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in 1846, Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard wrote a book that seems oddly suited for 2025 and beyond. It’s called ‘The Present Age’, and in this video I talk about how this book changed my life, and how we can use it to help fight back against the disease of "internet brain."

This video was edited by Henry Arrambide
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Thanks to Michael Luxemburg and David Mesing for their help on this.

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written/hosted/produced by Michael Burns

0:00 intro
1:20 my first encounter with The Present Age
5:15 Passion vs Reflection
9:26 Kierkegaard’s Critique of Capitalism
12:28 let’s all go and do our things
#philosophy #kierkegaard #internet