Extra History: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "England: South Sea Bubble - The Sharp Mind of John Blunt - Extra History - Part 1", recommended as an accessible, easily digestible introduction to the South Sea Bubble whenever financial manias, ICOs or overvalued companies come up.
- 6 HN recommenders 5 months 2018–2025explainerRecommended as an accessible, easily digestible introduction to the South Sea Bubble whenever financial manias, ICOs or overvalued companies come up.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2017–2022documentaryHN points to it as an entertaining, approachable docu-series on how interconnected civilizations can collapse, often in discussions of societal fragility.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2016–2023explainerHN cites it as the standard walkthrough of Mario's implicit teaching and as an example of hiding the tutorial inside the problem.
Questions
Which Extra History video does Hacker News recommend most?
England: South Sea Bubble - The Sharp Mind of John Blunt - Extra History - Part 1: recommended in 5 different months by 6 HN users between 2018 and 2025.
Is this every Extra History video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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