". And I am doing much better now. Still having issues, but much better. All of the shaming, blaming, and gossiping about me from co-workers, family, etc never helped. All it does is magnifying both the positives and negatives: make the entire game that much more risky. An inflation of concepts at it's finest.

[@renehenriksen1735]

It must be hard for people who are very succesful to keep staying on top. On the other hand even if they´ve proven more than enough and more than can be expected from any humanbeing, the judgement nor the understanding from the world isn´t nice or fair. It is rather harsh. Even if the individual is very charismatic, sympatic and has inspired thousands if not millions of people. Do they then deserve such a hard judgement? Who are the rest of the world to question what´s wrong with them when the cannot even perform at such high a level themselves?

[@Pioneersubwoofeer]

Yes society we live in dismisses the unfortunate as losers.

[@sirrex5181]

This would make a good link to your Emile Durkheim video.

[@JAJA0913]

Relative wealth and competition-based glory will forever lock up the majority of human population in the prison of "losers." This will remain a mathematical certainty until the prisoner wakes up in his/her liberating philosophy.

[@denarjan]

Great clip. I've been living in a social coma for 6 years now, completely unable to make any significant human contact. A lot has to do with exactly this. People not willing to spend a minute on someone beaten down by unfortunate life events and illness, people treat me like I'm riddled with infectious disease. I see them becoming nervous and uncomfortable from my misery, time and time again, every day after day 2160+ days now in a row at least. I just don't know what to do anymore. I do know that I'm not going to jump if that time comes. If I take that way out I'm gonna take some capitalist oligarch social structure poisoning douche with me. Sometimes I catch myself hoping the civil war between the rich and poor starts sooner rather that later, so I can still go down in a blaze of glory, pretty fucked up way to think.

[@denarjan]

***** Thank you.

[@M3DIT4TE]

Jesus can heal u.. when u surrender to him miracles happen i promise

[@kurohikes5857]

Most enjoyable.

[@gerbearneronero9748]

We could learn from both Winners and Losers. Get the best of both worlds. In relationship advice, most would ask the successful on how such couples lasted long enough. But most would underestimate the advice from broken, split or divorced couples, for they will tell you what to avoid and expect in the future in the losing end. Most would anticipate winning, but never anticipate losing. Learn how to avoid failure, and you might as well learn to never fail at all. To not learn how to fail is learning how to fail.

[@pasquino0733]

This is very good

[@MrCanchay]

I think that this idea of the Greeks is now in use by shows like > black mirror, game of thrones, breaking bad, better call Saul, house of cards. Black mirror is my favorite as it depicts the future and how it actually goes most of the time in life. Sometimes the characters end up dead but some of the time they are either in a worse position than previously or in the same position as at the beginning.

[@ibodhidogma]

Another great vid SOL! Since we're on the the theme of Life and Crisis, perhaps The Mid-Life Crisis (something I've experienced since my early 20's) would be a good subject? If you're interested, this was an excellent piece in the Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/the-real-roots-of-midlife-crisis/382235/

[@1gordonhuang]

I wish I saw this a month earlier for my essay on Oedipus Rex

[@bommideepak4087]

these videos are amazing... these 5 minutes videos make me think 15 minutes after watching it!! :) :)

[@jackronesto8182]

I was hoping that this would be a Kierkegaard video. It was still very good, but I'm just waiting for when it Comes out one day. One day...

[@TheAwillz]

Can't help but feel there's some similarities to Buddhism in this concept. Interesting.

[@bjap1563]

"Life is full of suffering!"

[@MansMan42069]

I've become desensitized to failure. Success is not for me. To the point of self-sabotage. My biggest failure was not being perfect, so I have relegated myself to being adrift. No ambition, no dreams, no drive. And I am okay with it.

[@terrythompson7535]

It occurs to me that most of what people consider failure in modern times, simply comes from not knowing or understanding the rules of the "game" that the economic system has been arranged into. A person who knows the rules, and the correct people, can simply print the money (loan??) with which to start a business and have other people earn their incomes for them. They call that success, and supposedly the person who was familiar with the laws, economics, and the exact people to provide the starting capital is just superior to the rest of us. Failure can be inevitable for those of us who do not have the system rigged in our favor. Furthermore, we aren't allowed the option not to play the game, because if we don't, we become criminal. Even for just attempting to get food.

[@suyashm1986]

This reminds me so much of stannis baratheon...

[@BatDude27]

Actions are what makes us. If a "good" person fails then he/she is partially to blame. He deserves to be called a loser for that is what he is. Someone who lost. I am a loser and a very big one at that and I will not be at the receiving end of anyone's pity until I have redeemed myself.

[@grantbello8695]

"How open our lives are to career ing out of control"?

[@rickk3114]

could someone recomand me some books which tell me/introduce me to more of this tragedy thing? I find it very appealing, since it really captures the human spirit, which intrests me!

[@rabbster7]

'Failure is a catastrophe' - yeah it really is :(

[@FirdausIsmail1]

thank you for this video, any story for on ancient tragedy that are worth knowing?

[@FirdausIsmail1]

Why thank you for the reply good sir