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>After reading this article I wonder if there are MacGyver-esque influences on younger generations? Just type "Lifehack" into youtube and search. Extremely low

>After reading this article I wonder if there are MacGyver-esque influences on younger generations? Just type "Lifehack" into youtube and search. Extremely low signal to noise ratio in videos made with monetization above all else. It's quite tragic. A counterexample would be colinfurze[0] who makes very entertaining and inspiring videos. Apart from being a two legged OSHA violation his content is top notch. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/user/colinfurze https://www.youtube.com/user/colinfurze

icu 5y ago
Thank you very much! I think my son will love the 'real life' Minecraft digging a secret tunnel series colinfurze has made.
marginalia_nu 5y ago
One of the few genres of YouTube videos I can stand is "old man dismantles electronics". It's a very peaceful and educational genre. Here are some channels I like: https://www.youtube.com/c/Techmoan https://www.youtube.com/c/Techmoan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5z2gkrGRuWd0JQMx76qA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5z2gkrGRuWd0JQMx76qA The latter channel is perhaps not great for children because of his somewhat relaxed attitude toward mains voltage, but it's great for me.
- BoxOfRain 5y ago
  >The latter channel is perhaps not great for children because of his somewhat relaxed attitude toward mains voltage, but it's great for me. PhotonicInduction is the extreme version of this, he's an electrical engineer / "mad scientist" who builds ridiculous things such as enormous capacitor banks for blowing things up, power supplies that deliver many kV for feeding to various household appliances, record players that spin at 10,000 RPM and that kind of thing. He also demos old tech you wouldn't see in other places like mercury arc rectifiers. Definitely "don't try this at home" but it's usually really interesting to watch.
  - corobo 5y ago
    https://www.youtube.com/user/Photonvids https://www.youtube.com/user/Photonvids For those ever so slightly more lazy than me and beyond :P
ghaff 5y ago
There are certainly plenty of counterexamples. But there are also probably an unhealthy number of examples of things that people would have considered hobbies or just clever improvisation of one sort or another that are now, in many cases, about monetization/"side hustles"--with a lot of the negative baggage that can come from that when it becomes the primary goal.
htek 5y ago
We're all just trying to be good little capitalists, extracting value from someone/something as cheaply as possible and selling it to someone else for profit. See ya at the bottom! ;)
chhickman 5y ago
One of my favorites in this vein is the channel below. This guy really knows how to "do what you can with what you have available". https://www.youtube.com/c/K%C3%AAnhs%C3%A1ngt%E1%BA%A1oVN-tr%E1%BA%A7n-long-h%E1%BB%93 https://www.youtube.com/c/K%C3%AAnhs%C3%A1ngt%E1%BA%A1oVN-tr...

icu 5y ago

Thank you very much! I think my son will love the 'real life' Minecraft digging a secret tunnel series colinfurze has made.

marginalia_nu 5y ago

One of the few genres of YouTube videos I can stand is "old man dismantles electronics". It's a very peaceful and educational genre. Here are some channels I like: https://www.youtube.com/c/Techmoan https://www.youtube.com/c/Techmoan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5z2gkrGRuWd0JQMx76qA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5z2gkrGRuWd0JQMx76qA The latter channel is perhaps not great for children because of his somewhat relaxed attitude toward mains voltage, but it's great for me.

BoxOfRain 5y ago
>The latter channel is perhaps not great for children because of his somewhat relaxed attitude toward mains voltage, but it's great for me. PhotonicInduction is the extreme version of this, he's an electrical engineer / "mad scientist" who builds ridiculous things such as enormous capacitor banks for blowing things up, power supplies that deliver many kV for feeding to various household appliances, record players that spin at 10,000 RPM and that kind of thing. He also demos old tech you wouldn't see in other places like mercury arc rectifiers. Definitely "don't try this at home" but it's usually really interesting to watch.
- corobo 5y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/user/Photonvids https://www.youtube.com/user/Photonvids For those ever so slightly more lazy than me and beyond :P

ghaff 5y ago

There are certainly plenty of counterexamples. But there are also probably an unhealthy number of examples of things that people would have considered hobbies or just clever improvisation of one sort or another that are now, in many cases, about monetization/"side hustles"--with a lot of the negative baggage that can come from that when it becomes the primary goal.

htek 5y ago

We're all just trying to be good little capitalists, extracting value from someone/something as cheaply as possible and selling it to someone else for profit. See ya at the bottom! ;)

chhickman 5y ago

One of my favorites in this vein is the channel below. This guy really knows how to "do what you can with what you have available". https://www.youtube.com/c/K%C3%AAnhs%C3%A1ngt%E1%BA%A1oVN-tr%E1%BA%A7n-long-h%E1%BB%93 https://www.youtube.com/c/K%C3%AAnhs%C3%A1ngt%E1%BA%A1oVN-tr...