Why Is Everyone So Emotionally Detached? - David Brooks (Video)

In this 13 April 2024 video from Moderm Wisdom, host Chris Williamson has a discussion with David Brooks, a columnist for The New York Times, a commentator, and an author.

We’re often told to control our emotions, but is that actually what we want? Or do we want to be confident enough to feel them fully? Instead of becoming too detached, how can we reconnect with our feelings and embrace life more fully?

Expect to learn why men have been conditioned to be so emotionally cut-off, why being stoic or aloof is perceived to be attractive, why so many people are repressed, how to accurately see people and make them feel comfortable, how to open up without triggering your fear, how to improve the energy you enter a room with and more.

https://youtu.be/_A3HzX20I5Q

00:00 We Are Ignoring Our Emotions
05:34 Emotions Allow Us to Experience Life
11:09 The Vulnerability of Being Open
16:16 How to Balance Rationality & Emotion
21:11 Society’s Lack of Earnestness
24:17 Reacting to Sean Strickland & Theo Von
27:40 Seeing Each Other More Deeply
33:48 How to Be Comfortable With Feelings
41:42 The Powerful Use of Silence 
44:44 How to Notice People Who Are Down
49:06 The Bravery of Being Open
52:26 How to End a Conversation Better
57:43 Questions to Make a Conversation Deeper
1:00:59 Where to Find David Brooks