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The Egg - A Short Story

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What it is

Kurzgesagt animates Andy Weir's short story The Egg, in which a person learns that they are every human who has ever lived. It adds music and narration to the original text.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters call it a beloved story and link the animation when threads touch on consciousness, empathy or identity.

  • 7 people recommended it
  • 7 different months
  • 4 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “one of my favorite stories”

    Animated reading of Andy Weir's The Egg

    stared, 2020-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Electrons May Well Be Conscious”

  2. “I can’t stop thinking about it.”

    You live every human life

    bigmattystyles, 2020-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Films that made you see the world differently?”

  3. “This is another story I tell myself because it is ridiculously beautiful to me”

    Beautiful story about all life being one

    beckman466, 2021-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Apple Silicon Hardware: SPRR and Guarded Exception Levels (GXF)”

  4. “The Egg is one of my life long favorite histories.”

    Animated version of a lifelong favorite story

    timetraveller26, 2023-11 · Strong recommendation · in “They're Made Out of Meat”

  5. “all those successful around you are you, as well as the billions less fortunate”

    Everyone else is you, per The Egg

    freediver, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: I feel so shallow and dumb when I see what other smart people are doing”

  6. “the music, animation and narration makes it quite poignant”

    Animated version adds music and narration, poignant

    BbzzbB, 2022-08 · Recommendation · in “From novice to master, and back again (2013)”

  7. “we should also link to the animated narration of it by Kurzgesagt”

    Animated narration of The Egg

    majewsky, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “Make Up a Guy”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: the egg, andy weir, reincarnation, consciousness, animation

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