La felicidad es un timo que te robó la libertad (y nadie te lo dice) | Jesús G. Maestro #LFDE

In this episode, we speak with Jesús G. Maestro, Professor of Literary Theory and author of "The Failure of Happiness," who fearlessly dismantles the pillars of positive thinking, self-help, and contemporary idealism. We explore key concepts such as the triple D (disillusionment, disappointment, and disenchantment) that defines the Cervantine generation, the dangerous substitution of freedom with happiness as a social value, and why Don Quixote is actually a survival manual against deception. 00:00:00 - The fundamental problem: happiness has replaced freedom. 00:02:03 - Book presentation: The Failure of Happiness. 00:03:58 - The "Triple D": Disillusionment, Disappointment, and Disenchantment in the current generation. 00:05:42 - The contradiction between promising peace and preparing for war. 00:00:00 - The fundamental problem: happiness has replaced freedom. 00:02:03 - Book presentation: The Failure of Happiness. 00:03:58 - The "Triple D": Disillusionment, Disappointment, and Disenchantment in the current generation. 00:05:42 - The contradiction between promising peace and preparing for war. 00:08:20 - How the awareness of human needs is anesthetized. 00:10:18 - A critique of euthanasia versus the elites' quest for immortality. 00:15:30 - The failure of knowledge and its replacement by ideologies and emotions. 00:19:35 - What is more important: freedom or happiness? 00:24:18 - Work as a tool for maturing and facing reality. 00:27:07 - The myth of job satisfaction in Nordic countries. 00:34:55 - The rise of Artificial Intelligence and its impact on reality. 00:47:20 - The purpose of the university and obedience to the elites. 00:51:10 - Current comfort as a sedative for freedom. 00:54:35 - A critique of German idealism as a cause of human frustration. 00:58:30 - "Literary neoteny": the infantilization of the adult through reading. 01:05:10 - Why Don Quixote is the greatest work in history and the genome of literature. 01:14:15 - An analysis of Calderón de la Barca's Life Is a Dream. 01:16:50 - A list of the 30 canonical works that every human being should read. 01:30:25 - Tirso de Molina's Don Juan as a manual against narcissism and toxic relationships. #Happiness #Freedom #Philosophy #JesusGMaestro #Literature #DonQuixote #CriticalThinking #Realism #Culture #Education #Society #UriSabat The Formula for Success Book You can get it here 👉 https://www.amazon.es/dp/8408318071 👉🏽 Join the LA FORMULA WhatsApp channel 👉🏽 https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaFJ... ❤️ Secondary Channel, Same purpose: documenting success from the inside 👉🏻    / @detrasdelexito-n3r   📩 NEWSLETTER: "La Fórmula" Subscribe here 👉🏽 https://urisabatlfde.substack.com 💕 Transparency Notice: Some episodes of “La Fórmula del Éxito” may include collaborations or affiliate links. All mentions are for real collaborations and products or services that we recommend out of conviction.