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Fair point!

Thanks! Glad you think so

I'd be inclined to agree with you, I even say so a few times in the video. My point of contention isn't about that fact, but rather about which framings and approaches are most constructive to help us along this growth journey.

I can relate to that ^^ Hope it does pay out for you!

O_O wow, I never expected you'd stumble on this video. My pleasure for the shout-out! It's well deserved. It wasn't the first, and it definitely shouldn't be the last. You've published plenty of valuable insights, after all! I should be the one expressing gratitude for all your work and free content. You really helped me mend my relationship with marketing and entrepreneurship, as well as clarifying what I want to do for a living (actually, you contributed to the creation of this channel). So thank you so much! I'm truly grateful and wish you all the best!

Thanks, I'm glad you think so. I must admit I'm not very familiar with Objectivism / Ayn Rand's work, except from second-hand sources that usually aren't glowing, but I mostly agree with her on that point at least. From what I read about it on Wikipedia, I also quite liked her views on art / psycho-epistemology. I'd nuance the diagnosis a bit though. At least based on my personal experience, this stance usually seems to stems from a place of low self-esteem and shame that originates from formative experiences. I don't think people "hate pleasure" simply for the sake of hating pleasure and coming to the conversation from a place of curiosity and empathy is more likely to inspire them to shift towards a more balanced mindset.

Interesting, what gives you that impression? If you're willing to expand, I'd be curious to know which specific aspect(s) of the video's content and/or my demeanor you found objectionable.

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Yes, existential bad faith most likely plays a role in people joining harmful ideologies and groupthink, although I don't think it's the only factor. For instance, wanting to belong to a group is a pretty natural human drive that probably also strongly contributes to it. My goal isn't to chastise people, but being aware of these tendencies helps mitigate them, as I mentioned in the video. However small my reach is, I'd be happy if I could help promote a bit more critical thinking in the world. I touched on similar topics in my video on thought leadership. With that being said, sometimes deferring to someone with a higher expertise than us is the right call.

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What you're suggesting reminds me of Sam Harris' argument for "objective" morality. I think trying to find some minimum common ground between people is commendable and necessary, and I would agree that harm reduction is a good contender. However, even then our access to knowledge is still based on somewhat arbitrary assumptions/goals, whether I agree with them or not. Once you've settled on a few of these, you can indeed derive pretty decisive answers from that basis, although they remain contingent, and I'm not convinced this gives us access to absolute answers for every single question. Furthermore, humanity taking upon itself the mission of eradicating all "evil" might cause even more evil than was already present in the first place. That's not to say we should completely give up either, but it's a precarious endeavor. I'd recommend checking out Daniel Quinn's book _Ishmael_ to expand on that idea.

I'm glad if it can be of interest to someone else. Thank you for the supportive comment!

Thanks for the kind words and feedback! I'll take it into consideration and work on it.

Thanks for the kind words and for inspiring me with your insights in the first place!

I'm not sure whether I understand your question. Do you mean the answer to the question in the video's title: "Is certainty even possible?". If so, then yes, the only way to be certain about its answer is if certainty is possible in the first place (except if you subscribe to academic skepticism I guess).

Well, at least to my understanding is, one cannot be certain about pretty much anything. The best you can do is have faith that your process to get to the conclusion that something could to be certain is to utilize your process to falsify other conclusions, if some other process falsifys your conclusions and seems to be able to get closer to certainty (compaired to your now falsified process), then your process for certainty needs to change, and so does your conclusions. If a process validates certainty in of itself, then that process can be utilized to assign everything as certain.