John asks Hank and Nerdfighters whether they have an ultimate concern, what it is, and whether they should (2010)
ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2010-03-19) · owner: John
In March 2010 John made the week's theme the question of whether Hank and Nerdfighters have an ultimate concern and what it is; Hank answered that he did not know his, and John read thousands of Nerdfighter comments on theirs.
About: ultimate concern
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-03-15 | asked | John sets the week's theme, asking Hank and Nerdfighters whether they have an ultimate concern, what it is, and whether they should. | Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition 00:02:09 |
| 2010-03-17 | result reported | Hank answers John's question: after listing five things he'd die for, he says he doesn't know what his ultimate concern is. → refers to Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition | Side-Boob is Not my Ultimate Concern 00:02:11 |
| 2010-03-19 | result reported | John reports thousands of Nerdfighter comments about their ultimate concerns and whether to have one. | Foreign John Green Books and the Ultimate Concern 00:00:00 |
What is said about it
7 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — John introduces 'ultimate concern', a phrase from the study of religion: the thing or value you prize above all others, would die for or kill for. — 00:01:52
- 2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — John says it is easy to go through life without an ultimate concern; he doesn't think Henry has one, being still in the business of self-preservation. (hedged) — 00:02:01
- 2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — ask: John makes ultimate concern the week's theme, asking Hank and Nerdfighters whether they have one, what it is, and whether they should have one. — 00:02:09
- 2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — John's ultimate concern right now certainly involves making sure Henry is happy and healthy, but he doesn't know whether it should be limited to that. (hedged) — 00:02:15
- 2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — John asks whether an ultimate concern should be limited to family, extend to politics, community, nation or species, weigh other species equally, or yield to self-preservation. (unsure) — 00:02:24
- 2010-03-17 · Side-Boob is Not my Ultimate Concern — Hank: To find his ultimate concern, Hank lists the first five things he would give his life for, planning to narrow them down. — 00:00:00
- 2010-03-17 · Side-Boob is Not my Ultimate Concern — Hank would die for his wife, freedom for people he cares about, restoring the lost Library of Alexandria, peaceful alien contact, and free non-polluting energy for everyone. — 00:00:29