What Nietzsche Can Teach Us About Joyful Living in a Tech-Saturated World

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Friedrich Nietzsche is famous for espousing a philosophy that may be a help in wrestling with existential angst and finding meaning in life. My guest would say that Nietzsche’s philosophy may also be useful for figuring out something else: how to have a healthy relationship with modern technology. His name is Nate Anderson and he’s the author of In Emergency, Break Glass: What Nietzsche Can Teach Us About Joyful Living in a Tech-Saturated World.

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0:30.7	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:34.3	Frederick Nietzsche is famous for spousing a philosophy that may be a help in wrestling
0:37.8	with existential angst and finding meaning in life.
0:40.3	My guests would say that Nietzsche's philosophy may also be useful for figuring out something
0:43.9	else.
0:44.9	How to have a healthy relationship with modern technology.
0:47.2	His name is Nate Anderson and he's the author of Inemergency Breakglass.
0:50.7	Nietzsche can teach us about joyful living in a tech-saturated world.
0:54.0	To end the show, Nate, who's a deputy editor at the website, ours Technica, shares
0:57.3	how someone who grew up loving technology and his spin is career-writing about it, reached
1:00.9	a point where he felt disenchanted with his effects on his life and why he turned to
1:04.3	the philosophy of Frederick Nietzsche for insights on how to approach tech more fruitfully.
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