THE VIDEO SHELF · us infrastructure maintenance
Infrastructure: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A John Oliver Last Week Tonight segment on America's crumbling infrastructure and why maintenance is neglected and underfunded. It mixes comedy with real examples such as aging bridges and dams.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters link it when discussions turn to dam failures, bridge collapses, or the unglamorous work of maintenance.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- LastWeekTonight
- Topic
- us infrastructure maintenance
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2023
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
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
John Oliver did a pretty good piece on infrastructure: [VIDEO] No politician gets to cut a ribbon with a giant pair of scissors when they fund routine maintenance. So why bother.
jrockway on Hacker News · 2016-03
In Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killing 1M peopleactually the imgur.com comments were very insightful one of several recommended videos about the topic, this one is quite funny even if it's very real: [VIDEO]
frik on Hacker News · 2017-03
In Images and video showing extent of Oroville dam damage
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