Something Worth Knowing: Hank's TED-inspired event and Complexly fundraiser (2026)
project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2026-09-18)
Something Worth Knowing, a small TED-inspired gathering that Hank announced in July 2026 as Complexly's first live fundraiser. It was held in Los Angeles in September 2026, and Hank called it an absolute blast.
Part of: Complexly: the brothers' production company, renamed from EcoGeek (2016)
About: Something Worth Knowing, Complexly, TED
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-03 | announced | Hank announces Something Worth Knowing, a small TED-inspired gathering that is a fundraiser for Complexly. | Why I Didn't Buy TED 00:05:50 |
| 2026-09-11 (happened 2026-09-16) | milestone | Hank announces Something Worth Knowing, Complexly's first live fundraiser, is five days away, with its lineup and theme set and Craig Benzine invited to perform. | Our Last YouTube View… 00:02:59 |
| 2026-09-18 | outcome | Hank says he is in Los Angeles after the Complexly Something Worth Knowing fundraiser, an absolute blast, and thanks everyone who came. | John was Wrong about YouTube Views 00:09:51 |
What is said about it
11 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2026-07-03 · Why I Didn't Buy TED — announcement: Hank: Inspired by that week, Hank is starting Something Worth Knowing: a tiny, goofier, messier TED-like gathering of curious people, out of the world's spotlight, that is a fundraiser for Complexly. — 00:05:50
- 2026-07-03 · Why I Didn't Buy TED — Hank: Speakers who said yes include Mark Rober, Abigail Thorn, Katie Mack, Simone Giertz and Connections writer Wyna Liu, who is doing a secret game; Hank gives a talk six months in the making. — 00:06:19
- 2026-07-03 · Why I Didn't Buy TED — announcement: Hank: The theme of the first Something Worth Knowing is the question Hank put to the speakers: where does your hope come from? — 00:06:49
- 2026-07-03 · Why I Didn't Buy TED — announcement: Hank: Because it is a fundraiser, tickets are expensive: $500 base level, $2,500 VIP with a dinner. — 00:06:49
- 2026-07-03 · Why I Didn't Buy TED — Hank likes that TED fills the room not only with people who can pay but with fellows, because a room is better with people there for different reasons. — 00:06:49
- 2026-07-03 · Why I Didn't Buy TED — ask: Hank: Donors including Hank sponsored free tickets; people within driving distance, in Southern California, can apply in the description (no flights or hotels), or buy a ticket. — 00:07:18
- 2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — announcement: Hank says they decided to hold Something Worth Knowing, a Complexly fundraiser in Los Angeles; Craig came up as an invitee, and Hank asked him to do something weird. — 00:02:30
- 2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — Hank: The event will feature Mark Rober, Simone Giertz, Katie Mack, Abigail Thorn, Kallie Moore, Shan Boodram and Wyna Liu, who writes the Connections boards. — 00:02:59
- 2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — announcement: Hank says the event will be both thoughtful and goofy, with the theme of what is bringing us hope right now. — 00:03:28
- 2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — ask: Hank asks anyone who can possibly make it to check out the event via the link in the description. — 00:03:28
- 2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says the event reminded him not just why but how we hope: the question is not where to find hope but how to do it, maybe a topic for another video. — 00:09:51