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Social issues & culture Videos Recommended on Hacker News (168)
Social issues & culture is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 168 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2011 and 2026 — 365 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Society and culture: race, gender, identity politics, homelessness, education policy, demographics, birth rates, immigration, dating and relationships, religion in society, class.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on DON'T PANIC — Hans Rosling showing the facts about population: “I can highly recommend this lecture by the late Hans Rosling” — an HN commenter, 2017.
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4 mo on HNDon't Be a Sucker
US National Archives
4 HN recommender · 2020–2026
3 mo on HNCan We Pull Back From The Brink? (Episode #207)
Sam Harris
4 HN recommender · 2020–2021
3 mo on HNMEETING THE ENEMY A feminist comes to terms with the Men's Rights movement | Cassie Jaye | TEDxMarin
TEDx Talks
4 HN recommender · 2017–2021
3 mo on HNJ.K. Rowling | ContraPoints
ContraPoints
3 HN recommender · 2021–2022
3 mo on HNThe Suburbs Are Bleeding America Dry | Climate Town (feat. @NotJustBikes)
Climate Town
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
3 mo on HNHow We Bought Our Abandoned House in Japan | Process, Costs, Risks, Finance, How to Find One
Tokyo Llama
3 HN recommender · 2020–2024
3 mo on HNHave the Boomers Pinched Their Children’s Futures? - with Lord David Willetts
The Royal Institution
3 HN recommender · 2021–2024
3 mo on HNThe Alt-Right Playbook: Always a Bigger Fish
Innuendo Studios
3 HN recommender · 2019–2025
3 mo on HNThe Internet is Worse Than Ever – Now What?
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
5 HN recommender · 2023–2025
3 mo on HNRSA ANIMATE: First as Tragedy, Then as Farce
Royal Society of Arts
3 HN recommender · 2011–2022
3 mo on HNRSA ANIMATE: Smile or Die
Royal Society of Arts
3 HN recommender · 2011–2022
3 mo on HNWOKE BRANDS
hbomberguy
3 HN recommender · 2019–2025
3 mo on HNGender Neutral Pronouns: They're Here, Get Used To Them
Tom Scott
3 HN recommender · 2013–2015
3 mo on HNThe Alt-Right Playbook: Introduction
Innuendo Studios
3 HN recommender · 2020–2022
2 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1191 - Peter Boghossian & James Lindsay
PowerfulJRE
2 HN recommender · 2018–2019
3 mo on HNDenmark's Forest Kindergartens
SBS Dateline
3 HN recommender · 2017–2021
3 mo on HNWhy Japan's Conviction Rate is 99% (Actually Explained)
That Japanese Man Yuta
3 HN recommender · 2020–2020
3 mo on HNGil Scott-Heron - Whitey On the Moon (Official Audio)
Ace Records
3 HN recommender · 2018–2026
3 mo on HNWhy is it so Easy to be Thin in Japan?
Joseph Everett - WIL
3 HN recommender · 2018–2023
3 mo on HNTea Consent
Blue Seat Studios
3 HN recommender · 2015–2024
3 mo on HNWhy Japan Arrests Foreigners
Paolo fromTOKYO
3 HN recommender · 2020–2026
3 mo on HNGames, Schools, and Worlds Designed for Violence
Jacob Geller
3 HN recommender · 2021–2024
2 mo on HNGacha Drama and the Korean Gender War
Moon Channel
1 HN recommend · 2024–2026
2 mo on HNHoly Post - Race in America
Holy Post Media
2 HN recommender · 2020–2025
2 mo on HN2017/08/08: James Damore and his Google Memo on Diversity (complete)
Jordan B Peterson
8 HN recommender · 2017–2018
2 mo on HNHjernevask - Brainwashing (Eng Sub) Part 1 - The Gender Equality Paradox
The Bookman
3 HN recommender · 2015–2018
2 mo on HNAamer Rahman (Fear of a Brown Planet) - Reverse Racism
FEAR OF A BROWN PLANET
3 HN recommender · 2013–2016
2 mo on HNBest Speech You Will Ever Hear - Gary Yourofsky
TheAnimalHolocaust
1 HN recommend · 2012–2016
2 mo on HNHans Rosling: Global population growth, box by box
TED
2 HN recommender · 2013–2020
2 mo on HNWhat Would You Do? Bike Theft (White Guy, Black Guy, Pretty Girl)
VladCantSleep
2 HN recommender · 2013–2018
2 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1419 - Daryl Davis
PowerfulJRE
2 HN recommender · 2020–2020
2 mo on HNPAW Patrol's Dark Secret, Explained
Skip Intro
2 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNThe Alt-Right Playbook: The Card Says Moops
Innuendo Studios
2 HN recommender · 2019–2025
2 mo on HNIdentity After Authenticity: Abigail Thorn's Profile
Carefree Wandering
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNStephen Fry on American vs British Comedy
anc6368
2 HN recommender · 2021–2025
2 mo on HNWhat prevents the poor from reaching the middle class? | VISION TALKS
American Enterprise Institute
2 HN recommender · 2014–2024