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Some Countries Exist Only on Paper
CGP Grey · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2016–2020).
SignalTube analysis
Among 20 other explainer videos tagged Geopolitics & foreign policy, the mean is 3.0 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 1 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 1 distinct month; the peer average is 2.6 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
25% of its 4 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 5 minutes 26 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2013-10-23.
- Channel / speaker
- CGP Grey
- Verified runtime
- 5m 26s
- YouTube upload date
- 2013-10-23
- Hacker News mention years
- 2016–2020
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Geopolitics & foreign policy. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Some Countries Exist Only on PaperCurrent video | 1 | 1 | 25% | — | 5m 26s | 2013-10-23 |
| Why Russia is Invading Ukraineexplainer · RealLifeLore | 10 | 4 | 50% | No recorded overlap | 31m 56s | 2022-02-26 |
| The EU Has Orbits, and the UK Fell Out of All of Themexplainer · CGP Grey | 7 | 8 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 5m 43s | 2019-03-10 |
| Propaganda Games: Sesame Credit - The True Danger of Gamification - Extra Creditsexplainer · Extra Credits | 7 | 6 | 35% | No recorded overlap | 7m 39s | 2015-12-16 |
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 contextual reference in “Modi government to set up app store alternative to Google Play, Apple App Store”. Its short rationale: Footnote source for count of 193 countries.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “HashiCorp forbids its software being used in China”. Its short rationale: Explains reasons for not admitting Taiwan as a country.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Why No HTTPS?”. Its short rationale: Explains the naming game around Taiwan.