Not only do I love and agree with your discussion on profound truths, but I also love and have so many good memories with Miyagikyo! What a great pairing. Went to Japan to ski with good friends a few years back and ended in up Kyoto before we traveled back to the US. Found a local liquor store with the desire to bring home some good Japanese whiskey we hadn't heard of. Found Miyagikyo and Yoichi for $45 each. Best whiskey purchase we've ever made, and always sends me back to the amazing time and place of exploring Japan and learning about and experiencing a new culture.
I think one of the biggest mistakes we have made is try to make everything a slogan, we treat the deep, heart wrenching, soul crushing, debates we face with 150 character or less, pretending they are easy. Each side has them, and each time we make the profound things in life seem small, we allow ourselves to demonize those who disagree. After all, if it is a simple thing, then there is a right and wrong, and not a balance in profoundness.
A soundbite, tweet, meme. So much of what is deep and important has been reduced to not communicating. When people remove the labels that have been placed on them, they start to realize that we are at our core the same.
Lots of words of wisdom given in this video. It is very true about compromise and our leaders thinking that compromises the loss. I to myself who is nowhere near a leader also sometimes thought that too. Compromise is a loss.
This video really challenged me. I watched it several times and kept coming up with the same conclusion. That there are no profound truths. Truth is fluid and malleable depending on your perspective. Someone can believe something so passionately despite it being based on false information. They are holding onto both negative poles expecting a different outcome. Maybe I am just missing something and will have to watch the video again. Thanks Daniel for another informative video. Cheers.
Still loving this format! For Daniel and anyone else curious, Japanese vowels are pronounced very similarly to Spanish vowels, so Sendai is like Send Eye.
Daniel, I come here to listen to your unfiltered, unrestrained truth. To limit yourself is to deny us, your viewers, your potentially opposing truth with which we must grapple. While having a large platform and following offers a level of influence not best suited for all in such a position, I believe that so long as the message delivered from the platform never strays too far beyond the bounds for which the platform was originally intended, we the audience must listen and weigh your honest truth against our own unique world views. And by the way, in my opinion profanity is just a stronger truth, and I'd prefer not to be denied the strong truths, no matter how unpleasant or opposed to my own. Thank you for your courteous consideration of us, keep up the amazing content!
"Sen-die" - I have a great shot of my Uncle from 1952 with him on a bike in front of the PX at a US Army base there. It is also when the huge earthquake hit a few years back.
This is why many of us somms refer to Daniel as The Bard. He’s our “thinker”, but then again, good whisk(e)y enjoyed in moderation with solid self control tends to make one prone to productive thinking. Rumination even.
Thank you Daniel. I do believe that the greatest leaders, and dare I say arbitrators, are also great at listening. To some this comes naturally, most others have to really work at it. If you cannot listen to others, you will never see through their eyes.
Hi Daniel, the Coffey stills were actually installed at the Nishinomiya distillery when Nikka started their grain whisky production in 1963. Nikka relocated the Coffey stills to Miyagikyo in 1999.
Just clarifying that that is what Daniel said, he just didn’t go into the full background history. (Using the word “actually” kinda sounded like you were correcting him about something which he had already said correctly. Forgive the misunderstanding if that was not how you meant it.) ✌🏻
Truth can only be found to the degree in which we are willing to sacrifice our self perception of independent greatness. Partial truth more often than not isn’t truth at all.
So you are going with the extremism of the middle. It's really no different than the left and the right, except that you're taking up arms (or hunkering down and throwing rocks, as you said) at BOTH sides.
Stop with the deep philosophical rants!!! They make me think 🤣 Just kidding… keep up the new format, I do miss the shenanigans and have Rex for that on the other channel ❤
Also very important to realize that just because there are two sides to something, it doesn't mean that both sides actually have a profound truth. People fought and died to protect slavery, the divine right of kings, the Third Reich, the list is endless of two opposing sides where only one side was right. Too often people fall into "both sidesism" where they just assume that all sides in any conflict are equally valid - that is extremely lazy thinking, or they believe that the middle is always the best course when quite often it is one extreme side that is right and one extreme side that is wrong and compromise is completely ridiculous. There are situations like Daniel describes where there are two equally valid opposing truths, but those are pretty rare, actually.
Regarding pronunciation of Miyagikyo, instead of mi-ya-GEE-kyo, think mi-ya-gi-KYO (as in "Mr. Miyagi" from The Karate Kid, plus KYO). The Miyagi part of the word is more flat, without emphasizing any syllables, but there's slightly more weight on Kyo. Put another way, if this were music in 4/4, the "Miyagi" would start on the "3 and," and the "Kyo" would be on the "one" (downbeat) of the next measure.
This is the entire basis of daoism. Yin and yang are completely opposite of each other, they don't mix... But at the center they both evolve from the same core.
I agree with you and have lived my life that way, most of the time but not all.. I am an upright ape after all... Sadly looking at the history of the world that view can only gain and hold traction for no more than 10 yrs.. then everything goes back to hard tribalism... That makes me sad, for until we can grow up as a species... end of monolog... LOL
Freedom and responsibility are not separate truths. They are both sides of the same coin. Freedom is the most important thing possible. You, as the individual, have to temper that against your responsibility to not harm others or negatively affect their freedom. IE: You can say anything you want, you just might get punched in the mouth for saying it.
Wow! Much better format. Please don’t bring that other guy and woman back on as guests.I enjoy your content but they made those older videos difficult to watch.They are the kind of people I try to avoid when drinking alcohol. Please keep up the good work.
C'mon Daniel, I would've thought that you might do at least a little research on how to pronounce the name of the whisky you are discussing! The pronunciation is Miyagi-kyo, and this is apparent as you'll find it in Miyagi prefecture. The first time I visited Japan, I brought back two bottles of whisky, a Hibiki Harmony, and the Miyagikyo in this video. I chose both because they were real Japanese whiskies, and that's not just because they aren't 50% Ben Nevis! They had the clean floral taste that I came to strongly associate with Japanese whisky. Yoichi is good whisky, but it tastes too much like scotch to me. I've had multiple bottles of Pure Malt, Taketsuru, From the Barrel, and the now defunct the Nikka 12 on my shelf for many years, and I really enjoy them all. For me though, the Miyagikyo is the most unique, and the most authentic.
sipping on it now. can't stop... it is that good
is this better than yoichi? had that at the NYWFF
Not only do I love and agree with your discussion on profound truths, but I also love and have so many good memories with Miyagikyo! What a great pairing. Went to Japan to ski with good friends a few years back and ended in up Kyoto before we traveled back to the US. Found a local liquor store with the desire to bring home some good Japanese whiskey we hadn't heard of. Found Miyagikyo and Yoichi for $45 each. Best whiskey purchase we've ever made, and always sends me back to the amazing time and place of exploring Japan and learning about and experiencing a new culture.
I think one of the biggest mistakes we have made is try to make everything a slogan, we treat the deep, heart wrenching, soul crushing, debates we face with 150 character or less, pretending they are easy. Each side has them, and each time we make the profound things in life seem small, we allow ourselves to demonize those who disagree. After all, if it is a simple thing, then there is a right and wrong, and not a balance in profoundness.
A soundbite, tweet, meme. So much of what is deep and important has been reduced to not communicating. When people remove the labels that have been placed on them, they start to realize that we are at our core the same.
miyagikyo always has a nice apple rind note to me that makes me want to just keep sipping, dangerously sippable
Lots of words of wisdom given in this video. It is very true about compromise and our leaders thinking that compromises the loss. I to myself who is nowhere near a leader also sometimes thought that too. Compromise is a loss.
Your analogy was shocking (ha ha) but true. If we as a society cannot talk and listen to others , how can we ever mature?
Thank you for continuing to elevate better ways of living. These are lessons we all need to hear and hear again.
my favorite Japanese whiskey, i live in Japan and when i see it i buy it. ez day.
Dang, the tension in the middle. As always it's a delicate balance. Thank you again for the great conversation 🥃
This video really challenged me. I watched it several times and kept coming up with the same conclusion. That there are no profound truths. Truth is fluid and malleable depending on your perspective. Someone can believe something so passionately despite it being based on false information. They are holding onto both negative poles expecting a different outcome. Maybe I am just missing something and will have to watch the video again. Thanks Daniel for another informative video. Cheers.
Living in the healthy tension of two profound truths - word to live by... thx you Daniel
Still loving this format!
For Daniel and anyone else curious, Japanese vowels are pronounced very similarly to Spanish vowels, so Sendai is like Send Eye.
Come for the whiskey, stay for the philosophy. Cheers, Daniel.
For me, it's the other way around.
Another brilliant narrative. Thanks!
The way my brain revolted when you said "1999" and "only 25 years ago" was both alarming and hilarious.
Daniel, I come here to listen to your unfiltered, unrestrained truth. To limit yourself is to deny us, your viewers, your potentially opposing truth with which we must grapple. While having a large platform and following offers a level of influence not best suited for all in such a position, I believe that so long as the message delivered from the platform never strays too far beyond the bounds for which the platform was originally intended, we the audience must listen and weigh your honest truth against our own unique world views. And by the way, in my opinion profanity is just a stronger truth, and I'd prefer not to be denied the strong truths, no matter how unpleasant or opposed to my own. Thank you for your courteous consideration of us, keep up the amazing content!
"Sen-die" - I have a great shot of my Uncle from 1952 with him on a bike in front of the PX at a US Army base there. It is also when the huge earthquake hit a few years back.
it is apparently 'Miyagi-kyo' (like Mr Miyagi + Kyo)
This is why many of us somms refer to Daniel as The Bard. He’s our “thinker”, but then again, good whisk(e)y enjoyed in moderation with solid self control tends to make one prone to productive thinking. Rumination even.
your miyagikyo pronunciation is spot on.
Ones success doesn't require the others destruction.. focus on success
Thank you Daniel. I do believe that the greatest leaders, and dare I say arbitrators, are also great at listening. To some this comes naturally, most others have to really work at it. If you cannot listen to others, you will never see through their eyes.
7:49 DANIEL PLEASE RUN FOR PRESIDENT! Oh that leaders would have this perspective
It would never work. Daniel is way to honest to be a politician.
Honestly, I lack patience for that world :)
@@WhiskeyVault I can understand that
Thanks for the video 🥃
Appreciated this one
Hi Daniel, the Coffey stills were actually installed at the Nishinomiya distillery when Nikka started their grain whisky production in 1963.
Nikka relocated the Coffey stills to Miyagikyo in 1999.
Just clarifying that that is what Daniel said, he just didn’t go into the full background history. (Using the word “actually” kinda sounded like you were correcting him about something which he had already said correctly. Forgive the misunderstanding if that was not how you meant it.) ✌🏻
I’m so happy these are readily available now and off allocation. I’ll remember to not add water to it.
Wow! Quantum leap!
Just read harvards professor Michel Sandel, Justice: What's the right thing to do?
Goes straight in the videos intro!
Congrats for the video!
Hey. Niels Henrik David Bohr . My fellow country man .👍 Cheers and may he r.i.p.
Truth can only be found to the degree in which we are willing to sacrifice our self perception of independent greatness.
Partial truth more often than not isn’t truth at all.
So you are going with the extremism of the middle. It's really no different than the left and the right, except that you're taking up arms (or hunkering down and throwing rocks, as you said) at BOTH sides.
Stop with the deep philosophical rants!!! They make me think 🤣
Just kidding… keep up the new format, I do miss the shenanigans and have Rex for that on the other channel ❤
What happened to the mooch I never see him anymore
Also very important to realize that just because there are two sides to something, it doesn't mean that both sides actually have a profound truth. People fought and died to protect slavery, the divine right of kings, the Third Reich, the list is endless of two opposing sides where only one side was right. Too often people fall into "both sidesism" where they just assume that all sides in any conflict are equally valid - that is extremely lazy thinking, or they believe that the middle is always the best course when quite often it is one extreme side that is right and one extreme side that is wrong and compromise is completely ridiculous. There are situations like Daniel describes where there are two equally valid opposing truths, but those are pretty rare, actually.
Regarding pronunciation of Miyagikyo, instead of mi-ya-GEE-kyo, think mi-ya-gi-KYO (as in "Mr. Miyagi" from The Karate Kid, plus KYO). The Miyagi part of the word is more flat, without emphasizing any syllables, but there's slightly more weight on Kyo. Put another way, if this were music in 4/4, the "Miyagi" would start on the "3 and," and the "Kyo" would be on the "one" (downbeat) of the next measure.
"Freedom is not the ability to do what ever you want to, but the ability to do that which you aught to do." .St. John Paul II
I have a Miyagikyo 12
This is the entire basis of daoism. Yin and yang are completely opposite of each other, they don't mix... But at the center they both evolve from the same core.
I agree with you and have lived my life that way, most of the time but not all.. I am an upright ape after all... Sadly looking at the history of the world that view can only gain and hold traction for no more than 10 yrs.. then everything goes back to hard tribalism... That makes me sad, for until we can grow up as a species... end of monolog... LOL
Freedom and responsibility are not separate truths. They are both sides of the same coin.
Freedom is the most important thing possible. You, as the individual, have to temper that against your responsibility to not harm others or negatively affect their freedom.
IE: You can say anything you want, you just might get punched in the mouth for saying it.
We agree 100%
Wow! Much better format. Please don’t bring that other guy and woman back on as guests.I enjoy your content but they made those older videos difficult to watch.They are the kind of people I try to avoid when drinking alcohol. Please keep up the good work.
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I will have to try that at some point, as it sounds like something I would like.
I just came back from Japan. This one is not my favorite. I love Taketsuru though.
Miyagi is pronounced like Mr. Miyagi in Karate Kid. 2nd part Kyo is pronounced like in the city ToKYO. So (Mr.) Miyagi (To)Kyo
Think the "Karate Kid", "Mr. Miyagi". Then add the "kyo" as in "To-kyo" or "Kyo-to". That is how you pronounce it.
How profound. Is it better to only grab the negative and accomplish nothing or grab the positive and negative and risk electrocution.
I miss rex
Another profound truth… I can’t pronounce “Miyagikyo.”
Me either
Who can? Besides the Japanese, of course.
LOL at running over and destroying the name> Phonetic pronunciation is me-yaw-gee-key-oh.
Enjoy and glad I’m here too.
In my language there's a specific word for freedom without responsibility. And the description is distopian.
C'mon Daniel, I would've thought that you might do at least a little research on how to pronounce the name of the whisky you are discussing! The pronunciation is Miyagi-kyo, and this is apparent as you'll find it in Miyagi prefecture.
The first time I visited Japan, I brought back two bottles of whisky, a Hibiki Harmony, and the Miyagikyo in this video. I chose both because they were real Japanese whiskies, and that's not just because they aren't 50% Ben Nevis! They had the clean floral taste that I came to strongly associate with Japanese whisky. Yoichi is good whisky, but it tastes too much like scotch to me. I've had multiple bottles of Pure Malt, Taketsuru, From the Barrel, and the now defunct the Nikka 12 on my shelf for many years, and I really enjoy them all. For me though, the Miyagikyo is the most unique, and the most authentic.