Neill Blomkamp Talks About Eternal Recurrence

Incredible. How Joe can weave Jiu Jistu into absolutely any conversation.

Nietzsche didn't "believe" in eternal recurrence -- he just used it as a thought experiment for people to figure out whether they're living the life they want. In a way, it's like him asking "If you had to eternally relive your life the same way you've lived it up until now -- would it be a blessing or a curse? What conclusions can you make from this?"

This gives me the message that you should seek to live a life worth living a thousand times.

my last 2 dmt trips were like this. 1 of them, i saw the rest of my life go on and when i came out of it, i felt eternally grateful and so happy to be back in my body in this time. i dont want my life to go on that path. Last night in Joshua Tree, my trip was me being on a conveyor belt going thru my timeline again. when i opened my eyes, there was a pink geometric patterned net in the form of a dome that stretched out for what i can only guess was a few miles. I keep on thinking and saying to myself, "i need to change", "i cant let my life go on like this", and then today, this pops up on my feed... i can't pretend to understand whats going on, but i think its something special and we should all continue to believe we have the ability to create a better version of ourselves.

Ya, everything is everything, pass the joint.

Guest: Everything repeats itself. Joe: Jujitsu.

I remember when i was 18 hanging out at a friends house. I looked up towards the sky and for some reason thinking im gonna be 30 in 12 years, it felt like it would be long time til 30 ... Im 51 now!... time goes bye so fast its mind blowing!

This is how I be talking to my girl on the phone after I just smoked a blunt 😭😭

this is like one of those late night discussions you have at a cosplay techno festival with a night elf and a dude in a dinosaur costume.

“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Heres Tom with the Weather.” ― Bill Hicks

The scary thing about eternal recurrence is not the idea of having to relive every moment, emotion or scenario, but the fact that eternal recurrence means every moment is meaningful and lives on in eternity.

Another "deep thinker" who has succeeded in confusing himself.

Living your life on a loop wouldnt be a burden, because each loop would feel like the first time.

I find it amusing people's absurdly confident grasp on life time etc. When they are financially comfortable

He’s misrepresenting Nietzsche here imho. Nietzsche’s thought experiment of eternal recurrence was in support of his life affirming philosophy. He expected the average person to first greet the idea with horror, but if you could see this life as something you’d be willing, and even eager, to do it forever, it would be the ultimate expression of life affirmation. And the idea goes back to at least the Greeks, who believed the universe was cyclical. Oddly, if we find that the universe eventually stops expanding and begins to contract, it could actually be true

One second into the video: "The universe is a hologram." Well, I guess it's good to see the Joe Rogan Experience hasn't changed.

What I understood about Nietzsche eternal recurence is that in fact, every moment will repeat itself to inifnity as Neil was describing but I found empowering that I have the will to decide how this moment will be in eternity . It can be paradise or hell. Just ask yourself now, if I´m going to come back to this moment time after time, for all eternity, how I want this moment to be? I rather make it a "good" moment. In that way I escape nihilism.

This guy manages to say a lot without really explaining anything in detail.

I appreciate the curation of these thoughts and the fact that this conversation is being had. ❤️

Joe laughing at 3:43 after such a mind-bending question was the most comforting laugh I’ve ever heard