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Couldn't Care Less. Cormac McCarthy in conversation with David Krakauer
A 2017 documentary filmed at the Santa Fe Institute in which novelist Cormac McCarthy talks with SFI's David Krakauer. They discuss isolation, mathematics, character and the nature of the unconscious.
Why HN readers recommended it
It is one of the few long, candid interviews with the famously reclusive McCarthy, and commenters share it whenever he comes up.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Karol Jałochowski
- Topic
- cormac mccarthy
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2023–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Thanks for posting, he was a really interesting guy. This is my favourite interview with him so I will take this post as an excuse to share it. [VIDEO]
polytely on Hacker News · 2025-10
In Cormac McCarthy's personal libraryGod I will miss his writing. I finished (and adored) The Passenger a few weeks ago. Rest In Piece. This is a nice interview; [VIDEO]
AJRF on Hacker News · 2023-06
In Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89Worth a watch if you're interested in McCarthy: [VIDEO] The gist is that he liked smart people. He was good friends with Murray Gell-Mann and others at The Santa Fe Institute. I absolutely think he "liked science," I don't think he was cynical about it, …
slibhb on Hacker News · 2024-02
In Cormac McCarthy's Sideline: Freelance copy editor
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