PATREON EXCLUSIVE: How 2020 Changed Me And Where I'm At Now

I think stepping back from social media and focusing on our inner worlds/our relationships is one of the most revolutionary things we can do. We receive a lot of programming that it's selfish, but spending time creating a better world, rather than spending that time bearing witness to all that we *don't* want to see in the world (war, crime, etc.) and being outraged, is how we create a solution. We have to focus on what we want to see more of in the world, rather than focusing on its absence. Does that make sense?

You don't know anyone killed by this virus, but you do know that it's killed many, right? I agree that most government reaction to the virus was misguided and seriously harmed economies worldwide. I also know that communities. that did little suffered the most. It's not a hoax or a crazy government conspiracy, but the virus is real and we need to respond to it the best we can.

Roger Hayden

Sowell is yet another brainless conservative partisan.

Roger Hayden

I'm twice your age and find your insights on me/women relationships valuable. I was a real newspaper journalist 20 years ago, and I learned a lot about the world, had conversations with several US presidents and a lot of famous people with whom I'm still friends. I welcomed social media, because it democratized our communications, and removed the gate keeping power I and other journalists had. Now, of course, it made millions of people crazy or more accurately, exposed all the crazies. I no longer use Facebook, never used Twitter and generally engage little online. Like you, and as a journalist, I thought people would make wise decisions if they were we'll informed. I no longer believe that. Now, I simply focus on protecting myself from this world of crazy people, and truly believe life as we know it today will be largely gone in 30 years, it will be quite bleak, and I probably will not experience that. Good luck to you and thanks for making the last few years tolerable.

Roger Hayden

Thomas Sowell is interesting to listen to. Check out the first chapter of Conflict of Visions, to me it explained the divide in politics. You seem to be into psychological insight and he provides some.

Book: 'Vaccines, Autoimmunity and the Changing Nature of Childhood Illness' by Tom Cowan.

Thanks for sharing

Really good video

Viruses have been on Earth since before humans ever evolved. They are older than us. We evolved with the capacity to deal with them. We have a special trick to handle things like corona viruses. It's called 'herd immunity'. This virus is not special. It's unbelievable the Western population has been bamboozled to this degree. I don't know anyone killed by it.. but I DO know people personally who have been hurt (here in Perth) by their business being screwed over so arbitrarily by our government that their livelihood has been killed. This is a power grab but it's more than that. It's a men's issue in progress. Men are defined by their work. Their masculinity relies on it. We men are being hurt by governments closing of borders etc. Limiting travel limits business. A man with no business can't support his kin. He is at home under foot of his wife with time to stew, to indulge vices otherwise ignored through the need to work, to lash out in pain (maybe under the influence of certain vice) at his family. It's artificial. It needs to be stopped. It will stop when the majority wake up and tells the people 'in control' .. "It stops now!"

Jay Ronnert

This year has been a slog of wasted time and distorted sleeping schedules for me. Well, starting in March at least. But I've been watching a ton of your content and it feels nice seeing all the things I was doing right and all the things my ex was doing right, and knowing what I need to do to keep improving. This is the year I decided I'll probably take her back and marry her eventually (we live in different countries, it's why we broke up).

You do not have all the answers for people like you once thought you could. You did, this year, have one of the answers I had been failing to find an answer for 30+ years. I am widowed for three years now and so this question has been at the front of my mind. Back in my highschool years I asked, "What was it about me that caused me to fail to attract the girls" when my younger brothers seemed to be doing so well with little effort? The answer you gave me was that it was because I choose not to be athletic. I choose to pursue intellectual things instead. All three of my brothers were on the swim team. I thought it would not matter to the girls. I was wrong. Having that answer allows me to clear from my mind all of the other deeper flaws I imagined, most of which were well beyond my reach to fix.

Michael Carleton

For reliable information on Covid and vaccines watch Dr. Been. He runs a coaching school for medical students. You can just feel his genuineness. https://youtube.com/watch?v=z7Q_MUvUf1o&feature=share

Hey Alex, I'm a new supporter. I've been watching your videos for quite some time now, but you hit on a video that I hadn't been able to find any real information on recently, and I decided to finally pull the trigger and give you the support I've always felt you needed. I'm 41 and currently separated. I remember having very similar thoughts and feelings at your age. I vividly remember the idea that I needed to start specializing. At the time, I felt like I still had a lot of viable options in many fields and directions. The sudden realization that there really are so few avenues of trustworthy information only served to heighten the intensity of my desire to make good, well informed choices that I would be proud of 20 years from then. You are doing well in your avenue of pursuit. I find it very satisfying to watch your pure content. You don't get involved with politics or conspiracy theories or any of the other garbage that is so rampant right now. Even reading your comments, its clear you are probably more bombarded with it than others because you are a public figure. It is very good that you're able to humbly acknowledge your limitations, and not get sucked into things that ultimately don't really matter. As far as the stress and other strain you're experiencing, I've been sharing the following article with my friends and family. I found it to be really insightful. I welcome your thoughts on it, if you decide to reach out to me with a reply. https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/peace-happiness/physical-mental-health/pandemic-fatigue/

Don’t withdraw from the world. We need the you people to take a stand now. We have been brainwashed for over a century. The news has been a propaganda tool for over a century. It is critical that informed people know about the Tavistock Institute. This is the globalist center for social engineering. Weapons of mass destruction on Iraq. Iraqi solders dumping babies out of incubators. The Tavistock Institute was the source of these operations. Here are two books on the Tavistock Institute. Read them in this order. https://archive.org/stream/Tavistock_201601/Coleman_John_-_The_Tavistock_Institute_of_Human_Relations_djvu.txt https://www.amazon.com/Tavistock-Institute-Social-Engineering-Masses/dp/163424043X We have been pushed into a corner. You feel it with Covid. In the US we have in addition the stolen Presidential election. We are facing real evil. Here is one example. There is a super entity of 147 companies with interlocking boards that controls most of the income an assets in the world. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2011/10/22/the-147-companies-that-control-everything/?sh=78d122955105 Explore the books and videos of David Icke. The young people must not give up.

It was an easy and lazy year for me. I set some goals and challenges for myself to get a grip on my derailed life, to take up some responsibilities. The lockdowns denied me the chances, wasting my time.

I had some similar thoughts after reading 'subtle art of not giving a f*ck', there's simply too much going on for us to reasonably keep up with it all. I won't remember where I heard it (possibly even this channel?) but the fact we started in small tribes of 100 or so people may make a lot of the international news affecting thousands a bit too much to psychologically digest... I've read great things happen when we assume we don't know things about everything, but at the same time invest in being knowledgeable in one or two areas. Sounds like a good sign of growth, yet I don't think we have to let go of the sense of childhood wonder with this maturity either. '...Rediscover the child you left behind while you were apprenticing' - Carl Jung. Best wishes & be sure to get on the beers!

Wow! Thanks so for much for sharing this, Alexander, you have really brightened my xmas eve morning. So many of your thoughts echo my own, but you have put them more beautifully and succinctly, and it feels mesmerizing and cathartic to hear someone articulate a similar psychological journey. I'm a 24yo software engineer raised in Christianity (homeschooled in Latin America as missionaries) and was an enthusiastic evangelist, but 2 years ago I became overwhelmed with my inability to make sense of life and 'big questions', I really wanted to have a simple faith and zeal of youth but I was humbled and grieved by an inability to find a robust epistemic foundation - and a recognition of my own cognitive limitations. But I began to appreciate that even though I couldn't find clear answers to so many questions, I can always treat people the way I think is best and become strong in that, and that is quite a powerful position because the kind of person I am today no longer depends on how confident I feel about some uncertain abstract belief, but on the simple choice to be that kind of person. I think you (and other viewers) might really enjoy the series 'War on Sensemaking' on the channel Rebel Wisom - apart from you they are one of the few genuinely thought-provoking and earnest content creators that I'm inspired by. That series goes into a lot of detail on some of the themes you touched on: the feeling of 'giving up' making sense of things, how global problems dwarf individual brains, the polarization and ideological warfare around covid despite how complex and difficult to model it is, etc... some of the concepts and frameworks they use might be fun to explore in the context of dating psychology and gender dynamics!

It's a virus you do not have to be a professional To understand it. Sunlight kills all bacteria And viruses within seconds. Kills Is the wrong term. But that's where give her time. In a normal year we may have in the United States 150000 dead due to viruses. No one died of a virus This here. 3 months ago the CDC Said in the US About only 10000 had died from the Corona virus. Sunlight stopped the virus, But we're all supposed to Stay inside. You talk A lot about being a strong person. You know that's what females look for. It is something you could not take. A strong person does not Wary about things they cannot change. What goes on And lives their life. I do not agree with everything you say. But I do agree with a Lot of it. You help a lot of people if nothing by giving a different key point. Get a girlfriend get laid And try to plan a future together. The rest work it self out. Merry Christmas and have a happy New Year

You are awesome Alexander- thanks for the honesty :)

This year I too realized I needed to disconnect from social media almost entirely- it is way too toxic. I stopped watching news altogether the week before the US election - and ignorance really has been bliss. I also started reading the Bible again - haven’t really since I was 15 or 16 or so. I never stopped believing in god but definitely veered way off path. It’ really been what I needed to start getting my head, heart, and soul in a better place... Also - thank you for all your great content. I know I’m not your target demographic but I have a tremendous amount of respect for your work and get a lot out of it - on many levels (and as corollary my husband does as well). Merry Christmas to you too. :)

Coming to not having expertise on many issues, that's a problem that anyone and everyone faces in today's information age! Knowledge isn't a scalar quantity, it's a vector, it has direction and you're knowledgeable on the directions you pursue and how much time you spend in those directions. But, you can still analyze issues that involve things out your area of expertise with high level knowledge about them, kind of like a black box. And the sanity check for your black box would be to talk to an expert who knows what's inside the black box. This is what I do and view things from a high level systems viewpoint when I need to. As Richard Feynman said, "Don't try to be a perfectionist". Gone are the days where a person could call themselves an engineer AND and architect AND a musician AND a carpenter etc. Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the people who could do this but fortunately or unfortunately human knowlede and our understanding of the world has grown to deep across verticals.

Ashwin Srinivas

Hey Alex. The way you describe how you progressed very much reminds me of what happened to me and I think it's normal for "high value" people who try to be better version of themselves everyday, to go through those phases. It's been 6 years for me in Australia and my aunt still believes I'm that young activist that I was when I left which is quite funny to deal with when we interact. One of nowadays issues is that everyone has an opinion about everything, very few people say "I haven't researched about this topic therefore I don't have an opinion". I believe the voting age shouldn't be before 30 or so as it takes a while to understand how the world works. And I find it silly in Australia to make voting compulsory, I wonder how this country is doing so well with such law.

Yes you have described the current "Information War." It was launched by China, and they are winning. Everything is disinformation.