What You Try to Control, Controls You | The Paradox of Control

The ‘paradox of control’ attempts to show that the more we try to control external circumstances, the less in control we are as we try to control something we cannot. And so, as a consequence of our attempts to impose control over a situation, it may eventually turn out for the worse. This video essay explores the paradox of control. Video: What You Try to Control, Controls You | The Paradox of Control Support the channel: ✔️ PayPal: ✔️ Patreon: ✔️ Bitcoin: 3HQnEz1LQ4G6dqN2LdZgzc7qoJjJCyWjTC (Donated BTC and want in the credits? Send me an email with the amount/address) 🎞️ Animations and thumbnail art by Munkaa: Purchase Stoicism for Inner Peace (affiliate links): 📘 Paperback: 💻 Ebook: Purchase Unoffendable (affiliate links): 📘 Paperback: 💻 Ebook: Merchandise: 🛍️ Shop: 🛍️ Merchandise design by Punksthetic Art: #paradoxofcontrol #taoism #alanwatts 00:00 - Intro 02:30 - The limits of control 06:08 - The futility of trying to control 09:13 - What you try to control, controls you 11:38 - Finding security in the uncontrollable