I wish I could meet you or take your classes, my professor linked your content to us and I don’t think I’ve ever been this inspired or eager to dive into my studies. I aspire to be like you one day, thank you for being here and sharing your knowledge and wisdom.
Oh man the Art of Being Human is the best textbook I have ever come across. I accidentally signed up for cultural anthro instead of regular intro and I don't think I would have celebrated my mistake quite as much had it not been for this book. You're one of a kind, dude. I'm a deep into a psychology major but I'm about to add a few more years on just to study anthropology. Now if I can just really nail down the superstructure concept...
"You can't get anywhere without a network nowadays." My wife just told me this because I'm scared to comment on your video. @Michael Wesch you continue to help me change my life with every new video you put into the world. I started off on your teaching journey as a philosophy and physics-loving student at a community college when I took a course in cultural anthropology. My professor wisely chose to direct me and fellow students to your free course material and led the class based on it's ideas. I've ready your book and taken many (not all) of your challenges head on. I'm now aspiring to do something for the world as you do through these videos. I love humanity and I can't wait to be a cultural anthropologist learning more about my own life and the lives of others through the lens of culture and the sciences of humanity. Thank you for helping me get on this road and thank you for making such curious and interesting videos for me to start my days with. Thank you for being you.
Our class is teaching his book now and we do the challenges. It's wild and eye opening. Currently we are doing the one where we have to give up a technology. I chose clothing, but since I would be arrested if it was all clothing, I chose proper clothing. I've been going everywhere in a ratty nightgown and the findings are surprising. I also can't believe I'm actually doing something like this.
Moving. Thank you! 190 epistemologies in 190 seconds: the pluriverse. My favourite is the beginning, the monk stepping over the crossing, in his own little time bubble.
In the same vein as Dustin Bakkie's question: mind if I ask where the music came from? You did a great job with your edit. You could have a second career here. :-)
It took me about 2 weeks including scene selection, failed drafts, rethinking, etc. As for choices it is a bit like a jam session in music - mostly allowing analogy, storytelling, light and rhythm guide me. Biases - tons. There are a lot of biases baked into a stock footage archive. Stereotypes are common. Sometimes I worked against them, sometimes I let them sneak through as part of the story. The monkeys are part of an "evolution" sequence: Monkey playing violin like a human => Monkey looking human => DNA => Monkey riding bike => Boy riding bike => Man flying on bike => Man flying in spaceship => Man on the moon.
