Is the School of Life a cult?

First, drop the sarcasm you dumb cynical shit.

Second; okay my disciple. I see your mind is very confused, and you're mentally very young. But since you asked, I'll teach you. You ready? Okay. Here we go:

Think for yourself.

oh but i can't, master. i'm a mere plebeian with a very young mental age. your wisdom is just too much too fast

Keep reading, with a keen and vigilant eye. You'll find what's true and what isn't soon enough, as you've already noticed School Of Life's deceitful and trickster ways.

Diligence, my friend. It's one of our greatest gifts. Godspeed.

Calling it a cult would be overexaggerating. They are definitely shady in the " buy this bullshit product to make your life better" sense, but not in the cult sense. I'll admit, some of there videos were pretty informative, but some flat out felt like liberal propaganda. So in conclusion, take their videos wih a grain of salt. And don't buy their over-priced products.

They'er just tapping in to a very profitable market of liberal arts fashion fags who buy very expensive "muh minimalism" and "muh hight quality" clothes. I cant really talk because I own pic related that coast 300+.

Was that called "Google Truth Contest"?

Those literally look exactly like my grandma's ergonomic government-subsidized shoes

Hipster as fuck, user. Well done you

Notice the visible tag showing their logo?
Conspicuous consumption. It's yet another gimmick to sell crap to dupes with more money than sense.
>philosophy of life
That's a pretty clever one; it must appeal pretty well to the contemporary hipster. Good on them.

But the founder is born a millionaire, no need for this unless he believed in it.

>because you have money, you should have no interest in making money
He could very well have drank his own kool-aid, but having money does not preclude one from making more.

>But the founder is born a millionaire

Indoctrinated since birth in the ways of the dollar. Do not trust, he did not go through the rags to riches struggle that humbles and empowers a community.

might it be a elaborate capitalist scheme?

First video I watched of theirs confirms my suspicion.
youtube.com/watch?v=-BdbiZcNBXg
This is the equivalent of a cold reading for advertising. It is not wisdom they're imparting, but rather a vague description that a broad potential market demographic that would all ready be receptive to purchasing their products, can easily identify.
>be a good listener
>listen
>make non-committal noises that show you're paying attention
>don't be judgmental and moralistic
>but also, don't agree with everyone someone says
This is trite nonsense that works as a description, rather than any life lesson.

And for the person with enough money and interest, and not enough wrinkles, the result is
>Hey, that's me. I do that--I'm enlightened. Where do I buy?

I should add, I don't fault them for doing this. It's a clever gimmick to take advantage of contemporary trends.
But it seems they are selling crap at a markup for vacuous "life coaching".

Then again, if I'm being idealistic and non-cynical I like the IDEA of The School of Life. Something focused on actually helping ordinary people use philosophy into their everyday lives, to live more fulfilling and thoughtful lives.

What a shame it can't come to life though. With capitalism, it always must end up this way.

Is no place in the world free of hidden intensions?

Even if it wasn't capitalism, they'd fall prey to something else. Some of their videos are exactly as OP says, preachy and arrogant. But with a submissive and subversive approach to handling life.

Cuck philosophy for the cuck generation.

Do you even know what a cult means? Trumpfaggotry in /pol/ resembles a cult more than this youtube channel

>free of hidden intensions
No. Not with human beings, nor with some animals, it seems.
We all have private lives. Embrace it.

And why are you telling me to embrace it? What are you after, user?

He's moreso reminding himself, as much as informing you.

But there was probably a slight dopamine rush for user as he instigated someone to embrace a seemingly anarchistic (on the surface) philosophy.

And I'm informing you, because I personally love analyses and research.

It's just a business trying to sell merchandise and classes

it's part of the self-help industry but it's niche is it's academic pedigree coming from A .C Grayling

>why
It's better than being perpetually frustrated with human nature. I can't answer your second question, but it's a good one. I'm not trying to sell you anything or control you, though.

I'm totally out of the loop. Is this what all those moron democrats on twitter who can't think for themselves and claim to be a "student of life" are into?

>He's moreso reminding himself, as much as informing you.
Perhaps.

Human interaction does cause the release of dopamine, I can't argue with that. I'm not proposing user embrace any kind of anarchistic philosophy, however.