Yeah, 29:20 is a perfect description of all the wankers here.

This man is awesome.

I turned 18 just a while back and this is so helpful. Hopefully I can retain some of this advice and apply it to my life. grrr... I notice every time I say 'I' now

What great thoughts. Really obvious, yet genius and rarely heard at the same time.

I wasn't as excited about the never look at comments thing though. On one hand he is saying the internet opens communication and the exchange of ideas and it is invaluable, on the other hand never look at Youtube/Videosift comments. It is important to be able to ignore the trolls and extract the valuable opinions without falling for the troll trap which Fry seems to have already identified, but is afraid to encounter.

Perhaps put it in talks too...
Great sift!

overall a good message, but I disagree with a few of his points.
He's very well educated, but there's very little in the way of revelatory insight here. There is a certain refinement in his articulation, but a lumbering in his expression.

But goodness comes in all forms. Thanks for a fine sift.

Oh, and I just happened to watch this video immediately after.

Clearly, she has taken a page from Fry's playbook.;-)

I have mixed feelings about this, too.

Much of what he said was correct.

If I were able to talk to my 18-year-old self, I think I'd tell him to have more confidence, more discipline, and although some of the elders had my best interest at heart, I should have gone my own way on some things despite their recommendations to the contrary.

I think I'd have been better off in the long run. Happier.

I so fucking HATE when people make vidoes WITH FUCKING ONE CHANNEL MONO SOUND.

This video has NO sound for me. I can hear other videos on this site and other Vimeo videos, but not this one.

Are you playing out of one channel only?>> ^MaxWilder:

This video has NO sound for me. I can hear other videos on this site and other Vimeo videos, but not this one.

>> ^braindonut:
Yeah, 29:20 is a perfect description of all the wankers here.


Shout it out man! BE HEARD!

Good call. Apparently my HTPC has stereo issues. Can't believe I never noticed before.

Wow, if that all became true what this "genius" is preaching there and thus we would get our "perfect world", it would be so exciting that I would have to kill myself to get at least some excitement.
Hes talking about meeting lots of different people to find the true meaning of life and then later talks about miserable people that he doesnt like or understand. What a fucking hypocrite.

Automatic upvote for anything with Fry or Garfunkel and Oates.

You're doing exactly the same thing that he is suggesting is so harmful towards meaningful learning.

>> ^Trancecoach:

overall a good message, but I disagree with a few of his points.
He's very well educated, but there's very little in the way of revelatory insight here. There is a certain refinement in his articulation, but a lumbering in his expression.
But goodness comes in all forms. Thanks for a fine sift.

>> ^WKB:

What great thoughts. Really obvious, yet genius and rarely heard at the same time.
I wasn't as excited about the never look at comments thing though. On one hand he is saying the internet opens communication and the exchange of ideas and it is invaluable, on the other hand never look at Youtube/Videosift comments. It is important to be able to ignore the trolls and extract the valuable opinions without falling for the troll trap which Fry seems to have already identified, but is afraid to encounter.


Ahh, but he's talking about YouTube... and he's talking about Watching a video, not posting one and then ignoring comments.

I think if he read comments on sites like this, he'd be far more open to that idea... but I completely agree with him on YouTube comments, I just don't read them. Why ruin your enjoyment of a video with then reading either spam or someone being vitriolic?

The point is, don't be distracted by those who feel they have to be vile on the web...

I love it when someone can explain to me what I know is true, but have been incapable of explaining aloud myself.

This is wonderful. I just wish they didn't put it in stereo, then mute the right channel. It's remarkably distracting when listening with headphones. And I don't know of any easy way to fix it.

>> ^sillma:

I so fucking HATE when people make vidoes WITH FUCKING ONE CHANNEL MONO SOUND.


PLEEEAASE LISTEN TO ME! LISTEN TO ME! I WANT TO BE HEARD!

>> ^spawnflagger:

>> ^sillma:
I so fucking HATE when people make vidoes WITH FUCKING ONE CHANNEL MONO SOUND.

PLEEEAASE LISTEN TO ME! LISTEN TO ME! I WANT TO BE HEARD!


PLEEEAASE LISTEN TO ME! LISTEN TO ME! I WANT TO BE HEARD!

I saw the first ten mins, then skipped to the part about Internet trolling.

I thought the part about work being more fun than fun was interesting. It also sounded like he was trying to say that people should find a job that isn't just a means of survival, but a real source of happiness in itself. I like that idea but I wonder if it's very feasible for most of the human race though. It just sounded like something a professional entertainer would say, to me. I mean, there are 6.7 billion people in the world. They have a lot of needs that need to be met and I don't think the jobs that are needed to meet those needs are all going to be very fun to do :-P How much fun can we really have in production line factory jobs, accounting jobs, waste disposal and so forth?