ReasonTV: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "The Insane Battle To Sabotage a New Apartment Building Explains San Francisco's Housing Crisis", it is HN's go-to concrete example of how local regulation and NIMBYism block new housing in San Francisco and California.
- documentary recommended in 4 different months by 3 HN users, 2019–2025It is HN's go-to concrete example of how local regulation and NIMBYism block new housing in San Francisco and California.
- interview recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users, 2022–2023HN points to it as a substantive debate on intellectual property from two libertarian angles, with Kinsella as the abolitionist voice.
- commentary recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users, 2021HN commenters use it in crypto debates as evidence that Bitcoin matters for people in unstable-currency countries.
- documentary recommended in 1 different month by 1 HN user, 2019–2021Cited in homelessness threads as an example of a private effort to build cheap shelter that LA shut down over code violations.
- comedy video cited on HN 7 times, 2020–2026Posted as a laugh-line parody whenever a thread features doom-laden arguments for regulation or restrictions.
Questions
Which ReasonTV video does Hacker News recommend most?
The Insane Battle To Sabotage a New Apartment Building Explains San Francisco's Housing Crisis: recommended in 4 different months by 3 HN users between 2019 and 2025.
Is this every ReasonTV 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.