Everything is a Remix (Original Series)

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Strong rec WallyFunk · 2021-09 · on “Ask HN: How can I get better at original thinking and being creative?”

Watch Everything is a Remix: [this video] I've been prolific over the years in programming and art & code, and about 99% of it was remixes of others work. I'm not ashamed of that - many artists draw inspiration from multiple sources. The trick is to put your own spin on it, not directly rip off someone else's work. Many artists will never tell you they borrowed from various sources, because they think that would come across as unoriginal and merely copying others work, but have a few beers with an artist and suddenly they start sharing their secrets...

Strong rec combatentropy · 2022-01 · on “Copyright doesn't need 95 years to get the job done”

I find that most people don't understand creativity. If you believe an artist or inventor is some mystic sage who creates works ex nihilo , then you misunderstand creativity and attribute to it far too much. And therefore you might grant an artist a period of copyright that is longer than is really deserved or needed. Through much of my life, I have been accused of being "creative". In elementary school my class recognized me as the best at drawing. In fifth grade I wrote a book that was checked out so many times from the school library that it filled up the check-out card front and back. In high school, I made dozens of little movies with my friends. After college I was a graphic designer,

Strong rec indiv0 · 2024-07 · on “Copying is the way design works (2020)”

Reminds me of one of my favourite video essays -- "Everything is a Remix" [0]. The video and this article cover the same ideas albeit with different examples. Which is funny on a meta level -- the article could be called a remix of the video. The video (if I recall correctly) goes a bit further, attacking patents/IP law as anti-creative. [0]: [this video]

Recommends guiambros · 2017-11 · on “Tesla’s Dangerous Sprint into the Future”

This discussion reminds me of the "Everything is a Remix" [1] documentary. We tend to look at the winners to explain history, even though in many cases multiple players were working on the same theories at the same time, and the likely outcome would have been exactly the same if the winners have not existed. Worth watching. [1] [this video]

Recommends mtgx · 2018-09 · on “Senate passes copyright bill to end 140-year protection for old songs”

> it's to allow the creator to extract all the possible value from their work That may be why governments of the world keep passing copyright laws now and how they view copyright. But copyright was established as a "balance" between making it profitable for the author to create the work (read: not to extract billions of dollars out of a work) in order to benefit the public . The primary goal has always been to benefit the public, not the author. Also, one of the reasons why copyright should be finite and not have too long of a term is because no author has ever created anything - anything at all - from scratch . They themselves have built upon the work of others . This is why copyright is me

Recommends rmbyrro · 2024-02 · on “Sora: Creating video from text”

I used to have the same view. Watching "Everything is a Remix" [1] helped me broaden my perspective. [1] [this video]

Recommends alexpotato · 2026-08 · on “Patterns and problems in emerging multi-agent systems”

I would highly recommend the "Everything is a Remix" series on YouTube to show how a lot of "creative" work is really just combining different items. [this video]

Cites ChuckMcM · 2020-10 · on “XB-1 Supersonic Rollout”

Lots of differences with the x-59, no wing canards, one engine on the x-59 vs 3 on the XB-1, the XB-1 seems much shorter. On the plus side the X-59 was developed by Lockheed and one of their advisors, Dr. Johnson was a CTO at Lockheed so there could be some cross pollination there. That said, its kind of picking nits. If everything's a remix[1] is true, that is even MORE true in aviation. [1] [this video]