Bo Burnham & The Neoliberal Performing Self

PATREON: Support the channel and get access to exclusive content like Q+A, vlogs, behind the scenes, progress updates, sneak previews, and more. Patrons will also be the first to know about opportunities to appear in videos. Seeing as my employment is still TBD, the income from this will determine how much time I can justify spending on YouTube.   / thestorieswetell303   Have you ever wondered why Bo Burnham’s Inside feels so...uncanny? From the very beginning, Bo makes us hyper-aware that what we’re watching isn’t real, it’s a performance. But more than that, he shatters the illusion that performer and audience are separate or even distinct from each other. What is the reason for this this self-referential absurdity? Why does Bo insist on viscerally peeling back the veneer of life in the algorithm age, and why does it work so well? Are we watching the machinations of a man losing his sanity, or something more profound? PATREON:   / thestorieswetell303   SUBSTACK: https://windblowncuriosities.substack... TIP JAR: https://buymeacoffee.com/thestorieswe... BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/storieswetel... INSTA:   / thestorieswetell303   TIKTOK:   / thestorieswetell303   EMAIL: [email protected] DISCORD:   / discord   MY FAVORITE BOOKS (affiliate link): https://bookshop.org/shop/thestoriesw... My other videos:    • Why Ordinary People Commit Evil      • The Radical Simplicity of Doing Nothing | ...      • Self-Reliance is the Death of Conformity |...      • How to Escape the Neoliberal Lie | Kendric...      • The Grizzly Arrogance of Man      • Happiness Only Real When Shared | The Chri...      • Little Miss Sunshine | Accepting the Absurd   #socialmedia #mentalhealth #burnout #boburnham #neoliberalism #capitalism #leftist #philosophy #byungchulhan #fascism #mindfulness Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 7:10 - Welcome to the [Neoliberal] Internet 15:15 - The Performance Society 24:38 - Thank You for 1 Year (& patreon announcement) 27:18 - A Third Enlightenment 39:24 - I Choose Oblivion 46:52 - Shoutouts/Closeouts SOURCES Books: Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis It’s Complicated by danah boyd Grundrisse by Karl Marx Psychopolitics by Byung-Chul Han Absence by Byung-Chul Han The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han Vita Contemplativa by Byung-Chul Han Liquid Surveillance by David Lloyd Articles/Essays: https://jacobin.com/2024/12/jimmy-car... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-can... https://www.politico.com/magazine/sto... https://www.bostonreview.net/articles... https://www.princeton.edu/~starr/arti... https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/dep...   / hello_im_comedian_bo_burnham_my_new_specia...   Interviews, Films & Videos: Bo Burnham’s Inside Bo Burnham’s Make Happy Eighth Grade dir. Bo Burnham    • Requiem for the American Dream with Noam C...      • No, We Aren't Losing Over Wokeness: Explai...      • FULL SPEECH: Democratic response to Trump'...