The Myth of Individualism

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SOURCES🔍🔍:

"Surplus Enjoyment" by Slavoj Zizek

"Zen and the Art of Saving the World" by Thich That Hanh

Siegel DJ, Drulis C. An interpersonal neurobiology perspective on the mind and mental health: personal, public, and planetary well-being. Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2023 Feb 3;22(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s12991-023-00434-5. PMID: 36737822; PMCID: PMC9897608

"After Lockdown" by Bruno Latour

"The Disappearance of Rituals" by Byung-Chul Han

"After Theory" by Terry Eagleton

Mckenna quote: Terence McKenna, as reported in The New Science of Psychedelics (2013)

[PlPu]

Even after decades immersed in a system that rewards individualism, egotistical behavior and greed, both materially and morally, we have undeniable examples of empathy and cooperation. Imagine what we could achieve with a better system...

[bananaveg]

nothing interests me more than seeing the brain attempt to explain itself

[BadBunnyBinch]

I think it’s important to know the difference between individualism and individuality. There are always gonna be individuals and personal identities. But individualism is believing each individual is their own island.

[AlanisCastellanos]

the problem is when one WANTS to bond, but fails to do so. Its reassuring to dig our hole and decorate it to feel less lonely

[hanto]

HOW TF IS HE ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT MOMENT.
i was having an existencial crisis about how boring and not special i'm really am, and how i'm constantly bombarded by the individualist myth around media, and i left feeling empty and frustrated because this is just like a power struggle

[inakoto]

The part about how everything changed after the pandemic is so true, I cannot stress this enough. It really feels like everyone just became mad after covid hit and now we're just trying to regain meaning.

[Eh_Nope]

leave it to Sisyphus55 to be the first to use the monkey neuron activation illustration in the correct topic and context lmao

[ryuken]

the most ironic part of individualism is that it needs the existense of the "other" to exist, but there is a catch that nobody likes to be an "individual" so they usually try to find people like them to feel less alone... it's a tragic irony that infected us all.

[Gorlim_the_Unhappy]

Individualism is the biggest stumbling block our species has ever experienced. We are capable of almost anything with collaboration. We are nothing but sound and fury if we try to go it alone. Humanity needs humanity, with all its magnificence and all its depravity. None of us can separate ourselves entirely from any end of the human spectrum without forsaking our true reason to be here. We're here for each other, not ourselves. This life becomes so beautiful when you realize it's not about you, the individual. It's about all of us, here and now, past, present, and future. You and I are happy little trees in an infinite and infinitely interconnected forest!

[omarqasirov]

I admit that part of the draw of individualism (for me) is the insecurity that I won't be accepted by the group. It's safer to be on my own and isolated than to be around people who will find out my flaws and exploit them or use them against me, not to mention the groups that just don't want me around because of something inherent to who I am.

[OLDMANWAFFLES]

I feel like even more so after the Covid-19 Pandemic, we’ve become a lot more isolated (not just physically either), detached from each-other emotionally, and more individualistic, yet we still yearn for that tribal sensation through clawing for internet/social media validation. All I see is hatred towards one another and a lack of humanity or very little empathy for other human beings. I wish we could get some empathy and compassion flushed back into us as a people.

[sheag]

everything is affected by an infinite number of things, some having larger effects. We are both individualistic and communal to different degrees depending on the context.

[jackdaniels]

This whole video sums up my entire issue with motivation, there's no reason. I simply don't want material gain, I can only motivate for other people's sake. Yet I have no community or family or anything to work for. There's nothing to care for but yourself. It's not worth the rest of my pathetic life to be stuck in a society that explicitly rewards egomaniacs and psychos, acts as if generational wealth isn't an issue, and crushes any hope for normal people.

At least under the old monarchies I'd still have a village. Now I have nothing. They've taken everything I could have possibly wanted, so their numbers can get bigger. Psychopathy.

[Muhluri]

The more I look at my life, the more I realise that every aspect of my life is influenced by other people.

My intelligence is a result of my good teachers and the fact they were supportive.

My interest in computers only exists cause my dad chose to buy me one when I was 4 years old.

The way I speak was influenced by the TV shows I watched as a kid.

My health is based on the food my parents cooked for me

[nikita]

Finally a re-upload, I was scouring the internet for this one

[dylaann]

"Hatred burns empathy, but does not kill it, " -psychologist Jamil Zaki in _The War for Kindness_

[cakexo]

Lowkey this video was eye opening. Idk but this video explained a lot, what I find wrong with myself, my own hyper indiviualism has shot me in the foot

[ExtraPlanar]

Glad to have been awake at 4am to see this just after it uploaded

[gamingchickenstudios]

I have been watching this channel for over 6 years now and i have to say : Your content has really improved over the years a im glad to see that you are getting the recognition you deserve.

[ildabarsegian]

As a current nursing student what I learned recently: we must ensure that we are physically, mentally, and SPIRITUALLY well in order to live a healthy and happy life.