John Green's Blog, page 32
October 19, 2012
Revolutionizing Education…With Weirdos
Check out Crash Course: http://www.youtube.com/crashcourse
and SciShow: http://www.youtube.com/scishow
I am at the conference right now, so I actually can't write a proper description here...but online video education...is good. And exciting. Much love to YouTube for promoting this stuff and much love to all the people below, who everyone should check out.
Smarter Every Day: http://www.youtube.com/smartereveryday
Veritasium: http://www.youtube.com/1veritasium
Numberphile: http://www.youtube.com/numberphile
Deep Sky Videos: http://www.youtube.com/deepskyvideos
ViHart: http://www.youtube.com/vihart
Minute Physics: http://www.youtube.com/minutephysics
CGP Grey: http://www.youtube.com/cgpgrey
VSauce: http://www.youtube.com/vsauce
October 16, 2012
Burning Peeps, My OTP, and Velociraptors: It’s Question Tuesday
The hardcover box set: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525...
The Blood of the Lamb by Peter de Vries: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226...
A Question Tuesday video in which John addresses a broad range of questions from nerdfighters, discussing Gandalf, microwaved peeps, dinosaurs, his books, and much more along the way.
October 12, 2012
Human Sexuality is Complicated…
In which Hank takes on a topic he's been afraid to cover for a while now. How should we talk about sexuality, what is the difference between sex and gender...and between sexual orientation and sexual behavior.
It's very interesting...and I think understanding it is a key to decreasing the amount of hate and self-hate out there.
October 9, 2012
Attacked by Squirrels and Neoclassicism: Thoughts from Places, Washington D.C.
In which John is threatened by an utterly fearless squirrel and contemplates the neoclassical architecture of our nation's capital, Washington, D.C. Along the way, he and the Yeti visit several museums; look at the art of China's most important living artist, Ai Weiwei; visit the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and the World War II Memorial; and consider the history of cars that are also boats.
October 5, 2012
21st Century Sherlock: A Sherlock Song
We recently did a Truth or Fail on Sherlock Holmes (http://www.youtube.com/truthorfail) and one of the rounds was entitled "21st Century Sherlock" which inspired me to do this.
I'm just kinda devastated the Season 3 of Sherlock is so far away...it's just a terrible thing to do to a person.
Our other Channels
SciShow: http://www.youtube.com/scishow
Crash Course: http://www.youtube.com/crashcourse
Truth or Fail: http://www.youtube.com/truthorfail
HankGames: http://www.youtube.com/hankgames
LizzieBennet: http://www.youtube.com/lizziebennet
October 2, 2012
What To Do With Your Life
In which John answers the oft-asked question, "How do I figure out what to do with my life?" Along the way, he discusses adulthood, careers, movies, and the meaning of life and stuff.
September 28, 2012
THE EYE OF LONDON: Thoughts from Northern Montana
In which Hank just vlogs...using the "that makes me think of" style pioneered, of course, by Ze Frank (http://www.youtube.com/zefrank) and then he talks from a chair lift about being afraid to be on a chair lift, and then thinks about paths.
The Season 5 Recap of the Guild won't be live until MONDAY!
Episode 50 of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jucS6h...
September 25, 2012
Do Businesses Need to Suck?
DFTBA Records: http://www.dftba.com
The Posters and t-shirts discussed in this video: http://dftba.com/artist/30/Vlogbrothers
This Star Won't Go Out shirt: http://dftba.com/product/12p/This-Sta...
Elmify's etsy: http://www.etsy.com/people/elmify
Check out Jonathan and Charlotte's new album, Together.
And subscribe to DFTBA cofounder Alan Lastufka's daily vlog: http://www.youtube.com/user/persisten...
In which John discusses the future of DFTBA Records, a business that endeavors not to suck.
September 21, 2012
You. Must. Vote.
http://www.google.com/elections/ed/us...
Sorry non-US people...you should also vote, if you can, but I don't know when your elections are.
It's simple, we have a responsibility to make an informed vote so that America will move forward on a path that was decided by the entire electorate.
New Nerdfighter Pins available at http://DFTBA.com
Endscreen song is "Home" by Lauren Fairweather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk3D1h...
September 18, 2012
Existential Airport Anxiety
In which John yells in an airport while discussing the so-called information society, the proliferation of public television screens, and devices of distraction. This is my response to the second half of Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451, which the nerdfighter book club read this summer. Also quoted is David Foster Wallace's excellent if totally unfinished novel The Pale King.
