Hearted Youtube comments on Jared Henderson (@_jared) channel.

  1. There’s something very admirable about a YouTuber telling their audience to stop watching youtube and go and read a book. I will do as I’m told. Goodnight.
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  2. I have been an avid journaler since I was 12 (I am 31), and I recently changed the way I journal. It was mostly stream of consciousness bullshit about the same things over and over. I realized I was dissatisfied with my life, and I was sick of complaining about it in my journal. So I started making changes in my life. And I decided to start writing more about something significant that happened in my day. I also journal when something makes me think; for example something I read in a book, or a painting I saw. This is a much more reflective way of journaling than what I was doing before, and I am a lot happier because I'm actively looking out for things to journal about, so I am appreciating things more.
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  3. The fear of stopping for a second in America is real. Stop working for a weeks vacation? Well now you are a week behind... and dude.. catch up or you're fired. Oh and also Rents due.
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  4. This hits hard. With no gaps between events in our life, how does any one of them have meaning? Without negative space, objects have no edges or identity.
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  5. For me, keeping commonplace books has worked the best, because i get too hung up on structure and organisation and pretty pages (like with bullet journaling). I keep two commonplace books, one digital one analog, one for keeping quotes and infos and one for deep thinking Happy New year!
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  6. I spend an entire month reading a single poetry collection. Less than 100 pages. I spent days on just one poem, and every day it felt different. It’s worth it!
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  7. I really like read fiction, but early I started to read classical, and books in English (I'm Brazilian so it's helping me to improve it ). I'm also reading some psychology ones, about mental health and mental issues, it's been great, and I'm taking a break from the anxiety to read fast. U are really giving me good advices, thanks 😊
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  8. Are you sure you've only read up to volume 23 of the manga? Your analysis is so on point on so many different levels (that I won't go into because of spoilers) that you might just as well be caught up! Keep up the good work!
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  9. One point about Hume is that he wrote in English, and fairly modern English at that, so there aren't any issues with translation. In addition, Hume was a superb stylist, so he's actually enjoyable to read from both a substantive and an esthetic perspective.
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  10. hi, if its too personal pls ignore it, but how is your cat?
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  11. Your vids are great, dude. No doubt you’ll blow up this year. Rooting for you 🙌
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  12. Jared you have 221k and counting subscribers and almost 10m views on your videos. That's 10 million times that people wanted to hear what you had to say, and 221k people that want to make sure they don't miss out your opinion and presentation of interesting material. That's a tremendous succuss by any measure, never consider yourself a failure. There are probably tenured professors all over this country, including the most prestigious schools, that wish they had the reach you have. Looking forward to more of your videos and would love to see some long form philosophy videos.
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  13. I am someone who decided to go to college in their 30s, with no skill set to prepare me for the challenges of majoring in philosophy. From me and the other people I have met in the same situation, thank you so much Jared; you are a gem.
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  14. What have i learned from this video: We can practice telling our stories every day in our journal. We can critically examine something that was good and bad going in our lives. This can form good journalism practices. I will add them up in my journaling strategy hopefully. Also got to learn about a cool book: morality of happiness. Thanks Jared.
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  15. This was encouraging. I love reading. And I watch way too many Booktube channels. It's so silly, but I have started to wonder what's wrong with me that I can only read an average of 20 books a year, while so many people boast of at least double that. My best year was 42. But that was unusual. Am I such a slow reader? I am reading all the time! There are books piled everywhere around my apartment! What is wrong with me? But you're right. When I do fly through books, I can't remember what they're about. What's the point? I love reading long books that I savor and live with for weeks or months. When I take my time and read in different settings, I remember things more because I have physical "markers", if that makes sense. I remember reading The Return of the King and crying on the train. I remember going to babysit and it unexpectedly rained and my poor paperback copy of Jane Eyre got soaked and I put it on the kitchen table to dry. I am now remembering my reread of J.I. Packer's Knowing God on the train and during the walk from the train station to the church on Sundays. It works better with physical books, but I'm even starting to get better with ebooks. (I'm actually realizing these things as I am writing this out, so thank you!)
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  16. That’s a great list. I’m so glad you included A Canticle For Leibowitz. It was a huge influence on my game Fallout, and I’m always encouraging people to read it.
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  17. It's sad that the world is moving in this direction for so many different types of products in so many industries. I miss the days where I was pointing out the issues with 1 company. :(
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  18. You have made my life more difficult. And you should be proud. I'm 80 and might make it to 81, but not 82. So time, as I understand time, is a big deal. And you put so many wonderful things in front of me that I come closest to regret when I consider what I want to learn than for any other reason. Thank you.
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  19. Jared going 1900 years forward from Plato and Aristotle to Descartes: Doesn't address it Jared going 350 years forward from Descartes to Nagel: "We're going quite forward in history at this point"
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  20. I normally shy away from these titles, you're the only youtube personality i would trust on this topic...We needed someone who is not a life-hack bro to do any sort of justice to this topic...
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  21. The books: - Plato: Five Dialogues. Emphasis on Euthyprho for its dilemma on whether something is good because the gods approve of it or do the gods approve of it becayse it is good. It's a good example of the difficulty of defining definitions and the Soceatic method for teaching. - Nichomachaen Ethics. How to be a good person, how to measure actions by goals rather than causes and consequences (teleology) and virtue (courage). - Descartes Meditations of First Philosophy. What can we know and what is knowing (epistemology)? Cartesian Dualism, the mind is separate from the body. Letter from Elizabeth of Bavaria on the link between mind and body. - Thomas Nagel - Mortal Questions. The Absurb, why does life feel Absurb and what to do about it? What is it Like to Be a Bat, phenomenonology, philosophy of mind. - Elizabeth Anderson - Private Government. Ethics of employee/employer relations. Overview of political philosophy towards work. Contains extended replies to objections.
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  22. Despite the lifeless algorithm that sends us into the so-called doomscrolling, which we are all subject to, you have truly created a spot in virtual space where one can engage in active learning, brainstorming, and the creative act of thinking. For that, and for being truly inspiring, I send you my regards and best wishes.
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  23. I love the point that local book stores are spaces for local culture and community, something that we might too easily forget.
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  24. I welcome you to the world of humanities meme-format content
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  25. You're my first substack subscription ever (I'm mostly an art guy so patreon is my thing and honestly didn't even know substack was a similar platform despite hearing about it). Students of humanities deserve to thrive. Stay strong, Jared.
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  26. In 2010, I had two strokes that affected the language centers of my brain. I could not read because I couldn't understand the letter and meaning. Four years later, my wife took me to the local library, where I got a library card, again. I checked out the book, "Star Trek Vanguard book 1" by David Mack. It took me a year and half to read it. That is the book that got me reading, again. David Mack is a wonderful writer and his books have been great resources to help me read. Now, I read about 5 books a year and I am finishing my associates degree.
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  27. In the anime he defines the king of the pirates as being the most free person alive. This was his response after he clarifies that his dream isn’t to rule other people. What does finding a secret island with legendary treasure have to do with being the most free person? I have no idea, but it’s implied that Luffy just wants to have the most fun adventure possible unrestrained by fear and doubt. Maybe the journey is a means to maximize Luffy’s freedom from his own weaknesses.
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  28. I can't agree more on the advice of being more intentional about note-taking and annotation. I used to have my immediate thoughts written directly in the margin, thinking that I will collect them and sort them through after finishing my first read. But more often than not, when I start sorting the notes, I get so frustrated about how many notes there are and about how random/irrelevant a lot of them are, that I give up half way through the first chapter. I think I'm gradually getting better on that. Definitely helpful!
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  29. Thank you for this video, Jared. Witnessing the corporatization of higher education in the United States -- along with the drastic increase in administrative positions and administrative pay -- has saddened me as an educator. I have heard administrators refer to students as customers, and I have heard students say things like, "I paid for this course, so why can't I have an A?" To me, the decline of higher education has much to do with the fact that profit has replaced learning as the primary reason for its existence. Prioritizing profit is the reason we have a horrifically exploitative system where adjuncts are barely surviving in the hope that they might be one of the lucky few to get a full-time position. Twenty years ago, I would have advised students interested in a career in higher education to go for it. Today, I would not.
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  30. This is why all my books are paper! PS unrelated but does anyone have space for 2000 unread books
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  31. Thank you for providing value to those who may not have the needs to pay for an education. I would encourage anyone who is reading this to please consider donating if they have found value in these videos. A cup of Starbucks coffee is $5 and only lasts 30 minutes. These videos provide endless amount of value.
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  32. This came at the perfect time. I have big lofty goals for school, work, and personal life - and I can already visualize how to implement this!
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  33. After a year lost in depression I'm going to finish my bachelors degree (in classics) in the next upcoming months and your videos are sooo helpful - here's why: they are a friendly reminder that studying methods matter and the field of philosophy has always interested me. Thereby I'm gaining trust in myself and my academic skills again. Thank you so much, Jared. Your work is really much apprechiated. ❤
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  34. Thanks for the great introduction! Maybe you could show some of the old commonplace books you've used? That would be so cool. I wanted to try this for a very long time, but never was actually able to keep it up. I have two main problems.  First, I don't like to be interrupted while reading, but constantly stop to write quotes/notes feels very distracting. I tried to first mark the paragraphs with pencil and come back to takes notes later when the book is done, but it is always a ginormous project and I always give up.  Second, I have taken some notes before, but never find myself going back to read it again. I feel that really undercuts the value of the practice. Maybe I am just lazy, but when do you think is a good time to review the old notes?
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  35. You have no way to tell YouTube when your content will come up in my feed but I am grateful this one showed up when it did. Thank you for taking the time to create your content. ❤
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  36. This manga is an ode to freedom, I love it, it's fun and deep at the same time, its messages are for everyone and eternal, and that is what makes it truly a work of Art. I can't stop being greatful knowing that its target are growing-up boys and girls who can learn these powerful messages. Love this kind of content, I study Philosophy at my university and between my passions I love reading manga and comics, so this videos really are my cup of tea. Thank you, keep up with all your content, it's great!
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  37. Jared, this is your best video. I think due to your circumstances and - at least to my perception - the way your delivery has slightly changed, i found your words deeply moving. Good work. I hope this channel takes off and you can continue growing as a modern day teacher and philosopher.
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  38. I’m left-handed so when I write with a pencil, I’ll end the session with the side of my hand that I drag across the page painted graphite silver. Not only that, my fingers are sore from gripping the pencil. I think this is all a good thing: it puts lie to the idea that the world is divided between those that do manual labor and those who work with the mind. It divorce of thinking from doing is false in a lot of ways (Matthew Crawford’s book “Shop Class as Soulcraft” is a good exploration), but being tired and messy after a session of writing with pencil on paper, that feeling of having put in a good day’s work, is a wonderful reminder. It’s also a reminder that thinking clearly is itself a muscle that must be trained.
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  39. Thank you for such an interesting channel. Because of you I went back to college and I’m studying philosophy. At age 66!
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  40. I have very little interest in philosophy, but I have a deep appreciation for thoughtful and insightful content. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Keep doing what you’re doing, Jared!
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  41. Completely agree on Guy Gavriel Kay and Tolkien. I would add Dune and Malazan to the list as well. This may sound odd, but I’d also include the Iliad, the Aeneid, and the Ramayana - for me, these epics are just as epic fantasy as more modern works, and their exclusion as such strikes me as modern “literary fiction” critics wanting to dismiss fantasy as pulp, not wanting to admit that the foundational texts of the world’s cultures are in fact part of the genre they so deride.
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  42. Just wanted to say, I got hospitalized a couple months back due to a condition and after I finally got out I found your channel and it has totally helped me in trying to find life again after that experience! I hadn’t realized how much I truly love reading, philosophy, journaling and the sorts! Thank you so much for giving genuinely good guidance and suggestions for so many of us!
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  43.  @_jared  glad to hear that, hope it keeps getting better! :)
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  44. Went full-time myself a couple years ago. Happy to brainstorm if you want. Best of luck!
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  45. I have been watching you since you started and appreciate the fine line you're running between being "on here" and trying to get us all a bit more "off here" and into philosophy as well. The internet isn't going anywhere, but I think you being on here makes it a bit better, and I realized that it's the information and new thoughts we engage with that make our lives better or worse. Hope your experiment with doing this as income is going well. Much respect.
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  46. Yes, committing to the second reading or even more is what really brings it to life! I would say that second reads of fiction can do just as much, but I understand your point.
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  47. From now on, when people ask me how I take notes and keep journals, I am just going to direct them to your channel, Jared. This video, like all your videos, is very helpful, very positive, and easy to act upon. Thank you!
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  48. DRM and bad digital tech is part of the problem. The Kindle ecosystem is designed for generating and capturing customer behavior telemetry, not for organizing eBooks like Calibre. My 4K screen cannot scroll text at its 144hz refresh rate because Chromium and other text rasterization tech is built to maximize Internet ad clients, not visual performance.
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  49. I'm sixteen watching this video and I honestly didn't understand much, but I did understand the general ideas presented in this video and it's so enlightening and heavy at the same time, so thank you for boggling my mind. Truly enjoyable.
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  50. I majored in philosophy and miss it dearly. Before I even knew that you had your PhD in philosophy, your videos and your demeanor really reminded me of the professors and PhD students I knew during my time as an undergrad. This is a great lecture, and I hope you make more videos like this. We need trained philosophers to explain this stuff to people, especially as it trends in popularity. Unfortunately, I think there's a lot of bad information/interpretations swirling around out there about the Nichomachean Ethics and Stoicism in particular. I think too many people view it in our Liberal/Capitalist context as just more individual "self-improvement content" rather than a radical call to re-examine oneself--your goals, your interactions with others, your relationships, how you treat others, what virtues you encourage in others, and how you contribute to mutual the flourishing of all people.
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  51. I did not expect this upload at all from you. I absolutely love your take on this. Eye opener!
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  52. When I got sucked into the temptation of raising my goal to read more and more books every year, I found myself reading shorter books--kids picture books--and manga in order to meet the goal. Now, I do like manga, but I'm realizing the frenzy has kept me from being more intentional and letting myself tackle harder books. I would think, "Oh, that [insert classic] would take too long to read, I need a book that is easy to read so I can read more books." I will definitely start implementing this video's advice more.
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  53. Thank you for your channel, I would’ve never gotten back into reading and writing if it weren’t for you!
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  54. As someone who has read all of the Stoic works, primary texts and modern scholarly work, this is a great overview, well done. I appreciate you bringing up Massimo Pigliucci and Donald Robertson. The Stoics influenced a lot of other philosophers throughout history and I think it's very important that people read them at some point, even if you don't follow it to a T.
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  55. I love le guin and octavia e butler. I find that in a lot of modern scifi the focus is technology/exploration and the plot can sometimes be pretty flat with nothing to read into, but I find works by those two to be rich with commentary and are always fun to read into
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  56. I've read "Think" and I agree with you that that's an excellent intro to Philosophy for beginners. I read it after I got my BA in Philosophy and remember thinking "I wish I had read this one before I began my studies".
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  57. You are going to find so many answers as you read on. Oda is a masterful author and he has answers to so many of your queries. Enjoy the ride, friend. Welcome to the world of One Piece.
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  58. This is the best way to explain what existentialism is. The TV series example seems a little funny, but it is able to explain the basic concepts of existentialism. Thank you !
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  59. I'm a classical literature student going through exams season, and I've been feeling pretty burnt out lately, but discovering your channel was truly a turning point! Listening to people talk about literature and philosophy with competence and passion is truly inspiring, and a good reminder that I should be studying mainly for me and my own intellectual life rather than for the exam itself. Keep up the good work, greetings from Italy :)
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  60.  @_jared  I am happy to hear that. The other designers and I always tried to include some philosophical and social commentary among the radiation, monsters, and plasma guns.
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  61. It's funny because just yesterday I did something quite similar, mind you I am not writing a book. For fun, I have been trying, for a long while to write a D&D campaign to play with friends. I consider myself someone half decent at improv and okay at coming up with ideas/characters on the spot, but I found every time I tried to sit down at the computer and type, my mind would be empty. But yesterday (while working mind you haha), I randomly grabbed a little notebook and a pencil and tried writing ideas/themes for a story and it just flowed out of me. I wrote down more in 20mins than I have for the past year or so. As you said, Jared, it might sound "romantic" and to me kind of hipster-ish lol, but there is something to it and I dig it! It has helped me be more creative for sure! Great timing on the video, keep up the great work man! 🙂
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  62. Jared is a Diamond in a sea of morally bankrupt lifestyle gurus that preys on young men's insecurities. whatever pill this is its one I'm willing to take. Great video as always
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  63. That was a great video, and I applaud your ability to go back, examine your previous choices, and make changes based on new perspectives gained from discussions with others. Very few people examine their own thought processes as intensely as you do. A lot of people don’t examine them at all. So I appreciate it seeing it happen.
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  64. What a brilliant video. Great writing starts with great reading. To become a better writer, first, become a better reader - a reading journal is a great way to practice both skills and really create a conversation with the content of the reading you are doing. One question I always try to answer when I write a journal entry about a book I am reading is why did I read this book?
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  65. I was convinced as soon as you started that "ease of editing" point. So much putting the cart before the horse when I instantly type out a thought and default to editing what I just wrote rather than thinking about what happens next.
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  66. I lost a bunch of my contracts when my 3rd kid was born and my other 2 were under 5. It was a stressful year but we got through it. I enjoy your content keep at it.
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  67. Thanks for all your great advice and insights!
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  68. I'm delighted to see Beowulf on your list, Jared! It's my favorite thing to teach, and I view it as more of a lament than an epic. Assuming the poet was a Christian looking back at his pagan ancestors, it is a poignant examination of the fleetingness of life and the ultimate futility of the pagan heroic code, as admirable as it was. Earthsea and Lord of the Rings are two of my favorites as well. I'm glad to hear you're enjoying Malazan so far!
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  69. I discovered your videos recently during my height of curiosity about stoicism. Watching your content, I can’t help to think that they will be a perfect fit for Nebula. Great job btw, Jared. Truly a rare creator in this landscape
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  70. I'm getting the most pleasure from reading and re-reading the original sources, but among the saturated market, there are also some valuable secondary texts. I've read and enjoyed both of your first two suggestions, and if I may, I would also add Fideler's 'Breakfast with Seneca' and Farnsworth's 'The Practicing Stoic' as excellent introductory books. A really useful and timely video—thank you, Jared.
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  71. When there is competition, the consumer wins. I do hope someone can eventually compete even if I don't use Audible.
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  72. Great advice. I read the journals of Sylvia Plath, and Duncan Hannah and used it to help me become a better diarist; I needed this because I was using journaling to ruminate on negative thoughts and emotions. It became toxic, needless to say. I'm much more mindful now about what thoughts I choose to explore and engage with on the page.
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  73. I'm a self taught philosophy student. Hume and Schopenhauer are my favorites. Among Hume's books I find his Dialogues a delightful masterpiece. Thanks for this video.
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  74. This was a fantastic set of recommendations. I have read 3 of those books and know the others by reputation and I believe that all have been foundational for the way we think in the west, and they are also a very good way to start awakening our philosophical minds. As soon as I finish reading my current book, I'll read some Plato's dialogues which I already bought. I'm really looking forwards to it. Also, I agree that in the future, some videos on specific types of philosophy would be very useful for intermediate readers. Keep up the good work! (Btw, I think you kept saying Decarte's meditations and the video text said confessions)
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  75. Great recommendations! I would also add to the list a few more books The overcoat by Gogol Letters to his father by Kafka A room of one’s own by Virginia Woolf The little prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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  76. You made a great point ! "Difficult books are for everyone" . I avoided many books because I thought they would be too difficult. Now, I look for challenging books and just read them slowly , looking things up as needed when I need clarification. It has opened up a whole new world for me at the ripe age of 53 😁
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  77. I know I write as if others will someday read it. Thanks for reminding me to give my self permission to have my journal be just for me.
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  78. My personal journaling looks a little like this: I use an 8.5 x 11 blank page journal I bought off Amazon. I use The Daily Stoic for a prompt. I start by thinking about all the things I need to get done today, and write them down. I then reorder them by what is going to be the hardest for me to accomplish. (Like a simplified Eisenhower Matrix). Then, throughout the day I can come back and physically check these off as these tasks get accomplished. I then take the remainder of the time i have to journal for that morning; read the prompt and write about it. Relating it back to my life, but also asking questions about the prompt. Sometimes there’s something going on that I just want to write about, and on those days I just ignore the prompt. Then it’s taking the dog for a walk, getting ready for work. Etc etc. At the end of the day, I look to see if there was anything I did not accomplish that I wanted to. If so I’ll collect all those and make a new list for me to evaluate the next day. But often I when I go to sleep and look at the list in the morning; I find that those few I didn’t get to aren’t worth the energy putting in, and I’ll discard them. I use to end it there, but I found that sometimes I’m pretty negative on myself for not accomplishing all the tasks that I had originally envisioned. So now, after collecting the new list. I’ll spend five or ten minutes hyping up my accomplishments for the day. Write about what I’m grateful for. Celebrate the wins. Been doing this since October 2022, and it has been the best decision. Except for those days where you spiral and are super negative on yourself. xD Love the videos as always Jared! Trying to be better about leaving comments!! :)
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  79. I grew up a huge fan of Le Guin's Earthsea books, which I love as stories, as examples of gorgeous and immersive prose, and for their philosophical explorations and social critiques. I am hoping to correct the giant gap in my reading by reading The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed, and I appreciate the encouragement to do so in this video. Cheers, Jared!
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  80. For a lecture series on Kant. There is Robert Paul Wolff avaliable on YouTube.
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  81. 9:35 The sarcasm here is top tier 😂
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  82. Here's my main takeaway: Reading philosophy is doing philosophy itself. Thank you for this great content! As I'm watching, I thought to myself (who wants to take a Degree in Philosophy) the question: Is it necessary for me to have a degree in philosophy in order to read philosophical books? Thank you in advance for the answers. It means a lot.
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  83. I was really struggling at work the other day and then I just stopped and thought to myself...someday, I'm going to be king of the Pirates. My day got better.
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  84. This is so great Jared! I am definitely sharing this with my songwriting community. People are always getting stuck with what to write about that is meaningful. How about your own story?
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  85. The Classical Mind should be getting more recognition. Philosophy is an academic discipline that people should give more emphasis to in their own respective lives. It’s something that also brings us closer to the truth, which is very fascinating, the more you think about that.
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  86. I'm a big fan of foundation. I bought it on a whim walking through a book store and it really made me think. My background in statistics and data science maybe added a bit to it too as it prompted a lot of thoughts regarding my work as well.
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  87. I loved The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and I was lucky enough to read it after taking three or four philosophy classes as an undergraduate. What a great book to start this list with.
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  88. I listen to this man and I just want to give him a hug. Jared, your videos are deeply touching and intimate and I just love listening to you. There's always so much warm in your words and the way you speak. Thank you for existing and being someone I can admire. Much love :)
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  89. I can’t support you monetarily yet, but this content is amazing! Thank you for making it, and I think your transition to full time YouTube will go well!
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  90. Two of my favourite reads so far this year are "The Dispossesed" and "Plato's Apology". Guess which Youtube channel I've been watching!!
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  91. Thank you for the video, Jared. You are a strong force here on YouTube for the return of a sense of culture to the world. Reading has done wonders for my understanding of the world, argumentation abilities, and ability to connect with others through the disparate information I read. Oftentimes I get caught up in the more short-form mediums of entertainment, but you are always a great encouragement to return to what makes me a sharp, concentrated, and calm human being.
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  92. I've found myself falling intro the trap of wanting to read everything, and it sort of makes me sad that I know I won't be able to read whatever sparks my interest but the truth is that a lot of fantasy, Sci-Fi, horror and whatever is pretty forgettable (not that it's bad, but it's not worth reading over the classics or some more important non fiction books), so I guess yeah the only option is to actually carefully select what we read and read it like it's meant to (this goes for the people who are interested in the Classics and learning more not just for entertainment). Sorry for the spam lately I just discovered your channel lol.
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  93. Sorry to hear about this---I really enjoy your book reviews!
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  94. You're one of the only reasons I use youtube. Love your recommendations and the things you talk about. I picked up books on Stoicism based on your recs and it really helped me deal with the stuff in my life. Just wanted to say thanks and I wish you the best.
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  95. Jared hi 👋🏽 I’m new to your channel and just completely absorbed by you and how you present information. I have always loved journaling but I went through a pretty traumatic life event that made me not want to dig into my feelings. I am now back on my journey and have found your videos to be very relaxing and helpful. So thank you. New subscriber here 💫
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  96. This is such a good video. I think people (me) typically go into a book after not reading for a while thinking, “I’m gonna read this entire thing and start reading for 2 hours every day.” This is a much more realistic way of doing things. Thank you for this!
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  97. Hey Jared! This is my favorite video of yours so far. While your commentary on the books was great, the insights about transitioning out of academia that you interweave into the discussion were the most helpful. I am ABD in a humanities PhD program and am looking at transitioning away from academia as I write my dissertation part-time. Hearing your own reflections on grieving the loss of a career in academia, while also integrating your experiences and education into a new path forward is super helpful and encouraging. Keep up the good work and excellent videos!
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  98. 8:10... My brother, you need to reach the Sabaody arc and revisit this video :) and maybe even again once you're caught up lol It's amazing to me that by simply being so philosophically aware, you were able to decipher something that barely anyone in the community would have predicted up until the moment I'm thinking of. Incredible. When you reach that moment you will have the biggest smile on your face, I just know it
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  99. Hi Jared, just wanted to say I'm so glad I found your channel - keep it up
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  100. Came here to get a broad general overview to Aristotles Ethics, left with the strong desire to read every single word of the Nicomachean Ethics and become a better person. Thanks!
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  101. This was very inspiring! Thank you. I often feel like when I’m journaling there’s no “point” to writing down my daily actions. Then I get discouraged and stop journaling because I feel it isn’t improving me in any way. I need to let go of that narrative and think of it more as practice, as you’ve stated.
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  102. Absolutely agree ‼️ Journaling is the best way to capture one's narrative.
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  103. Great channel. Keep it up
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  104. Hi Jared! I first encountered your channel while looking for books similar to Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun. But I've come to love all your content! I haven't seen much but this year my new years resolution has been to read 6 books (1 every 2 months), in the spirit of some advice I heard you give about becoming a better reader, which was to not expect too much of yourself all at once. Reading deeply is a skill which takes practice and develops over time. I studied theology in undergrad and did a lot of reading, but honestly felt a lot of shame about how I would often fall behind or feel lost. As a result I've really wanted to keep up my reading yet have felt often discouraged when it gets hard. Your advice was really encouraging and as I said played a key role in my resolution to commit to six books even though I thought with my background I "should" do more. So thank you for your awesome content! It is a perfect fit for a lot of what I am doing right now in walking towards more wholeness as a man. I'm doing a lot of personal work and even considering becoming a classical teacher one day. I've even thought about making a channel in the same spirit as yours blended with others like Horses, Struthless, Dry Creek Wrangler School, and Called to More to name a few. Thanks again and I am excited for more content!
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  105. I love browsing the comments section as much as I love watching your videos 😄 I'm a language teacher (not english haha) and I always tell my students to write by hand. Otherwise they don't recall anything. I wish I had time to find the studies I saw that showed that your brain make connections when your write by hand that it doesn't when you use a computer. I want to do a video about that at some point.
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  106. A door closed, another now fully open. I appreciate your content & will see you over on substack, too. 👍
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  107. Hey Jared, I really appreciate your editing. A lot of videos have wild visuals and complex transitions that feel almost over edited to me, and while there is value to that I feel it can distract from the point of the video. You have a more minimalist approach, simple graphics over a background with a sort of grain overlay - enough movement to not feel stale but not enough to distract from what you’re saying. Also you’re not sitting in front of rows of bookshelves that clutter the background, again helps the viewer focus on you and what you’re saying. I really appreciate your aesthetic, and as someone who edits videos here and there your style is something of an inspiration to me, an approach I want to shift toward in the future. Thanks for all the hard work!
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  108. So sorry to hear! Horrible in the moment but in my experience being laid off leads to better things. Really hoping things land in a better place in the end and excited to follow your journey!
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  109. Go for it bro. God has a plan. You're about to do some of the best work of your life. I don't know you, but I can feel it.
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  110. For the Pre-Socratics Oxford World's Classics has a good compilation titled The First Philosophers.
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  111. This is a FANTASTIC video! Thank you, Dr. Henderson!
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  112. Preach! Nothing more important than the re-read. Love what you said about points of confusion. That is not the place to just say eh, and skip over. Dig in! Great video, friend!
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  113. Last year I've read Shop Class as soulcraft and I loved it. I definitely saw myself into Matthew's words. I've been a "spirited woman" my entire life and I didn't realize until I read this book. I really recommend it to every "builder-like" soul out there.
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  114. Hey Jared, after hearing you repeatedly recommend “The Dispossessed” by Ursula K. Le Guin, I finally found the time to read the novel. It did not disappoint. I just graduated in May as a philosophy and business major, so the best parts of the book for me are the varied dialogues between Shevek and the other interlocutors, either from Urras or Anarres. These are the parts of the book where questions are raised around: human nature, freedom, the authority of government, and what an anarchist society should be. It definitely reshaped my thinking and left me re-considering my views on political philosophy. Thank you for the recommendation, but now I have a question. Have you made videos on political philosophy yet? If not, do you plan to in the future? I personally would like to see a video of you discussing philosophical anarchism; both the socialist and the capitalist versions. Or you could talk about the various philosophical views that support the existence of a government: social contracts, the divine right to rule, or rule consequentialism.
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  115. I love this. I'm actually reading "How To Read A Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading," by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren. These two great men were proponents of classical learning of the Liberal Arts! This video sounds pretty much the same thing they are talking about! I became aware of this book because Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson, President of Zaytuna College, gave a lecture about this topic several years ago and it was on my booklist as I endeavor to become a better reader, even as a college graduate. Zaytuna College is the First (accredited)Muslim Liberal Arts College in America. Were the 'Great Books' tradition of the West and the Islamic tradition are engaged and mastered.
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  116. I love this method. Really similar to what I've seen Ryan Holiday do when prepping for his next book. I need to gett better at this!
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  117. I really like the freewriting method, it feels so natural and having no restrictions is quite helpful to lift all anxiety issues, the text just flows from my mind to the page, so delightful. I can't imagine how I would fill, say, a five year journal, having just a tiny space for each entry feels like a nightmare. I'm trying bullet journal this year, I really hope that it's not that restrictive and will allow me to mix freewriting with structured entries, task tracking and indexing. Hope bujo indexing will help me to navigate through the old entries (the main problem you mentioned about freewriting is bugging me hard). Thanks for the video and tips!
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  118. Writing, in general, and journaling, in particular, is one of the artistic manifestations of who we are.
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  119. I have to admit, this channel is the best thing in yt, thank u for your content!!!
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  120. This is such a great content, as well as video editing. My takeaway: The popularity of Stoicism in the modern day must not deviate from its Ancient origin and essence.
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  121. Hey Jared, I've always particularly enjoyed your style of content. From the books lists, to journaling, to the philosophical videos that often go over my head. I wanted to say that in the video "books that influenced my life" (or something like that), I was thrilled to find out you had the same faith background as me (Orthodox). I'd be highhhhhly interested in watching some version of apologetics and or analyses of the Orthodox Faith (and Christianity in general) from you. I think you'd put out phenomenal content, and doing round tables with the likes of What Do You Meme, Apologetics Roadshow, Apostate Prophet (often streams with David Wood/Apologetics Roadshow) would I think lead to some very interesting conversations. As someone that wishes they could write full time, I wish you all the best in this hopefully beneficial turn of events.
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  122. Can't believe you are already at 4.7 k subs! Joined at around 34 and I can't wait to see y'all grow even more. I love listening to the Hobbit on audiobook because it reminds me of my childhood. Audiobook narrators really are underrated and it feels nice to just close my eyes and imagine it all. After I read the Hobbit I always watch the Rankin and Bass movie.
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  123. I actually started with a gratitude journal, writing 5 things I was thankful for, and really built a daily practice. Now I do that and freewriting a few days a week in a separate journal. I am now interested in trying a commonplace book.
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  124. Meditations is my favorite non fiction book of all time. I am on read-through number 5 currently. Loved this video, the b-roll was done well too!
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  125. We appreciate your recommendations. May God bless you.
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  126. I collect blank books of all types, but I suck at using them as sketchbooks or journals like I intend. Three years ago I began using them as commonplace books and now I go through them in about half a year, replete.
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  127. Great video, comprehensive and succinct. I hope all the people led astray by those nonsense "how 2 stoic" videos find this one and go on to learn what Stoicism is really about
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  128. Brilliant explanation -nice and straightforward too, which is urgent here on Youtube. Thanks for the link.
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  129. Thank you for sharing, this has inspired me to speak about my own career crisis from 2013.
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  130. my comment doesn’t really have anything to do with the video; i simply want to share with the creator - and all the community of course - that in september i’ ll go to university and i have decided to enroll in philosophy. i have only studied it briefly in high school and i know i lack some basic skills such as a good text comprehension, excellent writing skill and logical thinking which is why i am scared as have never been before; i feel like i won’ t be good or smart enough for this faculty and i’ ll fail pretty soon still i know this is want to do and i’ ll try my best. thank you to the creator for making such good videos that inspire me and reassure me whenever i doubt myself or my decision.
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  131. Your stoic content is so well thought out… hope to see more :)
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  132. As a philosophy major I actually feel like it is hard to make a distinction between "beginner level" and like a more "advanced level" of philosophy... Sure, there are certain philosophers that are more complicated to understand because you might need some understanding of their use of certain words and expressions, but in the end if you want to read it and understand their thoughts, you will have to start somewhere. I see here comments by people saying that e.g. reading Kant as a "beginner" is a stupid idea but I just feel like philosophy is something that you just have to to jump right into it and then figure out where to go from there, trying to understand the key concepts and ideas. To people who are not used to read philosophy, I would just recommend starting somewhere with some of the big names and then just read something and if you are not really interested in it, skip it and go on to the next thing until you reach a philosopher or a topic that you find soo interesting that putting all the work to like slowly understand it is fun to you and not a difficult task...
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  133. Videos like this scratch my brain itch. Thanks!
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  134. I just finished reading The Dispossessed the other day, having picked it up on your recommendation. I completely felt the same as you on finishing it and wanted to start it again. I love the way Le Guin writes, and her Earthsea Trilogy was a huge influence on me as a child. In this book I felt like it would have been so easy for her to score some kind of political points but she is too interested in pursuing the real dilemmas faced by the characters.
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  135. Really interesting list! It's interesting to hear you go against big surveys as starter points. I like that thinking. I'll be really curious to hear your deep dive into stoicism. It is for sure a favorite of mine but has been blended when it comes to my personal philosophy. I think people like it because it is more accessible and immediately applicable.
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  136. Wow, I actually use these basic prompts already. It really does help! I've been doing this for about 3 months now and I've been feeling so much better. I'd like to add that it is nice to go through and see patterns between the positive and negatives throughout the previous entries. I turn these basic daily entries into examples of a thesis that I can turn into a goals. I really like the idea of writing it as a narrative. I am going to try to focus a bit more on how I'm writing. Right now, I've just been word vomiting. I've never been a good writer, and there's so much in my brain, it feels nice to just get it all out.
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  137. Thank you for putting quality content about Stoicism on the Internet.
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  138. Hi Jared! You got me into philosophy! You and Park Notes.
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  139. I self published my first book in 2011 and alternate between wide and exclusive with Amazon. I hate going exclusive but my royalties drop by 80% every time I go wide. The other problem with Audible is they control the list price of the my audiobooks. I'm experimenting right now with putting some of my audiobooks up on YouTube for free but my channel isn't even monetized yet so I'm pretty sure this is not going to be the solution. And Trad is not the answer. I've had two trad offers that I've turned down because the advances were $2500 and $5,000 and I know damn well I'd never see another penny after that because of creative accounting. Whoops, sorry for venting...
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  140. Came here for the recommendations and I stayed for the thorough and passionate explanation on the books and styles 👌 A couple of longer lists about science-fiction and fantasy suggestions would be fantastic, pun intended.
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  141. Hey! Thank you. I’ve been journaling, feeling like I was mostly summarizing or listing the events of my day and getting very little benefit. I didn’t realize, I was writing as thorough someone would be reading it, and didn’t let myself sink deeper into what my actual thoughts and experiences were. Just wrote for 30 minutes and it’s like I offloaded stress I didn’t know I was holding. Thank you!
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  142. Jared, i’m a engineering student in Mexico, and the books you’ve recommended and journaling itself have helped mea lot, not just in the career, but in my life. I encouraged my gf to start Journaling because her existencial crisis and whatnot So all o can say, is thank you for this content.
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  143. You single-handedly got me into reading philosophy, and for that, I'm forever in your debt.
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  144. I'm trying to reignite my love for reading in this very moment. I feel in love with reading by way of The Lord of the Rings more than 20 years ago. I then began consuming fantasy at (for me at least) a breakneck pace. I use to scour used bookstores, thrift stores, libraries and more for every fantasy or science fiction book I could purchase. It became an obsession. But eventually with work and other responsibilities and a mini personal crisis I just stopped reading. I still purchased books, but I didn't read. Recently, for the sake of my sanity I've decided to find and make the time to fall in love with reading again. And I just finished the first book during this reignition phase last night; Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. I was thrilled to hear that it was one of the three books that helped rekindle your passion for reading. I am pulled towards a lot of spirituality, philosophy, religion, etc. nowadays, but I also want to read sci-fi/fantasy again, and the classics. Thank you for sharing this video... it really feels like a sort of defining synchronistic moment for me. This was my first Dostoyevsky novel and I loved it! I love Le Guin... I don't remember if I've read The Dispossessed, but I have it and will read or re-read soon. I also have many of Terry Pratchett's Disc World books , but I've yet to read any of them. You've given me the inspiration to begin. Thank you again! And I wish you continued success with The Classical Mind.
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  145. jared: you have been a key part in my renewal of reading and love of philosophy, and just wanted to say thanks and keep up the great high quality content (would also love your thoughts on Notes From The Underground)
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  146. This is an excellent list. Just found your channel and now newly subscribed.
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  147. I love reading science fiction, but you have insights and call out relationships to other books in a deeper way than I tend to, and I appreciate those points you make. Plus I’ve only r ead 4 of the 5 books you discuss, so now A Memory Called Empire is in my list. Thanks!
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  148. Dude... DONT STOP READING THE MANGA.. beyond the "goofiness" you will find heavy themes about philosophy, politics, race issues, life, god, YOU WILL BE REWARDED
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  149. Great video as always! For me the greatest benefit of journaling (doing it consistently for almost 40% of my life) is the realization of ups and downs. All the fears, the happiness, the depression... everything is cyclical in a way, and I find a lot of comfort in that idea. My 15 year old self was pretty happy, unlike my 20 year old one, but became happier again at 25... Also the worst part about journaling is seeing things that you have been trying to achieve for almost a decade, and still having trouble with them like being constant or intentional.
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  150. Love these types of videos, its really interesting to hear an honest perspective with no bs. Glad you chose YouTube!
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  151. Congrats on 200k subs! Also this is super neat and very in depth. Great job man!
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  152. Great recommendations, I read The Fifth Head of Cerberus from Wolfe and it is similar to BoTNS in that it looks like a fantasy setting but it's in truth Sci Fi and not everything is explained and is also dream like. I can't wait to start Shadow of the Torturer, it's been on my TBR (and on my shelves) for too long :D.
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  153. The king is back!
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  154. Thank you for everything you do!!
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  155. This was a really great book. If I ever go back to get my PhD, this will be my go-to. Thanks, Jared, for this.
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  156. Hey Jared, it's been a long time since our undergraduate Philosophy Circle days. It's neat to see how we both ended up with similar views of Philosophy as a way of life and a focus on meta cognition. Love your content and what you're putting out into the universe. Also sorry for burning your arm that night at Jackie O's. I still feel bad about that :( -sc
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  157. Thank you for another great video. And your substack is worth every penny and more.
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  158. I read Anathem because of your suggestion. Although it took me three weeks and wasn't the easiest read, I really enjoyed and got a whole lot out of it. Currently reading The Dispossessed and it's already one of my favorites. Your recommendations seem to be particularly useful to me and I'm grateful for them.
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  159. Dude. I seriously enjoy all of your content. Been a fan for about 4 months now. Love watching this thing grow. Thank you for what you do.
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  160. Thanks!
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  161. Hey Jared, please keep up the good work! I don't really comment that often, but recently discovered your channel and found your down-to-earth approach really relatable and refreshing. You've gotten me back into reading a bunch, which was hard before. Just wanted to show my appreciation.
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  162. Personally, this is such great content! After I spend the first half of 2023 with Dostoevsky and Nietzsche. I am planning to read Plato and Descartes. To somehow battle the Ancient and Modern "beginner" philosophical journey. Is this also a viable option to be a content in the future? Comparative Philosophy/Philosopher? I would love to see how philosophy evolves from the Ancient to Medieval To Modern eras.
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  163. Hi Jared , I watched your 'philosophy for beginners' video , in that video u said that "a beginner who is gonna read slowly through philosophy books for say a year would be different person by the end of that process" , this inspired me to read great books and read them slowly and , I have started to slowly read "Bhagwat Geeta" spirituo/philosophical text , I'm gonna read it slowly and deeply for first 4 months of 2023 and hopefully I will be a better person by the end of the process. Thanks for the inspiration. Peace. (And I don't use pen in my books at all it's murder for me , I note down the important page numbers , and I do reread books , I think a book is like onion and as you read and reread you discover multiple layers to a text.)
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  164. I loved this, despite never having seen the show or read the books! Super interesting.
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  165. You have such a calming voice :) Great video.
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  166. Now that Michael Sugrue isn’t around anymore, this has become my favourite channel surrounding philosophy
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  167. I truly enjoyed watching this video. It was a great and thoughtful reflection about reading better. Way to go!
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  168. Hey, I just want to say that your channel has inspired me a lot as I pursue my degree in Philosophy. Love the videos!
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  169. Loved this video and would love to see a new wave science fiction video!
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  170. Thanks for your advice. We hope to see more content like this from you.
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  171. To be honest, I only noticed because I made the same mistake when I posted a review on my website.
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  172. Too long.
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  173. Nothing beats a nice Blackwing on some smooth paper to light up the inspiration!!! 🥰📜🖋️
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  174. Love seeing the scifi content. Can I add to your radar: Solaris/Lem Diaspora/Egan (ai not in a human body..existing as data on a hardrive.. hard to beat) The Thing Itself/Adam Roberts (Kant's transcendental realism + SETI)... Also love children of time and snow crash etc. I felt Ancillary Justice, while not as great as Left Hand of Darkness, accomplished more in a philosophical approach to gender and language than Left Hand did...
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  175. Journaling for self improvement is life changing in many ways. Thanks for this video.
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  176. Great books as friends. Love this. Also spot on the productivity and efficiency culture is killing us on the inside. Well done.
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  177. Great Vid Jared. Im starting Suneater next month! I have a suggestion for scif-fi. It's called Blindsight by Peter Watts. It's hard Sci-Fi first contact with the main theme being consciousness, and he gets deep into it. I think you'd really enjoy it.
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  178. I really liked your soul food analogy, and the friendships with good books
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  179. Read a few essays by Hume and his writing style was just a breath of fresh air.. such a clear thinker. think ima pick up treatise on human nature now
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  180. Luffy is acting like an anarchist: act as if you are already free.
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  181. Great video and reminder to thoughtfully write about what we read. Just curiously, how many books do you read at a time? For example, do you have two or three that you read together, or do you only read one book at a time and really focus on that book?
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  182. Thanks for the video Jared! I've really been trying to get a journaling habit going in 2023 and haven't really known where to start so this helps a lot.
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  183. Hey Jared. What a great video. I especially like the fact that you included Nietzsche’s "The Gay Science" in your list. I just recently finished that book and you're absolutely correct that it’s a great work. What I admire about Nietzsche’s books is that it often shatters our comfortable and self-assured convictions (which we think are self-evident). And you're correct that his philosophy is actually quite upbeat and positive. Thank you also for the suggestions you made on Boethius. I intend to read that. Although I'm not a theist, I deeply admire Kierkegaard who was a devout Christian. I am surprised "Fear and Trembling" or "Either/Or" did not make your list, but that's OK. 😊 By the way, I totally agree with what you said in this video about utilitarianism and kantianism. Personally, I'm not a follower of virtue ethics but I am fascinated by Stoics like Marcus Aurelius and his Meditations (which I love). I'm sure you've covered him as well at some point. Many thanks again for your passion and work. Keep it going. Cheers.
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  184. My comment is gonna look a bit odd I think, because your channel is more about philosophy. But I wanna thank you a lot because I began watching your videos with one on journaling a couple of weeks ago, and I had been struggling a lot with dysphoria. So since I didn't know what to write about, that's what I wrote about, and writing about it and being able to put my feelings down on paper and being able to analyze it thoroughly and making connections with past events (which I couldn't do in my head) helped me tremendously, and every day I try to understand it more and understanding myself as well. Even though that's not the purpose of your channel and not the purpose of your video, I just can't express enough how important your video was to me.
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  185. I've been a huge Audible fan since 1999, when I had to use their (terrible) Windows-only app to side-load an MP3 to my (extremely primitive) Rio MP3 player. I listen to almost all of my fiction on Audible, sometimes switching between the audio and Kindle/printed version. (I have a long list of reasons I usually prefer the audio version of fiction that I won't enumerate.) I listen when my cognitive overhead is relatively low: walking to or from the train, cooking, and doing low-effort digital chores. I don't feel the experience suffers from multitasking, though I have a few tricks to help myself recover quickly if my attention shifts away while listening. And as a bonus, the act of listening keeps me away from my screen. When it comes to poetry, plays, and all non-fiction, I strongly prefer a printed book or the Kindle version. I've also had a Kindle for about a decade, and I like it a lot. I especially like how easy it is to grab highlights via a service like Readwise (or even Kindle's export function). But lately, I've realized that the absence of dimensionality makes me a bit anxious. It's hard to tell how much is left in a chapter or section, so I feel disoriented. I can tell the Kindle to tell me, but it somehow feels just weird. I don't plan to give it up, but I feel a growing tug toward printed books. For non-fiction, especially science non-fiction, I have to read printed books, mainly because they often have visuals that don't work well on Kindle and aren't available in the audio version (except maybe as a PDF appendix).
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  186. I admire the leveheadedness with which you seem to be approaching this. When difficult news lands in my lap, I try to remember that it's only in those moments I truly have the opportunity to test my strength, resilience, and ability to maintain perspective in the face of challenge. You do not yet know how things will turn out, but if you remain determined to face what comes with integrity and intelligence, as I am sure you will, you'll be proud of how you conducted yourself and it'll make you a stronger person. I hope things fall into place for you, financially and professionally, as I think you add a lot of value to discussions of philosophy, books, etc. on YouTube and beyond.
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  187. Although the Mad Farmer Poems may not be a "Western Classic" I think most of us don't mind the odd "outside the canon" recommendations. Perhaps what makes the classics, and your channel, so interesting is the depth of their inquiry into life and reality and so I'm sure we all appreciate hearing your thoughts on books that you consider worthwhile even if they aren't necessarily classics.
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  188. Love that perspective of anyone who has a secondary education and is willing to put in the work can read and understand these complex works
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  189. Im from Spain and i am watching your videos to acquire more vocabulary in English. Thank you!
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  190. Banger. Also I've been reading the Nichomanean Ethics because of you haha
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  191. How I journal: I do a morning page everyday where I remind my self of certain things and a short update of what happened yesterday And anything else i do when needed( when i have some thoughts or want to comprehend my feelings etc) this i don’t do everyday, only when needed
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  192. My new self-control endeavor is to only buy one of Jared’s recommended books at a time and to finish one between purchases. I better get at it because I bought one of his suggested reads last week.
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  193. 1) Since you have Dune on here I will endorse this list (even with the downplay of its greatness) 2) Planning to read Canticle this year 3) Thanks for this, I have added a handful to my TBR list!
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  194. Thank you, Jared. Have a Blessed Easter!
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  195. My DRM-free Calibre ePub collection is approaching a thousand titles. I’m very lucky to have a public library using the ePub format— everyone should demand their elected leaders support ePub. Publishers are spending enormous sums to trick politicians into backing closed-loop DRM ecosystems (like the Libby phone app, *cough cough*). Informed citizens must fight back.
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  196. Wow, YouTube's algorithm finally doing a good job! Lovely video!
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  197. When I read the statement, "It should not replace or disrupt anything good that already exist...", I remember Aristotle in proposing happiness as humanity's greatest pursuit; happiness is attained by doing good, and goodness is attained through fulfilling one's purpose (i.e. Telos / design or function). At the end of this video, I contemplated the thought that a computer/laptop or pencil and pen must serve as an assistant to the writer to fulfill their thinking roles in which they stemmed the concept of being a good writer and resulted in the state of happiness or contentment in their creative endeavor. Either of the two means, what is indispensable is the fulfillment of one's Telos.
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  198. ¡Gracias!
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  199. This is fantastic. I too have been journaling since high school. But effectively utilizing and organizing all that data is its own skillset. Ive been meaning to make a video on that topic myself. Great video!
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  200. I have been waiting for this content for so long. Thank you for these book recommendations. In 2024, I will fill my TBR bucket list with philosophy and psychology books. May I quickly ask, in reading philosophical books, would you recommend reading a summary of philosophers' works in one book rather than their books? For example, reading Bertrand Russel's A History Of Western Philosophy instead of reading individual books by Plato, Aristole, and others?
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  201. Why is your channel underrated, cuz your helpfull and organized for the viewers so keep going.
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  202. Great video!
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  203. I live in Norwich! I walk past the house where she lived quite often, it’s nice to see her work appreciated :)
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  204. Sorry to hear about this. I really like your videos. Hope you continue to do what you are passionate about.
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  205. Such a great video. I would love to hear more about the physics and logic of Stoicism - maybe next deep dive!
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  206. Very inspiring thank you!!! ✊ came looking for motivation to write, left with motivation to edit. 🤔
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  207. Thanks!
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  208. Jared, this is such a terrible, stressful thing to go through. Your content is great. I'm rooting for you and your family.
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  209. Love these suggestions, really like your colouring for your videos, and the thumbnail was top notch. Keep it up, thanks for the great content!
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  210. I only dip in and out of your channel from time to time but definite always appreciate your content. I know this isn’t much, but may it contribute a small amount to something greater!
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  211. Love this and how to read ❤
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  212. I see your new video, I click immediately <3
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  213. I simply love your videos, and i hope to see more content. Good luck with giving youtube a shot, and in the mean time with finding a job on the side. You would probably be an inspiring teacher aswell
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  214. Man, this is the most important video that i watched since the beginning of this year, thx!
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  215. Thanks to your channel I discovered I wasn't the only person out there who loves philosophy AND science fiction / fantasy. Love your work and I wish you and your family the best of luck!
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  216. Cool suggestions. Subscribed.
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  217. I'd love to see more videos of you analyzing media. I think you doing a video on the movie, The Empty Man, would be really interesting!
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  218. Thank you, Jared, for your top ten, I would love to see top 10 fantasy and classic as well. Some of those are in my top 10 for sure, but some are still unread, which I really would love to change. Your channel brings me so much joy and peace. Especially when you talk of Dostoevsky and Russian culture. I plan to re-read some of classics because of your videos. And special thanks goes to your essay on Zamyatin's We <3
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  219. i hope your channel gets really big one day. your content is fresh and very educational. thank you
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  220. Loved the range of options!
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  221. Jared, I have to thank you. It’s your videos that got me reading again and to also start the habit of journaling. I understand that these are not solely the reasons for the improvement of my mental health, but it’s these habits that have turned me into a far more perceptive and thoughtful person. I regularly have gotten people comment on how much more articulate with my thoughts i am. I’m coming up on my first year of consistent journaling and it’s been so satisfying to see those pages fill. 🙏🙏
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  222. Hi Jared! It ain't that much but I send you some Brazilian reais. I watched all of your videos and they're all amazing! Everything it's gonna be all right. You're talented and good in what you do, we love your videos, you'll be fine.
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  223. I just stumbled upon on this channel and its seems like this channel was the channel i have been seeking sense i joined youtube. I look forward oo seeing this channel blossom. Much love!
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  224. Thanks for this video Jared. I stopped buying books from Amazon this year and I’m only buying second hand books online or from local book shops. However, I still use audiobooks (on audible) because I’m a slow reader but a fast listener. Having said that, I would gladly pay more for audiobooks if it meant paying more directly to the actual authors I like (but many of the authors I like died over a century ago). So in this matter, I agree with you about audible. There is one thing that unfortunately I do not agree with you, and this may be controversial: I do NOT think every author should expect to make money from publishing a book (in fact the great majority do not). In my view, writing a great book is a labour of love, it has pain and sweat, and it’s more about giving than receiving (a bestowing of one’s soul). For great authors the money incentive is secondary or nonexistent. Does this mean some authors will suffer as a result and make little or no money from their books? Yes. But that is a mark of virtue in my view. Suffering has to be involved. It makes me respect them even more. Perhaps I’m old fashioned. But I think an intelligent person like you understands my view (even though I know it is harsh). But as I said before, I would personally pay more money to authors whose work I respected, if they produced books or audiobooks outside of Amazon. So overall you’re right. Thank you again Jared. 😊
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  225. Already know this will be a banger
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  226. Please more videos from you, Sir!
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  227. Excellent video, I'd love to see more in this style if you enjoyed making it
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  228. Checking out your channel because of Steve Donoghue's recommendation. How thrilling to see someone mostly talking about the ancients when they say classics. I too love the Poochigian Sappho--but I also really love the Anne Carson version. And yay Woolf! Try Mrs. Dalloway too--especially if you lay your hands on a copy with the Merve Emre annotations.
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  229. Sorry to hear that. I hope it'll all work out for you!
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  230. Thanks!
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  231. I totally respect both ends of the opinions. My friends who love reading prefer physical books. For the recurring reason that they want to see the books on their shelves as achievements. While I prefer digital copies because I want to store my books for ages. And create E-Libraries. But either way, the virtue of reading does not change because of the means. Keep reading, folks!
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  232. Very useful, thanks!
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  233. Sorry, Jared. Wanted you to know I was recently at an independent bookstore looking for some of the “beginning philosophy” books you have recommended. While looking, 2 other people came up and were looking in the same section. We were all strangers to one another,and got a good chuckle. The philosophy section had the most people looking at its shelves! Keep up with your desire to do more on Youtube! I look forward to learning more from you through the venues you find more lucrative.
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  235. Excellent list. I had all of these on my Top 210 video. I especially ranked high Death's End and The Dark Forest. Really amazing Science Fiction. I also love seeing a lot of Butler and LeGuin in your Top 10. If your up for it, since you love Left Hand, Dispossessed, and BOTNS, if its not too goofy for you, I have parody/tribute songs made with popular music, for those book reviews...you might enjoy it..
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  236. Hey! Just let you know that you are making great content!
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  237. Thanks!
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  239. I like your videos, but I wish you would give more of a summary of the type of philosophy each book contains, maybe some of the key points or topics covered. Like, why are reading these books so important? And I'm fully aware that I could just look it up, maybe find another video, but I just think that info might be compelling and more helpful for people who don't have any experience in philosophy, which seems like your target audience. Again, love the videos, just trying to give constructive criticism.
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  240. Great idea for a video. Well done.
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  241. Always an immense pleasure to read!
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  242. Everyone can be positive in times of peace and comfort, but it takes true courage to maintain that in the rainy days and stand up again. You sir will survive and thrive. Life is rough, difficult, and ruthless. There will always be ups and downs. Tap on your legacy of all the people you've helped in your channel, take your time, rest and stand back up again, we're waiting for the new "You"
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  243. great old school note taking and reasoning WHY handwriting your notes. it‘s so great to see something real again, not all this crazy technical bullshit on „how to set up my new awesome ipad for… going to take a shit…“ NO! the time one needs so set up the f** technic, another one already took three notes IN OLD SCHOOL GREAT NOT EVEN A POWER CABLE NEEDED HANDWRITING 😍😍🥳🥳
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  244. Who will deny that the show has brought no good to the fandom?? We get philosophy essays 😢🎉
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  245. Just discovered your channel. Great content!
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  246. Thank you. Subscribed and waiting for new videos! 😄
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  247. The best job I ever had, guide and assist Ursula Le Guin during her 2 months.stay at Tulane in 1989. She let me join her graduate seminar, and there my love affair with language began. The left hand of darkness is a meditation on gender and intimacy, with Grace enough to exclude no one and cool old fears, we would do well to use the gift she left us.
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  248. Really coming into your own with your recent videos. Good production value. Authentic analysis, less fluff. Good stuff. Best books I’ve read this year hands down have to be Ethics Of Authenticity - Charles Taylor, Beyond Good and Evil - Neitzche, (basic in know) and currently The Destiny of Man - Nikolai Berdyaev. All philosophy thus far, last fiction I read was at the end of 2022 when I read Demons by Dostoyevsky Cheers!
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  249. Thanks
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  250. Love the channel, hope I can muster the energy to read a few of these books:)
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  251. stay on! Love ur vids!❤
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  252. Count me in! I really appreciate your videos and look forward to your Substack, Jared. Best of luck to you and your family.
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  253. Thanks
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  254. 1) Love my flexispot chair I got for my office and 2) appreciate the recommendations! Adding these to my list!
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  255. I agree with this video, but would like to pushback on multiple comments. Researchers and non-tenured professors are mostly brilliant people (from experience) who are also underpaid and largely exploited by universities alongside the youth and immigrants. They aren't the problem. The commenters saying they got into grad school and had their 'brilliance' held back by their colleagues are more a function of the Dunning-Kruger effect than the many real problems with academia. I hope people aren't getting fooled into taking the goof-ball comments too seriously.
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  256. this is a fanatstic video! thank you for this <3
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  257. Thanks!
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  258. Excellent video.
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  259. I will highly recommend The Zahir by Paulo Coelho and btw your new look is awesome
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  260. Good luck, Jared. I love your videos!
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  261. Love this video
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  262. I read Think by Simon Blackburn based on one of your other videos to see how much I enjoyed philosophy. It was a great suggestion! Been enjoying the Great courses dive into metaphysics for my 2nd round of study. Wish I’d started years ago, I really enjoy the effort to comprehend & explore philosophy. I’d felt that way about mathematics before… can’t believe I didn’t know this existed.
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  263. Jared, if you will make a video on We I will probably be leaving an essay as a comment! Already looking forward to it! Thanks for the great recommendations, can't wait to get round to them. I think placing books under the SF label could use a more nuanced positioning. While nobody will argue with you that Dune is a classic of Sf, I can imagine some raised eyebrows at statements like "1984 is actually SF, but technology caught up with it" or "Frankenstein is not (anymore?) considered SF, but literature" The label is quite volatile, as I see it, and arguments can be made on both sides. Thanks for the great video and please make more!
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  264. Thanks! I just found your channel. Enjoying your videos on books and attention. Good luck. I wish you the best.
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  265. You channel is new! :0 Excited for the future :D
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  266. I love this sentiment! My first language isn't English but I'm getting a degree in it and I always wanted to read more english classics, because I've loved the experiences I've had with them so far, but I've been hesitating to pick up classics I'm really excited about because I know they will take me a longer time to read. This video reminds me that is such bullshit! I'll go pick up Jane Austen's Emma now, a book I've been putting off despite being super interested in reading
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  267.  @_jared  I should've checked the guide, my apologies. Was really cool to see glut theory/dialetheism pop up in one of your videos, by the way! I've been doing some research (I'm a formal languages and model theory researcher) into this lately.
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  268.  @_jared  I am absolutely going to watch it. In younger days I was a One Piece fan and I have some guesses already about where you're going to take it! I am on board for this kind of content. Also, currently enjoying Blood Meridian for the first time thanks to your recommendation. Thanks for your work.
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  269. Still hoping to get to Snow Crash this year. Just bought that stunning deluxe edition.
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  270. Thanks for your videos. This is your year 💙
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  271. Thanks!
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  272. Thanks! I look forward to your new videos!
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  274. I know novels are all the rage, but even before getting a novel, Cele Goldsmith Lalli, then editor of Amazing and Fantastic, published Le Guin's first piece of fiction (Lalli being younger than Le Guin actually, I read a good article on her recently and her help in reviving the two magazines and S&S in particular). Great video, Jared!
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  275. As someone with a PhD in critical theory (which is pretty much the same as continental philosophy) I’d like to provide a list for folks interested in continental philosophy. I’ll do so in the replies to this comment, and they’ll mostly be essays, or short books, not large tomes. The above video is good, but I’d argue it’s best for folks interested in traditional and/or analytic philosophy. The biggest difference is that analytic types are more interested in logic and systematic argumentation. They tend to take something for granted and then see where consistency will take you from there. Critical/continental types are more interested in essayist forms of writing, even verging on poetry, and questioning foundational things we take for granted.
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  276. You got this ✊🏻
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  277. Thanks for this! It might get me off my behind to start journaling.
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  278. Congratulations on the kid.
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  279. Perfect video for me.
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  280. Thanks!
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  281. Really appreciate the time and care put into this video - my experience with philosophy is lacking in breadth. I do have one suggestion though. In respect to this being a recommendation list for beginners, I personally think Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals is a better recommendation for beginners than Beyond Good and Evil. BGE is actually my favorite work of Nietzsche’s, but I believe GOM to be a better introduction to his thought because of it being limited in scope with the topics the book covers. With BGE, you have a critique of dogmatic perspective in philosophy and the faith it’s predicated on, a chapter on how to become the perspectival philosopher Nietzsche has in mind for the philosophers of the future, a diagnosis of the religious neurosis and related modes of perspective, a chapter of miscellaneous aphorisms, the historical development of morality, the commonly accepted prejudices in academia, the blind morality in modernity’s “higher man”, and Nietzsche’s opinion on what actually constitutes virtuous morality. As someone who has tried to get friends in Nietzsche, I’ve noticed in large they really struggle with BGE. But with GOM covering Nietzsche’s theory on the two morality valuation systems and their development throughout history, a discussion on the historical development of bad conscience and the tools of the psyche which are used in relation to the phenomena of bad conscience, and a deep dive into what constitutes the meaning of ascetic ideals and how that meaning is contingent on the individual’s value system, I find that beginners have a much easier time chewing on this book. And, in regards to illustrating how Christianity and the religious essence of platonism has heavily influenced modern morality, I think this book fits the bill much better given its limited scope. Again, just wanted to say I really enjoyed the video. Just wanted to share my experience with trying to get people into Nietzsche, as I think his writings are very valuable
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  282. The best way to start is to just start. :) Best of luck friend.
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  283. You're on to something!
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  284. Your channel was the biggest contributor to me picking back up reading
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  285. This is one of the best you tube channel I have encountered. Thank you so much and keep up the great work.
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  286. Man, your recommendations have so much overlap with my taste that you’re basically my go-to review guy now. That has effectively saved me hours of time and at least as much monetary investment as the donation. Thanks for the work that you do, and I’m genuinely sorry to hear that you’re facing the difficult uncertainty of being laid off. As a fellow academic turned engineer working in Austin’s tech scene, I can empathize with the position you’re in (although I was a cognitive science guy, not strictly philosophy). The uncertainty can be especially difficult to wrestle with as men who are fathers. Keep your head up and try not to mistakenly internalize factors outside of your control or assign them false senses of meaning. Here’s my genuine hope that you can have all the forces of the universe align to generate a platform for your successful career (YouTube or otherwise). Cheers.
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  287. PS - you are soooooo close to that silver play button for 100K!!! It’s coming soon I just know it!!!
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  288. Thanks
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  289. I can’t afford to subscribe on sub stack, which is absolutely ridiculous because I’d love to read your works but I’m not in a place where I can use the money I have for that. I can, however, and will!, keep following up with your YouTube videos because I enjoy them. I’ve been in your discord server for a year now and I think being able to interact with everyone and yourself on Discord helps a lot with supporting you on this journey towards YouTube content creation:)
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  290.  @_jared  I’m definitely giving those a look. As a writer myself and a current undergrad Philosophy student, I look up to you a lot and I am in no way saying this to make you feel better I genuinely think what you do is awesome and I hope my own journey will inspire more dedication and hard work the same way you do!
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  291. Just subscribed to your substack Jared!
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  292. Hi Jared you are doing great work, and please keep it up.
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  293. I would strongly suggest for you to read Malazan. Book 8, Toll the Hounds is amazing in a literary way. Not that the others are not good, on the contrary, but that one has so many interesting topics and the structure is great. The places, settings, and culture that he shares with us along the myriad of characters, is hard to match. Also, I think the first book that make think of fantasy-scify as something serious, was the dispossessed Ursula K Leguin. Her prose and topics are so universal that is sad so many people dismiss them just because they are fantasy/scify.
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  294. Thanks!
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  295. Hi Jared- I’m a grad student in physics right now and think your overview of administrative bloat is all too true. I was attending Laurentian University, a small mostly undergrad school in North Ontario 🇨🇦, and due largely to administrative faults- careless spending and borrowing, this school became insolvent in Feb 2021. At this point, I was finishing my 3rd year of undergrad when the entirety of the physics faculty was laid off. In my opinion, they rank-ordered programs by admission and made a hard cut at some threshold. Naturally, they also cut philosophy, music, math… all of which had low enrolment.
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  296. Thanks
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  297. I am guessing by Monday evening you should have 100K subscribers 😊! Congratulations in advance 🎉
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  298. Great video. I was literally just thinking of this for a video. I also read on both the kindle and paper books. I think theres a time and place for moth options!
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  299. your channel become one of my favorites, thank you for the amazing content, truly, thank you 🤍
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  300. Thanks!
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  302. Дякую! Дуже цікаве та корисне відео!
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  303. - People: “Why do people love One Piece?” - Jared (only a fraction into the story): “Let me tell you EXACTLY why using philosophy” - Me: “This man gets it”
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  304.  @_jared  Great video + W opinion = instant Sub!
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  305. Sorry to hear this, man. So gutting. Love your videos and happy to support in anyway we can! Ed
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  306. Check out Understanding Analysis by Abott. I studied math and philosophy and found this book to be a really nice intersection
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  307. Thanks!
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  309. this is the first video i ever watch from you, never seen you before or heard of you but youre my new favorite creator thanks<3
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  310. Congrats! on the baby!
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  311. In reality, it is another fallacy to focus on a statement that is clearly an accidental error that clearly is something else. Everyone knows it was Armstrong, not Nixon, who walked on the moon and that you meant to say that but misspoke. For your debate opponent to redirect and focus their attack on you for stating "a falsehood" is a technique that I often encounter.
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  312.  @_jared  Only those who do nothing make never a mistake. Carry on & keep good faith in the new year! Greetings from a fellow philosopher in Hungary.
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  313. You draw from me each ‘like’ I make on your post's. It's not forced and I feel it should be so.
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  314. Thanks!
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  316. I did a search for "How to read good" and found this. Cheers!
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  317. i love your channel. helped me so much. thank you.
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  318. Thanks!
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  319. We don't have to focus on everything. We just need to focus on a few things. Scrolling and skimming isn't inherently bad, but if that's ALL we do, then of course it's bad. We just have to find what we are most passionate about, and after we find it, we can focus on it. I'm much more likely to read a book about something I'm really passionate about.
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  320.  @_jared  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFZSt3TaE7Q 11:22 :)
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  321. Valeu! Thats was fire, definetly going to my notes
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  322. Mic drop at 5:32 !!! Get it, Jared! 🔥🙌🏻💪🏼❤
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  323. Thanks!
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  324. hey dude, you're going to be a big shot YouTuber one day. keep up the good work.
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  325. Thanks!
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  327. Dear Jared, thank you so much for bringing comfort and knowledge 🙏🏻
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  328. I just finished the Wheel of Time series based almost entirely on the recommendation in this video... I started it shortly after the video dropped so it took me a little offer a year to read them all. I agree fully with Jared's assessment. I'll be reading more of these books. Btw... Bella has got to be the most bad ass horse in any book series.
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  331. In your video you said that you were inly gonna ask us to subsceibe to your substack just once in a video like this. Do not ask just once! By consistently providing us with deep and meaningful content, you've earned the right to ask for support and you have earned the right to ask more than once. Keep the courage. Move forward unashamed. Enjoy your adventure.
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  332. This is amazing
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  333. Thanks!
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  334. Just gave! One thing about academia: you are rarely laid off after you earn tenure. But you'll get a new job soon and everything will turn around. I have faith in you.
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  335. Thanks!
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  336. I love the + - = idea!!!
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  337. Thanks!
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  338. Dude it took me very long for One Piece to click with me in an almost philosophical level, but you are already there when you have just recently become a new reader and nakama, Respect,. I've watched a lot of your videos but this one just recently appeared on my feed.
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  339. Timely, well thought out vid amidst the “CHAOS” you aptly described. A welcome reminder and today @ work, I’ll be thinking about how I can have a better relationship w/ tech. Thanks
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  340. Love your channel, dude
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  341. Recently discovered your channel and really enjoy it. Especially the point about building the “muscle” of reading. Was making me think of how overtraining applies as well. I’m getting back into regular reading after a few years of very little reading - after I finished my PhD (reading like 1000 pages a week for years) I just couldn’t get my mind to re-engage in books unless it was for work. I was still learning things in that time in but in different formats. I’ve just started to enjoy it again in the last 6 months or so. As much as I was frustratED, looking back I needed that rest from prolonged over-engagement. Thinking about rebuilding my reading as retraining an atrophied skill is quite helpful!
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  342. Thanks!
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  343. Thank you for sharing! You inspired me to try and keep a journal on books I read. Can't wait to start! Oh, happy new year...
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  344. Also I watched your video on philosophy books recommendations first. I enjoyed it!
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  345. Now a paid subscriber on Substack - this and your recent video on the Stoics convinced me!
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  346. Thanks!
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  347. Your videos are a breath of fresh air. Keep them coming .😊
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  348. Love that a non-anime content creator such as yourself has been drawn to this story so strongly that you made a video. The new fans and followers the live action has brought to this community has been a surprising and incredibly exciting outcome of this release. I've loved One Piece and read it for decades. I'm so happy to find a community of like minded folks who get so much meaning from this story.
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  350. hell yea! he‘s so right
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  351. Thanks!
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  354. Your suggestion about Shakespeare is great but doesn't go far enough. We should all be reading Shakespeare all the time.
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  355. Thanks
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  356. first two recommendations: I completely hate this type of book, because it's deplorable and miserable for these books to even exist, and they are the bane of my existence. Here's an exception. 🤣 lol
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  357. Rooting for you, Jared ❤
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  360. I may be the only "bookish" person I know that has yet to ever use an E-reader. I am not against it at all, but have yet to hop on board. The Note2 looks very cool, but I am not sure what it will take to push me over the edge. Great video!
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  361. Tak!
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  362. Great arguments! I agree with every single one. Here is one more. Kids are rarely assigned older texts in school. Until high school my kids haven't read a single book that wasn't from the 20th or 21st century. Even in high school, it's either modern stuff or Shakespeare that none of them understand. Almost none of the books from the 18th and 19th centuries. No Hugo, Tolstoy, Bronte, etc. Some kids will read all that, but it's not assigned in school. Finally, in college, you might be assigned an 18th century novel and the language in unfamiliar.
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  365. Great tips! Love your channel!
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  366. This was great, thanks
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  368. One of the times youtube does it's work well, I really needed this, Lord knows how much I miss writing amd how I can't keep with a journal for too long, then again, I really grow tired of my ugly writing so better fix that before anything else. Thanks a lot for the video!
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  371. It's not much as I'm on a fixed income. I, too, lost my job in Healthcare IT some five years ago. Unfortunately it triggered a severe mental health crisis that I'm still recovering from. I'll spare you the details but I bottomed out in hospital, a newly minted widower owning nothing but the gown I was wearing. As a philosophy graduate I greatly appreciate your content Think of me whilst a try reconcile my Wittgenstein, Chalmers and David Deutsch (my favorite Physicist-Epestimologist) who had a few free moments in 1985 and decided to invent the field of quantum computing. Best wishes and holiday greetings.
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  378. Good luck to you and your family.
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  381. Jared, your English is amazing. I understand everything even though my English is not that good. Thank you for your videos.
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  383. Go for it!
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  386. Can you teach me how to understand a Malazan prologue?
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  387. Just subbed. Love the channel.
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  388. Thanks!
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  389. Hope this ends up being a blessing in disguise for you man. Your channel has stayed consistently fire, and imagine how much more not only your channel, but you as an individual will grow now that you can devote some extra 30-40 hours a week to reading, writing, and talking about literature/philosophy. Instead of staring at a screen for Indeed. I for one am looking forward to the videos to come!! Best of luck on your new chapter in life.
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  390. You're a certainty, Jared! I was worried this was a video about fast reading or things like that, but this video is about simple quality time advice. Quality over quantity is always the best way to live and enjoy things!
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  393. Excellent!
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  394. Just discovered your channel... automatically suscribed! A discussion between you and Philip Chase would instantly be my favorite video in youtube.
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  395. Takk!
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