a good message that might make your life better

daintybiscuit said:
cripes why can't i see the freaking pics sometimes

RedArmyShogun said:
Honestly that just makes my day worse.

Thanks OP.

HiddenVoice said:


Depends how you look at it ;). If you look at the negative side of it, which is accepting death, then it's pretty bad, but the positive side is about embracing life, so it depends.

RedArmyShogun said:


Nah in my case it reminds me of socio-economic realities, and the fact money is really what shows how "free" to live life you can be.

Regicide said:
wow dang this was a nice video tbh
really nice emotion invoking, i might be 17 but death could grab friends and family anytime etc and wording
although its interesting how he says present hedonism is the right way to go cause I think a lot of people live like that (they enjoy themselves in the present) and then regret it later. Lots of people on their deathbed repent what they did in life because they were looking for so much fulfillment in the future that wasn't going to come and I agree, thats foolish. But a lot of present hedonists regret what they do. They regret that they broke a law now for fulfillment or did that one night stand. I think Harris' solution to the problem of psychological fulfillment isn't going to help a lot of people, because we haven't undergone a paradigm shift yet. Psychologically people will regret everything they do, no matter whether or not their present hedonist, past positive or future oriented. people just need to look over that they wasted time and realize that they did what they did in that amount of time, and that gives fulfillment by death. Thats the beauty of life, imo.

Regicide said:
i said present hedonism not hedonism op
plz read

your second paragraph is future oriented which is what harris didn't want you to do
i don't think he resolved the issue (as people still haven't resolved this problem cause the vast majority still die with regrets)

you don't know what you want today compared to the next day or the next year, decade, etc
life is hard
thats all i got from it

katsucats said:
Sam Harris is a hack in my opinion. What he advocates in his speeches are no different than new age spirituality.

Legendre said:
His message was construed in the wrong way from my perspective, using the wrong chain of logic. To me it seemed he was suggesting that in order to live fully in the present we must simply drop the future problem we are solving by changing our attitude and our experience in the present. While that may be true in terms of "fully" experiencing the present as he defines it, it does not create a better present.

I would argue that trying to solve our future problems motivates us to work towards that perceived future, thereby creating a better present for ourselves even if the desired goal isn't always achieved; often, it is not. Of course the reality of our life is now, that should go without saying. Nothing he presents in this video would be considered a ground breaking idea. Yet looking at the present is not what makes the human brain so special, it's the ability to perceive the future unconsciously, before your consciousness decides on the correct course of action. Similarly, we achieve our goals by perceiving what lies ahead. Harris makes it seem like the only way we can find fulfillment in the present is by dropping our hopes of happiness in the future. I think that's a fallacy.

RandomChampion said:


I thought he was basically saying this lol. Maybe I will go re-watch the video. In any case, I agree with what you say in your second paragraph. Maybe that's why my interpretation of his speech was influenced by my beliefs lol