John writes a novel about what it means to be human and how we define personhood (2015)
story · status: followed over 5 videos (2015–2017) · last event: update (2017-02-21)
John's novel about what it means to be human and how we define personhood. In June 2015 he had been trying to write it for three years, in 2016 he cleared his schedule to finish a draft, and in February 2017 it was still not finished.
About: John's novel in progress about personhood (2015), personhood
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-09 | told | John says he has spent three years trying to write a novel about what it means to be human and how we define personhood. | What Does It Mean to Be Human? 00:00:07 |
| 2016-01-19 | update | Asked how the writing is going, John says he thinks it is going well and apologizes that it is taking so long. (hedged) | The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday 00:00:45 |
| 2016-08-30 | update | John has decided to clear his schedule for several months to finish a draft of his new story, so over about ten months he will make only three public appearances. (hedged) | My Body Is a Broken Temple 00:02:34 |
| 2016-09-20 (happened 2015) | update | John missed writing like someone you used to love; about a year ago he went back, writing just for fun and because he thought Sarah would like it, which are good reasons to write. | Failing to Follow Up The Fault in Our Stars 00:02:27 |
| 2017-02-21 | update | John says he doesn't know everything about his new book because it is not finished yet. | Does Human Life Have Real Meaning? 00:02:03 |
What is said about it
10 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2015-06-09 · What Does It Mean to Be Human? — John says that for the last three years he has been trying to write a novel about what it means to be human, how we define personhood and why it matters; he has also written a lot about tortoises. — 00:00:07
- 2017-02-21 · Does Human Life Have Real Meaning? — John is not tired of people asking about his new book: it's nice that people care, he just wishes he had more to tell them. — 00:02:08
- 2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — ask: John: Asked the title of his new book, John says he doesn't know and asks viewers to leave title ideas in the comments. — 00:00:49
- 2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — announcement: John: Asked whom he will vote for, John says he is not paying attention to the so-called presidential election until 100 days before Indiana's primary, and will enjoy his last few days of not thinking about it. — 00:01:02
- 2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — John: Asked to six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon himself, John says he acted in The Fault in Our Stars movie (scene cut, but in the extended version) with Laura Dern, who was in Novocaine with Kevin Bacon. (playful) — 00:01:23
- 2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — John: Asked how a dog should wear pants, John says that on dogs with pants he stands with the president. (playful) — 00:01:33
- 2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — John says that, as far as he can tell, presidential debates now exist to sell expensive advertising on cable news networks, and at that they are very effective. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:39
- 2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — John: Asked how the world will end, John says he has a top-ten list of eschatological anxieties but sides with T.S. Eliot: not with a bang but with a whimper. — 00:01:49
- 2017-02-21 · Does Human Life Have Real Meaning? — John's favourite river is the White River in Indianapolis: beautiful and mostly deserted, so you can kayak for hours without seeing anyone. — 00:02:13
- 2017-02-21 · Does Human Life Have Real Meaning? — John says Indianapolis is a city of a million people. — 00:02:15