Everything is a Remix (Original Series)

Why HN readers recommended it

HN invokes it constantly in debates over originality, copyright and AI training, and calls it the best explanation of creativity as remixing.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Kirby Ferguson

Topic

creativity and remix culture

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

7

HN mentions in dataset

18

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2026

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From the original HN conversations

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• Watch Everything is a Remix: [VIDEO] I've been prolific over the years in programming and art & code, and about 99% of it was remixes of others work. I'm not ashamed of that - many artists draw inspiration from multiple sources. The trick is to …

• I find that most people don't understand creativity. If you believe an artist or inventor is some mystic sage who creates works ex nihilo , then you misunderstand creativity and attribute to it far too much. And therefore you might grant an artist a period …

• Reminds me of one of my favourite video essays -- "Everything is a Remix" [0]. The video and this article cover the same ideas albeit with different examples. Which is funny on a meta level -- the article could be called a remix of the …