File:In Defense Of Depressive Realism

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This is a reply to Sir Anekantavads aka Andy video: http://youtu.be/KOCm89VB-i0,

The video has ended up as a kind of documentary in its own right though. His initital video was made as a request by me for him to comment on the concept of Depressive Realism, and he has made quite a few critical videos since then about it. Check out his channel.

Also a big thanks to Colin Feltham for a lot of the inspiration to the video and the topic. Check out his upcoming book "Keeping Ourselves In The Dark", largely about this topic. Its out in 2014 on Nine Banded Books, I believe.

The clips in the videos are used for educational reasons and therefore goes under FAIR USE, also there's also only used extracts so they do not replace the experience of watching the clips in their own full length.

Clips used and to see full videos: The Journey - The Martine Wright Story from Channel 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcsssKRCgI8

Dan Gilbert: The Surprising Science Of Happiness at TED: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q1dgn_C0AU

Tali Sharot: The Optimism Bias at TED: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8rmi95pYL0

Pollyanna (1960) by Walt Disney Studios

Dan Gilbert short interview at Tomorrow 13: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2Y3PrtmIYA Herman Tønnessen at NRK Møtested Studio 4, 1990.

Footage from Peter Wessel Zapffe from the excellent documentary "Hva Det Betyr Å Være Menneske"(1990) by Trond Brede Andersen.

Tønnessen subtitles done as best as I could by myself. Drawings by Stein-Christian Fagerbakken

Ghost Story, Clean Soul, Mirage Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/