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George Lakoff: Moral Politics
University of California Television (UCTV) · 3 HN recommenders · 12 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 12 months (2016–2024).
SignalTube analysis
Among 8 other lecture videos tagged US politics & elections, the mean is 4.4 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 3 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 12 distinct months, longer than the peer average of 4.8 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
87% of its 15 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2016–2024; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 58 minutes 58 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2008-02-01.
- Channel / speaker
- University of California Television (UCTV)
- Verified runtime
- 58m 58s
- YouTube upload date
- 2008-02-01
- Hacker News mention years
- 2016–2024
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other lecture videos in US politics & elections. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Lakoff: Moral PoliticsCurrent video | 3 | 12 | 87% | — | 58m 58s | 2008-02-01 |
| The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class with Elizabeth Warrenlecture · University of California Television (UCTV) | 10 | 10 | 50% | No recorded overlap | 57m 38s | 2008-02-01 |
| The Cardboard Box Reform - Nixon's Ghost Bill & A Crucial Flaw in Democracylecture · CRI | 9 | 10 | 86% | No recorded overlap | 62m 38s | 2014-11-03 |
| James Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley (1965)lecture · The Riverbends Channel | 5 | 5 | 83% | No recorded overlap | 58m 58s | 2012-10-27 |
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 strong recommendation in “Ask HN: What's your favorite YouTube video, ever?”. Its short rationale: Instant understanding of political language and identity politics.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “The true purpose of propaganda”. Its short rationale: Addresses nonsensical speech, metaphors and framing in political media.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Framing 101”. Its short rationale: Lecture on framing and metaphors in political discourse.