Jimmy Carr
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They were the first religion to have the idea of heaven, a perfect place. And I kind of โ I mean Nietzsche has been very misused by history โ But his thing was embrace the chaos. We spend our lives thinking about the perfect diversion. Like we're trying to come up with the answer. We're trying to solve something as if it's complicated. And it isn't complicated. It's complex. It's unknowable.
They were the first religion to have the idea of heaven, a perfect place. And I kind of โ I mean Nietzsche has been very misused by history โ But his thing was embrace the chaos. We spend our lives thinking about the perfect diversion. Like we're trying to come up with the answer. We're trying to solve something as if it's complicated. And it isn't complicated. It's complex. It's unknowable.
They were the first religion to have the idea of heaven, a perfect place. And I kind of โ I mean Nietzsche has been very misused by history โ But his thing was embrace the chaos. We spend our lives thinking about the perfect diversion. Like we're trying to come up with the answer. We're trying to solve something as if it's complicated. And it isn't complicated. It's complex. It's unknowable.
It is a mystery. It's not hidden from us. It's just it's a mystery. And it's the idea that you go embracing the chaos is just saying, yeah, it's kind of untidy. We don't get to know.
It is a mystery. It's not hidden from us. It's just it's a mystery. And it's the idea that you go embracing the chaos is just saying, yeah, it's kind of untidy. We don't get to know.
It is a mystery. It's not hidden from us. It's just it's a mystery. And it's the idea that you go embracing the chaos is just saying, yeah, it's kind of untidy. We don't get to know.
I think we have to embrace the chaos because we're not going to know that.
I think we have to embrace the chaos because we're not going to know that.
I think we have to embrace the chaos because we're not going to know that.
And how are we โ what's that book? It's something like The Ape That Understood the Universe. The idea that we โ just like people, we got born in this moment. like the perfect bit of history. Right. Where we can contemplate our consciousness and try and work out what the hell this is. There's a whole thing about the bicameral mind that's very interesting. Have you heard of that? Yes.
And how are we โ what's that book? It's something like The Ape That Understood the Universe. The idea that we โ just like people, we got born in this moment. like the perfect bit of history. Right. Where we can contemplate our consciousness and try and work out what the hell this is. There's a whole thing about the bicameral mind that's very interesting. Have you heard of that? Yes.
And how are we โ what's that book? It's something like The Ape That Understood the Universe. The idea that we โ just like people, we got born in this moment. like the perfect bit of history. Right. Where we can contemplate our consciousness and try and work out what the hell this is. There's a whole thing about the bicameral mind that's very interesting. Have you heard of that? Yes.
Like the idea that like people weren't awake. They weren't kind of conscious in the way that we're conscious until 2000 years ago. I doubt you subscribe because you're very interested in ancient Egypt and
Like the idea that like people weren't awake. They weren't kind of conscious in the way that we're conscious until 2000 years ago. I doubt you subscribe because you're very interested in ancient Egypt and
Like the idea that like people weren't awake. They weren't kind of conscious in the way that we're conscious until 2000 years ago. I doubt you subscribe because you're very interested in ancient Egypt and
I'm so interested in like the time scales, the idea that we live closer to Cleopatra than Cleopatra lived to the building of the pyramids. Because what I don't think people recognize is. what the Egyptians gave the Greeks. And what they gave them was the fear. Because they ran that shit for 4,000 years, 5,000 years, exactly the same. The royal family, and they just inbred, inbred, inbred.
I'm so interested in like the time scales, the idea that we live closer to Cleopatra than Cleopatra lived to the building of the pyramids. Because what I don't think people recognize is. what the Egyptians gave the Greeks. And what they gave them was the fear. Because they ran that shit for 4,000 years, 5,000 years, exactly the same. The royal family, and they just inbred, inbred, inbred.
I'm so interested in like the time scales, the idea that we live closer to Cleopatra than Cleopatra lived to the building of the pyramids. Because what I don't think people recognize is. what the Egyptians gave the Greeks. And what they gave them was the fear. Because they ran that shit for 4,000 years, 5,000 years, exactly the same. The royal family, and they just inbred, inbred, inbred.
But they ran their society exactly the same, right? And then the Greeks went, no, no, we need to innovate. So the idea of that kind of innovation came from, we don't want to be like those guys. We've got to keep doing things.
But they ran their society exactly the same, right? And then the Greeks went, no, no, we need to innovate. So the idea of that kind of innovation came from, we don't want to be like those guys. We've got to keep doing things.