Everything must be optimized and minmaxed. The manifolds must be smooth and the objective functions must be 1-Lipschitz. Human psychology is just noise and error in the models. Even when AI tries to be creative they call it hallucination because the prompt is not a statement of will but a statement of fact
Thank you for this video. I'm 26 and I have been learning illustration on my own for the past 3 years. Although I'm pleased with my progress in skill, there was something lacking. A community! So I have started an illustration club in my town. Really hoping to share the experience I have with others and attract creatives with more experience to learn from. It feels great!
Great video! The real challenge now is discerning what’s truly good for us, as we’re constantly bombarded with the ‘good life’ ideals: status, convenience, consumption, achievement etc because our thinking is flawed and easily influenced by narratives. Instead of overanalyzing, we should trust our feelings. Our intuition often reveals what’s truly Good for us and others while our thinking helps make it actionable.
Excellent and timely video. I love these topics. At the end of the day, having something greater than us to strive for--even if it's just a set of principles--is so valuable. Also, just learned you're in Michigan; so am I! Very cool! Back to the video... it was timely because I'm at a bit of a crossroads in my life and it's helped remind me that I can both be of service and also create art. For much of my life I've felt like creating art would be superfluous and I even felt somewhat selfish and guilty at the thought of it. It's been tough shaking that mindset, but I just try to keep reminding myself that creativity is a gift and it should be used. I also have to remember to be humble as well. There's a part of me that feels like if I'm not somehow making a full career from my art, then I'm *not really making art*, which is a really fucked up way of looking at it. That's just my ego trying to demand that I need money and/or prestige to be "successful", when the reality is that art made for one's self is still valuable and still worthy of being created. Also, if anyone was scared off by what you said in this video, then they just weren't actually listening to what you said. It makes perfect sense and I'm glad that you have a good understanding of the history of philosophy, religion, and so on. I really love the videos you're making. Anyhow, thanks again. Much appreciated!
It's not weird at all that the topic was suggested: everybody is talking about meaning and despair. Self help is ever-present because of the reasons you detail. It comes to a point that it becomes redundant and contradictory. In a way, it contributes to the mass psychosis, it gets people on rabbitholes of binge watching and consuming self help and they end up just wasting time -I know because I've been there. It is immensely better to make 3 decisions every that that you think are good, not overthink them, stick to them and see what happens, you end up finding that capacity of your mind to simulate a priori results is highly limited, and when you come into contact with reality, the next steps unfold naturally and usually unexpectedly. Make decisions!
this is so valuable. I'd love to hear more of your thoughts on techne vs/+ ars, navigating craft and labour and concept. Emergent vs platonic form. As an artist I feel like I'm on the cusp of an understanding, like a word on the tip of the tongue.
Thank you! I live whole my adult life according to these principles not knowing that such code of ethics is a thing. The biggest threat is not AI or mass madness but commercialisation and race to bottom. Design is being drained of meaning and perverted for the purpose of manipulation of the public. Young people who are starting their career in this age have to make a living and don’t even know that it’s possible to work in design without compromising everything for money.
I'm not sure what to do with the massive influx of philosophical, religious, and self-help advice. It's a bit overwhelming but definitely I do want to cultivate virtues. Maybe I'm jaded but it just doesn't feel like you get out what you put into life sometimes, and hearing these pieces of advice and these grand ideas of gods and virtues is so vague. We hear this information all the time, and I feel like life continuously just torments us. Maybe I just don't know how to index this information in a helpful way also. This topic has been on my mind, just the self-help bombardment we're always under. If we are experiencing a mental health crisis, then self-help and life advice have become commercialized, which makes it hard to verify the validity of any helpful anecdotes.
That’s an insightful criticism. I’m sorry you feel dejected (?). In my opinion, I’ll keep it as simple as possible. Work your ass off to be good. Good at things (art etc) and Good with things (People)… Then don’t look to other people either for the reason things aren’t working out (blame), Or to fix the problem (a savior). Work on being good for the reward of BEING GOOD. That’s it. (IMHO)
@@StudioPractice1 I appreciate the reply! Not really trying to criticize, been struggling with this notion recently so I appreciate the perspective. Thank you!
@@lonnyzone7813maybe you don’t want to hear this but for me, Jesus Christ was/is the living embodiment of the good. Revisiting the 4 gospels and really trying to learn and implement has helped me a lot.
I wonder how this formally works within the Studio Practice as well as day to day living. I know there are things like scheduled print drops, videos and your running schedule, but I wonder if there are other functional ways of going about the day that have resulted from the continual forward commitment? This may be in the weeds a little, but I also wonder about studio time in its relationship to the moral belief? Does the studio function as a place to fuck things up, question, or explore? And finally do you have any references for this stuff? I think of Adams Return by Rohr or even Atomic Habits.
Thank you for the video. If we can acknowledge that actions and events can have vastly different meanings based on perspective, how do we then reconcile this with the assertion of inherent good or bad? You argue for the reality of good and bad as objective categories, and I think that's true from a human's perspective; but nature often operates without such moral judgments. Judgment itself is deeply contextual and layered with human values. Wouldn't this layered complexity suggest that good and bad are more human constructs, albeit important ones, rather than inherent aspects of the universe?
These are all fair questions. And pretty clearly there is no way to “prove”” the truth or correctness of my assertion. I think there are two problems. The first is, that in a vacuum, my assertion is a form of Pascal’s Wager ( 1. If God exists and you believe - you gain infinite reward (heaven). 2. If God exists and you don’t believe you risk infinite loss (hell). 3. If God does not exist and you believe - you lose nothing significant. 4. If God does not exist and you don’t believe you gain nothing significant.) NOW TAKE THE HEAVEN AND HELL OUT OF THE EQUATION. And take “God” out of the equation and insert Existential Good and Bad… The wager makes logical sense. The second issue is a philosophical pragmatist argument. (As well as- Both are philosophical pragmatist arguments) Look at the downstream effects on our culture of Postmodernism. 1 of the four primary tenets of the philosophy is a rejection of Objective truth and knowledge. THIS HAS HAD A DISASTROUS EFFECT on contemporary life. how do we know this? Common sense. Look around. I appreciate you taking the time to write
@@StudioPractice1 I agree with that, and Pascal's wager does make a good point. Thank you for taking the time to write back, I believe you are helping us walk away from a colder place, spritually and philisophically.
@@StudioPractice1 One major problem with Pascal's Wager is that even if you choose to believe in a God, you still run the risk of choosing the wrong God. And let's be honest, most God options aren't cool with the idea of you choosing wrongly. And let's say one of the God options turns out to be right. That leaves billions of people who chose the wrong option. And they chose the wrong option predominantly because of where on the planet they were born. (everyone thinks their god is the right choice because most people didn't actually make a choice. The choice was made for them by their parents, society, culture)
@lucysunbeam1332 (spit take) NICE! I totally agree that that’s what (a couple) of the major religions teach. But that makes no sense (to me). If God is transcendent… and omnipotent… it is beyond names and forms, beyond the capacity to be contained by language. All attempts to contain the it by a religious “brand” fail - come up wanting.
@@StudioPractice1 I'm inclined toward your Taoist take as well. But neither the Christian Bible nor the Quran leave room for that interpretation. That Taoist take also reveals Christianity and Islam to be sham religions claiming to have the one and only truth and the one and only path to "salvation".
I’ll be 100% honest - I thought this video was about learning some new techniques on how to properly align your design with grid layouts 🥲 … you know … because this is a design channel as well …
Thank you so much for flagging this mechanism on RUclips. I keep finding out new ways I'm being manipulated every time i look at a screen
Everything must be optimized and minmaxed.
The manifolds must be smooth and the objective functions must be 1-Lipschitz.
Human psychology is just noise and error in the models.
Even when AI tries to be creative they call it hallucination because the prompt is not a statement of will but a statement of fact
Your best video yet.
Thank you for this video. I'm 26 and I have been learning illustration on my own for the past 3 years. Although I'm pleased with my progress in skill, there was something lacking. A community! So I have started an illustration club in my town. Really hoping to share the experience I have with others and attract creatives with more experience to learn from. It feels great!
elliot, the new modern day philosopher
Great video! The real challenge now is discerning what’s truly good for us, as we’re constantly bombarded with the ‘good life’ ideals: status, convenience, consumption, achievement etc
because our thinking is flawed and easily influenced by narratives.
Instead of overanalyzing, we should trust our feelings.
Our intuition often reveals what’s truly Good for us and others while our thinking helps make it actionable.
Excellent and timely video. I love these topics. At the end of the day, having something greater than us to strive for--even if it's just a set of principles--is so valuable. Also, just learned you're in Michigan; so am I! Very cool! Back to the video... it was timely because I'm at a bit of a crossroads in my life and it's helped remind me that I can both be of service and also create art. For much of my life I've felt like creating art would be superfluous and I even felt somewhat selfish and guilty at the thought of it. It's been tough shaking that mindset, but I just try to keep reminding myself that creativity is a gift and it should be used. I also have to remember to be humble as well. There's a part of me that feels like if I'm not somehow making a full career from my art, then I'm *not really making art*, which is a really fucked up way of looking at it. That's just my ego trying to demand that I need money and/or prestige to be "successful", when the reality is that art made for one's self is still valuable and still worthy of being created. Also, if anyone was scared off by what you said in this video, then they just weren't actually listening to what you said. It makes perfect sense and I'm glad that you have a good understanding of the history of philosophy, religion, and so on. I really love the videos you're making. Anyhow, thanks again. Much appreciated!
Great video
Also the composition with the broken statue over your shoulder, missing a head, is a beautiful angel on your shoulder.
Loved this shift
It's not weird at all that the topic was suggested: everybody is talking about meaning and despair. Self help is ever-present because of the reasons you detail. It comes to a point that it becomes redundant and contradictory. In a way, it contributes to the mass psychosis, it gets people on rabbitholes of binge watching and consuming self help and they end up just wasting time -I know because I've been there. It is immensely better to make 3 decisions every that that you think are good, not overthink them, stick to them and see what happens, you end up finding that capacity of your mind to simulate a priori results is highly limited, and when you come into contact with reality, the next steps unfold naturally and usually unexpectedly.
Make decisions!
this is so valuable. I'd love to hear more of your thoughts on techne vs/+ ars, navigating craft and labour and concept. Emergent vs platonic form. As an artist I feel like I'm on the cusp of an understanding, like a word on the tip of the tongue.
Let's go! Love this.
I would like to hear more of your thoughts on mass psychosis, and as it relates to our modern zeitgeist.
You would really love McGilchrist's The Matter with Things. Great video!
Thank you! I live whole my adult life according to these principles not knowing that such code of ethics is a thing. The biggest threat is not AI or mass madness but commercialisation and race to bottom. Design is being drained of meaning and perverted for the purpose of manipulation of the public.
Young people who are starting their career in this age have to make a living and don’t even know that it’s possible to work in design without compromising everything for money.
Do everything 100% even when it doesn't matter. Because everything matters.
Everything does matter
saving this to watch later
DEO OPTIMO MAXIMO!
love this goofball 😸😻
I'm not sure what to do with the massive influx of philosophical, religious, and self-help advice. It's a bit overwhelming but definitely I do want to cultivate virtues. Maybe I'm jaded but it just doesn't feel like you get out what you put into life sometimes, and hearing these pieces of advice and these grand ideas of gods and virtues is so vague. We hear this information all the time, and I feel like life continuously just torments us. Maybe I just don't know how to index this information in a helpful way also. This topic has been on my mind, just the self-help bombardment we're always under. If we are experiencing a mental health crisis, then self-help and life advice have become commercialized, which makes it hard to verify the validity of any helpful anecdotes.
That’s an insightful criticism. I’m sorry you feel dejected (?). In my opinion, I’ll keep it as simple as possible. Work your ass off to be good. Good at things (art etc) and Good with things (People)… Then don’t look to other people either for the reason things aren’t working out (blame), Or to fix the problem (a savior). Work on being good for the reward of BEING GOOD. That’s it. (IMHO)
@@StudioPractice1 I appreciate the reply! Not really trying to criticize, been struggling with this notion recently so I appreciate the perspective. Thank you!
@@lonnyzone7813maybe you don’t want to hear this but for me, Jesus Christ was/is the living embodiment of the good. Revisiting the 4 gospels and really trying to learn and implement has helped me a lot.
I wonder how this formally works within the Studio Practice as well as day to day living. I know there are things like scheduled print drops, videos and your running schedule, but I wonder if there are other functional ways of going about the day that have resulted from the continual forward commitment?
This may be in the weeds a little, but I also wonder about studio time in its relationship to the moral belief? Does the studio function as a place to fuck things up, question, or explore?
And finally do you have any references for this stuff? I think of Adams Return by Rohr or even Atomic Habits.
Brilliant video and way to repurpose the LLM's suggestion. I wish everyone online would watch this.
🙏
Metanoia
Thank you for the video.
If we can acknowledge that actions and events can have vastly different meanings based on perspective, how do we then reconcile this with the assertion of inherent good or bad?
You argue for the reality of good and bad as objective categories, and I think that's true from a human's perspective; but nature often operates without such moral judgments.
Judgment itself is deeply contextual and layered with human values. Wouldn't this layered complexity suggest that good and bad are more human constructs, albeit important ones, rather than inherent aspects of the universe?
These are all fair questions. And pretty clearly there is no way to “prove”” the truth or correctness of my assertion. I think there are two problems. The first is, that in a vacuum, my assertion is a form of Pascal’s Wager ( 1. If God exists and you believe - you gain infinite reward (heaven). 2. If God exists and you don’t believe you risk infinite loss (hell). 3. If God does not exist and you believe - you lose nothing significant. 4. If God does not exist and you don’t believe you gain nothing significant.) NOW TAKE THE HEAVEN AND HELL OUT OF THE EQUATION. And take “God” out of the equation and insert Existential Good and Bad… The wager makes logical sense. The second issue is a philosophical pragmatist argument. (As well as- Both are philosophical pragmatist arguments) Look at the downstream effects on our culture of Postmodernism. 1 of the four primary tenets of the philosophy is a rejection of Objective truth and knowledge. THIS HAS HAD A DISASTROUS EFFECT on contemporary life. how do we know this? Common sense. Look around. I appreciate you taking the time to write
@@StudioPractice1 I agree with that, and Pascal's wager does make a good point.
Thank you for taking the time to write back, I believe you are helping us walk away from a colder place, spritually and philisophically.
@@StudioPractice1 One major problem with Pascal's Wager is that even if you choose to believe in a God, you still run the risk of choosing the wrong God. And let's be honest, most God options aren't cool with the idea of you choosing wrongly.
And let's say one of the God options turns out to be right. That leaves billions of people who chose the wrong option. And they chose the wrong option predominantly because of where on the planet they were born. (everyone thinks their god is the right choice because most people didn't actually make a choice. The choice was made for them by their parents, society, culture)
@lucysunbeam1332 (spit take) NICE! I totally agree that that’s what (a couple) of the major religions teach. But that makes no sense (to me). If God is transcendent… and omnipotent… it is beyond names and forms, beyond the capacity to be contained by language. All attempts to contain the it by a religious “brand” fail - come up wanting.
@@StudioPractice1 I'm inclined toward your Taoist take as well. But neither the Christian Bible nor the Quran leave room for that interpretation.
That Taoist take also reveals Christianity and Islam to be sham religions claiming to have the one and only truth and the one and only path to "salvation".
Dude stays hitting notes. Any plans to upload to twitter again?
I’ll be 100% honest - I thought this video was about learning some new techniques on how to properly align your design with grid layouts 🥲 … you know … because this is a design channel as well …
is that good or bad? Are you pointing out that I “should stay in my lane?”