Self-Actualisation is Not Enough

The Living Philosophy

In this video we are going to tackle a challenging question: what is self-actualisation isn't what we should be doing; what if instead it is a big cope — a way of burying our head in the sand (rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic; playing our fiddle while Rome burns — choose your preferred analogy) while the world burns. -------------------

📚 Further Reading:

• Penny, L. (2016). I'm With The Banned: https://medium.com/welcome-to-the-scream-room/im-with-the-banned-8d1b6e0b2932
• Penny, L. (2016). Life Hacks of the Poor and Aimless: https://thebaffler.com/latest/laurie-penny-self-care
• Penny, L. (2018). No I Will Not Debate You: https://longreads.com/2018/09/18/no-i-will-not-debate-you/

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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:58 Non-Leftists: Desperate Narcissism
6:33 Leftists: Crushing Misery