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Old Nov 26, 2016, 06:15 AM
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Watched video. My take is:
This is the same premise as Buddhism, with an Aristotelian twist, in a modern packaging.

The "inner child seeking safety" portion is very similar to the Buddhist "all suffering comes from attachment" principle. Essentially, both are saying: Let go of your illusions, and delusions, of what you think reality is. When you can let go of this need to be safe and have all your needs met, somehow you can see the "real reality" (disclaimer: I have some skepticism on the validity of this premise, having been abused by a spiritual teacher who forced this stuff on me "let go of your ego" he said, and there started my breakdown).

I can see Aristotle's push to seek the pattern behind all things. I find it interesting how the video brushed by the important ethical question "Seek truth at what cost?" by pointing out the good things science has done, and only giving the bad things a minor mention as insignificant.

Objectivism, as encouraged by the video, has been explored before. See the work of Ayn Rand (disclaimer: It is said if you read one of her books you'll turn into a jerk for 6 months. When I breached her work I took 6 months and read every one of her works I could get my hands on. The subsequent year was questionably jerky). Where is the compassion in Ayn Rand's work? Where are the children in her novels? Where is love, vulnerability, human connection? I challenge you to find it in Objectivism, for I could not.

What I see in this video is a bunch of young idealistic people, exploring and reveling in being young and idealistic.

I hope you find more friends and connections.
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