6032 How to Love Anxiety! Twitter/X Space
Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux
Stefan Molyneux
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I critically examine the philosophical ideas of Alan Watts, questioning the relevance of his insights on anxiety, childhood, and personal responsibility. I challenge Watts’ assertion that anxiety is unproductive, arguing instead that it can serve as a vital catalyst for action and survival, much as it did for our ancestors. The discussion encourages listeners to reflect on the importance of embracing anxiety rather than suppressing it, particularly in the context of personal growth and financial stability. By exploring the societal implications of anxiety, especially among women, I invite the audience to consider how their values and choices impact their lives. Ultimately, this episode offers a nuanced perspective on the relationship between anxiety and proactive living, emphasizing that channeling our worries can lead to meaningful engagement and reduce regret.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, good morning, everybody. |
| 0:01.6 | Hope you being well, I'm going well. |
| 0:02.2 | I'm from Free Domain. |
| 0:06.2 | Free Domain. |
| 0:08.2 | Free Domain.com slash I need to help out the show. |
| 0:11.0 | Now, Alan Watts, Alan Watt, S. |
| 0:16.9 | I was going to talk about this anyway, so I might as well talk about it on a space and get your thoughts and your feedback. |
| 0:25.4 | So Alan Watts, you know, I kind of tell you. |
| 0:30.4 | He's got this picture with these hippie love beads, and he's got an unlit pipe clenched in his jaw, |
| 0:37.2 | staring soulfully at the camera and it's just |
| 0:39.9 | hippie-dippy crap and he was a mystic and eastern Buddhist and he had three appalling vices. |
| 0:48.5 | Now listen, I mean, I'm not saying people have to be perfect. Lord knows I'm not, but come on, man, if you're going to |
| 0:55.4 | claim to be wise, if you're going to claim to be able to deal with negative emotions, how about |
| 1:00.6 | you're not a triple addict in your life? Does that disprove his arguments? No, but it makes |
| 1:08.6 | me uninterested in them. In the same way that if a fat guy is trying to sell you his diet book, |
| 1:14.8 | you're not going to check into the diet book because he's fat. |
| 1:18.9 | So, just for those of you who don't know, |
| 1:22.3 | Alan Watts was a chain smoker. |
| 1:26.9 | He was a rampant alcoholic, |
| 1:29.9 | and he was, I don't know, |
| 1:32.4 | you could say womanizer, |
| 1:33.6 | I would categorize that his man whore, |
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