Man, you are ignoring something very important, Russians use social media greed to divide and conquer America and all democracies, they spent billions of dollars on Facebook with RT, ads and troll farms as an information weapon because the army is too weak so they use asymmetric warfare, that's why we had the same strong protests in many different democracies almost at the same time just before their invasion, Putin is a spy and he was playing games and lying to everyone meanwhile he rebuilt his army and the Russian economy, he keeps lying until this day, he destabilized his enemies through his information weapon and the help of social media greed, now it is discovered with the launch of the invasion of Ukraine, I hope democracies will start to block the disinformation, but it will take time to recover, in Russia and China and all the dictatorships there is no division or polarization because they blocked their internet from foreign intervention, they know what they are doing. We are in the middle of an asymmetric war, and the reason is because now we have mutual destruction with nuclear weapons, in the cold war the same tactics were used with newspapers, but it was not as powerful as now with social media. I hope Americans will wake up soon instead of fighting each other as their enemies want, they really want to destroy America from the inside and they are somehow accomplishing that
@@ColeHastings brother, the second I realized this I told no one. Making a video like this right now is exactly how to commit suicide with 2 shots to the back of the head
It’s ridiculous that people are so easily willing to adopt everything about an ideology rather than actually form a unique opinion. It feels better to be in a group than to think freely I guess.
don't forget the sponsor, who editorializes long form content to offer streamlined, efficient consumption of nuanced topics. In all seriousness I'd like to see the author make a similar video about the role of zeitgeist, and the editor. Just to balance things out.
As Aristotle said ‘’ It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” it seems like people forgot about that.
That argument is faulty, as it assumes that an educated mind is something that is forgettable instead of achievable. Or It could be referring to the also faulty idea that its common sense to know that an educated mind is an universal goal.
@@paulogutierrez2655 You can achieve and forget many things for example you can become fluent in a foreign language and eventually forget how to speak it. I believe in some cases people can start out intelligent and end up on a lower level intellectually. But, reasonable minds can disagree.
Thanks for sharing this quote. There's something I've been battling with in my head and although I came to a similar conclusion to the quote, it actually helped me feel a lot more calm about my situation after reading it. Lol.
The most powerful way to win an argument is by asking questions. It can make people see the flaws in their logic , the same goes for negotiation and self-reflection, you will learn more than you can imagine.
Especially self-reflection. Most people don't use rational thinking to form their opinions. They get them from outside sources/osmosis and then rationalize them from there.
That's what i'm doing, but most of the time they just say, stop asking dumb questions (even though i believe they aren't dumb, but also i could be wrong about this) or you are an idiot or you aren't worth discussing etc. Also i'd wish to have such a person on my side, which just asks me questions, so i can realize my own flaws in my thinking.
@@lent89 lmao you just perfectly described hamza fans Try to argue with them,and instead of arguing back with a good counter,they will try to insult you and call you "Jeffery" and they perfectly fit the NPC label
@@IbbiAhmed I generally don't like his channel or him as a person as a whole,well back then i used to,but the more I looked into him the more I realized how flawed of a person he is 1)a lot of his advice are pretty generic stuff which makes his content a waste of time,not to mention How repetitive his content is too cuz after all there's only so much self improvement content you can do,but hey you gotta produce content for your audience to consume so that you make money lol 2)he's narrow minded and narcissistic imo,and only looks at things from his eyes,he looks down on anyone other than him,if you enjoy video games then your beneath him,if you work a normal job that your satisfied enough with your beneath him,and he just seems pretty narcissistic,he doesn't realize that everyone is different,he just projects his opinion and ideas at people 3)his ego makes him think like he's the know-it-all when in reality,his info is close-minded and he lacks knowledge,infact in one of his videos he once said he won't back up his claims with scientific studies because "he's not a nerd" and that alone is a BIG reason in why I think he's close minded 4)a lot of his "advice" is just him projecting his own experiences,insecurities and opinions into people(similar and a part about my "close-minded" point"),instead of telling others to find their own method of self improvement,he projects hid idea of a "high value man" instead of letting them think for themselves(I believe this is part of why his fans are a mindless hivemind) 5)his takes and opinions in general sound unhealthy,he's very money-driven as of recently,and he seems way too into hookup culture,a take of him that I don't like and think is unhealthy as hell is that he once said if your not grinding every second then your letting then your letting other men ahead of you While there might be a slight grain of truth to that,it's a really unbalanced life take,he should remember that life is NOT a race or a competition,not only that but extremely working has its drawbacks 6)he's pretty hypocritical,for example he once says don't chase girls,but then makes another redpill video,he says people should stop watching his videos after they get the advice they got,but then hes proud of how many "cult members" subscribers to him and decided to stay to watching him I feel like I have more to say,but that's about it lol,I don't think hamza is a necessarily evil person and his achievements are impressive,but overall I think he's an immature person and kind of an a$$hole If his advice works for you,then good for you ig,but I don't like his advice and I think that if your gonna listen to his advice,then take everything he says with a grain of salt Tho tbf on my part,I don't like self-improvement content in general as I don't really feel like they work at all,most self improvement videos feel like the creator projecting his ideas of a high value man to his viewers instead of letting their viewers think for themselves(as I mentioned before),Cole is the only self improvement that I actually like,because I feel like he's the only channel that TRULY gets what self improvement means and not using it as a way to hide that your projecting your ideas into others Jeez this got a bit long but here you go lol,thoughts?
The division in our society is mostly an internet illusion. I haven't used Facebook in a decade and I don't even have a Twitter account. I almost exclusively talk to people face to face and the real life conversations I have with people are very nuanced and reasonable. Nobody calls each other evil or throws out extremist views. These are also working class people. People just forgot the old saying, "Don't believe everything you see on the internet."
I would have to disagree, I have spoke with potato minded liberals, Tate fans, conservatives etc irl. But most people do have some cognitive thought, it's a loud minority for sure.
I would disagree. I often feel lost in conversation due to my lack of attention to media. There are things people say that are tied to the media that I look up because I can’t understand it
I'm pretty sure its easier on the internet because you have some sort of anonymity and it is very easy for something to go viral. So we are probably seeing: The loud minority Or simply the people who cover their beliefs in masks. It doesn't help that many people don't care if something on the Internet is wrong or morally reprehensible. You can simply ignore it. Opinions are gaining value faster than objective facts, and it is very hard to tell the difference any more.
I deeply disagree because my generation who grew up with the internet and is now consumed by unlimited content which confirms their biases always has very extreme opinions. There have been instances where I had a different opinion from my now ex friends and even if they agreed with me even a little bit but everyone else around had a different, more popular opinion they'd abandon their own thoughts i.e. bandwagon effect. It's just sad.
There is a huge problem I noticed with "fake activism" people just blindly fighting for whatever is popular now ,they don't care about victims or about fighting for them, they care about attacking people with opinions they saw on a tiktok video
whatever is trending people are angry and yelling at each other about it.. then whether or not youre accepted in society is what you think about that topic like it becomes a test of loyalty.. what do you think of ukraine? how much money did you donate? more = better person, less = bad person... you are now rejected from society..
true! Whether its anti-feminism/pseudo-feminism/trans/fat,body positivity/blm/even ppl against cosmetic surgery/cultural appropriation/ppl for keto. 🔹many times i see extremely one sided/radical & angry views regardless of whether one is for or against the situation, there are mostly no in betweens & no adaptability & no benefits of doubts. 🔹this is the first time I've heard the word fake activism/pseudo-activism than just referring to it as "woke" Which is vague. 🔹i don't want to take the importace/true achievements away from some of these causes tho & some of the points are genuine but the extremism really needs to go & this is coming from a GEN Z 🔹i had to google which generation i am cuz i forget as idc as much but this videos context made me google).
"If you don't read the news paper you're uninformed but if you do read the news paper you're misinform" I believe that saying's more relevant now that any other time in human history
That’s why I try and read a variety of news outlets from across the political spectrum to get a more balanced, accurate and unfiltered perspective on things. There are many sides to every story and most people only see/hear one.
@Stovetop Cookie no, because they frame temperatures in a way that is spoonfeeding an unsuspecting populous a steady diet of confirmation bias with regards to "climate change". They scream "temperature today ABOVE AVERAGE!" Whenever they can but won't mention it when temperatures are below average
I sometimes wonder if there have always been npcs, it’s just that with the rise of the internet we can finally get a good sense of just how many there are
@@deussivenatura5805 atheisme too, most people i ask that are atheist why they don't believe in anything and 9/10 i get the most shallow and child like answer, that shows their ignorance on the topic
bro finally a self improvement channel that encourages you to use your brain instead of just giving you their beliefs and telling you to stick with them, it always felt a bit odd because it feels like theyre trying to make you their ideal person rather than your own which kinda defeats the purpose of self improvement
Initial example I thought of immediately was Hamza😅 as in the way his community can be and how a lot of them take alll of his words for gospel and don't leave room to think at all. And how in some of his videos, there are times he doesn't really leave room to think about the concept yourself, like how he feels about gaming and tells his subscribers which I inherently disagree with.
@@detweiler dude ikr,he and his stans are really the perfect example of NPCs lol Honestly part of the reason why I'm glad I stopped watching him,hamza is really just a narrow-minded person and a narcissistic one who thinks he's above all,and while I think his achievements may be impressive,I think he's an immature person
@@jasekasebase I’ve been preaching this for ages, following him from 80k it’s crazy to see what happened to him. Cole has a lot of integrity with his content and I like that
Im a philosophy graduate, and one thing that haunts me as a result is how often people call my logic and critical thinking skills (basically my entire post-secondary education) “overthinking.”
Overthinking can be a good thing. That's what people don't understand. If people say you "overthink" then it means they're weak and confused and can't handle the thoughts in their own heads. They're afraid of their own reflection.
From my experience its been easier to disagree with conservatives and more of it turning into an argument and being called a bigot when conversing with democrats. Ik it sounds political but i mean on a societal level. Not like pro trump or pro biden^^
@@paullopez2021 I mean Conservatives usually say or vouch for infringing on the rights of minorities and then get called bad people for it so it was only natural
@@callofdutywii1 I was talking about dealing with closed-minded narcissistic people who think they know everything, and hate everyone who disagrees. Politics didn't even cross my mind. Not *EVERYTHING* is political lmao
Same and I'm glad, I've seen too many conspiracy theory-like videos on different channels, what I have noticed is the amount of people claiming to use critical thinking in the comments section of some of these videos, when in reality they just listen to another side blindly. Thankfully, I haven't went inside both of the rabbitholes. This channel is indeed rare, and I like it, tells me to look at both sides without too much bias.
Hello from a subscriber! Nice to see you here! This video really does lay it all out. The rise of social media has certainly led to massive distribution of misinformation, more division, and blind, unthinking belief. It’s all too much.
I think one huge problem especially in the US is that critical thinking, logic and reasoning isn’t taught in schools. So what we have are a bunch of people who have access to tons of information and don’t know how to properly navigate it.
It seems very true. I find it strange that I talk to literal adults and I feel like I am talking to literal 7-year old children, who can't even form a conversation. I can't hold a conversation on my own - it's a two way street that is best helped by forming your own opinion. Instead, I just sometimes talk with myself since it's more often the only source of conversation that happens. Even though I'd like to hear from other people of all kinds, even those considered "bad."
Best way to be informed is to learn how to inform yourself, teach a man to fish and all. Funny that makes it sound so easy... It is not, it takes study and practice, but mostly finding a genuine version of it to study in the first place, why I think deceptive tactics should be taught right along with these, not to use, to identify and identifying the problem is half of solving it, humanity's most common threat is being tricked by other humans after all.
@@aaronbradford736 Would be interesting what would happen if everyone was unable to be tricked. Having an extreme situation like this where everyone was extremely smart and unable to be tricked would open up a lot of possible results in this species, both good and bad.
This video reminded me of what one of the first things my dad taught me. One day, as we were driving home from karate class, he told me that Africa is actually larger than most maps show it as. He also added this. "Don't believe me, do your own research and come up with your own conclusion. Make sure that you cross examine your sources to verify your conclusion." I think this is what is wrong about people today. They don't want to do extended research. I never trust anything blindly without definitive proof. My father passed away last August, may he rest in peace.
It’s completely mind boggling to me that people are shifting entire thoughts and personality just because some guy on the internet who they’ll never see or meet said so
@@prods5hni Yeah, its even worse when the insubstantiated stuff is about like critical thinking, and how to think better, because it makes it hard to get out of the hole - so many people make up things about psychology, and then try to argue people not following them are being irrational, and even worse, claim to understand why people are irrational in that way (because it can poison the well for actual reasons, lead to bad assumptions, etc. Especially when it involves 'unconscious' stuff, as that is basically entirely unfalsifiable).
A good way to critical think is to follow your gut, and be willing to CHANGE YOUR MIND if you discover that you were wrong about something. People nowadays are super afraid of changing their minds for some reason.
When there are thousands of things you can be on the Internet, you create an identity and try to stick with it; changing your mind could* lead you to change your identity.
@@tannerwilson545 treat the internet like you would treat real life. When you change your opinion, it means you grow yourself. Stop making multiple personas because that just makes you non existent.
It really is difficult not to be a sheep in this society, and I can see why. I've been combative ever since I was a kid, and my opinions are quite different from others. As I got older, this trait started to treat me terribly. My social life is quite strained because I don't like to completely swallow everything that gets put in front of me, I dodge trends, I don't like simple black and white answers, and I don't actually spend all that much time on the media. It isolates me a lot, but I'm proud of my mental and emotional independence and I like this channel, it encourages you to find your own way.
It is hard to be a critical thinker in present society, because to have views of your own makes you a target from all sides. Constantly having to defend your position is much more tiring than simply going with the flow; however I think there are a good number of people out there that have become adept at telling people what they want to hear while still knowing better.
No one likes the truth. The most unpopular opinion is the truth. I like history, economics, politics, football, video games, movies, religions, philosophy, and music. It is hard to talk to people because I want to share my knowledge and learn something myself. Some People are not open minded enough to have good a conservation. I will ask what does that mean to you? Define X? Is there a better way? People are offended. I do not know why. sometimes. It is better to just talk about what the other person likes to be safe. People are very judgemental.
Everything online doesn't matter anymore when you turn it all off and go outside or do something else. But I feel the more the online world blends into the real world, the harder it will become to get away from it.
Try it now. You will see how hard it is. You won't be able to date. You won't be able to keep up with people. You won't be able to communicate with many. When I did it back in 2018 even though I was happy I did...I lost most of my friends and piers and stopped doing things I loved (since I missed so much by not being informed and online) now though I feel I am better off...I am much lonelier than I was.
@@mannhouse8014 Fr, I’m a critical thinker with my own beliefs and concerns As I got older, I start to realize I can’t share my opinions with my mom cause she’ll disagree and get angry with me and punish me for “arguing” with her So I second-guess a lot And I sound smart to her when I have opinions she agrees with and stupid if it’s the other way around Same for my dad I don't feel like I’m treated like an individual but a group of sheep with my siblings and my mom and dad are the Shepards We do whatever they say and believe what they believe in My siblings agree with everything they believe in I’m getting older, I’m 16 and I’m not treated like an individual
I think we've become more divided because we get more information, but we only get information we actually agree with and subconsciously ignore information that we don't agree with.
I consciously avoid information I don't agree with because I already know they're wrong. Like, I'm not going to waste my time watching Steven Crowder or Prager U to see if they're telling the truth THIS time when every other time they were spewing ideological lies.
@@abstract5249 lmao dumbass did it ever occur to you that they aren’t wrong. You just keep conflating your opinions as fact. The moment you mentioned Steven crowded yet don’t even watch them proves to me that you get all of your information from like vaush or contrapoints.
@@abstract5249 If it's something that you consider to be wrong because you have critically thought over it and found that it isn't logical (and that all the other content being produced is similarly illogical), then that's fine. What OP is saying is that people become extremely close-minded to the point that they only accept their own viewpoints and ignore other viewpoints, regardless of whether they may contain some level of truth or not.
There have always been 3 types of people in this world: 1. People who do as they're told 2. People who do the telling 3. People who ignore everything they're told and find shit out for themselves (which I would argue is the rarest based only on subjective experience and without data, of course) As you mentioned though, the difference between now and any other period in human history are the tools we have to quantify this and alter its reach
People who do as they are told are 90% of the world. Who do the telling are 9% of the world. Who find out for themselves are 1% of the world. So, I fully agree. You are based.
Problem is plenty of people think they are the 3rd kind when most people are the 1st. Society would kinda break down if everyone figured out shit on their own
This is why I always try to practice finding things I disagree with even when I 100% agree with something. I try to challenge my own thinking or perspective.
I agree with you, I also started doing this and it feels so much better knowing that there’s always room for improvement. Improvement of the Mind is a critical aspect of actually living life to fullest.
But that requires time and effort. Most people don't have time to do this because they are to busy consuming text-to-speech screen split subway surfers AskReddit TikToks
@@ghostprxphet No joke I saw a short the other day with a clip from a podcast talking about the neuroscience of dopamine and shortened attention spans, and the bottom half of the video was GTA V gameplay
this was one of the things i disagreed with in the video. i also believe community is a huge part of many cultures and advancements of ideas. many regions and cultures still rely on a sense of strong community rather than competition. its still important within a community to maintain critical thinking and encourage curiosity and challenges of normal ideas. that share of many different voices and ideas is what makes society better imo
Yeah, since early days till now, the only thing reason we're better than other animals is that we know how to cooperate with eachother efficiently ( such as creating vocabulary and agriculture... )
@@splash4125 we cooperated with our own species to compete with other species. However nowadays we don't really have "other species" to compete with so we fill that void by dehumanising each other for the sake of competition
I’m tired of my mother mentioning every thing she sees on the internet as absolute truth and when I go against it she always denies it. This video was very incite full. Greta vid
I'm thankful I survived at all. The teachers used to provoke kids to beat me up for asking too many questions. Before they realised all they had to do was have me drugged. 😠😠 Which my parents happily submitted to. #ShitParents
I feel like this is a big reason people should write even if they don't share it with people. It allows you to explore your own ideas in depth. That and just taking breaks from social media.
Damn, you are right about that. "People should EVEN if they don't share it with people" This is the reason why the people I know keep pushing me to write my blog but I felt that it was waste of my time. I mean: "why write them down, when I can keep up in my head?" But lately, I noticed that this line of thinking is driving me more crazy, so I gonna buy a notebook and start writing again
Yes, I completely agree. I write things down a lot just like my grandparents did. It's a good thing, and I am not so fully reliant on technology. I would rather do than be on social media. I never really cared about it.
not just writing, but also self-reflecting and doing hobbies. to know oneself is to do things one would hate to be involved into (context: in regards of hobbies, imagine you accidentally break your guitar/bass while you practice or knock a rare plant you search the entire world for years. i’m sure you _hate_ that but you must deal with it since you’ve committed so much to your hobbies. _this_ is how i find my characters and interests)
What really frustrates me is that I and others have legitimately lost friends in the past because of sometimes mild disagreements. And even more major disagreements like “I support X political party/candidate” shouldn’t lead to the death of a friendship. I’m not at all saying we have to agree on more nuanced topics; there is in fact a way to respectfully disagree on a big issue and still remain friends. Sometimes the only thing you to agree on is to disagree. And I’m also calling out myself here because I have also been that person in the past.
The left has turned political positions into moral ones, so the people who disagree with them are evil and don’t care about others. At the same time, the right feels like the left is wrecking everything, so if you support them you’re on board with that happening.
I really like your statement "Sometimes the only thing you to agree on is to disagree". It feels so damn true. Sometimes people can't agree, but i doesn't mean the end of relations. You have opposite view on something? Do your lives depend on it? No? So why wouldn't you just put up with it? I have opinion A, you have opinion B, we both know it, let's just evade talking on this topic unless we want a quarrel
Here's the problem, what else is there to talk about? Politics, religion and money are the things we were never supposed to discuss but once you form a stance, nothing else compares since all 3 influence daily reality. When one side embraces the reality of economics and social control, the other rejecting it and pointing fingers, there will be zero topics to agree on. Ever. Blue? You'll choose to never accept anything said on the other side until your favorite TV host tells the EXACT SAME to you, once allowed. That's why they earn the title of NPCs. Got a problem with the low IQ people on the right? Check out the Horshoe theory of practical intelligence and seethe at your status as a halfwit. It matters not how irrational that individual when they ultimately agree with the highest IQ members of society. They can't explain their racism, they just know instinctively that certain people are more apt to rob than others. And they're correct. It's literally right VS wrong, you picking the middle road is exactly how it keeps spiraling further, you will never speak against the evils perpetrated by the left. Which you'll answer for within your own head one day, but society will already have suffered the consequences of your idle life.
I can tell my old friend he's not making the right decision by pumping hormones and faking being someone he's not. I can cite legitimately credible study after study, unlike his bogus single-psychologist-suggestion papers. I can point to the rates of each one of his self diagnosed insecurities and illnesses as getting worse off after fulfilling his "transition". But it's the yes men like YOU who surrounded him and egged him on, making him worse off on a daily basis until his family collapsed and his family fortune built across 3 generations was erased. Anecdotal, yeah, but I already tried using reason. I then tried using personal appeal. None of it works when compared to the ego-validating scripts halfwits across the world spew upon recieving their latest social conditioning on the "news".
I started to leave old friends behind and look for only friends I trust and know will help me and teach me something beneficial. People my age look for as many friends as possible and most of them might not even be "true friends". I was in an argument with one of these people I thought was a "friend", who called me good for nothing and that I am an npc because I have interests not popular online. I told him I am only looking for true friendship and since he had so many "friends", he could define what true friendship is. He dodged the question and I later blocked him. It's crazy how most people's lives revolve around what's popular online and most of these people are the actual npcs who move from one trend to another within a week.
@@MScienceCat2851 Yeah. I see that a lot. Now those same people are starting to defend Russia, because they think that it's kinda edgy to have "an unpopular opinion".
You got it. Thats basically it. Most people are correct to look in the general direction they lean towards, but no one is absolutely right about anything. Though, there is a minority thats just....theyre absolutely wrong in every single way you can think of.
This is why people need to study things like philosophy, mathematics, and develop their creative or imaginative skills. By the way everything you described is the reason why the only social media I use is RUclips.
I remember one time in my class (mind you this was recent) and we all got up to do a debate about problems of our generation (like all those typical social media stuff). Lo and behold...I was basically harassed for "thinking too into it" and "critical thinker alert" (idk kids used this as an insult towards me) but hey at least my teacher was able to listen in and believed in what I said! Mind you all these classmates of mine are the ones who have 7+ hours on Tik Tok or Instagram sooooooooooo
stupid people flock together.. they can afford to be stupid.. their parents are probably rich so theyre popular.. they dont have social problems.. thats privilege..
In my opinion, its shit because it was built by early capitalists and is still used centuries later. Theres been little to no good change in the systems while everything else has been changed for the better.
thats cus its not by design. My school system made an effort to change that by having more project based assignments. There would be more interpersonal thinkign and much more APPLICATION of concepts than flat out copy pasting shit. It helped alot imo. it was fun asf. It sucks alot of schools dont have that tho. Its always teachers telling you to cite your sources, but never to actually go and verify if those sources are real. We had a new media course that taught us basically this shit, but it got shut down because people thought reading about Shakespeare or some stupid shit would be more "intellectual" even though the Universities themselves didnt give af abt the differences between these courses.
Some people in my place romanticize western(usa, etc) school systems, saying that "they teach critical thinking and don't overwork students and don't spoofeed them", but from what I observed (sadly I can't really see them without internet), those are yet another prison, just less intense in school work and more useless. (btw my secondary school seems really good, glad that I have friendly teachers who are patient to actually answer questions) But I guess it doesn't shock me anymore. From what I can see, people in different "thinking groups" have drastically different data gain and thoughts on what's happening in the world.
We also need to talk how school turns art class about grades instead of art (same with sports music ect) it's a gaint reason why people started hating it sadly
I appreciate that you take a more philosophical tone in your videos. Most self help RUclips people radiate insecurity and tend to be fairly surface. I like that you take topics to the nuanced and less ego fueled levels.
If I'm being perfectly honest, I've come to realize that being someone who thinks critically and questions things is an extremely lonely & isolating human experience... it sometimes feels like it'd be easier to just think like an NPC, seems much easier to make friends that way :/
The fact that one is alone shows two things, the person is stupid or one is very smart. If u are really right everyone will hate your ideas but years later u can say i told u so and no money will replace the pride of that
"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." Matthew 7:13-14
Oh yeah, for sure, popular culture, popular agenda, popular fashion and etc. people who don't follow with trends of masses are either lonely or have small amount of friends. But do you need a lot of constantly changing (just as trends) NPC people around you or a handful of actually loyal ones, is a real question.
My childhood up until middle school was internet-free mostly, and I still do not possess any social media accounts, nor do I ever plan to. I am often left stunned by the sheer lack of executive function that people, especially of the younger generation possess. I always try to be open to logical ideas and arguments. I'm still not perfect though...
@@bloodywanker781 It ' s their exception, just how I didn ' t have any social media accounts (except RUclips), that being Facebook in August 2019, Instagram in August 2022 and Twitch in Dec. 2022.
I took a psychology class and one of the thing that was heavily emphasize is that “your body and mind is constantly trying to make itself feel good” I’m going to add on to the phrase and say “your body, mind, and spirit is constantly trying to make itself feel good and would do anything to make itself feel good” that’s where biases comes into play cause when something confronts someone’s belief they will try their best to discredit that person even if lying and resort to biases.
The haters hate because it makes them feel good. Sounds quite twisted if you replace 'mean comment' with 'fist to the face'. But the reason is generally the same.
How mind does not include spirit in itself? I would rather concise it to “you are constantly trying to make yourself feel good”, because physical and mental shells are one system. If we would think about spirit as christian thing, your quote will be kind of wrong, I think. Make your thought more explicit for our understanding, please
Between 2007 and 2012 I was heavily invested in the rising online Atheist community and the content that it collectively produced. I tuned in almost daily to debates with Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and of course the Atheist Experience. It’s in this space where I first heard the phrase ‘critical thinking’. A method of thinking that relies on reasoning and evidence that allows you scrutinise claims or information put forward by others, but also to test your own assumptions and detect your own biases. I was under the impression that this was what pretty much all self-proclaimed Atheists had in common. Then Atheism+ was started, and a huge fracture started to appear in the atheist community. Suddenly it became clear to me that a huge portion of the online atheist community wasn’t driven by critical thinking. They were strongly driven by political ideology and showed a strong sensitivity to tribalism. In a way they were just as -if not more biased, zealous and prejudiced as the religious ideologues they had been ridiculing.
The thing I didn't liked about this video it's that it only stated that there are "bubbles" But it didn't ask, why? It was just more of the same. In the case of the atheist community a good question is why it started? What happened?
Interesting observation. It seems hard to have a cohesive group of truly independent thinkers. Yet, both independence of thought and group cohesion seem like desirable things. That's probably one of the big paradoxes we face.
@@amygdalae I mean it isn't really a paradox. You just have to build the group on more then simple opinions or ideas. Yes huge disagreements will always end a group but as long as the disagreement is not the size of a politicians ego you can make a group work.
Christopher Hitchens and the other atheist of that time changed my life, they gave me the greatest gift you can give someone and that is learning something you believed in whole heartedly is a lie and that gave me my first true experience with a open mind and objective thinking.
Maybe get off the internet and go touch grass. I’m an atheist and I’ve never heard of any of these “movements”. Atheism is a personal journey. The idea that I would go to a forum to talk about it or worse adopt other peoples ideas in some unspoken agreement they agree to adopt mine so we can form a “group” is absurd. You’ve basically made an organized religion out of being purposefully non-religious.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: social media is to blame for most of our issues. Not the Internet entirely, just social media. Nothing has been the same since me and my peers acquired Facebook/Instagram/Vine. Having all the information on the Internet is good and should not change. But when you have that info advertised/pushed up on you, mainly for some goal other than informing, then you have overload.
there have always been NPC's. look towards religion, lack of religion, monarchs, dictators, political parties, etc. people have always been this way of exclusively acknowledging their own opinions, the rise of social media just amplified it. you are correct about that. social media mostly only shows people what they want to see, even further dividing opinions and stances. while it isn't really to blame, it does make existing issues even worse.
@@sh.4242 no its social media. I would've agreed with you a few years ago, but after looking under the hood of many of these companies and how they set up algorithms, it is literally the apps themselves that are causing issues.
The whole staring at a wall / doing nothing thing definitely helps. When you're so wired to be doing something all the time it forces you to take a step back and think. It also induces boredom which I believe to be an extremely important human emotion especially for creative people that strive off of coming up with ideas since we have less and less of it nowadays. Anyways thanks for the vid! that was my piece for the question at the end lol
The rise of social media has made people think that when someone says "I don't like THIS ASPECT of this person," it means "I don't like this person AT ALL." *sigh* What has this world come to.
The weird thing is that this actually seems to be the norm online. If you have an unpopular opinion in an online community, people seem to dislike you as a person for voicing it. Maybe that's a defense mechanism. It's easier to write someone off as a bad or dumb person, rejecting their opinion, than to see their opinion as being on a level similar to yours, leaving you questioning what is objectively right. Most people don't want to question their world view, no matter how good or bad it aligns with reality.
@@xXxLolerTypxXx I think it doesn't help that online we're not people to others (in the sense that sure we can seem like people if you see a ton of social media posts on their accounts, but if you see one comment you don't really think of them as a person as much as if you met them face to face) and that as such we view each other as just the opinion we see in their comment/post, making it feel less wrong to lash out in a harsher way. Maybe if some people are shut ins and more than let's say 50% of their interactions are online, then they get taught respect from there rather than irl so it ends up bleeding into their real interactions, making them ruder than someone who spends less time online. Is interacting online having a worse impact than we generally give it credit for?
@@JohnDoe-wt2zz You're right, it's easy to see people as numbers online, instead of as a real person. I even notice that I sometimes read peoples whatsapp messages differently than when they talk to me in person, because it's missing everything other than the words they say. I think that's the same thing, it seems like you're talking to your device, not a person. Plus, in comment sections a lot of times the only thing you know about a user is that specific comment you just read, so I guess it's pretty easy to mistake that comment as their whole personality and dislike them for it if you disagree with it. That mentality can then of course carry over to real life interactions. I think both being limited to text messages and talking to strangers makes a lot of comment sections as toxic as they are. Sometimes I see comments where I think that if this guy talks to people face to face like he talks online, he'll take a hit in the face sooner rather than later. I think the lack of consequences when commenting online further encourages people to say harsh things that they would otherwise keep to themselves.
The movie "the social dilemma" is so good at showing how easy it is and how many people get manipulated by the internet. Everyone should watch that film to actually start and question what they read especially what social media shows them
One thing which was hard for me to learn was to know when to say: "I don't know." It is somehow quite difficult to admit to not knowing when it comes to fundamental questions about ones ideology, but since I realized that it's often the best thing and learned to be content with the fact that there are questions I can't ever answer, I feel much less "threatened" by questions.
As a kid, science was my favorite school subject. Science still is my favorite subject. The grammar school I went to, the science textbooks from second grade to eighth grade would always be broken up in three parts per chapter. For example: A chapter on stars: Section one talks about the different types of stars. Section two talks about things like fusion and how a star works. The third section might talk about theories on how they form, and how they die, and blackholes, all that fun stuff. But at the end of each section there were always these three questions called: Critical Thinking, and it was often homework. The answers to these questions were not readily found directly in the book itself, rather you had to come to your own conclusions based off of the information you had already learned and had to explain why you thought that way as best as you can. I always found those questions fun because of how deep in thought and the level of imagination my brain would go into with them.
As a kid raised a Latin American country, critical thinking questions where everywhere. I remember writing huge paragraphs for a simple question whose answer I couldn’t find in a book. After moving to America and experiencing school here… there’s no critical thinking or analysis or anything. It’s all scantrons, you don’t really have to think about answers since the answer is either A, B, C or D. I would go more in depth but it’s a pretty long comparison between these two different school systems
Bro, Chemistry was my favorite subject. Mainly because I get to study so many formulas and retaining the information for tests felt like a challenge. My attention span was amazing. Now it’s been fried from the aftermath of social media, pointless clickbait debates, and following the crowd.
I think the best way to develop critical thinking skills is just by searching out ideas you know are contrary to your own. "Hearing what the other side has to say," in a sense. You don't have to agree, but if you're able to at least see where they're coming from it will not only give you great critical thinking practice but also make you more sympathetic towards people unlike yourself. :)
@@luigimrlgaming9484 Yes. I've tried to become more open to conservatives, but every time I try to research them, it only reinforces the fact that they're all unforgivable neo-Nazis whose humanity is only skin deep. It's at that point where I don't even bother to try to be nice anymore. After all, why does a confederate-flag waving, homophobic anti-feminist MAGA extremist nazi-sympathizer deserve sympathy, let alone empathy or the air they breathe. What does the right deserve for causing all of the world's problems? Nothing. Nothing except death at best, and eternal torture at worst.
@@t3chkn1ght Funny I felt similar about the left. However I have found that if you research it by what a “neutral source” tells you then it’s probably BS. You would have to go to an actual conservative site to understand it. If you don’t then we have a problem.
I think also acknowledging there's not just two sides of the matter and actually deep diving into the more nuanced, grey regions. And also knowing that all types of media have an agenda and bias and knowing exactly what their intention is.
I have noticed that there are also groups of people that proclaim themselves as "free thinkers" and call everyone else who doesn't agree with their world view an NPC and claim that they are the only ones who dare to "think critically". Take for example Andrew Tate (personally I do not care about him, idc if he's right or wrong about things), and the horde of his fans who literally keep saying the exact same things all over social media. Other examples are Sneako or Hamza and their fanbases
So true,especially hamza,he and his fans truly lack critical thinking skills imo,try to argue with hamza fans and their only arguement against you will only be "jeffery" lol
To anybody reading who has problems thinking critically, like the video said, don't be afraid to stick to an idea, but be open to suggestions, and meditate. Meditating really does work in clearing your mind and helping you think. Also, seek help from your relatives and close ones that don't use the internet a lot and get advice from them. If they aren't around, I am sorry for your loss, but try searching around your neighborhood for advice. You'd be surprised.
I think one of the most important things that helps us with these modern problems is socialising. Meet diverse people. Share your views and listen to people when they share theirs. Don't assume that you or others have the absolute truth. We all have different perspectives and there is something valuable in all of them. When you create a holistic worldview you get the confidence to stand by your decisions but you also get the humility to listen and change your mind. 🙏
Okay but what if someone is disagreeing with facts that I know to be true (eg laws of nature) Other than simply ignoring it what good options are there?
I think this all ties back to the reduce in attention span. We're so used to just looking for fast hits of dopamine that slowing down and thinking about something takes too much effort for some people nowadays.
Well, I dont think so. I have a short attention span because of ADHD. Still I spend a lot of time thinking. Even thinking about how I think. So no, I dont think so. What I agree it that we consume media to fast, without processing what you have seen. Consuming it alone without discussing it with someone. I mean I enjoy that after going to the movies and discussing scenes and what they mean. But with reels or tik tok who does that?
@@minecrafter3448 Well that‘s why I don‘t use tik tok lol. No but for real this is just an example. I guess there are a lot of other things and little tricks that make us not think about what we consume, so our decisions become impulsive and we buy what we actually don‘t need as explained in the video. Maybe it‘s good to make rules for yourself. If you want to get something, wait a day or even more and see if you still want it, need it and afford it. But not sure if it works. I‘m definitely also have bought things on impulse before and regret it. I might not agree with the shortened attention span,but I definitely agree with the dopamine highs. That‘s how mobile games make their money that are playable for free. Take gatcha games for example.
@@minecrafter3448 this is why I don't use and never will use tiktok I like looking at long informative videos and I don't want to not be able to look at them anymore just because my attention span is reduced by an idiot app
Man this video fits all my currently held beliefs. Edit: sarcasm is difficult to detect in text, but I was hoping given the context people would recognise this comment as sarcasm.
As an artist, I wholeheartedly agree with you and this is one of the deepest, unspoken issues of our time. Sure everyone talks about how everyone is going insane, but most people don't even realize the reasons for this escalation and unknowingly get sucked in. It gets to the point where people who are still capable of critical thinking are so few that they just cave under the social pressure anyway or they'll end up even losing their jobs.
because it's human instinct to feel apart of a group or community. In the animal kingdom, predators would hunt weak or small prey. If those prey would be left behind or alone, they'll be dead.
losing their jobs or not being able to talk to people outside of their bubble. Since im not currently in the workforce that's kind of what I face. If I want to talk to anyone outside of my bubble I gotta keep my mouth shut when it comes to their views I dont agree with. But if that's how you keep the peace then that's how it is for now.
Hey your content has changed my life. It has made my life better. I'm an extrovert and I always seek for attention, you helped me not to seek for attention. Thanks
Your channel is so underrated. As a 17 girl, I know your channel from a video about how you connect with others. It's really hard to find someone that seriously and peacefully sat down to have some deep thinking these days. Thank you for making these videos!
You are totally right, I always wished to have deep conversation about anything I know of with someone, but for all the years I have been alive, I could never find anyone..
@@alessioantinoro5713 It's not your fault tho. No one can really understand each other completely, and there are so many restrictions. But I hope at some point you'll find someone that could connect with you! If you would like, you can even talk to me :)
@@alicew2894 I feel like it might be my fault because I don't really meet much new people.. And yeah, no one can really understand totally since different prospectives, experiences, etc, but I think it becomes wayyyy easier if a topic/situation has been lived by both of them. I hope as well to find someone, but after a while you just feel like giving up on searching.. (even if that small hope won't go away), and sure! I would like talking with you, the only problem is where to 🤔
As a "insert profession", I feel like "insert vague insight", which then "insert hyperbole", I just wonder "insert baseless speculation" and if "insert more hyperbole and speculation". But that's just "insert self humbling statement for the sake of covering bases" and I guess "insert more vague speculation". As "insert historical figure etc" said: "insert quotable quote that is misrepresented or just simply incorrect or at least misunderstood"- now that's something to think about.
I first noticed this kind of thing back when RUclips changed their ratings system from stars to "likes/dislikes". It completely removed any middle ground or nuance to what you think about a video; you either like it or you don't. No in-between. I feel like it only encourages minimal thinking, especially on the younger generation who are spending their formative years on this stuff. What makes it even worse is that now not only are other sites have adopted "likes/dislikes", but they won't even allow you to see dislikes by default. "Look at how many people like this thing. Don't look at how many don't like it, they don't matter. They're not IN". It's scary
I remembered as a kid the phrase “sleep on it” and I had no freaking clue what that meant but as an adult that simple advice is key especially making huge decisions. People make snap decisions without even thinking and it causes more harm than good. So I totally agree with what you said about taking a step back and think about something throughly beforehand
This video summed it up pretty well. As someone in high school, it's shocking to see people's behavior around you be so closed to outside opinion because of their algorithms that depict one side. it's like a positive feedback cycle with the rhetoric and radical views being pushed, then the suppression of information that doesn't feed into it. There is so room for neutrality and any form of questioning. I've been aiming to rid of this herd mentality by focusing on my values/goals and ignoring distractions posed by superlatives. Nice channel too btw
Bro you explained this so well! This is exactly what's going on in schools today. The number of people that I talk to who lack the basic skill of asking questions and forming their own thoughts on something is genuinely scary. They reject everything that doesn't fit with their viewpoints and fail to have meaningful discussions that challenge their opinions
It’s honestly depressing looking at the people at my school and seeing how little they think for themselves. There’s a clear divide between left and right with no room for people in the middle. It feels like whoever I talk to will be offended by what I say cause I have opinions from both sides
The hyperreality idea was something im unfortunately guilty of. Scrolling through comment sections on controversial opinions have lead to forming strong opinions and thoughts about them that don't leave me throughout the day, like viewpoints on addiction, or abortion or religion etc. But i haven't met, nor interacted with these people 99% of the time. Not giving myself time to do my own research and reflection makes it hard to develop a sense of self on what i think about these concepts, and how i would like to go about them. Definitely trying to deal with this rn
so glad someone actually spoke about this had been thinking about how people have been tearing themselves apart into different groups with such rigid thoughts without really giving it much thinking. thanks for speaking out on this topic and educating the general public for better
In this generation especially I feel like effort in general is lacking. I notice that many of my friends I know complete homework just to complete it and that’s all they want. I’ve made this mistake also too recently like with my physics homework at night. I completed my homework assignment without willing to really attach my critical thinking and wrote down answers using only what I am completely sure of in the class. I felt more comfortable taking this path during my homework.
I complete the homework unwillingly because 90% of the time it means nothing to my hypercompetitive future. My job will have to do less than 5% with the matter studied in those homework. If there is something that teaches is resilience studing and maybe analitical thinking but I can also gain those by studying what i believe is neccesary
Well homework is not nearly as important. Most of the time it is just a series of problems of what you already learned. It’s hard to apply critical thinking to things and it’s even harder to do with things that you believe are irrelevant and just in the way.
This is the key tenet of fascism. Unite a group of people by removing critical thinking and replacing it with loyalty to the state/cause and/or hatred of “the enemy”.
I grew up in the early 2010s and the feeling you evoke at the beginning really hits on nostalgia. Even though we had the beginning of the internet, we did not have an internet-submerged childhood, with few worries which were mario kart and legos and i'm happy about that.
I grew up in a similar time and yes the internet was there but it was still just something I would occasionally use but I was able to live a more “analog” childhood if you will but now everything is just too complicated for everyone
@@iGigaCow sorry, by that I meant the beginning of stuff like yt and stuff. I do know that the internet started wayyy before, sorry for the misunderstanding
Well, with the rise of Social Media and short form contents(tweets, tiktoks, reels or YT shorts) the political parties has greatly impacted making people thinking there's only two extremes to any situation and if you disagree with either of them you will be labelled as they prefer. Great content as usual, Cole. Big fan from India. ♥️
What you told about "Faster progress of developement in society" at 5:00 is a real thing called 'Accelerationism'. It's scary that our lives are changing exponentionally since it's also a reason why so many people feel disconnected or alienated nowdays.
Accelerationism is actually the concept of "speeding up a disaster so we can get it out of the way". Anyone who wants to cause some kind of crisis in order to increase some kind of tension and hit the breaking point is an Accelerationist. *Edit: it is generally frowned upon to accelerate things because of the uncertainty of success and vast immediate suffering it usually causes.
I dont feel alienated anymore. I have come to realization that some cultures are vastly better than others which is why I subscribe to Protestant Lutheran weltanschauung. I'm not saying it does not have any drawbacks but most metrics such as economic mobility HDI supports this. We we really want to look at things at hand they can be best described as memes. There is really interesting book about these such as Selfish gene and The Meme machine, I highly recommend you to read them along with Thinking in systems.
@@normaaliihminen722 memetics is indeed fascinating but no need to leverage it towards the "superior culture" angle, since using memetics as a tool kinda defeats the magic of memetics.
Do you mean by "disconnected" like dissociating? (Sorry I don't know how to spell it it's just when you feel that the world isn't real and that you're in a video game or a simulation)
I dont think "free thinking" is even a real thing. I look at it a few ways. As a brand name so economically, etymologically/linguistically so how the phrase operates as the sum of these 2 words. But I prefer a cognitive/neurological view & from that angle I dont think “free thinking” is possible. The brain isnt built to be “free”
Great Video! It really made me want to take a pause and really think about something! One point I have about the topic is on the ways we think topic. In the book "A mind for numbers", two thinking approaches are also presented: 1. Focused thinking - When you are actively thinking about something (i'm an engineer. For me this kind of thinking occurs when I'm trying to solve a problem, calculate stuff etc.) 2. Diffused thinking - When you are not thinking about anything (For me, this occurs when I sleep, when I ride my bike, do the laundry etc.) The idea is, that in order to learn new things, or be better at solving problems and finding solutions, you need to both think actively on the problem but also give yourself time to NOT think about it! This is why we sometimes get an "AHA" moment out of the blue, because we perhaps tried to remember a particular word for some minutes, but couldnt find it, and then an hour later we finally get it out of the blue. In terms of critical thinking, I belive that consuming content in the frequency that we do nowadays never allows us to incorporate both of these thinking approaches properly and instead we end up filling our minds with too many things at once, and even though they all might be good things we never REALLY think about them because its always on to the next thing, and the next :)
While I agree with you that accepting the ideas of your group without questioning it is very dangerous, it is still important to find a group of likeminded individuals who you can freely discuss ideas with. Especially when you know they disagree with you. Perhaps what should unite the group isn't an agreement on specific ideas, but an alignment toward a common goal.
Winston Churchill is also credited with an older version of what the video referred to as Brandolini's law. His quote is "a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on".
My favorite thing I’ve learned out of a book was from Freidrich Neitzches beyond good and evil. He said “extra” morals were ruining virtue and morality. As the human construct of morality was over complexitified it lost the meaning it had in the first place.
@@nerychristian I mean I guess you could put it like that, but we’re at a point news outlets literally can make an article calling highways racist, fat phobia is “bad”, and a movie with a less diverse cast is called “racist.” Don’t get me wrong all those values you listed are good but we are blowing everything out of proportion. Many people say that during wartime we build back the values that build strong communities. Then during the times where no one has to harden the fuck up we make stuff up yo keep ourselves occupied.
I 100% agree. This video should blow up. I feel like our world has lost its critical thinking. Wondering, boredom is incredibly health for a good mental health. It's where our brain comes up with creative answers
I became crippled ♿ a few years ago, and I've found the enforced alone time is great for learning and testing ideas. Best if you cut the cable and learn to use the internet as a tool not a buddy
Same, im left leaning and religious so its basically impossible to find people who always agree with me. I think that's a good thing because it allows me to have disagreements with people I mostly agree with and not be afraid to do so.
Glad you're a voice of reason and wisdom man. It's so easy to copy and paste a belief system or set of ideals into our identity and live our lives around that. People all too easily do that. It's much more mature, difficult, and wise to form our identities and opinions ourselves, taking the best from what we encounter, and learning lessons from the worst. But it's wild how many people will scoff at you for thinking that way. It's like the minds of people are sick, really sick.
I was talking to myself the other day and I can see why it is hard to form your own opinion in real life(in some cases) and especially on social media, social media people who arent creators or influencer, just daily consumers may have a difficulty forming their own POV because in this day and age, if you open, tik tok, instagram, twitter, facebook you have people's opinions, beliefs, ideologies not to mention that I realized that people online(more in comments) treat it as a cardinal sin to disagree with influencers on topics.
What’s interesting is, two people can have critically and carefully reached completely opposing conclusions when exposed to the same information. You can’t solve divisiveness entirely, but dogmatism can be overcome sometimes, and that’s a big barrier, I think, to people understanding each other. My best friend and I are have very different politics and very different philosophies about a lot of things and we’ve had more than our fair share of arguments. We both help keep each other open minded though. He even sent me to this video which I was hesitant to watch at first
I guess my only flex is that I try to stay away from confirmation bias. Of course I get bummed out when I find out what I believed was wrong, but it’s better than continuing to be wrong.
This video and the other “Why you can’t connect with people” video resonated with me very much I also wanna point out how alot of people in this day and age keep spouting off stuff like “just be yourself” “be unapologetically yourself” “stay true to yourself” etc. But when I do indeed do that, they wanna get all mad, uncomfortable, put-off, etc Another problem is that people these days are just too sensitive, critical and judgemental that they get all worked up, riled up, uncomfortable, offended, etc by small, mundane matters. Hell people these days literally get offended and uncomfortable over the most natural and human of things Sad generation indeed 😔
It took me decades of pain to figure all this out. I am 72. Everything you say is true and feels like everything I learned through the longest, deepest and widest dark night of the soul in states of unbearable terror. I am using superlatives here because no matter how I describe it, not evenI know how bad it is, unless it starts again. I felt hope that I was putting my knowledge into "the field of human consciousness". It wasn't there to help me then, but I am sure that this field is loaded with enlightenment now. If so, you can learn and assimilate what was just said in the hearing of it. Elevate your consciousness by octaves in a moment. I hope this is true and you can do this. Remember to honor your elders.
If there's anything I do like about the Internet is this ability to have conversations across generations. It's indeed very important to learn from the people who came before us. ❤
I’m so glad my dad taught me critical thinking skills. He’s always told me to question everything and anything that the masses believe. He also taught me the importance of never trusting one political party but be independent
This makes me feel good about being highly experimental. Keep your "facts" and "truth" to yourself. I want to figure it all out on my own. I thought something was wrong with me for not accepting "what works." But again, my intuition knows what the heck it's doing. I'll never question it ever again. I'll keep trying new ways and new ideas, for fun if nothing else.
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Great book! Required reading for a behavioral econ class I took in undergrad.
Big dubs
own thoughts is more important not opinion over information.
Man, you are ignoring something very important, Russians use social media greed to divide and conquer America and all democracies, they spent billions of dollars on Facebook with RT, ads and troll farms as an information weapon because the army is too weak so they use asymmetric warfare, that's why we had the same strong protests in many different democracies almost at the same time just before their invasion, Putin is a spy and he was playing games and lying to everyone meanwhile he rebuilt his army and the Russian economy, he keeps lying until this day, he destabilized his enemies through his information weapon and the help of social media greed, now it is discovered with the launch of the invasion of Ukraine, I hope democracies will start to block the disinformation, but it will take time to recover, in Russia and China and all the dictatorships there is no division or polarization because they blocked their internet from foreign intervention, they know what they are doing. We are in the middle of an asymmetric war, and the reason is because now we have mutual destruction with nuclear weapons, in the cold war the same tactics were used with newspapers, but it was not as powerful as now with social media. I hope Americans will wake up soon instead of fighting each other as their enemies want, they really want to destroy America from the inside and they are somehow accomplishing that
@@ColeHastings brother, the second I realized this I told no one. Making a video like this right now is exactly how to commit suicide with 2 shots to the back of the head
It’s ridiculous that people are so easily willing to adopt everything about an ideology rather than actually form a unique opinion. It feels better to be in a group than to think freely I guess.
It feels better and requires much less cognitive effort
Not better but easier.
That’s the majority of human beings honestly
@damnedifido1062 at this point the minority might be able to do something.
If they do it correctly
@@ColeHastings I felt this way about Andrew Tate and Hamza. I felt like I needed to agree with everything they say and have the same opinion as them
Cole: *Think for yourself*
Also Cole: *Here's how to think for yourself*
lol
*palpatine ironic meme*
don't forget the sponsor, who editorializes long form content to offer streamlined, efficient consumption of nuanced topics. In all seriousness I'd like to see the author make a similar video about the role of zeitgeist, and the editor. Just to balance things out.
I am glad Cole could outline a way we could think for ourselves. Thanks.
U a bot
Me: watches video on critical thinking
Also me: nods, doesn’t question and agrees with everything said
Bruh
Literally
yea that could be you being an NPC or he actually saying the objective truth. Who knows? I dont
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@@manuellanthaler2001
Circle argument
As Aristotle said ‘’ It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” it seems like people forgot about that.
That argument is faulty, as it assumes that an educated mind is something that is forgettable instead of achievable.
Or
It could be referring to the also faulty idea that its common sense to know that an educated mind is an universal goal.
@@paulogutierrez2655 You can achieve and forget many things for example you can become fluent in a foreign language and eventually forget how to speak it. I believe in some cases people can start out intelligent and end up on a lower level intellectually. But, reasonable minds can disagree.
and the people who will call you uneducated are the ones who harass you for critical thinking..
Thanks for sharing this quote. There's something I've been battling with in my head and although I came to a similar conclusion to the quote, it actually helped me feel a lot more calm about my situation after reading it. Lol.
Well, you’re welcome! Always happy to help, even if it was inadvertent.
I wrote an essay about this topic about two years ago and my teacher said that it was BS 💀
Your teacher is an npc
Bruh moment 💀
should've posted a yt video lol
Your teacher is a bot
NPC type teacher
The most powerful way to win an argument is by asking questions. It can make people see the flaws in their logic , the same goes for negotiation and self-reflection, you will learn more than you can imagine.
Especially self-reflection. Most people don't use rational thinking to form their opinions. They get them from outside sources/osmosis and then rationalize them from there.
That's what i'm doing, but most of the time they just say, stop asking dumb questions (even though i believe they aren't dumb, but also i could be wrong about this) or you are an idiot or you aren't worth discussing etc.
Also i'd wish to have such a person on my side, which just asks me questions, so i can realize my own flaws in my thinking.
@@lent89 lmao you just perfectly described hamza fans
Try to argue with them,and instead of arguing back with a good counter,they will try to insult you and call you "Jeffery" and they perfectly fit the NPC label
@@jasekasebase now that i think about it, damn ur right. I do like his vids, man makes sense. which opinion of his do u not agree with?
@@IbbiAhmed I generally don't like his channel or him as a person as a whole,well back then i used to,but the more I looked into him the more I realized how flawed of a person he is
1)a lot of his advice are pretty generic stuff which makes his content a waste of time,not to mention How repetitive his content is too cuz after all there's only so much self improvement content you can do,but hey you gotta produce content for your audience to consume so that you make money lol
2)he's narrow minded and narcissistic imo,and only looks at things from his eyes,he looks down on anyone other than him,if you enjoy video games then your beneath him,if you work a normal job that your satisfied enough with your beneath him,and he just seems pretty narcissistic,he doesn't realize that everyone is different,he just projects his opinion and ideas at people
3)his ego makes him think like he's the know-it-all when in reality,his info is close-minded and he lacks knowledge,infact in one of his videos he once said he won't back up his claims with scientific studies because "he's not a nerd" and that alone is a BIG reason in why I think he's close minded
4)a lot of his "advice" is just him projecting his own experiences,insecurities and opinions into people(similar and a part about my "close-minded" point"),instead of telling others to find their own method of self improvement,he projects hid idea of a "high value man" instead of letting them think for themselves(I believe this is part of why his fans are a mindless hivemind)
5)his takes and opinions in general sound unhealthy,he's very money-driven as of recently,and he seems way too into hookup culture,a take of him that I don't like and think is unhealthy as hell is that he once said if your not grinding every second then your letting then your letting other men ahead of you
While there might be a slight grain of truth to that,it's a really unbalanced life take,he should remember that life is NOT a race or a competition,not only that but extremely working has its drawbacks
6)he's pretty hypocritical,for example he once says don't chase girls,but then makes another redpill video,he says people should stop watching his videos after they get the advice they got,but then hes proud of how many "cult members" subscribers to him and decided to stay to watching him
I feel like I have more to say,but that's about it lol,I don't think hamza is a necessarily evil person and his achievements are impressive,but overall I think he's an immature person and kind of an a$$hole
If his advice works for you,then good for you ig,but I don't like his advice and I think that if your gonna listen to his advice,then take everything he says with a grain of salt
Tho tbf on my part,I don't like self-improvement content in general as I don't really feel like they work at all,most self improvement videos feel like the creator projecting his ideas of a high value man to his viewers instead of letting their viewers think for themselves(as I mentioned before),Cole is the only self improvement that I actually like,because I feel like he's the only channel that TRULY gets what self improvement means and not using it as a way to hide that your projecting your ideas into others
Jeez this got a bit long but here you go lol,thoughts?
The division in our society is mostly an internet illusion. I haven't used Facebook in a decade and I don't even have a Twitter account. I almost exclusively talk to people face to face and the real life conversations I have with people are very nuanced and reasonable. Nobody calls each other evil or throws out extremist views. These are also working class people. People just forgot the old saying, "Don't believe everything you see on the internet."
I feel the same. Interpersonal connection will always be my first choice.
I would have to disagree, I have spoke with potato minded liberals, Tate fans, conservatives etc irl. But most people do have some cognitive thought, it's a loud minority for sure.
I would disagree. I often feel lost in conversation due to my lack of attention to media. There are things people say that are tied to the media that I look up because I can’t understand it
I'm pretty sure its easier on the internet because you have some sort of anonymity and it is very easy for something to go viral. So we are probably seeing:
The loud minority
Or simply the people who cover their beliefs in masks.
It doesn't help that many people don't care if something on the Internet is wrong or morally reprehensible. You can simply ignore it.
Opinions are gaining value faster than objective facts, and it is very hard to tell the difference any more.
I deeply disagree because my generation who grew up with the internet and is now consumed by unlimited content which confirms their biases always has very extreme opinions. There have been instances where I had a different opinion from my now ex friends and even if they agreed with me even a little bit but everyone else around had a different, more popular opinion they'd abandon their own thoughts i.e. bandwagon effect. It's just sad.
There is a huge problem I noticed with "fake activism" people just blindly fighting for whatever is popular now ,they don't care about victims or about fighting for them, they care about attacking people with opinions they saw on a tiktok video
All becuz critical thinking?
whatever is trending people are angry and yelling at each other about it.. then whether or not youre accepted in society is what you think about that topic like it becomes a test of loyalty.. what do you think of ukraine? how much money did you donate? more = better person, less = bad person... you are now rejected from society..
@@thothheartmaat2833 true!!
@@thothheartmaat2833 yep, I think rudeness is just a human nature..
true! Whether its anti-feminism/pseudo-feminism/trans/fat,body positivity/blm/even ppl against cosmetic surgery/cultural appropriation/ppl for keto.
🔹many times i see extremely one sided/radical & angry views regardless of whether one is for or against the situation, there are mostly no in betweens & no adaptability & no benefits of doubts.
🔹this is the first time I've heard the word fake activism/pseudo-activism than just referring to it as "woke" Which is vague.
🔹i don't want to take the importace/true achievements away from some of these causes tho & some of the points are genuine but the extremism really needs to go & this is coming from a GEN Z
🔹i had to google which generation i am cuz i forget as idc as much but this videos context made me google).
"If you don't read the news paper you're uninformed but if you do read the news paper you're misinform" I believe that saying's more relevant now that any other time in human history
That’s why I try and read a variety of news outlets from across the political spectrum to get a more balanced, accurate and unfiltered perspective on things. There are many sides to every story and most people only see/hear one.
What about the weather reports? are those to be trusted?
@@StovetopcookieThey're not a 100% accurate
@Stovetop Cookie no, because they frame temperatures in a way that is spoonfeeding an unsuspecting populous a steady diet of confirmation bias with regards to "climate change". They scream "temperature today ABOVE AVERAGE!" Whenever they can but won't mention it when temperatures are below average
@@randomduck8679...Those goddamn liars...
I sometimes wonder if there have always been npcs, it’s just that with the rise of the internet we can finally get a good sense of just how many there are
Well of course there have always been NPC, religion and monarchies are pretty solid evidence for that.
There has always been
Hello
@@deussivenatura5805 atheisme too, most people i ask that are atheist why they don't believe in anything and 9/10 i get the most shallow and child like answer, that shows their ignorance on the topic
@@antoniobaak146 Do not start dividing believers and atheists. It will only make us weaker.
bro finally a self improvement channel that encourages you to use your brain instead of just giving you their beliefs and telling you to stick with them, it always felt a bit odd because it feels like theyre trying to make you their ideal person rather than your own which kinda defeats the purpose of self improvement
Exactly!
Initial example I thought of immediately was Hamza😅 as in the way his community can be and how a lot of them take alll of his words for gospel and don't leave room to think at all. And how in some of his videos, there are times he doesn't really leave room to think about the concept yourself, like how he feels about gaming and tells his subscribers which I inherently disagree with.
@@detweiler hamza's a dumass he said it himself
@@detweiler dude ikr,he and his stans are really the perfect example of NPCs lol
Honestly part of the reason why I'm glad I stopped watching him,hamza is really just a narrow-minded person and a narcissistic one who thinks he's above all,and while I think his achievements may be impressive,I think he's an immature person
@@jasekasebase I’ve been preaching this for ages, following him from 80k it’s crazy to see what happened to him. Cole has a lot of integrity with his content and I like that
Im a philosophy graduate, and one thing that haunts me as a result is how often people call my logic and critical thinking skills (basically my entire post-secondary education) “overthinking.”
Ah yes, a government certified thinker, think well my dude.
@@DsiakMondala This sounds like bias.
I would counter to them that “under thinking” doesn’t sound much better as an alternative 😅
The WORST decision Trump could ever make is to choose Nikki Haley as vice president.
Overthinking can be a good thing. That's what people don't understand.
If people say you "overthink" then it means they're weak and confused and can't handle the thoughts in their own heads. They're afraid of their own reflection.
12:10 - 12:16 the whole “you don’t agree with me? You’re a bad person” has been my experience with NPCs as well.
From my experience its been easier to disagree with conservatives and more of it turning into an argument and being called a bigot when conversing with democrats. Ik it sounds political but i mean on a societal level. Not like pro trump or pro biden^^
Of course this thread *HAD* to get political. 🤣 I didn’t even say anything political!!
@@paullopez2021 I mean Conservatives usually say or vouch for infringing on the rights of minorities and then get called bad people for it so it was only natural
@@callofdutywii1 I was talking about dealing with closed-minded narcissistic people who think they know everything, and hate everyone who disagrees. Politics didn't even cross my mind. Not *EVERYTHING* is political lmao
@@creatorbens They're intolerant to racists, sexist people, transphobia, homophobia, and xenophobia. According to you this is bad.
This channel tends to be more different than all the other self improvement channels out there. Keep up the good content Cole.
I appreciate that. Thank you for watching the vids, I really love what i do
It's nice to see something that isn't just an Atomic Habits summary or a video trash talking women
Same and I'm glad, I've seen too many conspiracy theory-like videos on different channels, what I have noticed is the amount of people claiming to use critical thinking in the comments section of some of these videos, when in reality they just listen to another side blindly. Thankfully, I haven't went inside both of the rabbitholes. This channel is indeed rare, and I like it, tells me to look at both sides without too much bias.
@azert yup exactly
You might like my content too 🙂
This was really well made - leaves a lot to think about.
Hello from a subscriber! Nice to see you here! This video really does lay it all out. The rise of social media has certainly led to massive distribution of misinformation, more division, and blind, unthinking belief. It’s all too much.
Wonder if you will create more topic about young people and how social media influence them
That’s dope, James Jani commented.
are you just here for advertisement reasons?
Don’t know how I missed this, really appreciate that man. Especially coming from you. Tryna get to your level of editing soon
I think one huge problem especially in the US is that critical thinking, logic and reasoning isn’t taught in schools. So what we have are a bunch of people who have access to tons of information and don’t know how to properly navigate it.
Indoctrination factories were never intended to teach anything. Only to mold sheeple into the herd
True.
It seems very true. I find it strange that I talk to literal adults and I feel like I am talking to literal 7-year old children, who can't even form a conversation.
I can't hold a conversation on my own - it's a two way street that is best helped by forming your own opinion. Instead, I just sometimes talk with myself since it's more often the only source of conversation that happens.
Even though I'd like to hear from other people of all kinds, even those considered "bad."
Best way to be informed is to learn how to inform yourself, teach a man to fish and all.
Funny that makes it sound so easy... It is not, it takes study and practice, but mostly finding a genuine version of it to study in the first place, why I think deceptive tactics should be taught right along with these, not to use, to identify and identifying the problem is half of solving it, humanity's most common threat is being tricked by other humans after all.
@@aaronbradford736 Would be interesting what would happen if everyone was unable to be tricked. Having an extreme situation like this where everyone was extremely smart and unable to be tricked would open up a lot of possible results in this species, both good and bad.
The situation has gotten so bad that it’s tearing families and friends apart.
Fuck the internet
AMd those of us who are alone find ourselves in inescapable isolation, despite how easy it SHOULD be to reach out online and find people to talk to.
Just as the Bible described would happen during the end times....
@kersanthemum53 it is accurate
@@hllyenaylleth9576 well we're dead then also covid the amount of war climate change oh shit the apocalypse
This video reminded me of what one of the first things my dad taught me. One day, as we were driving home from karate class, he told me that Africa is actually larger than most maps show it as. He also added this. "Don't believe me, do your own research and come up with your own conclusion. Make sure that you cross examine your sources to verify your conclusion." I think this is what is wrong about people today. They don't want to do extended research. I never trust anything blindly without definitive proof. My father passed away last August, may he rest in peace.
I'm sorry to hear about your father! May he rest in peace!
RIP to your dad.He's a good father like mine.
Yup. The reason being shorter attention spans and seeking more dopamine from less boring things. I know that's the exact why I tend not to bother.
Your dad is one of those persons that deserve to live 100 years
@@leopoldotactico Thanks, this made me smile
Edit: Well, he lived to 69, he didn't reach 100 but he got kind of close
It’s completely mind boggling to me that people are shifting entire thoughts and personality just because some guy on the internet who they’ll never see or meet said so
And who isn't backing up their statements on critical thinking with evidence. Honestly.
@@deathofallthingspotato9919 i think the evidence thing is a problem too. evidence isnt a oppinion.
That's why I use tools like tosummary to get so much more information in the same amount of time and repel bias information
@@prods5hni Yeah, its even worse when the insubstantiated stuff is about like critical thinking, and how to think better, because it makes it hard to get out of the hole - so many people make up things about psychology, and then try to argue people not following them are being irrational, and even worse, claim to understand why people are irrational in that way (because it can poison the well for actual reasons, lead to bad assumptions, etc. Especially when it involves 'unconscious' stuff, as that is basically entirely unfalsifiable).
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A good way to critical think is to follow your gut, and be willing to CHANGE YOUR MIND if you discover that you were wrong about something.
People nowadays are super afraid of changing their minds for some reason.
Follow your gut?
Natural man is your worst enemy.
Follow your brain.
No!
@@richardscathouse yes!
When there are thousands of things you can be on the Internet, you create an identity and try to stick with it; changing your mind could* lead you to change your identity.
@@tannerwilson545 treat the internet like you would treat real life. When you change your opinion, it means you grow yourself. Stop making multiple personas because that just makes you non existent.
It really is difficult not to be a sheep in this society, and I can see why. I've been combative ever since I was a kid, and my opinions are quite different from others. As I got older, this trait started to treat me terribly. My social life is quite strained because I don't like to completely swallow everything that gets put in front of me, I dodge trends, I don't like simple black and white answers, and I don't actually spend all that much time on the media. It isolates me a lot, but I'm proud of my mental and emotional independence and I like this channel, it encourages you to find your own way.
It is hard to be a critical thinker in present society, because to have views of your own makes you a target from all sides. Constantly having to defend your position is much more tiring than simply going with the flow; however I think there are a good number of people out there that have become adept at telling people what they want to hear while still knowing better.
It's like being sober around drunkards I know exactly how you feel brother the good news is more people are starting to wake up.
Yes
No one likes the truth. The most unpopular opinion is the truth. I like history, economics, politics, football, video games, movies, religions, philosophy, and music. It is hard to talk to people because I want to share my knowledge and learn something myself. Some People are not open minded enough to have good a conservation. I will ask what does that mean to you? Define X? Is there a better way? People are offended. I do not know why. sometimes. It is better to just talk about what the other person likes to be safe. People are very judgemental.
@@Adam-re1ph Tbh I just avoid those people no point wasting your breath and time on them
Everything online doesn't matter anymore when you turn it all off and go outside or do something else. But I feel the more the online world blends into the real world, the harder it will become to get away from it.
Put youre had in the sand dont solves anything
I really hate how the real world and the internet are becoming blended. They should be separate. Period.
Try it now. You will see how hard it is. You won't be able to date. You won't be able to keep up with people. You won't be able to communicate with many. When I did it back in 2018 even though I was happy I did...I lost most of my friends and piers and stopped doing things I loved (since I missed so much by not being informed and online) now though I feel I am better off...I am much lonelier than I was.
@@mannhouse8014 Fr, I’m a critical thinker with my own beliefs and concerns
As I got older, I start to realize
I can’t share my opinions with my mom cause she’ll disagree and get angry with me and punish me for “arguing” with her
So I second-guess a lot
And I sound smart to her when I have opinions she agrees with and stupid if it’s the other way around
Same for my dad
I don't feel like I’m treated like an individual but a group of sheep with my siblings and my mom and dad are the Shepards
We do whatever they say and believe what they believe in
My siblings agree with everything they believe in
I’m getting older, I’m 16 and I’m not treated like an individual
@@mannhouse8014 they can't be seperate since the online world is made up of people from the real world hiding behind their screens.
I think we've become more divided because we get more information, but we only get information we actually agree with and subconsciously ignore information that we don't agree with.
Isnt just about fact & rationality its about values as well !
I consciously avoid information I don't agree with because I already know they're wrong. Like, I'm not going to waste my time watching Steven Crowder or Prager U to see if they're telling the truth THIS time when every other time they were spewing ideological lies.
@@abstract5249 lmao dumbass did it ever occur to you that they aren’t wrong. You just keep conflating your opinions as fact. The moment you mentioned Steven crowded yet don’t even watch them proves to me that you get all of your information from like vaush or contrapoints.
@@zzodysseuszz Vaush and Contrapoints >>> Prager U and Steven Crowder
@@abstract5249 If it's something that you consider to be wrong because you have critically thought over it and found that it isn't logical (and that all the other content being produced is similarly illogical), then that's fine.
What OP is saying is that people become extremely close-minded to the point that they only accept their own viewpoints and ignore other viewpoints, regardless of whether they may contain some level of truth or not.
There have always been 3 types of people in this world:
1. People who do as they're told
2. People who do the telling
3. People who ignore everything they're told and find shit out for themselves (which I would argue is the rarest based only on subjective experience and without data, of course)
As you mentioned though, the difference between now and any other period in human history are the tools we have to quantify this and alter its reach
People who do as they are told are 90% of the world. Who do the telling are 9% of the world. Who find out for themselves are 1% of the world. So, I fully agree. You are based.
Ignoring everything you are told sounds like a mental illness, "don't drink and drive it's bad!" "fuck you I'm not a brainwashed SHEEP"
That's extremely reductive.
Problem is plenty of people think they are the 3rd kind when most people are the 1st. Society would kinda break down if everyone figured out shit on their own
This is why I always try to practice finding things I disagree with even when I 100% agree with something. I try to challenge my own thinking or perspective.
I agree with you, I also started doing this and it feels so much better knowing that there’s always room for improvement.
Improvement of the Mind is a critical aspect of actually living life to fullest.
But that requires time and effort. Most people don't have time to do this because they are to busy consuming text-to-speech screen split subway surfers AskReddit TikToks
@@ghostprxphet No joke I saw a short the other day with a clip from a podcast talking about the neuroscience of dopamine and shortened attention spans, and the bottom half of the video was GTA V gameplay
4:43 I'm pretty sure what allowed humans to survive and thrive was actually our cooperation over competition.
this was one of the things i disagreed with in the video. i also believe community is a huge part of many cultures and advancements of ideas. many regions and cultures still rely on a sense of strong community rather than competition. its still important within a community to maintain critical thinking and encourage curiosity and challenges of normal ideas. that share of many different voices and ideas is what makes society better imo
yep we survived because we cooperated, but we evolved because of competition
@@splash4125 yes. we need both.
Yeah, since early days till now, the only thing reason we're better than other animals is that we know how to cooperate with eachother efficiently ( such as creating vocabulary and agriculture... )
@@splash4125 we cooperated with our own species to compete with other species. However nowadays we don't really have "other species" to compete with so we fill that void by dehumanising each other for the sake of competition
I’m tired of my mother mentioning every thing she sees on the internet as absolute truth and when I go against it she always denies it. This video was very incite full. Greta vid
I can relate, I can’t have my own opinions and I’ll sound dumb to them
And sound smart if I agree with what they find true
Weird Freudian slips at the end of that comment 🤔
Thats her problem,not yours
@@beingsshepherd what is your pfp meant to mean?
@@mallardofmodernia8092
Pretty straightforward equation:
The Royal British Legion war poppy emblem is the equivalent of the Nazi swastika.
This is why I’m so thankful my parents kept me curious and asking questions
I'm thankful I survived at all. The teachers used to provoke kids to beat me up for asking too many questions. Before they realised all they had to do was have me drugged. 😠😠
Which my parents happily submitted to. #ShitParents
@@richardscathouse Jesus that sounds dystopian. So sorry to hear that
@@richardscathouse I'm sorry, brother.
@@richardscathouseI’m sorry about that man
I feel like this is a big reason people should write even if they don't share it with people. It allows you to explore your own ideas in depth. That and just taking breaks from social media.
Damn, you are right about that.
"People should EVEN if they don't share it with people"
This is the reason why the people I know keep pushing me to write my blog but I felt that it was waste of my time.
I mean: "why write them down, when I can keep up in my head?"
But lately, I noticed that this line of thinking is driving me more crazy, so I gonna buy a notebook and start writing again
@@Alphanoob99Just tweet
Yes, I completely agree. I write things down a lot just like my grandparents did. It's a good thing, and I am not so fully reliant on technology. I would rather do than be on social media. I never really cared about it.
People have to think with writing, speaking ,or just chilling alone with your thoughts, you need to think with whatever way
not just writing, but also self-reflecting and doing hobbies. to know oneself is to do things one would hate to be involved into
(context: in regards of hobbies, imagine you accidentally break your guitar/bass while you practice or knock a rare plant you search the entire world for years. i’m sure you _hate_ that but you must deal with it since you’ve committed so much to your hobbies. _this_ is how i find my characters and interests)
That spiderman dual action web blaster was legendary
Truly
What really frustrates me is that I and others have legitimately lost friends in the past because of sometimes mild disagreements. And even more major disagreements like “I support X political party/candidate” shouldn’t lead to the death of a friendship. I’m not at all saying we have to agree on more nuanced topics; there is in fact a way to respectfully disagree on a big issue and still remain friends. Sometimes the only thing you to agree on is to disagree. And I’m also calling out myself here because I have also been that person in the past.
The left has turned political positions into moral ones, so the people who disagree with them are evil and don’t care about others. At the same time, the right feels like the left is wrecking everything, so if you support them you’re on board with that happening.
they wernt relly good friends if they left for just for that
I really like your statement "Sometimes the only thing you to agree on is to disagree". It feels so damn true. Sometimes people can't agree, but i doesn't mean the end of relations. You have opposite view on something? Do your lives depend on it? No? So why wouldn't you just put up with it? I have opinion A, you have opinion B, we both know it, let's just evade talking on this topic unless we want a quarrel
Here's the problem, what else is there to talk about? Politics, religion and money are the things we were never supposed to discuss but once you form a stance, nothing else compares since all 3 influence daily reality.
When one side embraces the reality of economics and social control, the other rejecting it and pointing fingers, there will be zero topics to agree on. Ever.
Blue? You'll choose to never accept anything said on the other side until your favorite TV host tells the EXACT SAME to you, once allowed. That's why they earn the title of NPCs.
Got a problem with the low IQ people on the right? Check out the Horshoe theory of practical intelligence and seethe at your status as a halfwit. It matters not how irrational that individual when they ultimately agree with the highest IQ members of society. They can't explain their racism, they just know instinctively that certain people are more apt to rob than others. And they're correct.
It's literally right VS wrong, you picking the middle road is exactly how it keeps spiraling further, you will never speak against the evils perpetrated by the left. Which you'll answer for within your own head one day, but society will already have suffered the consequences of your idle life.
I can tell my old friend he's not making the right decision by pumping hormones and faking being someone he's not. I can cite legitimately credible study after study, unlike his bogus single-psychologist-suggestion papers. I can point to the rates of each one of his self diagnosed insecurities and illnesses as getting worse off after fulfilling his "transition".
But it's the yes men like YOU who surrounded him and egged him on, making him worse off on a daily basis until his family collapsed and his family fortune built across 3 generations was erased.
Anecdotal, yeah, but I already tried using reason. I then tried using personal appeal. None of it works when compared to the ego-validating scripts halfwits across the world spew upon recieving their latest social conditioning on the "news".
12:22 "we must now ask this question"
Arby's ad comes on saying "are you seeing this french dip?"
I started to leave old friends behind and look for only friends I trust and know will help me and teach me something beneficial. People my age look for as many friends as possible and most of them might not even be "true friends". I was in an argument with one of these people I thought was a "friend", who called me good for nothing and that I am an npc because I have interests not popular online. I told him I am only looking for true friendship and since he had so many "friends", he could define what true friendship is. He dodged the question and I later blocked him. It's crazy how most people's lives revolve around what's popular online and most of these people are the actual npcs who move from one trend to another within a week.
oml that same exact thing is happening to me!
Except I didn't ask to define true friendship, I'm sorta scared to lose a friend :[
It's funny that he called you an NPC while he was the one following trends like sheep lmao
@@MScienceCat2851 Yeah. I see that a lot. Now those same people are starting to defend Russia, because they think that it's kinda edgy to have "an unpopular opinion".
It's funny that you can "block" friends.
@@MScienceCat2851 i like the channel Perun because he breaks down the war in an objective manner instead of telling you how to feel
this confirms my belief that everyone is mostly wrong about things but also kinda right
Haha pretty much
You got it. Thats basically it. Most people are correct to look in the general direction they lean towards, but no one is absolutely right about anything.
Though, there is a minority thats just....theyre absolutely wrong in every single way you can think of.
Well everyone is correct and incorrect about everything tbh
This is why people need to study things like philosophy, mathematics, and develop their creative or imaginative skills. By the way everything you described is the reason why the only social media I use is RUclips.
Is any other social media WORTH using considering how vapid the content is?
Ayeeee I use only RUclips aswelll
Even youtube has stupid things. I don't know how you filter out the dirt of this website.
@@small_dropin_the_big_ocean995 just tap on three dots under the video and then do not recommend. Only leave valuable things behind
I mainly use 4chan now lol😊
I remember one time in my class (mind you this was recent) and we all got up to do a debate about problems of our generation (like all those typical social media stuff). Lo and behold...I was basically harassed for "thinking too into it" and "critical thinker alert" (idk kids used this as an insult towards me) but hey at least my teacher was able to listen in and believed in what I said!
Mind you all these classmates of mine are the ones who have 7+ hours on Tik Tok or Instagram sooooooooooo
"Critical thinker alert"
Even when you try to be a victim in a made up story you make the insult a compliment.
say your surrounded by idots without saying your surrounded by idiots
stupid people flock together.. they can afford to be stupid.. their parents are probably rich so theyre popular.. they dont have social problems.. thats privilege..
@@shwah8299 Critical thinker alert Critical thinker alert Critical thinker alert
Dumb people are offender when you expect them to think.
can we talk about how the school system does nothing to improve critical reasoning skills?
In my opinion, its shit because it was built by early capitalists and is still used centuries later. Theres been little to no good change in the systems while everything else has been changed for the better.
thats cus its not by design.
My school system made an effort to change that by having more project based assignments.
There would be more interpersonal thinkign and much more APPLICATION of concepts than flat out copy pasting shit.
It helped alot imo. it was fun asf. It sucks alot of schools dont have that tho.
Its always teachers telling you to cite your sources, but never to actually go and verify if those sources are real.
We had a new media course that taught us basically this shit, but it got shut down
because people thought reading about Shakespeare or some stupid shit would be more "intellectual"
even though the Universities themselves didnt give af abt the differences between these courses.
Some people in my place romanticize western(usa, etc) school systems, saying that "they teach critical thinking and don't overwork students and don't spoofeed them", but from what I observed (sadly I can't really see them without internet), those are yet another prison, just less intense in school work and more useless.
(btw my secondary school seems really good, glad that I have friendly teachers who are patient to actually answer questions)
But I guess it doesn't shock me anymore. From what I can see, people in different "thinking groups" have drastically different data gain and thoughts on what's happening in the world.
We also need to talk how school turns art class about grades instead of art (same with sports music ect) it's a gaint reason why people started hating it sadly
I appreciate that you take a more philosophical tone in your videos. Most self help RUclips people radiate insecurity and tend to be fairly surface. I like that you take topics to the nuanced and less ego fueled levels.
If I'm being perfectly honest, I've come to realize that being someone who thinks critically and questions things is an extremely lonely & isolating human experience... it sometimes feels like it'd be easier to just think like an NPC, seems much easier to make friends that way :/
Yes
The fact that one is alone shows two things, the person is stupid or one is very smart. If u are really right everyone will hate your ideas but years later u can say i told u so and no money will replace the pride of that
"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." Matthew 7:13-14
Yeah I asked too many questions to a professor and they viewed it as a challenge… NPC’s man. Asking questions is how we improve!
Oh yeah, for sure, popular culture, popular agenda, popular fashion and etc. people who don't follow with trends of masses are either lonely or have small amount of friends.
But do you need a lot of constantly changing (just as trends) NPC people around you or a handful of actually loyal ones, is a real question.
My childhood up until middle school was internet-free mostly, and I still do not possess any social media accounts, nor do I ever plan to. I am often left stunned by the sheer lack of executive function that people, especially of the younger generation possess. I always try to be open to logical ideas and arguments. I'm still not perfect though...
you have a RUclips account
@@bloodywanker781 It ' s their exception, just how I didn ' t have any social media accounts (except RUclips), that being Facebook in August 2019, Instagram in August 2022 and Twitch in Dec. 2022.
@@bloodywanker781 this is funny
RUclips is a form of social media.
I took a psychology class and one of the thing that was heavily emphasize is that “your body and mind is constantly trying to make itself feel good” I’m going to add on to the phrase and say “your body, mind, and spirit is constantly trying to make itself feel good and would do anything to make itself feel good” that’s where biases comes into play cause when something confronts someone’s belief they will try their best to discredit that person even if lying and resort to biases.
The haters hate because it makes them feel good. Sounds quite twisted if you replace 'mean comment' with 'fist to the face'. But the reason is generally the same.
Spirit is also trying this mess? This is where you are wrong brah!
How mind does not include spirit in itself? I would rather concise it to “you are constantly trying to make yourself feel good”, because physical and mental shells are one system. If we would think about spirit as christian thing, your quote will be kind of wrong, I think. Make your thought more explicit for our understanding, please
They taught you right, though I feel like the spirit part was vague
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
Between 2007 and 2012 I was heavily invested in the rising online Atheist community and the content that it collectively produced. I tuned in almost daily to debates with Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and of course the Atheist Experience. It’s in this space where I first heard the phrase ‘critical thinking’. A method of thinking that relies on reasoning and evidence that allows you scrutinise claims or information put forward by others, but also to test your own assumptions and detect your own biases. I was under the impression that this was what pretty much all self-proclaimed Atheists had in common.
Then Atheism+ was started, and a huge fracture started to appear in the atheist community. Suddenly it became clear to me that a huge portion of the online atheist community wasn’t driven by critical thinking. They were strongly driven by political ideology and showed a strong sensitivity to tribalism. In a way they were just as -if not more biased, zealous and prejudiced as the religious ideologues they had been ridiculing.
The thing I didn't liked about this video it's that it only stated that there are "bubbles"
But it didn't ask, why? It was just more of the same.
In the case of the atheist community a good question is why it started?
What happened?
Interesting observation.
It seems hard to have a cohesive group of truly independent thinkers.
Yet, both independence of thought and group cohesion seem like desirable things. That's probably one of the big paradoxes we face.
@@amygdalae I mean it isn't really a paradox. You just have to build the group on more then simple opinions or ideas. Yes huge disagreements will always end a group but as long as the disagreement is not the size of a politicians ego you can make a group work.
Christopher Hitchens and the other atheist of that time changed my life, they gave me the greatest gift you can give someone and that is learning something you believed in whole heartedly is a lie and that gave me my first true experience with a open mind and objective thinking.
Maybe get off the internet and go touch grass. I’m an atheist and I’ve never heard of any of these “movements”. Atheism is a personal journey. The idea that I would go to a forum to talk about it or worse adopt other peoples ideas in some unspoken agreement they agree to adopt mine so we can form a “group” is absurd.
You’ve basically made an organized religion out of being purposefully non-religious.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: social media is to blame for most of our issues. Not the Internet entirely, just social media. Nothing has been the same since me and my peers acquired Facebook/Instagram/Vine.
Having all the information on the Internet is good and should not change. But when you have that info advertised/pushed up on you, mainly for some goal other than informing, then you have overload.
there have always been NPC's. look towards religion, lack of religion, monarchs, dictators, political parties, etc. people have always been this way of exclusively acknowledging their own opinions, the rise of social media just amplified it. you are correct about that. social media mostly only shows people what they want to see, even further dividing opinions and stances. while it isn't really to blame, it does make existing issues even worse.
I don’t think it’s social media in itself, but the people who use it in certain ways
@@sh.4242 no its social media. I would've agreed with you a few years ago, but after looking under the hood of many of these companies and how they set up algorithms, it is literally the apps themselves that are causing issues.
@@sh.4242 don’t hate the player, hate the game. Social media is still the root cause.
Well not the proper video to agree but i agree with you 100%
It's not about lack of critical thinking, but lack of any thinking....
agreed
The whole staring at a wall / doing nothing thing definitely helps. When you're so wired to be doing something all the time it forces you to take a step back and think. It also induces boredom which I believe to be an extremely important human emotion especially for creative people that strive off of coming up with ideas since we have less and less of it nowadays. Anyways thanks for the vid! that was my piece for the question at the end lol
The rise of social media has made people think that when someone says "I don't like THIS ASPECT of this person," it means "I don't like this person AT ALL."
*sigh* What has this world come to.
One of my pet peeves
The weird thing is that this actually seems to be the norm online. If you have an unpopular opinion in an online community, people seem to dislike you as a person for voicing it.
Maybe that's a defense mechanism. It's easier to write someone off as a bad or dumb person, rejecting their opinion, than to see their opinion as being on a level similar to yours, leaving you questioning what is objectively right. Most people don't want to question their world view, no matter how good or bad it aligns with reality.
To what degree do you think that this belief that's become more common in the recent times has made dating and making friends more difficult?
@@xXxLolerTypxXx I think it doesn't help that online we're not people to others (in the sense that sure we can seem like people if you see a ton of social media posts on their accounts, but if you see one comment you don't really think of them as a person as much as if you met them face to face) and that as such we view each other as just the opinion we see in their comment/post, making it feel less wrong to lash out in a harsher way.
Maybe if some people are shut ins and more than let's say 50% of their interactions are online, then they get taught respect from there rather than irl so it ends up bleeding into their real interactions, making them ruder than someone who spends less time online. Is interacting online having a worse impact than we generally give it credit for?
@@JohnDoe-wt2zz You're right, it's easy to see people as numbers online, instead of as a real person. I even notice that I sometimes read peoples whatsapp messages differently than when they talk to me in person, because it's missing everything other than the words they say. I think that's the same thing, it seems like you're talking to your device, not a person.
Plus, in comment sections a lot of times the only thing you know about a user is that specific comment you just read, so I guess it's pretty easy to mistake that comment as their whole personality and dislike them for it if you disagree with it. That mentality can then of course carry over to real life interactions. I think both being limited to text messages and talking to strangers makes a lot of comment sections as toxic as they are.
Sometimes I see comments where I think that if this guy talks to people face to face like he talks online, he'll take a hit in the face sooner rather than later. I think the lack of consequences when commenting online further encourages people to say harsh things that they would otherwise keep to themselves.
The movie "the social dilemma" is so good at showing how easy it is and how many people get manipulated by the internet. Everyone should watch that film to actually start and question what they read especially what social media shows them
Thanks for the recomendarion
I'll watch the movie
"And there I was, me the free thinker, following the mainstream information created and fed to me by mega international corporations"
One thing which was hard for me to learn was to know when to say: "I don't know." It is somehow quite difficult to admit to not knowing when it comes to fundamental questions about ones ideology, but since I realized that it's often the best thing and learned to be content with the fact that there are questions I can't ever answer, I feel much less "threatened" by questions.
As a kid, science was my favorite school subject. Science still is my favorite subject. The grammar school I went to, the science textbooks from second grade to eighth grade would always be broken up in three parts per chapter. For example: A chapter on stars: Section one talks about the different types of stars. Section two talks about things like fusion and how a star works. The third section might talk about theories on how they form, and how they die, and blackholes, all that fun stuff. But at the end of each section there were always these three questions called: Critical Thinking, and it was often homework.
The answers to these questions were not readily found directly in the book itself, rather you had to come to your own conclusions based off of the information you had already learned and had to explain why you thought that way as best as you can.
I always found those questions fun because of how deep in thought and the level of imagination my brain would go into with them.
Seems interesting.
wow you unlocked a hidden memory
As a kid raised a Latin American country, critical thinking questions where everywhere. I remember writing huge paragraphs for a simple question whose answer I couldn’t find in a book. After moving to America and experiencing school here… there’s no critical thinking or analysis or anything. It’s all scantrons, you don’t really have to think about answers since the answer is either A, B, C or D. I would go more in depth but it’s a pretty long comparison between these two different school systems
Bro, Chemistry was my favorite subject. Mainly because I get to study so many formulas and retaining the information for tests felt like a challenge. My attention span was amazing.
Now it’s been fried from the aftermath of social media, pointless clickbait debates, and following the crowd.
I think the best way to develop critical thinking skills is just by searching out ideas you know are contrary to your own. "Hearing what the other side has to say," in a sense. You don't have to agree, but if you're able to at least see where they're coming from it will not only give you great critical thinking practice but also make you more sympathetic towards people unlike yourself. :)
However sometimes when you do you will find it only reinforces your side more.
@@luigimrlgaming9484 happens to me a lot
@@luigimrlgaming9484 Yes. I've tried to become more open to conservatives, but every time I try to research them, it only reinforces the fact that they're all unforgivable neo-Nazis whose humanity is only skin deep.
It's at that point where I don't even bother to try to be nice anymore. After all, why does a confederate-flag waving, homophobic anti-feminist MAGA extremist nazi-sympathizer deserve sympathy, let alone empathy or the air they breathe. What does the right deserve for causing all of the world's problems? Nothing. Nothing except death at best, and eternal torture at worst.
@@t3chkn1ght Funny I felt similar about the left. However I have found that if you research it by what a “neutral source” tells you then it’s probably BS. You would have to go to an actual conservative site to understand it. If you don’t then we have a problem.
I think also acknowledging there's not just two sides of the matter and actually deep diving into the more nuanced, grey regions. And also knowing that all types of media have an agenda and bias and knowing exactly what their intention is.
I have noticed that there are also groups of people that proclaim themselves as "free thinkers" and call everyone else who doesn't agree with their world view an NPC and claim that they are the only ones who dare to "think critically". Take for example Andrew Tate (personally I do not care about him, idc if he's right or wrong about things), and the horde of his fans who literally keep saying the exact same things all over social media. Other examples are Sneako or Hamza and their fanbases
So true,especially hamza,he and his fans truly lack critical thinking skills imo,try to argue with hamza fans and their only arguement against you will only be "jeffery" lol
Kinda like tate, sneako, and hamza haters aye? Although some are more viable than others
@@Haveink hating Andrew tate is common sense bro is most likely a human tr*fficker and has very credible accusations against him.
This comment is a joke, right?
@@deathofallthingspotato9919 why the hell would it be?
To anybody reading who has problems thinking critically, like the video said, don't be afraid to stick to an idea, but be open to suggestions, and meditate. Meditating really does work in clearing your mind and helping you think. Also, seek help from your relatives and close ones that don't use the internet a lot and get advice from them. If they aren't around, I am sorry for your loss, but try searching around your neighborhood for advice. You'd be surprised.
people from east asia really need your advice. also, in an extent, people from asia in general
I think the easiest thing to critically think is to take all info like a child does. Poke and prod see if it breaks, grows, has small holes etc
embrace trial and error. don't be afraid of failing/being outcast as long as you remain safe of course
I think one of the most important things that helps us with these modern problems is socialising. Meet diverse people. Share your views and listen to people when they share theirs. Don't assume that you or others have the absolute truth. We all have different perspectives and there is something valuable in all of them. When you create a holistic worldview you get the confidence to stand by your decisions but you also get the humility to listen and change your mind. 🙏
Facts! Rock n Roll was born when people were open-minded with blending other cultures. The rest is history.
Okay but what if someone is disagreeing with facts that I know to be true (eg laws of nature) Other than simply ignoring it what good options are there?
@NiliMoto what is law of nature? Why is it true? That sounds like a way of life rather than truth. Just follow your path.
And when we say socializing, we don't mean online. Go outside.
That is THE WO!RST Advice anyone can ever has given to me, that advice ruined my life
I think this all ties back to the reduce in attention span. We're so used to just looking for fast hits of dopamine that slowing down and thinking about something takes too much effort for some people nowadays.
Well, I dont think so. I have a short attention span because of ADHD. Still I spend a lot of time thinking. Even thinking about how I think. So no, I dont think so. What I agree it that we consume media to fast, without processing what you have seen. Consuming it alone without discussing it with someone. I mean I enjoy that after going to the movies and discussing scenes and what they mean. But with reels or tik tok who does that?
@@stellasternchen yupp
Which essentially means that we can blame tiktok. Thanks a lot tiktok.
@@minecrafter3448 Well that‘s why I don‘t use tik tok lol. No but for real this is just an example. I guess there are a lot of other things and little tricks that make us not think about what we consume, so our decisions become impulsive and we buy what we actually don‘t need as explained in the video. Maybe it‘s good to make rules for yourself. If you want to get something, wait a day or even more and see if you still want it, need it and afford it. But not sure if it works. I‘m definitely also have bought things on impulse before and regret it.
I might not agree with the shortened attention span,but I definitely agree with the dopamine highs. That‘s how mobile games make their money that are playable for free. Take gatcha games for example.
@@minecrafter3448 this is why I don't use and never will use tiktok
I like looking at long informative videos and I don't want to not be able to look at them anymore just because my attention span is reduced by an idiot app
Man this video fits all my currently held beliefs.
Edit: sarcasm is difficult to detect in text, but I was hoping given the context people would recognise this comment as sarcasm.
biggest evidence of a video pandering to those with confirmation bias ive ever seen.
@@3u-n3ma_r1-c0 biggest self important loser on the internet I've ever seen. (You)
It kind of does though, if your biases are being a neutral centrist, for fear of offending someone.
As an artist, I wholeheartedly agree with you and this is one of the deepest, unspoken issues of our time. Sure everyone talks about how everyone is going insane, but most people don't even realize the reasons for this escalation and unknowingly get sucked in. It gets to the point where people who are still capable of critical thinking are so few that they just cave under the social pressure anyway or they'll end up even losing their jobs.
because it's human instinct to feel apart of a group or community. In the animal kingdom, predators would hunt weak or small prey. If those prey would be left behind or alone, they'll be dead.
Short answer: Cowardness. Fear of conflict. Censership.
There's context of course, but that's a longer more detailed answer.
ESG scores? What's the reason? I find artists to be the most propagandized people in our culture. Maybe because they sold out with grants?
losing their jobs or not being able to talk to people outside of their bubble.
Since im not currently in the workforce that's kind of what I face. If I want to talk to anyone outside of my bubble I gotta keep my mouth shut when it comes to their views I dont agree with.
But if that's how you keep the peace then that's how it is for now.
my childhood low self-esteem educated me into accepting that I can be wrong a lot.
I live in a constant state of "it seems that way for now"
Hey your content has changed my life. It has made my life better. I'm an extrovert and I always seek for attention, you helped me not to seek for attention. Thanks
Glad I could help
@@ColeHastings I started making videos. What do you think about the ones I made? I’m new to RUclips and I want to reach 1.000
It's rare to see someone say that their extroverted personality was holding them back.
Someone finally realizing that they are an annoying attention seeker, rare
Your channel is so underrated. As a 17 girl, I know your channel from a video about how you connect with others. It's really hard to find someone that seriously and peacefully sat down to have some deep thinking these days. Thank you for making these videos!
Which video are you talking about again?
@@goodman8469 ruclips.net/video/JkRqzKQ7_k8/видео.html
You are totally right, I always wished to have deep conversation about anything I know of with someone, but for all the years I have been alive, I could never find anyone..
@@alessioantinoro5713 It's not your fault tho. No one can really understand each other completely, and there are so many restrictions. But I hope at some point you'll find someone that could connect with you! If you would like, you can even talk to me :)
@@alicew2894 I feel like it might be my fault because I don't really meet much new people.. And yeah, no one can really understand totally since different prospectives, experiences, etc, but I think it becomes wayyyy easier if a topic/situation has been lived by both of them. I hope as well to find someone, but after a while you just feel like giving up on searching.. (even if that small hope won't go away), and sure! I would like talking with you, the only problem is where to 🤔
As a "insert profession", I feel like "insert vague insight", which then "insert hyperbole", I just wonder "insert baseless speculation" and if "insert more hyperbole and speculation". But that's just "insert self humbling statement for the sake of covering bases" and I guess "insert more vague speculation". As "insert historical figure etc" said: "insert quotable quote that is misrepresented or just simply incorrect or at least misunderstood"- now that's something to think about.
I first noticed this kind of thing back when RUclips changed their ratings system from stars to "likes/dislikes". It completely removed any middle ground or nuance to what you think about a video; you either like it or you don't. No in-between. I feel like it only encourages minimal thinking, especially on the younger generation who are spending their formative years on this stuff. What makes it even worse is that now not only are other sites have adopted "likes/dislikes", but they won't even allow you to see dislikes by default. "Look at how many people like this thing. Don't look at how many don't like it, they don't matter. They're not IN". It's scary
Don't forget that hate comments are getting deleted now bro people can't take opinions
I remembered as a kid the phrase “sleep on it” and I had no freaking clue what that meant but as an adult that simple advice is key especially making huge decisions. People make snap decisions without even thinking and it causes more harm than good. So I totally agree with what you said about taking a step back and think about something throughly beforehand
This video summed it up pretty well. As someone in high school, it's shocking to see people's behavior around you be so closed to outside opinion because of their algorithms that depict one side. it's like a positive feedback cycle with the rhetoric and radical views being pushed, then the suppression of information that doesn't feed into it. There is so room for neutrality and any form of questioning. I've been aiming to rid of this herd mentality by focusing on my values/goals and ignoring distractions posed by superlatives. Nice channel too btw
Bro you explained this so well! This is exactly what's going on in schools today. The number of people that I talk to who lack the basic skill of asking questions and forming their own thoughts on something is genuinely scary. They reject everything that doesn't fit with their viewpoints and fail to have meaningful discussions that challenge their opinions
It’s honestly depressing looking at the people at my school and seeing how little they think for themselves. There’s a clear divide between left and right with no room for people in the middle. It feels like whoever I talk to will be offended by what I say cause I have opinions from both sides
The hyperreality idea was something im unfortunately guilty of. Scrolling through comment sections on controversial opinions have lead to forming strong opinions and thoughts about them that don't leave me throughout the day, like viewpoints on addiction, or abortion or religion etc. But i haven't met, nor interacted with these people 99% of the time. Not giving myself time to do my own research and reflection makes it hard to develop a sense of self on what i think about these concepts, and how i would like to go about them. Definitely trying to deal with this rn
so glad someone actually spoke about this had been thinking about how people have been tearing themselves apart into different groups with such rigid thoughts without really giving it much thinking. thanks for speaking out on this topic and educating the general public for better
im so blessed to be born with such amazing parents. i never fell in the trap of modern social media, and they're the ones to thank
It’s a trap with a neon light sign saying Danger. I don’t see how so many people missed that.
As a ML I use social media to spread class consciousness
@@luigimrlgaming9484 moths don't read. They only see "ooo big shiny neon sign"
same bro
Do you see the irony ?
In this generation especially I feel like effort in general is lacking. I notice that many of my friends I know complete homework just to complete it and that’s all they want. I’ve made this mistake also too recently like with my physics homework at night. I completed my homework assignment without willing to really attach my critical thinking and wrote down answers using only what I am completely sure of in the class. I felt more comfortable taking this path during my homework.
I complete the homework unwillingly because 90% of the time it means nothing to my hypercompetitive future. My job will have to do less than 5% with the matter studied in those homework. If there is something that teaches is resilience studing and maybe analitical thinking but I can also gain those by studying what i believe is neccesary
i dont think that is really a thing solely about the new generation. i know other generations were also like that.
I'm pretty sure this is how all people have handled homework since it was invented.
We didn't give a shit in the 90's either.
Effort?
In school?
Not allowed, obey the rules and a good little golem
Well homework is not nearly as important. Most of the time it is just a series of problems of what you already learned. It’s hard to apply critical thinking to things and it’s even harder to do with things that you believe are irrelevant and just in the way.
This is the key tenet of fascism. Unite a group of people by removing critical thinking and replacing it with loyalty to the state/cause and/or hatred of “the enemy”.
Another of millions who misuse the word fascism. Good NPC thinking there.
you are proving the point of the video.
@@DaBigBoo_I wrote this comment 8 months ago, how the fuck am I supposed to know why I wrote that?
@@DaBigBoo_ No u
Ahem, *tenet
I grew up in the early 2010s and the feeling you evoke at the beginning really hits on nostalgia. Even though we had the beginning of the internet, we did not have an internet-submerged childhood, with few worries which were mario kart and legos and i'm happy about that.
I grew up in a similar time and yes the internet was there but it was still just something I would occasionally use but I was able to live a more “analog” childhood if you will but now everything is just too complicated for everyone
When ... do you think the Internet began?
Lol! Beginning of the internet was in the 80s. Maybe even the 70s!
You really show your age by suggesting the 2010s were the beginning of the internet lmao
@@iGigaCow sorry, by that I meant the beginning of stuff like yt and stuff. I do know that the internet started wayyy before, sorry for the misunderstanding
Well, with the rise of Social Media and short form contents(tweets, tiktoks, reels or YT shorts) the political parties has greatly impacted making people thinking there's only two extremes to any situation and if you disagree with either of them you will be labelled as they prefer. Great content as usual, Cole. Big fan from India. ♥️
Political parties have been around for a long time however they definitely became more opposed as time went on and then it spread.
What you told about "Faster progress of developement in society" at 5:00 is a real thing called 'Accelerationism'. It's scary that our lives are changing exponentionally since it's also a reason why so many people feel disconnected or alienated nowdays.
Accelerationism is actually the concept of "speeding up a disaster so we can get it out of the way". Anyone who wants to cause some kind of crisis in order to increase some kind of tension and hit the breaking point is an Accelerationist.
*Edit: it is generally frowned upon to accelerate things because of the uncertainty of success and vast immediate suffering it usually causes.
I dont feel alienated anymore. I have come to realization that some cultures are vastly better than others which is why I subscribe to Protestant Lutheran weltanschauung. I'm not saying it does not have any drawbacks but most metrics such as economic mobility HDI supports this.
We we really want to look at things at hand they can be best described as memes. There is really interesting book about these such as Selfish gene and The Meme machine, I highly recommend you to read them along with Thinking in systems.
@@normaaliihminen722 memetics is indeed fascinating but no need to leverage it towards the "superior culture" angle, since using memetics as a tool kinda defeats the magic of memetics.
Do you mean by "disconnected" like dissociating? (Sorry I don't know how to spell it it's just when you feel that the world isn't real and that you're in a video game or a simulation)
As long as there’s people asking questions, critical thinking will live on.
Free thinking is quite a novelty these days
Public school taught people to not freely think. Ban mandatory school.
Big time
I dont think "free thinking" is even a real thing.
I look at it a few ways. As a brand name so economically, etymologically/linguistically so how the phrase operates as the sum of these 2 words. But I prefer a cognitive/neurological view & from that angle I dont think “free thinking” is possible. The brain isnt built to be “free”
@@ptrcrispy I think he means thinking that deviates from the sheep-like, herd-animal style “accepted” thinking.
Maybe because they reached the point about not everyone is unique to their own, we are still the same
That is why, curiousity is a MUST.
Although that's what most causes me grief in life.
Great Video! It really made me want to take a pause and really think about something!
One point I have about the topic is on the ways we think topic. In the book "A mind for numbers", two thinking approaches are also presented:
1. Focused thinking - When you are actively thinking about something (i'm an engineer. For me this kind of thinking occurs when I'm trying to solve a problem, calculate stuff etc.)
2. Diffused thinking - When you are not thinking about anything (For me, this occurs when I sleep, when I ride my bike, do the laundry etc.)
The idea is, that in order to learn new things, or be better at solving problems and finding solutions, you need to both think actively on the problem but also give yourself time to NOT think about it! This is why we sometimes get an "AHA" moment out of the blue, because we perhaps tried to remember a particular word for some minutes, but couldnt find it, and then an hour later we finally get it out of the blue.
In terms of critical thinking, I belive that consuming content in the frequency that we do nowadays never allows us to incorporate both of these thinking approaches properly and instead we end up filling our minds with too many things at once, and even though they all might be good things we never REALLY think about them because its always on to the next thing, and the next :)
While I agree with you that accepting the ideas of your group without questioning it is very dangerous, it is still important to find a group of likeminded individuals who you can freely discuss ideas with. Especially when you know they disagree with you. Perhaps what should unite the group isn't an agreement on specific ideas, but an alignment toward a common goal.
Winston Churchill is also credited with an older version of what the video referred to as Brandolini's law. His quote is "a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on".
Those days in the early 2000s where you ride your BMX bike to meet with friends and just talk. No cellphones.
Cellphones did exist but that culture didn't really hit til 2007
100% true it takes so much time and energy to prove someone wrong sometimes you're better off not caring.
are you sure you are right? Trudeau want sto se to u a ministry of truth. Will you agree with him and say the news should be government controlled?
It reminds me of how everyone seems "chronically online" now (and since I even know that term, I'd put myself in that category as well)
The fact that you used yourself in the superlative example shows a good amount of self awareness. You got a new follower 👌🏽
My favorite thing I’ve learned out of a book was from Freidrich Neitzches beyond good and evil. He said “extra” morals were ruining virtue and morality. As the human construct of morality was over complexitified it lost the meaning it had in the first place.
No danger of that happening in today's nihilistic void.
I can't hear/read that name without thinking of Tyr (Andromeda).
You mean extra morals like "equity", "diversity", and "inclusion" and "empowerment"?
@@nerychristian I mean I guess you could put it like that, but we’re at a point news outlets literally can make an article calling highways racist, fat phobia is “bad”, and a movie with a less diverse cast is called “racist.” Don’t get me wrong all those values you listed are good but we are blowing everything out of proportion. Many people say that during wartime we build back the values that build strong communities. Then during the times where no one has to harden the fuck up we make stuff up yo keep ourselves occupied.
woke ideology replaced morals.
I 100% agree. This video should blow up. I feel like our world has lost its critical thinking. Wondering, boredom is incredibly health for a good mental health. It's where our brain comes up with creative answers
I became crippled ♿ a few years ago, and I've found the enforced alone time is great for learning and testing ideas. Best if you cut the cable and learn to use the internet as a tool not a buddy
Stuff like this is what keeps me up at night. It’s crazy what kind of society we live in now.
Same, im left leaning and religious so its basically impossible to find people who always agree with me. I think that's a good thing because it allows me to have disagreements with people I mostly agree with and not be afraid to do so.
We truly live in a society...
I'm so sorry but what you said in the end really reminded me of an iconic quote...
Glad you're a voice of reason and wisdom man. It's so easy to copy and paste a belief system or set of ideals into our identity and live our lives around that. People all too easily do that. It's much more mature, difficult, and wise to form our identities and opinions ourselves, taking the best from what we encounter, and learning lessons from the worst. But it's wild how many people will scoff at you for thinking that way. It's like the minds of people are sick, really sick.
I was talking to myself the other day and I can see why it is hard to form your own opinion in real life(in some cases) and especially on social media, social media people who arent creators or influencer, just daily consumers may have a difficulty forming their own POV because in this day and age, if you open, tik tok, instagram, twitter, facebook you have people's opinions, beliefs, ideologies not to mention that I realized that people online(more in comments) treat it as a cardinal sin to disagree with influencers on topics.
Always question why you think something is right or wrong. Don't be scared to go there, that's how we grow and learn
What’s interesting is, two people can have critically and carefully reached completely opposing conclusions when exposed to the same information. You can’t solve divisiveness entirely, but dogmatism can be overcome sometimes, and that’s a big barrier, I think, to people understanding each other. My best friend and I are have very different politics and very different philosophies about a lot of things and we’ve had more than our fair share of arguments. We both help keep each other open minded though. He even sent me to this video which I was hesitant to watch at first
I guess my only flex is that I try to stay away from confirmation bias. Of course I get bummed out when I find out what I believed was wrong, but it’s better than continuing to be wrong.
As Danny Gonzalez says: "We need some more CRITICAL THINKING!"
The hypocrisy lmao. That dude is white knight beta cuc
@@ejt1132 oh you must be quite a critical thinker using all those buzzwords
@@ejt1132 he is the santa killer
@EJT what if I personally believe his content is nice, because i find it entertaining? I have successfully just thought more critically than you have
@@ejt1132 I love the buzzword spam
Xmas morning Spider man dual action web slinger.... Memory unlocked.
Thank you good sir. You just gave me a flashback to my childhood.
6:50 I love that you were honest and transparent about that….we’re not getting enough of either one these days 😢
This video and the other “Why you can’t connect with people” video resonated with me very much
I also wanna point out how alot of people in this day and age keep spouting off stuff like “just be yourself” “be unapologetically yourself” “stay true to yourself” etc. But when I do indeed do that, they wanna get all mad, uncomfortable, put-off, etc
Another problem is that people these days are just too sensitive, critical and judgemental that they get all worked up, riled up, uncomfortable, offended, etc by small, mundane matters. Hell people these days literally get offended and uncomfortable over the most natural and human of things
Sad generation indeed 😔
My brains been doing this subconsciously for years and now I understand it.
It took me decades of pain to figure all this out. I am 72. Everything you say is true and feels like everything I learned through the longest, deepest and widest dark night of the soul in states of unbearable terror. I am using superlatives here because no matter how I describe it, not evenI know how bad it is, unless it starts again.
I felt hope that I was putting my knowledge into "the field of human consciousness". It wasn't there to help me then, but I am sure that this field is loaded with enlightenment now. If so, you can learn and assimilate what was just said in the hearing of it. Elevate your consciousness by octaves in a moment. I hope this is true and you can do this. Remember to honor your elders.
If there's anything I do like about the Internet is this ability to have conversations across generations. It's indeed very important to learn from the people who came before us. ❤
Nothings changed, it's just way more noticeable now.
I’m so glad my dad taught me critical thinking skills. He’s always told me to question everything and anything that the masses believe. He also taught me the importance of never trusting one political party but be independent
This makes me feel good about being highly experimental. Keep your "facts" and "truth" to yourself. I want to figure it all out on my own. I thought something was wrong with me for not accepting "what works." But again, my intuition knows what the heck it's doing. I'll never question it ever again. I'll keep trying new ways and new ideas, for fun if nothing else.
IV+2= six and no one can tell me otherwise
Hey that’s exactly how my mind works
Excellent video, so very well explained. Nice work friend.