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A Video about Videos

2008-09-11 · list · John · 3:27 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Global development (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Advocacy & fundraising · tags: civic or action cta, community lore, self promotion

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

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

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 Shawn money to help people in Bangladesh; Shawn has used much of it and wants to spend the rest with Save the Children. — 00:00:00 · Nerdfighteria, Save the Children
  • ★★★ John says Shawn, 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
  • ★★★ John tells viewers that Shawn has laid out several options and that everyone can vote on what should be done first with the money, which Shawn will then do. — 00:01:05 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★★ John favours sending Shawn more money but says it would not solve the problem; the question is hard, and everyone should share the tough choices Shawn makes daily. (hedged) — 00:01:05

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 · Chicago (city), 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
  • ★★ 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 · The Beckoning of Lovely, 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 · The Beckoning of Lovely

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

  • ★★ John says he will make a video about the tour on Saturday (13 September 2008). — 00:03:21

Threads in this video

Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: Amy Krouse Rosenthal · Bangladesh · opportunity cost · Shawn Ahmed · The Beckoning of Lovely

Also: Projects: Paper Towns Tour

Works: Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life · Little Pea (“Little Pee in Your Pants”)

Organizations: Save the Children

Rituals: Question Tuesday

Terms: in your pants (“Little Pee in Your Pants”) · secret sibling · world suck

Places: Chicago (city) · Cloud Gate

animal: Willy

Only in the description or credits: Worthington Libraries

Also centred on Amy Krouse Rosenthal: Positive Pranking: The TP Edition · The Terrible Burden of Destiny: Chicago and Waupaca · SIGNING MADNESS · Beckoning Lovely · Because We're Here · Auld Lang Syne: The Anthropocene Reviewed

Also centred on Bangladesh: Nerdfighting in Bangladesh · Three Things · PEEPS for Bangladesh

Also centred on opportunity cost: Why Can't America Have a Grown-Up Healthcare Conversation? · How to Make Goals, Not Resolutions · This Video Is Actually Three Videos · Let's Try Radiation Therapy!

Also centred on Shawn Ahmed: Nerdfighting in Bangladesh · Three Things · You Are Awesome

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