Everything Is a Remix by Kirby Ferguson
Shares rank 7 of 11 documentary series by recommenders
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.
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.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Explains creative work as recombination
“show how a lot of "creative" work is really just combining different items”
Comment from 16 Aug 2026 in “Patterns and problems in emerging multi-agent systems” “is a good watch on youtube that explains this”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science” Praised as a good watch
“Kirby Ferguson's video on this is pretty great”
Comment from 10 Apr 2026 in “AI assistance when contributing to the Linux kernel” “is a good watch on youtube that explains this”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science” Recommended by name for remix topic
“there's a documentary of that same name, and I can certainly recommend it”
Comment from 25 Mar 2026 in “Epoch confirms GPT5.4 Pro solved a Frontier Math Open Problem for the first time” “To that I point people to the Everything Is A Remix series”
Comment from 28 Sep 2026 in “What heraldry and Japanese mon can teach about visual-identity generators”
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The four most recommended other documentary series, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Connections by James Burke | 33 | 1 | 97% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Triumph of the Nerds | 31 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
| All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace by Adam Curtis | 10 | 1 | 91% | 7 | — | Approved |
| The Century of Self by Adam Curtis | 10 | 1 | 91% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Everything Is a Remix by Kirby FergusonThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“To that I point people to the Everything Is A Remix series”
“show how a lot of "creative" work is really just combining different items”
“is a good watch on youtube that explains this”
“Kirby Ferguson's video on this is pretty great”
“there's a documentary of that same name, and I can certainly recommend it”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.