Summary of Walking and Talking #97

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00:00:00 - 01:00:00

This YouTube video discusses how walking and talking can be helpful in overcoming dissonance and cognitive and emotional pain. The author suggests that in a media landscape dominated by agents who are engaged in psychological warfare, engaging in long, difficult walks can be an antidote to the distractions and stimulations presented by these agents.

00:00:00 The narrator recalls a decision-making process in which he was searching for what to say. He eventually remembered what he said, and it was more than just a description. He goes on to say that the meaning of what he is saying now is like an "office optional" type of construction.
00:05:00 The speaker talks about how, even though everything they're saying has a single referent, it still makes sense and is interesting. They go on to say that, even though they don't need to have subject matter, content can still be created without it. Then, in a brief pause, they present a problem to themselves - what to say - and it goes away.
00:10:00 The video discusses the emotional problem of assigning meaning to life, which can be problematic because it can create a virtual reality realm where things are "all contained just in the structure of this video" and emotions are not as consequential as they appear. The speaker worries about this problem and frames it as an uncertainty with a negative feeling.
00:15:00 The presenter discusses how two different ways to think about the upcoming four-hour walk can be seen as virtuous. One view is that the walk will lead to a Flow State, in which temporality feels more dissolute and open. The other view is that the walk will alter the presenter's view of reality, making it more isolated and protected from consensus reality.
00:20:00 The author discusses the malleability of thinking and how it can have implications for our individual psychology, as well as for real-world consequences. He then questions whether this self-questioning is itself a good thing.
00:25:00 The speaker talks about how, even though speaking in front of a camera feels like it's a waste of time, there is still something keeping him going. He believes that there is a faith-based intuition that is helping him persist.
00:30:00 This YouTube video discusses how walking and talking can be helpful in overcoming dissonance and cognitive and emotional pain. The author suggests that in a media landscape dominated by agents who are engaged in psychological warfare, engaging in long, difficult walks can be an antidote to the distractions and stimulations presented by these agents.
00:35:00 The YouTube user discusses the motivations behind walking and talking, and how it might be an alternative to more harmful media. They also mention that all this moral reasoning is a form of shaping what is fundamentally a dissatisfaction with the present. However, they note that no revelation of this sort is forthcoming, and that it could be the possibility that this type of activity is actually a form of intervention into our habits, leading to a better or worse outcome for oneself, others, and even the world as a whole.
00:40:00 The author reflects on how his recent experiences of dissatisfaction (associated with walking uphill) might be linked to a Mind-Body problem. He acknowledges that this is only a hypothesis and that other factors may also be at play.
00:45:00 The author reflects on his walk through nature and how it has helped him emotionally. He admits that there are still big questions and problems, but he is at least more emotionally neutral.
00:50:00 The speaker is observing two white moths against a white background. He feels both beauty and transience in the moment. He discusses how his perspective on the external world changes depending on his state of mind.
00:55:00 The speaker discusses how, in spite of the problems in the world, everything is ultimately okay. He includes philosophical statements to illustrate how disconnected he feels from the present reality. The speaker also discusses how the unresolved uncertainty of the present affects his day-to-day life.

01:00:00 - 02:00:00

The video discusses how walking and talking can help to reduce feelings of bleakness by providing a connection to the world. It also notes that while bleakness may persist, there is a possibility for change if the listener is active in their relationship to media.

01:00:00 The narrator discusses how walking and talking can be seen as a way of self-delusion because it is only possible through the participant's active or passive involvement. However, he admits that there is some truth to the idea that this activity does not exist without the participant's participation.
01:05:00 The speaker explains how walking and talking helps to connect him with the world and with important problems and questions. He feels more engaged when he is doing these things than when he is engaged in more personal problems.
01:10:00 The video discusses how it feels to be talking about oneself in a way that is indirect, and how this quality of communication is common. It also discusses how a particular train of thought is ultimately unreflective and meaningless.
01:15:00 In the video, a person talks about the difficulty of trying to find meaning in life and how it can be harder than it seems. He says that while everything that has been said is here, it doesn't provide relief from confusion.
01:20:00 The speaker discusses how he feels about his life and how it is different than it used to be. He states that he is content with his current situation because he doesn't feel that his options are being actively curtailed by external forces. He goes on to talk about how he evaluates possible options and decides to pursue one that he believes will give him meaning and power in life.
01:25:00 The speaker reflects on the idea that, in order to maintain a sense of meaning in one's life, it is advantageous to experience a range of subjective states, including profound absence of meaning and Transcendent meaning. He suggests that, if one's activity remains the same, it is easier to see the changing nature of experience that occurs while doing that same thing.
01:30:00 The speaker discusses the idea that persisting in an activity can have benefits, even if it's not immediately gratifying. He also points out that this type of pressure is a good thing, as it allows for communication and connection.
01:35:00 The speaker discusses how the meandering nature of their walking and talking media creates its own problems, but also introduces the idea of how decisions made within the context of this media have a greater impact on other people or beings.
01:40:00 The video discusses how to help others, and how one should be careful when helping others. It discusses how one should be careful of immediate emotional rewards, and that helping someone in an immediate way may not be the best way to help them. The video also discusses how one should be careful of judging what they need to do based on their unique circumstances, and that there are many mundane types of helping that are still important.
01:45:00 The speaker expresses dissatisfaction with the way their cognition is currently functioning. They suggest that willpower is necessary to overcome the bad feelings and snap out of it.
01:50:00 The speaker walks and talks faster to increase their energy and volume, and expresses their doubts in an unarticulated way. They eventually reach a goal of moving forward without being really sure.
01:55:00 This YouTube video discusses the idea that walking and talking can help to reduce feelings of bleakness. It notes that while bleakness may persist throughout the video, there is a possibility for change if the listener is active in their relationship to media.

02:00:00 - 03:00:00

This YouTube video discusses how the experience of problematicness is a critical function of tearing down something that is not missed. The paradoxical nature of this tearing down is that it never happened in the first place. The video goes on to discuss how subjective experience, such as the experience of predators and prey, can determine objective reality, such as the shape of an animal's body. It suggests that human perception is also determined by objective reality, which is fortunate because humans are the most complex life form on the Earth.

02:00:00 The video walks viewers through an example of lazy reasoning, where the speaker allows their emotions to overtake their intellect. The speaker admits that there is nothing that is enough to make them feel okay, and that they are still experiencing emotional disequilibrium.
02:05:00 The video discusses how, after initially feeling dissatisfied with his foreign experience, the speaker eventually accepts it and begins to see it as a valuable learning experience. He remains committed to continuing walking and talking and recording, even though the experience is not as fulfilling as he had hoped.
02:10:00 The author reflects on the emotional experience of walking and talking, noting that it is unusual for one part of oneself to remind the author of another, more difficult-to-see aspect. The author reflects on the message this other aspect of oneself is trying to send, which has to do with accepting unpleasant aspects of experience as part of the experience itself and not as a punishment or a sign of failure. The author reflects on how it has become harder to say what this other aspect of oneself is because it is no longer describable in dualistic terms. From a dualistic perspective, the author persists through discomfort and is rewarded from a higher vantage point.
02:15:00 The narrator describes how discomfort can be seen as insignificant, but from a "vantage point," it becomes clear that the discomfort is actually important. The narrator explains that this contradiction is a result of a certain evacuation of meaning that has reached a point where it feels good, but is actually problematic.
02:20:00 This YouTube video discusses how the experience of problematicness is a critical function of tearing down something that is not missed. The paradoxical nature of this tearing down is that it never happened in the first place.
02:25:00 The speaker asks if people are suffering and if they know what is happening, and also asks if people understand anything at all.
02:30:00 The video discusses the evolution of camouflage and how it is based on visual perception. The video also discusses how birds have a different vision than humans, and how they have an advantage in hunting.
02:35:00 The video discusses how subjective experience, such as the experience of predators and prey, can determine objective reality, such as the shape of an animal's body. It suggests that human perception is also determined by objective reality, which is fortunate because humans are the most complex life form on the Earth.
02:40:00 The video discusses the evolutionary ladder of consciousness, which goes from simpler organisms to increasingly sophisticated separation of subjectivity and objectivity. The author argues that this model is unconsciously undergirding our sense of identity, and that the idea that humans are a complex animal and a civilization with unique emergent forms of complexity is not exhibited in other animals.
02:45:00 The author discusses how the perceptual and conceptual aspects of experience are intertwined and how they create the content of our experiences. He points out that this is an unconscious process, and that the syntax of our perceptions is creating the content of our experiences.
02:50:00 The video discusses the different ways that concepts and perceptions can be interdependent. It suggests that the perceptual experience is actually determined by the conceptual representation. When the perceptual experience is focused on specific sensory markers, they become meaningless and lose all reality.
02:55:00 The video discusses how the perceived hierarchy of biological complexity is a result of the particular ways in which humans perceive and conceive of the world. It stresses that it would be an enormously lucky occurrence if a purely objective subjectivity were to be born into the form of the apogee of complexity of experience.

03:00:00 - 03:55:00

In this video, Benjamin Bennett discusses the idea of existence and how it is subjective. He argues that all experience is dualistic and that the notion of experience implies an experienced experiencer. He also says that temporal reality is an illusion and that nothing exists, including everything that he is saying. The speaker suggests that the concept of reincarnation is a representation of reality that is no longer needed and has no meaning. He reflects on how walking and talking in nature can lead to a state of flow, which is a sense of connection to the world that is "ignorantly or naively divorced from the reality of the world."

03:00:00 The video discusses how the centrality of a subjectivity is relative to the observer. It argues that even the existence of things like the praying mantis or The Rock is a product of the same experience that creates the subjectivity of the person observing them.
03:05:00 The speaker discusses how consciousness is perceived to be divided into different levels, and how these levels are illusions. He also says that temporal reality is also an illusion.
03:10:00 The video discusses how all experience is dualistic and that the notion of experience implies an experienced experiencer. It argues that, in a sense, all experience is real, albeit unreal in relative terms.
03:15:00 According to the speaker, nothing exists, including "everything that I'm saying included it doesn't even exist." There is no one saying this, no one hearing it, and no one there. The speaker suggests that all perceived reality is as real as anything else, in the sense that it is as perfect Unity (no perceiver and no perceived). The fundamental basis of reality is definitionally non-existent, and so all levels of reality are infinitely far away from it.
03:20:00 The speaker discusses the idea that there is no difference between consensus reality and a lie, and how subjective experience of death is only a perception. He explains that for the self in question, there never is any death.
03:25:00 The speaker says that there is no separation between space and time, and that the perceived separation between beings is an illusion.
03:30:00 The video discusses how the idea of reincarnation suggests a connectedness between all beings, which may lead to a world view in which morality does not assume an inherent hierarchy between subjects and behavior does not assume a central importance to the perceiving self.
03:35:00 The video suggests that the concept of reincarnation is a representation of reality that is no longer needed and has no meaning. It is also suggested that the notion of reincarnation is related to the self and other through space and time, but that space and time are not fundamental realities.
03:40:00 The speaker describes how it feels good to get rid of an intense need to compete with others, and to simply be helpful to others without feeling like one is doing good.
03:45:00 The speaker reflects on how walking and talking in nature can lead to a state of flow, which is a sense of connection to the world that is "ignorantly or naively divorced from the reality of the world." He admits that this experience may not last, and that he will revert to self-centered ways again, but nonetheless feels "this reality that I have here and now is all that I really have right now."
03:50:00 The YouTube video Walking and Talking #97 discusses how, even though the discomfort of experiencing something may not be unbearably intense, it is still valuable in understanding the core problematic nature of life. The speaker suggests that one can take comfort in the reality of the problem-ness never going away or decide never to take any comfort, and that this is all just a different way of saying the same things that have been said before.
03:55:00 In this video, Benjamin Bennett discusses the idea of existence and how it is subjective. He thanks his viewers for listening and encourages them to support him on Patreon and patreon.com.