Dan Harmon | Blocks Podcast w/ Neal Brennan

The word that comes to mind for me here is: heuristics.

And I completely agree with your thinking here. Many men in my experience have recoiled into “analysis paralysis” and the safety of one’s own mind to shelter ourselves from the feeling and emotions of our broken childhoods writ large. Like I can’t imagine there exists even one human that hasn’t been touched by the noodley appendage of trauma in their past..? But for writers it’s quite debilitating for me to even admit as just a personal journalist (Gonzo if you will) to write for myself with all my own personal information as a feature that is permitted in what I’m beginning to see as an obsession or possibly addiction to knowledge of The Self over knowledge of MYself.

…and well I guess I’m just appreciating your observations and comment here Simon because it’s helping me crystallize how I too might be unconsciously valuing analysis over experience in ways that are unique to my perspective. Thereby upgrading my heuristics like a proper analysis boy/bot ought to. But then I reflect on that functionality expression and say to myself why the fuck did I have to take the time to say all this to a stranger online? I am about as mystified as Dan is on the reasons for some of our human idiosyncrasies beyond the perfect-imperfection of just Being capable of laughing it all off because taking myself too seriously has only lead to suffering for me and those that love or are connected to me…

1:06:28 “ooo who sculpted that? Did his mom hit him or not?” 😂

Not gonna lie . Dan sucks at answering questions directly .

David Banner is a rapper. Bruce Banner turns green ^_^ honest mistake, not judging him or anything. I'm actually psyched Dan heard about David Banner hahah

I was so emotionally unhealthy before the stand up comedians became mental health experts. I was taking guidance from my butcher like some sort of idiot.

Does anyone know the quote about childhood that Neil read from his phone recently? I liked it and cant remember who he said said it

God, this interviewer is so bad..

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34:57 did Neal just call Dan regarded

54:32 😮 This is a perfect description of how unmitigated anxiety and self-judgement are weaponized. Harmon's version sounds like it attacks outwardly in order to defend himself. Mine turns the knife around and attacks inwardly, shrinking up into a dark corner and feeling irrevocably hopeless. The extraverted version of mismanaged neurosis wants to attack others; the introverted version attacks itself. Either way, that forcing of a script and a false reality onto the external world is the same. Shits fng nuts, and its so sad that humans can be forced into such a warped version of reality. Love the script analogy tho – really well said. Whatever anybody thinks about his writing, harmons a damn genious – a terribly, terribly lost and damaged genius lol

man listening to this man thinks as he talks. it's like a more unhinged, fuzzier David Foster Wallace in a way

This is so massively creepy. I don't think humans exist to Dan Harmon. He doesn't talk about people, he talks about narratives.

Best conversation I've seen in a long time

The whole drink spilling thing is a little too self important and therapeutic thinking, if you spill a drink on me the entire problem is the drink I don't care how you feel or what else you do as long as you solve the problem you just created with me

It would be really nice if this interviewer would let their guests finish a single thought