Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
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8:06 · 36M views · Sep 1, 2019
Kurzgesagt animates Andy Weir's short story The Egg, in which a person learns that they are every human who has ever lived. It adds music and narration to the original text.
HN commenters call it a beloved story and link the animation when threads touch on consciousness, empathy or identity.
11 comments from Hacker News
> People aren't "gifted" with technology I used the words "humans having been gifted digital technology" as I am a marxist and I believe that all the technologies and scientific knowledge that we reverse engineer from nature is gifted to us by a higher power. Others talk about the brilliance of human minds, yet since I see us as a part of nature, there's no distinction in that for me. Another reason I say it that way is because unfortunately the 'great man theory/myth' still reigns supreme in the tech industry [1]. I think though that this 'brilliant mind' story that is commonly told in the west seems to have often justified detrimental and destructive human supremacy/domination over the rest of nature (also leading us to the edge of the cliff now with global warming). Anyways, I think that we all tell ourselves different stories and this is one of mine. This is another story I tell myself because it is ridiculously beautiful to me: [LINK] or Kurzgesagt version: this video > I was privileged enough to have my mother sacrifice everything(her property, her life, her family and her homeland) to pull me out of a warzone to provide for me so I would be in a position to be able to build these skills. That sounds incredibly difficult and distressing for her (and possibly for you too). Thank you for sharing this personal story here. > Just calling the whole thing privilege is such a disservice to all she had to sacrifice for me to be able to be in this position. That isn't what I am ref
Jean de Florette (1986) and its conclusion Manon des Sources (1986), great 80s French movies, top notch cast you would even recognize in the US. Also Le château de ma mère (1990) and La gloire de mon père (1990). I haven’t watched the second pair since I was a small boy, but I remember being captivated. A complete tangent is this Kurzgesagt video on YouTube where they consider the possibility that you will be every human and live every life. I can’t stop thinking about it. this video
Closely related, especially given the context of consciousness, one of my favorite stories: "The Egg" ( [LINK] , or if you prefer read by Kurzgesagt: this video ).
The Egg is one of my life long favorite histories. kurzgesagt did a video animation of it a few years ago this video
Kurzgesagt's short video is great too, it's (quasi-)verbatim, but the music, animation and narration makes it quite poignant. The idea behind the story is quite fascinating to me. If simulationists are right, it's as good or better of a "why" as "origin seeking" IMO. Not that I believe one way or the other, I just think the idea's interesting to ponder on. this video