Wasn't sure where to post it, but here it is, enjoy!
Normalcy Is The Rat Race, A Modern-Day Slavery.
Quote: (03-18-2014 11:12 AM)cardguy Wrote:
Cool video!
Bad song.
Cardguy
PS I must be weird. Other than the hot chicks - none of that appealed to me. I hate beaches.
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Nozick asks us to imagine a machine that could give us whatever desirable or pleasurable experiences we could want. Psychologists have figured out a way to stimulate a person's brain to induce pleasurable experiences that the subject could not distinguish from those he would have apart from the machine. He then asks, if given the choice, would we prefer the machine to real life?
Nozick also believes that if pleasure were the only intrinsic value, people would have an overriding reason to be hooked up to an "experience machine," which would produce favorable sensations.
Quote: (03-18-2014 12:22 PM)Enigma Wrote:
Quote: (03-18-2014 11:12 AM)cardguy Wrote:
Cool video!
Bad song.
Cardguy
PS I must be weird. Other than the hot chicks - none of that appealed to me. I hate beaches.
It struck me that the video is a little deeper than beaches and hot girls.
"Ask me what I did with my life": sit in my house and order things online
the extreme hipster-ish, dorky appearance of the guy: sheltered, soft, inexperienced
the 'Blase Boys Club' company name: bla·sé -apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment
the shots of him looking ridiculous as he sticks out his tongue wearing a helmet: highlights the fact that none of what he is experiencing is real and the absurdity of how intensely he's enjoying it
the way he kisses the helmet at the end: he is not motivated to actually go do those things and is instead content with experiencing them through a virtual reality in the comfort of his home
Seems like a reflection and critique of a culture that gets adventure through video games, socializes through social media, and looks at white sand beaches on Pinterest, etc.
Quote: (03-18-2014 08:45 PM)tarquin Wrote:
Quote: (03-18-2014 12:22 PM)Enigma Wrote:
Quote: (03-18-2014 11:12 AM)cardguy Wrote:
Cool video!
Bad song.
Cardguy
PS I must be weird. Other than the hot chicks - none of that appealed to me. I hate beaches.
It struck me that the video is a little deeper than beaches and hot girls.
"Ask me what I did with my life": sit in my house and order things online
the extreme hipster-ish, dorky appearance of the guy: sheltered, soft, inexperienced
the 'Blase Boys Club' company name: bla·sé -apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment
the shots of him looking ridiculous as he sticks out his tongue wearing a helmet: highlights the fact that none of what he is experiencing is real and the absurdity of how intensely he's enjoying it
the way he kisses the helmet at the end: he is not motivated to actually go do those things and is instead content with experiencing them through a virtual reality in the comfort of his home
Seems like a reflection and critique of a culture that gets adventure through video games, socializes through social media, and looks at white sand beaches on Pinterest, etc.
I thought the video was one long troll on IRT's.