Early Questions for a Ten-Year Q&A Video

What percentage of things do you do for a video now that you have people to supervise? 30% ? 60%? 95%? Are you actually saving time?

Sean Munson

Is your systems method based on many self-help resources? If so which ones and how did you synthesize to fit your brain?

Brady

Did the Billopp museum ever get back to you? Or make public comment in reaction to your video? This has honestly plagued me.

Madeleine

on here

Tara Golle

also say that youre gonna use this (:

Tara Golle

Why don't you make those math and science videos you said you would back in an old q&a, and please say Zach Golle.

Tara Golle

What is your favorite Beat Saber track, and do you play multiplayer?

Jennifer Newsom

What is your favorite novel of all time (or couple of novels)? I love when the doors to Moria show up in your videos.

Lucy Olson

How come if you put a donut-hole in a donut's hole you get a donut, whole?

Alec Golas

Have you hit any snags/bugs with your Weekend Wednesday schedule? Have you made any further optimizations?

Alec Golas

What would it take to make you move to a plant based diet?

Kieran Lynch

What are you optimistic about for the next 10 years to come?

Alvaro Sanchez

Has any of your projects give you the feeling of "this came better than expected"? If so, which ones?

Alvaro Sanchez

What tips and tricks would you offer to 10-year ago Grey?

Alvaro Sanchez

Do you feel, now that you're also promoting Cortex content on your Youtube channel, that you've fulfilled a "dream" of producing productivity content?

Tim Visser

How does it feel to have fans that are younger than some of your oldest videos?

Clara and Ronan Miller

Do you wear transition lenses. If not why not?

SuperSnipper

What do you do when you lose all motivation for a mission critical task?

Nabeal Corrigan

what made you want to move to London?

Jack Nuckols

Oiii Grey, what policies would you implement to counteract climat change? What urgency would you put to that matter?

Samuel Vimes

I would also be interested in this, particularly because I remember from a previous video that you mentioned you came here with no job prospects and student loans or something to that effect.

Timon S. Gutleb

Will Politics in the Animal Kingdom ever get more episodes?

Julian Kai

I got to know you by your video ‘The difference between Holland, the Netherlands and a whole lot more’, but what inspired you to make a video about our tiny nation?

Julian Kai

How have your views on transhumanism evolved over the last decade? Also, did they shift any since you posted The Fable of the Dragon Tyrant? Do you seriously believe you can evade death? (Name if used: Tobias)

TobiasG

In a society where people at the top stay there and the people below work for their whole lives, what keeps you motivated to not give up? (Please tag as either "beanie" or "gido")

gidooo

The Mandalorian?

Chris Hinkle

Soooo how are those reservation videos coming along?

Brian Torres

Do you really talk that fast, or is it sped up for the videos?

Topher Eliot

AKA do a collaboration with Geoff Marshall (London's most approachable train geek).

mittfh

That might be a good idea in the New Year, when we exit the official transition period and migrate to presumably WTO (unless Boris somehow caves and scrapes through a barebones deal in the next week) - also taking note of the additional interim agreements, e.g. on aviation, and what happens in fisheries negotiations under UNCLOS.

mittfh

Similarly also for other units of time 😁

mittfh

Why did you choose London to live in? Or more in genral, what are your criteria for a city to live in?

Jan Bielawa

What originally motivated you to create this channel? If you had to pie chart your motivation factors, what would the pie look like then and now?

Joshua Schneider

In the unlikely event you do not achieve immortality, what would like to have happen with your body when you die?

Marla Desat

Have you ever considered revisiting topics from earlier videos? (Either as a remake or adding additional information or context)

Brian Love

On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being it's deeply troubling and 10 being it's no big deal, what's your take on parasocial interactions with Youtube creators? I admit this was somewhat inspired by reading through the questions people had submitted above. User name only. (Side note: Speaking of voting systems, this one favors the earliest questions, assuming new people read through all the previous, since more eyes will be on the earliest. Just an observation, not a complaint.)

PC Escobar

Take a heart for most unexpected denouement to a question.

PC Escobar

You've said a career in _entertainment_ is by definition fickle and at the back of your mind you're prepared for everything going horribly wrong. Now that this career is outlasting the one your education set you up for, has your position on that changed? name if Q gets used: Habbi (so thoughtful to ask btw!)

Hrefna Helgadóttir (Habbi)

You meet a genie who offers you three wishes (it's a nice genie that likes your videos). What do you wish for?

Daniel Nakash

What other boardgames other than Settlers of Catan do you play and recommend?

Daniel Nakash

If you could set the answer to one unknown question of science or human knowledge in general, what would be that answer?

Daniel Nakash

If you could change the length of the day from 24 hours to anything else, how long would it be and why?

Daniel Nakash

(Just for that slim chance this wasn't asked before) How does your research process look like? Also, what types of resources you use (can you be more specific than "the Internet"? Pretty please?)

Daniel Nakash

How do you find a balance between making a video so simple that nobody learns anything and making a video so complicated that everybody except experts are alienated?

Henry Gustafson

How has your opinion of the internet changed since your start on YouTube? (i.e has it become more positive or negative)

Zach Arnberger

Should an AI be able to kill?

Mike Nielson

P.S. Can we get more robot people? I really like the designs you have (as an overall look)

S M O L L

(A little more ~personal~) But you spend a lot of time talking about efficiency (I'm thinking a lot about CORTEX productivity). Does that apply to realtionships with other people too? Professional (or personal)

S M O L L

I assume he will just go dark as Hello Internet did. It'll be a sad realization one day.

Ty Yok

"The Simple Solution to Traffic" lays out some great tips for individual actions. What are some other things where individual action could make an impact?

Eric Skinner

A lot of your videos lay out great explanations of problems and potential solutions, though many of them require large, systematic changes (ex. gerrymandering or ranked choice voting). Short of holding an elected position, what are some individual actions that would help in solving some of these tough political problems?

Eric Skinner

What creative control does your team have on the videos? How have your videos changed with more hands on deck?

Brady

Do you think that the current common core standards are a better way to teach students in the US or the old standards that allowed the states to determine their own?

Tony

Mandalorian Hello Internet Christmas special? 🎁

David

What family traditions/rituals do you have for the Holiday season? How much importance do you place on familial ritual (as opposed to personal ones)?

PalehornTea

Any advice for those of us who have trouble staying motivated or often find ourselves distracted from important tasks?

Max Plsek

Are you still in touch with any colleagues or students from your teaching days?

Martin The Orange

What happened to Hello Internet?

Peyton Duncan

How have you changed as a writer in the last 10 years?

Peyton Duncan

It’s mentioned on an early Hello Internet (I’m sure the HI subreddit has info about which episode) but he goes into detail there

Friendly reminder that it's NOT normal to sneeze, I have never sneezed.

What does Lady Grey think of her bot persona from the Lockdown video?

Friendly reminder that it's NOT normal to sneeze, I have never sneezed.

Is there a chance of Lady Grey ever joining you in a road trip style video?

Friendly reminder that it's NOT normal to sneeze, I have never sneezed.

Do you see yourself doing more “Walk with Me” style videos in the future?

Friendly reminder that it's NOT normal to sneeze, I have never sneezed.

Which Factorio mods do you use?

Cornelius

This was just published https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/12/facebook-doomsday-machine/617384/

Clay

If your body is able, are you going to keep working on your channel until you are old and near the end of your life?

Enrico Susatyo

Hearing your hint in Cortex #110 that Theme System Journals will be getting a video mention soon, and leaning into shameless leading questions: "Your Yearly Themes video really resonated with me. Do you have any merch to help me follow my own themes?"

Aaron

Can you show us your team?

vorbei

When running legal/ financial side of the channel, is the name of your business actually Grey Industries? Does it have an official name?

Alex Ramirez

Was there a video which fundamentally changed how you work?

David Zacek

Will you do more videos on bad voting systems? We have major issues with proportional representation causing a lack of stability.

Asher Samuels

When looking at conflicting sources, how do you determine which is more reliable?

Copy

Do you have a patreon goal at which you'll do/finish the CATAN video?

Jeremy

2020 has thrown a monkey wrench in pretty much everybody's lives, and it's really highlighted how you can never really know where your life is going. Where do you stand on the PLAN EVERYTHING to ~just go with the flow~ spectrum of life philosophies? And has your stance changed over the years?

Emily 莉莉

I may be mistaken, but you seem to have a lot more fun/work enjoyment in your more recent videos. Has something changed? If so, what?

What question do I need to ask to be featured in your Q&A video?

Jase H.

What do your spreadsheets tell you to do, which you refuse to do?

Aaron Goldfogel

Would you ever do another story style video along the lines of Dragon Tyrant? How is Mr. Chompers doing?

Anna

+1 for "Why did you first start to make videos?". That way I would phrase it is "What's the Grey origin story?"

Leon Mika

It look like you are making more video/years than ever before. So, how many people are there in your team, how is work split and how have it evolve in the last 10 Y ?

Vlycop

How have your thoughts on "This Video Will Make You Angry" changed since making it?

Yuliy

What happend to the Indian's video?

Yannick de Lange

What purchase did you make pre-pandemic lockdown that benefited you the most during lockdown?

EMILY GRISWOLD

How many people on your team have you met in person?

James Elmore

Which videos do you feel have been the most impactful or influential? The most informative? (Most influential for me: "This Video Will Make You Angry")

tubeblower

Is 'Hexagons are the Bestagons' the closest we're going to get to a Catan video?

Laor Glukhovsky

Which past decision or trade-off has made the most impact with regards to your business and video/podcast production?

tubeblower

With finite amount of time (for now), how does one decide which paths along the forest of all knowledge to pursue?

tubeblower

When is the "Family Genetics Explained" follow-up to Family Trees Explained coming?

tubeblower

Have any answers from the previous QnAs changed

The_JPhantom

Which of your older videos get the most views? Which sequel/followup would add the most viewer value?

Trayton Otto

With the production quality going way up in the past few years (presumably because of animator etc.) how do you make sure that your videos maintain your style?

Henry Gustafson

Are you ever going to make the catan video?

Henry Gustafson

Does Artificial Intelligence exist?

Koen Verheyen

Why do you not refer to Mrs. Grey as Lady Grey?

Liam Murphy

What's the most significant impact, if any, Mrs. Grey has had on your videos?

Liam Murphy

Have Mr. Chompers and Audrey ever met?

Liam Murphy

Have you been in touch with Brady during the pandemic?

Liam Murphy

Gerrymandering is a problem. If you were in charge, what system would you use to draw district boundaries?

Liam Murphy

If content creation were to suddenly cease to exist, what kind of work would you do?

Liam Murphy

If you were forced to post one "Motivational Poster" on the wall of your office, what would it be?

Liam Murphy

Have you been able to see Mr. Chompers during the pandemic?

Liam Murphy

Have you discovered Dan Harris? His book "Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics" could have been written by you, for you.

Liam Murphy

If you were in charge, how would you tackle Misinformation?

Liam Murphy

How would you suggest cleaning up the bad part of YouTube & social media (the viral disinformation, conspiracy theories, organized bigotry)? Feel free to rephrase. Realistic plan or supreme-leader-fantasy-plan. (---username)

Clay

Now that you have Patreon supporters, do you worry about parasocial relationships?

Egor A. Palchyk

After a decade, do you still enjoy being full time youtube or does it become a slog like any other job?

Brettus Maximus

If you had to delete one of your videos and never talk about the topic again, which one would you pick?

Jenni Juvonen

How would you like to improve your videos in the future?

Ryan M

How did you choose the researchers, editors and animators that comprise the cgp Grey video Voltron?

Alexander the Pretty Good

What do you think the future looks like? And, secondarily... What would you WANT it to look like? (And why)

Rekha

YouTube seems to be getting worse for creators and viewers as time goes on. Is there a section in "Greys' master plan" related to the continuation of your career if it [Youtube] ceases to be the best place for you? 10 years have passed! (Congrats) what do you see in the future? Longer videos? Mini documentaries? Series of videos about the same topics?

Bradley Rounds

It would be cool to have you list/describe your personal workflow processes and tools in one explanation. For example, you’ve mentioned timekeeping, checklists, certain apps and programs, which devices you find most helpful, etc in various videos and podcasts, but for those of us who do not keep up with Cortex, it would be cool to get a readers digest rundown in one place.

Mike Reilly

What is the next frontier for the Country Girls, now that the Olympic gods and the Universe has joined them? Will they be bees?

Maxim 32 Anything is amphibious if you can get it back out of the wate

Has Cortex changed the way you work?

Maxim 32 Anything is amphibious if you can get it back out of the wate

How long does the process of making a video take from idea in your head to completion and posting?

Stephanie Burgess

How would you to handle teaching in the pandemic?

Mariah

What do you think about the Grey cinematic universe that the fans (and to an extent) yourself have taken up? Do you write and/or animate things in such a way that it fits into this universe?

Jortand

The world already has bees and threes, trees with leaves, lexicons in photons, and hexagons to reflect upon... what more could we need?

Jason Hughes

What career would you take up if you went into witness protection?

James Elmore

In a very old Q&A, you mentioned how works made by singular people are different from works made by teams. Your video style has changed a lot over the years; how much has the assembly of your current team affected this, and how do you feel about those changes? Related question: what tips do you have for people who are thinking of expanding their solo project to become a team project?

Florence Yuan

In your 10 years as a Youtuber, what is the biggest realization or insight you've derived that you feel has made the biggest impact on you, both as a person on and off YouTube? Why so?

Chico Cabalatungan

Are there any plans in the works for more live shows with you and the boys? Missed the last one and would love another shot at it.

Quintin Ang

What is one thing not currently taught to kids in early grade school (before year 5 let's say) that you think absolutely should be taught to them? Repeat the same question for higher grades for extra credit 😁

EpicallyFail

What advice do you have for other budding creators regarding getting sidetracked in "the forest of all knowledge"?

Brian Anderson

Do you ever feel like you're "cheating" when you listen to audiobooks instead of reading?

Robin Turtleson

YouTube (and society) was a lot different ten years ago and several youtubers have had old content criticised based on current societal standards. Can content from different times co-exist on YouTube? If old content is just deleted then it is lost from the historical record.

Nick

If you were financially independent, how would that affect your content creation?

Tim

Self-driving cars still didn't happen... But what did happen in these years that came as a pleasant surprise?

Hélio Tamanaha

How long do you think it will take for the world to return to normal after vaccines are created?

Jason Jiang

Fahrenheit is percent hotness. At 0 and 100 you are miserable. At -50 or +150 you are likely dead. At 65-75 you are fairly comfortable.

Olivia Appleton

Or the strongest-held one

Olivia Appleton

No, don't ask! He'll stop working on it, like the topic that shall not be named

Olivia Appleton

Spatially infinite or finite universe - which interpretation do you side with and why?

Michael Negranol

Re: Weekend Wednesday. Would you consider a work week that has 4 working days, that are just long, and 3 day weekend? Or do you think that your problem comes from having the weekend days stacked together?

Jake Aune

Would you take the Covid vaccine?

Toasty Franky

How did you meet your wife and what dating advice would you give to your past self?

Max Corwin

What do you think of replacing timezones w/ a single standard like UTC?

When is hello/internet going to start up again?

Orion Dye

Do you think YouTube will persist as the hub of online videos, or will the sector fragment/shift to another powerhouse? If it does, will you keep making videos afterwards?

Ty Yok

Has creating YouTube videos full time affected your ability to enjoy watching YouTube?

Ty Yok

How different would your Spaceship You look like 10 years ago?

Celvin Fouse

If Australia and New Zealand appeared in a video, how would they look?

Stephen

I don't want to be rude, but why do you seem so intent on being anonymous?

Peter

Why did you first start to make videos? When you first started the channel what did you expect of it versus what it is now?

Connor DeYoung

Where the hell is hello internet?

John Libal

What is the most jarring realization you had in the last 10 years about yourself?

LinuxLiaison

Do you have a "farewell" video at least sketched out? At some point, everything must come to an end. I've seen too many blogs and websites just fade away, with no acknowledgement from their creators that they've moved on. It would be nice to know when you're moving on to other things, so we're not left hanging.

rtpoe

(Tenebris Lupus) After ten years of being on the platform, how do you think Youtube had change for the better, and how had did it changed for the worst?

Not a video question: On the topic of voting on questions: Is it bad etiquette to heart your own question?

Andres Rama

Has it _felt_ like 10 years? If not, how long has it felt like?

Andres Rama

Less of a question and more of a request. Do you have a reading list? I have really enjoyed the books that you have made videos on. So would love more recommendations to get me through these lockdowns (LivandBreathe rather than my name, please)

Olivia Cottam

when is the next hello internet podcast

Triplea11

In the ten years you’ve been online and on YouTube, what has changed over that period? Processes in research, interests in subjects, or just things that you experience one way or another.

Chris Sifniotis

Where do you see the channel going over the next decade? Bigger team? Larger projects? Additional writers?

Apethetic Alpaca

If you could go back and say 'one' thing to a 10-year-younger version of you, what would that thing be?

Kami

If someone recognizes you somewhere in public, would you rather be ignored or greeted? What‘s the preferred way of dealing with a close encounter?

Thomas de Ruiter

Looking back at the last 10 years: How are you?

Oliver Sartun

Which developments did you observe in the last ten years (in the world / the grand scheme of things) that make you feel worried? Which developments make you feel hopeful?

Oliver Sartun

https://www.reddit.com/r/HelloInternet/comments/glih6v/please_stop_hounding_grey_and_brady_for_contenthi/fr1qney/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3

Thomas de Ruiter

Do you still plan on doing your series about the American Indians?

Harrison Wiener

What is happening with Hello Internet?

Jordan Brown

Do you think recommendation algorithms are to blame for the spread of misinformation, conspiracy theories and other "thought germs" ?

Aykın Çakaloz

Are you easily influenced or bothered by comments on your content? Did your reaction change over the years? Did the comments change in nature since you started?

Aykın Çakaloz

Team Org chart? I'm interested in how your behind the scenes support has evolved over the years

Jordan Brown

Could you please read the first few sentences of ‘The Hobbit’ in your most serious podcast voice?

Paul

Do you still use the lightbulb/wattage analogy when considering life priorities? Has it shifted or changed over the years?

Paul

What tiny British quirks and/or traditions still seem alien and infuriating to you after all this time? :)

Paul

10 years - how much is that in metric? I'm sorry :(

Atrobbus

What keeps you going? What keeps the channel going? :) Do you try to persuade people in real life? How do you decide how much time to spend on someone? How that differs from one of your explanation videos? Blog recommendations?

Pas

What do you think is the future of your channel? Have you planned anything about it?

Julián Perdomo

How many of your videos start as an idea in your mind rather than your team/community suggestion?

SHAD0W

Many of your early videos feel more... compressed... than recent ones. Have you considered remastering older ones? No new content... just re-recording existing scripts.

Charles Gousha

Where do you see the video production/remuneration ecosystem in another 10 years? (username, please)

Cornelius

Is a reservation / American Indians video still in the works?

Simon Wolfe

Can you share something surprising you learned along the way?

Kristian Høy Horsberg

I'm an early career teacher, any advice?

Ellis

I read The Rules for Rulers aka The Dictator's Handbook. Do you have any book suggestions to share?

Rauno

You're not generally known as a romantic, but you seem to have a fairly successful marriage. What relationship advice would you give to people seeking their own Lady Grey?

John Coogan

https://www.reddit.com/r/HelloInternet/comments/glih6v/please_stop_hounding_grey_and_brady_for_contenthi/fr1qney/

Gabe C

Any plans to go back to the Billopp Museum in the future when its not closed? Or have they got back to your emails?

Topottsel

If you could remake one video with all of the skills and knowledge of today you, which video and why?

Daniel Black

Given the incredible volume of time required to produce the quality videos that you make, how do you have any time for your personal life? The hours of researching, recording, editing, and finishing even one video seems to require more hours than exist between your publications.

Kais Kovash

Have you ever deleted older videos from the channel, and if so, why? (Username only please)

TomUsedSurf

If it were up to you, what changes would you make to the YouTube algorithms?

Jenni Juvonen

What's your process for finding ideas for new videos? Any tips for other creatives on the hunt for ideas?

Jenni Juvonen

If you could show one of your videos to everyone in the world, which one would you pick?

Jenni Juvonen

If your mother was dutch and your such a fan why move to England instead of the Netherlands

Vince

If you had to remake one of your past videos, which one would it be?

Jenni Juvonen

Are you pro or anti-oxford comma??

Stacey Neske

When does the next episode of Hello Internet come out?

Sodernaut

Who were your biggest inspirations with regards to your work/content? What about them made you look up to them?

Chico Cabalatungan

If you could go back in time, what's one thing you would change or would have done differently in your career as a Youtuber?

Chico Cabalatungan

How did you deal with writers block?

Chico Cabalatungan

What were your most effective stress/Distraction management mechanisms?

Chico Cabalatungan

Opinion on trans rights?

I think it's time we blow this scene, get everybody and their stuff together. Okay, 3, 2, 1, let's jam!

Is there a bestahedron and why? (And why are the same/same-hedrons the Noble ones? No love for the convex polyhedra like the stellated dodecahedron or the duohedral icosidodecahedron?) User name only, should I be granted this wish.

PC Escobar

How important is communication with your supporters? Would you ever, say, abandon many of them without ever saying a word about it while continuing to pursue other projects as normal?

William Pine

If a hexagon is the bestagon, what is the worstagon and why? User name only, should I win the most hearts.

PC Escobar

From the date you released, "The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained" video until now, how much coffee do you estimate you have consumed?

Lynx88

Why Fahrenheit over Centigrade? (And Centigrade > Celsius, fight me! Who puts boiling at zero degrees? At least they fixed that.) User name only, should I be so lucky.

PC Escobar

How do you avoid burnout? Do you have some kind of purpose statement that you tie yourself to?

Ryan Tripicchio

Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the next 25 years?

Brian Kelly

Dude. The first rule of fight club is that no one asks for favorites.

PC Escobar

Can you have Bonnie bee on your desk for the rest of the q&a?

Single or double space after the full stop?

Ben

What were some of the biggest challenges you've faced as a Youtuber? How did you overcome these?

Chico Cabalatungan

What advice would you give to others considering moving from salaried employment to running one's own one-man business?

Jamieeeeah

When were you the mostest wrongest predicting the reactions from The Internet to a video of yours ? Don't you learn a bit ? Get better at guessing ?

Thomas Malenfant

Are you still taking breaks after publishing a video?

Alexander

If you could show your current videos to 10-years-ago-Grey, what would he say?

Guilherme Oliveira

What is the color code for productivity blue for the Grey Office??

Mr.Tarzan

What do you miss about internet culture from around the time you started on YouTube? What's your favorite early video you made(prior to Humans Need Not Apply)? What's your favorite recent video(after HNNA)? I can't believe it's been ten years, I've been subbed for about eight of them and you've come a long way since then Grey. If you use my Q, please use just my first name.

Caleb Biggs

How did you and Lady Grey meet?

Joseph Lo Re

Is there time for a Reservations Part 1 yet?

David Cichowski

What's a video you want to make, but don't think you ever will--and why?

Grygon

Where's our video about political corruption? You promised... (https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs?t=586)

Nati Shaer

What are your thoughts on Massachusetts voters rejecting a ballot proposal that would've switched their elections from a first-past-the-post system to ranked choice voting?

John Coogan

How is Mr. Chompers doing? And is there a Grey-owned pupper yet?

Brendan Beely

Is there a reason to number points if you're not going to refer back to them later in the text?

Is Farheneiht still your favorite temperature unit and why ?

Le8efou

As you track all of your time, how many hours per year (out of 8760) do you spend on work-related / non-free-time stuff? I think asking per day or per week can vary to much for your job, right?

Martin Embeh

Other than videos like "STICK FIGURES AROUND THE WORLD" and its ilk, which video took you the least time to produce, and why? Which video took you the longest to research/produce?

QuantumPolagnus

What playlists/albums/musicians are you finding yourself listening to lately?

Doug Bogatz

What's the next chapter of the evolution of your animation? Should we expect more and more professionally animated videos, or will you always try to stick to your current style?

Lucas C

Who's sponsoring this video?

Amir Rachum

Your channel has change a lot over 10 years, if you had to speculate now how will the voyage of the next 10 years shape it further?

Ian Anderson

What tips would you give for someone wanting to start a "two dudes talking" style podcast?

Amir Rachum

What's a negative Youtube comment will haunt you forever?

Anna V

Where is home? The US or the UK? (Or neither?)

Tyler M

This should be a cortex topic!

Anna V

Was there a reaction ,good or bad, to a video you weren't expecting?

Michael Pogson

How is Spaceship You doing?

Michael Sachtjen

After this crazy year, what are your lessons learned? What will stick with you beyond 2020?

Alexander

Two questions what would you (10 years on Grey) tell you (first video Grey) to make your videos even better? Also, when (if ever) will you get to those videos which are "tomes for another day" (I'm looking at you "The Troubles.") 🐙🐝

Brian Reczek

Did any video you’ve made so far get a surprisingly more negative response than you expected?

Jordan Brown

If I could only show one video to someone to make them a fan of you which video would that be?

Michael Pogson

Would you say the per month model on pateron has hurt or helped when trying to make videos. Or had no effect at all?

Michael Pogson

Will your stick figure self ever ditch you and launch out on his own--self aware, self actualized and rarin' to go?

R.C.B.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HelloInternet/comments/glih6v/please_stop_hounding_grey_and_brady_for_contenthi/fr1qney/ Edit: this was a response to someone else's now deleted comment asking about what happened to HI

Gabe C

I greatly enjoyed Cortex's content on personal improvement (Triggers book review, any time you or Myke discuss "how" you get things done, rather than what). Also recent videos like the Theme videos and Spaceship You or weekend Wednesdays. When you think about the future direction of the channel, do you plan to do more videos/other content that help people make personal improvements or address common difficulties?

David

Jochen Römling

How do you make a boring topic interesting?

_nubmark

Is there an underlying theme / motif that connects all of your videos?

Austin Eisele

When you started on this journey10 years, did you imagine you would produce so many outstanding videos that entertained millions of people and that you would work with such an amazing team of people?

Lynx88

Looking back, taking COVID/Lockdown out of the equation, what has been the biggest change/surprise/disappoint for you personally/professionally over the past 10 years? Over the past 5 years?

Jeff Short

Are you just trolling us with your stated preference of Fahrenheit? it's in two Q&A Videos so far with zero rationale and I suspect even your talent for making the illogical seem rational can't convince me that this crazy making UoM scheme isn't archaic.

Brettus Maximus

Question from voltazor: "How is it going after 10 years of YouTube videos creating?"

Dmytro Dovbnia

In making a video, how much is labour and how much is love? (If it varies, could you give examples with variance?) (please no full name)

Kore

Where do you keep "someday/maybe" ideas for future videos? Evernote? A list in Omnifocus? A physical notebook? Tattooed on your skin?

Trent Hamm

This one might be a bit gloomy, but do you have an idea of how much longer you will be a YouTuber? Where you currently stand, do you see yourself retiring at any moment in the future?

Jase H.

If I know absolutely nothing about video production and editing, and I'm moved to put together My First Video Thing, say a short explainer of some sort -- Where do I start? What are the most basic, 101 things that can get a new video-maker rolling? (Name if published: Ziv W)

Ziv Wities

Where do you get inspiration for videos? Hexagons, Weekend Wednesdays, Pirates, etc...

Jean-Ralph Aviles

When all is said and done, what is the most fulfilling part of being a YouTuber for you?

Jase H.

After your experiences with a Tesla, are you going to get one yourself? What does the owner of the "Bonnie Blue" Tesla think about that name and the road trip video in general?

Primalmoon

How do you feel about the seemingly endless number of streaming services coming out?

Jamie Ryu

Do you have tips for creating vivid, clear, *immediate* simplifications of complicated information? You're amazing at it; I'm sure it's a TON of work; and it's a skill the world could use a whole lot more of. (Name if published: Ziv W)

Ziv Wities

How are you and Lady Grey?

Jamie Ryu

What can we look forward to in the future?

ColorUserPro

How many of your videos are the result of wandering Off the Trail while in the Forest of all Knowledge when researching for an entirely different topic?

ZenArcher

Which one of your videos did you have the most fun creating?

Jean-Ralph Aviles

You are using a lot of software to make your videos. However, which software is missing that would make your process a lot easier - but just no one programmed it yet?

Moya

If the BBC (for example) were to offer you to turn your channel into a series would you ever consider doing so or is traditional media declining and streaming the way forward?

Brettus Maximus

What's the video topic you've spent the most time on over the past decade ?

Thomas the political martian

What podcast / book / online serial would you recommend? I've had a lot of solitary free time these past ten months.

wanderer117

Is the war on breakfast won? And if so, how is it looking on the war on lunch?

Johannes Heimbach

Has not being able to play Catan with people in person for a while re-ignited the hope for a video 👀

Kyle Begovich

Like, how many bees have there been in your videos so far? Hundreds? Thousands?

Kyle Begovich

You are a person who has said they do not really like work. Which medium (podcasts or videos) do you get more fulfilment from? Using my name is fine. Keep up the great work!

Michael Mills

Have you seen much of an improvement in the compression of videos in the timeframe that you have been working on videos? Obviously things like HD have come along, but do you feel that more details you put in are accurately being portrayed to the audience?

Hunter Hyatt

Is there a country that you think their federal voting system is particularly well done?

William McDuff

You're very blunt though dispassionate making value judgments--it's one of your endearing qualities. I'd like to know more about what you consider the root assumptions of your moral/ethical/values reasoning process--where does your sense of right and wrong start from?

Jack & Robin Mooney

Do you make more income from Podcasting or Youtube? Do you see yourself branching into a Greycast?

John Dye

How are you doing?

Andrew Barham

Sponsors: what makes you decide to work with a sponsor, and have you ever turned one down?

Shayleah Funk

What are some of the lifestyle changes you've made over the last 10 years to better accomadate youtube as a source of income?

Alex Brown

At what point in growing the Grey Empire would you feel it becomes disingenuous to your audience?

Nick Williams

What do you think a map of the forest of all knowledge would look like, a fractal or an overcrowded mind map? Or some strange combination of the two?

Frank Kittchner

Do people know what he looks like?? I sure don't 😂 Unless his real appearance is a stick figure with glasses...

enchantedsleeper

How do you see the interplay of YouTube as a growing superpower in terms of controling information distribution/exposure and the democratizing power it holds in allowing "anyone to have a platform"? How have you seen that trend of the past 10 years, and in the coming 10 years?

Bryan Bardin

If you were uploading your "The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained" video for the first time today, would you still pick YouTube as the platform? If so, do you expect that to be true in another 10 years?

PerfectlyAdequate

Over the past decade, your presentation style has evolved. What started as a PowerPoint, effectively, transitioned to motion animations, 3D animations, live-action-Grey, and more. These constant flashes of novelty have helped the channel feel fresh and interesting - has the introduction of novel presentation styles been a deliberate effort to keep innovating, or something that you've stumbled into?

Aaron

Is math discovered or invented?

Nic F.

What do you feel have been some of your proudest growths in the past 5 years (in whatever aspect of your life you wish)? I love your content and thank you for doing a Q&A.

Zachary Gerard

The person the internet sees is never a complete picture of the real person (I suppose almost nothing is). What are one or two small details that you think would surprise the internet about the real Grey?

Joel Wilder

This may come across as negative, but ... why do you make so many fewer videos now that you're a pro and have a support team? Yes, some of them include trips to record video, etc., but still. I miss the quicker, small-bites-but-lots-of-them style, like your election series, sometimes. Tapas vs. banquet, maybe?

Carl Fink

As turnaround time on videos has increased due to increased staff/assistance, are there any projects from the past 10 years that were abandoned due to scale/scope that might be revisited in the future?

Steven Nease

If you had to pick a dystopian future to live in, what type would you choose? Corporate, apocalyptic, government, religious,ect.

Tinwhisker

What videos have you seen recently that really got you thinking?

Steve Bonds

Okay, so you're in the live-forever club and it has been a while. So long that the sun is just about to expand and swallaw Mercury, Venus, and Earth. How would you spend your last day before the apocalypse? Knowing, ofcourse, that you can't escape it.

Nicolai Just

Would you rather see a shift back to working in office spaces after 2020, or a shift towards more remote working?

The Reviewers' Legacy

What has changed the most about your work habit over these last 10 years?

Evan

What was your longest held belief that you changed your mind on?

Brandon Harrison

What is your opinion on the Kurzgesagt human era calendar. If you could change the world to any calendar system, what would you chose? (I would put odds on the International Fixed Calendar)

Christopher Thibault

How do you entertain yourself if you're sick in bed?

Nikita Lesheno

If you had the power to vanish all social media from the world, would you do it?

Askwho

What do you look forward to for the next ten year?

Alex Navas

Why live forever? Sounds exhausting.

hemicyon

Any boardgames you fancy, other than Catan? You seems like a Heavy Euro kind of gamer, am I wrong?

Sergio Cruz

Do you think the last year (or decade) will be net positive or net negative for humanity?

Mike Keenan

What do you think you would be right now if you havent started your Youtube career?

Chillkroete

What is your primary motivation for making these videos?

Eugene B

How do you decide what videos to make? From voting systems to political geography pirates to hexagons, there's not really a theme. Do you generally make videos about what topics pique your curiosity on a particular week?

Alex

What were your inspirations for the deep tumbleweed research? What are some possibilities for the next "tumbleweed" series?

Steve Bonds

What have been the major inflection points in your new-age internet career?

Andrew

What’s the most interesting fact that you had to cut from a video because it didn’t fit?

Gustaf Härold

What thing you though that "for sure" will be "normal" in 2021 and is not, and what is something that is normal today that you would never thought of in 2011?

Sergio Cruz

Which of your previous videos (if any) would you most like to remaster/revisit if you had the time in your schedule?

Kai Sheppard

What video(s) had the largest learning curve when it came to production and/or establishing your own style?

Sam Thompson

Do you ever consider making organization and efficiency videos again? And if you did what would be topic #1?

Anna V

Did you get the idea for the tumbleweed videos at TEKOI?

Koen Verheyen

This last year, you have uploaded some videos regarding your workflow, weekly routine and work/life management (i.e."Spaceship You", "Weekend Wednesday", etc.), which are also discussed in "Cortex". How do you transition these topics from your podcasts to standalone videos? Are there more videos to follow from the Cortex "branch"? PS 1: Congratulations on your ten year anniversary. PS 2: If you choose to answer this question, you can use my Reddit Username, which is u/AtHighSpeed.

Francisco Tenreiro

Not related to the ten years theme. Did you get / are you planning to get an oculus quest 2? Any thoughts on that?

Benn

Looking back at the Decade of Grey, how are you feeling after the years of content you have created?

Brian Roadifer

How big is your team and who are they? You don't seem to put them in the credits of your video, so give them a shout out!

Sexagesimalian

As you build a larger team, at what point would you want to credit them in your videos?

lawyerboy

Other than earlier discussed on Cortex - any unconventional job seeking advice, now that you have the insight of being someone who hires people occasionally?

Alexander K. Reumert

I ask this - knowing it may well not be answered, but for the Tims, is Hello Internet taking the Irish goodbye? I know all things must come to an end, but I wasn't ready to say goodbye.

Zach Grubbs

I guess someone had to ask: Is there any plans of continuing Hello Internet again? Also, while we are at it, is there a chance for at video with a boardgame as the theme - for example Settlers of Catan? It could be a part of the hexagon is the bestagon series :)

Vincent Aaskov

If you could use your time machine from the NaPoVoInterCo video to go back and tell Grey 10 years ago any one thing, what would it be? And would he even believe you about your channel anyway?

Justin Gillman

Any thoughts on how long we are taking to see things you talked about in 'Humans need not apply'? Maybe a sequel video?

Ddgr

You once said youtubers should keep up early work, why did you take down your old cable organizing video?

Anna V

What do you think the next big leap in personal entertainment will be?

CO2mic

Is there any video topic that is your white whale?

Checco

Looking back at your work as a creator what do you think about stuff you've created 5 or 10 years ago? Because those podcasts/videos can be viewed now as if they were released just yesterday.

Lamp town guy

Are you happy where you are in your life right now?

Davide Gemello

What is the Bestotope?

Joe Dispoto

Do you feel that you've achieved an acceptable work/life balance?

Martin LePage

Have any videos surprised you in their virality or popularity?

Daralene Irwin

Is Hello Internet done and gone?

Jon Calon

You've been on YT for a decade. Other than having a team of people to help you now, can you comment on how your processes from Day to today have changed? Improved? Is anything less efficient than it used to be? Any advice for past Grey?

Martin LePage

Is “CGP Grey” staying with YouTube or will the channel move to another service or platform?

ethnicolor

Do you think you will have this role (podcasting & YouTubing) for the rest of your career or do you feel curious enough to try something else?

Lalit Maganti

Have you ever gotten recognized out in public by a fan?

Anita Hoffman

What book did you read in 2020 that you found most insightful, or do you think a lot more people should read? If no book comes to mind that you read this past year, what is the last book you read that made you feel this way, if any?

CaptainMinnette

Is there anything you do in your process of creating videos that has stayed the same throughout the 10 years, or has it been a constant evolution of your process?

Paul Smith

Kind've dull and may have been answered before, but what software (animation, video, audio) do you use to make your videos?

Michelle McKinney

One question of mine would be something you've talked about in bits before - but would be important to answer here: You've talked about creating a life you want to live, seeing as this is the 10 year anniversary of your channel, how does the life you're currently living stack up against the dream of the Grey from 10 years ago? How has your vision for "a life you want to live" changed over your 10 year YouTube career?

Zach Grubbs

Which “gon” is the second-bestagon?

Kyle Balas

10 years. Wow... Of your own videos, which is your favourite short (3-5 minutes) videos?

El Manni

What step of video-making is the hardest for different kinds of topics (science, math, history, etc.)?

I think it's time we blow this scene, get everybody and their stuff together. Okay, 3, 2, 1, let's jam!

What's one topic you'd like to dive into and research that you've been unable to thusfar because of money/time/access restrictions?

Leo Herzog

You said your team has grown since you started YouTube, what makes a team work efficiently?

alice

Can you do another Brexit vid?

Alex Tang

Are there any more areas you could cover that would result in more content like the plane packing episode? (Absolutely my favourite YouTube video of all time)

Peter Vaughan

Talk about trains!

Jonas Blum

If you were a tree, what tree would you be?

Mr lncredibIe73

10 years? That’s almost half my life. Congratulations!

Oliver Guazzelli

What was it like to make the switch from working by yourself to having a team of people?

Rachel Maschhoff

Why did you decide to start YouTube? What kind of team do you have?

Zach Wishod