Wednesday 30 January 2019

Another phrase coined on my youtube channel?


I never even attempted to keep count of how many phrases I've coined —that I've APPARENTLY coined— in passing on my youtube channel.  In most cases, I said/wrote them in passing, and then googled around to check if I had been quoting someone without realizing it, etc.

In this case… "Hollow Tourism".

Thursday 17 January 2019

…my point is, rather, "I'm asking the right questions".



Q: "[how] do you see creating fine art and music?"  This is the part few people suspect: I'm extremely self-critical, and I really do openly discuss (also) the extent to which even learning languages and doing humanitarian work is a waste of time (I think that, e.g., a military veteran could also talk about both the ways in which being in the army is edifying, and also the ways in which it is a waste of time).  I regard your question as legitimate and as giving rise to several interesting answers (and I probably have talked about it a few times, somewhere in my trail of 1,200 videos) —but I also enjoy genuinely reflecting on (e.g.) the extent to which the most sincere efforts imaginable at "improving yourself/society" (through reading or humanitarian work) can turn out to be a waste of time.  I think the whole discourse would be meaningless if I proceeded from a dogmatic position of, "I have all the answers", but my point is, rather, "I'm asking the right questions".

Link 1: The Philosophy of Stupidity: Video Games vs. Books vs. Reality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxwRASH8x6I

Link 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Nussbaum

Thursday 3 January 2019

Highlights of my latest attempt to convince "Ask Yourself" to be LESS RACIST.

"Ask Yourself" is the name of a (vegan) youtuber who has been accused of racism many times; after discussing his views at length with him directly (and cordially) I made many attempts to encourage him to address the allegations/rumors against him —and this is partly because I know, directly, that they are not baseless allegations/rumors (he has made many, many statements that outsiders correctly view as racist).  Here are some highlights from my last/latest attempt to encourage him to be less racist, via Facebook message (these are only messages from myself to him, none vice-versa, as I would not violate his privacy).






Tuesday 1 January 2019

Vegan Activism and/or/as Humanitarian Work.

[Reply to a question from a viewer.]
I can make a video in response to this question,  but mebbe you should reply to a few further emails.
Please note that if/when I make a video in reply I will render you anonymous (so feel free to mention the particular job-qualifications/education you have here in this email: I will not repeat the details in a video response to it… I'll make them vague enough that the advice could apply to anyone / any number of people).
There is a major, implicit problem in your email:
(1) You say that you have no job (no current career-path or ambition).  That's fine.  That's not a problem "in itself".
(2) You then talk about vegan activism.
(3) Is the point, implicitly, that you want #2 to be a substitute for #1?  Do you want to try to make vegan activism your source of income and primary/only career?