THE VIDEO SHELF · ingratitude toward technology
Louis CK Everything Is Amazing And Nobody Is Happy
A clip of Louis CK on Conan riffing that everything is amazing and nobody is happy, about people complaining over airplane wifi and taking modern technology for granted.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN invokes it whenever people grumble about convenience, technology or AI that would have seemed miraculous not long ago.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Lisa Zielinski
- Topic
- ingratitude toward technology
- Format
- comedy
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 5
- HN mentions in dataset
- 15
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2026
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
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True, and this bias also applies to a bunch of other day to day things that we take for granted. For the comedic view on this: "Louis CK Everything Is Amazing And Nobody Is Happy" [VIDEO]
glaberficken on Hacker News · 2018-09
In Another Week with Bad SoftwareNot sure this community's views on Louis CK, but he had an insightful bit on cross-country travel then and now: [VIDEO]
spodek on Hacker News · 2019-07
In In 1919, an Army convoy drove cross-country from Washington to San FranciscoJust to clarify, that was a Louis CK bit. I enjoy both of their comedic styles. Louis does it in a stand-up special, but here is a good Conan clip, with a great title: [VIDEO]
Fezzik on Hacker News · 2020-03
In NY hospitals pitch tents, nix surgeries to prepare for influx
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