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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Podcast
United States
Приєднався 30 тра 2024
The podcast that doesn't give a f*ck. Bestselling author Mark Manson discusses some of life's counterintuitive insights, interviews some of the world's smartest people, and manages to laugh his ass of while doing it.
Breaking the Monoculture, the Rise of “Premium Mediocre”, and Choosing Your Suck
Ever feel like culture’s splitting into countless micro-worlds where everyone’s just vibing to their own thing? In this episode, I introduce my theory on the "Jazzification of Everything." Drew and I dive into how our subcultures of music, entertainment, and even personal obsessions have evolved into these aging communities, totally detached from the cultural monocultures of the past. Find out how the media landscape and algorithms have encouraged us to stick to what we know-and why this shift could be both a gift and a curse.
We also dig into why “premium mediocre” is taking over our consumer habits, and whether or not that’s actually a bad thing. We discuss how these tiny, exclusive-seeming trends might be fooling us, offering superficial luxuries instead of anything truly valuable. We cap it off with a big question about whether chasing after anything is worth it, or if we’re just dooming ourselves to disappointment. Give it a listen. Enjoy.
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00:00 Mark has a theory...
00:24 The F*ck of the Week: The Jazzification of Everything
22:11 Brilliant or Bullsh*t: "Premium Mediocre"
38:03 Q&A: Why chase anything at all?
Theme music: "Icarus Lives" by @Periphery used with permission from Periphery.
We also dig into why “premium mediocre” is taking over our consumer habits, and whether or not that’s actually a bad thing. We discuss how these tiny, exclusive-seeming trends might be fooling us, offering superficial luxuries instead of anything truly valuable. We cap it off with a big question about whether chasing after anything is worth it, or if we’re just dooming ourselves to disappointment. Give it a listen. Enjoy.
Unlock your brain’s full potential FREE for 30 days by going to brain.fm/IDGAF
Get a free LMNT sample pack with any purchase at drinklmnt.com/idgaf
Sign up for my newsletter, Your Next Breakthrough. It will help make you a less awful person: markmanson.net/breakthrough
00:00 Mark has a theory...
00:24 The F*ck of the Week: The Jazzification of Everything
22:11 Brilliant or Bullsh*t: "Premium Mediocre"
38:03 Q&A: Why chase anything at all?
Theme music: "Icarus Lives" by @Periphery used with permission from Periphery.
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not the least masculine guy ever complaining about masculinity not being allowed 🙄... bro we love masculinity. masculine dudes are so hot. we just dont like ass holes lmao.
This is the perfect episode for Mark to answer if he wrote the sick heavy metal intro riff to this show or not! I need answers!
Notre Dame kicker had the moment of his life last night in the national championship semifinal and his dad was shown recording the game winning field goal on his phone as if ESPN didn't bring 200 cameras for the broadcast. 🤣 Enjoy the moment!
Brilliant conversation.
Hmm -- I'm not a big concert-goer, but I do take a lot of photos, especially when I'm traveling. And I do go back and look through them to bring back the memories, especially of the people I met. (Like, "Oh, yeah -- that's the guy who bought me a drink in that little town in rural Romania" or something.)
Your content was great. The quantity and length of the commercials in this video made it nearly unwatchable.
UA-cam did you guys dirty😅
Day 6 of asking Mark to reply to my comment
Some people are really awkward at concerts. Don’t know how to move w the music & engage in that way (maybe particularly in front of others). Perhaps long video dude was one of those types? Or he might be boot legging the show for his platform. 🤷♀️
Premium Mediocre… oh screw you guys for introducing me to this. Now I’m going to see it everywhere 😂
Reality sui generis.- Émile Durkheim
41:00 wow!!! they perfectly encapsulated what i’ve been thinking about the self-help world and over-analysis.
In the book he said something to the affect of "lure people into a trap, even the people who trust you because they are the most vulnerable" I thought the book was pure evil rather than a smart strategy or outline of how the world works. It feels like my point in life is to be taken advantage of by people who operate like this but I have this damn morality that keeps me from seeking out every opportunity to manipulate and take advantage of people's weaknesses
Love that I can listen to this podcast and you guys are always discussing what no one wants to talk to me about haha. No idea how I even found Mark but I've been a fan since the blog days in like...2013ish? Filming at concerts - I realized I never ever revisit the videos I take and stopped doing it. As long as I have one or two pics of me and whoever I went with, memories are preserved. Premium mediocre: Stanley cups, private universities, West Elm (among others) furniture, flavored seltzer water. I'm with Drew on how insanely frustrating it is that many of the smartest most ambitious people on the planet are spending their time figuring out how to create some new BS product instead of solving a real problem :/ just stop already with the VR glasses
Don't feel too weirded out. I just had this same conversation with a family member that was only half listening. I've waited to my whole life to get to "Medium Mediocre"! This made me feel much better. Thank you. 👍☕
I never regret what I capture on my phone. The best shows I saw five to ten years ago, I get to rewatch years later. I have very little memory of the shows I didn't capture. My memory is not as good, and when I rewatch it later I get the feels again. I understand artists who want us to be in the moment, but when I'm having a bad day I love rewatching the moments that gave me the greatest joy.
I think the astonishment many people are expressing over this phenomenon is not so much that someone does this, but that EVERYONE seems to be doing this. As if we as a society forgot how to enjoy the moment for what it is. You would agree that it takes you "out of the moment" at least to an extent, right?
@@yannick2287 at least I'm in the moment where I also actively engage with what is happening instead of passively experiencing only to forget
@@simoroshka why get defensive? You do you
@@yannick2287 I'm not getting defensive, I'm simply pointing out that what you assume might be wrong
Actually, i was allways a rock and metal kid, and i never liked jazz. Now, im 30 and it relaxes me. And i never record concerts again for the same reason you said
Kindly .. What an old people rant this has been so far .. and I say this as someone who is your biological age 19:00
Your videos have such a unique charm, and I can see so much potential for growth. I’m a professional video editor and thumbnail designer, and I’d love to help you streamline your process. Let me handle the editing, thumbnails, and even SEO optimization while you focus on creating. Shall we discuss this tomorrow?
I fucking love this podcast! 😆
I think you're missing the fact that culture has become a product. The Genesis of cultural trends used to come from a philosophy or way of living. It was a true form of self expression. In the last hundred or so years, american culture had always been a rebellion against the status quo and dogma of the time. Now culture driven by algorithmic marketing schemes or a cult of personality pushing an ideology into the empty heads of people looking for an answer, and are willing to a crowd rather than exist within themselves. Not to say it's so dichotomous, but clearly we have no defining culture. And I think your assessment of why doesn't capture the whole picture. I think you're just explaining aging.
Talking about "Premium mediocre" things and then promoting "premium mediocre" products. 🤣🤣🤣 We cannot avoid contradicting ourselves in life. My question would be: Why hypocrisy is always necessary in day to day life and unavoidable if you want to achieve anything like having a business, a job or relationships? I am fully conscious that I am also a hypocrite in many situations.
If you chose not to decide you still have made a choice- Rush
The irony of listening to a podcast about mediocre consumerism only to be interrupted by consumeristic ads
Pretty soon they will have screens in tombstones playing all the videos you’ll be buried with your phone..except it will all be in the metaverse instead…
Agree w/ Mark re: filming the entire concert is somewhat avoidant of having the whole experience and any possible discomfort. My question becomes, in the case of my 8 year old, he's become avoidant of classmates that are seen as "troublemakers" -- disrupters of the classroom. I've explained to him various reasons why a classmate might be perceived as such but to also give that student grace because he's only 8 and has a lot of growth ahead of him. My son says, "well it's my choice" of him staying clear of the troublemaker. 1) Is he smart from staying away from the "troublemaker" or 2) is he avoiding the discomfort of befriending someone who is seemingly different from him so that's the suckage he's accepting. Do we see more and more folks taking the route of #2 and being less tolerant and open to each other?
I would look "Premium Mediocre" from the other side. It is also a way to subsidy products from lower price ranges, so that more people with less income can afford them. In the end that also means more profit for the bussiness, but that's how the capitalism works. Cheap plane tickets are an example of that - you even mentioned them.
This podcast is peak premium mediocrity.
I got blackout drunk at xzibit and Cyprus Hill and wouldn't remember any of it if i hadn't taken some videos 😅
Some of your audience are in our fifties 👅
I realized I record things but I rarely go back to check
The phone recording thing is driven by fomo mainly
Day 5 of asking Mark to reply to my comment
Maybe you should try a different strategy.
@factorfitness3713 he might get tired and reply...consistency is the key🙂👍
So often these type of creators completely contradict themselves by flogging their premium mediocre goods, vitamin drink ffs
I thought of jazzification in a way a couple months ago, I forgot what made me think of it, but my definition of it was kids rebelling against society, incubating a thing that can be shared across cultures, thing grows as kids enter workforce and can financially support the thing, thing gets really huge and popular because it's financially profitable, all the while the next kids are doing their own thing. Oh right I was thinking of dance punk and how it was the rebellion against goth (who knows if I'm anywhere close to right), goth against punk, punk against rock, rock against country, country against jazz, jazz against big band, big band against orchestral, then idk about baroque but I'm sure it was a middle finger to something that came before. So yes we are holding down metal, but there are rebellions against metal that are growing and I can't stand but 20 year olds love it. The wheel of taste rises and falls with its captured audience's income.
Structure is my theme for 2025. I'm excited to see what more structure can do for me in 2025.
40:03 how did we end up from to sucking 😅
i have to say as a fan of your work from 10th grade, i loved this episode , i would really like more podcast on socio-pop culture philosphical theories , more things like premium mediocre.
The more I listen to these Podcasts, The more I Realize That if you Replaced Me and Drew... Mark would never Notice a thing, Basically the exact same person. By the way Drew, tell me more about your Zelda playthrough, I Fucking love it when you Mention it!
Drew hating on VR/AR is very much uncalled for. VR games are straight-up magical. Being and interacting with the world where you fly cast fireballs from your hands is the closest that we get to experiencing fantasy worlds. AR stuff though is very early and it haven't found it's niche just yet, but I bet it will be super useful in the future. It's new way of computer-human interaction
Guys, picking up the phone in an important moment is either social pressure either FOMO. It is that easy
The irony... A whole Premium mediocre discussion followed by an ad of LMNT, a perfect example of premium mediocre 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I think the current monoculture is the “McDonaldsification” of everything popular. Everything popular these days has became the lowest effort, bland, heartless, soulless, corporate junk food designed to be as easily digestible as possible. Quality is gone and only quantity designed to keep you permanently consuming exists.
I'm just not over the zipper on Mark's sleeve again..
When r we getting nap tips from Drew?
I went to see Rob Zombie this summer. He went off on the phones ruining the experience of a concert during his show. I would have to once again agree with the Super Beast.
Recently a teenager I was talking to said, "who's Elvis Presley?" and I was shocked. I'm from the 80s era but knew who Elvis was back then. I realised then that the Elvis generation of the 50s/60s was fading out. Us of the 80s generation are likely the last generation remembering the stories of Elvis-ness and these were secondhand. I then realised that my favourite bands of the 80s do "back to the 80s" tours and, just as Mark said, it's all 50 year olds there. We all moved as a musical / cultural tribes back then.
🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Great topic to ponder about. Almost all experiences are subjective enjoyments and to be shared with a few, if only! Think those who constantly share are insecure and looking for validation!
Much of Jazz’s influence evolved into and is personified in hip hop/rap. It was considered a really raunchy genre with hard hitting instrumentals. The instruments kept getting pushed to hit harder, the subject matter and composition of the songs kept getting pushed to be heavier/raunchier. Scatting became freestyling. The influence is still felt today.
Liquid Death is Premium Mediocre