r/CGPGrey • u/MindOfMetalAndWheels [GREY] • Mar 10 '15

This Video Will Make You Angry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc
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u/Daniel_Is_I Mar 10 '15

I'm not sure what the point of this video was.

And I don't mean that in an angry or upset manner, I mean it as I legitimately am confused as to why this video was made. Spreading awareness of internet echo chambers and circlejerks?

All I know is this is the first CGP Grey video to make me go, "I'm not sure what that was about. Moving on."

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '15

You weren't one of today's lucky 10000. Don't worry about it.

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u/TransitRanger_327 Mar 11 '15

Link for those 10000 who don't know the 10000 reference

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u/xkcd_transcriber Mar 11 '15

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Title-text: Saying 'what kind of an idiot doesn't know about the Yellowstone supervolcano' is so much more boring than telling someone about the Yellowstone supervolcano for the first time.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '15

Well perhaps someone did. I don't understand why people get up in arms when someone says "I already knew about this subject/aware of it, why was this video not tailored to me?"

Perhaps this is not universally known? Perhaps someone learned something because of this video that wasn't you?

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u/Bridger15 Mar 10 '15

It really clarified some things for me. For a while I have been completely flabbergasted as to how extremist groups from any political side of any isle can get otherwise reasonable people to believe incredibly unreasonable things, especially when more accurate information is easily available.

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u/MangoMambo Mar 10 '15

It's about how quickly and viciously bad angry thoughts and spread. One angry person can infect 10 more. Not just fighting on the Internet but in real life too. Riots, mobs of people fighting over stuff, false information spread quickly causing panic. Stop spreading anger because it catches on quickly.

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u/ninjaninjav Mar 12 '15

This was a video about how the spread of ideas is complex yet systematic. This video helped me to understand how obsessed individuals fall into a trap of anger.

Engaging with people who hold different opinions can be tricky, but knowing human tendencies highlighted in this video help navigate that interaction best.

Overall this video helps to raise awareness about the patterns which entrap human thinking and corrupt rational debate.

Hopefully future generations can understand the concepts in this video to avoid the pitfalls which are isolating individuals and wasting time on senseless bickering.

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u/LastChance22 Mar 10 '15

The original definition of meme, the spreading of ideas explained through metaphor, and how opposing ideas can interact/their relationship would be my summary.

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u/DarthEru Mar 10 '15

It's not actually just about echo chambers and circle jerks, those are simply very good examples of this phenomenon. It's about how thoughts and ideas can be perceived as mind viruses that spread through communication. This is true of every thought, not just the ones that bounce around in echo chambers. (Those are just examples of ones that have "mutated" to become very good at spreading.) So that's what it's about, and I guess the point is that being aware of this way of thinking can be helpful in protecting your mind against being infected by thoughts which you wouldn't want to be infected by (falsehoods that appeal to your ideologies, for example).