# Everything Is a Remix by Kirby Ferguson

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/everything-is-a-remix/

5 people recommended Everything Is a Remix by Kirby Ferguson in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Kirby Ferguson's free video series argues that much creative work combines existing ideas, and people point others to it for that explanation. No caveats recur.

Summary written by Claude from 5 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Explains creative work as recombination (2 comments in the sample): "show how a lot of "creative" work is really just combining different items" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319517)) "is a good watch on youtube that explains this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49164762))
- Recommended by name for remix topic (2 comments in the sample): "there's a documentary of that same name, and I can certainly recommend it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47512081)) "To that I point people to the Everything Is A Remix series" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49883504))
- Praised as a good watch (1 comment in the sample): "Kirby Ferguson's video on this is pretty great" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47723969))

## Other documentary series people recommend

- [Connections by James Burke](https://hackerapproved.com/p/connections/): 25 recommend, 8 mixed, 1 criticize
- [The Century of Self by Adam Curtis](https://hackerapproved.com/p/century-of-self/): 10 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize
- [The Secret Life of Machines](https://hackerapproved.com/p/secret-life-of-machines/): 8 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace by Adam Curtis](https://hackerapproved.com/p/all-watched-over/): 7 recommend, 2 mixed, 1 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Everything Is a Remix by Kirby Ferguson", https://hackerapproved.com/p/everything-is-a-remix/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.