#473 - Tom Van Der Linden - Finding Heroic Meaning In Modern Life

<p>Tom Van Der Linden is a YouTuber, video essayist and Creator of Like Stories of Old.</p> <p>Finding meaning in modern life is hard. What glory is there to achieve when all of your existence has already been made totally convenient by technology? Heroic narratives still exist in movies and books, but can we apply these lessons to the real world?</p> <p>Expect to learn how to tell the difference between serving ourselves and serving others, why watching a heroic movie can skew our expectations of life, why it's difficult to ever truly know another person, what Albert Camus can teach us about enduring suffering, why David Foster-Wallace called adult life "the day to day trenches" and much more...</p> <p><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Sponsors:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - <a href= "https://modernwisdom.locals.com/">https://modernwisdom.locals.com/</a></p> <p class="p1">Get 15% discount on Craftd London’s jewellery at <a href="https://bit.ly/cdwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://bit.ly/cdwisdom</span></a> (use code MW15)</p> <p class="p1">Get 20% discount on the best quality Kratom from Super Speciosa at <a href= "https://getsuperleaf.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://getsuperleaf.com/modernwisdom</span></a> (use code: MW20)</p> <p class="p1">Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at <a href= "https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM"><span class= "s1">https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM</span></a> (use code MODERNWISDOM)</p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Extra Stuff:</strong></p> <p>Subscribe to Tom's YouTube Channel - <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/c/LikeStoriesofOld">https://www.youtube.com/c/LikeStoriesofOld</a> </p> <p><a href="https://chriswillx.com/books/" t