documentary · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Doing Time Doing Vipassana - Full official version
Karuna Films LTD · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2018–2020).
SignalTube analysis
Among 139 other documentary videos tagged Documentaries & storytelling, 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 3.0 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
33% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2018–2020; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. A verified runtime is not present in the current metadata snapshot. A verified YouTube publication date is not present in the current metadata snapshot.
- Channel / speaker
- Karuna Films LTD
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2018–2020
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other documentary videos in Documentaries & storytelling. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doing Time Doing Vipassana - Full official versionCurrent video | 1 | 1 | 33% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loopdocumentary · Landon Proctor | 15 | 11 | 75% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| The Century of the Self (Full Adam Curtis Documentary)documentary · David Lessig | 13 | 13 | 65% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time (4K)documentary · melodysheep | 13 | 12 | 65% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
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 “What it’s like to spend four and a half years in solitary confinement (2015)”. Its short rationale: Cited as support for teaching meditation in prisons.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “California inmate takes unlikely path to freedom: podcasting”. Its short rationale: Cited as example of mandatory meditation for prisoners.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Vipassana for Hackers [pdf]”. Its short rationale: Documentary on Vipassana used as reform at a harsh Indian prison.