I don’t know how to make Meditations on Moloch into a video. But it has shaped me deeply and I feel it contains a lot of important lessons that could make or break the future.
Closing paragraph:
He always and everywhere offers the same deal: throw what you love most into the flames, and I can grant you power.
As long as the offer’s open, it will be irresistible. So we need to close the offer. Only another god can kill Moloch. We have one on our side, but he needs our help. We should give it to him.
Ginsberg’s poem famously begins “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness”. I am luckier than Ginsberg. I got to see the best minds of my generation identify a problem and get to work.
I think this is a good suggestion, but I wouldn’t do it as the first animation on a channel because I think the negativity would set the wrong tone for the channel. But a good early one to balance early positive tone.
indeed, it isn’t actually that hard* to become extremely popular on youtube! the question is how to hit 10m or, imagine, even 100m views...
* compared to, uh, other types of, you know, small businesses one can start. it’s a lot of work, and I’m really glad y’all are putting in the time-money to do it!
I don’t know how to make Meditations on Moloch into a video. But it has shaped me deeply and I feel it contains a lot of important lessons that could make or break the future.
Closing paragraph:
I think this is a good suggestion, but I wouldn’t do it as the first animation on a channel because I think the negativity would set the wrong tone for the channel. But a good early one to balance early positive tone.
But Rational Animations already has many animations?
Oh. There was no link and it sounded like a planned thing.
I found it: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqt1RE0k0MIr0LoyJRy2lg
indeed, it isn’t actually that hard* to become extremely popular on youtube! the question is how to hit 10m or, imagine, even 100m views...
* compared to, uh, other types of, you know, small businesses one can start. it’s a lot of work, and I’m really glad y’all are putting in the time-money to do it!