Thank you for the great video - I'm fascinated by the fact that there's a concept that describes a situation I find myself in! For me, there is an inexplicable and irrational feeling that the books sitting on my bookshelf somehow help me redeem my failure to read them in the past. I slacked off, muddled along and never did any serious reading back in my undergrad days. After starting work, I have always wanted to make up for those lost days by getting to the works that I felt I should have read - Hobbes, Marx, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Weber, Jung, Camus, and the list goes on. I have bought some of those books, but I have only managed to bring myself to read a tiny portion of the books. Now that I see maybe somewhere deep inside me, I'm telling myself that my bookshelf is doing part of the redemption on my behalf.
Thank you for the comment! I'm certainly guilty too of buying books to look good on my bookshelf but now after making this video I feel much more motivated to go through the old books I bought ages ago but have never got round to reading. You've listed some great philosophers with amazing books and I hope you enjoy working through them!
Is it too far to say that most media these days (on television, youtube, and beyond) is satisfying because he are interpassively allowing others to live our lives for us, not just the more specific acts of laughing and acquiring knowledge through books? It seems as if many people live their lives entirely vicariously today.
Great video. I think today's equivalent of canned laughters must be watching Mukbak, cooking or food reviews don't you think? It somehow makes what we are eating at the moment more delicious and enjoyable.
Thank you for the great video - I'm fascinated by the fact that there's a concept that describes a situation I find myself in! For me, there is an inexplicable and irrational feeling that the books sitting on my bookshelf somehow help me redeem my failure to read them in the past. I slacked off, muddled along and never did any serious reading back in my undergrad days. After starting work, I have always wanted to make up for those lost days by getting to the works that I felt I should have read - Hobbes, Marx, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Weber, Jung, Camus, and the list goes on. I have bought some of those books, but I have only managed to bring myself to read a tiny portion of the books. Now that I see maybe somewhere deep inside me, I'm telling myself that my bookshelf is doing part of the redemption on my behalf.
Thank you for the comment! I'm certainly guilty too of buying books to look good on my bookshelf but now after making this video I feel much more motivated to go through the old books I bought ages ago but have never got round to reading. You've listed some great philosophers with amazing books and I hope you enjoy working through them!
Is it too far to say that most media these days (on television, youtube, and beyond) is satisfying because he are interpassively allowing others to live our lives for us, not just the more specific acts of laughing and acquiring knowledge through books? It seems as if many people live their lives entirely vicariously today.
Whoa! I was thinking about the same thing. Also, watching motivation videos & videos of cool Personalities & then doing nothing about them.
Great video. I think today's equivalent of canned laughters must be watching Mukbak, cooking or food reviews don't you think? It somehow makes what we are eating at the moment more delicious and enjoyable.
Absolutely! That's a great example!
Very good example! Chapo
Also, can you make a book club or something potentially.
Thanks for the video, fam.