# Siyuan Pastebin --- # Ideas - References are expandable components showing additional information about the cited work such as summary, etc. - Videos often feel too expansive in scope - maybe response videos to specific claims within other videos, such as Dr. Mike's recent bout of severe mental retardation, will narrow the scope and allow me to pump things out more quickly. --- # What Is Wrong With Everyone? I am exhausted. I'm struggling to even force my brain to produce the language to describe how exhausted and beaten down I feel as a result how genuinely insane the world seems to have become as of late. Was the internet a mistake? Am I just terminally online and need to go touch some grass? Am I just a doomer staring into a window, gazing into an entirely made up world whose consequences don't actually exist in reality? I don't think so. But, what am I talking about? Even answering that question is difficult and multifaceted. A bit of research has yieled me a single term that desribes a part of the picture, so that is what I have decided will be the first chapter of this video, and that phrase is: ## Epistemic Exhaustion According to [Cambridge University](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/hypatia/article/epistemic-exhaustion-and-the-retention-of-power/D53FD093288CDC9DAAB02DE4C0740ACE "Epistemic Exhaustion and the Retention of Power"), Expistemic Exhaustion is: > "cognitive fatigue generated by efforts to determine, retain, or communicate what one believes under conditions that make doing so especially taxing." It's no secret that the political landscape in the United States has become polarized, hostile, and--for lack of a better term--downright preposterous. (I am not going to speak on elsewhere in the world because I do not live there and don't have the necessary experiences nor knowledge to do so.) --- # Images ![[MVlMEVnZ.png]] ![[Modern Podcast Poster With Vintage Chairs And Bold Colors.jpg]] ![[Modern Minimalist Podcast Poster With Cartoon Highback Chair.jpg]] ![[luis-rodriguez-l89HYRhu3xI-unsplash.jpg]] ![[IMG-20240920-WA0014.jpg]] ![[the-sun-rises-at-dawn-and-two-kids-walk-down-the-railroad-tracks-towards-a-tunnel-their-backs-turne-191834136.png]]![[a-mostly-black-screen-representing-outer-space-with-ascii-rendering-of-blue-stars-on-the-periphery-.png]]![[early-morning-sunrise-caught-on-a-video-camera-in-austin-texas-mist-rising-from-lady-bird-lake-so-701429683.png]]![[spark-logo-design-embodies-academic-support-and-connectivity-for-university-students-features-an-i-100201770.jpg]]![[austin-skyline-at-dawn-on-a-beautiful-foggy-morning-light-reflecting-off-the-water-minimalistic--767076112.png]]![[hyperrealistic-painting-capturing-a-bright-sunny-early-morning-in-the-french-quarter-of-new-orleans-655096797.png]]![[a-logo-pencil-drawing-of-a-large-leather-chair-with-a-book-and-laptop-both-unclosed-on-the-floor-no-884763685.png]]![[a-logo-pencil-drawing-of-a-large-leather-chair-with-a-book-and-laptop-both-unclosed-on-the-floor-no-979629585.png]] ![[a-logo-pencil-drawing-of-a-large-leather-chair-with-a-book-and-laptop-both-unclosed-on-the-floor-no-129914415.png]] ![[IMG-20240415-WA0024.jpg]] ![[IMG-20240519-WA0016.jpg]] ![[IMG-20240519-WA0017.jpg]] ![[IMG-20240920-WA0000.jpg]] ![[IMG-20240920-WA0003.jpg]] ![[IMG-20240920-WA0004.jpg]] ![[IMG-20240920-WA0005.jpg]] ![[IMG-20240920-WA0007.jpg]] ![[IMG-20240920-WA0008.jpg]] ![[IMG-20240920-WA0009.jpg]] ![[IMG-20240920-WA0012.jpg]]![[IMG-20240920-WA0013.jpg]]![[0c403da692e16d4c476648e3b81aa224-o_a.webp]]![[a0737483581_10.jpg]] ![[92512504_10215812052326324_6925270469968920576_n (2).jpg]]![[a-computer-running-some-command-line-interface-glows-dimly-in-the-dark-in-a-luxurious-room-overlooki-571675174.png]] ![[a-computer-running-some-command-line-interface-glows-dimly-in-the-dark-in-a-luxurious-room-overlooki-904226802.png]]![[a-large-video-camera-can-be-seen-setup-filming-an-early-morning-in-downtown-austin-texas-mist-can--362737430.png]] ![[depiction-of-lsu-football-devotees-accompanied-by-the-lsu-tiger-football-team-embarking-upon-the-d-866847208.png]]