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Can't remember a video series that i fully watched trough, because of the high quality of content. It really is a pleasure listening to someone who has a lot of knowledge of a specific topic
I think it's genetic. I have three brothers and one sister. One brother and one sister when they come to an exciting part of a story they are telling, we start putting things out of harms way. This while I and the two other brothers could easily talk with our hands in our pockets. We always said: "They can't help it. Their hands are connected to their tongues.".
I've been married to an Italian woman for a couple decades now. Believe me, the stereotypical gestures we're all familiar with are absolutely tied to emotions, AND can be intended for different people. Certain gestures demonstrate the talker's feelings, other the listener. The subtlety of Italian communication (which isn't especially subtle) is the varying gestures giving an emotional indication to accompany the spoken word. There's also a word ("Dai") that is used to progress the conversation without adding anything else verbally, and is nearly universally accompanied by a hand gesture, or a series of hand gestures. It's pronunciation and inflection often affects the tempo of the conversation that is being undertaken via gestures. It is unique to the Italian peninsula, and must be a Roman cultural holdover.
Gregory Aldrete is a marvelous historian. His basic question, "How does this work?", is a method of inquiry that could be applied to any inquiry. It avoids what is irrelevant and gets to the heart of the quest. Lex Fridman's obvious pleasure in the interview we all share. The pair interact and illuminate that distant past that gave structure to our world. What a pity we, in the West, did so poorly in completing what was built upon that structure!
I’m a sociopath, we don’t give a fuck about gestures, gestures make you seam weak and emotionally driven or irrational. Psychopathy is probably closer to what you mean
Very interesting Clips with Gregory Aldrete. This guy is intelligent but speaks plain English, love it! You speak clear plain English too Les, and love your work too!
The word "testify" comes from the Latin "testis," meaning "witness." In ancient Rome, men would often swear oaths while placing their hands on their testicles, symbolizing the gravity of their testimony. This historical context highlights the seriousness and weight of giving evidence or bearing witness, making it a powerful concept that still resonates today.
Great to see rhetorical analysis here. It's an understudied subject that was so important in the ancient world. Our public schools really need courses on rhetoric and philosophy.
When you manipulate someone's emotions to bend away from the truth, you manipulate your own heart towards a darker road. It's a sacrifice for a vain illusion of glory
If you are familiar with Cicero's works you probably know that he always said that "rhetoric that is not based on any philosophy is nothing more than manipulation" and actually he was against that, as well as the Greek philosophers, who actually hate rhetoric.
@@ralphierianda From the book Oratory with Comments and Illustrations, authored by Russian professor Alexandra Markova (translated from Russian "Ораторское искусство: с комментариями и иллюстрациями", ISBN 978-5-17-133967-7), is a wonderful work based on Cicero's treatises about rhetoric.
@@ralphierianda From the book The oratory with comments and illustrations (it's an Russian book, the title translated from "Ораторское Искусство с комментариями и иллюстрациями") by Alexandra Markova, based on the Cicero's treatises.
Fascinating. I hope people will develop awareness about how they’re themselves are being subjected to those kinds of manipulation tactics, because it’s like a weapon in the hands of the manipulating side and they sometimes use it and not for your own good (and that’s an extremely gentle way of putting it).
But was it? His supporters would think so but hers would think it's a bit misguided since she isn't Bill and if anything is also a victim of Bills indiscretion's. She wasn't easily intimidated so I doubt it helped there. I doubt it would affect a single vote. The only gain I see was it helped to maintain dominance of the headlines
I would just say that gesture for wonder makes perfect sense if you raise your hand a bit when you turn it upwards, in other words, curl the fingers in as he did, turn the hand upwards and raise it up. It's as if you've grasped something and then are holding it up in wonder/astonishment.
Cicero did not cradle a baby in his arms! He combined his knowledge of people's emotions with his equal knowledge of philosophy to create his speeches.
I encourage the readers of this site to check out good translations of Cicero works on oratory for it has way,way more that this guys views on oratory and its purpose. It will give a much clearer view of the purpose of oratory according to Cicero. I feel confident that this guy has not read Cicero in the original. He gets his information from sources that also did or have not read the Latin. Cicero believed that orators could not possibly learn the correct way of persuasion without philosophy.
Totalmente acuerdo hasta donde en este momento he pausado el video(y es casi en cuanto empezó) se nego usted sr.tecnologia o trampa me puso(porque ya sabe que es lo que yo veo aquí) asi que ni siquiera permitia que bien mi pupila recreara yo(pero en caso de haber sido tan calculador o conocedor ya se habrá dado cuenta que hice) y por eso le digo ""Cuidado con jugar con las emociones sr" alguién quizás algo le ganó pero siga haciendo videos, me encantan y recuerde lo importante de lo que hace acá "
You start on this path you have to keep on this path. It’s lying at the end of the day and you’ll forever have to escalate. Trouble with that is you have to remember and maintain bigger and bigger lies. That’s why I never got the scramble and competition for power. You have to lie to get it, and lie to maintain it. How powerful are you if you can’t do whatever you want openly or be truthful? Can’t even b truthful about the very power you have. That’s not power, it’s something masquerading as power.
@@user-mx9pt4dr7yyou are assuming that a belief in God is based in ignorance, which it isn’t. It is arguably more ignorant and foolish to assume that He doesn’t exist and to believe that we somehow came from nothing, but yet transformed into a world with so much complexity that the energy cell in the body is more complex than any machine that we have created: yet it came from nothing? Or how about the ape theory? I guess some apes were across the river and encountered some large black stones. That’s why some apes became men and the other apes stayed apes huh? Give me a break.
I think he's wrong with Trump's gesticulations not being as strong as those of previous generations. Firstly, previous generations were drawing from a more recent tradition in which sounds systems were severely limited or non existent, not to mention big screens. Trump is usually talking with a big screen and a very acute microphone amplifying everything he does, so if he or anyone were to gesture to the extent that Hitler or Martin Luther King Jr. did, it would come off as excessive, unhinged, and absurd, like singing Van Halen's jump at a small coffee shop music gathering. Different scopes of gestures are appropriate in different settings. One can overshoot or undershoot.
Trump has a small train of thought. He loses focus when asked questions and always ends up at the same topic by the end lol. I was all about him a year or so ago and after analyzing his speeches and debates he never really answers questions. He answers usually with something that has absolutely nothing to do with the question after about 20secs and always ends bacl at the damn border talk lol. or drill baby drill lol i dont think he is mature enough like a military commander to be able to comtrol his emotions. Hes gone bankrupt several times as well. So i think america is fuc*** either way. Instead of focusing on a right candidate we focus on how much the other party is pissing us off and needs to be beat that we forget how we are run by pharmaceutical companies and how our military trolls the world for bullshit reasons. The isreal n iran war, we sell missiles to BOTH sides lol. Afghanistan amd iraq were disasters and pointless. look it up we send 43-82 million a WEEK to the Taliban because iraq soldiers faught with Americans as a team then when we pulled out an the taliban took over they never stopped funding, why? The fentanyl crisis is all from china amd we blame it on mexico instead of placing tariffs or taxes on chinese ships or telling them to chill out of it. Morphine is needed im every hospital in the United States and its base is opium, which is in the middle east amd why we are there. this is why they dont ever mentiom stopping the HORRENDOUSLY FAST GROWING drug problem in the US because they are moving the crap and are cauing it. Oxys started when we got in Afghanistan amd stopped production when we left lol. So we fuel our own drug problems and fuel unneeded unnecessary wars all over the world. Us has become the land of the mentally enclosed and blind not the lamd of the free. Out grandfather's were all in war and came back ok. Now our soldiers come back all screwed up n commit suicide or shoot up a mall because thet know they sre fighting for messed up reasons
I will sound like a crazy person for saying this, but I don't care. Dogs taught man how to sing, and what followed was language. All language is rooted in the subtle emotion of howling or barking and the subconscious body language that dogs use to know or show immense things about their place in a pack. We are subject to these things for the duration of our time on this planet, and no amount of intelligence can make us rise above them. Our symbiotic existence with dogs made us MORE social animals, and by ignoring their contribution we miss most of the iceberg that is human communication.
Solo te quiero compartir que hace mucho tiempo pasé de tener perros a tener gatos los cuales a veces hasta en leones se pueden convertir lo interesante es que el gato realmente interesante es y mi fascinación es todo lo que de un gato se puede aprender
@@tommyrq180 If you spend enough time living with and successfully understanding dog behavior, you will automatically understand human behavior better, and develop almost magical abilities to read people's micro-expressions, body language and tone of voice. No hypothesis necessary. We ARE a symbiotic species. Perhaps our dependence is not as restrictive as say a virus and a host, but there are goldmines of wisdom in understanding dogs, and we owe them our very existence.
@@MatthewCleere Hyperbolic language. How about “I love dogs!” All this other stuff is hypothetical in the extreme. I’ve spent my whole life “living with and successfully understanding dog behavior” because I LOVE DOGS. They seem to love me, too. Just one data point to provide more doubt about your hypothesis: every really good dog trainer I know doesn’t like people very much. They’re not “people people.” They’re a dog person because they’re wired into the dog’s world. But it does not give them very good people skills. The dog-human relationship is quite unique, of that we can be certain. All this other stuff, like dog’s taught humans how to sing, leading to language, well, unprovable but seductively simple hypothesis. Utterly unprovable. But I do LOVE dogs! 🐕
@@ExecutiveZombie I'm not sad, and I actually have a BS in Music Theory and Composition. I just really, really hate musicals and their major chord upbeat tunes. Always have. Sorry to disappoint.
@@ExecutiveZombie Nailed it. I'm also of the generation of nu-metal goth skater stoner kids who used the term as a pejorative to fit nearly all situations.
Cicero did not publish his letters! These were kept by Atticus who out of respect for his friend Cicero. He allowed friends to come and view the letters long after Cicero was murdered. What happened to the letters after Atticus after he died is not known.
When a republican makes an accusation, it's actually an admission of guilt. Trump is VERY handsy and fear instilling in his speeches. Like this guy says, works very well on the dumber half.
@@TheAmbientUniverse your right we’re dumber for not wanting someone just because she’s African and female….. have you tried to buy a home lately?? How bout groceries? Your all simple
When Aeschines finished, people said... What a great speech. What a skill. Then Demosthenes spoke. When Demosthenes had finished, they said. LET'S MARCH AGAINST PHILIP !
Don’t conflate public speaking to speaking to a small room full of people. It’s the subtle but massive difference between a stage actor, where the last row has to understand what is being conveyed. Too like an actor who is good at conveying a genuine emotion. In public speaking, it’s acting with public speaking techniques. All great public speakers of modern times, like every president uses a certain hand gesture as their tool of dominance in TELLING YOU what’s up. -Hitler used the hammer fist to hammer in ideas. 💪 -Obama used the beating stick, like a ruler or thin stick or whip to beat his words into you. 🫰 -Trump uses very specific and precise hand gesture. Like holding an atom between the index and the thumb.👌 - one can use the very object to show you. 🤌 - the gun finger to point, shoot, and beat you with his words 👈 - or the note or clever to chop it into you, like a drill instructor 🫱 - their are a many tools one can use to show dominance in speaking to a small room, a crowd or for television. It could be an imaginary gavel in your hand like a judge. A sword. Something small and fragile in the palm. A fist, anything.
Dude. This use of hands is still found in European Mediterranean cultures. The Italians are renown for their hands and their use of hands alone can indicate state of mind and emotional intensity. I guess you are merely describing the origins of these inherent cultural behaviours
I think its just because hes demonized so much that even saying hes got a point in some instances makes you look like evil by association. Like obviously dude had to actually speak about true stuff and have a point so that he can manipulate you in other places, its just stupid to assume everything hitler said or did was evil, its simply that evil stuff he did overshadows everything else
@@timothyvincent3436and the reason human beings repeatedly fail to see the wolf in sheep’s clothing. This recent wave of people finding “the good” in Hitler’s speeches only speaks to mankind’s fundamental inability to discern truth from falsehood. It is an inherent defect of the human mind itself and without some source of “higher knowledge or wisdom,” mankind will continually make the same mistakes over and over again and fall for the same bullshit rhetoric and subversion of Truth. Acknowledging and Accepting this limitation of the human mind as part and parcel of the entire human experience throughout all of time is THE requisite first step in humility that leads to discernment.
@@timothyvincent3436 and the reason human beings repeatedly fail to see the wolf in sheep's clothing. This recent wave of people finding "the good" in Hitler's speeches only speaks to mankind's fundamental inability to discern truth from falsehood. It is an inherent defect of the human mind itself and without some source of "higher knowledge or wisdom," mankind will continually make the same mistakes over and over again and fall for the same BS rhetoric and subversion of Truth. Acknowledging and Accepting this limitation of the human mind as part and parcel of the entire human experience throughout all of time is THE requisite first step in humility that leads to discernment.
@timothyvincent3436 and the reason human beings repeatedly fail to see the wolf in sheep's clothing. This recent wave of people finding "the good" in Hitler's speeches only speaks to mankind's fundamental inability to discern truth from falsehood. It is an inherent defect of the human mind itself and without some source of "higher knowledge or wisdom," mankind will continually make the same mistakes over and over again and fall for the same BS rhetoric and subversion of Truth. Acknowledging and Accepting this limitation of the human mind as part and parcel of the entire human experience throughout all of time is THE requisite first step in humility that leads to discernment.
Anyone who watches him closely this year can see he employs most of these techniques as if he’s studied them or is a natural. The guest may be wrong in his assessment because he’s not paying close attention in 2024.
@@austinechomusic its possible he studied Cicero directly however its likely too that simply being a man with the "common touch" he understands these things instinctually
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Can't remember a video series that i fully watched trough, because of the high quality of content. It really is a pleasure listening to someone who has a lot of knowledge of a specific topic
This explains the hand gestures in the culture of native italian speakers
Absolutely
I think it's genetic. I have three brothers and one sister. One brother and one sister when they come to an exciting part of a story they are telling, we start putting things out of harms way. This while I and the two other brothers could easily talk with our hands in our pockets. We always said: "They can't help it. Their hands are connected to their tongues.".
😂❤@@HvdHaghen
All my American family does this. Has nothing to do with living in Italy. Shits genetic
I've been married to an Italian woman for a couple decades now. Believe me, the stereotypical gestures we're all familiar with are absolutely tied to emotions, AND can be intended for different people. Certain gestures demonstrate the talker's feelings, other the listener. The subtlety of Italian communication (which isn't especially subtle) is the varying gestures giving an emotional indication to accompany the spoken word. There's also a word ("Dai") that is used to progress the conversation without adding anything else verbally, and is nearly universally accompanied by a hand gesture, or a series of hand gestures. It's pronunciation and inflection often affects the tempo of the conversation that is being undertaken via gestures.
It is unique to the Italian peninsula, and must be a Roman cultural holdover.
Amazing comment, thank you ! ❤
This interview is easily one of the finest I've ever heard on this awesome subject. The man's practically peerless.
Gregory Aldrete is a marvelous historian. His basic question, "How does this work?", is a method of inquiry that could be applied to any inquiry. It avoids what is irrelevant and gets to the heart of the quest. Lex Fridman's obvious pleasure in the interview we all share. The pair interact and illuminate that distant past that gave structure to our world. What a pity we, in the West, did so poorly in completing what was built upon that structure!
On skibidi
We didnt do so bad. I would still much rather live today than in ancient rome
@@thecodingmentor7701 Strong disagree.
Thank you for this
Amazing put
Big ups all my sociopaths
Thank you
Thanks
I’m a sociopath, we don’t give a fuck about gestures, gestures make you seam weak and emotionally driven or irrational. Psychopathy is probably closer to what you mean
@@lowkey213 Are you diagnosed or simply an edgy kid on the internet with nothing better to do?
Lol this funny. Chuckle
Just an awesome guest, great to listen to him!
Very interesting Clips with Gregory Aldrete. This guy is intelligent but speaks plain English, love it! You speak clear plain English too Les, and love your work too!
The man is using the gestures while he explains them to make you more receptive... Props my bro
Lex at 12:50 glad the ai algorithm got trained lol
The word "testify" comes from the Latin "testis," meaning "witness." In ancient Rome, men would often swear oaths while placing their hands on their testicles, symbolizing the gravity of their testimony. This historical context highlights the seriousness and weight of giving evidence or bearing witness, making it a powerful concept that still resonates today.
Maybe they were covering thier balls to guard them
Great to see rhetorical analysis here. It's an understudied subject that was so important in the ancient world. Our public schools really need courses on rhetoric and philosophy.
When you manipulate someone's emotions to bend away from the truth, you manipulate your own heart towards a darker road. It's a sacrifice for a vain illusion of glory
We can't be good guys without bad guys though.
Chomsky was right
@@Notsam12345 works for the cia
@@Notsam12345 chomsky works for the CIA
@@scottashe984 says who!? what about sodom and gomorrah? we're gonna have 0 good guys with that mindset /:
Fascinating conversation thank you 👏👍
He uses gestures well!
He's a master as his art.
If you are familiar with Cicero's works you probably know that he always said that "rhetoric that is not based on any philosophy is nothing more than manipulation" and actually he was against that, as well as the Greek philosophers, who actually hate rhetoric.
Gorgias loved rhetoric
Where did you pull that quote from?
@@ralphierianda From the book Oratory with Comments and Illustrations, authored by Russian professor Alexandra Markova (translated from Russian "Ораторское искусство: с комментариями и иллюстрациями", ISBN 978-5-17-133967-7), is a wonderful work based on Cicero's treatises about rhetoric.
@@ralphierianda From the book The oratory with comments and illustrations (it's an Russian book, the title translated from "Ораторское Искусство с комментариями и иллюстрациями") by Alexandra Markova, based on the Cicero's treatises.
@@ralphierianda The reader actually has read Cicero's works on the subject, unlike this guy.
It's all about perspective
Well said 👍.
This guy describes history in such a detailed way while remaining unbelievingly captivating
I like this guy. Intelligent and well spoken
This is a great video. People should use it to protect themselves against demagogues and bad people.
Love these episodes lex
The hand gesture for "wonder" reminds of a magician when using sleight of hand.
Fascinating.
I hope people will develop awareness about how they’re themselves are being subjected to those kinds of manipulation tactics, because it’s like a weapon in the hands of the manipulating side and they sometimes use it and not for your own good (and that’s an extremely gentle way of putting it).
Like when Donald Trump brought Bill Clinton's accusers to the debate with Hilary Clinton in 2016. Brilliant use of "props"
But was it? His supporters would think so but hers would think it's a bit misguided since she isn't Bill and if anything is also a victim of Bills indiscretion's. She wasn't easily intimidated so I doubt it helped there. I doubt it would affect a single vote. The only gain I see was it helped to maintain dominance of the headlines
I would just say that gesture for wonder makes perfect sense if you raise your hand a bit when you turn it upwards, in other words, curl the fingers in as he did, turn the hand upwards and raise it up. It's as if you've grasped something and then are holding it up in wonder/astonishment.
Cicero did not cradle a baby in his arms! He combined his knowledge of people's emotions with his equal knowledge of philosophy to create his speeches.
#1:50 - Hitler would disagree.
So the Italian hand gestures are because of the Roman’s too who would of thought
You make a good point about Italian hand gesture
...I love this...very interesting 🤔
Does he have a casio watch from the 80s?
Yes
Emojis are the new gestures. Texting can lack tone and cause misinterpretation. So you add emoji to not create confusion
Brilliant ❤ Indian Bharatnatyam and Kathakali dancers use mudras to evoke emotions …mudras in yoga is another area to explore
This rome stuff is such a nice change of pace!
Been so many clips, often overlapping, that Im not sure I have anything left to listen to in the full pod.
I encourage the readers of this site to check out good translations of Cicero works on oratory for it has way,way more that this guys views on oratory and its purpose. It will give a much clearer view of the purpose of oratory according to Cicero. I feel confident that this guy has not read Cicero in the original. He gets his information from sources that also did or have not read the Latin. Cicero believed that orators could not possibly learn the correct way of persuasion without philosophy.
Totalmente acuerdo hasta donde en este momento he pausado el video(y es casi en cuanto empezó) se nego usted sr.tecnologia o trampa me puso(porque ya sabe que es lo que yo veo aquí) asi que ni siquiera permitia que bien mi pupila recreara yo(pero en caso de haber sido tan calculador o conocedor ya se habrá dado cuenta que hice) y por eso le digo ""Cuidado con jugar con las emociones sr" alguién quizás algo le ganó pero siga haciendo videos, me encantan y recuerde lo importante de lo que hace acá "
Italians modern hand talking has roots in Ancient Rome it seems
Excellent clip
Cicero sounds like Saul Goodman
What makes roman history confusing is that there are about 50 famous Ciceros.
You start on this path you have to keep on this path. It’s lying at the end of the day and you’ll forever have to escalate. Trouble with that is you have to remember and maintain bigger and bigger lies. That’s why I never got the scramble and competition for power. You have to lie to get it, and lie to maintain it. How powerful are you if you can’t do whatever you want openly or be truthful? Can’t even b truthful about the very power you have. That’s not power, it’s something masquerading as power.
I had a watch just like that in the 80s
Very interesting!
The ability to use and manipulate words is needed by politicians and conmen, alike.
Billy Graham was one of the greatest modern day orators
if by "greatest" you mean "one who appeals to emotions and ignorance more than anyone else in their speech," then yeah.
@@user-mx9pt4dr7yyou are assuming that a belief in God is based in ignorance, which it isn’t. It is arguably more ignorant and foolish to assume that He doesn’t exist and to believe that we somehow came from nothing, but yet transformed into a world with so much complexity that the energy cell in the body is more complex than any machine that we have created: yet it came from nothing? Or how about the ape theory? I guess some apes were across the river and encountered some large black stones. That’s why some apes became men and the other apes stayed apes huh? Give me a break.
@@user-mx9pt4dr7yyawn, heal bro
Hand gestures are anchors that trigger off emotions and change state
I have a feeling that Lex notices hand gestures more than face expressions because of his shy nature.
It would confuse the heck out of them if I tried these gestures at my attorney meeting tomorrow. :)
I think he's wrong with Trump's gesticulations not being as strong as those of previous generations. Firstly, previous generations were drawing from a more recent tradition in which sounds systems were severely limited or non existent, not to mention big screens. Trump is usually talking with a big screen and a very acute microphone amplifying everything he does, so if he or anyone were to gesture to the extent that Hitler or Martin Luther King Jr. did, it would come off as excessive, unhinged, and absurd, like singing Van Halen's jump at a small coffee shop music gathering. Different scopes of gestures are appropriate in different settings. One can overshoot or undershoot.
Trump has a small train of thought. He loses focus when asked questions and always ends up at the same topic by the end lol. I was all about him a year or so ago and after analyzing his speeches and debates he never really answers questions. He answers usually with something that has absolutely nothing to do with the question after about 20secs and always ends bacl at the damn border talk lol. or drill baby drill lol i dont think he is mature enough like a military commander to be able to comtrol his emotions. Hes gone bankrupt several times as well. So i think america is fuc*** either way. Instead of focusing on a right candidate we focus on how much the other party is pissing us off and needs to be beat that we forget how we are run by pharmaceutical companies and how our military trolls the world for bullshit reasons. The isreal n iran war, we sell missiles to BOTH sides lol. Afghanistan amd iraq were disasters and pointless. look it up we send 43-82 million a WEEK to the Taliban because iraq soldiers faught with Americans as a team then when we pulled out an the taliban took over they never stopped funding, why? The fentanyl crisis is all from china amd we blame it on mexico instead of placing tariffs or taxes on chinese ships or telling them to chill out of it. Morphine is needed im every hospital in the United States and its base is opium, which is in the middle east amd why we are there. this is why they dont ever mentiom stopping the HORRENDOUSLY FAST GROWING drug problem in the US because they are moving the crap and are cauing it. Oxys started when we got in Afghanistan amd stopped production when we left lol. So we fuel our own drug problems and fuel unneeded unnecessary wars all over the world. Us has become the land of the mentally enclosed and blind not the lamd of the free. Out grandfather's were all in war and came back ok. Now our soldiers come back all screwed up n commit suicide or shoot up a mall because thet know they sre fighting for messed up reasons
He clearly hates Trump and didn't want to speak about him at all. Changed subject real quick.
Of course you would Donald Trump could probably shit on a paper plate and you would eat it and say thank you
Mr soprano learned a lot about the Romans
Haha
I will sound like a crazy person for saying this, but I don't care. Dogs taught man how to sing, and what followed was language. All language is rooted in the subtle emotion of howling or barking and the subconscious body language that dogs use to know or show immense things about their place in a pack.
We are subject to these things for the duration of our time on this planet, and no amount of intelligence can make us rise above them.
Our symbiotic existence with dogs made us MORE social animals, and by ignoring their contribution we miss most of the iceberg that is human communication.
Huskies. The Ciceros of the dog world. Unprovable hypothesis, but seductively simple.
Solo te quiero compartir que hace mucho tiempo pasé de tener perros a tener gatos los cuales a veces hasta en leones se pueden convertir lo interesante es que el gato realmente interesante es y mi fascinación es todo lo que de un gato se puede aprender
@@tommyrq180 If you spend enough time living with and successfully understanding dog behavior, you will automatically understand human behavior better, and develop almost magical abilities to read people's micro-expressions, body language and tone of voice. No hypothesis necessary. We ARE a symbiotic species. Perhaps our dependence is not as restrictive as say a virus and a host, but there are goldmines of wisdom in understanding dogs, and we owe them our very existence.
@@MatthewCleere Hyperbolic language. How about “I love dogs!” All this other stuff is hypothetical in the extreme. I’ve spent my whole life “living with and successfully understanding dog behavior” because I LOVE DOGS. They seem to love me, too. Just one data point to provide more doubt about your hypothesis: every really good dog trainer I know doesn’t like people very much. They’re not “people people.” They’re a dog person because they’re wired into the dog’s world. But it does not give them very good people skills. The dog-human relationship is quite unique, of that we can be certain. All this other stuff, like dog’s taught humans how to sing, leading to language, well, unprovable but seductively simple hypothesis. Utterly unprovable. But I do LOVE dogs! 🐕
@@MatthewCleere lmao
Tony Soprano does this so well
Omg, this explains why the public news spreader guy in the show Rome keeps giving these strange gestures while reading the daily news to folks.
Timestamp: 2:59 Emotion.
Better Call Cicero
Long story short Cicero was a master of the gaslight technique lmao
“Pop. Six. Squish. Ahah. Cicero…”🎤
Watch the musical “Chicago” and pay attention to the lawyer Billy Flynn. 🎬🥂
No thanks I'm not gay
@@RyanandAndreaWorstell I empathize with your sadness.
How can I help?
@@ExecutiveZombie I'm not sad, and I actually have a BS in Music Theory and Composition.
I just really, really hate musicals and their major chord upbeat tunes. Always have.
Sorry to disappoint.
@@RyanandAndreaWorstell Gay has many definitions…
You must be Rock, Alternative exclusive.
@@ExecutiveZombie Nailed it. I'm also of the generation of nu-metal goth skater stoner kids who used the term as a pejorative to fit nearly all situations.
Cicero did not publish his letters! These were kept by Atticus who out of respect for his friend Cicero. He allowed friends to come and view the letters long after Cicero was murdered. What happened to the letters after Atticus after he died is not known.
Evidence might not matter ❤
Kamala was doing the Macarena during the only interview she’s done solo. Makes sense now
@@politicalcorrectnessbelong5300 and Diaper DonOLD Drumpf has been spewing word salad nonsense at his hillbilly Nuremberg rallies
She wants everyone to just sing and dance along?🤨
Of course, but you've got to look like you fell out of a Skittles bag 😮 7:25 @@ghosted-rambles
When a republican makes an accusation, it's actually an admission of guilt. Trump is VERY handsy and fear instilling in his speeches. Like this guy says, works very well on the dumber half.
@@TheAmbientUniverse your right we’re dumber for not wanting someone just because she’s African and female….. have you tried to buy a home lately?? How bout groceries? Your all simple
Also Cicero was not a general. He never commanded an army. Although he served in the army.
The missed an opportunity to explain why Italians talk with their hands. Obviously there seems to be a legitimate connection here
I want to do the Tidius 😅
Hitler used all those jestures in his angry speeches
So did Obama!
@@dbix11 😂
When u hear Hitler in English thru ai u get it
Sounds like DJT
@@mjsmcd Dump also likes to instill fear in his speeches constantly. He knows it will work on the dumber half.
Very v interesting
9:45 I would probably wonder what type of flamboyant jazz hand that was 😂
Lmao
That's some extremely sophisticated narcissistic hand gestures, I wonder how he showcases his extravagant, grandiose exhibitistic libido lol
Too bad he cut him off when he was speaking of the part regarding the delivery of a speech 😕
When Aeschines finished, people said... What a great speech. What a skill. Then Demosthenes spoke. When Demosthenes had finished, they said. LET'S MARCH AGAINST PHILIP !
Public Speaking is becoming a lost art - killed by the teleprompter and focus groups.
"Whoever gives his labor for money sells himself and puts himself in the rank of slaves" Cicero
Don’t conflate public speaking to speaking to a small room full of people. It’s the subtle but massive difference between a stage actor, where the last row has to understand what is being conveyed. Too like an actor who is good at conveying a genuine emotion. In public speaking, it’s acting with public speaking techniques. All great public speakers of modern times, like every president uses a certain hand gesture as their tool of dominance in TELLING YOU what’s up.
-Hitler used the hammer fist to hammer in ideas. 💪
-Obama used the beating stick, like a ruler or thin stick or whip to beat his words into you. 🫰
-Trump uses very specific and precise hand gesture. Like holding an atom between the index and the thumb.👌
- one can use the very object to show you. 🤌
- the gun finger to point, shoot, and beat you with his words 👈
- or the note or clever to chop it into you, like a drill instructor 🫱
- their are a many tools one can use to show dominance in speaking to a small room, a crowd or for television. It could be an imaginary gavel in your hand like a judge. A sword. Something small and fragile in the palm. A fist, anything.
Cicero must be the unspoken hero of the left.
Bro invented emotes
Teaching how to be a sociopath To some of us, it is first nature
Wont get fooled again!
why don't you interview Robert Greene I wonder :-?
These titles are UA-cam traps man
Rome.. it was a better time. I listened when Ben Shapiro asked me how many times I thought about the Roman Empire a day.. did you?? ❤
Cicero was Porky Pig's nephew
Great, beijos no ❤ from Brasil
Howdy do my fellow sociopaths
Nothing personal but I don't like this guest! It would be better if you would invite more guests with good vibes and intelligent faces!
Explains why Itlaians speak with their hands to this day
Dude. This use of hands is still found in European Mediterranean cultures. The Italians are renown for their hands and their use of hands alone can indicate state of mind and emotional intensity. I guess you are merely describing the origins of these inherent cultural behaviours
Cicero training should be used by Kamala
14:46 Titius --- Could be the Elaine Dance.
Or subtle and languid and got bad reviews.
Ego & Resentment was Hitler's Game ....
8:20 Make u feel some typa way
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Why this man look like Nate Diaz
😂😂😂😂
“On the other hand; Adolf hitler” 💀
Lord Rothschild..
gotta hit the tiddius 🗣🗣🕺🕺👯👯
Ancient Rome emojis
Play Hitler in english,he says alot diffrent then what we were told
A lot more positive then what the propag,,,I mean official history portrays.
I think its just because hes demonized so much that even saying hes got a point in some instances makes you look like evil by association. Like obviously dude had to actually speak about true stuff and have a point so that he can manipulate you in other places, its just stupid to assume everything hitler said or did was evil, its simply that evil stuff he did overshadows everything else
@@timothyvincent3436and the reason human beings repeatedly fail to see the wolf in sheep’s clothing. This recent wave of people finding “the good” in Hitler’s speeches only speaks to mankind’s fundamental inability to discern truth from falsehood. It is an inherent defect of the human mind itself and without some source of “higher knowledge or wisdom,” mankind will continually make the same mistakes over and over again and fall for the same bullshit rhetoric and subversion of Truth. Acknowledging and Accepting this limitation of the human mind as part and parcel of the entire human experience throughout all of time is THE requisite first step in humility that leads to discernment.
@@timothyvincent3436 and the reason human beings repeatedly fail to see the wolf in sheep's clothing. This recent wave of people finding "the good" in Hitler's speeches only speaks to mankind's fundamental inability to discern truth from falsehood. It is an inherent defect of the human mind itself and without some source of "higher knowledge or wisdom," mankind will continually make the same mistakes over and over again and fall for the same BS rhetoric and subversion of Truth. Acknowledging and Accepting this limitation of the human mind as part and parcel of the entire human experience throughout all of time is THE requisite first step in humility that leads to discernment.
@timothyvincent3436 and the reason human beings repeatedly fail to see the wolf in sheep's clothing. This recent wave of people finding "the good" in Hitler's speeches only speaks to mankind's fundamental inability to discern truth from falsehood. It is an inherent defect of the human mind itself and without some source of "higher knowledge or wisdom," mankind will continually make the same mistakes over and over again and fall for the same BS rhetoric and subversion of Truth. Acknowledging and Accepting this limitation of the human mind as part and parcel of the entire human experience throughout all of time is THE requisite first step in humility that leads to discernment.
Epiphany time. When your manipulative ex identifies as Cicero. I am blind. Wish I would have seen this before she destroyed me.
Reminds me of someone running for office.
sounds like you did not actually listen to all of it. Because they literally mention him
hell yeah orange man bad amirite? high five dawg
Anyone who watches him closely this year can see he employs most of these techniques as if he’s studied them or is a natural. The guest may be wrong in his assessment because he’s not paying close attention in 2024.
Dude back off! Kamala is a woman and she is black, kinda…… she should be president! 😂😂😂😂
@@austinechomusic its possible he studied Cicero directly however its likely too that simply being a man with the "common touch" he understands these things instinctually
I think of Jordan Peterson
I want to see what his birth chart looks like. I bet he has an exalted mercury or similar.
"The Colosseum just got 10 ft higher" - Cicero Trump
"And Greece will pay for it"
Small hands, small gestures.
Is it just me or have all lex’s podcasts lately been dark..?
Such is life at times
Those topics are not so dark, they also laugh a lot
Just you