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Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything



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Douglas Adams was the best-selling British author and satirist who created The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In this talk at UCSB recorded shortly before his death, Adams shares hilarious accounts of some of the apparently absurd lifestyles of the world's creatures, and gleans from them extraordinary perceptions about the future of humanity. Series: Voices [5/2001] [Humanities] [Show ID: 5779]


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Douglas Adams = ... ( 3 months ago by thinkforjoy)
Douglas Adams = Genius.
'that's sorta what ... ( 3 months ago by Methelin)
'that's sorta what i do for a living,
but yeah ok.'
beautiful speech. ( 3 months ago by Methelin)
beautiful speech.
sweet, thanx! =) We ... ( 3 months ago by ViperRob42)
sweet, thanx! =) We miss you Douglas, so long and thanks for all the fish!
I saw some videos ... ( 3 months ago by LtKoerschgen)
I saw some videos where he holds exactly the same speech. But whatever, he was a genius.
Awesome. ( 2 months ago by ScarletandCreme32)
Awesome.
The answer to life, ... ( 1 month ago by smokey36bear)
The answer to life, for me anyway, has always and will always be 42....
That was a terrific ... ( 1 month ago by PluggyPoo)
That was a terrific advert for his best work; the book "Last Chance To See".
It's a shame he ... ( 1 month ago by magiclightbox)
It's a shame he keeps referring to humans as monkeys. We're apes.
Actually humans ... ( 1 month ago by foolishnun)
Actually humans were never apes. Apes and Humans are both desended from a common ancester that has yet to be discovered (the Missing Link).
After regaining ... ( 1 month ago by Irratzo)
After regaining breath again (".. because the other characteristic of bass sound is that you can't tell where it's coming from!") I suddenly realized what Adams is doing here. He is using humour to sensitise us for endangered species. Yeah, I know, great observation. But: how do you think did he make this whole thing? Did he think, okay, these animals concern me and I'm actively gonna use my humour powers! Or did he just tumble into this stuff and then realised how sad, funny, educational it is?
What a great orator ... ( 1 month ago by gosfordjohn)
What a great orator, able to speak at such length without notes or props or losing his place, and always interesting. Just brilliant.
But mind you, I ... ( 1 month ago by Irratzo)
But mind you, I dont have to go to "my ends of the world" to have witness this feeling Adams described in seeing the Aye-aye. When I just go out my door and see a swallowtail, it's the same, or a shiny in the undergrowth of which I do not know the name, or a Knabenkraut (an European orchid). But alas, I don't do it so often nowadays.
1:27:36!!!!!!!!!!! ( 1 month ago by fraeueas)
1:27:36!!!!!!!!!!!
Douglas Adams has ... ( 4 weeks ago by trichenosis)
Douglas Adams has such great ways of saying such ordinary things.
What a fucking ... ( 1 week ago by Flighn)
What a fucking legend.
well the simple ... ( 1 day ago by GiggidyGoo20)
well the simple answer to the "need" for new things although we already got them right,is economy (stupid).how are you gonna make money? you have to make people THINK that they arent satisfied anymore by what they have,its just not enough anmore.its simple laws of free market.you need variety and plenty of completely unnecessary items in order to preserve this overconsuming society we have built.the funny thing is,we love it so much that we would sacrifice the whole planet for it.



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