Episode 65 - No Future feat. Adam Curtis (12/12/16) by Chapo Trap House published on 2016-12-12T05:31:57Z We got to interview one of Will’s favorite filmmakers Adam Curtis about his new movie HyperNormalisation. We talk about Trump, the curse of bloodless liberalism, science fiction, Escape From New York, living in the Zone, and tough medicine for the left. Adam was extremely nice and is now Chapo UK correspondent. We also plug our friend Katie Halper's live show and party this Wednesday, 12/14 at 7pm: https://m.facebook.com/events/211681455954839/?ti=icl And this book of Juggalo photography by Daniel Cronin: https://www.amazon.com/Gathering-Juggalos-Daniel-Cronin/dp/3791347527 And this graphic novel, "Laid Waste" byJulia Gfrorer: https://www.amazon.com/Laid-Waste-Julia-Gfr-rer/dp/1606999710 Genre News & Politics Comment by Vee Mayski meditating on this ep again 2024-04-15T21:34:07Z Comment by mochilero While I think his comment is powerful, I still didn't hear, what is his vision?????????? WHAT IS THIS VISION!? It is hard. I guess now-a-days the politicians pushing the Green New Deal have a vision, though. 2021-02-21T04:18:33Z Comment by Le Bjorn @drmrsvanderthwomp: -ly dumb. 2021-02-20T00:02:04Z Comment by ls ...kin el...... 2019-07-23T16:59:02Z Comment by Maria Anastasiou 10 DAMN. Minute 49 > beautiful 2019-06-06T13:46:18Z Comment by Mrjmaxted0291 I'd honestly embrace small alterations to a largely prosperous society over an absolute overhaul from the ground up, but the problem there is that only addresses problems locally and ignores the global system, for which wide sweeping changes are required. Sooner or later something's got to give. Whether that is the world's powerless being cut out of the system and left to die or the powerful being eaten by the poor remains to be seen. 2018-04-14T14:13:01Z Comment by gamerunknown German? 2018-01-21T10:15:10Z Comment by gamerunknown why on earth is it necessary medicine any more than Roger Scruton? 2018-01-20T22:36:42Z Comment by IDKDOSOMETHINGELSE amazing 2017-11-13T07:23:18Z Comment by longdarkblues heed his words on individualism 2017-10-09T23:18:44Z Comment by Kurian's Korner *heavy sigh* 2017-09-26T19:58:32Z Comment by rmnzn what's the music coming in right here? 2017-03-09T21:58:20Z Comment by Stef Fink Can I just say it's a pleasure listening to Adam Curtis talk 2017-03-06T21:36:48Z Comment by carbon structure yes! 2017-02-09T18:16:55Z Comment by ryanfaceryan @youngski1: i'm a huge fan of both dr peterson and adam curtis :) 2017-02-09T06:07:24Z Comment by DRAB NEON This is "normal nihilism" https://books.google.com/books?id=AEHMAmV6c2EC&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=%22normal+nihilism%22&source=bl&ots=mSY7IiWYR0&sig=M0oB-W_-EksA0E2XPzLByoWIk_s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjcnseG29vRAhUDySYKHXzYDaYQ6AEIKzAD#v=onepage&q=%22normal%20nihilism%22&f=false 2017-01-24T21:29:16Z Comment by steev_vee BRANDON WARDELL 2017-01-11T22:02:23Z Comment by Ed Alvarez zing 2016-12-22T14:59:40Z Comment by KaalaJP Precisely - know the game to not break it but eventually create something outside of it. The tricky part is incentivizing it, creating that new vision; by definition you can't get anything done without a goal. If change is sought, then what is first needed is a refocusing, a re-evaluation of where meaning lies. Is it in property? Credit? Networks? I suspect not, and do wonder about the power not in Art itself but the ideas and communities that form around it. 2016-12-19T19:00:32Z Comment by RaakMeAan someone should transcribe this interview haha 2016-12-16T09:55:51Z Comment by RaakMeAan Adam's monologue in the end should be broadcasted of the rooftops 2016-12-16T09:52:10Z Comment by Baccho Above and beyond, thank you guys for this episode 2016-12-16T04:33:14Z Comment by izzie holy shit is this from network 2016-12-16T00:56:45Z Comment by MCBagong What would it look like to imagine a different world? Do you have a vision of it How would we know if we were beginning to imagine a different world? Even within this hyper-real one? ADAM CURTIN: You ask what real change might look like, and I think that’s a really interesting question for liberals and radicals, because there is a hunger for change, out there - millions of people who feel sort of insecure, uncertain about the future who DO want something to change. I think that change only comes though a big imaginative idea. A sort of picture of another kind of future which gives people - which connects with that fearfulness in the back of people’s minds. And offers them a release from it. That's the key thing. But I think the question for liberals and radicals is - they are always suspicious of big ideas. That's what lurks underneath the liberal mindset. 2016-12-15T14:25:08Z Comment by DataShade to establishment Dems, neoliberalism is the Ideal Pokitical Body, you may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like 2016-12-14T17:01:30Z Comment by Frann Leach Absolutely fascinating, chilling, and spot on in my view 2016-12-14T16:04:22Z Comment by DJ LOWERCASE Gibson is American-Canadian, moved to VanCity in 72 and subsequently wrote Neuromancer...in Canada, a context worth noting, also, the glaring McLuhan Unclaimed phenomenon, quite amusing. 2016-12-13T20:25:48Z Comment by Edwin Aponte Christ, that was...something. 2016-12-13T18:32:41Z Comment by koo.re awesome interview 2016-12-13T17:31:19Z