How Can We Bear to Throw Anything Away?

Jacob Geller October 6, 2023
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Talking about video games, history, politics, empathy, and more — typically at the same time, always unpredictably. For more info, visit my website: JacobGeller.com

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"Why" I cannot ask, though I would like to know, the answer has to be simply "because." Get a Henson razor and a free pack of 100 blades with code JACOB at: https://bit.ly/3G3sa59 Watch THIS video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/jacob-geller-how-can-we-bear-to-throw-anything-away Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JacobGeller Twitter: https://twitter.com/yacobg42 Merch: https://store.nebula.app/collections/jacob-geller Special thanks to Kelsey Lewin: https://twitter.com/kelslewin All The Knowledge in the World (Simon Garfield, 2022) MAUS (Art Spiegelman, 1980-1991) Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (Matt Wolf, 2019) The Disappearance of Classic Video Games (Video Game History Foundation (https://gamehistory.org/87percent/) On Exactitude in Science (short film by Mothcub): https://youtu.be/Odggf2SoGK4?si=SKB7v0yAWJ03p2N_ The Information Catastrophe (Melvin Vopson, 2020): https://pubs.aip.org/aip/adv/article/10/8/085014/990263/The-information-catastrophe Landlords of the Internet (Daniel Greene, 2022): https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/03063127221124943#con Reflections as the Internet Archive turns 25 (Brewster Kahle, 2021): https://blog.archive.org/2021/07/21/reflections-as-the-internet-archive-turns-25/ In-Development Video Game Footage: Hi-Fi Rush: https://youtu.be/vn4XwYzU49g?si=SUGyBpaobNfWYC5y Marvel’s Spider-Man: https://youtu.be/Stqsi_Ur3k8?si=sLerQ2Ju8eYVj6r- Dead Space: https://youtu.be/_VChNaQC_mw?si=BO-McI562FE6zH2k God of War: https://youtu.be/lreYsdHT54w?si=tyewA634T4xBzee4 Media shown: Stars Die, Pineapple on Pizza, Beton Brutal, Halo 3, Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear Solid 4, Super Mario Galaxy, Mirror’s Edge, Super Metroid, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, Turbo: Super Stunt Squad, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12, Katamari Damacy Music Used, chronologically: Overpriced Shop (TLoZ: Twilight Princess), Noire Clarinet, New Beginning Part 2 (L.A. Noire), In the Jailhouse Now (Jimmie Rodgers), New Eden- Puzzle (Mirror’s Edge), Blackburn (Killer7), GPigstick (Stealth Inc 2), Demo Loop (I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream), Castle in the Mist (ICO), The Timefall (Death Stranding), Russell’s Clean Radio (Half-Life: Alyx), Bells of Laguna Bend (Cyberpunk 2077), One Life to Live (UnearthU), The Salesman (Silver Maple), The Longest Night (Bladverk Band), They Dream by Day (Mellifera), Did Your Prince Ever Show Up (Magnus Ludvigsson), Infinite Love (Vendla), Útil Paisagem (Clara Mendes) Additional music and sound effects from Epidemic Sound Additional footage from Getty Images Thumbnail and Graphic Design by https://twitter.com/HotCyder Description credit: The Woman Who Collects Noah's Arks by Janet McCann

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