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Brotherhood 2.0: January 9th

2007-01-09 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

From Detroit, Hank says he has not been living by his values lately, shows the spectacle of the auto show General Motors invited him to as an environmental blogger, and answers John on the book club and the novel's title.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting from windy Detroit in front of General Motors headquarters; looking south to Canada

  • ★★ Hank says he is in windy, cold Detroit, Michigan, standing in front of the very big General Motors headquarters. — 00:00:03
  • ★ Hank says where he stands in Detroit is the only place in the continental United States where you can look south and see Canada. — 00:00:03 · Canada

00:00:34 — Not living by his values lately: New Year trip (Spokane, Reno, Lake Tahoe); GM's invitation to the auto show as an environmental blogger

  • ★★★ Hank says it is nice of John to say he lives in a way commensurate with his values, but he has not felt that way lately. — 00:00:34
  • ★★ For New Year Hank drove to Spokane, flew to Reno and drove to Lake Tahoe, then did it all in reverse, for a roughly three-day party. — 00:00:34
  • ★★★ A week later Hank accepted General Motors' invitation to the North American International Auto Show, invited because he writes for a few environmental blogs. — 00:00:34

00:01:16 — Tour of the North American International Auto Show spectacle: fake lichen, fire and waterfall, a jeep stuck to a wall, GM hot dogs

  • ★★ At the show Hank says 'This is not my values' and calls it a gigantic spectacle that is hard to convey. — 00:01:16
  • ★ Hank points out fake lichen, fake fire, a fake waterfall that spells things and a jeep stuck to a wall, and calls GM's hot-dog giveaway lame. (playful) — 00:01:16

00:02:30 — Replies on the Brotherhood 2.0 Book Club (John must read the book he is writing) and on the novel's title

  • ★★ On the Brotherhood 2.0 Book Club, Hank sarcastically welcomes the chance John gives him to read so many books about genocide. (playful) — 00:02:30 · Nerdfighter Book Club
  • ★★★ Saying viewers all want John to write rather than read, Hank makes John's only book-club option the book John is writing. (playful) — 00:02:30 · Nerdfighter Book Club
  • ★★ On a title for John's novel, Hank says he will need some time and would like to know what the novel is about. — 00:02:30

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