This video is making his channel starting to feel like a super underrated television series on those educational channels. It’s beautiful and kinda nostalgic for me.
Brent and Cerro Gordo really brought a sense of peace and optimism during that year of 2020. It was my oldest son’s last year of high school. We were all stuck together and as the adults in the house, had to act as if we knew everything would be ok not really knowing it spills me. Brent and his adventures where something me and my family looked forward to every week. Thanks for shining some light on a positive corner of our existence.
Boredom is good. Sitting in it will guide you to new fun things. It's just up to you to project your enjoyment into the experience, not expect the joy to come from an outside novelty feed like with youtube. Imagination does kinda feel like it comes from outside me sometimes, but I trust it much more than the corps behind the algorithms. Birdwatching and breeze-feeling are both nice ways to pass the time with light stimulation.
More unhelpful generalisations. 'Boredom' is very different to different people and the good outcomes you hear about are skewed by 'survivor bias'. There have always been folks who thrive better in social interconnectedness. If it works for you, great
@@cassieoz1702 Allowing boredom doesn't negate the value of social interaction. I'm not suggesting only sitting in boredom, that's silly, a full life has many aspects. I'm just saying we have that emotion for a reason, it brings new value into our lives. It's kinda funny because you're proving my point, you're not willing to feel boredom. Got a nice tidy excuse all ready, "I'm just a social person who requires constant stimulation so it's fine for me to do so, neuroscience doesn't apply to me." Your denial kung fu is highly technical, impressive.
@@cassieoz1702 My initial comment was based on neuroscientist Anna Lembke. Boredom is one of the healthy sources of discomfort that retune our brain to being more capable of feeling pleasure and motivation. Individual differences still apply, it's a generalization. The exact healthy sources of discomfort that will be best for a person depends on the overstimulations they pursue and other nuances. Being a highly social person just means that boredom will be even more valuable for you because it will create more discomfort. If someone is super fine being alone and still then there wouldn't be much point in choosing that for them. Best thing for them could be a challenging fun social situation. If someone is soft from living inside climate control boxes all their life, then cold exposure will be very powerful. It all depends, but the general idea remains, we must allow discomfort into our lives to be well.
@HoboGardenerBen yes, i absolutely that we are training folks (more in customer cultures than others) in avoidance coping methods, socially/emotionally and physically. My hesitation is the growing tendency for absolutism/polarisation and seeing the principle slide into "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger". In the example of pushing introverts into more social situations, my experience is that they may become less avoidance but don't become more comfortable, just better at masking and come away even more drained.
I find it soothing and very inspiring. You read news and trends. Tomorrow, it's irrelevant. Building something there, you know it will still be there years to come. Even if it's just a row of rocks. Got his land, and ride the dirtbike around. He has his land for the rest of his life, beautiful.
This was outstanding. Both exhilarating yet scary, the idea of confronting one's fears of isolation and loneliness to undertake a Sisyphean task speaks to our inner quest for transcendence. Mark opens up difficult questions of what this story means for each of us to confront and undertake our own challenges to find meaning in what could very well be a meaningless universe. Beautifully shot and narrated it also captures the intense beauty of the California desert and mountain wilderness. Breathtaking!
Im a lady thats going to be 35 in january. Getting here is fun. Surviving a traumatic brain injury is fun. It made me appreciate life, being alone and figuring out that yep. No man really is an island. I have become friends with myself. Its great. You both are awesome. Thanks for sharing Mr. Manson 😘
"We are all rolling our proverbial boulders up meaningless hills. All human action is ultimately empty in the face of an indifferent universe. There is no predetermined point to existence...only what we make of it." I believe everybody needs to hear this to be courage enough to find what they love and feel great about and just do it. I genuinely recommend the book of Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck to anyone who has not yet read it. It's totally amazing. Good luck to you, everybody! And Thanks Mark Manson for your life-changing videos and awesome book.
Great video Mark (and team). It seems very thoughtfully produced and it looks like you guys really took the time to get it right. It’s also very sensitively portraying the subject (even though that could be a stylistic decision, it doesn’t seem to be important). Just finished watching the video and I’m already thinking of a lot of things. Thanks for making and sharing it :)
Thanks for sharing this! Best of luck to him. I hope he has something in place where if he should have a mishap out there someone knows ASAP and will help him and/or take care of his animals. They would be completely helpless and suffer.
this hit deeper than I initially thought it would after watching through the video. I was doing chores while listening an just decided to listen and then it hit me. Me taking care of my house and family is my boulder to bear.
Well said! I was thinking, too, of the quotidian/mundane aspect of most of my days. In my youth, I wanted to shine brighter than everyone and write the great American novel. Now, in my 50's, I'm happy working as a part-time college instructor, swimming, cooking for my family, and walking my dog. I love the concept of the freedom of commitment.
Great documentary Mark. It reminds me "Into the wild" movie. I found that ressonates with a lot of people but specially man. When i was young i was really shy, but fortunatly i mixed talking to more people and stay a lot of time alone and enjoying it. Once we can really enjoy being alone, being with others will finally become pleasurable
Loved this. Mark might have been bored there but I saw it as Brent breathing new air into that town's lungs and in turn, it revived him. He is keeping the history alive while making a new story for the area. If that isn't worth doing - what is?
12:27 this video and the south Korean and the Portuguese one are seriously life changing for me. it has close to the effects of reading a timeless book.
I watched his channel a lot during the first few yrs. I'll have to go catch up, thanks Mark! I have been more or less 'collecting' videos, blogs and documentaries on hermits and fringe loners of sorts for decades.
This is a great video, as someone who is retired early and pretty young and needs to find a purpose this video was helpful. I am lost with too many options and travel all the time without purpose.. The problem I would have, if I was in this guy's situation, is that I would have no impact on anyone so it would be meaningless to me. I would need to rebuild that hotel, get some tourists, give people tours, make unique experiences there for people to enjoy to feel like I was giving something to others and that would give my meaning..
I have found the boulder I love pushing. But I didn't start really pushing it until I accepted it was just a boulder. I love writing since elementary school. But fear of failure prevented me from writing often. Fear of writing something forgettable. A book that would disappear. However, once I focused on just doing it, for fun, I'm happier. I get cranky the days I don't get to write. I wasted twenty years afraid of my work being pointless. I was so lost. 😢
It was a shame that the hotel burnt down. Historically the electrification back in the 19th century was a bit dangerous because of the technology available back then and people that overloaded their homes with electrical lights and other electrical devices.
"We are all confronted with a moment in our lives where we must give ourselves over completely to something" - Soren Kierkegaard, from the book Fear and Trembling
Oh Lordy I found it so ironic that there's a link in the middle of this thing to a set of $300 sleep sound blocking earbuds! It's almost obsessive the amount of time spent on trying to figure out how to sleep. I don't have any trouble at all sleeping what I have a problem with is worrying whether or not I'm sleeping. Once you let that go you're gold.🤪
Man, I thought I was a hermit. I heard about the hotel burning down and it just made me super sad for him. I still feel that way but he seems to have accepted his life. Not super safe out there in the mines alone. I hope we don't hear about him in some accident. Had not heard about the tunnel digger. That dude must've had something really wrong with him.
Nicely crafted video. Even though you admitted that you'd be bored living there you still portrayed the story in a respectful manner. I do think there's enough of a story for a few more videos. I personally found Brent's story brave and fascinating.
Correct me if I’m wrong but there are actually lots of things that people do that currently matter and probably will still matter the coming decades if not centuries. If we think about the past, there are very important politicians, philosopher, physicists, mathematicians, etc that really shaped the world. Or right now farmers, constructors, politicians, etc are people that are really important in our world right now and it’s far from bouldering up a rock for no reason. Maybe in the grand scheme of things in the universe and the entire existence of the planet it doesn’t really matter but does that mean that is doesn’t matter at all?
If he had gotten that hotel up and running, that would have been impressive. As it is he reminds me of that guy who froze to death alone in a bus in Alaska.
This video is making his channel starting to feel like a super underrated television series on those educational channels. It’s beautiful and kinda nostalgic for me.
100% agreed
Right??? The intro is crazy! That cinematography
So true
The production style on this episode is very close to one of those PBS specials.
I’d love if he continued some episodes like this.
Tom scott mk2
“The freedom of commitment” is such a paradoxically liberating idea that I really needed to hear. Thank you Mark.
“Loneliness is a dangerous feeling because it can be addictive.”
Loved it.
This video gave me goosebumps at the ending. You really are making us think more deeply about our lives. Thanks!
Brent’s YT channel, Ghost Town Living, is a must watch. Love it so much.
He’s not living alone. Animals, purpose, dedication are very good company.
He’s not living alone. There are always people up at Cerro Gordo. Many famous people have visited as well.
And it’s supposed to be haunted. Ghost Adventures has been a couple times
Brent and Cerro Gordo really brought a sense of peace and optimism during that year of 2020. It was my oldest son’s last year of high school. We were all stuck together and as the adults in the house, had to act as if we knew everything would be ok not really knowing it spills me. Brent and his adventures where something me and my family looked forward to every week. Thanks for shining some light on a positive corner of our existence.
Boredom is good. Sitting in it will guide you to new fun things. It's just up to you to project your enjoyment into the experience, not expect the joy to come from an outside novelty feed like with youtube. Imagination does kinda feel like it comes from outside me sometimes, but I trust it much more than the corps behind the algorithms. Birdwatching and breeze-feeling are both nice ways to pass the time with light stimulation.
People have lost introspective and creativity (if they ever had it), the culture of modern life is not at all conducive with true self.
More unhelpful generalisations. 'Boredom' is very different to different people and the good outcomes you hear about are skewed by 'survivor bias'. There have always been folks who thrive better in social interconnectedness. If it works for you, great
@@cassieoz1702 Allowing boredom doesn't negate the value of social interaction. I'm not suggesting only sitting in boredom, that's silly, a full life has many aspects. I'm just saying we have that emotion for a reason, it brings new value into our lives.
It's kinda funny because you're proving my point, you're not willing to feel boredom. Got a nice tidy excuse all ready, "I'm just a social person who requires constant stimulation so it's fine for me to do so, neuroscience doesn't apply to me."
Your denial kung fu is highly technical, impressive.
@@cassieoz1702 My initial comment was based on neuroscientist Anna Lembke. Boredom is one of the healthy sources of discomfort that retune our brain to being more capable of feeling pleasure and motivation. Individual differences still apply, it's a generalization. The exact healthy sources of discomfort that will be best for a person depends on the overstimulations they pursue and other nuances. Being a highly social person just means that boredom will be even more valuable for you because it will create more discomfort. If someone is super fine being alone and still then there wouldn't be much point in choosing that for them. Best thing for them could be a challenging fun social situation. If someone is soft from living inside climate control boxes all their life, then cold exposure will be very powerful. It all depends, but the general idea remains, we must allow discomfort into our lives to be well.
@HoboGardenerBen yes, i absolutely that we are training folks (more in customer cultures than others) in avoidance coping methods, socially/emotionally and physically. My hesitation is the growing tendency for absolutism/polarisation and seeing the principle slide into "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger". In the example of pushing introverts into more social situations, my experience is that they may become less avoidance but don't become more comfortable, just better at masking and come away even more drained.
Thank you for making me pause and think. I don’t do that often enough. I should. Thanks for the reminder.
I live a life similar to this in Portugal. Love it! but yeah, I can understand why people may find it boring but I don’t
I live in Spain and do the same. I'm quite scared of the matrix these days
I find it soothing and very inspiring. You read news and trends. Tomorrow, it's irrelevant. Building something there, you know it will still be there years to come. Even if it's just a row of rocks.
Got his land, and ride the dirtbike around. He has his land for the rest of his life, beautiful.
This was outstanding. Both exhilarating yet scary, the idea of confronting one's fears of isolation and loneliness to undertake a Sisyphean task speaks to our inner quest for transcendence. Mark opens up difficult questions of what this story means for each of us to confront and undertake our own challenges to find meaning in what could very well be a meaningless universe. Beautifully shot and narrated it also captures the intense beauty of the California desert and mountain wilderness. Breathtaking!
This is the most insightful video I've watched in a while, I loved it!
Im a lady thats going to be 35 in january.
Getting here is fun. Surviving a traumatic brain injury is fun.
It made me appreciate life, being alone and figuring out that yep. No man really is an island.
I have become friends with myself. Its great.
You both are awesome. Thanks for sharing Mr. Manson 😘
Very interesting. The video production quality is off the charts too. Love this.
"We are all rolling our proverbial boulders up meaningless hills. All human action is ultimately empty in the face of an indifferent universe. There is no predetermined point to existence...only what we make of it." I believe everybody needs to hear this to be courage enough to find what they love and feel great about and just do it. I genuinely recommend the book of Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck to anyone who has not yet read it. It's totally amazing. Good luck to you, everybody! And Thanks Mark Manson for your life-changing videos and awesome book.
Great video Mark (and team). It seems very thoughtfully produced and it looks like you guys really took the time to get it right. It’s also very sensitively portraying the subject (even though that could be a stylistic decision, it doesn’t seem to be important). Just finished watching the video and I’m already thinking of a lot of things. Thanks for making and sharing it :)
Thanks for sharing this! Best of luck to him. I hope he has something in place where if he should have a mishap out there someone knows ASAP and will help him and/or take care of his animals. They would be completely helpless and suffer.
I love the quality of your output. Your still by far the best self help/ life coach guru out the imo
this hit deeper than I initially thought it would after watching through the video. I was doing chores while listening an just decided to listen and then it hit me. Me taking care of my house and family is my boulder to bear.
I envy your boulder, sir 😊
Well said! I was thinking, too, of the quotidian/mundane aspect of most of my days. In my youth, I wanted to shine brighter than everyone and write the great American novel. Now, in my 50's, I'm happy working as a part-time college instructor, swimming, cooking for my family, and walking my dog.
I love the concept of the freedom of commitment.
Thankyou Mark… Keep up the good work,
Great documentary Mark. It reminds me "Into the wild" movie. I found that ressonates with a lot of people but specially man.
When i was young i was really shy, but fortunatly i mixed talking to more people and stay a lot of time alone and enjoying it. Once we can really enjoy being alone, being with others will finally become pleasurable
This was so meaningful and thoughtfully crafted. Thank you Mark! Brent is a truly wonderful example of a purpose-driven life. Wow…just wow!!!
Love it, great reflection.
The best video of the channel!
Loved this. Mark might have been bored there but I saw it as Brent breathing new air into that town's lungs and in turn, it revived him. He is keeping the history alive while making a new story for the area. If that isn't worth doing - what is?
I find it very liberating when I am down to my final option. Then I just DO, with no encumberance.
Gracias, esta experiencia me encantó, buenas reflexiones
He seemed happy and content. I can see why he would be.
12:27 this video and the south Korean and the Portuguese one are seriously life changing for me. it has close to the effects of reading a timeless book.
I'm portuguese and I feel the same way
Brent is amazing and so are you! Thanks.
Wow this is insanely well put together ❤
This is absolutely powerful really enjoyed this
The best part of the video was the seamless transition to Ozlo product. Smooth like butter
🙂
Simp
I Have watched brent since april 2020 You guys are the 2 youtubers.I've watched the most probably
I watched his channel a lot during the first few yrs. I'll have to go catch up, thanks Mark! I have been more or less 'collecting' videos, blogs and documentaries on hermits and fringe loners of sorts for decades.
This is a great video, as someone who is retired early and pretty young and needs to find a purpose this video was helpful. I am lost with too many options and travel all the time without purpose.. The problem I would have, if I was in this guy's situation, is that I would have no impact on anyone so it would be meaningless to me. I would need to rebuild that hotel, get some tourists, give people tours, make unique experiences there for people to enjoy to feel like I was giving something to others and that would give my meaning..
That really caught me by surprise, and I think I really need to figure out which boulder I need to push. Thanks!
Out of all this channels videos, this is my favorite.
Real definition of exploration - mark manson ❤
Perfect Timing
Two of my favorite people in one video!
This timeline just keeps delivering 😁
Wow Mark you have gone next level
I have found the boulder I love pushing. But I didn't start really pushing it until I accepted it was just a boulder. I love writing since elementary school. But fear of failure prevented me from writing often. Fear of writing something forgettable. A book that would disappear. However, once I focused on just doing it, for fun, I'm happier. I get cranky the days I don't get to write. I wasted twenty years afraid of my work being pointless. I was so lost. 😢
Top quality content, as usual from MM
This video and the wonderful people in it are showing wisdom and story
The visuals in this video is impressive. Thank you for sharing his pov, will be remembering him as the guy who lives alone in an abandoned town
This is the type of content i wanted!
I really needed this. Thank you
The subtle art of not giving a fuck ... still reading on: You are not special chapter😁
As always… amazing content!!
Thank you for that video.
It reminded me about something very important.
Walden was Purcec's references in "Zen and the art of motorcycle..." this was fascinating hearing the most rewarding part of of his life.
Great video! Loved it!
A wonderfully interesting presentation. Thank you ✌️
The intro quote was 🔥
thank you
As a mother, my first reaction to that episode is to wonder about his. If my son were out there doing that, I'd make sure to go visit sometimes.
Beautiful video!
DUde this hits hard. Im doing a job that I really hate, giving me so much anxiety and thinking of leaving but scared on what the future holds.
It was a shame that the hotel burnt down.
Historically the electrification back in the 19th century was a bit dangerous because of the technology available back then and people that overloaded their homes with electrical lights and other electrical devices.
That hotel was the nicest thing in that town, hard to stay there when that is gone..
Two of my favorite people in the same video 😍
Damn this video is amazing, a wonderful life lesson as always Mark 🙌
Had just binged his whole channel a couple weeks ago. The world could use more like Mr. Underwood
beautiful video and message :)
Love this 👍
Great pursuit nark. The rad places are populated by rad people in your element
I was TDY in Dugway Utah for 2 months in the early 90s. I miss it.
The shot at 19:13... Wow
Bruh that’s gonna be me in few years I’ll move to California’s countryside and will spend my entire life in there all alone
"We are all confronted with a moment in our lives where we must give ourselves over completely to something" - Soren Kierkegaard, from the book Fear and Trembling
well done. great episode mark!
Wow thank you for making this
Oh Lordy I found it so ironic that there's a link in the middle of this thing to a set of $300 sleep sound blocking earbuds! It's almost obsessive the amount of time spent on trying to figure out how to sleep. I don't have any trouble at all sleeping what I have a problem with is worrying whether or not I'm sleeping. Once you let that go you're gold.🤪
The smoothest ad placement though 🙂↔️
Serious high quality vid.
Golden documentary ❤
Very inspiring!
OMG THIS IS AWESOME
fuckin LOVE these style of videos Mark!
Such cool story. Feels scary to live in such isolation
Man, I thought I was a hermit.
I heard about the hotel burning down and it just made me super sad for him. I still feel that way but he seems to have accepted his life. Not super safe out there in the mines alone. I hope we don't hear about him in some accident. Had not heard about the tunnel digger. That dude must've had something really wrong with him.
Brilliant ❤
LOVE the art work! More like this.
Have you? Damn Mark! Chill!
Nicely crafted video. Even though you admitted that you'd be bored living there you still portrayed the story in a respectful manner. I do think there's enough of a story for a few more videos. I personally found Brent's story brave and fascinating.
Has he found any gold or silver?
I think I remember seeing one video where he found a big chunk of silver ore and smelted it.
Been following Brent and also Shaun Overton dustups ranch for a while now. Very interesting human endeavours
Correct me if I’m wrong but there are actually lots of things that people do that currently matter and probably will still matter the coming decades if not centuries. If we think about the past, there are very important politicians, philosopher, physicists, mathematicians, etc that really shaped the world. Or right now farmers, constructors, politicians, etc are people that are really important in our world right now and it’s far from bouldering up a rock for no reason. Maybe in the grand scheme of things in the universe and the entire existence of the planet it doesn’t really matter but does that mean that is doesn’t matter at all?
Im alone in this world
That opening violin? cello? music. What is that please?
One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
Seriously I didnt find this guys book particularly helpful, but those vids are awesome
If he had gotten that hotel up and running, that would have been impressive.
As it is he reminds me of that guy who froze to death alone in a bus in Alaska.
A truly great video
I can't understand how you could feel bored or lonely up there.
Even though it's liberating I would still be among my loved ones
Yes. I have.
Best wishes 😮