THE VIDEO SHELF · taking technology for granted
Louis CK - Everything Is Amazing and Nobody Is Happy
A short clip of Louis CK on Conan riffing that everything is amazing and nobody is happy, about complaining over modern wonders like air travel and wifi. The uploader added a note about the comedian's later misconduct.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters bring it up as a reminder to appreciate technology instead of complaining, from Waymo to AI art to flight delays.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Patrick Reed
- Topic
- taking technology for granted
- Format
- comedy
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2026
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 know the community is generally very negative/skeptic on this (at least based on the 21 comments so far below), but this is an amazing technical & business accomplishment. Congratulations! The blog post is relatively clear that ramp up will take a few weeks - …
flokie on Hacker News · 2020-10
In Waymo is opening its driverless service to more people in PhoenixSimilar thought here. I don't know if it was the era or being relatively poor, but the big change in my life was giftgiving. You used to get a book or sweater or doodad and be wowed and thankful. As an adult it seems everyone …
silisili on Hacker News · 2021-10
In Farmer born in 1842 talks about life and change (1929) [video]
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