From Nietzsche to Mr. Beast: a cognitive Transformation
Channel: German Philosopher
Date: 2024-03-09

This is the second video in a series on the interplay between media technology and identity, focusing on the transition from Nietzsche to YouTube King Mr. Beast. 

00:00 Preface: This is insane
01:25 Technological Revolution
03:12 From Gutenberg to Nietzsche, in short
05:00 What motivates their content? Nietzsche vs. Mr. Beast
05:49 The Rise of Mass Media in the 20th Century
07:00 Free Speech is a scarce Good
07:42 The Death of authentic Art
09:07 How Netflix creates Content based on Big Data Analytics
10:37 The Worm at the Core
11:29 Post-Christian Content: Crime and Punishment & Breaking Bad
12:28 Transvaluation of all Values: Money is God
13:28 The Internet: from free to commercial
15:00 Behavior Modification
16:45 King of YouTube: How to become Mr. Beast
18:40 The shocking Truth about the Algorithm
19:30 Subjective Attention Hierarchies: Pros & Cons
20:32 The Irony of 21st Century Media
21:52 The Rise of the Profile: Death of the Übermensch
23:28 Authenticity to Profilicity: a cognitive Revolution?
24:25 Plot Twist: the Oppression of the Word
25:35 Elon Musk: Nietzsche's Übermensch (Foreshadowing)

PREVIOUS EPISODE:

"RIP Authenticity: From Gutenberg to Nietzsche's Superman & Profilicity"

NEXT EPISODE:

Elon Musk: Nietzsche's Übermensch? (Not really...)

NOTE:
The whole series is building on the identity theory put forth by Professor Hans-Georg Moeller from YouTube Channel "Carefree Wandering".

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