 Good morning, it's actually been a while since I've done a video and that's for a reason I Had this realization the other week actually I forget what I was doing in particular, but I realized man. I've had like so much time recently. What's with that? Why do I have so much time? But kind of I don't know. It should be an obvious question, but You know one thing that there's an irony. There's an irony many ironies in me having this YouTube channel We all know them So let's say them out loud firstly a lot of the stuff on paper that we pretend to talk about on this channel, right? Is technology I've done many technology tutorials and stuff like that But at the same time one when you really get into any kind of topic technology is no exception In unless you are just brain dead you have to think about the implications like what what what actually what does this thing that? We're interested in cause like what are the I don't know the ramifications What are the consequences of technology right and I think anyone who's sane and sits down and thinks about it is? Very worried about the the effect of technology on their life okay on computing like relying too much on computers and Computerization of stuff, but also the unnatural effects that things like social media things like this have on us, right? That's something very worrisome. So ironically enough of course although we talk about computers and stuff It's very important to be aware of how they affect you and I think a person who knows I mean it's like I don't know I want to say wasn't it like a Mark Zuckerberg doesn't let his kids use Facebook and stuff like that It's the same consequence when you really know what these things do to people you are not going to let the you know You're not gonna want to really participate in them, right? And at the same token, you know, obviously I have You know I have a channel where I do stuff and I talk about I guess lifestyle stuff that are related to technology and things But at the same time I militantly I have a habit and you all know it You know, I've been doing this for a couple years and sometimes I'll do a string of videos And then I will take a hiatus of several months and I don't feel like I need to notify you about that I will just not do videos and I want to I want to bring that up just let's talk about that explicitly Why do I do that? It's not something I plan to do It's just something that naturally happens because if you are practicing and preaching what I'm doing Okay, if I'm saying on one side you need to abstain from technology and then on the other side I'm saying hey guys watch tomorrow's video like comment and subscribe Oh watch to the end of the video and you'll you know be enrolled in all our sweepstakes man Hey, if you find a secret message in today's video post the comment And if you're the first one, I'll pin you if I were doing that like it would be so Hypocritical like I really don't like my goal here is really not for people to watch my channel But for people to stop doing this all together like to not need Not need the fake friends of YouTube that that's kind of what I'm getting at and you'll be in a better position like that But at the same time I want people to realize like oh a lot of times especially when it's news things now I've never done like news responses or whatever because I think they're very stupid Well, I mean some of them are good because they're instructive. I'm not like, you know There are lots of people who do good videos like mental outlaw on kind of news stuff But it's more like it's more targeted as what are the principles behind the news kind of stuff? And that's fine. That's fine for people to understand what's going on But even then I don't even do those and I think the reason is once you kind of understand what's going on You don't need to hear the same thing over and over and over again. Okay, that's my belief So I don't feel the need to do it but also more importantly like I don't need to make a statement on everything And sometimes frankly me not saying anything that should constitute a statement. Okay, when I every day I don't do a video. I am communicating something to you That's what I want people to realize like if I take several months off. That is me saying I'm sorry. This isn't worth I might have this like This this this ability to speak to thousands of people, but that is not I mean most of you guys I mean the vast majority of you guys I will never know I don't really I don't mean to be mean but I don't really care to know you I think you understand that like that. This is just how adults work, right? This is how real life works and I think it's important not to do videos just to be able to communicate to people like this is not this is not life like the reality is Obviously in the same way that a lot of technology the way people use it is very unnatural Social media like YouTube. This is like the pinnacle of weirdness like it's just the weirdest thing you could possibly do And I know people like they they they really glom on to figures They see on the internet and it's one of the most healthy thing unhealthy things ever ever It just has always made me want to puke so the idea of me being one of these figures is just like revolting like the idea that There are people who like emotionally need my videos who don't know me who literally do not know me That is just a weird parasocial relationship That I if anything I think people need to get out of so I'm constantly I'm occasionally using the time the Time that I want to be lazy and not do videos as a weaning of people who you know Really shouldn't be addicted to this kind of stuff, right? so that that's why I do what I do and So, you know my the thing that I realized a couple weeks ago is that I've gotten to the point really I I don't use the internet Recreationally at all anymore. I mean occasionally maybe once a week. I'll watch some YouTube videos But I mean it used to be when I was younger. I'd just be on the internet all the time I'd pull my computer up all the time now I do open up my computer and do little work and stuff like that without a browser without anything But like even that is like I've cut down Significantly and that I mean it would be it would be bad if I were doing anything else You know what? I mean if I'm telling you what I think to be the absolute truth That you are best if you are cutting this stuff out of your life It would be hypocritical for me not to do that and that's exactly what I do, right? So I think one thing that people have in mind I I want to say there was some video I did like maybe last month or the month month before where you know people were I don't even remember which one it was but Something is something else about like divesting from the internet, but I think that What you got to realize is that yes, there is a sense in which on the internet you can have a much bigger platform Okay, like oh I can talk to these people. Oh wow in numbers Oh, I have a much bigger influence on YouTube than maybe I do in real Actually, I don't even know if that's true to be honest like if you really If you really think things through through but it is much like the the communities the fake Society on the internet. It is so fleeting. It is so easy to control by the people who control the internet You know what I mean, and it is not really it's not really social. It's not really anything I I I guess as I've gotten older and no older I've had the idea that like and this is very true You might hate it But the relationships you have in real life are more important than that Even if you all even if you don't have very many at this point and you are a fool like when you are on your death bed You're not gonna be like man. I wish I had more YouTube subscribers. You're just not gonna be thinking that you're gonna be Saying wow, I was an idiot I was an idiot for not spending more time in real life because there is a difference and Frankly you might feel like you're not a super powerful person in real life But you have a lot more power there than you do on the internet even if you're talking to a bunch of fake Internet friends with anime avatars that make you I don't I don't know. I don't know. I don't know what you're doing on the internet I would just invent you know what I'm gonna say why why even I don't even I didn't even need to put this video up Because you should already know what I'm going to say, but I'll guess I'll do it I might as well throw some some stuff out for people who don't get it yet. So Today's lesson same lesson as usual stop using the internet That's all