The Most Terrifying Dystopia In Science Fiction
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The Ascian society presented in 'The Book of the New Sun' is one of the most oppressive visions of the future in fiction. What is it trying to communicate?
#gaming #dialofdestiny - Hry
Let me know your thoughts on the editing for this one
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the editing was pretty solid. thanks for the book recommendation.
i understood it therefore its good. Sadly this isn't the same video a 3rd time, so all of your effort is wasted.
I'm about 4:30 mins in, think this video will need a couple watches to absorb it all 😮
5:15 I like the random pattern interrupts and change of pacing, it's keeping me on my toes 😊
Literally 1984.
Wake up, it's 1984
Wake up, but we've been here before
Wake up, it's 1984
Wake up, but we've been here before
literally.
Literally 1984
Literally 1984
Lit
I just googled this book and one of the first results was an article calling it the "Dark Souls of books"
Terrifying indeed. I went through four copies of Citadel of the Autarch before finally reaching the end. My copies kept DISINTEGRATING on account of being soaked in PISS because I was so TERRIFIED.
Maybe you need to call an urologist.
That's not fear dude. You have cancer.
Nerd dropping the hardest Mandarin
大海航行靠舵手。习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想！
i wonder whether he learnt it at school or on his own.
Millions must learn
Billions must understand
Trillions must be enlightened.
billions even
@@casualspawnpeeking3680 Trillions, I must even say
spine-tingling, thought provoking, jaw dropping gem
genre defining
Just like 'zellig am i right goys
This is the reality if we let trump back in! Vote blue!! 😮
Gemmy, no coal to be found here
Doubleplus content, no wrongthink at all indeed.
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@@jamieevans3666what does this mean and how do you know?
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@@jacobfloyd3410 brim
Language influences people, but just like programming languages, there is a base that is very rigid and doesn't change. For computers those are the 0 and 1s, for us it is the natural world with all of its rules and limitations. Every language has a root, and every language is a branch, there is a ghost in the languages.
It is the natural world and the way it has shaped our genes. We are not blank slates. The very notion is preposterous.
Rote memorisation is akin to knowledge, education and learning all over Asia even today. To the point where companies have a true competency crisis because there are too many people with a lot of degrees and educational accolades but that is as a result of rote memorisation and simple tricks and not actually having a true understanding of concepts and the ability to dynamically deal with challenges to solve problems in creative and efficient ways.
A thinking man is a man who can ask the most feared question.
'Why?'
so that's why
Interesting. Thats the west's advantage. Creativity and dynamism
Source? You’re right about the rote memorization part, but I haven’t seen anything about that causing issues for companies. Instead I’ve seen increasing competency issues in the west - especially the US - because of the strain that private capital puts on education
@@reggie6230 why?
Bro Cooked real hard with this one
Very ironic you make this video now cause I got into trouble yesterday for linking one of your videos in the Many A True Nerd Discord server, which is crawling with leftist mods. They said you were a 'far right internet personality' because you called someone the r-word on social media and eventually straight up banned me for 'using alt right language against members'. I hate how a good portion of the internet is like this now.
That's wjy i don't hang around those "Leftist" despite be fairly far to the left myself.
Nothing Alt Right about this dude. This is a great video, informative video, those people are just close minded jerks living in their echo chamber.
Coaly
Cognitive dissonance is now the rule, welcome to the mass psychosis
Came for a book recomendation and got a critique of sola scriptura and the protestants. Thank you ShreddedNerd for such a gold mine of a video
The society in this book seems eerily similar to the Combine reign in Half Life 2, especially that bit about how the Lovecraftian aliens don't want to just kill humanity, but enslave and control them to an eventual assimilation into one hivemind being. Wonder if there was inspiration taken!
I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case
Shredded Nerd read Book of the New Sun? Confirmed Chad.
Interesting: Gene Wolfe was a Korean War vet who ended up writing a lot of very influential fantasy novels. Just like Glen Cook, a Vietnam War vet, who also ended up writing a lot of very influential fantasy novels. I wonder how many influential fantasy writers Irak War produced.
This is a pretty nonsensical comparison given the stark difference in numbers and recruitment practices.
@@Jafar545 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Wolfe is great. The real magic of 1984 is not portraying some authoritarian society but that it's about language control and semantic shift that was very prescient by Orwell. You see people do this all the time even to themselves to their own detriment and a general shifting of the goalposts where society and conforming to what is politically correct is concerned. It is interesting to think how semantics are not contained in the ink on a page but in a social web
After posting 1984 and getting some good bulk requests, I had FBI physically going to my editorial heads home for my publishing company asking for EIN's, addresses, criminal history of the company, ect.
I called in to their field office in boston and happened to get the attention of the same agent, they became pretty rowdy and threatened me saying I was from now on forwarded on a federal watchlist for "terrorism", so silly.
Well 1984 has been banned a lot in the US because it has been interpreted as pro-“communist”. It is not, because the average American usage of that term is meaningless. It is written from pro-marxist, and anti-marxist-leninist view, in the sense that Eric Arthur Blair viewed the two position.
@@alfredandersson875 I always thought it was an anti-communist book lol, I don't know anyone who ever banned it though. Ironic the northeast banned it, if this is the case that the field office is in Boston, assuming they are in Mass.
Absolutely hilarious to think about the 1984 as a "pro-communist" book given that Orwell have been describing literally the England of his days lololol. 😆And nothing changed since then. 🤣
That Flouride stare….
i love drinking flouride.
Ahh yes, very common around the south
is skibidi toilet sigma fanum rizz considered newspeak
These terms were likely engineered by a tavistock think tank so maybe doe
Nah because they have zero political significance or correctness. I can say leftists or rightists are not skibid and not sigma. And don’t have the gyatt rizz needed for my gooning. Meaning I don’t approve and they don’t have my vote
5:37 I was taken aback by how good his Mandarin was.
judging by your username, are you really the Sanguinior?
His mandarin is so good it’s even glowing doe
Thank you for appreciateing these fringe niche slow burn no jumpscare horror gems!
4:34 oy gevalt! This sounds so familiar…
Have to point these out. Regarding those animal friendly vs harmful idioms at 0:45 in the video.
'Walking on eggshels' is not synonymous with 'walking on broken glass.' 'Walking on eggshells' means having to be overly caution about one's words or actions, usually on account of some highly reactive situation. 'Walking on broken glass,' is not nearly as well defined nor understood, with some claiming it means heartbreak, others saying punishment, some suggesting it just describes pain, a painful process, or unavoidable hardship, and still others saying that it is merely a poetic turn of phrase who's meaning depends entirely on context. I once heard someone put it like this. "You walk on eggshells to avoid the issue. You walk on broken glass once honesty becomes the only way forward." I don't think any of those are the correct official meaning of these phrases, but just possible interpretations.
It's really sad that some people are actively trying to limit the scope and expressiveness of language, and just that much more tragic that it seems these same people don't even have well developed language compression skills to begin with.
That is an insane quote by Chomsky. Like it's literally impossible for any trait in any organism given that populations have differing amounts of shared ancestry and traits are genetic. He believes it and things like universal grammar to deny an adaptive emergence of cognitive traits which being caused by a different frequency of alleles would necessitate group and individual difference. He instead believes it happened by a chance cascade of cosmic rays and is basically seared into humanity in a way that defies all science of genetics and behavior. It's also quite bizarre because genes don't care if they're affecting skin structure or things that would affect running economy or the brain, yet people like him ostensibly believe the brain is a black box equally capable in all people...except for the obvious cases like say people with severe genetic disorders even though the physical reasons for those differences could just as well exist to a less severe degree between other people without such disorders.
The more meta commentary on this channel is actually really refreshing and always insightful. Love to see more videos like this Nerd
I really like this video and everything you said both specifically about the book and about the related topics. You've sold me on the book and I've sent this video to some of my friends who I think would also like what you present here and may find the book interesting as well
BOTNS Ascians!
Edit: i fucking knew it! 2:00
Fantastic book, makes 1984 look like dreamland. The scene where Sev goes to sleep in the middle of an ascian march, only to wake up hours later and still be surrounded by countless marching Ascians really stuck in my mind.
However, there is a silver lining. Wolfe practically denies the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, meaning that even the Ascian language cannot completely control the minds of its subjects eho still manage to talk on a range of subjects even if its just by slogans
Glory to the group of seventeen
I love the subtle bits of O'Donnell's sound you add to your videos🫡
Incredible how quality this channel manages to continuously be.
Literally... Brave New World?
the most shocking part of this video is that nerd can speak mandarin perfectly
1984 was meant to be a warning not a hecking guide book
I think this one will save the west☝️
@@WhiskeyPete you've earned this upvote friend
2:37 😂😂 What was that monocle wearing chicken monstrosity?! 😂
Ty, been looking for something new, love dystopia
We must exist beyond that which can be put to words
Sapir-Wharf is largely discredited except in very weak cases
buh-buh orewell 1894!!
Wikipedia is not a reliable source of information
Gene Wolfe's ascian language is actually a counter to the hypothesis, since one of the Ascians Sev meets is able to discuss and express deep concepts and tell stories just using slogans with context.
Language control really sticks out to me whenever there's depictions of authoritarianism or in real life policy. I recently watched a video about Genie Wiley, a girl who was so abused and neglected that she wasn't ever able to truly understand language. By the end of it there's a quote from a psychologist saying "This is soul sickness". Being unable to express yourself to the point that you quite literally cannot formulate speech is horrific.
This book changed my vision about the world completely, really good book
The issue I take with the 1984 approach is that it posits this literal and obvious subjugation as the ultimate subjugation. The worst society is the one where the government openly restricts words and the like.
It just becomes a critique of other cultures, particularly eastern ones who have different ideals and sentiments. The fact that China bans discussion on Tiananmen square is clearly the worst and ultimate subjugation, right?
I just don’t think that’s the case. I think the most insidious society is one where the people honestly and truly believe that they are free and are totally unable to recognize their own subjugation. They have full access to all words and means of expression and so surely they’re free? Right? Yet the media and government created subtle yet powerful narratives and views that dictate the outlook of the people, and they’re just non the wiser.
Westerners live in a bubble and contrary to what they believe, are probably the most ignorant and brain washed people on the planet. Yet they believe the polar opposite.
In China, the people know what the government bans. They know where it stands and what direction it wants to lead the people. In the west, the people don’t know, in fact some believe that the government has no agenda and isn’t pushing the people anywhere. There’s no obvious state media and so they think we are free. Unaware of how the media apparatus works.
I the worst subjugation looks like freedom on the surface. That’s what we have in the west right now.
I think you should read 1984 again. The proles do live more freely as you describe. When Winston is tortured, the last thing they do is convince him that he really does love the party.
@@robertmarlow6674 I understand that the citizens think they’re free because they are ignorant of what freedom is.
But 1984 is primarily about communism and the real world action of banning certain things from the public conscious. It’s meant to represent the repressive eat against the open and free society of the west.
And what in saying is that to subjugate someone, it’s not about placing them in chains and erasing from their mind the concept of chains. In fact true subjugation won’t involve any chains at all.
1984 is about warping the perception of subjugation. And im saying it’s really establishing a false dichotomy of what subjugation even is or what it looks like
moldbugpilled
@@robertmarlow6674 yeah but the paradigm at play is the idea that the people are brainwashed through intense social manipulation. Literally outright banning words and form of thought.
I’m saying that in real life, the most powerful form of control doesn’t do anything such as that. It’s much more subtle.
@@peatythyroid Pretty much. But it was Noam’s chomskys manufacturing consent that planted this seed in my head
Wouldnt be horrible to live like that?
Not like the Perfect life we have in the real world right? (Sarcasm )
I mean right now in the modern world if you live in a first world country you are at a near peak for standards of living across all of human history, assuming you did well in school went to college and got a decent job.
Just started reading Book of the New Sun like 3 days before you posted this. Get out of my fucking walls. I knew that based on the title you wouldn't just be talking about 1984 so as soon as you started talking about thought control via language, I knew you would bring up Ascian language.
Great video, I hope you keep doing more about things you enjoy and/or works of art people may not have heard of. Another video about this book would be great as well. I feel like you could've gone further into how the Ascians/newspeak relate to us (as our modern society and how it's changed) but maybe I just want more ShreddedNerd, who knows :)
You dont even need to have seen the previous 1983 films to have a good time either
This lowkey expanded my brain
Should do a video on "I have no mouth and must scream".
The Hebrews passage is about the Holy Spirit, and in this context of early Christianity amongst the Hebrews, it means that you will receive a second conscience if you take the new covenant with God through Christ
2:38 thank you for waking up my entire family
interesting topic, i like the visuals and editing
1:32 is It just me or does that look like the Halo Magnum?!?!!
No, it’s a one for one copy of a smart pistol from cyberpunk
Incredible video! I am amazed, man. As an Orthodox Christian, I highly highly value and thank you for your respect of the Church Fathers and the understanding of the context of the interpretations of Scripture and history. God bless you!
Imagine if 1984 hadnt been written.
We still have Brave New World.
@@marko-gj1uj those are very different books
Oh neat I'm already subbed lol great video
Literally 1984
Authoritarianism on this level is more akin to horror to me. I see it happening everywhere, all day, every day.
As someone who considers himself an artist, who loves poetry and cinema and illustration, knowing how insidious the creep of political correctness and language control is terrifies me.
Authoritarianism is merely a tool they managed to conquer to do what they want.
That’s not THE problem
Always happy to see Wolfe's stuff recognized.
the soldier part reminded me of the korean war, its no surprise gene had to witness it first hand in korea
Economic planning and redistributing.
The curtain you pull before it doesn't matter.
It just has to be believable for the moment.
erm. What the sigma ?
erm. What the sigma ?
I banish you back to CZcams kids! Leave foul creatures!
George orwell predicts speech to text invented while email is still a distant technological dream
Nah i think a worse system is one in wich everyone both the rulers, perpepators and the common folk help to intensify and spread the opression and anything that helps said opression; with all of them being aware of the toxicity and horrors of said opression, being given differents feelings and reminders that simply is inevitable.
Even when they are outside of their own system they can only see anything outside of it as an anomaly or as something that will eventually become the same as their opressive system.
You just described the Cathedral.
And we are living in it.
finally shredded nerd made a video I actually want to watch
And CZcams likes engaging in Speech control.
It is real life- I mean, The book of the new sun, of course!
another day in california
Bone chilling upload
Such a good book series.
I want you to be speaker of parliament of my country, your emo and terrifying voice is genre defining.
I love the Evangelion clips lol
The Ascian thing reminds me of the Tamarians from Star Trek
Yeah, yeah... People keep freaking out about Orwellian dystopias when in reality William Gibson got it more right.
Great video
A slow burn spine tingling genre redefining kino
>tranime pfp
We make out yes? Yes I top?
Been loving these more philosophical videos, keep them up!
For a less serious example, there's that episode from Star Trek TNG where a whole race only speaks in references to past events. Think it was called Darmok
aw man I already bought BOTNS so I had to turn it off 2 minutes in to avoid spoilers. will definitely read it soon though
It’s like Jez push coal
We're living in a Brave New World
Lets gooooo! Youre a gene wolfe fan too!
cool vid dude
I read book of the new sun only recently and then you drop a wolfe video...
Every time you show the author. I can't stop thinking of "he look like eggman"
I feel the worst sci-fi dystopia would be terminator or one where everyone is digitized and their digital consciousness is tortured constantly forever with time slowed down and on forever in total isolation from eachother, like "I have no mouth and I must scream" but for the whole world
You partly described Roko’s Basilisk with that second one
@@TypeZeta2 I was actually thinking about that a bit as I wrote it lol
1984 is when they call my meme brimstone on the xitter
I always think Wolfe died some 50 years ago, because the quality of the writing is just timeless.
Hello from Idaho🤙
"literally 1984" mfs when i tell them it's 2024 (that was 40 years ago):
not only does language influence thoughts but language like newspeak and ascian also limit the critiques that can be made about society. They cant properly express what they dont like about their respective societies
1:32 is that the hjke-11 yukimura from cyberpunk 2077? Why is that in a political cartoon???
They where ahead of their time lol
Sounds familiar.
17:35 I was not expecting to get trolled by Catholicism when I clicked on this video. I will never recover
Hypothetically 1984
Jorjor wel?
Humans are stubborn and the harder they are oppressed, the greater their resistance. Then we have the NPCs...
Lmao never thought I’d see this channel cover botns
Quickcold, goodthought, antigem coalmerald (approved by the party)
Love it
14:28 I dont think thats why the Book of Revelation is so cryptic. Look how all other books and letters of the new testament are also in that same time where romans and jews alike persecuted Christians severely. The other books are written plainly. I personally think that book is so cryptic because John could not understand fully what he saw. Like he really saw the future and things in it
There's also a theory that John was off his rocker when writing Revelations, as the island that he was on is said to have hallucinogenic plants growing there. Same for the story of Moses, where the burning bush was actually some kind of hallucinogenic, Moses inhaled the fumes, and hallucinated a message from God.
Gemerald
C.S. Lewis’s planet trilogy is superb. Please read it and tell me what you think. Lewis was a true prophet.