[SDF2013] Reintroducing Wisdom in Everyday Life (Alain de BOTTON)

Speaker: Alain de Botton, Writer / Founder, The School of Life
How can we re-learn everyday troubles and enjoyments in our lives in this digital age? How we can collaboratively build a happier tomorrow, a more livable world for all?
Alain de Botton, the international bestselling author and philosopher of 'everyday life', visits Korea as the principal of The School of Life, a community-oriented cultural enterprise that aims to exchange ideas on how to live wisely and well.
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[@pauldragusin]

I like how he talks slower and in a more accessible language than usual as he is adressing non native english speakers.

[@MichL_71]

Tough crowd. Normally would've had a few laughs.

[@MichL_71]

@Ödland-Satire Since you asked, "English speakers" 😊

[@daryaearth5751]

He always speaks English perfectly. And this clearness of language comes from clearness of thinking.

[@diabl2master]

​@@MichL_71He did get some laughs

[@diabl2master]

He avoids weak forms and contractions, because for some reason they often omit this from the syllabus of English language education

[@HugDealer]

He is one of the greatest minds alive. I have so much respect for him!

[@mariely6747]

Yes me too i learn lot from him. Very fertile mind he has.

[@reetipunja1787]

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[@boutchie06]

This man made me feel sane for the first time in my life!

[@pandanina]

same

[@nishitha2685]

I'm relieved that the world has someone who understands. Great speech!! Lot of respect.

[@raduantonache1692]

Great pleasure to hear so much wisdom in such a beautiful form👏

[@kimkhalaj9927]

BEAUTIFUL!!!! I wish there were thousands more like you! Never stop your great work!

[@greendrummers]

If you were to become one, your dream would come true! l wish l could use my mind in that way also, it is so hard to get back to life from broken minds.

[@LaGretaGracia]

I just fell inlove with Alain. I could listen to him for many hours

[@PoloABD]

I really like this guy. I’ve just decided.

[@greendrummers]

This is one of the most moving speeches l have heard recently. Thank you for being so honest.

[@kseniya1982]

me too I love him, can't stop watching his videos in youtube

[@LAStars-sratS]

I like his thinking, he actually has thought, not just follows.

[@nancymohass4891]

Wish you teach these lessons to high school students ,that's where they will have a good result!

[@jimlyon7276]

@Nancy Mohass - Sorry to disillusion you but it's NEVER going to happen for as long as the corrupt & incompetent politicians are allowed to behave as "superior idiots ( by which I mean that while they may have "higher; education they have a poor grasp of reality ! ) are allowed to continue deliberately :dumbing down" the conventional education system as the last thing they want is an intelligent population refusing to buy into their b s whilst attempting to control us by illusion! - For more on that theme watch the sub plot of Pt. 1 of the sci fi film trilogy "Matrix" or even Google on "Matrix & Plato's The cave as it's a modern reworking of Plato's 'The Cave "- Opened up many people's eyes as to the true nature of how our power elite's control us through illusion, etc,

[@quantentunnel8941]

Wichtige Gedanken präzise aber sehr unterhaltsam vorgetragen - ein Genuss! Tatsächlich werden wir "gerettet werden" durch die Herausbildung von im Deutschen sagt man "Herzensbildung". Dazu bedarf es verschiedener günstig getroffener Faktoren, zum Beispiel liebenden, starke Eltern, die uns unter anderem Empathie, Geduld und Disziplin weitergeben, aber auch zugewandten, verständigen Lehrern, echt unterstützende Freunde, Freude an Schönheit ob in der Natur oder der Kultur aber auch eine Prise Scheitern, Leiden und Empathie. Hoffnungsfrohe Grüße aus dem Land der Dichter und Denker an die hier versammelte Runde und speziell an den zu allem Überfluss auch noch so sympathischen Redner Bubu Q.

[@lanamuir9352]

Like Alain, I adore my nine year old Blackberry and use it for writing as well because the keyboard is fantastic. You are a kindred spirit on many levels - thank you for sharing your humour and wisdom.

[@halimabouziane1442]

I'm Muslim, and I practice my faith, I live calm and peaceful life.

[@pandanina]

Alhamdulillah ❤️

[@tsunamiwolf]

ever so genius. my favourite modern philosopher

[@carmenruiz9750]

Timeless Love message

[@Snackay]

Lol about the grandmothers. Mine were two of the most generous people I ever knew. One in particular was one of the best people I ever knew, by far!

[@lingtong5853]

A rare talent. Brilliant!

[@kenclifton7643]

Alain, I’ve followed your work for years. This not only informed me on some level, but actually touched me deeply. I love that your work has lead you to this focus

[@TheReinaLia]

Alain has a hard crowd... I hope they have subtitles... but am sure the people there don't give much away with laughter/smiles... they certainly will benefit understanding the speech

[@gracemukombe]

Debbie Davis I agree. I think he was trying to connect. But the speech itself speaks heavily against academic competitiveness which is the core of East Asian modern culture

[@elizabethk3238]

Thank you for legitimizing and validating many of my beliefs...which are contrary to society's norms.

[@jimlyon7276]

As Abraham Maslow said "It's healthy to resist enculturation" [ which I take to mean negative social conditioning ] But having read Alice Miller I understand that 90% of our species are dysfunctional because of toxic upbringing by parents/relatives /teachers/ corrupt politicians who set up the conventional education system to dumb us down so we never REALLY question how the social system is rigged ( see the sub plot of Pt. 1 of the Sci Fi film trilogy "The Matrix" which is a modern reworking of Plato's "The Cave" on CONTROL BY ILLUSION ) - Before she died Alice Miller wrote to all the heads of government ( inc. the Pope ) explaining the true nature of THE HUMAN CONDITION - & they ALL ignored her so clearly these parasites who benefit from our pain & misery are only interested in maintaining the status quo - deep sigh !

[@feartheghus]

@@jimlyon7276 I am so tired of everyone blaming their faults on their parents and the world. I also don’t know why so many people have such an aversion to the judgement of good and evil, many people believe no one is evil, which is plainly false. Some people are bad, it doesn’t mean their parents were bad, not every abuser was abuse as a kid, we don’t need an obsessive search for something to explain evil acts other than evil. SO many people seem afraid to accept that there are evil people in the world. So many people are afraid to accept that their problems are not all because of daddy issues.

[@jimlyon7276]

​@@feartheghus- Rather than continuing to use outdated inadequate social constructs I suggest to you that 90% of our species are dysfunctional & if there is such a thing as human "evil" it's the psycho dynamic whereby the over controlling - toxic parents of 1 generation screw up their kids & because they never wise up to it they then contaminate the next generation & so it has been for countless millennia - hence our species slow rate of evolution ! But rather than get in my face about something you clearly know little about why didn't you simply ask my source rather than simply "beating your gums? Despite your unpleasant judgmental attitude I suggest you go & read ALICE MILLER - THE best child psychologist I ever came across - certainly turned my life around :) - While she explains why we r so screwed up, if you want to learn about how good we could become then read ABRAHAM MASLOW - ignore all the unnecessary attention on business management & look @ his work on Self Actualising Persons & use that as a good role model! While there's little of value in between used together Miller & Maslow give a good idea of the continuum of human behaviour ! - H.T.H. ?

[@kambrose1549]

I liked his subversive tactics. Eg twitter to think and broadcast instead of the usual quarrelling or using the phone to write his book not to field endless incoming stuff and choosing the blackberry as it suited that purpose better. So I learned we need to apply our minds to our lives and everyday problems if we want to grow. Thanks!

[@YuyiLeal]

Reminders of goodness... I love that :)

[@craighamaimbo844]

The way the school of life have reshaped my thoughts 💬💭 about life, thank you so much for teaching me.

[@otthoheldring]

Love this guy

[@laurakennedy1024]

I appreciate him I read his book Art.of Travel when it first came out in US bookstores.

[@SvetlanaRakhim]

Tough audience. A good reminder that we need much more of Alain de Botton in all languages. A bit too fast for simultaneous translation and reactions from the audience

[@luceliasilva4285]

great speaker like you!

[@djclarity222]

Such great speech

[@jobelles87]

Im here because im binging all his videos in YT

[@pandanina]

same lmaoo

[@Aestheticsandall]

Same

[@conradmurray344]

The guy is amazing

[@salvadorfernandez3013]

Great philosophy God Bless You for sharing your prodigious Gift (your mind)

[@debrasnook4714]

12:00 - 17:00 Combine repetition < must be scheduled > of religions with exciting - entertaining speaking / Create better reminders for our parts... 15:25 We need our inner life to have an agenda / a calendar with the most important ideas to repeat for our learning

[@pauloesmarques]

Im not gay, but I love you Alain de Botton!

[@neilsjmcmahon]

Hah - gay.

[@marista8884]

His thoughts are treasure...!!!

[@Wingedmagician]

This was great

[@pollyanacosta512]

Beautifil ideas!

[@RohitSingh-vo6sq]

Michael Sandels and I are exceptions... Well both are my favorites🌸🌸🌸

[@MiLenaStoyanova90]

thank you

[@anna-lisamajor9499]

Enjoyable presentation. I think books help us to know ourselves better. I also think they unify us as they show our points of view are commonly shared by others.

[@maureenmckay180]

Thank you

[@milo_thatch_incarnate]

I love a lot of what Alain teaches, especially about how Romanticism has been the cause of the implosion of most modern relationships. But it makes me so terribly sad that somebody with such a wonderful brain and such a big heart could see clearly enough to know that we lost community, wisdom, proper teaching, and more when people left church and faith… And then not even see that that is exactly the only cause and reason of all the increased depression and suicide rates and hopelessness! How can you see the cause of the problem, and then not even recognize that the solution to the problem is to go back to what stopped the problem in the first place!?

[@YuyiLeal]

Very nice!!! Wow! An amazing practical philosopher! At last!

[@gibranregiste-charles3847]

Love him :)

[@jvervaeck]

fascinating to see how bits and pieces from several of Alain´s books are woven together into a larger narrative, outlining a structure for designing systems that will remind/help/enable us to practice being better people, to ourselves, others and, although not mentioned, other species and our environment. now, make time to write down what it is about de Botton that makes me/you feel envious :)

[@RaffaellaIT]

Excellent!

[@luceliasilva4285]

genius!

[@marclapinff2709]

So good that I can’t feel my legs anymore

[@MichL_71]

😂

[@Aestheticsandall]

😂😂😂

[@adriennegarcia6628]

Such a brilliant man!!

[@jaimecastro7681]

Sería posible que nos suministren los subtítulos en español gracias

[@chottopakhi]

It has always been a great pleasure to have something new from you; moment becomes more enjoyable when my own views find similarity with yours. Too good as always....

[@sajolchoudhury7832]

'The School of Life' is the brain child of Allain. You can have a look. :)

[@lahtreljackson5322]

Brilliant 💛

[@myngoi1881]

Buddha rules: compassionate thinking 🌹

[@sk_4142]

He is the complement to Sal Khan in spreading education.

[@user-mf8yb5ih8c]

great

[@JoeMercersWay]

I love it when Alain writhes.

[@iggykarpov]

15:47 THE MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS IN THE WORLD WILL BE FORGOTTEN, UNLESS THEY ARE IN OUR 📆

[@jenniferh.7219]

Yes we do have a richer sense of who deserves high status problem 32:06

[@deulhead1707]

What you all need is David Icke

[@peterfuller5875]

Am not P am V I love the guy he is brilliant , how I would love to meet him and talk to him

[@antonpictures]

must see.

[@sedakuleli7955]

he is such a beautiful, exceptional human being

[@nunanunu297]

12:40 - 20:11 how religions educate people

[@piccadelly9360]

Love at home and love at work...... is getting complicated Wife : let's go to bed Men : No thanks i'm good

[@Balanaish]

Wonder what the people sitting there were thinking. :D Can't imagine they heard this message before :P

[@FarroShirazi]

Korean know him quite well. All his books are best sellers in Korea! Interesting that he is passing on lots of Eastern wisdom to the orientals 🙂

[@nizasiamehenry]

Wow

[@tsunamiwolf]

haha me 2! they look a bit shocked :)

[@asliiiiifestyle]

🎉🎉

[@vikumugisha1635]

"Leave the premises you are crazy!!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Uberloinvongenchler]

There is a cruel irony to the fact that you can't educate people to be wise, while de Botton wants to 'school' people in wisedom. 'Doing' is to learning by rote what 'being' is to becoming wise. Unfortunately, it is the sore lack of education delivered in most places of learning - (educe - to draw out one's latent qualities) that leads to this in a materialistic corporatocracy, in which we live, and in which most people are surrogates for machines.

[@youssefdirani]

Never a waste of time to listen to Alain. With reservation to anti religion. There is still a religion that is very powerful, and being manipulated by foreign intelligence agencies. We the true owners know the tricks and tweaks.

[@yousefeltine2461]

Hello students of La Salle

[@milknsori]

♥!!

[@VIRAJBHOSLE]

I can't find school of Life branch in India

[@piccadelly9360]

Buddha is the school of life, you have so many Philosopher , everything Alain de Botton says comes from Buddhist teachings

[@vincentdesapio]

The museum won't give your life meaning, but the art in the museum can. He is confusing the institution with the content of the institution.

[@rumyanacholakova2622]

In East Asia education in virtues is as old as Confucius.

[@ewaetnak]

I thought that parents and family are there to show you what's important in life and relationships and in general share with you the wisdom. Of course there are families which will not be especially good at this; well, just as some universities and schools will provide bad quality education. But still, why look for a business model, a new way to earn money on something which, from my point of view, is the very fabric of being in a family (being a child, a parent, etc...)

[@meinungabundance7696]

+Ewa Wilczyńska The wisdom of the families? dont you know how many toxic families are out there? apart from toxic families, there are families who give love and understanding, but are not reflexive, not intellectual enough to convey certain kind of knowledge to their siblings. Some issues in the modern world are more complex than a family can express verbally - and this is needed, too. I've always wondered, why the family is so overrated in Poland....

[@ewaetnak]

Maybe because it's the first "place" where u learn about life, love, failure, sadness. If it functions well you are pretty well equipped to deal with life, also search for more than your family gave you. But u have the "compass". I adore The School of Life, but I believe it is to complement the family, (friends, wise teachers, etc.) not to replace them.

[@meinungabundance7696]

+Ewa Wilczyńska 1) so called "happy family"might also feel stagnant, and is, indeed, oftentimes, overprotective. If you are loved and accepted, it might be difficult to "search for more than your family gave you. Unfortunately, happy people dont bring mankind forward. 2) nobody said that the School of life is to replace the family - because obviously, family takes care first and foremost of our physical needs, or psychological needs, if we are lucky, BUT in majority of cases NOT of our intellectual needs. This is the moment when the School of Life or other educational institutions might step in. 3) are you now talking about the "extended family"? bcause you are mentioning friends and teachers. School of Life is such a wise teacher.

[@meinungabundance7696]

+Ewa Wilczyńska and, you've neglected totally the notion of genetics. As the new research shows (Gerhard roth et al), our parents can relax, because their influence on our personality is much smaller than they think.

[@ivanttosuckyourblood]

10 Samsung fans downvoted this

[@PoloABD]

It’s funny how similar he seems to Derren Brown.

[@123axel123]

Interesting but a very dull and besserwisser outlook on life

[@TheReinaLia]

Ah there was a response just got to the part lol

[@76285bgw]

The Jewish blessing of the trees is called Birkat HaIlanot - not Birkat Hilachot.

[@elizabethk3238]

This the only response you have to such enlightenment? Good example of which he speaks.

[@LookatthatSH1T]

I don't see how a blackberry keyboard is any easier to use than a touch screen keyboard.

[@jananni123456789]

36:03 Just use a cheaper airline lol

[@clazew6289]

11:40 ...

[@jamescolahan9023]

Ai will replace all of this quickly now.

[@HamOnCan]

my vision for education is a smorgasbord of opportunity beginning with music, play, dance, garden, cook, learn about life from within being carried in its mothers arms for the first 9 months at having been delivered at half time, compared to other large mammals . from the moment of conception we are fast forwarded through all the eons and ages of time to arrive on the face of earth and ever so accurate sum up of all the cosmic as in galactic energyes grounding their selfs in any and every , to where, tween linage and locale, we grow into a body of memoryes , much as earth has done, Crystals grow, to this day, as time CoMPress. . we are not born to be taught , we are each born as a cosmic update, arriving into the same energy society is at the time. todays youth leapfrogged over us with the computer. you young people are light years ahead of where all those who got stuck in repeat . . with the universe screaming to us for youth's creativity flower in our world . flower power to the people begins by our living in honour and respect of our youth, they are brilliant, they are bright, they see life through unfettered eyes. we ought be pumping them for our insights while the rest of us figure out how to IMPlimend our DeepArtMend Children are not ours, rather we belong to them, to send them off into this world witha healthy wholesome sense of self . like the cells of our being. . sum up of any is greater than its parts . . if every cell of our body knows how to play its part and function with the body of our beingness. Can we not trust the sum of its parts to like open their eyes and while they think for their selves it is trying to think through another's thinking that we run into so much trouble and 10 times so with the world wide web and instant translations dissolving the rivers of babble on adapted to the galactic energyes grounding and radiating from neat our feet to with it, have the energyes shape our thinking and colour our world with all manner of cultures and customs , come, let us be a celebrations of our customs and cultures, let us turn the earth into a blooming show of what can happen when youth puts its mind to some youth listens to grown ups , in fact told hush time we hush and listen to just how brilliant and bright ourchids are never sully youth with the shadows of your past

[@Guddilove801]

Brilliant ...thank you for staying in your beingness and sharing deep wise knowledge embedded in you. 🙏🙏

[@theresajohnson5452]

He is reading his audience to see is he reaching them? some audiences are harder to read.

[@danivan4275]

Ilie Moromete era mult mai bun !!!...din câte înțeleg io ,tipu' ăsta vrea să reinventeze roata și apa caldă!🙄🤔😁

[@xinronghao7648]

Why he avoided China to set up branch

[@feartheghus]

Well for one, the communist party might not like him.

[@piccadelly9360]

You got Confucius is even better

[@johnnywithashotgun4489]

Giving people too much credit... Most people have nothing to offer in the area of creativity. They need to be instructed or they would not do much at all.

[@SUMERUP]

now this is true pessimism, your name says it all..

[@monet23232]

I think he is targeting to a successful middle class audience who wants to improve. Everybody can be creative but most of us have to obey or force to obey our superior to keep our job. We have to find our creativeness in other areas and feel alive!

[@lilbucketz1129]

Yo what was that song in the beginning that shit slapped

[@reneemoore6249]

I have a problem with the bypassing of God. I know I was raised with the values of Faith in God and the virtues of holiness. Not that anyone can attain the Standard of Christ. But that He is the standard of virtue. These values have ceased to be passed down at large by parents to their children. When I observe this in practice, I see a quality of life that I wish I had. You are correctly addressing a great need that is greatly lacking in humanity. But, why replace God? To me it is useless, but I will be observing with great interest!

[@elizabethk3238]

Thing is, once you become educated you realise that religion/god is like Santa or the Tooth Fairy. When a child you need such a hinge, but becoming a grown-up means you come to see it for what it is...

[@ibraahimahmed9130]

I am here because I have a smart phones I think he needs to stop recording and keep walking and talk to people and see how far he goes

[@manusmcgrogan3495]

Interesting talk and post talk q and a. It’s a shame it must be set inside the capitalist framework, that’s taken for granted. The destructively competitive and exploitative ethos of capitalism is what is at the root of society’s problems, including personal. For all Alain’s eloquence he doesnt address this fundamental problem

[@clazew6289]

7:30 bad take

[@evelynbaron2004]

I'm glad in 2013 Alain de Botton, scion of one of the wealthiest families in Switzerland is able to garner so much enthusiasm. It is now nov 2019 and his charming personality manages to sell the same ideas without any kind of natural evolution over and over. I like him very much and think he is profoundly sincere; he draws on Western philosophers from Schopenhauer to Nietzche to … here we meet old friends the alternative Religion, psychoanalysis Freud, Winnicott,... here is where I stop. I think of Freud as someone in flux constantly testing ideas; in that context his mistakes are completely understandable. Also the highly strung wealthy women of Vienna provided a cultural context rooted in time and place. I have no problem with de Botton's denunciation of the romantic movement as it affects people today. But I am profoundly bored. I don't care if my mother's experience as a jew in Berlin during the Nazi era, hidden in plain sight by changing identity papers, which made her grandfather, useful to Speer, a collaborator, any easier but I have beautiful images of Eva as a frightened cat clinging to the top branches of a tree and afraid to come down. It is good to understand the people we love profoundly. And here is where I stop and withdraw from a project that does not interest me.

[@Swishead]

0:06 He's a writher, hehe

[@ameagher2]

The U.N. When was the last leader of that organization a philosopher? Fucked if I know - Charles Chaplin notwithstanding. Alain for secretary of the UN if we want progress and peace. Don't fuck around.