Thursday, June 24, 2021

June 24 2021 - In a Nutshell

 

You can find a lot "in a nutshell."  But mostly history. It started with Roman writer Pliny's description of Homer's Iliad being copied in so tiny a hand that it could fit in a nutshell. That is such a wonderful image, isn't it?

Kurzgesagt is German for "in a nutshell" and it is a German animation and design studio started in 2013.  I was attracted to the more literal translation of the name:  "shortly said."  The company has explained many things in 10 minutes or so - things like The origin of consciousness, Wormholes, How to build a Dyson Sphere.    These are termed explainer videos. They did extremely well explaining the Coronavirus in 2020.

Without YouTube, where would this all be? YouTube has made some many things possible. What is the top youtube channel?  One place says T-Series with 185 million subscribers, another says PewDiePie with 102 million. (PewDiePie is Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, Swedish comedian).  The rankings are by Series or Personalities.  They are all in the multi-millions.  Imagine writing something and it goes out to 185 million people.  Wouldn't that involve a lot of replies and comments, requests for brand representation, and other things like this?  

I guess so as there are lots of YouTube videos on the day in the life of a YouTuber, so I expect I could find this out - the videos listed say things like "10 key moments in this video" or "7 key moments in this video", and so on.  


I am a YouTube viewer with Millie. She likes to watch cat and dog videos, and responds particularly well to other Cavaliers talking.
 


It is Martagon lily season - these are small down-facing lilies - many on a tall stem - maybe 3 feet tall.

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