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Very deep, food for thought. Thank you for your words.

Why does nobody mention johnny mnemonic

Used to hated bojack horseman after finishing it but over the last 2 years, I've slowly grown to find it relatable with problems I have been having

You sound Albanian.

I think one of the most interesting philosophical ideas featured in cyberpunk is its depiction of souls. The idea that a copy of your consciousness can be made and transferred into other bodies really blurs the traditional definition of a soul being a supernatural embodiment of “who you are.” Do engrams have souls? ARE engrams souls? If so, have humans lost the right to their very existence? If one “soul” replaces another, like in V’s case, does that mean souls aren’t actually immortal as we traditionally see them? Can a soul be annihilated by science? Is an engram a human? Does it have human rights? Theres a lot to think about. This becoming reality could completely change our definition of a human being. And, terrifyingly enough, this consciousness transfer stuff is absolutely feasible with real world science. We arent there yet with neural interface technology, but it is very much possible to do.

You deserve more subs and Views, this is very interesting

I really like these kinds of analyses - am currently writing a fan version of my own continuation of the Cyberpunk world after the Star Ending of 2077, and some of the themes you mentioned will be front and centre - very interesting stuff.

Excellent vide VOX POP. I would love for you to go deeper into these ideas. So many things I did no notice yet I walked away from the game with a feeling of profundity.

I could only think about why u are wearing a sleep mask with googles ontop on em. Why?

I dunno, by the minute 8 you just retold the plot and repeated high tech low life formula of the cyberpunk genre.

For the last probably 5 years (29m) I've been struggling with acceptance of my own mortality. Cyberpunk is the art piece that struck me in the balls. Как говорится, у кого о чём болит, тот о том и говорит. P.S. I know you understood my last sentence

thkank you for not spending first 5 min abt how bad game launch was and how they fixed it etc. like every cyberpunk2077 video these days. just get to the point without history lessons

I definitely think that there are lessons to be had with Cyberpunk 2077. CDPR was definitely trying to warn us just like Cyberpunk as concept itself and I think the more further we get technology wise the further we get from what mankind is supposed to be.

The root of all motivation is desire, not the blind alley intellectualization of being that mankind has veered off-course into with their endless cycles of paralyzing rationalization. Animals follow the desire of their nature without hesitation because they lack the self-awareness to generate the mental capacity to trip themselves up. An urge comes, they fulfill it. It is only when they cannot fulfil their desires, such as being kept in capitivity, does their vitality fade. Humans are animals, complex ones but animals. The issue is that humans created restrictions against the more extreme forms of their nature desires in order to co-exist. In a world where the technology to destroy the planet several times over is accessible to a handful of psychotic world leaders, these restrictions make sense. The Ukrainian conflict and the Gaza massacre show what happen when these norms are violated. Sure, Octavias Caeser can use the legions to project strength across the globe in the Iron Age without much issue, just today four gunmen with basic military tech massacred 120 people in Moscow without much effort. We cannot play might makes right games anymore without the possibility of destroying the board the game is being played on and all of the players. This is not to say that mankind must become weak in order to survive. That is an evolutionary oxymoron. Strength is necessary to survive. However, how strength is defined needs to be reevaluated. Strength, I think, need to be evaluated on the contribution of an individual to the collective survival of the life forms on the planet. Not simply human but the full food chain necessary to keep humanity alive. The reason I believe this reevaluation is necessary is the flaw in your arguements about the strongest people naturally rising to the top: inherited wealth. For example, despite what Elon Musk's PR campaign would say, Elon holds a position of technocratic leadership not from any inherent gifts but due to the wealth and infulence of his family. This is a supposed genius whose Cybertruck can't function in rain, something cars have managed to do for over a century now. Space X rockets occasionally detonate upon launch and let's not get into the amount of money he lost in his rebranding of Twitter. If Elon was forced to live with the results of inherent strengths, he'd be dead, in prison or a wildly unsuccessful used car salesman. So long as select family linages are only allowed to fail upward through inherited wealth and power they will only get weaker as their are sheilded from the consequences of their faliures. I am glad that someone correctly applied slave morality as Nietzsche described it. Everytime I mention it, I get accused of being a fascist. Sorry, if you look for excuses for your issues rather than overcoming them, your kind of stuck in a self-generated hell. P.S. If a demon appears in your room the correct answer is to bind the demon and force it to serve you as your slave. :)

“The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others-the living-are those who pushed their control as far as they felt they could handle it, and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later. But the edge is still Out there.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Hell's Angels

Thank you for introduction to cyberpunk philosophy. I came across the idea that we talk about these topics as if they are inherently relevant to lived experience and to a certain degree they are. To another degree it is a fact of prophecy while I believe humanity can still surprise us. We certainly see some of these processes happening now, and it’s refreshing to see you describe it in a matter-of-fact manner. Can I ask what you are studying? All in all well edited & good source and reference material.

Love your breakdown of the genre, the game, and the themes. You're the only person I've seen being out these points and their philosophical nature.

This is a really good video, man. Good job. I’m a super fan of cyberpunk 2077

Got a point, all in all the game was a total disaster the whole 4 years this far. I often remark that it’s the best story, with best character building, laid on top of unbelievably bad game mechanics. It’s come a long way though. If Orion comes out anything remotely close to how bad 2077 was, it’s over.

As someone whos never been interested in the Cyberpunk genre, this game was big tiddies for me. Like massive, full hangers. CP2077 and MGS2 have really shaped how I view the world.

I love how it feels like everything in this game was made by somebody who wanted to make a world that actually felt alive the only other games i can say have done that is the elder scrolls games that took many games and a live service mmorpg cyberpunk did it all in one game and a short anime and i will leave it there before i start going yapping about how amazing the music in this game/anime is

I honestly thought you missed out with ignoring the buddhist messages, you put a lot of focus on western religion when in night city, buddhist monks roam the streets in mass, i was expecting you to mention the buddhist outlook of a soul

Amazing video!

U have great voice my guy! I can tell u have brain too haha! Good, very good! I luv philosophy......

I love philosophical analysis about pop culture, especially video games! Good job!

CP2077 was one of the few games that stayed in my mind after i played it, for a long time - most games today don't feel as compelling, with a few exceptions. I'm no philosophy expert, haven't read all that much on philosophy. Didn't even know that much about the whole genre, never read the Android Sheep book or others. As a "normie", a few things stood out to me when playing it: how you can find something to "pleasure" you at every corner; how many can even save your life (Trauma Team); everything hyper sexualized; morality being dulled down a lot (you can even hear some Night City residents calling your character "a rare type in this city" if you are the kind of character that keeps his word and is "a decent human"); transhumanist ideas, people loving that they can change even their whole bodies; many more things. Oddly enough, even though this fictional city is nowhere near to be a city/timeline I would like, I liked that the devs made all characters very "human" and full of a wide array of emotions and traits, despite most of them being cybernetically augmented oftentimes completely. Like it was a signal that no matter how much parts a human loses, they still have that "something" that makes them a human being. Even borgs like Smasher (although on the negative spectrum). I especially liked the Sinnerman quest with Joshua. I loved that the developers didn't shy away from depicting religion in general and in this quest. Funny thing is, as an agnostic who now is more of a believer, the dialogue in this quest was so nicely done that I would choose different lines depending if I were still an agnostic or not (i.e. 1. refusing him his wish or 2. actually "helping" him and "believing" in him).

I don't think all belief systems develop a slave mindset in their practitioners. Nevertheless, overall, I liked your clip and what you said at the end was the most hard hitting - and true. We should fight for our life to start being fulfilled, be active and energetic. Maybe add a few more blocks of the text on the screen with the information that you find to be the most fundamental. This was another case in which the TH-cam algorithm didn't disappoint.

Hi everyone! First of all - thank you for your responses to this video. It is very pleasing to see all the debates that it caused in the comments. I am very glad to see so many different perspectives. However, I must apologise for not clarifying some aspects/ideas mentioned in the vid. First of all, when describing such concepts as morality of masters and slaves, I was relying on Friedrich Nietzche's work "On the Genealogy of Morality". These ideas do not necessarily need to be true, neither should you agree with them. Im more than sure the Nietzche, just like any philosopher, wouild be insulted if somebody claimed that his ideas are universal truth that should be accepted as dogmas. I just thought that this ideas can be very helpful for some people to find a way how to improve their lifes and make it go into life-affirming rather that destructive direction. Second, I am not saying that enslaving and killing others because you are stronger is ok. I thought that I explicitly said this in the video that I am not trying to humiliate or mock those who are naturally weaker than others. I said that it was the way it was back in history. This video is not about how to make other peoples life a nightmare so that you could live a great one. Neither it is about how it is that children in Africa deserve their life because they are weak. Being virtuous and helpful is a quality of a strong person as well. This video is for those who have the ability to change their life, so that after doing so they could help those who are not so lucky. I hope some points are now clear to you. Once again - thank you for your support, your constructive criticizm and you expressing your point of view. Stay safe, be polite and kind to each other, and have a great day today))

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This is so interesting, where I’m from in the uk a lot of folk horror is conservative uptight city people, going to pagan, more socialist/community driven country folk (in films, in reality there’s a lot of differences between lots of rural and city areas with lots of political beliefs in both.)

Great video mate, cheers from Brazil. Suggestion: lower the background sound just a bit

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To the people saying, “ Oh but what about a skinny, shriveling, malnourished little child in the middle of the arctic. Yeah that’s what I thought. “ That is a straw man and an appeal to pity fallacy, you are stretching his argument to an irrelevant scenario and making us feel bad about it in order to, ‘ prove ‘ your point

I don't hold the view that objective morals can exist without god or that faith related "slave qualities" interfer with the realization of your natural needs as faith is a natural need, without it we can consider ourselves nothing. But I will definetly implement some life affirming principles into my life and realize some of my natural needs. Great vid. 👍

this is pretty close minded, would you call the children that die of war or hunger just weak? So they died bc they're weaker than a child from Europe that didn't die of hunger? that sounds pretty stupid imo, most people have no control of their surroundings due to factors outside of their control, this is life, it's unfair and it almost never rewards strong and good people.

Nice point, max bench ?

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Dont forget Australian bogan horror like Wolf Creek...

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