THE VIDEO SHELF · solitude and loneliness
How To Be Alone
An animated short film of Tanya Davis's spoken-word poem 'How To Be Alone', illustrated by Andrea Dorfman. It gently argues that being alone can be embraced and enjoyed.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters point lonely people to it as a moving, comforting piece of art about getting comfortable with solitude.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Andrea Dorfman
- Topic
- solitude and loneliness
- Format
- other
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 6
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2010–2026
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.
I've often been alone but never felt lonely, I guess this video kind of sums up my thoughts. "How to be alone" [VIDEO]
fleitz on Hacker News · 2010-09
In How Loneliness is ContagiousMaybe lots of people already know about it, but I'll just copy-paste this in here: [VIDEO] It's not an anti-dote (to loneliness and everything), it just genuinely helped me from time to time and I hope it will also help others.
paganel on Hacker News · 2013-06
In Only the LonelyThis video did the rounds a few years ago, and I think it nicely captures the sentiment of doing things alone. [VIDEO]
barbs on Hacker News · 2015-05
In Start doing more things alone
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