American Neurosis - A Cultural Analysis - Pt1/3
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Uploaded by MenoftheInfinite on Aug 15, 2009
NOTE: this is a re-upload after a long running copyright dispute with Warner Music Group.
This series inspired by and adapted from Allain de Botton's "Status Anxiety".
Also, Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" (1835), which I highly recommend as an insightful, sometimes prescient analysis of American society.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/toc_indx.html
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrOvLmuCwiM&feature=channel_page
Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNPhzTi2rUQ&feature=channel_page
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All Comments (5)
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Anecdotal evidence and unspecified evidence are as good as no evidence. To refer to me as content is contrary, as I brought up a point that I wasn't content with. Purchasing trends mean a great many things. To assign a simplistic meaning to something you haven't carefully verified will often lead you to run afoul of reality. The problem with a large chain of logic is that one wrong step in the beginning completely ruins the conclusions.
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I'm happy to see this part again.
Rewatching this videos always reminds me of my own imperfection.
TiMoseb 2 years ago
It took ages for WMG to resolve the copyright issue. I don't think they and YT get along very well. But I'm glad it's back up. Not much point in having a 3 part series when the first one's not available.
MenoftheInfinite 2 years ago
What I dislike about this video is that you make certain assumptions (for example "We see our neighbor buying a second tv and we feel deprived, because we can't afford it", yet there's no studies confirming or denying it. Speaking for a single, quite possibly biased member of the population, I'm content with having 1 television for a number of reasons.
A plausible yet unconfirmed chain of logic with no research is a flimsy basis for a point of view. Evidence must be objectively gathered first.
NoAntecessor 2 years ago
You may be content with such, and a certain numbers of others also, but I think the evidence - anecdotal and from economics, supports my statement as a generalisation. Purchasing trends mean something.
MenoftheInfinite 2 years ago