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Nihilism was viewed as the worst possible thing- the extreme attitude one could have about existence b the major thinkers that referred to it. But Why? Most of us have this attitude that a nihilist is an amoral, anarchic person..But in reality it is possible to be a nihilist and be none the wiser. In this episode I will explore Nietzsche's conception of the attitude and why it might be the most dangerous pit we can fall into.

@JustAdamCurtis has an incredible documentary called " Century of the self " called happiness machines which I shamelessly used to explore these ideas. As welcome to understand ourselves, we realize that in our modern society, consumerism is the drive for economic growth. To keep this engine going, our desires for self-identity are used by governments and large corporations to sell us who we are. Arguments over being an iPhone vs Android person as though it represents something substantial about who

Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols...is probably his most mature, comprehensive work in which he develops the idea of " Philosophy with a hammer". By sounding out idols, we can find those ideas we hold in esteem that are actually hollow. In this video, we examine his takedown of true world theories, best exemplified in Plato and Christianity( platonism for the masses as some call it). The idea of a truer better reality apart from the world we are in. A heaven. A nirvana.A utopia. Ideas he finds

The first in a subseries of Sunday Reads which Sunday Reads Interviews. I'll be talking to people I find interesting about their life philosophy and their approach to this wacky experience called life. Each interviewee will select a book they love or have written and we talk about. Today we talk about the great Lisa Kanyomozi's book " On the job" a memoir of sorts cataloguing the lessons learnt in her journey as an woman, entrepreneur, media personality, daughter, sister, friend - you name it.

Being and Time is notoriously difficult to read. And at base, it sounds so simple-what does it mean to be- well being there is to be a caring thing in the world. The world and you co-exist, without you, there is no world, and without the world there is no you. It sounds like solipsism and in the hands of a lesser thinker- it could easily be dismissed as such but Heideggar instead uses the concept of time to examine how we are thrown into existence already pre-determined in a way by our nationality,

Martin Heidegger's essay on the question concerning technology is probably one of his most accessible works. In it he asks what is it that all technology has as an essence- beyond just human activity or techniques of achievement, what does technology mean for the human being- how does it shape how we view the world and each other-is it neutral?

"They may take our lives but they'll never take out freedom!!" Mel Gibson screamed in a questionable Scottish accent as the iconic William Wallace in Braveheart. It's a sentiment we all hold sacrosanct: Freedom. The idea of being free from the oppression of tyrants, from ideologies that limit us and from judgments of our peers. However, this idea when looked at closely starts to show a partial appreciation of freedom. Erich Fromm's work on escape from freedom borrows from Isiah Berlin's concept of

Disobedience is almost always seen as a vice. But I would counter that much of human progress has come from the defiance of norms. Heck, the Bible starts with an act of disobedience which makes the book worth a read.Change would be impossible without it. A large portion of this video is inspired by the work of Erich Fromm.