Adam Ruins Everything - Why the Internet is Good for Society
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- Humans are the same as always, except now we have instant access to all knowledge and communication.
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In Adam Ruins Everything, host Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted. A blend of entertainment and enlightenment, Adam Ruins Everything is like that friend who knows a little bit too much about everything and is going to tell you about it... whether you like it or not.
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Adam Ruins Everything - Why the Internet is Good for Society
"I'm cyberbullying a child!" was hilarious. Easily the best part.
He's probably gonna get 5 million subscribers soon
Nahodakk I don't have kids, but nice assumption. You know what they say about those, right?
barbie
666th like
Yeah, every case of bullying ever have been because the parents are neglective. It never happens because kids break age restrictions and go against their parents wishes, or refuse to tell their parents because "parents are uncool".
Look, I'm obviously not blaming the kid, and there are neglective parents out there, but we can't go around blaming parents for every instance of bullying
*"Instead of pining for an imagined past, we should feel immensely lucky to live in the magnificent present"*
Quote... Quoted.
Who said that?
Watch the video to find out..
I like that
I read this EXACTLY when I was hearing it
@@creanatexincludes8605 adam said that in the video, why didnt you watch till the end lol
Today’s parents: it’s those damn cellphones
Parents before the internet: it’s those dam books
I hate it when people say "stop texting people and talk with them in real life!!!" and I'm like "If I was able to talk to them in real life I wouldn't be texting them
..."
Crazsome Lizard lol, i love texting people in the same rule as me
IKR. Like yeah, I'm not strolling all the way over from New England to Florida or Germany to talk to my friends because I'm too lazy to leave the house and socialize.
Because logic.
even with my college friends, I'm not gonna take 2 buses over there every time I wanna talk to them
Crazsome Lizard from Alaska to Florida just to say Lol
"Ok mum, Il stop texting my friend who lives half way across the world and go get on a plane to go talk to him instead" XD
"I'm cyberbullying a child" LMAO I'm done
No, you ARE NOT done.
Is this how all cyberbullies look
+1, because portal.
They have all kind of looks, just watch the new season of South Park.
nej TRUE
1950: “it’s those damn newspapers.”
2014: “it’s those damn phones.”
2077: “it’s those damn neuromods.”
My only worry about those neurotech is the possibility that some hacker would have the chance to mess with them, hopefully they make sure it does have wireless capabilities.
It’s those damn mindchips
2016:it’s those damn Video games
2021: it’s that damn Tik Tok
@@Nixium78 Okay but like tiktok is a fair complaint
What I've been saying for so long... people whine about how the internet is making us less social, but almost all of my friends don't live anywhere near me. How else could I talk to them like a real conversation? Mail? Get real.
A lot of people make the argument that friends you have made and maintain exclusively through digital means, are not really your friends. Friendship implies a give and take, much like a romantic relationship, where you acknowledge and welcome their faults as they do your own. Digital friendships can just turn off the computer when anything becomes too inconvenient or challenging, thus making it not a real friendship.
I've heard somewhere that we as humans are biologically programmed to respond to other people near us. It helps us form deeper bonds through close contact and even increases how much we are attracted to our significant others just by being around them. Computers could be used to maintain that bond from a long distance but I don't think you can really form one reliably through purely digital means.
What do you think is required to form a bond that isn't required to maintain one?
Write letters and sit on the phone for hours like we used to (paying insane Long Distance charges).... getting nothing else done in return and running out of things to say eventually.
Yeah... no thanks.
***** Those were rare, and doesn't change the fact that MOST online-exclusive friendships and relationships simply do not work.
At the very least, they are more an acquaintance or lesser friend than a true one.
"I'm cyber bullying a child" *smiles wider than the joker on pot*
DaBellMonkey yep
I was going to reply but 2 years ago
BOOKS ARE LIFE! And on the internet you can read e-books and fanfiction
I'm still waiting for the "The Art of Keeping Cool" book, which take place in Elliot's prespective.
"fanfiction"
Yeah. The internet also helped preserve all sorts of traditions that could have died without a place to store resources and for traditionalists spread across the globe to connect to each other and be linked with the nearest traditionalist organizations. We almost lost our Catholic traditions in the 1970s, but SSPX kept the faith safe and the advent of the Internet was instrumental in the flourishing mass return of tradition. And that is why no one can prove to me that the Internet is bad, or that we need to return to the 50s. (Although living frozen in the 1950s, we wouldn't need the internet to find the old ways... Though my family were never actually practicing Catholics, and in the 1950s there would have been no way for me to find out what I missed, that we threw the baby out with the bathwater, and there's so much I'm learning now for the sake of old traditions that I could never have learned without this modern access to the sum of all human knowledge.)
fanfiction is the best, I can write trash and read gold, it's an extremely entertaining mixed bag.
Obviously the best type of books
Exactly.
I remember how I was a little child and badly wanted to keep contact with a holiday friend, but my mother was extremely slow with buying postage stamps (so the letters were always sent like one month after I wrote them), of course this friendship did not last... then the hysterical tantrums when I dared to USE THE PHONE (landline) instead of just waiting until I meet the person again (because it costs OMG MONEY).
In my school, I did not know anybody with similar hobbies, and my parents would not buy me stamps and envelopes to make penpals (back then, there were magazine ads for that), so when I was fifteen and the internet kinda started being accessible (library, school) it was pretty amazing, because I could actually connect with people who shared similar hobbies. First time in my life I talked to people about something that was INTERESTING (for both of us), instead of just talking for the sake of talking because if you are not in a group someone will start bullying you.
How old are you ?
@@darinae34 I wanna say. At the time he wrote this. In his 40s. Maybe mid to late.
Cyber bullying a child 😂😂😂😂😂
You Suck!
You too!
YOU GUYS SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jacob M. same
You suck Jacob M.........jk
“Now we have instantaneous access to all knowledge and communication.”
And we still have people who believe the earth is flat!
Because we also have instantaneous access to all stupidity of the world.
Luke Skywalker True
Blame the past
we have access to knowledge, but the only thing stopping many people from becoming more knowledgeable is pride and the want to do so in the first place. people still believe in stupid theories because they don't trust the knowledge handed to them, and or they think they know more for whatever reason. or other reasons such as environment,family life, and lifestyle,etc.
what i'm trying to get at is that just because we have access to knowledge, doesn't mean everyone has been able to attain it or use it, which is why there are so many dumb people. at least that's my take on it.
@@lukeskywalker5392 Believing in a flat earth isn't because of stupidity. In fact, many flat earthers use a fair amount of science and advanced math while trying and failing to prove there point. Believing in a flat earth is more like a cult where you can still be generally smart and believe something completely insane. Like how there are actually scientists that completed years of school work and got real degrees yet still believe in young-earth creationism. It seems the same but the way they trick people goes past intelligence and prays on mental aspects in a much more primal part of the brain.
I can't thank you enough for this video!! I'm very, very tired of hearing all this "computers are making this generation stupid" and "back in the good old days" nonsense, and I felt like no one agreed with me. It's silly, because as he pointed out, historically we've been through this! People thought that Television would be societies downfall, and before that it was Radio.
Mairi Kavanagh Exactly. Not to mention many people who say those things happen to be old people, lots of which I see are the crazy ones who believe in conspiracy theories as well. They also tend to have bad grammar. Go figure.
Mairi Kavanagh Because you're twelve
The internet is good. Social media, not so much. I think thats the problem is social media like Instagram
I'm Negan is it good though?
If you watch the video "Millennials don't exist," Adam points out what everyone should have known all along: ever since the dawn of time, older people have been complaining about the younger generation being deprived of all the greatness they had "back in my day." It's what we do when we become old (and we'll all become old soon enough if we're not there already).
I actually used the internet to watch this video. And now I'm communicating by writing this comment. Did you ever notice how the term "comment" is mostly the word "communicate"? Cue the NBC Now You Know theme.
It's an interesting similarity but it's actually a co-incidence. They're both from Latin so they share a lot in common, although they do have different specific origins. Comment originally comes from the Latin word for invention, which changed over time and came to mean interpretation. A 'commentum' was your interpretation (or opinion) of another person's writing. Communication comes from the Latin word for sharing 'communis', which gave us a lot of different words in English like community, communism, common and lots more.
(Sorry, I probably watch too much Adam ruins everything).
You're probably an english/latin major or professor
No you don't, you would have started your comment with "Actually" if you did lol
Don't be sorry, its smart people that make me fear the human race less.
Brian Dusel Did you realize the number of stupid comments? Like trolls?
Sure, we communicate more - that does not mean we communicate with deep meanings.
Adam: The internet is fine and back then books were hated
Boomers: I ignore your reality, and substitute my own
The fact that only about 47% of people read books is still pretty depressing.😔
Kayaba: Dungeon Master, nice!
Kirito: Huh? I was quoting Myth Busters. What the heck is Dungeon Master?
Kayaba: Oh. I was so happy there for a moment.
@@theautisticintrovertedluca3634 its still better than in the 80s and tbh that number has probably changed.
Yep, many Boomers do exactly that. They long for an imagined past where everything was great, social problems didn't exist, leaders were noble and honest, everyone had jobs, families were happy together and the source of all "evil" were the Communists.
In other words, they live in a fantasy world where social progress is the Devil's handiwork and that all Post-Boomer generations are degenerates while Boomers are Gods and Goddesses on Earth.
Lol I love it whenever some boomer or their idiotic younger counterparts start talking about how much simpler and better life was before the internet…..WHILE USING THE INTERNET.
😂 Self awareness has left the chat.
"No one is reading any more!"
What do you think people do on the internet? -.-
People usually watch videos
s "People" Usually read comments lol
Reading comments in pornhub
I like how the internet helps people connect, i have social anxiety irl and as such have trouble makeing friends but online i have people i talk to every day from all over the world they make me happy
Same. :)
Except it's a poor substitute for real people. I'm in the same boat but I know I have to work on face to face. Digital connections aren't "real". I can't play cards with an internet profile or a video game. It's not the same and never will be.
BlackSkullHeart actually we can play card and video games. Have you heard of "multiplayer".
Yeah, but at least SA people get to socialize, in the 50s they would have nothing.
BlackSkullHeart I'm playing a multiplayer game right now, and communicating with people who i would never in real life
you know what people said when light came into homes??
"BACK IN MY DAY WE DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY!"
BACK IN MY DAY WE DIDN'T HAVE HOUSES! IF YOU GOT STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, OH WELL!
For the people that say all he's doing is making things sound better: He's ruining the idea that the Internet is ruining society which thus makes it sound better for you since you already like it.
John Jackson
Then again, people have opposed every single change ever, as Adam mentioned.
People said that comics would destroy our youth. NOw it's smartphones I believe or social networks pff whatever.
I mean, I like spiders (actually, aside from mosquitoes I love most members of the animal kingdom), so his opening segment in his Little Bugs episode didn't "ruin' them for me.
It's still annoying when I'm trying to hang out with my friends and instead of listening to and speaking with me, they're constantly on their phones texting other people and using social media and doing whatever else people use their phones for. I think anything can be alright in moderation, but unfortunately that is not how most people treat this wonderful invention.
Or maybe something else is in the situation. Not to be rude, but maybe when you guys are hanging out, it's either too boring for them, or they have more issues with you than they do with the ones they talk to on the phone, I don't know which is the case obviously.
Moo Rooster I'm like those people but instead of a phone I'm reading a book
Moo Rooster You're probably just not that interesting to listen to.
I have never met someone who did that.
Balls NoBalls damn, op gettin roasted in this chat
i love how in so many videos of adam usually have dark or mysterious things but his character atleast really stays happy and cheerful
We have access to all knowledge?
Guess someone hasn't tried to read a research paper online for free...
Most research papers actually are free from what I've seen
Actually we do, I use the internet all the time to do my research for school. Even research on my own terms about other things like space and music.
Deltasquad, they mean scientific studies. Many of those are hidden behind paywalls on the websites of scientific journals.
Access doesn't necessarily mean free. I have access to electricity, but I still have to pay for it. However, if you really want to gain something for free on the internet, you'll have to look harder, and possibly bend a few laws. Much in the way I could tap into my neighbor's power and have "free" electricity. In both scenarios, there are risks...
Oooh, there's a tip for this - you can contact the writer of the paper via email and most of them will send it to you for free. It's not their decision for websites to make a profit off of their content and most of them would be happy to share their work
I'm cyberbullying a child!
Okay, that was funny.
even though he says "ruins everything"
he makes them a little bit better
well that's half true, he ruins other people's beliefs by telling them ether the truth or why how its not a good belief in hopes that the'll change how they think and make them more aware about everything they learn
This is nothing compared to the other half of the episode.
The way I see it, "Ruin's Everything" is a shorter, gimmickier, sillier way of saying "helps people to understand what they claim they like more and know how not to make the mistakes people have made before them an not conform to society's views. Like how Seinfeld's tagline "a show about nothing" is a shorter, gimmickier, sillier way of saying "a show about anecdotes a comedian uses in their stand-up".
@@kylemorello4787 thats actually what it was. ARH didn't start as a TV show, it started as a stand up comedy routine at a bar.
Source: ua-cam.com/video/ZR77fGvpnTc/v-deo.html
Actually, Socrates had another reason to dislike the written word: he deeply beleived in the value of dialogue, as the only way that can lead to absolute knowledge and the truthof beings. Thus, he distrusted the written word because you can't have a conversation with a piece of paper
You can with a comment thread.
That may be true but having a conversation on the internet isn't the same as talking to someone in person.
I still disagree with him. Many books are written as rebuttals or to make a full argument. And then books can (and often are) written as a response. It's a form of dialogue, people aren't talking to a paper, they are talking to who will read it. That's like saying "I distrust speaking because I can't have a conversation with the air" paper is just the medium. It can even be better because you have a lot of time to revise your work or change things and fully hash out your ideas.
Both go along really well. If you're a book-lover, it doesn't mean that you'll confine yourself to your room and won't have any intellectual dialogue with anyone.
they could write letters to each other m8. written conversations have been around since forever. Its not like a comment thread wold have been a revolutionary idea for him
Showing this to literally every snob that says I shouldn't be on my phone for so long
"I'm cyberbullying a child!"
This is the funniest thing in all of Adam Ruins Everything.
The only downside, is stupid people are given a soapbox to a endless crowd - and can do it anonymously.
I'm waiting for my cameo.
"I'm cyberbullying a child!"
Oh, there I am!
Adam, thank you for ruining everything. Please, continue to show us the truth. 😊🖤
I need to show this to my parents lol.
SAME!
you guys do realise that they would just brush it off.
Cedie Austria watch Sci Show's episode on why some people don't believe in science episode it sadly explains everything -_-
So they will realize that, in addition to spending too much time online, you also accept entertaining opinion at face value? That doesn't speak well of the Internet's power to strengthen the intellect.
Is that woman writing a letter to a Mr. Burr, sir?
Pardon me are you Arron Burr, sir/
ruby tolnai That depends, who’s asking?
Why did i read mr butt 😂
2nd graders when they say “ur mom” in an online argument while saying someone is younger than them: 1:31
My my, so many people in the comments are still arguing against technology in one way or another. Am I the only one that realizes all of the downsides of technology are choices people make?
If someone is ignoring you on a date for their phone, that's their choice and if it weren't for the phone, they probably wouldn't be on the date or would probably look at you but ignore you. If someone is addicted to social media, it's a person issue, not the fault of technology. I live in the same world as all of these people addicted social media and UA-cam comments absorbs some of that time but it's not an addiction or something I'm even checking throughout the day except for maybe on weekends when I'm home alone.
SomeDudeOnline damn you sir have a really good point
SomeDudeOnline I agree and the same can be said for those who think guns are the cause for murders its not the object its the person holding it in their hand
Remeber kids, dont blame the person, blame the opject. Why are you getting bad grades? Its the HOMEWORK'S FAULT!
Nerdlin Geeksly wrong analogy there, you can't compare technology to something as dangerous as guns
SkyreeXScalabar A gun is technology. And if you mean electronics, then why not? It's still something that is in control of people. If they choose to not train themselves before using a weapon, the person is to blame. If the person leaves a gun in a place that is accessible to someone who should not mentally able to make their own decisions, the person is to blame.
I remember how long I and my friends would argue about tv shows and history and other stuff. Hours and hours of arguing with no Winner. today, 2 minutes on the smartphone and wikipedia, and everything is settled. Life is better now.
This actually happened to me. I was in line at a food repo and three people started pointing at me because I was looking at my phone, and they had this entire conversation about how I must be some massive idiot because I was looking at my phone while one of them had a book. I was literally smooshed up against these people and they even made eye-contact with me as they insulted me. I didn't respond because I realized they were the kind of people to interrupt and talk over people and I didn't want to disrupt the other pantry guests.
Edit: They even had the nerve to say I would be a return customer because I must be inherently inferior, while they didn't really need to be there but it was just a one time thing because they were moving and spent all of their spare cash on that.
Wow. I would have had a few choice words for them. You clearly did the best thing by ignoring them, but I wouldn't have been able to help myself.
I grew up before the advent of the internet and read books obsessively. I now read books from my phone. The argument to use paperback books is inane. If I don't understand a word I can immediately look up the meaning, and I can also see how it is pronounced. If I want to double check the book's source I can do so immediately. I never lose my page anymore because the bookmark fell out.
These are people who clearly don't know what it was like before the internet. I would have explained to them about card catalogs, school libraries and how limiting research could be when I was a child. Pretty much everyone had the same report.
"I'm cyber bullying a child." Laughed so hard I spit out my drink.
And peed myself. But I won't write that. Wait... am I writing out loud?!
yes, yes you are
*and everyone can see how stupid you look*
the rudest of clouds you're not the rudest of clouds, maybe 52nd rudest
That's UA-cam Commenters for ya
Toku Nation f!*)# you.
Great video, the internet is amazing, but I think there is something to be said about the rapid transmission of false information and fake news on the internet.
Green Acorn have you ever been to a small town?
I live in a relatively small town. Small enough for a large amount of people to be acquainted with eachother. IF false news is spread, it is generally validated fast enough to avoid being an issue.
Green Acorn thats more on us as individuals to check what we see🌚
Considering this channel used Adam to spread false information on subjects before, I am not surprised they conveniently glossed over that part. I guess it's cause both the internet and college are their main sources of revenue. This show totally doesn't have bias at all.
James, I can't tell if that was intentionally vague or whether you expect everyone to know what you're talking about.
The comments section:
50% "I'm cyberbullying a child lol haha"
50% Long paragraphs I don't choose to read
As soon as he said. what do you think all these people are doing? i was like porn.
pron*
I was the 69th like
The internet is for porn!
Boglenight Nice reference dude ^-^
+Boblenight Fun Fact: The porn industry is what pushed people to invent high speed internet. Porn created a demanded for high speed internet, and as such the supply was created. You have porn to thank for being able to stream netflix, or watch youtube ;)
Because of all this extra communication- we're only seeing more clearly the problems with ourselves and our societies.
"I've been waiting my whole life to hear those words."
i'm showing this video to anyone who says "kids nowadays don't know how to talk to each other anymore, they're always on their damn smartphones"
Jordan the Shitlord hahaha. I work at a restaurant and can't have my phone out. How are kids my age (16) supposed to talk to eachother. For some reason it's so awkward for them to talk to someone they don't know about something that is insignificant like food.
That doesn't mean that they don't know how to talk face to face. Maybe they invited there friend over, but they couldn't go because their parents are busy. Maybe their friend is really sick, so they couldn't go without risk of getting someone else sick. Or maybe their friend lives outside of the county, or state, or even country.
People (like myself) can hide behind a screen when talking so you feel invincible also you can't really feel the emotion while texting sure there are emoticons but still you're not really talking fave to face. I know you can use a camera with discord but it's the same thing as I said before. Another thought (prepare for a hyperbole) to consider is if you spend too much time on screen you can start too hallucinate and you're brain can suffer major trauma.
A hem... MAYBE THEIR FRIEND IS REALLY SICK. OR MAYBE THEIR FRIEND LIVES OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY, OR STATE, OR EVEN COUNTRY. Yes, it is bad that we stay on screens for so long today, but we have to look into why we stay on the screen. If you were a kid and couldn't drive, do you think that you would ride your bike all the way over to a friends house and play, or use the expensive great technology called the phone to still socialize without having to leave?
@@exist_much5625 Majority of their friends outside of their city , state , or Country will be forgotten. Just because you know them for a few months , doesn't make you their friends. You guys have to be talking to each other a lot over the spand of years.
I'm going to show this to my parents and I talk a lot to my friends, my real friends in real life. So much that I'm annoying I'm less annoying on the internet.
Sadly, that likely won't work. Not only will they not believe the "evil internet man", they won't even bother to look up all the sources he kindly puts in the corner of the screen. Plus, it's been shown that when faced with evidence that one's views are wrong, the evidence against those views will only strengthen those views in a majority of people.
Congrats if it works though, if so your parents are miracles.
Mostly it depends on the people not the age or generation. Hell I'm old enough to be his grandfather but I've been using computers since the old Commodore 64. And my brother who got a Degree in computers had to learn the old card system. There are a lot of tech-savvy older people.
Gamesman01 My grandma was asked to fix the computer bug that would make all the date September 9th, 1999 be read as null by computers that used an older code than the newer computers because no one knew it but older people. She would have been payed $100000 dollars for it. She declined and I think the reason was because she was rusty and didn't want to mess up. That's right, it wasn't 1/1/2000 people should have feared, it was 9/9/1999
EntrancedSnow70
Yes the Y2K bug was a big hoax much like Mayan calendar. Like I said many older people are tech-savvy. How do they think we got this far without some people from other generations developing thing from the beginning?
Dunno, you can't invent a car without inventing wheels after all.
You never study cause u always on that damn phone
~~my mom while she's watching wedding videos
Mr. Burr...Sir
quinintheclouds Why it’s the middle of the night!
Can we confer, sir?
is this a legal matter? yes and its important to me!
I am God Reincarnated What do you need? Burr, you're a better lawyer than me!
Youn Sieun “ok” I know I talk to much and your incredibly in court
quinintheclouds Are you Aaron Burr,sir?
The only problem left is that with all this information at our fingertips we fall prey to our biases and don't even use the information available. I think that skeptical thinking and the scientific method should all be a major focus in schools. Without the tools to think and learn well, all the information in the world can be for naught.
Adam's closing statement is actually spot on! I remember both a time before the internet, the early days, and the modern day. I remember where I lived, when the internet was in it's early stages, there were SO MANY people here that didn't like to read ANYTHING and didn't even know how to read! I still remember seeing Hooked on Phonics advertised like mad back then! Hell, even I didn't know how to read until I was like 6! I would argue that the internet highly encourages literacy!
I feel like although the number of people I can be in contact with has increased, the depth of connection has suffered for that. My attention is split too much.
I second that notion of yours, man.
SAFR Projects I won't argue you there. But you gotta admit having all knowledge (and a sweet load of porn) at your fingertips is worth shallower conversations.
The fact to have acces to all the information all the time doesn't force you to remember what you have read. So you don't exercice your memory skills. When you reason without remembering any (or only a few) information you cannot make valid reasonnings.
Alessandro Svanascini Except that without having to memorize teeny details easily looked up online, people can be more knowledgeable about more things. History classes can pack way more events and time periods into them when students aren't shoving dates into their brains--giving them a wider breadth of knowledge and the ability to reason with more varied information and a better view of the big picture.
In any case, straight memorizing isn't exactly the height of learning. In fact, memorizing is one of the most useless methods of learning. It's more appropriate to understand the significance and deeper meaning of something than the exact number or date of it. Not to mention that spending so much time on rote memorization stifles the creative sides of the mind, leading to someone being able to spout off equations but not understand how exactly they can apply those to their lives or how to add more knowledge and analysis to it.
You can memorize every single line of a book, every word and mannerism, but if that's all you do you're not going to understand the underlying symbolism and point of it.
blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2015/05/professor_stop_math_memorization.html
facebook is fake. I was born in the wrong year I want to hang with friends not go on the web.
Socrates didn't exactly disapprove of the written word. He believed it was a not good basis for the search of what he called the truth because it can neither confirm nor deny what the reader is thinking, leaving it up to interpretation.
Alexandra Jackson he probably would have liked modern technology better, because you might be able to talk to the author either through email or a video call. That way, you would be able to get feedback from the original person, which makes it more like a real converation
Alexandra Jackson oh so the Bible pretty much
Alexandra Jackson aka any religious book
Alexandra Jackson
thanks ron
"I'm cyberbullying a child"
Every tuesday
Wait... Is that the Apple Guy from Captain America?
Josh Yord yes
Funny thing, I actually saw this episode first, so when I watched Winter Solider I was like, "Hey that's the dude from Adam Ruins Everything!"
Dr. Savage Which scene is that?
If that would have been leafy @ 1:30 I would have died from lack of air from laughing so hard
1:44 Man publicly admits to cyberbullying a child. No one even reacts. That....is the most screwed up problem in society today.
Instagram reels
1:30 as a Hamilton fan, I am in love with that name.
OMG SAMEEEEE
Kiwimations I think you mean 1:28, but yeah wow
Jacksfilms....
Kiwimations Poland?
SAME!
1:28 MR. VICE PRESIDENT I AM NOT THE REASON NO ONE TRUSTS YOU
MR.BURR,SIR
Don't get this joke?
It's from the play Hamilton. Listen to the song "Your Obedient Servant". :)
Bubblegum Panda I WAS LOOKING FOR IT
NO ONE KNOWS WHAT YOU BELIEVE
I love that this somehow implies that in 100 years, we would treat video games as the next step in human intellect
I don't know what's worse, cyber-bullying a child, or the child using social media
Austin Hernández what's wrong with social media?
he didnt say anything bad about social media
Eh, both. but the child should lock his account to friends and family only to prevent strangers from going on and messing with him.
Lucario It's inappropriate for children.
There's nothing wrong with a child using social media. Except if you've been an awful parent and didint give him the 101 on how to use the net, other than that there shouldn't be a problem
1:30 Mr Burr, sir.
Bean Nut POLAND
I have a few questions about your work. Specifically, why did you choose to flee to Poland after you shot Hamilton?
Bean Nut you are the worst, Burr
I have the honor to be...
Your obedient co-worker, A. Burr!
I'm so glad he said this. Everybody acts like before smartphones and internet people were all singing and dancing together in the park singing kumbaya. I remember before smartphones and internet people were at home glued to their TV's. We are probably more social now, I use my phone mainly for WhatsApp.
There is one thing I'll agree with the hippy on. Experiences were better when people just enjoyed them. There is something depressing about seeing a concert and everyone in the crowd has their phones out filming it. Your eyes have a higher resolution!
i am also cyberbullying a child
TABITHA!!! How's Dil?
Kara Hill dil is the child i'm cyberbullying him
Tabitha Howlter
nooooo dillllllllllllllllllll
You dum
u suk
- child in question
Socrates never wrote anything. Plato wrote all his lessons.
Man Li Gi there’s even now some scholars and historians who think Socrates wasn’t a real person, just a rhetorical tool that Plato used to be the “voice of wisdom” and the “inquisitive skeptic” in his dialogues...
Zachary Taylor
I don`t think so. it has been years since I read their books but if am not mistaken Plato had a more aggressive writing tone because of his wrestling career. his book was written in a "this is what I said fight me" style and his name wasn`t Plato that was his stage name his name was Aristocles, after his grandfather
Freak'n, Love, Adam Ruins Everything!😍
It's mine and my siblings favorite way to pass the time, and actually learn stuff from a different perspective that we never would have even thought of researching ourselves.👍
The problem with the internet isn't the isolation part. Its the echochambers it creates.
That's not better without the internet. The internet at least exposes people to different sets of ideals. Before the internet, you just believed what your parents believed and that was pretty much that.
This comment section, for example: "I'm cyber bullying a child", "I'm cyber bullying a child", "I'm cyber bullying a child"...
I'm just mad because my kids don't read the same books I readl. And what is this hentai I hear so much about?
Hentai is a dangerous and illegal drug, you should question your kids if they are talking about it
Greg May How old are they ? If you are above 18 its fine
Just stupid anime porn, nothing special.
Greg May oh that is just intuectual readings don't worry about it
It's a very great series of books made in japan, You should go buy your kids some more of it, it makes you smarter!
"I'm cyberbullying a child!"
Absolute gold 👌🏼😂
I've known about this for a while. Same thing was said about video games, Dungeons & Dragons and Rock 'n' Roll. Also, comic books.
He didn't ruin anything
what the heck
Well he ruined that hipsters credibility
He ruined the thought that the internet is ruining society, making us less social, and making everyone dumber.
There's definitely pros and cons with it, but more pros (and more potential pros) than the cons of those that just keep their faces buried in their smartphones and trolling threads.
He ruined books, IMHO
I want a refund!
Well, he ruined bookworms... .
Adam: "we should feel immensely lucky to live in the magnificent present"
Me: * checks upload date * "yep, that checks out"
Two words : Dank memes
***** Thanks for your dedication, you are an hero.
The internet is a useful tool, as is a firearm or a bulldozer. The problem that exists in the more civilized communities that have internet access is the encouragement to overindulge in using it for entertainment.
If most of the people who watched this video were honest we would say that we did it primarily for the entertainment that Adam provides while he gives us a few facts that we might remember anecdotally.
1:23 they are at the table on the computers and ignoring the people right next to them. one guy is even just looking at his food
It's more like a swiss army knife. The examples you gave only have one or two uses.
Dae entertainment bad, overwork good.
Ah yes I overindulge in using firearms and bulldozers all the time
The internet has recently allowed me to get back in touch with my sister, who I haven’t seen in about 15 years, once the pandemic is over, we’re hoping to reconnect
Hope you guys do!
@@sarahy9473 Thank you
Well according to people like Beardo that's a bad thing and you guys should have never reconnected if it wasn't face to face
it's funny how to graph only goes up until 2005 apparently nobody reads after 2005
Thanks Obama.
LEO UR I caught that also, I would like to see the numbers after 2008 when smart phones were invented and the internet really came to be what it is now.
Well, I read all the time. Maybe not books, but books don't interest me. I'm not a native English speaker, so when I watch movies even, I read text (in English to learn better). Even back in the day when I didn't have smartphones and the only phone game was snake or tetris, I still didn't read. I believe that if there is a drop in people reading 'actual books', it's more to the fact that they have better things to do than that, it's not their only form of entertainment (or one of the few forms of it) available to you when you're alone, at evening, etc., then again, there might even be a rise if we count in books that are published online, as it gives more people easier access to books.
internationalpublishers.org/images/annual-reports/2015_online_statistics.pdf
So yeah - we still read
Zachary Brewer I have never even heard that word study before. what does that mean LOL
I had to pause the video because I was laughing too hard at "I'm cyber bullying a child! 😄"
most people don't questions the amount we communicate, rather the quality of it.
"I'm cyber bullying a child!"
Wow, okay then. Good for you 😂
“We should feel immensely lucky, to live in a magnificent present!”
Jeez, nothing has changed. Ask anyone in times of peace, and they’ll probably say the same.
This reminds me of what Douglas Adams said regarding the history of communication levels pre-internet.
Boomers: whatever comes through that gate you will stand your ground Adam: actually Boomers: RUUUUUN
Why I am the only one that catches these things
0:53 Completely out of context.
1. In the dialogue "Phaedrus" Socrates (really Plato) compares forms of art to the "the art of dialectic" that he finds superior to others. Dialectic in layman terms is a form of dialogue between two or more parties which goal is to understand a concept by reason alone.
2. What I find completely baffling is that the writters of the show happily state that Socrates (Plato) was against the written word, while EVERYTHING WE KNOW about Socrates and Plato comes from Plato's written dialogues (as in books, that he wrote and published).
3. Also you should know what Socrates was dealing with at the time. No one wrote a book about philosophy before Plato. The only thing avaible in text were myths and songs. The first "academic" papers were written by Aristotle 30-50 years after Socrates's death.
Thank you for adding that!
Its also kind of ironic because Socrates couldn't read or write anyway, he had to depend on Plato if he wanted to record his theories on philosophy, as well as the memory techniques.
In essence, being a constant, vigilant researcher and skeptic is always a good thing, a HEALTHY dose of paranoia.
So true though, I'm able to keep in touch with friends and family from miles away because we can message each other on social media, share videos, pictures, and even video chat in seconds.
Go to my high school and see how awkward everyone is and tell me humans are more social.
NJE Recordings We are. Perhaps not in the same way, but we are. Besides, you know how much people talk in school. It's like they never shut up.
You're just seeing the change, the same change that happened over the ages.
Go tell someone from the american civil war about computers, they're gonna freak out.
NJE Recordings It's highschool. Everyone is awkward and that's just normal.
Internet can actually make some people more anti-social.
The entire internet is not always communicating
But for some people who find it very difficult to communicate in real life it's a way to connect with people.
I'm bullying a child! :D
I've met a lot of good people online and it's easier to communicate with a headset or speaker than not sometimes
1:23 they are at the table on the computers and ignoring the people right next to them. one guy is even just looking at his food
As long as they're fine with that, why does that bother YOU? Because it doesn't agree with your opinion?
Your idea of " Hanging out " and " Socializing" isn't the absolute truth that must be applied to everybody. Get off your high horse, you're not special enough to make your opinion a fact.
"I'm cyber bullying a child haha!" Omg 😂
shaylen sanders That was the best part. The smile after he says that hahaha
thing is despite how much more widespread our interaction and access to information has become, we don't realise that this reduces the depth in which we carry out basic things like talking and reading. We don't analyse as much when reading from a screen because of how easily averted our attention can be when everything is at our fingertips. So while we can access things easily and make more friends, the information rarely makes impactful impressions and friendships become shallow
Next thing you know people are gonna say "remember the good old days when people used to use smart phones"
How many of those people in society used the Internet for sources and information into our hands? Yes people communicate all the time but, the problem is that there are plenty of times where people have already know each other yet they're using their phones to communicate with other peers right in front of each other.
CAB1802 and this is bad how.
CAB1802 yor point is terrible almost every time they are doing this to keep a private conversation!
CAB1802 yeah so we can snapchat each other
So what?
If I am sitting next to someone and texting them, or if I am sitting next to someone talking to them, I am still getting an equal amount of communication value.
so?
That's true. People used to disapprove of novel reading.
Olook it's that guy from the Apple store in Captain America 2
The amazing book "How to talk about books you haven't read" is not nearly as read as it should...
Well, we talk about it even though we haven't read it :P
Romit Heerani Indeed. It's just that in the book,Pierre Bayard,who's a head literature professor at Notre Dame university,actually says that reading books can actually be bad for you,it would fit greatly in the video...
J.J Jameson how can it be bad for you besides reading negative stories like The Catcher In The Rye? I've felt pretty overwhelmed after my second read through of that book. Emotionally heavy
comicahmet Well,it's not my opinion since I love reading,Catcher included,and I don't remind exactly of the quotes. But basically,when you read you absorb lots of stuff that won't be relevant to the story,thus being in big part irrelevant.
Maybe it's a little different,it's been a while since I read it...
J.J Jameson Catcher is fun to read, but if you understand what the protagonist is going through, which I do, then you just get depressed
I'm currently reading 4 books, and I'm almost finished with 3 of them. Not only do I read online e books I also have my regular books. Reading + the internet= Pure joy!
I comunicate with thousands of faceless strangers in youtube I'm being social
Exactly you don't know them but you're still communicating.
I feel like nothing was really ruined... In fact I feel... Better? Is this what better feels like? It's been so long...
Munjee Syed I did. I don't know what your point is.
When you think about it, this show wasn't meant to really ruin stuff.
If anything, they're made to enlighten us and make something we take for granted handled better.
SO many people need to watch this
Adam Conover for President.
I used to agree with this, but I've changed my mind. Instantenous access to anything is an issue for your mental habits.
Water
I think the positives far outweighs the negatives here. People have access to information they need without having to search it for hours in a library or having to talk to an expert. Stuff like how to do first-aid, research materials, etc, can be easily found and accessed within a short amount of time.
I have friends that live all over the country and in Canada. For Military Families like mine, social media is a good sent. We can make friends and KEEP THEM! When I was a Navy brat in the 90's, it was so hard to keep friends, either they moved or I did. Staying in contact wasn't easy. You had to worry about schedules, time zones, hell I had a few friends move over seas, that's a whole new set of issues. Social sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Skype, Discord, even Myspace, they gave us a chance to not loose what we gain, each other. And in the Military life, you need all the support you can get.
you can say internet is better but there are pros and cons of it... he mentions that internet lets people talk more but not in a social face to face aspect... many people today don't communicate unless they have their mobile with them in fact. I see it everyday, people can't hold a conversation without checking their phone and many can't hold one all together now unless it's online... using a phone takes flaw in humanity away leaving only a shell that gives no consequences to the actual user.
That's just practice, though. If a person wants to be better at speaking; or is forced to speak often, then they'll just naturally get better at it.
Face to face is just a form of expression. Neglecting it doesn't inherently take away from your personality. It just increases the forms in which way you *can* express yourself. Though, generally somewhat at the expense of written expression. :P
Some people have friends that are 1200 miles away and can’t travel that far just to talk about the how stupid fidget spinners are
If they could communicate irl as fast and as cheap as communication on their phone why would they use phones in the first place its all about efficiency.just like newspapers and article online.
Why would it be bad to even hold conversations online? It’s been very beneficial for me and everyone else that does this. And yes, we can hold conversations without checking our phone, that rarely happens. The only time this happens is when a conversation comes to a stand still, and we’re allowed to relax and take a break from talking.
I understand that but I have been in the situation of checking my phone or purposefully acting being during the standstill of a pointless and underwhelming conversation strictly because I wasn't willing to make the conversation better. To summarize, I don't try engaging in conversations I don't want to be in, but you will never see me with a phone distracting me if I'm have a genuinely engaging conversation, or if I just simply like the person