Ron Jones
3 HN mentions · mentioned in 3 months, 2022–2026
1:02 · 441K views · Oct 13, 2021
A one-minute clip of William Shatner trying to describe the awe of space after a Blue Origin flight while Jeff Bezos sprays champagne.
HN mostly uses it to criticize or mock Bezos, not as a recommendation.
3 comments from Hacker News
Interesting read. I'm fully willing to buy the author's assessment of Jeff Bezos' detachment from the reality that we normal folk live in by viewing his (Bezos') interaction with William Shatner post Blue Origin's NS-18 launch. this video The clip humanizes Shatner and makes Bezos seem like a creepy narcissistic ghoul in comparison (which is quite a feat assuming stories told about Shatner by many of his former coworkers are accurate). Given all of the events since then its a bit interesting that despite the thinly veiled not-quite-name-dropping (eg. Gaiman, Chabon, Andrés) he didn't mention the presence of Ghislaine Maxwell who has been to Campfire several times including in 2018.
> Lack of such frantic craziness is seen as boring (I never heard of this word boring in my childhood). Slow life in general is being viewed as socially unacceptable. We are frogs in a boiling pot. Reminds me of this clip of Jeff Bezos being a total dick to William Shatner. this video Shatner later realized that 11 minutes in space wasn't really anything to write home about and that billionaires are assholes.
I'm glad NPR took the time to get his thoughts since Bezos was too busy playing with champagne. this video