No Talent, No Skill, No Passion.

[@nimmen]

This is the video everyone needs to see and understand. No matter if they're 20, 30 or some other age. The younger, the better, but it's never too late.

[@aithjawcraig9876]

Younger the better? Meh, don't really know about that. Kids tend to have pretty immature and uninformed approaches to self learning. And let's be honest true talent is not something that can be taught. I know someone who started painting in her 50's and improved incredibly fast, she's now pretty famous. I spent about the same span of time trying to make it as an artist in my youth. I improved EXPONENTIALLY as an adult because I was able to bring real life experience to the table. Children are of course peurile and will not take the pursuit as seriously in most cases. I also don't think neuroplasticity really matters as much as people claim.

[@nimmen]

@@aithjawcraig9876 I meant earlier in the adult phase. That's why I also mentioned "understand"

[@Fallen608]

Hear hear.

[@TheTimeOfThePlace]

Thank you for staying real

[@feth7747]

But this is the video that NOBODY and the very few that see only a few understands.

[@denisgirard7467]

Bjorn, I'm with you ... and Ralph Waldo Emerson. I'm a 77 year old 'boomer', and have spent the bulk of my life outdoors. Even now, my home is on wooded property. We have a visiting bear; many deer, some foxes, rabbits, a weasel, visiting Coyotes, and I've counted about thirty varieties of birds. I am content with my life. Thank you for your videos, I find them comforting.

[@samirish6696]

I just reread self-reliance. This world needs that book now more than any other time.

[@vincentboisvert4673]

I dream of owning a home on wooded land. But that seems impossible in Canada with home prices

[@user-ts1fp4nm9y]

I have to agree with you both.

[@unitedstatesdale]

Denis , Blessingsv😊

[@unitedstatesdale]

​@vincentboisvert4673 Agree , How are the younger couples going to buy they're first house. The propertys I purchased years ago for 58K Im now selling for 580K

[@SusanHMcIntyre]

70 yo boomer in suburbia with chronic illness. I can’t get to the forest but you help bring the forest to me. I am very grateful! ❤

[@waynedieckmann9840]

You can take the person out of the bush, but you can't take the bush out of the person.

[@OutdoorswThatGuy]

@waynedieckmann9840 any suggestions when homeless people show up at yr very spot and hunker down grrr

[@jackhargreaves1911]

Ditto

[@maximusindicusoblivious180]

I pray for your health Susan and hope that you do get to the forest someday soon, unless you are bedridden. Maybe you can attach to a seniors group that has day hikes with wheelchair access. There are a lot of them. Best wishes to you.

[@SusanHMcIntyre]

@@maximusindicusoblivious180 Thank you! I will keep my eyes open for such a group. I have lung damage from chemical exposure. Calif smog & allergies limit most outdoor activities. Meantime I appreciate your prayers & the chance to enjoy vicariously.

[@dienand_gaming]

To me the biggest shame is people giving up on making art because of AI. Please keep making art!!

[@lethalfumes]

I was one of those people, but I’ve realized I should be making the art for my own enjoyment

[@aaaverage]

I'm actually making some, it's not what you'd expect though

[@Rajab25161]

@@lethalfumes do it for ur self

[@FictionHubZA]

Ai art is lacking. It lacks passion and soul. Creativity, individual expression, and meaning. I personally don't like it.

[@OminousIllustrations]

yeah i make it for my own enjoyment, to experiment, to learn and share

[@girlinagalaxy_]

“Do you even care that this is real?” That hit me in the heart ❤

[@mazharabbasbukhari7390]

Its the illusion of mind to be in illusion or return back to reality.

[@no-ic5gw]

what does that even mean?

[@ShivamShukla-66]

We are in a simulation

[@roizen7874]

I am a gen X "living in a box watching a box" and i feel empty most days. I have no idea how to break away from the city/ corporate lifestyle and live a more natural life. I think I am afraid of trying. But hopefully I will achieve it one day. Thank you for your lovely videos. 😊

[@Rachel-h3n]

Small steps. That's key. A walk in a botanical garden, sit and watch birds for 60 seconds. From this country Gen X to you.

[@Growing-Our-Retirement]

Get out as soon as you can! Make a plan and work as hard as needed.

[@svenschmalfu3093]

If you have a lil money, go to the Trackerschool, get a three week ticket/holiday, take the back-to-back's. That are Standard, Advanced Standard and Advanced Nature Observation and Tracking. Brings you on a Level not known before, and would be a complete new beginning. And i mean - take all three! Do not skip before! It starts now in May or June or so.

[@douglasvamateurradioandmore]

I go to a "conservation" park that had hiking trails when i can't get well out of the city.

[@animaljustice7774]

@hughmungus6147they may not be a “bro”.

[@RobertSears-w8d]

I also am 51. My job was recently eliminated by AI. I was a dispatcher for a trucking company. I decided to start some businesses that can't be eliminated. Doing stuff computers and other people won't do. And spending more time out of doors.

[@Youtubecensoredmyusername]

Yeah, what did you do? I figured I’d be a mobile tech because they charge 80 an hour. But nobody pays if you don’t hold their car hostage. I tried plumbing, everybody wants to be my buddy. But everybody has a reason why they cannot pay crap. I kinda give up

[@stu-ax]

I'm also curious to know what you chose. I feel art is one area that we can still express ourselves and offer value, but only if an audience is searching for human created work..... actually if it is AI generated then "work" is misplaced and irrelevant....

[@Eulaalia10]

@user-vh7ki7xu7o I have always thought that you pay your friends MORE because they are your friends. You take care of the ones you love/like.

[@Youtubecensoredmyusername]

@@Eulaalia10 yeah, that’s always a bonus. Very rare in my circle lol.

[@BUTTERFLY31214]

🦋🇺🇸God Bless you

[@Rose_Ou]

I am a medical translator/interpretor. It's taken me more than a decade to feel relatively comfortable translating medical text of all kinds and levels of complexity. If I'd known that machines would be taking over my profession I'd never have taken this very difficult and financially unsatisfactory path. At 48 I feel unemployable and pretty much a failure. I'm thinking of moving abroad and just taking any job, preferably in the countryside, I'm so sick and tired of the world we live in.

[@tillik1004]

Almost everyone is sick and tired of the world we're living in right now. Everyone but all the people making obscene profits at the expense of humanity and the planet.

[@maretgalbraith9105]

Please don’t feel like a failure. You chose what you thought was a reasonable choice at the time. No one can predict the future, esp now. You are still young with a lot on life and choices ahead on you. Stay connected to your heart, that is what counts, you will learn to respect your decisions that way. Best of luck in the future.

[@paulconger2989]

Hang in there

[@sarah-kk4om]

I’m 51 and am in a similar position

[@tldw8354]

I am 45 and did learn programming the hard way for the last 13 years. I see that I will be useless in about 5 years. But what I also learned the hard way is, that I can learn something new and maybe do a job that fulfills me more and helps other people. and not everything will be replaced by AI. Otherwise humanity would become completely useless and pointless. And one last thought on AI.. currently it's on the exponential rise, and every exponential comes to an end. Thats a law of nature.

[@sqZiee]

Facts brother, I am always happy when I'm walking my dog in nature at night when nobody is about. The world is becoming fucked, but I refuse to be like these people..

[@caobita]

I refuse, too

[@HO-bndk]

​@@caobitaYet you are both watching KZbin and making comments. 😂

[@galeparker1067]

🤣🤣🤣👍👍✌️🇨🇦​@@HO-bndk

[@smokeyoak]

​@@HO-bndk yet you eat and breathe and sleep

[@jakesolo2872]

⁠@@HO-bndk You don’t know the difference between commenting about something and doing something. You’re the exact problem BAB-H is talking about.

[@half_some]

I'm 18 and a part of Gen-z. I often find it hard to connect to my contemporary coevals as our values often don't align if they aren't dumbed down by social media to the extent of not forming values to begin with. I value nature and freedom of expression, and art is one of those forms of expression. The thought of out-sourcing the expression of your persona to AI, LLM's, and similar concepts just destroys my soul. I hope one day in the future when everything is faked by AI, the stuff that's proven to be real and forged by human hand will skyrocket in value. I sincerely hope one day people will overcome their programmed laziness and find a creative outlet for the stresses of modern day society.

[@knitwit014]

Wise! Perfect your craft!

[@rebellefleur2993]

Beautiful words ❤

[@pharmatoncoremuzikprojesi2179]

"I was born in the WRONG generation" under a queen music video ass comment cuh

[@Apostate_ofmind]

The fact that you think using AI 'outsources' expression is sad. Thats the same exact thing the opposers of photography said, word for word.

[@masonmp1889]

@@Apostate_ofmind the difference is photography was made as another tool to show the world a i is made to replace art

[@ZainRahmanHakim]

Sir, this is the kind of youtube video i want to make! No jump cuts, no annoying background music.. And you articulate your thoughts effortlessly! So glad the algorithm recommended this.. Subscribed and will keep watching your vids to keep getting motivated!

[@georgepaget5748]

Bjorn I'm with you. Today I was waxing my old sailboat. I drove home in my 13 year old car. I feel the aches and pains that one would expect at 80. Oh I can afford assisted living but where's the glory. I have to get my boat ready for my annual cruise up the coast of British Columbia. Life is sweet. I wonder how much longer we will be allowed to be human.

[@bloodmoon1956]

❤ 👍🇬🇧

[@elathiaskade7311]

What have you done to improve the quality of the world in all your years on this earth?

[@OutdoorswThatGuy]

@@elathiaskade7311 Have you done anything...??

[@kevinhighlander2207]

⁠@@elathiaskade7311His genuine post, causing you, perhaps a punk, to put your vitriolic, contemptuous, antagonistic post. Meanwhile, 🌹🇺🇸

[@FSVR54]

Why would you need assisted living if you actually did the right thing and had a family around you?

[@TheOutsider69]

I agree. It's not so much laziness as a concept -- or at least PHYSICAL laziness. We have always found ways to automate the human experience. Cars, planes, etc... but automating art... the idea of _intellectual_ laziness is truly disturbing to me. The one thing that is uniquely human being offloaded to unthinking machines is truly dystopian and extremely irresponsible. I am not looking forward to what is to come. This really does feel different. Part of me feels I'm overreacting and just being a boomer but, I don't know, this really does feel different. The best way I can explain it is like this: Everyone got scared when Photoshop first dropped because people were scared we could "photoshop anyone doing anything!" but this never really became a problem, because the reality is there are people who created the algorithms that make photoshop work. There are people who KNOW how gaussian blur works, or how pixel blending works. These are all algorithms that are predictable and, ultimately, detectable by humans with the right expertise. SOMEONE knows how this stuff works. The problem with AI and machine learning is that it learns by itself, and it can run MILLIONS of years worth of algorithms (deep learning) in the span of days or weeks to the point that, when something goes wrong, there is no human on earth that can go in and just 'fix' it. No one knows what happened, they just have to scrap the entire build and start over. This is EXACTLY what just happened with ChatGPT like a month ago. We are offloading too much onto a machine that we do not understand, and there will come a point where we will become completely hands off and be unable to do anything about it. The singularity is a real, looming threat and it is inching ever closer...

[@andrewch4066]

Well, I really wouldn't call them _unthinking_ machines. AIs you speak of are mostly neural networks, and the idea of neural networks came from nature - that's how human and most animal brains work as well If someone were to create a really powerful AI with as many neurons as a human has, and somehow managed to train it like a human child on a reasonable timescale, if this AI actually started to comprehend its environment and state of being, if it started to speak and act like a human can, would it still be an unthinking machine? Or a new kind of person? Would it really be that different from us humans?

[@kotzpenner]

We are already at that point where big tech companies like Google don’t even know what their AI algorithms are doing exactly. So we are unfortunately way past that point.

[@quatresaison4769]

I’m 26 and i’m tired of the modern society where you must always think what you gonna do with your life and when I said I just what to chill with my friends and walk in the woods they call me lazy. Now I know what i want to do is to learn how to be self sufficient, so all the money I made is just a bonus, so i can work less and live more

[@SantiagoVeraLoor]

Well done. I wish you success in your adventure 👍🏿😊

[@jacksquat4140]

There are a significant number of people who don't care about reality - what they care about are positive experiences, and they don't care where they get it, AI or otherwise.

[@keerthanakomathi1075]

Okay these words are still stuck in me...

[@Tetradepodmelontea]

HQ reality is privilege nowdays.

[@LovanRoyen]

@@Tetradepodmelontea XD

[@StrongBodymindandspirit]

Yep, chasing that fleeting momentary high

[@jacksquat4140]

@@StrongBodymindandspirit : "Momentary high" sums it up nicely. Thank you.

[@arkantos4dead]

I'm just a nobrained crate luger myself with no talent to speak of, but even I feel deeply sorry for all the artists, writers, voice actors etc. that have put years and decades into perfecting their craft only to get overshadowed by a basic AI program spitting out art like some vending machine on steroids. I cannot even imagine what that must feel like. I really hope you guys manage to remain relevant.

[@panzer_capital1006]

People should just build there own community that doesn't include AI. It will be small but still sustainable to me. I go to art websites and would still filter out or notice the AI designs (There is specific pattern I notice). I hate it when people just give up just because AI takes over. There is still room for old ways. Just like outdoors like this youtuber now. Many people don't enjoy it but its up to you to go for it by yourself. You don't really need to keep following the mainstream crowd all the time. Example is Japan is still big consumer of CDs during this digital age. They didn't stop buying CDs even though the world move on to digital. I also buy CDs just like the Japanese.

[@pinchebruha405]

It’s surely feeling the same as artists felt when the camera came out…hopefully it works itself out

[@traattatata7973]

One must switch from this being about the journey and proccess instead of result. Funnily enough the AI is what made me get into drawing seriously: if a computer, which I consider to be dumb, can do it - why can't I?

[@svenheuseveldt7188]

You want to hear something even more fucked? Those A.I. programs are built apon the same work of those artists.... those companies steal their work and integrate it in their A.I so ai can replace them. Its basicly a computer version of all of the erists their work combiner

[@user-yq2wk6yg8s]

@@panzer_capital1006 But CDs definitely are digital. so your comment is slightly confusing to me.

[@patriciagray484]

I have been struggling for 2 years to write my Second book. Those of us who care will persevere in our crafts...to devil with AI

[@willbesoon6601]

Well said. I write plays and I do this because I love to write. No success and very likely never will, but I will never stop creating.

[@bobjames6622]

I'm an amateur artist and I do it because I love doing it. And sometimes it's a hard slog, but that is when I really learn something new about this amazing craft. Anything created by AI isn't worth having. So don't give up, and instead pour your soul into your work. And soul is something that AI can NEVER possess

[@patriciagray484]

@@bobjames6622 Well said. Thank you

[@BUTTERFLY31214]

🦋🇺🇸God Bless you 🙏🙏🥰

[@BobbyRHicks]

maybe you could get a partner...

[@xxxlegend6810]

Leaving my comment here because I know I’m coming back in the future.

[@charlesfarrley2985]

49 years old been fighting for life and freedom my whole life changed profession many times to find personal freedom day to day enjoy nature as much as possible i do in fact spend lots of time alone in the woods where i grew up thanks for what you do

[@hmfoden]

“It is no bad thing, to celebrate a simple life” 🌺🌲🌳 - Bilbo Baggins/ Tolkien

[@The-Chrystalmachine]

He never really said that he is a fictional character . Although I agree with the sentiment, It doesn't make sense to argue against the regression into the artificial world by quoting a fictional character.

[@abeon8151]

@@The-Chrystalmachine A fictional character, made by a real person with real thoughts and ideas, might as well be the writer's envoy that spreads those ideas and messages the writer tries to tell and explain. Writing is art, and art is the expression of a human's inner world and their comprehension of the outside world. Books are some of the best ways to expand imagination and to amuse the brain to think and do creative things. As long as you are able to seperate fiction from reality (and even then, a lot of fiction is just an interpretation of the real world), art can be very valuable. AI has no right to replace that.

[@plebisMaximus]

"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world" by Thorin Oakenshield is another great one.

[@kathryngganderson8636]

We got a Television when i was 7 years old. No more fun canasta games, monopoly, and snakes and ladders. Life changed for the worst. I got anxiety from the things i saw on tv. O never liked it, still don't. Now i am 70, and i like seeing real vids by real people like you Bjorn! Thank you for reminding me to go out in the woods! I am going now!

[@norton750cc]

Yes....70 here also...

[@MrNice-hv3np]

Optogenetics. Hypnosis. Nervous system manipulation technology. It was always the intention.

[@crabbyalthegrump641]

I am in my forties and recently joined one of the larger lodge groups here in the US ... Any time I want to play cards, or shuffleboard, or listen to people tell stories, It's where I end up. It costs only 100$ a year to join, and they have camping facilities nationwide for me to travel in my van ... There are still real people out there that aren't consumed by our toxic self absorbed culture ... But they are rare ... I wish you luck, it's rough and scary out there.

[@matthewthompson3830]

There are still games like that, just online. If you just looked up "how to play public monopoly" or you can just complain about it.

[@sophiaalila]

Same experience. Born in 1963

[@TristanWintle]

Me seeing the title of this video: "Oh look it's a video about me." Me after watching the video: "I will make damn sure this video is not about me."

[@mattiadobrinoiu6868]

"I'm keeping track of the ravens here, they are my friends" i find this sentence so magic

[@-Raylight]

Ah yes, a simple life. It's so beautiful to be able to life with nature, we've been surrounded by technology for so long that we forgot about nature Wish there are more nature places where I live

[@markmenzies4218]

hi Bjorn, i'll be 59 this year. i'm in Scotland. i love just being in the woods, in the wilds. i get grief for it from my peers. like i'm some kind of odd ball. i get moaned at for having my mobile switched off for a couple of days. i hate this sorry world we are living in. it's a dam shame. all the best. Mark.

[@deadreckoning6288]

I'm 59 and agree. This world is shit. I remember better times. Being in nature is the only thing that keeps me going. I also have Scottish heritage and hope to get there someday. The Highlands have been calling me my whole life.

[@OutdoorswThatGuy]

I too get that from my peers like I'm a strange guy , who does that still , why go in there , what do ya do in there / out there 🤔 I say this Well boys ... if I have to explain it to , ya probably wouldn't understand ... and they wouldn't and they don't!! Enjoy the outdoors for all its worth ...Do you Be You and for them boo hoo lmao 🤣

[@joannedibben2352]

Please don't let people call you odd for being in nature with your phone off.i take my hat off to you just be yourself and don't worry about them🌈

[@kev1734]

I'm 32 and get the same crap 🤣 I don't have a touch phone; one of those old 'bric' ones. I have it switched off a lot and then people get angry because they assume that you have a touch phone and it's always glued to your hand.

[@genevievevatt101]

My phone is on silent all the time. I get so much grief from my family because I never answer texts or calls until I am done with being outside... Not sorry. :)

[@justintime1848]

I left England after the first lockdown, moved to the Canary Islands and just bought a small farm where I can grow my own food and be self sufficient. I'm high in the mountains and the fresh air is amazing. The peace and tranquility second to non. Im a therapist and own another business I just launched. I work predominantly online and from home. I followed my passion and turned it into two successful businesses. Where there is a will there is always a way ❤

[@TheCzerwoxD]

Hi there. I live in England and I'm quite interested in pursuing psychology to become a therapist. Can I ask what does your day to day life look like since you work from home? From the few lines you wrote I can see that this could be a life I dream to live.

[@gayanngodfrey2824]

Congratulations 😊

[@justintime1848]

@@gayanngodfrey2824 thank you 🙏🏼

[@Duck1985]

Cooorrrr that sounds nice, i'll come visit you!

[@zarrvnerraccce]

How do you know how to grow food

[@brocktoon8]

I'm glad I'm getting old now. I don't like where the humans are going. Totally agree with everything you said.

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Same here I’m hurting pretty bad,especially at night from spinal issues otherwise very healthy and really want to be around awhile for my wife who is only 46

[@genevievevatt101]

Is it strange that i use humans too in the same way you do? I appreciate that.

[@raylidell3613]

Same here. I've felt this way for quite some time. Back in the late 90's I used to say "we are witnessing the deterioration of civilization as we once knew it"

[@wadsworth2351]

I feel the same way but am in my late 30's and i wish i was already gone. Don't like anything about this world we live in right now.

[@rebellefleur2993]

I wish i was born earlier too 😢

[@MeanOldLady]

No talent, no skill, no passion because those in power remove all incentive for it...

[@Lucy-xb7ff]

Thats my experiance too. The programming and brainwash starts in school.

[@melissabogolubov6248]

More like the people in power want you illiterate and absolutely helpless. Some people PAY for AI- and it is making them forget all their skills over time- and they don’t even see it.

[@johnnycripplestar5167]

Exactly. We better start forcing kids to learn more about computers or they'll fall for more scams from big corps. Like Microsoft. And ignore real tech problems because the fancy men in suits have the monopoly, not genuine nerdy people.

[@nurventilatoren]

There a many reasons why I still draw using pencils. I clearly have no talent and only a hint of selftaught skill, but I still like doing it. There will probably come a time when people actually want to do more creative things themselves because they all get this shoved down their throats. Sure, technology has many benefits. But sadly, creativity is suffering because of it.

[@kirillzotin1983]

like some artist said, pencil is close to your heart when you draw

[@Iron-Waffle]

Great video. I'm 27 but when i was in middle school, I'd written a short story for my english class. The premise was a dystopian future where humans became dependent on artificial intelligence for nearly every aspect of life. There were large portions of the population who were without jobs and barely surviving, living off the scraps of the elite or some kind of government aid. People protested to no avail, their pleas for change falling on indifferent ears. Yeah that was over 10 years ago..

[@paulfay357]

58 years old here. Your short story sounds prophetic. Likely it will become a reality for billions of people, but doesn't have to be for you.

[@DankMemes-xq2xm]

On the flipside, the future could be utopian. AI takes every job and produces everything we need. People no longer need to work to make money, and instead everything is free due to the abundance of resources and free labor. Humans spend their lives going on adventures, doing their hobbies, and whatever else they like. There is no longer any elite, nor any poor people.

[@justplinkin4809]

At the same time, I wish some would quit coming back to nature because they are dragging the city here with them. I live in what just a few years ago could be called the ‘sticks’ however now, as I sit here the sound of lawnmowers, traffic, and people, are all around me. It’s horrible, they run from the city but they don’t leave it behind.

[@MarshaShelley-t3n]

Same here. I Hate it!!

[@apz202]

It is like people leaving the cities and going to the countryside and still voting for the same woke policies.

[@jestnutz]

do you yourself own a car? a lawn mower?

[@justplinkin4809]

@@jestnutz Truck, no mower, I let it all grow. Deer eat it.

[@deadreckoning6288]

Humans suck. I much prefer trees & rocks as neighbors....

[@BjornAndreasBull-Hansen]

Dear friends, I am going to The Bushcraft Show in England in May (2024) to meet friends and spend time with the great people of the bushcraft community. They have given me a discount code that you can use if you're considering going there. "Code: bab15 Tickets page: bushcraftmagazine.com/tickets It gives a 15% discount off all weekend tickets to The Bushcraft Show 2024, including VIP weekend tickets. Must be input at checkout."

[@tassie2348]

Have you considered visiting Tasmania? We have many off grid communities here. Would love to meet you down here. 😊

[@stevennoble7254]

Love this title but is really true this day and age people like any kind of interest in wanting to learn or be educated.And I hate being told by people like that who never tried and just don't want to do especially when I always try learning new things and try at things.These people can be toxic and hateful to you I think its a form of jealousy.

[@LoremIpsum1970]

Hey, Bjorn. I like your jacket...what is it?

[@katmurphy8591]

If I could afford the time and money to go to England, I would in a heartbeat. I would love to have the chance to meet you and absorb your wisdom. I'm just very thankful I found your channel! Sköl!

[@Citiglobal88]

Do you ever make videos in your Norwegian language. I bet people would watch that and read english captions. I like to watch movies in there original language.

[@Northrnsnow]

It's going to be like auto tune in music. No talent hacks driving out real talent.

[@prestonb]

old bat

[@kathryngganderson8636]

Auto tune would have ruined Joni Mitchell's music. She used her own tunings, much more jazzy than that boring concert pitch. In my view auto tuning ruins a lot of music and can't be sung to. I am not a machine, and my voice is unique, mellow and jazzy. I cannot sing to concert pitch. If I try it sounds soulless. You are so right!

[@lillianvanalst9453]

Nobody will care as long as they are entertained.

[@dr.ofdragonstudies8114]

True but I think there will always be some people who want something made by a person/by hand just like with food, paintings, furniture ect. Sadly there will be fewer people able to make those things as time goes on.

[@dr.ofdragonstudies8114]

@@kathryngganderson8636 Imagine Bob Dylan with auto tune.

[@scottcurtin2598]

I’m 55 and I’ve never had a bad day in the woods. I need to go to the forest daily. Seeing the trees,birds and animals is such a need. Too bad most don’t get out and experience nature.

[@BonnieMorrill-t7u]

I have been doing this all my life when it is warm enough, grow gardens, own an old 1937 home, my home has nature in my back yard of a half acher, mountains in my back yard. Love it!

[@KennyG233]

just glad there is enough music from the 60s 70s 80s 90s to carry me through this garbage

[@deadreckoning6288]

Well said. Feel the same 👍

[@stephencopping9953]

Let's skip the 80s and 90s all though there were exceptions mainly in world music an😮d some jazz and folk / protest , but rock music just like soul died especially int he 80s, saying that there is a renaissance coming from America of old timey music, and the Grateful dead seemed to have inspired a lot of of young musicians who are making some wonderful music, but like the 60s 70s you have to dig deep and not accept the corporate mundane crap that's put in front of you ah well time to go underground and check out some more sound's be they old or new peace !

[@zhartheProprietor]

All of those years of music was, in general, created by the cia

[@johnvincent4048]

Long live The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Rolling Stones, etc...

[@zhartheProprietor]

@@johnvincent4048 case in point

[@themainediverschannel4495]

I care that your videos are REAL, it's what keeps making you a TOP-G Bjorn!

[@st0a]

This is the real Top G, I don't see 10 illegitimate children and 50 Bugattis in his videos. No bragging and tough-guy narcissistic victim mentality and unnecessary Matrix references. 💪

[@idklol311]

​@@st0ayep but I used to support Andrew tate but now I stopped supporting him.....

[@Nerbly]

If you want to make AI less of a problem, support local live musicians. Purchase artwork created by human beings. Only consume entertainment created by people. Only eat food prepared by human beings. Give up a little convenience and a little money to keep supporting human workers. The more people that keep resisting, the harder it will be for malevolent forces to prevail over our species.

[@kathygray977]

AMEN!!! ❤❤❤

[@jamiehartman3350]

Sadly the whole "vote with your wallet" trope only works when people have money to be choosy.

[@Nerbly]

@@jamiehartman3350 It's all about what you choose to spend money on. If you have a job and no money, you have made poor spending decisions to begin with.

[@settlece]

i don't think you can see the scope of this can you imagine what a poor country is gonna end up being like when we don't need them to manufacture things for us how much poorer are they gonna once you have a robot that can do what a human can do you no longer need a carpenter a builder a plumber you don't need any of those things anymore and that's where the real will we use it responsibly comes from. it really doesn't matter whether you want to embrace it or not it's gonna roll over you@@Nerbly

[@Nerbly]

@@settlece Eventually it might roll over me, but I'm not going to go quietly and without doing what ever I can to stop it.

[@OWX.384]

i may be an 14 year old who dosent know anything about life yet, but truer words coudlnt be said, i hate ai with all my heart , anyway nice video, keep going, i love when old peoaple talk about stuff, its always so calm compared to the "crap" that is internet thease times

[@joseuribe430]

I'm a photographer and I know in the future there won't be a need people like me. I guess I'm old school and find Ai to be destructive of art and any craft

[@TR4R]

I'm a frustrated man, fat and hopeless (lab analyst, if you wonder) and I agree with you. I used to feel frustrated about how terrible of a job our education system does. But I'm a bit old and I guess that, believe or not, I actually lived through the "golden age" of education. Kids will make their homework with Chat GPT, they are not reading, they become addicted to social media and smartphones since early age, it's Armageddon dude.

[@johnnycripplestar5167]

@@TR4R As an IT student it made me realize how horribly predatory technology is now. I grew up playing computer games and modding some. Kids nowadays sit on TikTok instead with free dopamine and barely learning things or get lied to. Unlike a decade ago where people would actually learn because long term content is way more viable to teach people things. Kind of why I like astronomy for example, always watched plenty of interesting documentaries. Now you have windows recall. "F*** Microsoft!"

[@72shovelhead45]

If you've never spent anytime in the mountains then you don't know what you are missing. Life is short and you're missing some of the best things.

[@forestsecrets5687]

Beautiful comments, Bjorn. Here in America, the last fabric store, Jo-ann Fabrics, has declaired bankruptcy. What is being lost is the knowledge of how to sew garments - leading to dependance on foreign-made clothes. That may seem a small loss to many people. But it is a symptom of the choices being made by a majority who are quite happy to follow the whims of technologies. Bjorn - you raise a very insightful question as to whether humanity is stepping forward or backwards now. Going into the natural, untrammeled and ignored forest is a conscious effort to turn away from the "glittering little boxes." A few people will hear and agree with you. Those few are returning to what is real and enduring. Thank you for being a voice for them.

[@SJBuck-k3p]

I'm glad you mentioned this. I didn't know. I need to check and make sure I have anything I might need in case my store closes

[@deadreckoning6288]

I'm old school and believe the old ways are best. I hate where this world is going and hope I'm not around much longer, to be honest. Sick of all the bs.

[@OutdoorswThatGuy]

​@deadreckoning6288 No offense but this is what I hear alot , just what you said I hope I'm around bla bla ... we are around ! We're here still ... I tell this to my buddies all the time so now what ?? Got any plans ?? Why are we waiting and what are we waiting for .. keep living , we're allowed aren't we , I believe we are still , others will not though 😢 enjoy or at least try , it's all we have left 😉

[@zhartheProprietor]

And I bet you use Amazon right? If you do stop complaining.

[@nancysalerno7036]

I used to work at Fabric Tree the reason is CHINA. I wrote a very long comment on my observations since the 60’s but it was deleted before posting. I ran into s lady named Joann looking for a treadle machine for when there is no power. I have great memories of fabrics and threads but the cost for supplies made sewing s hobby for the rich.

[@lumberfoot2004]

In the future we will not even need to think. Everyone will simply be equipped with an AI that will give you the right answer to any question or situation that might arise.

[@Jerry-gw5dd]

In the 70s to 90s my fellow, Tech-interested and Scifi-infused generation dreamed of a Utopian Future where machines would take care of all the work, you as an individual don't want to put up with Like hauling, serving, whiping your ass or whatever comes into your individual distaste, so we would have the free time to concentrate on what seems interesting and importend for example doing painting art or maybe writing poetry. Now it seems we are going to face the opposite where AI will do Art, writing and all meaningful communication while the Human has to do all the shitwork or is just reduced into a consumer with no perspective at all.

[@TR4R]

Wow, I hadn't seen it that clear. And our greed has to do with it. All the disgusting and/or hard-work will continue to be made by humans, AI will just take care of functions that require some level of reasoning or creativity. And we will become more stupid. Technology can be dangerous but we have done it extremely harmful with these uses.

[@JazzgutsVGvanKampen]

I'm a jazzguitarist, my whole life I've been working hard to polish my art. Last time I was playing at a party and an elder guy said to me, you're the last generation that studies guitar so hard. So you're damn right man.

[@ananda_miaoyin]

When my youngest was five, I gave him a guitar - just like the song says: Here's a guitar, its all shiny and red; never hurt no one, never started no wars and it makes a magic sound... He is 24 now and WAILS! Few things in life are as fun as playing and singing with one of your kids. There has never been a finer instrument crafted by the mind and hand of Man. AI will never have a group of humans at a party gather round, sit down and shut up to listen! Keep rocking!

[@JazzgutsVGvanKampen]

It doesn't matter what you do or play, once you do it with all your soul and passion​@Fred.Carpenter

[@athensr1103]

Despite fast worldide communication and computer systems, we are actually in the Dark Ages - Look at the architecture , furniture design and Art . Design of clothes and their simplicity also - fit for peasants. Chopping down trees and polluting the rivers and streams like barbarians . I could listen to you all day, Bjorn . Please talk to the people and make them see . And Thank You so much.

[@Ceolskog]

I'm starting to suspect things are made with the intent for them to get ruined quickly, so that we have to go and pay for more. Greed.

[@Minwu325]

@@Ceolskog that's the market for you

[@madduxnagel6935]

@@Ceolskog You are 100% right about that. Manufacturers figured out that building things to last wasn't as profitable. If something is built to last, you won't have to buy another one or get it serviced. Nowadays nothing lasts more than a year without having to get it repaired or replaced. This is a purposeful shift.

[@gboy1973]

I turned 51 in January and I am glad for men like you in the world. Stay awesome!

[@cabermonkey1]

Hi Bjorn! I just wanted to thank you for all of the videos that you do! Have a great day!

[@apgoldapgold]

Children using smart phones is a step back. Instead of playtime they are getting screen time.

[@call_me_mado5987]

Yes, I remember when I was a kid, I played with nerf guns and with sticks in my backyard, now children have tik tok downloaded at the age of 10....

[@VictorParisLlana]

Tbf people back then also disliked how kids would play outside instead of doing "more useful things" like studying and such, so not too different from now

[@yunkinto]

Not just that, but always being able to rely on the internet for information makes you learn less, because why learn or memorize something when i can just google it instead. I‘m 22 btw so i grew up with technology, but even i see how it makes my mind deteriorate.

[@patriciagray484]

Woods lovely dark and deep, and we have promises to keep...guard the natural it is all we have to uplift our spirits...thank you

[@Free_Ranger_CT110]

And miles to go begore I sleep...

[@patriciagray484]

@@Free_Ranger_CT110 That's the ticket!!!

[@theimperialist2686]

Well said Bjorn, this is the one of the many consequences of the lives we are living now. Too much easy convenience, and AI ending these industries that require human skill.

[@dmtaboo_truth7052]

I'm jealous of people who live in colder climates. It's so ideal for outdoor activities. Here in Australia it's often uncomfortably hot, and you can't have a fire. It's the beginning of autumn now and I'm looking forward to the colder months.

[@davidwilliams7552]

Move to Tassie or up in some high mountains

[@platypups]

​@@davidwilliams7552 I live in high mountains in the south and I'm here to tell you the altitude only makes a difference at night and in the colder months. It has no impact on the severity or duration of the long months of heat, which is the issue. I only get weather that is at best neutral or cooler from May to sometimes September, and I live where it snows. This is an unhelpful suggestion at best.

[@deadreckoning6288]

I live in N America where it's cold most of the time. Hope to find myself in the tropics at some point. You can have the snow & freezing weather haha 🥶😅

[@dmtaboo_truth7052]

@@deadreckoning6288 Lol, I guess 'the grass is always greener'

[@deadreckoning6288]

​@dmtaboo_truth7052 Human nature right? 😉

[@godnotavailable2094]

"I'm keeping track of the ravens, they are my friends." I love him already.

[@imabeardsley9280]

🤩❤️💯😍

[@robertwhittleton7208]

I'm with you Bjorn, As a Yorkshireman from the UK, now living in Australia, I thoroughly enjoy the life/peace you deliver in your messages. Mega, mega well done for doing this. I tell people a lot. I have for a long time. We will win!

[@lindachurch4555]

I'm almost 60 and I've always loved being outside, working with my hands. So satisfying. I could never understand why so many people don't like physical work. There's so much joy in using my skills to make things. Work is NOT undignified! It's something to take pride and satisfaction in.

[@outlawsyl]

I like how in a mod for Rimworld the aristocracy ideology is "dumb labor disliked", I hadn't considered how it's just one belief a person can have, explained by feelings/traditions and not facts.

[@MALICEM12]

Some people don't like pain

[@nick111655]

I was raised on a farm, and surrounded by forest all over the place. I have to admit, life sure was more invigorating, less stressful, simple, air was cleaner, water better, skys were clearer back then. That was back in the 70's and early 80's long over, and a shame. I always spent 75% of my time in the forest or by the lakes and streams fishing, hunting, or just walking. Technology and infrastucture has changed all that, shrinking the natural habitat, and upsetting the balance of nature. It would be nice to get out of society and live off the grid. Easy to say, but not easy to do. Still there has to be a way, maybe enough people that are like minded could accomplish this and travelled together to form new communities outside the cities.

[@morris886]

Sign me up for one of those communities!! I have been wanting to live like that for as long as I can remember

[@stuartdicks2082]

Me too

[@SantiagoVeraLoor]

Sadly i afree with you. Im only 39 but it makes me cry ehen i think how beautiful life was decades ago before all this technology destroyed everything. My parents are both over 70 and i was raised old school. Spentr mist of my life in rural country side. So beautiful and peaceful.

[@robertculver6845]

I live on 7 acres of land. I planted 1 eastern red cedar tree today in my backyard. Gave it a healthy drink of well water and the red cedar looks fine! I feed the wild birds berry blast and various varieties of foods

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

I had 17 acres in Sag Harbor NY once and it was abound with Easter red cedar trees Literally hundreds and bighealthy ones too

[@marcosporcayo1645]

I am 66 years old most of my life earn of living out in the country, finally I will make it happen, I bought a piece of land out in the woods, started to clean it up and make it my home, thank you for your videos they lift my spirit , I can’t wait when I finally move out in the country.

[@annaerishkigal3770]

I've noticed that the more "enriched" people have become by technology, the less they are able to think independently, think things THROUGH, or hold conflicting thoughts. I find most people have become totally dependent on "the system", lacking skills, even basic survival skills such as how to cook a meal from scratch or grow a tomato plant in a pot. Of those who -do- cultivate practical skills, even among those people, I find a lot of them have become sliced-and-diced into narrow "tribes" and don't think outside of their narrow area of interest. And the opposite problem... Others are so "scattered" with a bazillion shallow pretty shiny blinky things, that they never cultivate enough specialization in any of those sparkly distractions to actually USE that "knowledge." It has always been so, I suppose. Human nature. But the nature of the internet and its access via modern technology and AI "helping" tools makes people easily manipulated, and they have no more "down time" to self-reflect and change direction. BOREDOM is a gift ... go out in nature and cultivate it a bit. Creativity arises from adversity and boredom.

[@mclyte20]

Your comment accomplishes nothing as you're still a piece of trash person .

[@angrydiver_4220]

This was said nice, i fully agree with this comment of yours especially the part about boredom usage for self reflection and creativity. You don t even need nature to harness the boredom benefits, all you need is someone that locks you in an empty room with only a chair, a table, pen and paper for like 6 hours to ponder about important questions in regards of your life/desires whatever.

[@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070]

I agree with most creativity and the like are more sporadically generated then coming from just boredom or captivity. Plenty of bored people who create nothing

[@davidmccaughey3070]

Keeping it real Bjorn. In Vancouver I feed my ravens every day, they come to visit at the front door and I give them a hot dog each. My Lab hates them 😅 You are right, people want the blue pill not the red. The only thing that you can really change is your self.

[@woofwoof9647]

Poor Labby HaHa My two get Growly with the Sparrows an Blackbirds when i feed them NZ ❤ 🐾🐾 🐾🐾

[@radiationraven]

@@woofwoof9647New Zealand?

[@woofwoof9647]

​@@radiationraven Yeah Mate Kiwi New Zealand 👍

[@andrewczuba498]

I am now 56 years old. I started getting drawn into the wilderness and woods 10 years or more ago. I made a trip up to northern new England usa , and it struck a chord in me. I started camping with my kids in the summer and learning more and more about making shelters and fire to cook on , how to get our own drinking water etc . I stopped watching TV quite a long time ago. I recently interviewed for a job up in this area of my world and was hired, I found a place to live up there and now I am doing it! I am living in an area of vast forests, rivers, lakes and streams! Something inside me drew me to this place . I used to feel this way about the sea, I grew up and lived my whole life on the ocean, but the shoreline has become coveted real estate and has become exclusive . the woods here are so far north, it still has a real winter and is far enough away that only few come here, who most have the same mind set. it is truly beautiful and peaceful ! nature is humbling! the north woods are far better than a 55 and over 'community' ! hahaha

[@nancysalerno7036]

Well said ! I ignore my kids advice that I should live near medical facilities. Not a priority for me.

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Maine or New Hampshire ? Love that area of the world

[@timberdoodle6924]

If your new to the woods mind the ticks - late may thru June is the worst of it

[@katalinbranner3341]

Than do you draw decorations. not art.

[@MichaelJaw-hv9uu]

Being laid off when AI started taking over my tasks was a significant moment in my life. Starting to save later meant I had limited resources to consider retirement at the time. Facing ageism, I had to take on a lower-paying job. After conducting thorough research, I found a strategy that eventually led to a $1 million return in 3 years, which helped me retire with $3 million. Looking back, I’m simply thankful for how things turned out

[@DaliTaliani-wz4ti]

Honestly, luck plays a huge role in investing, sometimes even more than the resources you have. Without it, succeeding can be really tough

[@MichaelJaw-hv9uu]

Consistent outcomes aren't luck, I attribute this to research which was the challenging part before it led me to Emily Ava Milligan, a top fund manager, in turn she made 310k into this and counting

[@DaliTaliani-wz4ti]

I pasted her name into my browser, and her website popped right up. Your example is rare. I stumble on gems when I least expect to. thanks for the share

[@Exar.Kun42]

Lol bullshit spam crap

[@00vTv00]

I like that she has wild sex with her clients, too!

[@rocky-my5ck]

I need to watch this video every week and a reminder that perfection isn't the goal. But constant improvement and enjoyment of my time is what i wish

[@ADg-le9ms]

It is a strange world. The people are dumbed down but the phones are smart. All the labor saving devices burden the environment and many break so soon after purchase one can only wonder why all those goodies were purchased. And there are gymnasiums to keep fit all those people who have never worked an acre of land. One can buy air filters for the home so that it can't be smelled. People have relinquished responsibility for themselves and their families and given it to governments who don't know what responsibility actually is. I am a U.S. expat living in the rain forest of Costa Rica. My daughter and I have fresh air and water without fluorine or chlorine. We do not watch television. We watch the birds and the butterflies, appreciate the orchids...and smile at the monkeys. It is much better than Los Angeles.

[@SC-gw8np]

You are very lucky - though I do not discount the fact that you probably made a lot of smart choices to get where you are.

[@enjoixander]

I’m 31 I talk to my peers and people younger than me about such things every chance I get. I cannot express enough concern that technology is destroying the human soul. I treasure conversations now and I am an introvert lol There’s always a way to reach individuals and that’s how we fight this destruction of the soul. It’s how we make plans to see the natural world and appreciate our opportunity to experience creation.

[@kbjerke]

Always glad to share a fireside chat with you, Bjorn!

[@jkseraphim4]

As an author, it's really up to true writers to save the future of creativity and fantasy with a sprinkle of morals.😊

[@Market-Garden]

I agree. We need to remember our Common Sense.❤❤

[@ancientsalt4291]

I moved to Alaska last year. I work for myself, maintain and cultivate the property, just got a pup to eventually be my deep woods and mountain expedition companion. After winter and break up is over, my internet usage and time will reduce drastically. Much love from all of us here. Take care now! As always, love the videos! Wish our snow was as gone as yours.

[@half_some]

I wish you the best of luck on your journey. Please do write a journal, I feel that time away from the internet will help you forge philosophies unheard of in my generation as your values will return to more meaningful concepts rather than materialistic longing, and a journey may one day spread those philosophies.

[@mikepowers1196]

This is the real world and this is real life.the truth that most don't have a clue.thanks you for this video. From Damascus Virginia USA AKA TRAIL TOWN USA

[@mystxmojo8520]

100% with you.... Could not imagine being locked indoors.... I cannot imagine not having access to the Colorado outdoors.

[@karenwilliams3993]

You make me feel like I am coming home. It's hard to stay chipper. Feels very dark. Thank you.

[@Yet333]

I’m a very talented artist ( painter). Also a skilled carpenter. I have extreme passion for the organics of nature, culinary creating, most of all passion for caring for our sentient beings ( animals), searching out the neglected, abused hungry and abandoned. Currently, I isolated in a house with a very cruel dark person who is none of these things. A year ago, members of a church convinced me they would help save my life’s work of art, along with every bit of my life’s belongings-, carpentry tools, clothes, family antiques , everything I owned. They swindled me, stole everything , haven’t heard nor seen since. I had talent, skill, and passion , all in a simple grounded and beautiful way. I guess I don’t understand this message. It’s nice to see the forest though. 🍁

[@MrNecryptic]

It may be time to consider a departure from the circumstances that currently surround you. The trials you've faced have undeniably been harsh, stripping away much that was held dear. Yet, in this loss, there lies a profound freedom-the liberation from past constraints and the roles imposed upon you. The lessons learned, though acquired through adversity, offer invaluable insights into the complexities of trust and the facets of human nature. Unsolicited advice may seem intrusive, yet there is wisdom in recognizing the unique chance that destiny has unfolded before you-a chance that, if not seized, may become a source of future regret. Now, the vastness of possibility stretches out like an uncharted ocean before you, inviting you to explore its depths. This moment, perhaps more than any other, presents a pivotal opportunity to craft the existence you've envisioned, to pursue that which imbues your days with meaning and stirs you to rise each morning with anticipation.

[@Yet333]

@@MrNecryptic eloquently spoken. If words could transcend , alter these circumstances , it would be a vision realized. Thank you much for sharing MrNecryptic.

[@suprtroopr1028]

Technology's current advances, including AI, has forced a worrying question we still don't have the answer for: what happens to humanity when we outmode humanity?

[@Shadow_Sonata]

Current AI is more like a glorified search engine with a few media attachments. We're a very long way off before we get a GlaDOS (Portal series) Shodan (System Shock), Skynet (Terminator) or HAL (2001 A Space Odyssey). Still, few will just use it as a tool. Rather they will see it as the easy way to crank out mass produced swill. It's just a copy of the introduction of CGI graphics. A prime example is animation (especially Japanese animation). Where features were once produced with hand drawn cells and would show the style of a particular artist, now it's almost all produced with a machine and looks pretty much the same.

[@dancampbell9090]

I used it every day, you are so wrong.

[@dancampbell9090]

@jonamail3143 go back to eating you crayons

[@Elitegama2]

exactly. sadly most of science nowadays is BS. its just a buzzword to get investor money@coomerkiller

[@GnomeInPlaid]

Respectfully, I disagree. My elder relative, who has now passed, was an executive at IBM and was supervisor for the first International Space Station. He had to design 3 different computer systems for fail safes - in case one failed, there's a backup, then another backup because it would be up in space. When the project was completed, all of a sudden they pulled the funding and, of course, the technology went to military applications. He was one of their top guys. They would fly him by helicopter if need be to get him where he was needed. He retired in the mid 1980s. He was replaced by a Chinese national. When he saw the Terminator scene where Dyson was talking about the Terminator arm and how it led them into areas of totally new research, he had a heart attack right there while I was watching it with him. We were both science fiction fans. He had signed a non-disclosure agreement so he couldn't talk about it. Seriously think about this - if you were the top guy for the biggest computer company in the world - as IBM was at this time, and you see how your work is going to be used - would it be a big stretch of the imagination to say you'd be incredibly shocked at what they had done with your research?

[@GnomeInPlaid]

@jonamail3143 I can see you still sit at the children's table at holiday gatherings.

[@suzettefialho666]

I live in Scotland and love your videos, You are awesome 💯 So right we belong in the forest ✨🍀🌞🌻

[@amoeb81]

Omg... Bjorn that forest is so beautiful. I can almost smell the juniper bushes and the pine-smoke. On another note, of course it matters what is real and what is not, I don't know what is the percentage of people to which it doesn't. Nowadays everything is a lie, everything is "forced" to appear as something it isn't, it's like someone is trying to dance, but doesn't enjoy the music. You're videos are a breath of fresh air.

[@SC-gw8np]

There is no music left, in fact. The people are dancing but there is no music. That's why it feels forced.

[@amoeb81]

@@SC-gw8np What do you mean? I meant that the music is the inner drive/interests people have. Life itself if you will.

[@SC-gw8np]

@@amoeb81 I meant the same thing as you. To spell it out fully, I meant that people are living without an inner drive/purpose, that's why everything feels forced.

[@amoeb81]

@@SC-gw8np I think inner drive always exists in one way or another. Maybe it's so opressed that you can't see it but it's there. At least for me.... maybe for other people it doesn't exist at all... but I don't know in the end.

[@SC-gw8np]

@@amoeb81 It does exist, but maybe it gets lost under the vicissitudes of life. If one lives in a culture that does not respect or value introspection, one may never find it again.

[@ГеоргийПятницкий-ь9е]

Thank you for this video! I'm 40 and always try to get my son to the nature. He is really likes play games and watch the videos but I think it's so important to show him the beauty and the power of nature. I hope later he will value these moments and will get his children to the nature too

[@ericsmathe]

Thanks to your videos, I am spending more time outdoors with my son. I had forgotten how wonderful it is out there. Thank you, brother.

[@EECV88]

I’m a painter. This sucks. Anyhow… I won’t stop painting.

[@MikeyMichaelton]

I think physical art will become more popular as people will get sick of soulless ai art, so yes keep on painting.

[@maksympt1]

Most of the time life runs on automatic mode. We don't question the things that happen around us. Your videos are great reminders that we should be asking more questions.

[@simplewrites]

I'm 21 years old. I've started writing short stories as a hobby at 18. This year I've started writing my first novel. Currently at 124k words and close to finishing it. I write military sci-fi because I like sci-fi and I like action. I plan on writing and posting for free. In the future I'll post videos about my worldbuilding passions (again for free). I do this not because I want to be rich, or successful, or famous but because I just want to. Because I like it. Because I just like to write. I like storytelling and worldbuilding. More people should be like that, I think. Do stuff just because they like doing it. Not for some great goal, not for physical gain, not because someone told them to do so. But just because they want to. Because they like it.

[@TR4R]

Hello there! I'm a wannabe author but haven't done anything yet. I would like to ask you a very abstract question, just in case you're kind to answer me. How did you do to make yourself informed on topics you didn't know too much about? What were your research tools or strategies? I personally have the great disadvantage that I haven't traveled a lot and don't know too much other places and cultures. I don't know too much about other social classes either (what is specially intriguing to me, not for jealousy, is the real lifestyle and perks of very wealthy people). Our interests are very different but I appreciate any help. Thanks forward!

[@simplewrites]

@@TR4R Hi there. Your question struck me as somewhat strange but I'll attempt to give a straightforward answer. Read. Nothing else to it. Books of all kinds, online sights of all kinds, videos of all kinds, anything even remotely connected to the current subject of interest. First, I would outline the broad concept of what I'm researching. Then I dig deeper into the individual aspects. Example: I want to know more about war. What is war? Then, how does war begin? Then, why does war begin? Then, why don't we stop war from beginning? Then, how does war escalate? Descalate? Who is fighting? How do they fight? Why do they fight? Why do they believe they are right? All the way down to the boots the soldiers wear. I ask myself every single possible question that could be gleaned from the subject and then examine it individually. It's hard work, it's long work, and it's boring work. But I make it work. I hope this helps.

[@TR4R]

@@simplewrites Thanks! 🥰

[@simplewrites]

@@TR4R any time, friend. What do you plan on writing?

[@TR4R]

@@simplewrites I thought about a dystopian novel, however my idea is kinda old. Some years ago people started popularizing a conspiracy theory about replacing physical money with some chip put in the hand or somewhere else. The idea was to keep absolute control of the population two ways: one is to be able to strip you from all your money and purchasing power very easily, the another one to be able to locate you with extreme accuracy any time they want. As everything will be monitored crime would almost totally disappear in a few months, but with it the freedom of mankind. People who travel a lot (some of them) argue that they've already achieved it with biometric passports. But when I see people paying with watches or phones I can only think, has this gone already too far? Digital currencies can be seen as a escape but once the governments, via the central banks create their own, it's basically game over.

[@thepoifessor]

There have always been intellectually lazy people. There have always been shitty artists that didn't learn their craft while the great artists learned. This is nothing new. There is no great insight here.

[@transferdatathreewally24]

Intellectual laziness. Look around and you will see the physical equiv. . A decent barometer for the physical. Love england, love scotland, st georges day 23rd. See you in london iain w in glasgow love, peace, wits xxx and remember st andrew later in the year. What we neglect gets tsken away. Love our beautiful little island xxx

[@PeverellTheThird]

The irony being the insensitivity saturating your comment serves as an example of said "intellectual laziness".

[@rasmusturkka480]

There have always been people who disagree with everything. There have always been people with shitty opinions that didn't learn new perspectives while the great thinkers did. This is nothing new. There is no great insight here.

[@TheSwedishRanger]

I've been writing all kinds of stories and tales since I was a kid, in both Swedish and English. Writing has always been my passion, and I always strive to better myself in the art of storytelling. I'm in my thirties today, working on what I hope becomes my first book, and the first of many, since I have several others planned out. And I got to say that AI scares me. I'm worried that it will one day make us writers obsolete. What happens to us that work and toil, that pour our hearts and souls into the craft, when anyone with a computer can create the next Lord of The Rings at the push of a button? Writing and telling stories is such an important part of humanity, of who we are, and the thought of AI replacing that.. makes me shudder.

[@rondahildreth1104]

I love living in REALITY! As much as it can be painful emotionally, mentally and physically, that's part of the human experience.! Without it, you're a robot! 💜💜💜

[@AleksiePena-Martinez]

I was "one of those people" for a long time. But now I see what media really does, and now I am more Disconnected than I used to be. And I agree with you to the fullest extent. (9:30)

[@Virginie-a]

I am a writer, writing my book handwritten. I am also homeless, i see people in Brussels where i am, pretending to care about various wars and demonstrate on the streets. That act has ZERO efficiency in reality. However SUCH people don't help a homeless beggar in front of them. Such hypocrites😢 regards to beautiful Norway, i was in Oslo homeless and begging 2years ago (was also loonking for a job but no luck..),left a month later

[@GloriaLedesma-hc5ex]

enjoy you hike. I live nature as well. I'm a boomer and love listening to the woodpeckers. They put a smile to my face. They work so hard pecking at the wood. I'm retired and find it difficult to get out and walk. I know this is what my body needs, but I find it difficult to get moving. Say a prayer for me.

[@holycabbage7308]

I grew up in the mountains. Surrounded by nature. I could leave my door and be surrounded by forest with nobody around in 15 minutes. Now I live in the city. Even if you leave the city, everything is private land or farms. Even though we have a large protected natural area running through the city, the nearest real nature is 4 hours away. I miss small town life and I miss mountains.

[@brokentoyland]

I've been saying this for 20 years, concerning the art market being flooded with digital "art". As an artist, I have watched in disappointment, as people become "art" superstars, using these cheat methods. It's very unfortunate. The old ways are the best ways. And we should all be seeking out our own unique talents. This is the most beautiful thing. No matter what the medium. They say music is the universal language. But art is the language of the heART. We need actual artisans in society. Art gives soul. It makes one feel and think. These cold, digital, AI things, are soulless. No thanks.

[@hihosh1]

That sounds like jealousy and envy

[@katie7748]

I couldn't agree more, OP. Jealousy and envy has NOTHING to do with it whatsoever. Critical thinkers know this.

[@KodibearIndigo]

Holy crp you made those!!! Yea that's talent. Imma sub to you

[@dreamthedream8929]

But a lot of artists are using this artificiale art to help them with ideas and so on and ive seen some of that and it looks great. As long as it looks great it doesnt matter in which way its done@@katie7748

[@davidwilliams7552]

Music is a form of art

[@Laura_B__]

Nice video, Bjorn. I agree completely that we must all get back to nature. I certainly don't have old-growth forest near me like you do, but I do what I can with the little pockets of nature that exist in my area. I have believed since I was in my 20s that the disconnection from nature is a huge factor in many of the problems in today's society. Our mental health, and even our ability to think clearly, suffers greatly when we separate ourselves from Mother Earth. By the way, I like how you often close a video with the words, "Stay strong." It would also be nice to hear you say, "Stay strong, and make your ancestors proud."

[@lippi2171]

The saddest thing with AI is that it's only the near future that AI on a digital level will be indistinguishable from actual humans and real experiences, and many people will completely lean into it and will have the most dystopian, miserable life imaginable.

[@ymi8238]

I'm an old gen Z (24) Agree with everything you said, and I know a lot of others gen Z who agree with you. This isn't an old vs young fight, and neither is AI progress.

[@waltersteffensthezr2man431]

my father is 75 I'm 45 grew up on a farm in Northern Michigan I've had a W2 for 36 years I'm proud to be a blue collar worker! I love your channel My fellow Norwegian. Much respect!

[@archer7141]

The greatest generation in America was the parents of the Boomers, the people born in the early 1920s who came of age in the Great Depression and fought in WWII. As a 52 year old Gen X’er I’m talking about my grandparents generation. I can’t stand modern society anymore and any free time I get I’m in the woods and streams of my home state; hunting, fishing, and enjoying nature.

[@mojojojo560]

My grandad was the greatest man I ever knew.

[@wasntme777]

I hate modern society too, we are not the only ones. I read books and do not camp in woods.

[@florite007]

Keep hurting animals and ur luck will not change

[@kevinhighlander2207]

Resonate w/ you, dear @archer7141 My Dad’s sub last sunk WWII in Java Sea. A fact. 🌹🇺🇸

[@kevinhighlander2207]

Copy Bjorn/fellows amidst. Semblance of respect, resonance noted. 🌹

[@qed456]

Once it was early spring I walked into the forest and spent the last three weeks there , thoughtful in solitude - Work means I must return but will head back at the start of summer and the start of Autumn

[@PhilWilkinsonMusic]

Sad that we've come to this. The internet is a sad place. I don't find it disturbing that AI can write a book. I find it disturbing that another human being would consume a product made by AI. Creativity is communication from one human mind to another. There is NO value in AI.

[@Signaman-z9d]

I have a way of thinking. I owe nobody nothing.What I'm talking about is this. What saved me was my disability, I have dyslexia and it prevents my form understanding or enjoying technology, I'm not complaining because if I could do what most people are competent in like,computers ,technology, AI , etc etc I would be like them, now that's a nightmare for me. What I couldn't do for 50 years , love and embrace my differences. Happiness is a thing called not giving a monkies about what people think about me .✌️☘️

[@xv.luc1d]

I sort of accept that the pandora box has been opened. Some people just are greedy and shortsighted, or just struggling to survive. I also accepted that. What we can do that will make a difference is at least not adding to the suffering of others, Or, subtracting from humanity's suffering in any way you can.

[@Xzedopau]

That is a perfect way to simply put it. They are as greedy as they are short-sighted.

[@brushcrawler8612]

We can't even figure out how to manage water responsibly let alone artificial intelligence

[@Gordan19758]

We people from GenX have kept the inner child living freely on the playground called mother earth.

[@LibertyDino]

Certain individuals from all generations did. Still the world is what it is now. We need to find a different approach to change the current direction.

[@SineEyed]

@@LibertyDino the absolute hubris in your words smh. To think you know the way the world is--you don't. You only know how you feel about it from your limited perspective. Your feelings could change next week. And if we all got together to change the world into what you - in your supreme understnding - wanted it to be a week ago, well, everyone would be doing everything wrong again, according to you. Grow up..

[@LibertyDino]

@@SineEyed I did and I can see how a lack of friendship and mentorship lead to what is today.