#832 - Rudyard Lynch - Is This The Most Absurd Time In History?

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Aug 31, 2024

Rudyard Lynch is a YouTuber and historian known for his insights into historical trends. He questions whether we're living in the most absurd time in history, exploring issues like modern alienation, gender dynamics, and the rise of far-right movements. Lynch discusses the mental health struggles of young men amid societal changes, critiquing the role of wokeness and the distortions in modern identities. He draws historical parallels to warn against repeating past mistakes while emphasizing the importance of genuine social connections in today's fragmented world.

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Modernity's Absurdity

Modernity is the most absurd era in history due to a single underlying variable.
This is explained by "Studies in Ancient Wisdom" (SAW), where ancient teachings align with modern science.

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Human Perfectibility's Danger

The belief in human perfectibility has caused immense harm throughout history.
Modernity's strangeness stems from rejecting historical lessons and holding unique beliefs.

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Predictable Global Crises

Global crises occur every 250 years due to income inequality, declining wages, and elite job competition.
These crises lead to war, famine, population decline, and social structure changes.

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Rudyard Lynch is a YouTuber and a historian.

Is the modern world weird? Whether it's incels, brat summer, a broken media landscape, godlessness or a decline in institutional trust it seems like lots of modernity is kind of odd. From the fall of empires to the rise of new world orders, how does our current timeline compare to the rest of recent history?

Expect to learn whether we are actually living in a unique time in history, what a far-right backlash might look like, why the left is seen as more feminine, what would have happened if Trump actually had been killed, what it will take for young men to feel happy and fulfilled again and much more…

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