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Time for AWESOME

2012-12-04 · John · watch on YouTube · Global development · announcement promotion

John introduces the sixth annual Project for Awesome, framing it through his own privilege (Kenyon, internet access, $249 cameras) and the importance of extending opportunity, after celebrating Time naming The Fault in Our Stars the top novel of 2012.

What is said

00:00:00 — Time Magazine names The Fault in Our Stars the top novel of 2012; a child of the brothers painting; visit to Kenyon

  • ★★★ John says Time Magazine has just named The Fault in Our Stars first on its list of the top ten novels of 2012, ahead of Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith, Junot Diaz and J.K. Rowling, and he is overwhelmed. — 00:00:00 · The Fault in Our Stars

00:00:29 — Kenyon Thoughts from Places video; John's privilege: race, gender, orientation, an elite small college

  • ★★ John says he visited his alma mater Kenyon College, where he became a writer and an adult, a couple of weeks ago and made a Thoughts from Places video for Kenyon's channel. — 00:00:29 · Thoughts from Places
  • ★★★ John says at Kenyon he kept thinking how privileged he is: his race, gender, sex and orientation are privileged by the social order, and he was outrageously privileged to attend a college with small classes and attentive professors. — 00:00:29

00:00:58 — $249 cameras and internet access made their projects possible; extending access to opportunity; segue to P4A

  • ★★★ John says he and Hank were also privileged to have internet access in 2007 and $249 for cheap video cameras at the end of 2006; without that, Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, SciShow, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and VidCon would not exist. — 00:00:58 · Brotherhood 2.0, Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, SciShow, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, VidCon
  • ★★★ John says this is why he feels strongly about extending access to opportunities: many people could bring awesome things into the world but lack the opportunity. — 00:00:58

00:01:27 — P4A 2012: December 17th, the video part (upload at noon Eastern, embed and vote); Time aside

  • ★★★ John introduces the sixth annual Project for Awesome: every year on December 17th the Nerdfighter and YouTube communities come together to decrease world suck. — 00:01:27 · Project for Awesome, Nerdfighteria, YouTube, world suck
  • ★★★ John asks viewers to upload, at noon Eastern (5pm GMT) on December 17th, a creative video about a nonprofit or cause they believe in, ideally showing its work, and embed it at projectforawesome.com for voting. — 00:01:27 · Project for Awesome

00:01:56 — Livestream; money for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck goes to the five most-voted organizations at the board's discretion; 4chan joke

00:02:26 — More than $15,000 already (NerdCraftaria, Evil Baby Orphanage card game); penny per comment; anonymous matching donors

  • ★★ John says the P4A already has more than $15,000, thanks to donations via 'NerdCraftaria' (as heard; likely Minecrafteria) and to the Evil Baby Orphanage card game makers, who quietly donated part of their proceeds. — 00:02:26 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck
  • ★★ John says that, as in previous years, he and Hank will donate one penny per P4A comment, up to one million comments. — 00:02:26 · Hank Green, Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ John announces that four anonymous donors will match every dollar donated to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, up to $50,000. — 00:02:26 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck

00:02:55 — Matching up to $50,000; Indiegogo page around December 16th; sign up for the P4A mailing list

  • ★★ John says an Indiegogo page will go up around December 16th; donations are not tax deductible, but all proceeds go directly to the P4A charities. — 00:02:55 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ John asks viewers to sign up now for the P4A mailing list at projectforawesome.com, since last year's list was trashed, and promises it will only send email about this year's P4A. — 00:02:55 · Project for Awesome > «you will only receive email about this year's Project for Awesome, nothing else ever, I promise!»

00:03:24 — Sign-off: calling the Yeti with the news; pointing joke

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