Episode #188 Achievement Society and the rise of narcissism depression and anxiety - Byung-Chul Han

Today we talk about positive power, neoliberalism, narcissism as a reaction to modern life, how technology makes isolation easier, and some tactics to find peace in the digital panopticon. 

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[nikslobodjanac]

"The terror of the same, affects all areas of life today.

One travels anywhere but does not experience anything.

One catches sight of everything. Yet reaches no insight.

One accumulates information and data. Yet does not attain any knowledge.

One lusts over adventures and stimulation. But always remains the same.

One accumulates online friends and followers. Yet never encounters another person."

[timi_haze]

As a Korean American man it's amazing seeing people become more aware of our culture and now even listen to one of our philosophers. Thank you for this.

[NYKWHY]

"When you remove the Otherness from somebody you can't ever really love that person, all you can do is consume them. When you remove the otherness from an Idea, it can never really affect you fully, all you can do is consume it. I think of all they ways people are turned into things to consume when it comes to Romance on the internet."

This certainly gave me something to think about.

[MikyKoneko]

Love this episode. I fell trapped being my best possible self everyday and I just realised how this stripped me of the single thing I love in life which is creating art. It used to be a contemplating and relaxing activity but now I persecute myself for not creating enough and not beeing already a famous artist. Thank you for reminding me my purpose.

[anthonybarsness]

Keep with Han. I love Zizek but we have All the time in the world to get to it. I want to hear more Han first

[jimmy-sees-stars]

This is big. I felt you building up to this over the last few episodes, and I've been thinking about the digital penopticon concept without knowing it was a concept yet.

[FirstNameLastName-tbrm]

My favorite part is the whipping noises. More sound effects 😂

[acardinalconsideration]

15:16 Love em’ or hate em’ Han was spittin facts

[selwyndavis]

More Byung-Chul Han, for next episode! It makes it easier to follow a single thinker when they're in episodes bundled together. And love when you get a chance to go more in depth into a single thinker/idea. Looking forward to next episodes and thanks for the all the episodes over the years!

[marcomiranda]

More Han, there is much more already on Zizek than Han. Thanks

[UniMatrix_]

Someone send this to @AndrewTate 😂. I love these videos Steven, as someone who is High in trait Narcissism, this has given me a new way to frame many of the issues that I deal with. I also now have more frames of reference to describe the commonalities between the way neurotypicals and myself see the world.

[CobbyLouis]

I learned a "nursery rhyme" as a kid

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, but all play and no work makes Jack a lazy boy...

I hadn't thought about that in years, but I just did....

Thanks for the video

[ramilrosete]

More of Han. How fresh these ideas are.

[Iderboldb]

Byung-Chul Han all the way! Away with self-important demagoges. More attention to the present!

[lovmovement]

Just finished reading “Philosophy of Zen Buddhism” by Han, & just picked up “Agony of Eros” & “Psychopolitics”. Stoked that this episode aligned with my readings. Byung Chul Han is awesome !

[humanbeing]

Incredible episode. Best of the recent ones so far, I think. Thanks a lot, my dude. More of this guy would be just blissful

[Dmwntkp]

I had a fuzzy vision of modern normal but this really defines it with clarity, wonderful.

[DrVunderbahr]

Christopher Lasch wrote some good stuff on narcissistic culture that is worth checking out

[jagadeesharun]

"Smartphones are for digital confessions and Facebook is the Church". Some deep words. Thank you for doing this show!🙏🏽

[mycomputerdreamsinsound]

As a recovering wanna-be almost-ex-achiever, I found the first 10 minutes of this talk some of the most mindset shifting moments of my life. Thank you for challenging me.