I wake up at 4 in the morning to be able to work on my computer, think, run, write or sometimes just walk outside and stare at my dog. I do this because from 4 to 6:30 I don't see a hear a single human being is amazing.
I know this video is old, but it holds a special place for me. This must have been the first Ted Talk I ever watched, oh so many years ago, and I thought it was so goddamn funny at the time. I still think it is. A classic.
The reason 4 am is such a controversial time is cause on an emotional level adults doing work and procrastinating recreationally find the hour from 4 to 5 to be the turning point where one day changes into the next. Even though we can rationally tell that midnight is the time shift to the next day, on an emotional level we feel that the new day has approached as we start approaching the morning light at around 5 to 6 which infers that 4 am tends to be the real end of a day to us.
Who is this guy?!! Absolutely incredible speaker. Is he an actor?? I don't care what was all this talk about, but he kept me fascinated, focus, smiling the whole time😳
This guy's delivery style is incredible! Musical. Rythmic. As a public speaker myself I like to see (should that be hear?) someone who can deliver well, He's a master! There's a really poetic quality to it. Hm - as I typed this I checked the video description. I see he's a poet (previously I'd only read the title) so that actually isn't so surprising. His delivery is still fantastic though. :D
As someone else already said the word had been around at least since 1976. There's another old Ted talk where some researcher talks about memes and memetics. I think it was related to an experience she had with mormons.
lol the earliest reference to 4 AM I can think of is 1642 by the samurai Miyamoto Musashi who says he begins writing in the hour of the tiger which means between three and five AM. Four am takes place in the second half of the hour of the tiger
ayub abdikarim I think...that is at the time when Allaah subhana Hu wa tala decends to the lowest heavens. ( check some hadeeth about it) Hence the night pray (Attahajud) - is a potential time for dua to be accepted. Plus starting your business or studies or anything else for that matter ,from that time onwards, insha Allaah. Has with it emence blessings for whoever is up and active in something one way or another. It has reminded myself of this blessed time that is available to all who seek it. Hope that helps bro. Peace. ( just to explain a little - A person would derive the most blessings, success or whatever you what to call it, in what he or she is doing) Hence and Allaah knows best: " For the most part...you see that Wealthy people are awake and active at these times taking advantage of the time...but in the unseen forces in life...they are actually conciously or unconsciously reaping the blessings and benefits of starting anything at the peak blessed time on the morning before sunrise. These guys have named it as 4am".
Funny thing is, I don’t consider myself to be a creative artsy type (more of a book smart nerd) but whenever I wake up between 345-4, on occasions I have all sorts of ideas and write poems. More than one at a time. I literally have to stop myself. It even feels as if I’m operating like a computer while it’s all going on. Idea after idea. I surprise myself, but sadly haven’t made a habit out of it yet. I should. Maybe more people should. (Now as a I write it’s 636, been up since 4 am) 🤯
I love being awake at 4 A.M. Everyone else is sleeping and I'm free to do whatever I want. I think I'm more awake between 4 and 5 in the morning than any other time of day.
I put this on my list "Sleep" as part of my research, i didn't learn anything useful to help me wake up at 4:00 in the morning... But now I some artistic contribution into the project to wake up early. He escrito esto, primero como registro de vista, y segundo como registro temporal... quiero ver este comentario en 10 años, como la mayoría que ahora tienen ese tiempo.
There is a bewitching hour between 3 and 4 in the morning. If you've ever been severely ill or suffered from insomnia, you will find yourself awake at 3am and through the 4 o'clock hour.
from an analytical standpoint the answer is simple at 3 a.m. not everybody has gone to sleep yet at 5 a.m. some people start getting up, especially the older ppl so 4 a.m. is simply the middle ground where the least % of people are awake
Pause at 4:18 The guy in the audience with the black hair and glasses leaning back looks like he would be thinking "I don't care about all this, they are just stupid coincidences." Well listen they are more than just coincidences, they are VIPs (Very Important Patterns) that actually have significant meaning, more coincidental than just running into someone you know at the store. Sit up and pay attention to Rives he works hard for this !
Fun fact: Hour of the Wolf is the time at about 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 and that's when the body's activity is at its lowest. If you're awake during this time it is also the time of day you feel like the worst, regardless of how much sleep you got. This is also the time most of the humans are being born or dies.
I see a lot of mixed comments. Just wanted to say I really enjoyed it. I think the people pointing out you could cherry pick examples from any time are right but it doesn’t matter. It’s not supposed to be an information talk it’s a performance, it’s supposed to entertain you. Which for me it very much did.
Four in the morning is "vargtimmen." (Swedish for "Hour of the Wolf") According to Swedish folklore this is the time of the day when most people are born or die.
The intro music to these older TED videos roughly approximates the Doppler effect, in a situation where Danny Elfman is running past you at high speed.
Me too! I almost wasn't going to watch this video because of my perceived pretentiousness of "lyrical origami", plus I'd just watched his internet poem which I just did not like at all... but this was awesome.
wow... so all this crazy obsession of his with 4am in the morning links back to his college romance... which was explained in his another TED talk nice years later.... The Museum of Four in the Morning.... wow.... very romantic....
I discovered this at 3 pm. (Oslo, GMT +1) However... This means that in on Christmas Island, and atoll belonging to The Republic of Kiribati, the very same country one of my former lecturers in journalism was infatuated by, an atoll where the UK performed nuclear tests during the 50's, the same decade my parents were born, an atoll where the second biggest city has 1881 inhabitants, the same number I often call to find someone's phone number... It's 4 am.
At every Used concert I've ever been too, the line where Bert stops singing and points the mic at the audience is "its four oclock in the fuckin' morning"
creepy. yesterday, near where I live. a kid was skating beside his estate at 4 o'clock in the morning. he got run over and died instantly... he was found an hour later with a coat layed over him :o no relevance to this video but weird that i watched this the same day i heard about it.
I'm not sure the analogy holds. This is more like a theatrical presentation than an academic paper. When watch a movie or a play, do you expect the writer to come out beforehand and tell you what they are trying to prove? I think the point can be divined from the tone, style and content of the presentation.
Can somebody describe what sort of speaking style this is? I have university professors who lecture this way and I find it insanely hard to follow. This exact style and language use.
I’m unable to be like “the rest of the people” I just went out to the bars but I am unable to have fun and get “fucked up”. I have no friends (the second I write this an employee comes up to tell me I’m pretty lol he’s the 3rd guy but I graciously receive their complements) and I end up buying food for 3 homeless guys and hang out with them. It’s 2:30am and I go to the 24hr hamburger place. It is now 3:30am as I wait for it to be at least 3:45 so I can begin my 4am meditation. Life is good. Only a few of us can do stuff like this 😅 I know I have a calling to the nightlife to be a watcher and a guard to those who cannot defend themselves ❤ God, Great Spirit bless.
I was introduced to the 4 a.m. mystery by a friend who was commenting kindly on an article that I had written and noted that coincidently, it was logged in at 4 a.m.
lol just listenin to Eminem 3:am, i noticed he says your walking down a horror corridoor, its almoast 4 in the morning, Rives has a point, its everywhere
I wake up at 4 in the morning to be able to work on my computer, think, run, write or sometimes just walk outside and stare at my dog. I do this because from 4 to 6:30 I don't see a hear a single human being is amazing.
David Quintana Indeed
David Quintana I should try this it sound blissful
I also wake up at 4, mainly to write though sometimes I just end up staring at my cat, and contemplating.
David Quintana I wake up at 4 and study lol and then go to school by 6
David Quintana that shares me tho I don’t like being alone
I like how he doesn’t pause to allow the audience to laugh. He is not working for the laugh or applause, he is working the point
I know this video is old, but it holds a special place for me. This must have been the first Ted Talk I ever watched, oh so many years ago, and I thought it was so goddamn funny at the time. I still think it is. A classic.
The reason 4 am is such a controversial time is cause on an emotional level adults doing work and procrastinating recreationally find the hour from 4 to 5 to be the turning point where one day changes into the next. Even though we can rationally tell that midnight is the time shift to the next day, on an emotional level we feel that the new day has approached as we start approaching the morning light at around 5 to 6 which infers that 4 am tends to be the real end of a day to us.
Who is this guy?!! Absolutely incredible speaker. Is he an actor?? I don't care what was all this talk about, but he kept me fascinated, focus, smiling the whole time😳
lol
Juliene Bernardes He’s a poet. Watch his poetry. Type in Rives Dej Jam Poetry
I actually found this while looking through Ted Talks to watch….at 4am.
OMG I just noticed...it IS actually 4am right now 😂
Same...
This is a very good example of how information can be cherry picked to form outlandish conspiracy theories. And it's funny.
Possibly my favorite Ted Talk ever.
This guy's delivery style is incredible!
Musical.
Rythmic.
As a public speaker myself I like to see (should that be hear?) someone who can deliver well, He's a master!
There's a really poetic quality to it.
Hm - as I typed this I checked the video description. I see he's a poet (previously I'd only read the title) so that actually isn't so surprising.
His delivery is still fantastic though.
:D
He is a great speaker.
Chris Penney but us he saying anything?
Charles Harding ‘is’
@@TheMiist No, and thats the whole point of the talk
discovered at 4am... coincidence?
Adi Carlisle AI of youtube did it
Adi Carlisle
nope, creepy
Same
same
no
am i the only one who loves how charismatic this guy is?
"Meme" in 2007? I didn't recall it was used at such an early time.
The word "meme" is derived from an ancient Greek word meaning "to imitate". The word has been around since 1976.
Depends on how old you are. In 2007, I was 26. I saw the internet from AOL 2.0 lol. Meme has been around for a long time.
At least 2006, my dude
As someone else already said the word had been around at least since 1976.
There's another old Ted talk where some researcher talks about memes and memetics. I think it was related to an experience she had with mormons.
What about when Gatsby and Mr. Wolfsheim do a shady business deal at "about four o'clock in the morning"? The great gatsby was published in 1925
I got up and watched this video at 4 in the morning.
victorJ2050 I'm watching this at 3:00 am. why did I have too wake up at this time? ;-;
Me too
Definately the most humorous TED posting.
lol the earliest reference to 4 AM I can think of is 1642 by the samurai Miyamoto Musashi who says he begins writing in the hour of the tiger which means between three and five AM. Four am takes place in the second half of the hour of the tiger
i understood nothing
ayub abdikarim me too😂😂
ayub abdikarim
I think...that is at the time when Allaah subhana Hu wa tala decends to the lowest heavens. ( check some hadeeth about it) Hence the night pray (Attahajud) - is a potential time for dua to be accepted. Plus starting your business or studies or anything else for that matter ,from that time onwards, insha Allaah. Has with it emence blessings for whoever is up and active in something one way or another. It has reminded myself of this blessed time that is available to all who seek it. Hope that helps bro. Peace.
( just to explain a little - A person would derive the most blessings, success or whatever you what to call it, in what he or she is doing) Hence and Allaah knows best: " For the most part...you see that Wealthy people are awake and active at these times taking advantage of the time...but in the unseen forces in life...they are actually conciously or unconsciously reaping the blessings and benefits of starting anything at the peak blessed time on the morning before sunrise. These guys have named it as 4am".
Anything can be turned into a conspiracy theory. That's point of the talk.
neither did the speaker
"4:30 in the morning, I'm milking cows - Jebadiah feeds the chickens and Jacob plows - fool..." - Weird Al Yankovich "Amish Paradise"
You live where?
I discovered Wislawa Szymborska from this talk, thank you sir. One of my favorites poets since.
He is one of the best slam poets in the country!
Unarguably
Shinedown: "It's 4:03 and I can't sleep without you next to me, I toss and turn like the sea."
Funny thing is, I don’t consider myself to be a creative artsy type (more of a book smart nerd) but whenever I wake up between 345-4, on occasions I have all sorts of ideas and write poems. More than one at a time. I literally have to stop myself. It even feels as if I’m operating like a computer while it’s all going on. Idea after idea. I surprise myself, but sadly haven’t made a habit out of it yet. I should. Maybe more people should. (Now as a I write it’s 636, been up since 4 am) 🤯
I love being awake at 4 A.M. Everyone else is sleeping and I'm free to do whatever I want. I think I'm more awake between 4 and 5 in the morning than any other time of day.
clitoraborealis r
Everyone who wakes up at 4am thinks that everyone else is still asleep. All of them!
Then u won't get sleep in the afternoon? Or drowsy
Kanye West
"4 in the morning, and I'm zoning they say I'm possesed, it's an omen..."
lol genius
Genius 💯
I put this on my list "Sleep" as part of my research, i didn't learn anything useful to help me wake up at 4:00 in the morning...
But now I some artistic contribution into the project to wake up early.
He escrito esto, primero como registro de vista, y segundo como registro temporal... quiero ver este comentario en 10 años, como la mayoría que ahora tienen ese tiempo.
4 in the morning is when i feel like i am at the height of my creativity.
Because it's too late to still be up and way to early to just be getting up.
Hahaha once i got up at exactly 4:20 universe has a good sense of humor xD
Someone give this man a Nobel Prize!
There is a bewitching hour between 3 and 4 in the morning. If you've ever been severely ill or suffered from insomnia, you will find yourself awake at 3am and through the 4 o'clock hour.
I'm 16 years late but I'm gonna save this to my Watch Later queue to watch at 4am.
4:30 is the dividing line between late night and early mornig
from an analytical standpoint the answer is simple
at 3 a.m. not everybody has gone to sleep yet
at 5 a.m. some people start getting up, especially the older ppl
so 4 a.m. is simply the middle ground where the least % of people are awake
@6:00 "Wait wait wait wait, let me get this strait......Matt!"
"Laughter and applause"
SO WHO IS THIS MATT???
THE MYSTERY CONTINUES
Matt Groening, the creator of 'The Simpsons'.
Rives always crushes it.
Watsky
"It's almost 4am, Monday in my room again"
I scoffed at the descriptiong, but this really IS lyrical origami. It all.. comes together.
his point is that it's an amazing string of "coincidences" that tie alot of "random" events together...
Pure, unadulterated genius!
Awesome!!!!! It just goes to prove you can find connection between everything if you look hard enough:)
Pause at 4:18 The guy in the audience with the black hair and glasses leaning back looks like he would be thinking "I don't care about all this, they are just stupid coincidences." Well listen they are more than just coincidences, they are VIPs (Very Important Patterns) that actually have significant meaning, more coincidental than just running into someone you know at the store. Sit up and pay attention to Rives he works hard for this !
You literally missed the entire point of this talk which is that it's easy to just pick cherry pick whatever you want to creat conspiracy theories.
"4 am in the morning, damit listen to me" elton john's someone saved my life tonight
Listening to a song right now called 4 a.m. by Poison Idea and it reminded me of this great speech!
Fun fact: Hour of the Wolf is the time at about 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 and that's when the body's activity is at its lowest. If you're awake during this time it is also the time of day you feel like the worst, regardless of how much sleep you got. This is also the time most of the humans are being born or dies.
Ok lets reach here, what if werewolves are real? Perhaps we would romanticize our time?
Its an incorrect fact, I wake up between 4 and 5 and it’s the time I’m relaxed and active. I get a lot of work done in that time
u sure?
Waking up at 3 or 4 in the morning. Is for... drum roll, please........
To pray the night prayer, of course.
No way, really?
I see a lot of mixed comments. Just wanted to say I really enjoyed it. I think the people pointing out you could cherry pick examples from any time are right but it doesn’t matter. It’s not supposed to be an information talk it’s a performance, it’s supposed to entertain you. Which for me it very much did.
"Morning consists of exactly the hours when McDonald's serves breakfast." - My Mom
Incredible, I almost understood nothing from this talk, except for few laughs
That was awesome. Not coincidentally, working backwards, I started watching this clip at 4:04 in the morning. Coincidentally? Oh, I think not.
Four in the morning is "vargtimmen." (Swedish for "Hour of the Wolf") According to Swedish folklore this is the time of the day when most people are born or die.
There is also Gwen Stefani song called 4 in the morning.
As I sat here and watched this video, at 4a.m., I eagerly awaited the commercial at the end for the all new 15 year old BMW Hydrogen 7 automobile.
The intro music to these older TED videos roughly approximates the Doppler effect, in a situation where Danny Elfman is running past you at high speed.
that was absolutely brilliant!
The problem is going to bed early but not wake up early
Now this is what happens when someone actually puts effort and thought into what they say.
The oldest TED talk in youtube ?
Btw, great presentation !
Started watching at 5:19 in the morning...
But this video is HIGH-LARIOUS!!!!
Now there’s the song called 4am and also they say “4am” in sicko mode
Charlie Clark by Taeko Ohnuki the one?
Me too! I almost wasn't going to watch this video because of my perceived pretentiousness of "lyrical origami", plus I'd just watched his internet poem which I just did not like at all... but this was awesome.
And yet another piece of the puzzle: Stu makes chocolate pudding at 4 in the morning...
wow... so all this crazy obsession of his with 4am in the morning links back to his college romance... which was explained in his another TED talk nice years later.... The Museum of Four in the Morning.... wow.... very romantic....
Exactly !!!!!!!!!!! I Love It!
i'm not sure what i just watched but i loved it
Watsky - 4AM Monday
Didn't .38 Special or Night Ranger have a song in the late 80s about 'Four In The Morning'?
It is also the coldest part of the night. People usually have to have a good reason to be doing anything other than sleeping at 4 in the morning.
I don't really know what he is trying to prove, but he was pretty good at linking together some pretty unrelated stuff.
WOW! Amazing... I'm writing this in my hotel room at a business trip and it's just a few minutes to 4 in the morning. How did it happen? Freaky
Coincidentally I started this video exactly at 4 AM ! INSANE !!
the strange thing is... I just found this clip. What time is it? 4:06 am December 19 or "4 in morning at the end of december"
Rives is so freakin' amazing.
Well it's 4am on Christmas day as I'm watching this.
I discovered this at 3 pm. (Oslo, GMT +1)
However... This means that in on Christmas Island, and atoll belonging to The Republic of Kiribati, the very same country one of my former lecturers in journalism was infatuated by, an atoll where the UK performed nuclear tests during the 50's, the same decade my parents were born, an atoll where the second biggest city has 1881 inhabitants, the same number I often call to find someone's phone number...
It's 4 am.
At least TH-cam is suggesting some awesome videos on how good is to wake up early. I thought this video would talk about it.
At every Used concert I've ever been too, the line where Bert stops singing and points the mic at the audience is "its four oclock in the fuckin' morning"
4am by Kaskade
creepy. yesterday, near where I live. a kid was skating beside his estate at 4 o'clock in the morning. he got run over and died instantly... he was found an hour later with a coat layed over him :o no relevance to this video but weird that i watched this the same day i heard about it.
I'm not sure the analogy holds. This is more like a theatrical presentation than an academic paper. When watch a movie or a play, do you expect the writer to come out beforehand and tell you what they are trying to prove? I think the point can be divined from the tone, style and content of the presentation.
4 am is the time I usually go to bed when I don't have to get up in the morning
i was watching this on netfilx and realized it was 4am
so i came to youtube to share
Geez, it's almost 04:00 😅
Can somebody describe what sort of speaking style this is? I have university professors who lecture this way and I find it insanely hard to follow. This exact style and language use.
Spoken Word
You guys must live in the suburbs. I use to live in NYC. 4am is just another time.
Well presented!
I'm watching this at 4 am in the morning
I timed this so I finish watching it at exactly this time, 4:00 AM.
@MousePADDING Actually 4 In The Morning is a song by Gwen Stefani, not Lady GaGa, so of course you'd get more hits.
Why not Google 4am next time.
Rives is so ridiculous. I adore him.
extraordinarily engaging!
Someone sent me this at 4 am since I posted I was awake and I watched it at 4 am.
I watched this at 3pm, and will now slap myself at FOUR(4) in the morning
What was the main useful point of the whole talk?
I’m unable to be like “the rest of the people” I just went out to the bars but I am unable to have fun and get “fucked up”. I have no friends (the second I write this an employee comes up to tell me I’m pretty lol he’s the 3rd guy but I graciously receive their complements) and I end up buying food for 3 homeless guys and hang out with them. It’s 2:30am and I go to the 24hr hamburger place. It is now 3:30am as I wait for it to be at least 3:45 so I can begin my 4am meditation. Life is good.
Only a few of us can do stuff like this 😅 I know I have a calling to the nightlife to be a watcher and a guard to those who cannot defend themselves ❤
God, Great Spirit bless.
I was introduced to the 4 a.m. mystery by a friend who was commenting kindly on an article that I had written and noted that coincidently, it was logged in at 4 a.m.
Was 240p the standard 10 yrs ago?
This was amazing!! Well done.
:-D
Now...who takes this seriously?
That was fun. :) Great speaker!
do standing ovations mean anything anymore?
lol just listenin to Eminem 3:am, i noticed he says your walking down a horror corridoor, its almoast 4 in the morning, Rives has a point, its everywhere