Is it reasonable to be hopeful about the future?
Axis: hope is reasonable ... hope is naive
John
| date | change | position | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-21 | shift | John says the project is starting to make him believe in humanity again: for the first time he feels there may be more nerdfighters than nerdhaters, after a lifetime of feeling suited to 'Loser'. | August 20th: Winner, South Dakota 00:02:58 |
| 2007-11-21 | shift | John says he is much more optimistic than he used to be because of the good he has seen people do together, and endorses Faulkner's belief that man will prevail. | November 21st: What I'm Grateful For 00:02:09 |
| 2008-11-27 | restate | John says living through a difficult moment in history can make one more hopeful, and that the community's normalising of awesome gives him hope. | Thanksgiving in Asheville 00:01:13 |
| 2009-01-03 | new | John says he is an optimist only in that he thinks humanity's relentless attempt to extinguish itself will fail for the foreseeable future. | Giraffe Love and Other Questions ANSWERED 00:01:37 |
| 2010-10-13 | restate | John says that in an irreparably broken world humans are right to hold on to hope: hope is not crazy, and it gives us a chance. | On Hope and Chile 00:02:16 |
| 2011-08-05 | restate | John says 3,000 people singing a song about quarks answers complaints about teenagers and asks how anyone could not feel hopeful about the world. | Vidcon: Thoughts from Places 00:01:13 |
| 2013-04-16 | restate | After the Boston, Iraq and Iran-Pakistan tragedies John says we can always look in hope to the helpers and try to be among them. | Flags and Helpers 00:01:27 |
| 2013-12-31 | restate | John's description says there are many reasons to be hopeful that 2014 might be the best year yet; he closes the video wishing the new year be the best one yet. | GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever 00:00:00 |
Hank
| date | change | position | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-05-26 | new | Hank says realising how much future is still to come, and that he will see much of it, makes him hopeful. | May 25th: FreeMonkey's Tour 00:03:04 |
| 2007-12-20 | restate | Hank says seeing so many people promote organizations doing good, simply because it is right, made him kind of hopeful. | December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube 00:02:44 |
| 2011-10-27 | restate | Hank says he is very hopeful about the future of the species: immense challenges, but immense resources to face them. | 7,000,000,000 People 00:02:11 |
| 2013-05-31 | restate | Hank: working for a better future comes from optimism, not from fear of an inevitable apocalypse; there are a tremendous number of things to be optimistic about. | Optimism is Not Insane 00:03:30 |
| 2013-06-07 | restate | Hank: the future could go either way - great advances or the implosion of technological society. | How To Be a Baby Properly 00:00:31 |
| 2013-09-27 | restate | Hank says that once we agree there is a problem, he has complete faith in humanity's ability to solve it. | Invalid Arguments: Climate Change 00:03:30 |
Timeline notes
- John: first recorded event is shift (earlier stance may be outside 2007–2013 or unrecorded)