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A Video about Videos

2008-09-11 · John · watch on YouTube · Global development · advocacy activism

On September 11, John points Hank and viewers to videos about decreasing world suck, chiefly Sean's vote on how to spend Nerdfighter money in Bangladesh, arguing that everyone should share such hard choices.

What is said

00:00:00 — Video one: Sean's vote on how to spend Nerdfighter money with Save the Children in Bangladesh

  • ★★ John says September 11 is the best day to think about ways to make the world suck less, and offers a video about other videos. — 00:00:00 · world suck
  • ★★★ John reports that months ago Nerdfighters sent Sean money to help people in Bangladesh; Sean has used much of it and wants to spend the rest with Save the Children. — 00:00:00 · Shawn Ahmed, Nerdfighteria, Bangladesh
  • ★★★ John says Sean, like many charities in the developing world, lacks money to do everything and must choose between vital needs such as clean water, infant health and education. — 00:00:36 · Shawn Ahmed
  • ★★★ John tells viewers that Sean has laid out several options and that everyone can vote on what should be done first with the money, which Sean will then do. — 00:01:05 · Shawn Ahmed, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John favours sending Sean more money but says it would not solve the problem; the question is hard, and everyone should share the tough choices Sean makes daily. (hedged) — 00:01:05 · Shawn Ahmed

00:01:34 — Video two: meeting Amy Krouse Rosenthal at the Bean and her film The Beckoning of Lovely

  • ★★ John recalls that at the end of the Chicago Nerdfighter night on 8/8/08 hundreds of Nerdfighters met Amy Krouse Rosenthal at the Bean without knowing her plan. — 00:01:34 · Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Chicago, Nerdfighteria
  • ★ John describes Amy Krouse Rosenthal as the author of acclaimed best-selling books, including Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and Little Pea. — 00:01:34 · Amy Krouse Rosenthal
  • ★★ John says Rosenthal made a film, The Beckoning of Lovely, starring many Nerdfighters including him; it is only the first part of her project. — 00:01:55 · Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John invites everyone to make and do lovely things and send them to Amy for her next step, calling the project right up his alley. — 00:01:55 · Amy Krouse Rosenthal

00:02:24 — Video three: welcoming the secret siblings' new baby to the world

  • ★★ John says that despite the world sometimes seeming not worth it, there is something beautiful in bringing a child into the world and promising to make the Earth good for them. (hedged) — 00:02:24
  • ★ John says his secret siblings introduced their new baby in a funny birthday video for him, and suggests viewers go and welcome the baby to the world. — 00:02:24 · secret sibling

00:02:52 — Videos four and five: an extended Question Tuesday with Worthington Libraries; Willy needs to go out

  • ★★ John points to about 20 minutes of extended Question Tuesday he did with Worthington Libraries, covering him and his books. — 00:02:52 · Question Tuesday

00:03:21 — Sign-off: a tour video promised for Saturday

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