just in case you actually needed ideas - try going to a coffee shop! minimal actual interaction (i'm an introvert and socialization can make me anxious) but you still get to feel like you're a part of the human world - which is super important
I hope that you're feeling a little less lonely and that something has made you smile today. If not, here is a video of cute puppies that might help. th-cam.com/video/3ggIHfwkIWM/w-d-xo.html Sending non-lonely thoughts from elsewhere in the world. :)
Hey, I want you to know that you're not alone in feeling lonely. I've been struggling with that a lot as a sixth year student at a four year university. I don't really have many friends left here, so loneliness is a huge issue, but what helps me is knowing that there are others who understand loneliness and feel as lonely and isolated as I do. It reminds me that I'm not alone in being alone. If you need anyone to talk to to help you feel less lonely, let me know.
Hey I agree with the other commenters, I’ve been pretty lonely lately as well. Feel free to reach out to talk about vlogbrothers slash life if you want to.
The title of this video really resonated with me. I teach, and sometimes I feel like I just can't be good at teaching my students. There isn't a binary of fixed and broken for middle schoolers who have been through trauma. But we're not looking towards a fixed state. We're looking to heal a little trauma a little at a time because I have hope and I care about every one of my students so deeply. Thanks for this video.
thank you for your work. a teacher like you would've meant the world to me when i was in middle school, and, at least in my experience, just hoping and caring about your students so much makes you more than good enough. happy holidays!
I asked this question on one of your last Hankschannel videos,this is really helpful to hear. Thank You for devoting an entire video to this, it reassures me and a lot of people like me who can have trouble being hopeful.
this was exactly the video i needed this week! it’s nice to remember that bad is a spectrum & that humanity has survived lots and lots thus far... we can do it!!! thx green brothers for keeping up the hope.
Not only did I need this, but I also have a lot of love for you and John reaching out to kids and young adults who are in their vulnerable years and need to feel understood. Parents can’t always do this, sometimes you need someone else. Thanks for being someone else.
Hope is really the least selfish action you can take. It’s easy to despair, and it’s really about you. It’s hard to hope, and it’s what you do for others. Keep hoping :-)
I stopped watching John play grand theft auto to watch this (I'm sick in bed so I've been watching the entire series today. I'm on the second-to-last episode) Edit: I am glad I did this. As a person finishing up a semester-long class on global warming and climate change, I am feeling more worried than ever about it. Thanks for talking about it so much and giving me a little hope.
I work as a climate change educator so I spend a lot of time thinking about climate change. When people hear that they usually say something along the lines of 'That's great, we need someone working on it'- which indicates to be two things: people understand this is a bad thing and people feel totally dis empowered to address it themselves (which is something I also often feel despite my degree and job). But I think there is so much hope. For example, globally if we reduce our animal agriculture reliance we will be able to hit many of these targets easily. And that, I think, is really empowering. That just through changing our diets, we can take care of not only ourselves, but each other.
If lab-grown meat is greener than ranching, and can be successfully marketed, and works out to be indistinguishable from animal meat, then that would probably be a turning point.
Thanks, Hank. What you said about not fighting for a "'fixed' state," but rather, a better place on the spectrum of bad is (perhaps counter-intuitively) hopeful and positive. All the bits of good DO add up to better than it would have been without those drops in the bucket. I like that.
Thank you...I've been working, applying to college, rehearsing for concerts, obsessively checking the news, and trying to get good grades, and it's really overwhelming. But when I come here, I find a little bit of sanity. I'm glad we're all here.
lately I’ve been feeling like I’m drowning, and just the other day I couldn’t stop thinking to myself ‘it’s all too much, it’s too much to handle’ (it, in my situation, being life). seeing the title I immediately clicked. and while the actual topic of the video wasn’t relevant to my personal problems I’m battling, it took my mind off of them for a joyous four minutes, and it really helped me regain some of my optimism. thank you.
"Even the tiniest fraction is infinitely greater than zero." Thank you Hank-- everyone I know in my social work program needed that, and I was at the top of that list of needing.
"We are not working toward a fixed state, we are working toward a better place on the spectrum of bad." I think I really needed to hear this today, thank you so much.
Action is the antitheses to despair, and knowing that, oh so unlike the movies, our actions will most likely not cause a great shift but rather be an imperceptible yet inexorable step forward keeps expectations at bay (and thus avoid even further despair). Looking forward to the P4A and all the steps forward it will create.
I actually have very high confidence in both the conversion of the car market to electric, both new cars and also people buying used electric cars. As well as things like the impossible Burger toppling the beef industry and saving a whole lot of carbon that way. not to mention the energy sector converting to solar as it gets cheaper and cheaper. There's a lot to be hopeful for, but not a lot of recent big wins to point at
Hey, I really appreciate that you care so passionately that with everything in life going on you still make time every Tuesday. Hank, you’re a pretty swell guy and I’m thankful I live in a time when people like you can make videos and people like me can continue to learn more. I hope you have a good night, and thanks for what you do.
I was stressing out all day wondering where the eff John's video was. It's 11:25 (EST) by me, so yeah, almost didn't make upload time. You guys had me worried. I don't have Twitter and whatnot, so I went as far as repeatedly checking social media for updates to see if something horrific happened. Thank God all is good. #DFTBA
Absolutely agree with this, when something bad happens you have to ask "how can I use this to improve myself or make things better for others?" Every crisis is an opportunity, you just need to get creative.
I was just wondering what happened to John's Tuesday video because I always see that first thing Tuesday to start my day....glad to see John is in fact ok and there is a reason for the change.
This channel is always a beautiful axis of order, hope, introspection. It's nice to explicitly hear, midst doom and gloom--demagoguery and desolation, that things, as bad as they get, are never as bad as they feel and are redeemable. Thank you! (Reader, I do hope you're loving yourself and this world today.)
@@ckv954 Definitely, but music feels the most energetic. It has the lowest barrier to entry (you only have to commit to about 3 minutes) and its rhythms are literally designed to make you want to move. It's perfect for saving you from those moments where you're lying on your bed, depressed, stuck in a rut, not wanting to do anything at all.
I was really nervous about John getting a punishment for missing his video! Also, I'm very excited for hank's punishment! I hope it's super absurd and funny!
This is my first P4A of having my own income for over a year so I’m EXTREMELY ready to throw my money at this indiegogo. Also I thought I was going to miss most of the live stream because of a family trip but I had the datess mixed up so I WILL get to watch the livestream for hours upon hours. French the llama!!!
Angry, black and white and bad gets more easily fueled than gradual and good. IT'S TIME FOR AWESOME AND LESS SUCK! P4A, let's go!!!! Bring it! Let's embrace all the complicated spectrums and how we each impact them, large and small. It sure adds up!
I can't tell you how much I needed this video. I've been desparing at the possible effects of climate change for a few years now, to the point where I've been avoiding thinking about it in the same way as death. I just kind of accepted that the planet was screwed to the point where I would get the dubious privlege of seeing it come to an end. I am a history and politics student, I'm keen on science but only in the sense that I'll watch the odd sci show video or another one of its ilk, I just don't have a thorough understanding of all this like I do history. This video, from you a content creator I've followed for a good few years now that I know understands the situation to such a far greater degree than I likely ever will, that says "hey, the world may not end in your lifetime" is such a weight off my shoulders. Despite the fact you may not see this, I can't thank you enough for this. I've been carrying that weight for too long. Thinking that I should work on pushing other endevors like LGBT rights and the like, since climate change is a lost cause, you have given me the hope to work, to act. I won't stop pushing the former, couldn't ever do that, but this video gives me the hope to act, and took away that looming despair. I'm sorry for the lengthy comment, I just... Thank you.
On a highly unrelated note, the day we were learning Chicago style citing (this was quite a while ago during History), the teacher asked to see if anyone knew how to properly cite sources in the manner you would for a paper. One kid raised his hand and said (this is an exact quote), "parenthetical citation, because footnotes are dumb." My History teacher responded with a polite "pardon?" Then this time the sane guy repeated his opinion about footnotes in an extremely bold and confident manner. Everyone in the class could barley keep a straight face during the rest of the short lesson on Chicago style citing because the teacher proceeded to teach the class how to properly use footnotes in a paper for a solid 5 minutes.
I clicked on this video and then I immediately remembered that p4a starts soon and I decided to check to see if the fundraising had started... I have to admit that I didn't hear a word Hank said because I got so excited when I saw the plushie version of our One True King, Glennnn was available as a perk. I shall have to watch this video again once my excitement calms down.
I keep coming back to how it's the middle of Chanukah and this video resonates with some ideas. Not really the climate change part but the concept of how when it just seems like all too much, you have to have some hope and just put in a little effort to do better. That's why Chanukah is in the beginning of winter, when nights are long and days are short, and why the victory of Maccabees against the Greeks was so incredible. Because when it seems like all hope is lost, you can't win, and most likely fail, you just got to have some hope and fight back. And that's when you'll succeed. The night is darkest just before the dawn.
That's an interesting point of view. Because instead of hope and care, if i'm honest, my motivation to "do something" about climate change comes more from... anger? And care. I'm mad that so many important/powerful people who _could_ make a huge difference just don't. And worse, that of those people many are KNOWINGLY hugely contributing to the problem instead of the solution. I'm mad that a massive amount of people on this planet in general know the problem but don't seem to give a shit, like they think it's gonna get better on its own. No! It's gonna get better because people who aren't you are gonna work really hard to make it so. I'm just angry. I see this huge problem that we are all facing, and I see only a fraction of people giving a damn, let alone actually taking action. That's been my motivation - i don't want to be one of those complacent idiots and i want to minimize the effects of their selfish stupidity where i can. That's a pretty negative approach, i realize. Yours definitely sounds prettier, and i do have hope! I just don't know if hope alone could get me off my ass.
Hope is hard to find sometimes, but I always seem to glimpse it during your videos. I ran over to the indiegogo and I have some socks and the P4A coin ordered. I've made a video each year for Modest Needs (my fav charity) so I will probably do that again because, you know....Hope!
Thank you. I've been learning so much recently about Climate Change and other environmental stuff. I've taken Env Sci and finishing up Env Soc. It's....hard. It's so hard to learn about the Bad and hard sometimes to see the Good being done about it. I've been teetering back and forth between despair because....I kept wondering 'whats the point'? When the world could end...But, this is very helpful. It makes a lot of sense and makes me rethink some things. Thank you, Hank.
Slightly off topic but still important: as a huge proponent of the green new deal and a fan of this planet, the only thing I could do during this video was replace “climate change” with “mental health.” I’ve been swinging between utopia and apocalypse for the better part of a decade with my moods. Lately it’s been rapidly flying toward apocalypse and I lost my grip on hope big time yesterday. Like, texting crisis hotlines while sobbing and shaking (741-741 to anyone who needs it!) levels of losing my grip. I’ve been longing to have this “fixed” for so long, but like climate change, mental health is not in any way binary. But every problem in life is no match for care and hope. It might also require patience and tenacity, both of which are a struggle that will come with enough care and hope. Thank you, Hank, for reminding me of that today. You and John give me hope and make me smile and inspire me to care more about myself and the world around me. Thank you for helping this lil nerdfighter fight harder 💚 (If you’re reading this and you needed it, you are loved. You are not alone. You can make a difference. You should definitely keep recycling and stay conscious of food waste and donate to the P4A if you can.)
I'm rooting for you! And if anyone is unable t donate to the P4A, sharing videos, talking about causes that are important to you, and hanging out in the livestream are all wonderful ways to contribute (and voting! Voting on your favorite charities is the most important thing!)
I am so bummed I'm missing the livestream this weekend but I will watch back the videos! AND I CAN GET ANOTHER COIN, YES. I'm not sure if I'll be able to get the digital bundle this year too or not. Gotta wait until after I get home from holiday to see if I have the money for it. I really didn't plan my vacation well this year in regards to P4A time. xD But AAAAAHH PROJECT FOR AWESOME THE MOST WONDERFULEST TIME OF THE YEAR. :')
Thank you for this Hank. I read recently that it's quite common for sustainability scientist to experience burnout or even depression due to the mismatch between the dire scenarios we study and the lack of action we see in response, and I think I am experiencing it myself right now. I am normally an optimistic person, but recently I feel like I've lost all hope for a better future, and all I can think of is all of the ways in which a whole lot of people are going to die in the next decades due to climate events/famine/war and so on (happy thoughts, I know...). And this mindset makes me feel like my entire work is completely meaningless. Sorry for the rant, I am really struggling with this at the moment, and trying to find ways to get myself out of this rut.
I'm glad you've made several videos on climate change this year! It is tremendously important and it is a great thing that it is coming to the forefront of the political conversation (at least on one side). As always... The power is yours!
Yes, but how can you go "yes there will be climate refuges" so calmly. I mean, as a person who lives in a tiny country whose frontiers are 50% coast, I am worried all the time. I can't even conceive having children partly because of this.
Climate Change is still the greatest threat in human history and I think this attitude might feel balanced, but it also lulls people into thinking they can just sit back and things will be fine. Things will fix themselves. Meanwhile whats actually required is the transformation of our entire society. People need to treat this like the most important thing that's ever happened because it is.
Hey Hank, thank you for the idea of a better place on a spectrum of bad. It’s really helpful to me, especially in my own personal improvement. Thanks 👍
THANK GOODNESS I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. Though... I haven't started my script. I have a lot to do in the next two days. (it'll get done, I have ideas, I just need to get them on paper and do the things).
Almost going off Twitter has made you look so much younger, John.
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Hank's new book: 'The Spectrum of Bad'
Yapprove A Mediocre, Anticlimactic, Event
An Absolutely Not Ideal But Also Not Apocalyptic Thing
somewhere between utopia and apocalypse is my aesthetic
A utocalypse if you will
hank there is a level one hairmergency going on back there
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It's all I could focus on when I watched the video, I had to listen to it.
Now I can’t unsee it, you monster.
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Aww, it's just a little duck tail. (woo ooh)
Me: **types "what to do when feeling lonely" into google**
***vlogbrothers notification***
Me: perfect.
just in case you actually needed ideas - try going to a coffee shop! minimal actual interaction (i'm an introvert and socialization can make me anxious) but you still get to feel like you're a part of the human world - which is super important
I hope that you're feeling a little less lonely and that something has made you smile today. If not, here is a video of cute puppies that might help. th-cam.com/video/3ggIHfwkIWM/w-d-xo.html
Sending non-lonely thoughts from elsewhere in the world. :)
Hey, I want you to know that you're not alone in feeling lonely. I've been struggling with that a lot as a sixth year student at a four year university. I don't really have many friends left here, so loneliness is a huge issue, but what helps me is knowing that there are others who understand loneliness and feel as lonely and isolated as I do. It reminds me that I'm not alone in being alone.
If you need anyone to talk to to help you feel less lonely, let me know.
Hey I agree with the other commenters, I’ve been pretty lonely lately as well. Feel free to reach out to talk about vlogbrothers slash life if you want to.
Yep. Working mom = super busy and super lonely. Guess I’ll watch more TH-cam until my night owl child goes to sleep. 🙉
The title of this video really resonated with me. I teach, and sometimes I feel like I just can't be good at teaching my students. There isn't a binary of fixed and broken for middle schoolers who have been through trauma. But we're not looking towards a fixed state. We're looking to heal a little trauma a little at a time because I have hope and I care about every one of my students so deeply. Thanks for this video.
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thank you for your work. a teacher like you would've meant the world to me when i was in middle school, and, at least in my experience, just hoping and caring about your students so much makes you more than good enough. happy holidays!
I’m a teacher to and I related to your post so much I started to cry.
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@@llamafromspace we're going to make it. We have skills, we have joy, and these kids are going to grow up stronger because of us!!
I asked this question on one of your last Hankschannel videos,this is really helpful to hear. Thank You for devoting an entire video to this, it reassures me and a lot of people like me who can have trouble being hopeful.
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SET THE MARKETS FREE.
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Dude, John looks so much like Hank in this video. Did he get a haircut or something?
I mean, there's still some hair issues going on in the back there, so maybe he's just trying something new to take care of it?
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Not sure, but Hank is always the cute one. ;)
I think it’s the glasses 🤔🤔
"Look for the helpers"
-Mister Rodgers ♡
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*Posts video at 11pm EST* "Good morning, John!"
I think it speaks to how accustomed I am to that phrase that I didn't even notice that
Here is 7a.m. in Italy :-).
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But it's Wednesday here. Inarguably Wednesday. Edit: 's
@@camelopardalis84 ... I hadn't had my coffee at the time of the comment xD. It *is* inarguably Wednesday!
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Don't worry. Also, my deepest apologies for the spelling error. I will try to do better next time. I'm full of shame.
this was exactly the video i needed this week! it’s nice to remember that bad is a spectrum & that humanity has survived lots and lots thus far... we can do it!!! thx green brothers for keeping up the hope.
Me too, especially after watching Tom Scott's Earworm video and feeling like the world can only move toward oppression and be stuck there forever.
Shadowfury333 oof that sounds like how i feel after 10 minutes on twitter. i haven’t seen that video tho.
@@brittanyashley4571 Then don't, not if you are feeling down about the world at all. It's a really well made video, just a bit too real.
Wow, Hank on Tuesday, a pleasant surprise.
🤨 There's only one of him.
It was a typo
Not only did I need this, but I also have a lot of love for you and John reaching out to kids and young adults who are in their vulnerable years and need to feel understood.
Parents can’t always do this, sometimes you need someone else. Thanks for being someone else.
Hope is really the least selfish action you can take. It’s easy to despair, and it’s really about you. It’s hard to hope, and it’s what you do for others.
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Really needed to hear this today
Especially now, with everything that you hear in the news
This is applicable to so many things in life, and I really needed reminding today of the power and importance of hope. Thank you 😌🙏
I stopped watching John play grand theft auto to watch this (I'm sick in bed so I've been watching the entire series today. I'm on the second-to-last episode)
Edit: I am glad I did this. As a person finishing up a semester-long class on global warming and climate change, I am feeling more worried than ever about it. Thanks for talking about it so much and giving me a little hope.
Priorities :)
Hope you feel better soon!!!
Wow, thank you for informing me that John played GTA 5. Time to spend the rest of my night doing that!
Get well soon :)
@@lauradftba4653 thank you!
I work as a climate change educator so I spend a lot of time thinking about climate change. When people hear that they usually say something along the lines of 'That's great, we need someone working on it'- which indicates to be two things: people understand this is a bad thing and people feel totally dis empowered to address it themselves (which is something I also often feel despite my degree and job). But I think there is so much hope. For example, globally if we reduce our animal agriculture reliance we will be able to hit many of these targets easily. And that, I think, is really empowering. That just through changing our diets, we can take care of not only ourselves, but each other.
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If lab-grown meat is greener than ranching, and can be successfully marketed, and works out to be indistinguishable from animal meat, then that would probably be a turning point.
Shadowfury333 I’m so down to eat lab grown meat
Thanks, Hank. What you said about not fighting for a "'fixed' state," but rather, a better place on the spectrum of bad is (perhaps counter-intuitively) hopeful and positive. All the bits of good DO add up to better than it would have been without those drops in the bucket. I like that.
Pausing in my thesis writing to watch because yes! It is all too much!
Varietygirl1 yea. My masters thesis.
"Hope is not crazy" but it sure is a slippery SOB. Man, I needed to hear this. Thank you, Hank!
Thank you...I've been working, applying to college, rehearsing for concerts, obsessively checking the news, and trying to get good grades, and it's really overwhelming. But when I come here, I find a little bit of sanity. I'm glad we're all here.
lately I’ve been feeling like I’m drowning, and just the other day I couldn’t stop thinking to myself ‘it’s all too much, it’s too much to handle’ (it, in my situation, being life). seeing the title I immediately clicked. and while the actual topic of the video wasn’t relevant to my personal problems I’m battling, it took my mind off of them for a joyous four minutes, and it really helped me regain some of my optimism. thank you.
"Even the tiniest fraction is infinitely greater than zero."
Thank you Hank-- everyone I know in my social work program needed that, and I was at the top of that list of needing.
Care + Hope? That is such a great answer to this very tough question!
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"We are not working toward a fixed state, we are working toward a better place on the spectrum of bad."
I think I really needed to hear this today, thank you so much.
Hank, your last video was one of the best-produced things I've ever seen. Good job!
So glad you are both still making videos and continuing to bring good into the world
Thanks for this video, Hank. I really needed to hear this today. You and John are bright lights on the Internet, and we love you for it
was literally just crying about my physics grade i needed this so much, thank you Hank!
So hyped for the p4a this year. Joyous Candlenights to all!!
Action is the antitheses to despair, and knowing that, oh so unlike the movies, our actions will most likely not cause a great shift but rather be an imperceptible yet inexorable step forward keeps expectations at bay (and thus avoid even further despair). Looking forward to the P4A and all the steps forward it will create.
Oliver Bollmann that’s so true
Hope is hard, man
I didn’t realize how much I needed to hear this. Thanks, Hank.
I actually have very high confidence in both the conversion of the car market to electric, both new cars and also people buying used electric cars. As well as things like the impossible Burger toppling the beef industry and saving a whole lot of carbon that way. not to mention the energy sector converting to solar as it gets cheaper and cheaper.
There's a lot to be hopeful for, but not a lot of recent big wins to point at
thank you for making this video. this type of video is why i love vlogbrothers so much❤❤
I've been waiting for thus video since I saw the TH-cam story, and was not disappointed!
...I didn't realize how much I needed this video until I was crying?
Thank you for this Hank. I really, really needed this.
"News is gonna focus on bad news". Solid, man. Solid.
Hey, I really appreciate that you care so passionately that with everything in life going on you still make time every Tuesday. Hank, you’re a pretty swell guy and I’m thankful I live in a time when people like you can make videos and people like me can continue to learn more. I hope you have a good night, and thanks for what you do.
2:46 I've heard this called "decreasing world-suck". Who knows, might catch on.
A bit late today huh? This turned my day around. Love you guys :)
Coincidentally I've been really busy all week so I didn't get around to watching this video until Friday.
Damnit, this actually made me cry in the library
Great video. Thank you for continuing Because Of and In Spite Of.
I was stressing out all day wondering where the eff John's video was. It's 11:25 (EST) by me, so yeah, almost didn't make upload time. You guys had me worried. I don't have Twitter and whatnot, so I went as far as repeatedly checking social media for updates to see if something horrific happened. Thank God all is good.
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Absolutely agree with this, when something bad happens you have to ask "how can I use this to improve myself or make things better for others?" Every crisis is an opportunity, you just need to get creative.
This video is the TH-cam equivalent of coworkers switching shifts.
care mixed with hope-I'm going to try to remember that.
I was just wondering what happened to John's Tuesday video because I always see that first thing Tuesday to start my day....glad to see John is in fact ok and there is a reason for the change.
This channel is always a beautiful axis of order, hope, introspection. It's nice to explicitly hear, midst doom and gloom--demagoguery and desolation, that things, as bad as they get, are never as bad as they feel and are redeemable. Thank you! (Reader, I do hope you're loving yourself and this world today.)
What a lovely comment! Thank you for the well wishes! Best wishes to you too!
@@untappedinkwell thank you!
There is another option besides hope or despair: resilience. This is something you can work on personally, and collectively.
It's so easy to see things as black or white. Let's learn to be okay with the gray :) Great video 👌
I really needed to hear this today. Thanks, Hank
Just finished your book. been a while since i've read a book in a day. 10/10 would "you have to read this book" to a friend.
So much love for this video and concept
Music is a catalyst for hope imo...
thefroglord that and art in general, otherwise the blind would be hopeless
Edit: whoops I meant the deaf
@@ckv954 Definitely, but music feels the most energetic. It has the lowest barrier to entry (you only have to commit to about 3 minutes) and its rhythms are literally designed to make you want to move. It's perfect for saving you from those moments where you're lying on your bed, depressed, stuck in a rut, not wanting to do anything at all.
Amazing Hank Green Quote: "Almost all of the great work of humanity has been done, not out of despair, but out of hope." Beautiful!
I was really nervous about John getting a punishment for missing his video! Also, I'm very excited for hank's punishment! I hope it's super absurd and funny!
I'm so excited. I hope we all have a wonderful P4A!
Also. Live punishment!!! ^^
This is my first P4A of having my own income for over a year so I’m EXTREMELY ready to throw my money at this indiegogo. Also I thought I was going to miss most of the live stream because of a family trip but I had the datess mixed up so I WILL get to watch the livestream for hours upon hours. French the llama!!!
Yay! See you in the livestream!
Angry, black and white and bad gets more easily fueled than gradual and good. IT'S TIME FOR AWESOME AND LESS SUCK! P4A, let's go!!!! Bring it! Let's embrace all the complicated spectrums and how we each impact them, large and small. It sure adds up!
Is bad hair a Tuesday thing for Greens?
I knew Hank was hosting today but it was still a surprise to hear him say "Good morning John it's Tuesday". 😄
“Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul/And sings the tune without the words/And never stops at all”
Oml I’m taking the ACT Saturday and I needed this tysm 😂💘💫
Don’t worry Hank,
Your last video on the Oumuamua was super awesome. This one is awesome too.
I can't tell you how much I needed this video. I've been desparing at the possible effects of climate change for a few years now, to the point where I've been avoiding thinking about it in the same way as death. I just kind of accepted that the planet was screwed to the point where I would get the dubious privlege of seeing it come to an end. I am a history and politics student, I'm keen on science but only in the sense that I'll watch the odd sci show video or another one of its ilk, I just don't have a thorough understanding of all this like I do history. This video, from you a content creator I've followed for a good few years now that I know understands the situation to such a far greater degree than I likely ever will, that says "hey, the world may not end in your lifetime" is such a weight off my shoulders. Despite the fact you may not see this, I can't thank you enough for this. I've been carrying that weight for too long. Thinking that I should work on pushing other endevors like LGBT rights and the like, since climate change is a lost cause, you have given me the hope to work, to act. I won't stop pushing the former, couldn't ever do that, but this video gives me the hope to act, and took away that looming despair. I'm sorry for the lengthy comment, I just... Thank you.
@Friendly Neighborhood Neocon Go argue with the scientists, not the historian.
On a highly unrelated note, the day we were learning Chicago style citing (this was quite a while ago during History), the teacher asked to see if anyone knew how to properly cite sources in the manner you would for a paper. One kid raised his hand and said (this is an exact quote), "parenthetical citation, because footnotes are dumb."
My History teacher responded with a polite "pardon?" Then this time the sane guy repeated his opinion about footnotes in an extremely bold and confident manner.
Everyone in the class could barley keep a straight face during the rest of the short lesson on Chicago style citing because the teacher proceeded to teach the class how to properly use footnotes in a paper for a solid 5 minutes.
I needed to hear this today. I have been really scared. Thank you.
I just got your book from my library, can’t wait to read it! 😊😊😊
This is really thought provoking. I enjoyed this video a lot
I clicked on this video and then I immediately remembered that p4a starts soon and I decided to check to see if the fundraising had started... I have to admit that I didn't hear a word Hank said because I got so excited when I saw the plushie version of our One True King, Glennnn was available as a perk. I shall have to watch this video again once my excitement calms down.
"We've only ever existed between utopia and apocalypse." Thanks for the perspective! I find it helpful to think of that.
I keep coming back to how it's the middle of Chanukah and this video resonates with some ideas. Not really the climate change part but the concept of how when it just seems like all too much, you have to have some hope and just put in a little effort to do better. That's why Chanukah is in the beginning of winter, when nights are long and days are short, and why the victory of Maccabees against the Greeks was so incredible. Because when it seems like all hope is lost, you can't win, and most likely fail, you just got to have some hope and fight back.
And that's when you'll succeed.
The night is darkest just before the dawn.
Unique insight that I hadn't really considered before. Thank you!
That's an interesting point of view. Because instead of hope and care, if i'm honest, my motivation to "do something" about climate change comes more from... anger? And care.
I'm mad that so many important/powerful people who _could_ make a huge difference just don't. And worse, that of those people many are KNOWINGLY hugely contributing to the problem instead of the solution. I'm mad that a massive amount of people on this planet in general know the problem but don't seem to give a shit, like they think it's gonna get better on its own. No! It's gonna get better because people who aren't you are gonna work really hard to make it so.
I'm just angry. I see this huge problem that we are all facing, and I see only a fraction of people giving a damn, let alone actually taking action.
That's been my motivation - i don't want to be one of those complacent idiots and i want to minimize the effects of their selfish stupidity where i can.
That's a pretty negative approach, i realize. Yours definitely sounds prettier, and i do have hope! I just don't know if hope alone could get me off my ass.
Thank you for this. We may be our own worst enemy, but we are also our own best friend.
Words to live by given to me by my grandmother, "You never help your cause by lying about or exaggerating the truth."
The most wonderful time of the year! Let's make this the best P4A ever!
I love hope. It’s the preferred fuel of the spirit.
Hope is hard to find sometimes, but I always seem to glimpse it during your videos. I ran over to the indiegogo and I have some socks and the P4A coin ordered. I've made a video each year for Modest Needs (my fav charity) so I will probably do that again because, you know....Hope!
Hank and John are so quotable and speak so much truth!
Thank you. I've been learning so much recently about Climate Change and other environmental stuff. I've taken Env Sci and finishing up Env Soc. It's....hard. It's so hard to learn about the Bad and hard sometimes to see the Good being done about it. I've been teetering back and forth between despair because....I kept wondering 'whats the point'? When the world could end...But, this is very helpful. It makes a lot of sense and makes me rethink some things. Thank you, Hank.
Slightly off topic but still important: as a huge proponent of the green new deal and a fan of this planet, the only thing I could do during this video was replace “climate change” with “mental health.” I’ve been swinging between utopia and apocalypse for the better part of a decade with my moods. Lately it’s been rapidly flying toward apocalypse and I lost my grip on hope big time yesterday. Like, texting crisis hotlines while sobbing and shaking (741-741 to anyone who needs it!) levels of losing my grip. I’ve been longing to have this “fixed” for so long, but like climate change, mental health is not in any way binary. But every problem in life is no match for care and hope. It might also require patience and tenacity, both of which are a struggle that will come with enough care and hope. Thank you, Hank, for reminding me of that today. You and John give me hope and make me smile and inspire me to care more about myself and the world around me. Thank you for helping this lil nerdfighter fight harder 💚
(If you’re reading this and you needed it, you are loved. You are not alone. You can make a difference. You should definitely keep recycling and stay conscious of food waste and donate to the P4A if you can.)
I'm rooting for you!
And if anyone is unable t donate to the P4A, sharing videos, talking about causes that are important to you, and hanging out in the livestream are all wonderful ways to contribute (and voting! Voting on your favorite charities is the most important thing!)
I needed this, thanks. But also, I'm really sick and mourning my dog and felt called out by the video title (mostly in a good way).
There's always hope 😊
I just wrote an essay about you and now new video!!!
Hello from Guadalajara, México, and thanks for a great video, Hank!
I am so bummed I'm missing the livestream this weekend but I will watch back the videos! AND I CAN GET ANOTHER COIN, YES. I'm not sure if I'll be able to get the digital bundle this year too or not. Gotta wait until after I get home from holiday to see if I have the money for it. I really didn't plan my vacation well this year in regards to P4A time. xD But AAAAAHH PROJECT FOR AWESOME THE MOST WONDERFULEST TIME OF THE YEAR. :')
Hank, you’re a wizard.
Thank you for this Hank. I read recently that it's quite common for sustainability scientist to experience burnout or even depression due to the mismatch between the dire scenarios we study and the lack of action we see in response, and I think I am experiencing it myself right now. I am normally an optimistic person, but recently I feel like I've lost all hope for a better future, and all I can think of is all of the ways in which a whole lot of people are going to die in the next decades due to climate events/famine/war and so on (happy thoughts, I know...). And this mindset makes me feel like my entire work is completely meaningless.
Sorry for the rant, I am really struggling with this at the moment, and trying to find ways to get myself out of this rut.
I'm glad you've made several videos on climate change this year! It is tremendously important and it is a great thing that it is coming to the forefront of the political conversation (at least on one side).
As always... The power is yours!
Thank you, Hank. This video is very helpful to me!
Yes, but how can you go "yes there will be climate refuges" so calmly. I mean, as a person who lives in a tiny country whose frontiers are 50% coast, I am worried all the time. I can't even conceive having children partly because of this.
Climate Change is still the greatest threat in human history and I think this attitude might feel balanced, but it also lulls people into thinking they can just sit back and things will be fine. Things will fix themselves. Meanwhile whats actually required is the transformation of our entire society. People need to treat this like the most important thing that's ever happened because it is.
Hey Hank, thank you for the idea of a better place on a spectrum of bad. It’s really helpful to me, especially in my own personal improvement. Thanks 👍
Procrastinating finishing my P4A video script by watching this.
Persona 4 Arena?
THANK GOODNESS I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. Though... I haven't started my script. I have a lot to do in the next two days. (it'll get done, I have ideas, I just need to get them on paper and do the things).
@@aurumarma5711 The Project for Awesome--vlogbrothers' annual charity drive and 48 hour livestream, happening on Friday!
Personally, I think more has been done out of boredom than either hope or despair.