I have returned to this time and again, it´s a lifeline for me, something that reminds me of my goals, my shortcomings, my abilities and my never ending journey to do things I never did before. "Make Good Art" - makes me weep like a child, every time. It is so true.
10:08 sometimes life is hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all the other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do. Make good art. I’m serious. Husband runs off with a politician? Make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by mutated boa constrictor? Make good art. IRS on your trail? Make good art. Cat exploded? Make good art. Somebody on the Internet thinks what you do is stupid or evil or it’s all been done before? Make good art. Probably things will work out somehow, and eventually time will take the sting away, but that doesn’t matter. Do what only you can do best. Make good art. Make it on the bad days, Make it on the good days too.
Is it bad that as a Brit I don’t know this Sheldon dude..? It randomly popped up, prob because I am obsessed with CHRIS HEDGES!! - it was intriguing from the get go! A hefty 2.5 hrs I’m still on it. Love the intermittent discussion about my beloved Marx as well. Chris looks happy here, or “in his element” some might say. Thanks Chris + Real News
Neil Gaiman always a pleasure one of this world's brilliant souls who also happens to be one of those humans of immense good will. A treasure ... his books helped me through good times and bad.
Democracy as a system is risky because it give power to selected few. US is on the decline because corporations managed to place mole into power within the political system
With great respect to Mr. Hedges, this question is a non-starter. Here, in the land, the nation that returned the republic as a form of political organization, what other financial system is even possible, let alone compatible? The only think that we must return to is strict regulation of corporations, preventing them from having any part in politics, and a sufficient taxation of the wealthy.
I think that the moment that Wolin and Hedges are waiting for is coming: It will be when capitalism fails because economic growth fails. The limits-to-growth are nigh. Read Jem Bendell, who has concluded that we are already in the early stages of civilizational collapse. As this becomes ever more clear, the legitimacy of neoliberal globalization will collapse in tandem.
Howard Zinn, American History, Professor Michael Parenti is also great. Dr. Gerald Horne, Afro-American History, the Caribbean, and Africa written over 40 books. So many great professors, independent journalists, and writers. Professor Michael Sugrue and Professor Daryl Staloff. Philosophy and History. Dr. Iian McGilchrist's books and lectures. "The Master and His Emissary," The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, "The Matter With Things," Our Brains and the Unmaking of the Western World. C.J.Jung, "The Redbook" Libra Novus edited and with an Introduction by Sonu Shamdasani, with other Jungian analysts with updates to Jung's writings. Professor Richard Wolff, Professor Michael Hudson, economics. Yanis Varoufakis's expertise: I always love his critical analysis. These are just a few of my favorites.
Out of curiosity of where it might lead in understand the keepsake, I wonder why Sheldon Wolin has a photo of India's HDFC Bank on his shelf. I'd like to hear the story behind it. I believe Chris Hedges could speak to it.
I don't know if the choice I'm making is correct. And I have no way of knowing. I'm in highschool. I'm sick and tired of doing things I don't care about. I just want to write. Some may say I'm naive, and maybe even myself in the future will tell me I'm naive. But I'm going to make the choice to make good art. That's how I will live my life.
Excellent commencement. For those who enjoyed this, I recommend looking up the "9 Life Lessons" commencement speech by Tim Minchin at the University of Western Australia.
There is a book that was written many years ago, "The Corporate Ideal in the Liberal State," by James L. Weinstein, which, while I have not read it, nevertheless is said to suggest that corporations played a leading role in writing legislation during the Progressive Era. If this is so, we can say that the long-term trend in American political economy is for there to be a "corporate state," which usurps or co-opts opposition to it. So what Sheldon Wolin is talking about here is, in some sense, nothing new, a notion with which I believe he might have agreed. Among Frankfurt School theorists (Horkheimer & Adorno, Herbert Marcuse), there had been talk of "totalization" or "totalisms," which I think have something to do with the sorts of things Wolin speaks of. Marcuse is more or less a relic of a leftist past, which seems at the same time a dead past, other than in exceptions for these kinds of discussions. On the question of money and politics, I take my cue from John Lukacs, the late historian; as much as money dominates politics, if there actually were widespread agreement that massive social projects were useful and necessary, there would be no problem about money. Which is to say, if politics were not dominated by right-wing media outlets and the persistence of propaganda efforts by conservative monied interests, we would have answers for the homeless crisis, global warming, endless wars, massive addiction rates, and so many other social ills. Wendy Brown talks about Wolin with Chris Hedges (she was Wolin's student), and she comes closest to Wolin's modes of critique. She is tremendously smart and articulate and is really worthy of your attention.
This is so good and important. Both of these men are legends, visionary and priceless teachers. I'm reading Democracy Inc now and you know what book is next... fight the fight good people! ✊🏼🐵
why do i think tht i am geuenly in love with this man oh my freaking gosh my heart just melts and i admire all f his work so os much he is ugh just so admirable and like idek dude my heart melt every freakign time this was such an inspiring speech im god damn thankign the speech gods for this one and for his pure precious soul :>>>> ugh <3333 i hopw other people feel the same way so that im not aloen here lol
I’ve recently found Neil Gaiman because we’re reading his book on Norse Mythology in language arts class. I’m very glad I’ve found him, and I’m excited to read more of his work.
