Mental Masterbation

What if you could experience thousands of lives without ever living your own?

In God Emperor of Dune, Frank Herbert explored a temptation that feels uncomfortably familiar today: escaping into endless experiences while your own life goes nowhere. We’ve got social media, streaming, porn, gaming and even self-help content.

At what point does all that stop adding to your life and start replacing it?

Spoiler Alert for the fourth Dune novel, God Emperor of Dune.

I’m Denis, and this is my new wannabe English-language channel. Expect more videos like this, exploring human behaviour, philosophy and self-improvement through books, science and everyday life. Serious questions, questionable jokes.

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