John Green's Blog, page 22
August 23, 2013
Thoughts from Bath: The Legacy of Wealth
In which Hank hangs out with Charlie in Charlie's home town. Charlie pretty much said "I won't take you to Bath if you don't make a Thoughts from Places video about it." So, yeah, this was a required assignment. :-)
Charlie: http://www.youtube.com/charlie
Charlie's mum: www.youtube.com/user/liliesarelike
August 20, 2013
Why Are American Health Care Costs So High?
In which John discusses the complicated reasons why the United States spends so much more on health care than any other country in the world, and along the way reveals some surprising information, including that Americans spend more of their tax dollars on public health care than people in Canada, the UK, or Australia. Who's at fault? Insurance companies? Drug companies? Malpractice lawyers? Hospitals? Or is it more complicated than a simple blame game? (Hint: It's that one.)
For a much more thorough examination of health care expenses in America, I recommend this series at The Incidental Economist: http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wor...
The Commonwealth Fund's Study of Health Care Prices in the US: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/med...
Some of the stats in this video also come from this New York Times story: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/hea...
This is the first part in what will be a periodic series on health care costs and reforms leading up to the introduction of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, in 2014.
August 16, 2013
Harry Potter vs. Science!
In which Hank makes a video deciding what to make a video about...for real, while sitting on a bench in Tower Hill in London at night and screaming at his camera while people walk by. It has been an interesting trip to the UK :-)
August 13, 2013
Shailene’s Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy
More about donating hair: http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com...
Children with Hair Loss: http://www.childrenwithhairloss.us/do...
In which John discusses the just world fallacy, Lupe Fiasco, Shailene Woodley's impending hair cut on her road to becoming Hazel Grace Lancaster for The Fault in Our Stars movie, the way that power gets wielded, and how difficult it can be for all of us to see the world as it is and not just as we wish it to be.
A bit about the Monopoly research: http://nymag.com/news/features/money-...
And a study about how power changes the brain to decrease empathy and generosity: http://www.michaelinzlicht.com/wp/wp-... (CRAZY STUFF!)
August 9, 2013
What I Learned at VidCon
In which Hank sits on a fire escape in London and talks a bit about what he learned from VidCon.
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August 6, 2013
Million Dollar Ideas
In which John shares his first-ever million dollar idea, and talks about how Hank has a new one each day. Also discussed is John's crippling fatigue, parenthood, and having a baby, although to be fair the Yeti is doing the lion's share of the work. Plus, kinkajou!
Thanks to http://www.soundjay.com for the baby crying. And thanks to http://www.youtube.com/missxrojas for the kinkajou.
August 3, 2013
Esther Day 2013
Happy Esther Day, nerdfighteria. Tell someone you love them today. Even if it's hard. Especially if it's hard, really.
You can support This Star Won't Go Out, the charity created by Esther's family in her memory, at http://www.tswgo.org or by buying TSWGO stuff: http://dftba.com/artist/58/This-Star-... (All proceeds to go to the foundation.)
August 2, 2013
17 Air Travel Tips
In which Hank imparts some wisdom that he has gained through the last four years of getting on planes once every four months. An act that, to be clear, makes my carbon footprint so dramatically higher than average that I am deeply embarrassed by my own life.
July 30, 2013
Paternity Leave Ends! And I Find Myself…
...in an airport.
In which John discusses his paternity leave, travel, the digging of holes, cursing during Liverpool matches, the strange memories of children, and Germans.
THANK YOU TO THE GUEST HOSTS:
Hannah Hart: http://www.youtube.com/user/MyHarto
Grace Helbig: http://www.youtube.com/user/dailygrace
WheezyWaiter: http://www.youtube.com/user/wheezywaiter
Rosianna: http://www.youtube.com/user/missxrojas
MagicTurtle643: http://www.youtube.com/user/MagicTurt...
NerdyAndQuirky: http://www.youtube.com/user/NerdyAndQ...
July 26, 2013
Introducing Subbable
http://www.subbable.com
Advertising doesn't care how you feel about content, and we are afraid that, if the current system stands, content that people love and connect to (which is necessarily difficult to make, and doesn't appeal as broadly) will become rare while content that is distracting (which is universally appealing) will be the norm.
Subbable is our attempt to slow that trend...even to stop it. But it's not a problem that can be solved by technology...it must be solved by people.
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