How an Obsession with SAFETY Leads to Mental Illness & Tyranny - Academy of Ideas
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This video explores some of the philosophies which examine the prioritization of safety. What happens when we value safety above all other values? I hope you all enjoy!
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mors certa, hora incerta
People believe they have extraordinary value to the world. These kids are taught that the world exists to serve and provide for them individually. Young ppl develop better when they realize they are basically just a burden on the world around them. That realization can motivate them to MAKE themselves of more use/value to society.
Absolutely not, this video single handedly lost my subscription to you guys for this shameless propaganda.
The sheep spend their lives afraid of the wolf, only to end up getting eaten by the farmer.
Indeed. I particularly dislike the sheep/wolf/sheepdog analogy. Even if the farmer doesn't eat you, at a bare minimum, you are regularly and routinely fleeced for your entire life.
This reflects the harsh reality of many individuals who spend their lives living in fear of one threat, only to be harmed by someone they never expected. It serves as a reminder that sometimes the dangers we anticipate are not always the greatest ones we face.
@@PoisonelleMisty4311The real dangers are not the ones that jump around in your eyesight. They are in the shadows, waiting to trap you.
@@survivaloptions4999 "Sheepdogs lead sheep to slaughter you [REDACTED]!" - Someone, somewhere
I like that!
"It's for your own safety" is always the precursor to some sort of loss
I mean to a degree… for my safety yes I will hold onto the bus pole..
@@Mmmtruk but would you force others to hold the bus pole to because of your fear? that's the real discussion being had here.
Threshold towards a steep transgression
*People who sacrifice safety for freedom deserve neither* -intelligent philosopher
Yeah you should probably cut out all your seatbelts, and get rid of your airbags. Think of all the things you'll gain back!
People so afraid of dying, they forgot how to live.
Bang on the button.!
Nailed it - Thanks to dogmatic religions of all kinds
Amen brother!
I mean... you can't die if you're not living, AMIRITE FOLKS???
@@WolfMage888 It's actually the opposite of what you stated. Human society is less religious and more secular then it's ever been. The evidence would suggest that it is atheism that is causing this epidemic of cowardice. No one has any reason to to live courageously because they are so busy living for the hear and now; they've been taught since birth that's all there is. In other words, humanism and hedonism (driven by atheism) have taken ALL meaning away from us and our main goal is our own survival.
“He who controls the media controls the minds of the public.”
It's important to emphasize how much fear promotes stupidity.
This is incredibly prevalent for the last 2 years.
Very, well put.
Since 911...Patriot Act...
Yup
@@williamsteinkamp3189 yup
last 60years
I look at life in this manner... Everything ends, and this is merely a temporary existence. Live life like it's a game you love playing. People replay said games to break them after playing it so many times, so go out and break the matrix of life. Find the bugs, and enjoy just playing. Fear nothing, learn all you can, love what you have and those in your life, even if it's your enemy for the antagonist makes the game fun. I smile at a difficult challenge for I know it will add to my experience and will better myself overall, even if that experience is more of a nightmare. Failure is merely a learning tool.
:3 Yeee. Overratedddddd virus, and even John Hopkins University said the lockdowns have done little to nothing to stopping the spread of the weak virus. #GoVegan 🌱💚🔥😻 For the planet, for the animals, for health, for tastes, and for ending world hunger. Two-party puppet circus bully double-standards dictatorshittttt political system. Debunked religion and debunked material atheism.
So why not just rob a bank?
I had the exact same thought. And I took it one step further. If I can Guage my own attributes with rpg elements, my question is: what would life be like when I strive to max my stats. It's really uncanny how my specific influence of the world reacting to me really changed y experiences and perspectives. And just Ike leveling up a skill, everything has a price. The price here, is time and effort learning and developing skills with applications to many various scenarios in life... D&D style.
You can't pretend to like a crappy "pay as you go" game, is fun to play. Let's be real, of life was an actual video game, it'd be poorly reviewed and likely wouldn't have many consistent players. An rpg where you had to do lame ass missions just to perform basic game play
Well said !
Ezra Pound stated "a slave is someone waiting for someone else to save them".
"Those willing to trade a little freedom for safety, deserve neither, and will lose both."
That already happened in the Agricultural Revolution
This is overstated. Safety has its place but as the OP put it, it should be a secondary value
@@seekerofthemutablebalance5228 the last few years has proven that this statement is way way understated.
I like that..thanks for sharing it
It’s perfectly normal, that’s why you live certain years with your parents and civilization exists
In neither of both you’re completely free
Neither taking risk, nor taking care, are inherently good or bad. It all depends on the situation. It's far more important to be able to judge when to take risk, and when to take care, than it is to elevate one strategy over the other.
one can take his own care, but the instant you try to take someone else's, you become an infringer.
video is mostly about the haegemonical obssession with fear and motivating you to take more risks in the face of social pressure toward inaction
Risk taking is healthy. Common sense is mandated if risk is taken. It’s always reward versus loss decisions.
I like your comment and I agree.
Not all risk is good but taking risks where it can give you growth need to be considred and taken.
I took a "risk" refusing to take the covid jab. The biggest danger was losing my job, which fortunately did not happen.
"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." - Frank Herbert
fesr and despair are like distractions but worse cus it's the same with dopamine distraction but it's negative and stress/anxiety instead
There can be no such thing as courage where there is no fear.
Courage is not a state of being absent of fear. It's a case of being fearful, but striving forward anyway.
That state of having no fear is simply stupidity... ;o)
The spice must flow.
I love that username XD
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 tell that to the Bene Gesserit order. Look up dune hombre
Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs) at one point mentioned how OSHA regulations actually increase workplace accidents, because people think, "Oh, well, my safety is already looked after," and they end up doing foolish things that they would have not otherwise done had there been a risky working condition, putting their minds in the "I better be careful," mindset. Most accidents happen due to complacency, which leads to not paying attention to your surroundings.
When people feel safe, they let their guard down in situations they really shouldn't.
This is true with drivers today. The safer they make the cars (in response to the idiotic risk-taking that hurts people), the more idiotic risks people take while driving, because they think the car will protect them. I see it daily as a long haul trucker.
I don't trust what Mike Rowe has to say because he is an opera singing corporate shill.
@@TexJester-no8th Every problem can be fixed if you're clever enough to know how. Driving lessons should include teaching fundemental laws of physics along with examples of car accidents, demonstrations of how they happened and why along with examples of human injuries and fatalities - all in photos and videos.
I DON'T AGREE. YOUR APPROACH IS AN EVIL ONE. SIMPLY PUT.
Probably coming from an employer bothered only with saving money and denying your own responsibility for your employees.
Safety courses should be taught differently. With emphasis on understanding fundemental laws of physics and how they apply in the specific area of work. With examples of accidents that actually happened and how their investigation came up with the explanation as to how they happened and why, TEACHING PEOPLE TO THINK AHEAD FOR THEMSELVES AND PREVENT ACCIDENTS FROM HAPPENING EVEN IF THERE ALREADY ARE SAFETY REGULATIONS IN PLACE, WHEN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVE BEEN REGULATED, REALLY UNDERSTAND, THERE WILL BE LESS ACCIDENTS.
In 70s I used to race a dirt bike around a track, I very quickly noticed the more safety gear I used that I crashed way more often until I stripped myself of all gear got the best lap times. It's about control. But riding on the street with cars around always scares me.
i think to my absolute favorite historical quote, uttered by one of the US's founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin: "Those who are willing to trade a little freedom for a little safety deserve neither and shall inevitably lose both".
the purpose of the statement is fairly simple to grasp, and that being that freedom is not necessarily a safe thing, and that if we want to maintain our freedom, we have to accept the dangers that come with it and work to mitigate them ourselves.
Danger’s & responsibilities.
As a member of a younger generation, boy do we need to hear this. Fantastic video. Thanks.
The older generations aren’t any better in this regard.
Just don't get into the
It must be true because they keep telling me it is COMFY zone
Make up your own mind as you grow older
As a younger guy I joined the Military
That makes you think(being put through training ect)
I knew the covid thing was bullshit
Now we are all being proved right
If you FEEL its wrong then it is
Always stick to your guns mate
@@E_Clampus_VitusStarting mostly with Boomers.
"A good life isn't a safe life" a thing to be remembered.
Neither's a dangerous one to be fair.
No one's speaking of balance.
'The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise'.
(Tacitus)
"A long life is not necessarily a good life."
Words to live by.
A great explanation of why I feel more free in countries that are “less regulated / safe.” Freedom requires risk and no reward comes without great risk and vulnerability
Very true. I’ve come to realize that one of the most respectable traits someone can have is the willingness to put themselves out there and be criticized. And if they persevere through the inevitable negative feedback this vulnerability invites over and over again..they’ll usually get whatever it is they’re chasing x 10.
-Mr.SmartCity
Which countries are we talking about here?
Unironically I also feel safer in those places. Because people are used to taking measured risks, and approach life with a level-headed caution that keeps them balanced instead of overcaution leading people to make dangerous mistakes, ironically.
Spot on!
I'm 52, and I remember most of this was common sense growing up through the 70's~80's.
I miss those times SO much! Seems like it was a different world compared to today.
this was all common sense until about 2013 after 4 years of obama cancer brought the first wave of simps. There's been a simp wave every 4 yrs ever since. This is the 3rd simp wave
I miss the 80s too great times !
Your mind, and the internet are playing a trick on you. Your mind creates the illusion of the good old days, and the internet funnels news of all the worst sh*t in the world to you the moment it happens. There were just as many stupid people doing the dumbest stuff imaginable in the 70's and 80's as today. Common sense has never been all that common.
Growing up in the 50's and 60's was even less controlled by fear, especially growing up on a prairie farm.
So that’s what a boomer con looks like
I needed this! Dealing with PTSD will have you feeling like you are living in a cage, letting life past you by. I’m over it!
PTSD can be managed or overcome. Vagus nerve regulation is a great healing strategy.
@@peddlinghope2777 going to look into it!! Thank you for suggesting
Yes it’s debilitating!!! Working through fears bit by bit more everyday and get out there again and live life it’s important.
💖🙏🕊
Humans are symbolic creatures. after trauma, we will associate something related to it subconsciously to prevent it happen again in the future. instead of making us safe, but at the same time causing us to sink.
Have you ever watched the inside-out animation? it's something like that. We must overthrow the symbols associated with our trauma from our heart/brain/soul and build up a new mindset that is wiser in viewing our trauma. Religion helps a lot.
the symbols can be anything particular sound, voice, face, etc. if you can sort it out, at that time you can put it in the “trashcan” wisely.
Dont ever againts it. because we cant make a war with part of ourself. but be wise
Oky Oky if I have trauma of seeing my ex suddenly somewhere. Should I kinda watch his face more or see him so I stop getting panicked over it?
It’s amazing that up to 200 years ago, 25 year olds lead countries, sailed the world and marched massive armies into battle. Doing less with a long life to reach death safely.
And there used to be a saying - Beware an old man in a profession (or society) where men die young. Basically it means that the old man didn't get old by being stupid...
25 year olds today dont even know what bathroom to use and start crying if you use the "wrong" pronoun.
I heard this year's ago, and absolutely connected with the thought. Life is meant to be experienced.
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!" Hunter s. Thompson
I love these comments...thanks for sharing
@@roberttamilia886 you're welcome!!
My old truck had that sticker on the rear window when I got it
I fucking love that quote
One of the shocking things about this world, besides the foundation of lies, is how programmed the masses are. It reminds me of They Live, the movie.
Very true 🕶️
great movie
your username suits this comment perfectly 🤣
With no context to the movie.. doesn't.. that like immediately illustrate your point? Like we're so 'programmed' that you even have a movie reference for the fact we are 'programmed'..?? The elitism in this comments section is breathtaking
Mass formation.
I saw a pic on FB last year, taken in our grade schools -- showing all kinds of kids wearing their masks, watched by adult teachers and police. Kids aren't learning anything except to fear authority and do as they're told.
Thank you for this video.
And you would be first in line to sue if anything happened to your kid.
But they're enthusiastic for the Democrats so they're reaping what they sow ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I don't know why people keep divorcing state oppression from their favourite politicians' votes and policies.
@boristheamerican2938
If they fell off the playground equipment? No. If they got food poisoning? Yes. Safety should be a secondary value to liberty but should still be a value. There is a time and place for safety. I would sue if my child got food poisoning from the school cafeteria, but not if she fell off the playground equipment. In one case, risk should be mitigated, and in the other it should be encouraged.
Masks were a measure that never should have been mandated for anyone.
I have said this for 40 years. Signed ex-construction worker.
And we have an adage in trucking - you can be safe, you can be legal, but you can't be both.
And we are being regulated to the point of absurdity in the name of Safety by people who have no idea about what they're regulating...
@TexJester-no8th My husband is an OTR trucker so I know what you mean. The crap you have to deal with...idk how you do it but thank you for doing it.
@@TexJester-no8th By people who have never picked up anything heavier than a "Smart" phone or done anything more dangerous than J walking.
I believe kids raised by single mothers sort of compounds this effect, as protecting is associated with the mother and balanced by the fathers challenging. With the fatherly influence out of the way protection reigns the supreme virtue in the upbringing.
Depends on the mother. I and my brother were raised by a (strong) single mother in the 70s; we were "latchkey kids" and "free range kids" LONG before there was a term for it. And we both came out of it pretty well balanced ...
This is so true.
There are two perfect examples of this in New Zealand. The Pike River Mine Disaster in 2010 where our government sat on its butt and did NOTHING to help these men. And the White Island eruption in 2019 where the government again did NOTHING to help because it was unsafe.
The Governments response to the white island eruption completely DISGUSTED me, 50 years ago there would have been hundreds of boats going over to white island to help survivors without ANYONE caring about their own "safety".
It did tell New Zealand one important thing though. If there is a major disaster in New Zealand, the Government is not going to be there to help until it is "safe" for them to do so. The New Zealand Government is becoming POINTLESS for New Zealand!
I live in China. If these things happen, the Chinese government will quickly mobilize the government, firefighters and even the army to rescue. Although many foreigners believe that China is autocratic, in fact, the people trust and like these troops. Whether it's an earthquake, flood or explosion, they always rush to the front line.
@@ameliah8164 The western wokeness that is creating all the weak and fearful people does not seem to affect China or Russia.
You name suggests you are a westerner. Could I have your opinion please? Is the Chinese Government as bad as the MSM media make it out to be?
@@andrewtyacke1395 I am not a westerner. I am Chinese (from Shandong Province). I studied in the UK for one year. Now I work in Hong Kong, but I will return to the mainland in the future. I can tell you that almost all my foreign friends, after coming to China, have the view that "it is not the Chinese who are brainwashed, but me!".
Our government is not perfect, but it is absolutely centered on the interests of the people. I had a lot of opinions on the government before I studied abroad, but I realized how good it was after I went abroad. It made big mistakes before, but later corrected them and wrote reflection into high school and college textbooks.
We are not slaves living under high pressure. We work and live like people all over the world. We just have a more efficient and capable government (also demonized by media such as BBC / CNN / Bloomberg). You can use the translator to view Weibo or bilibili, which are the most popular SNS platform used by Chinese people.
If the government does not do well, there will be no 91% support rate (data from Western survey agencies). It is not perfect, but most Chinese support the government that will lead us to rejuvenation. They do make long-term plans for people's development, not influenced by Regal group / DS.
Many people demonize CCTV and the 0-covid policy. In fact, these things protect our lives. They use "human rights" lies as excuse for sanctions, but my little sister is in Xinjiang ( University ), and her local classmates despise those false sanctions.
Here are some videos. Although you may doubt that it is a promotional video of CCP🤷♀, but it is definitely my daily life in the past.
th-cam.com/play/PLvL4yLn1DxkNWcOMxYs7TbTtZftoG4MJ1.html
@@andrewtyacke1395 Chinese learn English from the third grade. At that time, we will have an English nickname.
As for why I prepared a video series, because I want to give those who are confused by the media an entrance to see the real China, please don't doubt that I am any so-called "propagandist / robot" ”😂
@@andrewtyacke1395 Under the current policy, you can still enter China with a work visa. Welcome to this land and have a look with your own eyes.
I must admit that although the government's ability is good compared with other countries, their external publicity ability is soooo poor 🤷♀. It can't eliminate the influence of those demonized news at all. Almost all western news media that truly reflect the situation in China are TH-cam with less than hundreds of thousands of fans. Few of the big media have completely unbiased and secretly slandered reports.
Super excited to see another collaboration between you two, these channels are quintessential for the success of our species.
My favorite 2 channels ever. İ download every video of them if something bad happens.
Add [school of life] into the mix, trio ❤
Most of Academy of ideas vids are thinly veiled attacks on socialism. 🤷🏼♂️
"For the success of our species". Do you realize how cringe this sounds?
Aren't they both run by the same organisation?
Risk management vs risk aversion.
And beware the overreaction of recklessness, which causes undue harm to self and others.
Wisdom, as with all things, lies in balance.
The knight who hides from the dragon may survive but is no knight, has saved no villagers, and is a coward.
The knight who rushes in unprepared is quickly devoured, along with his squires and the villagers. He is a fool and only fed the beast.
The knight who prepares, plans, takes precautions and goes boldly but strategically prevails, saving himself and all, and is truly the hero.
Imagine the world WITHOUT this information. Thank you for your service
When we live based off security, we live based on survival. We live in an age where we have an abundance of resources and information to not be in survival. Choose freedom and embody a higher state of mind.
-Much love from a growing TH-camr
Damn. Maybe if I just embodied a higher state of mind I'd also be a growing youtuber.
I took my risks everytime, now I can write a book or two about all my adventures, my entire life was a rollercoaster, better than any action/drama/comedy/war movie.
One lessons I learned:
We, as humans, have the potential to do many great things, but equally powerful is our ability to choose not to do them
Me too really felt this as I was a I.V drug user and I took so many risks I’m years clean now and could write a book to better any rock stars I don’t regret it at all. I just wish it was understood better peace and love mate 💯❤️
Can you put some of the lessons you've learned? Do's and dont's. Thank you :)
@@thetruthsodealwithit2803 drugs are cowardly escapism
Most people say, “be safe,” as you are leaving. I always say, “take risks live life” so this hits home to me
Yes, I always say this to my 21yr old son after almost every interaction and this video has made me rethink that. I know exactly why I do it tho, he does dumb shit all the time and I've already lost my oldest child, my daughter who had just turned 21, to dumb shit..but I think I'll start imploring him to be smart instead, after all, that is what I'm really hoping for.
I say „stay free“ instead of stay safe :)
Liza Vandamme I like that! Being free, fulfilled and living the life you have always imagined is true happiness. Being yourself. Not living a life in fear, dictated by another entity.
I literally yell at people when they tell me to "be safe". like stfu, if we all wanted to "be safe" all the time life would be a BORE. plus the universe got me so don't tell me to be safe.
Ugh, that phrase "stay safe!!" was the bane of my existence circa 2020. Going out boldly into the world was my remedy.
Safety is an illusion. Everything is temporary. The three saddest words are "I wish I'd..."
Stop trying to avoid death: We live in a world with a 100% all cause mortality rate, and you are not going to be the first to buck that trend no matter how much you cower in fear.
So on point and I don't see that changing anytime soon
People seem to think that It's possible to live forever. The pandemic shows that. The government put the over 80's first in the queue for covid vaccines and ordered the over 70's to stay indoors. Stupid when you realise that people over 80 have one foot in the grave already and vaccines should be used on the young working population first because they contribute the most to society.
There's only one guarantee in life - you aren't getting out of it alive.
Might as well enjoy the time we're given! "Oh, but I might get HURT!" And then again, you might NOT.
I love Academy Of Ideas! After Skool undoubtedly has the best collaborations. 👍
So true. Great presentation of this complex issue. Most people are definitely not awake to this, unfortunately. I love that you courageously put this out there. 🙏 Keep 'em coming!
Hello Cynthia, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
So, I think I now understand why I've spent 4 years, thousands of dollars, and have hiked hundreds of miles to prepare for my Appalachian Trail northbound hike, from Georgia to Maine. Leaving my home and loved ones for 6 months to hike and live like a homeless drifter April 2nd 2023. What's life without a little bit of risk, or a lot of it even? I'm scared of camping by myself in the woods, but let's feel alive and do this thing.
How'd it go?
Update, please!! How did it go??
Risk-taking for high (life-promoting) values/goals needs to be seen as superior to safety by individuals.... Far too many currently want safety primarily & they want Gov/State to provide it for everything they fear. The Authoritarians of the world have made horrendous use of this tendency & fanned it furiously.
I'll add that a Long Life CAN be Good Life. It is up to each individual to make the choices that determine it to be so.
Weak men create hard times, hard times create strong men
Strong men create good times, good times create weak men
@@fumomofumosarum5893 That's equivalent to saying strong men create weak men, which is illogical BS. And anyway, what's with all the "man" stuff? Men are only half of society.
Idk about all that. Its a cute little quip, sounds appealing, but despotic tyrants are usually strong men who rule with an iron fist who never bring about good times. Look at russia under stalin. Very strong powerful man, he created hard times that lasted half a century, they still havnt fully recovered.
Mao. Also strong powerful leader. 100million people brutally murdered and starved. The list goes on and on throughout history. Sounds like great times!
TH-cam has suppressed this channel for me over the years. It used to always come up in my feed but now I have to search for your uploads.
Great video!
I love all the callenges that I've faced in my life. I was brought up to be an independent free thinker and I've brought my children up the same way and my grandkids. None of them are afraid of what life might throw at them. It's been proven that all the bumps and scrapes you get as a kid, pepare you for life as an adult.
By having Safety as our main concern, we are stuck in survival thinking. There is no Spiritual or personal growth when one's focus is their Safety, this is why the world and Humans are made to look like the worst of the worst but we are so much more than the corrupt egotistical sheep we are made out to be. Namaste everyone x
When money is involved all the values are dropped. Sad
namaste bro
I don't see how concern for physical safety stunts one's creative freedom.
@@beingsshepherd because fear and creativity are incompatible. Try composing a piece of music or painting an original artwork with a gun to your head.
@@dans-designs Sounds like pretty good motivation to me.
_Necessity is the mother of invention_ as they say.
It's when people become too comfortable that they lose their purpose.
I have been thinking about this SO MUCH lately….so weird you would make a video on it. Thank you! 💛
That's the "awakening"!
It's not weird its the Law of attraction, you matched this vibration
You are not alone
I also somewhat get it! 😁
No accidents)
I see it the same way. If you don't take risks and don't fight for something, you don't develop strength. You only grow from challenges and if you only want security, you won't achieve anything and you won't grow.
Courage and risk-taking should become honored virtues again. Those who only sit in their safe little cubbyhole will lose that, too.
val·or
great courage in the face of danger
synonyms for valor
backbone boldness courage dash defiance derring-do determination fearlessness fight firmness fortitude gallantry grit guts hardihood heart heroism indomitableness intestinal fortitude intrepidity invincibility mettle moxie nerve pluck prowess resolution sand spirit spunk starch stomach tenacity valiance valiancy
Gamblers should be our role models?
@@beingsshepherdNot exactly. But if you don't risk anything, you won't win anything.
But as the adage goes:
_Success makes a fool seem wise._
You get out what you put in.
@@beingsshepherd Outward success is far from everything. I was in day therapy for a year and there I was challenged tremendously. An important part of this therapy group was the constant confrontation. The others told me I was aggressive. I denied that. But they repeated it over and over again until I was forced to take a closer look at myself. And then I saw it. There was indeed hidden aggression in my words. Admitting that to yourself takes courage, because you have to look at your dark side. Absolute honesty was also required. And so I talked about things that I had never talked about before. I didn't know how the others would react. That was a risk, and I took it. Looking at things that you don't want to see about yourself is risky, because you don't always know what's coming out of the depths of your soul. Today I am happy that I looked into my abyss. It was absolutely necessary for self-knowledge and today I know my light as well as my dark side. That's what I call success and for me that was and is more important than any external success. I hope I could make you understand how I think about risk-taking and success.
Great video. Over the last 15 years or so, I have made comments to people from a younger generation than I. They revolve around me saying that kids need to be unplugged and go outside and climb a tree just for the fun of it. Almost every time I get a response bordering on shock and disgust with the most common being "do you know how dangerous that is?". My intention is... many more millions of kids will be damaged by staying plugged-in all the time, than the amount of kids that will get hurt falling out of a tree.
"...(T)o people from a younger generation than mine...."
I'm 60 years old; my little brother is 58 - and his twin boys just turned 13. Brother is a computer and electrical engineer. To say his home and family is "plugged in" is a vast understatement.
A sidebar, explaining the comment to follow: A few years ago, I shattered my leg, and had to take almost a year off trucking for the surgeries. I needed to do SOMETHING besides looking at the phone and tv all day; I took up building model cars and trucks. Because I needed help, I was staying with my mother; she took up miniatures (both of our hobbies back in the 70s) and jigsaw puzzles.
When the twins saw the puzzles, they were fascinated! They've started doing these at their home, unplugging from the electronics - and they've started realizing there's a whole world out there to explore....
Now if we could just get the neighbors to stop complaining and threatening to report us for letting our children outside unattended, we'd be on the right track.
My children are not loud or destructive. They are what children should be: curious, adventurous, playing in the dirt, riding their bikes, plain old having fun children. Put simply, we had old, curmudgeonly neighbors who despise children and made my life miserable because of it. We moved (Upper Midwest) but I'm still hesitant because of one neighbor in particular. Being in the rural South you wouldn't think it's an issue but it is. Good thing we have plenty of books, games, puzzles, arts n crafts, etc to keep them occupied on days they cannot be outside.
The most important day of my life was when I decided to leave my house(my absolute safe place that I never left other than to go to the store or work) to go to a music festival, something that I’ve always wanted to do but was too scared to do for so many years. I was at a point where I didn’t care what happened to me because I was so depressed. I took acid and mushrooms, I was by myself, I was freaking out. There were men stalking me. Somehow I stayed safe and got back to my hotel safely and I did it all by myself in the face of danger. I’ve never felt more alive. I have learned SO much from taking that risk. For the first time in my life, I don’t want to die anymore I want to live. Take risks, live your life, but also be careful and learn from your mistakes!
Woodstock?
@@mark.8949 lol no, Lost Lands
Proud, but please be more careful and have a buddy system.
@@mark.8949wood-stalk
You would have felt even more alive if you had kept your mind clear and processed everything as it is. Well done stepping out of your comfort zone and enjoying life, but don't cheapen it by involving drugs.
Academy for Ideas is a PHENOMENAL channel! Thank you! I as a medically retired combat veteran who served 3 combat tours with the US Army infantry, live by the saying “Victory or Valhalla”. We in the combat arms units lived by the old Norse ways as much as we could by our understanding. “Victory or Valhalla” meant, win or die fighting. The only way a Viking could reach Valhalla was to die as a warrior. This mentality is why they were so successful. If we lose the warrior spirit then we are doomed as a people.
-I do not support the wars that I fought in but I am very grateful for what I have learned from the experience.
Never a truer word spoken my friend. Norse mythology and philosophy is so empowering. Death or Glory!👊
Thank you for your service
I am Celt and Norse by ancestry. These are the truest words I've seen.
Until Valhalla!
- Navy vet 🫡
I love when After Skool and Academy of Ideas collide 💥
Our culture fosters a deep sense of scarcity on many levels. The best way to counter scarcity is to LIVE abundantly 💜
Hello Renee, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
That illusion is neccessary for Capitalism to exist
Absolutely!
The 1st youtube commercial after watching this was Google wireless advertising safety for your family... lol!
The advertising industry has certainly had an impact on the mental health of the population at large and they rely almost exclusively of sowing fear and a sense of lack.
Advertising is how the rich beg.
@@felicetankaI like that.
So glad this is here!!! You speak the truth!!! I kept saying since the late 90s that life is about risk and reward!!! They are making safety so prevalent that everyone is to scared to have fun!!! OMG even the 90s was and seems so free!!! A life in fear is no life at all!!!
Fear is making me wish i could undo my own existence.
I have always been a risk taker. This happened I believe due to seeing my father die from an accident cutting a tree down. I became very confident in myself and feared no one and nothing. This behavior gave me a great life! I do what I see fit for the moment and future. Never using other people or endangering others. I acquired wealth, put it back into the business. I prospered for many years until an unscrupulous friend took it all away by unscrupulous means. I lost everything except my home, two cars and most importantly my family!!! I have since continued to have a risk taking personally and fortunes come and go. Never stop seeking your best potential!!!
Its all about control. Put safety before everything. Saftey First. Cost, practicality, necessity, Learning, and training.
To the *incredible person* seeing this, I wish you all the best in life❤ don't over blame yourself, accept things and go forward. Don't let others define what “success” is for you. Get up, learn the skills needed and get after it, all the keys to a happy life is in your hands. Keep pushing.
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I'm not sure who does these, but they are all excellent. It's so much information, I presume it is a group of some kind. I thank everyone involved as everyone of these videos has helped me to retain sanity in a world that has gone insane.
Yeee. Overratedddddd virus, and even John Hopkins University said the lockdowns have done little to nothing to stopping the spread of the weak virus. #GoVegan 🌱💚🔥😻 For the planet, for the animals, for health, for tastes, and for ending world hunger. Two-party puppet circus bully double-standards dictatorshittttt political system. Debunked religion and debunked material atheism.
They are narrated by several different people Jordan Peterson did one there usually done by someone you'd recognize.
is ur name really phaedrus?
This explains the current situation in Canada. We had manufacturing in Canada, they were obsessed with safety and compliance.
Same in the US. Over-regulation is killing industry. Here, you can't even start a business without a massive outlay of cash and time to get through all the regulations, paperwork, and fees - IF you can get through it all within a certain time limit (which is fairly short); and if you don't, you have to start all over, and that time and money are gone.
"If we are to live then we must take risks, else our lives become deaths in all but name. There is no struggle too vast, no odds too overwhelming, for even should we fail, should we fall, we will know that we have lived."
Take the hard path! For you will learn that it is only the hard path in the beginning, for when you take the hard path time and time again it ceases to be the hard path and becomes just the path.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear
Very true
I can tell that you have used generative AI😂 “I’m afraid I can’t generate that image, Dave-it’s unsafe!” This video was ahead of its time. Since the explosion of AI and its extreme 1984-level automated censorship about a year ago-complete with word bans and flags with no argument or recourse (tyranny) all for “safety” They are actually doing what will become the most dangerous thing ever when we become dependent on AI…. In the name of “safety”. Out of fear. So yeah. It’s really bad. After Skool needs to do an AI-censor-bot video. ❤👍🏻
I see what you did with that maple leaf on the truck of freedom with the scales weighted down. Thats good stuff brother
Some years back, I moved from my developing country of birth to the UK. For 7 years I lived, worked and travelled around the First World. The First World mindset killed me; the gods of Health & Safety, the rules and regulations, the obsessive blaming of government institutions and policy whenever someone got hurt, it's crazy. You don't know how crazy until you've stepped out of it. After 7 years, I returned to my more dangerous and wonderfully wild developing country, much happier for it.
If fear and safety were one side of a coin, uninhibited risk and the message of this vid would be the other side of the same coin.
There are occasions and seasons for risk and there are occasions and seasons for safety and protective measures, but life is rarely an all or nothing endeavor. Most of the time, most people are just fine with a reasonable dose of risk tempered with some common sense safety measures, or risk management. In a word, balance.
Not much can be accomplished without risk, but risk can always be mitigated with safety measures. For example, sending out soldiers into a battle is inherently risky to the soldiers, the mission and the the country, but providing Kevlar body armor, state of the art weapons and tactical equipment, and employing tactical strategy minimizes risks and improves chances for the soldiers to complete the objectives and live to fight another battle.
Exactly..risk is acceptable if accompanied by common sense.
Yet another brilliant presentation. Thank you 😊.
Academy of Ideas along with After Skool should be shown in classrooms across the world.
No child or adult understands the intricacies of life and their own psyche, without being given the tools to discern for themselves.
The biggest most under appreciated risk to one’s safety is the surrender or loss of liberty. The unimaginably hard earned liberty we inherited from our ancestors is impossible to fully appreciate until we suffer from its absence.
this one dude once wrote, "Those who fear death are afraid because they have not yet lived life."
I have been following both these channels for years now. Seeing this colaboration brings me joy and purpose. I haven't felt this feeling of unit in a long time. Thank you!
Purpose? What’s your purpose?
I love when this channel teams up with the academy of ideas channel.. I adore both channels and seeing them team up is like the greatest thing ever to me
The lefthanded art mesmerizes me.
I’ve eagerly gobbled down content from both of your channels and seeing the collaboration warms my heart. Thank y’all for what y’all do. Much love
Two of my favorite channels coming together... thank you both for doing what you do. It is desperately needed in these times.
Academy is one of the best channels/podcasts out there. Constantly facinating and challenging content. So glad you two have collaborated. Whenever I start feeling cynical about the direction our society is going in content like this give me hope.
These are some of the lyrics to Bette Midler's "The Rose" - very fitting..
It's the heart, afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It's the dream, afraid of waking
That never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
Who cannot seem to give
And the soul, afraid of dying
That never learns to live
All good things in moderation. Take risks, but don't be reckless. Seek safety, but don't live in fear.
YES! YES! I LOVE these two channels! Live to serve life, not political narratives. Everyday has been a fight for many, but people are starting to see and live good logic thanks to those who stand up for what is right!
amongst many reasons why this channel is so successful, I love what it is exactly you decide to draw to depict symbolically what is being stated. for example, loved the hand with strings on the sheeple while the other man decided to cut the string with some scissors breaking free. wonderful work. thank you. keep up the collaboration with the academy of ideas. its a great partnership.
There's a big difference between living with fear and living with caution. Caution allows us all to live longer lives; whereas fear handicaps our ability to show compassion, generosity and general altruism.
I don't suppose that those Westerners who revelled in Colonel Gaddafi's snuff murder video were handicapped by fear.
An addiction to "caution" also leads people to live blandly without taking risks or growing stronger as a result of the conflicts and pains otherwise avoided. Perhaps that is ok for women, but for men it is emasculating. As a parent, I will endeavor to keep my children safe from real danger, but I refuse to keep them "safe" from growing.
@@mattk6719 perhaps that is ok for women? Surely they don't need to understand such subjects as we discuss here, it'll just make it more confusing when they do our dishes...
Lol
I am not sure you get it.
I recommended this video to my teenage daughter, to wake her up... let's see if she listened to the wisdom this video provides
Wow, what an interesting thought. And so damn true. And somewhat shocking, i feel like so many people, including my Parents, just care for existance, not actual living, which is just sad.
Those who trade liberty for safety deserve neither.
Ben Franklin
It is rewarding to see this video and hear these ideas clearly expressed. Naturally, I've thought about this many times over the past two years. I refer to it as a safety fetish. In order to be obsessed with safety, you need to have accompanying fear. They go hand in hand. What a crappy way to live, yet almost everyone I see here in Canada is quaking with fear, and completely obsessed with safety. The fetish is written all over their faces.
I don't feel safe reading the comments here. Someone should shut down all our means of expressing opinions so I can never be attacked by comments again!
Academy of ideas x After Skool = greatest collaboration
Ha ha ha ha, awesome
This video was pretty bleh. Didn't say anything, repeated the same platitudes, cherry picked many different scholars' work to fit the narrative they were creating when those scholars' work doesn't actually support their thesis. Bad video, after skool always makes it look cool though. Change my mind.
That's exactly what's happening with the 'words are violence' trend
This is definitely good knowledge to have, but I would just add that safety is also a product of carefulness. Carefulness isn’t inherently fearful, but instead comes from love.
I say safety is a personal responsibility, and should not necessarily be a government mandate.
Now, I will say this - there are things where a government SHOULD mandate certain safety protocols - food handling, for example, or underground mining, medical cleanliness, hazardous waste disposal, things of this nature.
But I also think there are certain things that shouldn't be regulated - letting kids be kids, and suffering the bumps and bruises (and occasional broken bones) of growing up - this is how we learn to take risks with a large dose of common sense.
@@TexJester-no8th but there is a reason why certain rollercoasters have hight requirements and certain places are no kid zones. It’s funny to me how you think the government should regulate safety in some areas but not others. I agree over-regulation is harmful for growth and just pure expression of spirit. But guidelines need to be in place to steer us forward just like a road needs to be built and have lines to drive. Now how we punish those who steer outside the guidelines is the most important part of it in my opinion. How much do we punish and reward ourselves as a society for our actions? It varies. There are parts of the world that are stricter or more free. Up to you where you want to be
“We suffer more in imagination than we do in reality, and we are more often frightened than hurt.”
I wrote an article probably 10 years on this! Well done addressing it.
Excellent content!
If this video was uploaded at any point in 2020 or 2021 it would very likely be put down, either by youtube or those who lived/live in fear.
Tyranny knows no limits
WEF Klaus Schwab states that "governments are no longer the overwhelmingly dominate actors on the world stage" and that "the time has come for a new stakeholder paradigm of international governance".
I disagree with the idea that the future is uncertain. The statement above is obscenely clear. I agree with the idea that most people are cowards because no one is resisting it much less admitting it.
Hello Tina, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
I am only halfway into the video and it is AMAZING!
This reminds me of Jesus's words: " The one who tries to save his life will loose it and the one who looses his life for my sake will save it"
It requires immense courage to do as he says.( Or perhaps a lot of faith His words)
Mom and Dad, as much as I love them, didn't want me to drive by myself for 8 hours because it wasn't safe (I was in college). I did it anyway without telling them, and if I hadn't, my husband and I wouldn't be together today.
Wow! This is one of the most inspirational videos I've ever seen! So moving.
“Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles”
Super cool idea! It comes back to the "risk is reward". If we approach this all believing that we need to be "safe", we effectively eliminate the possibility of beauty and profound experience. It really takes away from the beauty of life
I grew up, gen x, in suburbia. I have worked in retail when young, in corporate tech in urban environments in my thirtys and fourties. I moved out into the mountains living off grid, where I must sustain myself, police my own land, fix anything that goes wrong, and create my own upgrades to my living situation. I am not wealthy, in fact I make less.money than I have through most of my life. So there is no "throwing.money at the problem". Its the biggest risk I have ever taken, with no real experience living like this.
Step outside the false security that the status-quo says is normal.
I am more " secure" living by my own wits, through the work of my own hands, and i am more free than I have ever been before!
The problem with this video, although it has a lot of good points about “safety culture” in the West, is that it presents the ones who trade safety as more lazy than it usually is. Usually there’s an actual threat to BOTH ones liberty and/or security (invasions, civil wars, terrorist attacks, etc.), then the State comes in and offers to protect their security with at price of freedom. War is called the health of the State by some, in part, because war is often the death of freedom.
Ask the folks who made careers building up Charlie Hebdo how the State did such a great job of keeping out the terrorists and threats on their lives...
..oh yeah... Terrorists got guns and went to Paris and shot Charlie Hebdo to pieces... maybe not a good ask.
Do you REALLY believe you're going to be immune to any such threats as you mentioned because of protections of "The State"???
How'd New York do? They had THE stock-market of the U.S. centralized (more or less)... BUT 9/11/01...
...and gutsy passengers fought back to crash the plane in Pennsylvania rather than let the attackers put it in the White House...
...Even the Pentagon took the hit, with the centralized leadership of the U.S. military inside and hard at work...
What about Ukraine just now? They have a legal requirement for every man of age to enlist for military training and service... AND yet, here we are... AND the UN with their International Leadership too scared sh*tless to step up against Putin...
AND every bit of his antics has been in his speeches for years... They KNEW what was coming. It's not like he remotely tried to keep any secret... still NOTHING.
SO I ask you again... DO you really think you're so protected because of "The State"???
There simply aren't enough police to have one available to help STOP a criminal attack on your person whenever someone decides to get violent with you. You have to call them (dial 911) and then WAIT until they show up to do anything... SO probably they'll mop up the mess and make a case if anything or anyone is left in enough shape to get to court...
There aren't enough National Guard to assure some disaster or covert operation or rebellion doesn't catch you in the "crossfire" or "collateral damage"... They have to get notice and respond to orders, the same as any other part of the military...
Laws are fine and all, but they must be enforced by PEOPLE... That includes you and me at some level. If we don't help put "real teeth" in the laws and the consequences of breaking them, then there is no point in those laws...
AND the same carries forward and upward all the way to the UN... and the International Courts on Warcrimes... utterly useless if nobody's willing to step up against the bully or lunatic.
"Safety" offered by anyone is a lie. It's an illusion just like control. You have none... ever. AND giving up your freedoms in the interest of gaining this illusory substance is a neverending proposition to enslave yourself to people smart enough to make you believe in it.
It really IS as simple as that. ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 so interested to know how u live. You must be the most liberated anti-slave OUT there. You carry so much knowledge of our society's incarceration, share more so that you may enlighten the world and bring peace to the human experience
@@quinlanlonergan4861 You can only bring yourself peace. I live FREE... simple as that.
I can't pretend to bring you or anyone else peace, since you must earn that on your own... and damn the fear.
If you face someone else armed to destroy you and you are not afraid, you're simply an idiot.
BUT when you face someone armed and prepared to destroy you, EVEN THOUGH you are fearful, you are finally a man... courageous enough to accept your consequences one way or the other.
Get over your idiosophy. It's not worth bothering. ;o)
I feel like promoting the ideal of being a warrior is still not the answer, but I also agree that constantly looking for safety is an obsessive thought that will ultimately never be satisfied. There’s definitely a balance, and I believe that balance is acceptance. There is no need to search for safety, however we do have survival instincts and that’s what keeps us alive, it’s a matter of being able to think for yourself and finding comfort and safety even when you are experiencing something new. Don’t seek pain, don’t seek conflict, don’t seek harm. Rather, accept that it is sometimes part of the human experience, that peace is never going to happen in the world, just look at nature, there is no peace, but there is balance. Strive for balance, not for peace, not for war.
We have the option to “like” this video but I’m truly sad I don’t have the ability to “love” it instead. An absolutely fantastic watch.
So very Important. We are coddling our youth, to the extinction of humanity. It must stop. I am sharing this with all of my contacts.
Thank you,
From my heart and soul.
Karen C.
Hello Karen, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
George Carlin had a rant where he talks about the coddling of children - "we are placing children on a pedestal, and it's not healthy!"
Best video I've ever seen in my life.
Very timely post-Covid. When it comes to WHY things are going the way they are and people behaving the way they are, this is definitely a piece of the puzzle. I would add an obsession with compassion as to why the west is seemingly committing suicide. On the surface counterintuitive maybe, but when a society pursues agendas that go against its own interests, or at least its elites pursue them, one must question the very myths we’ve been telling ourselves.
it's simply "mass psychosis"
@@AustinKoleCarlisle elements of it yes I would agree but mass psychosis is too simplistic of an answer
This applies so much to present day Australia, restrictions on freedoms in the name of safety from increasingly authoritarian governments. We also have a sort of free health service so the justification is that any sort of unsafe behavior increases the cost of such a service.
It's so true, especially for nowadays. Thank you for beautiful drawings and so smart quotes and thoughts.