documentary · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
HyperNormalisation 2016
crisalist · 6 HN recommenders · 5 recommendation months
Recommended by 6 Hacker News commenters across 5 months (2016–2020).
SignalTube analysis
Among 42 other documentary videos tagged Media, journalism & propaganda, the mean is 3.9 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 6 distinct HN recommenders, about 1.6× that mean. Recommendations span 5 distinct months; the peer average is 3.7 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
75% of its 8 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2016–2020; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 160 minutes 29 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2016-11-02.
- Channel / speaker
- crisalist
- Verified runtime
- 2h 40m 29s
- YouTube upload date
- 2016-11-02
- Hacker News mention years
- 2016–2020
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other documentary videos in Media, journalism & propaganda. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HyperNormalisation 2016Current video | 6 | 5 | 75% | — | 2h 40m 29s | 2016-11-02 |
| In Search Of A Flat Earthdocumentary · Folding Ideas | 17 | 15 | 85% | No recorded overlap | 76m 17s | 2020-09-11 |
| The Century of the Self (Full Adam Curtis Documentary)documentary · David Lessig | 13 | 13 | 65% | No recorded overlap | 234m 44s | 2015-07-09 |
| The Century of the Self - Part 1: "Happiness Machines"documentary · JustAdamCurtis | 13 | 9 | 65% | No recorded overlap | 58m 46s | 2016-06-20 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “South Park creators have new political satire series with AI-generated deepfakes”. Its short rationale: Shows how badly this can be abused by political operatives.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Do We Have Victorians to Thank for Consumerism?”. Its short rationale: Brilliant filmmaker; this and Bitter Lake worth watching.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?”. Its short rationale: Visually appealing, evolving documentary unmatched by others.