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Ask Grey a Question #6

🕑 Added 2019-03-30 17:48:24 +0000 UTC

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Santiago Zavarce

Do you feel paranoid that people want to be your friend just because you’re popular?

Santiago Zavarce

Who was the last person you texted?

If redlettermedia is the youtube channel you watch the most doesnt that mean theyre your favorite youtube channel?

What is your opinion on the Minecraft Parody memes? Thank you for all the awesome content you make for us, and remember to take some you time every now and then.

Javier Wong

Will you make any videos related to Asia topics?

Where are you from and do you like flags? (I love flags)

How're you doing today?

What is one study you would recommend new high school graduates to look into?

What inspired the alliteration used in your recent videos, and can you also start making puns?

Is it possible to overcome the issues that you laid out in your 'The Rules for Rulers' video?

What is your favorite kind of work at this moment? Researching, writing, making audio, working with animation (and people who animate), podcasting, designing merch?

If you owned your own nation, what would you name it?

Would you consider living in Scandinavia?

Sam Bacon

Are you living in the UK or the USA? Would Brexit make you reconsider that decision?

How was your day?

If you had to be anyone from the past or present, who would you want to be?

If you had to rank engineering fields what would they be?

R. Emre Basar

Who is sponsoring this video?

What is your favorite thing to do in America (that you can't do in the United Kingdom)?

Is there any way that we can get you to make more great videos? Patreon goal?

What's the best experience you'd never seek out again?

Spencer Magnuson

You mentioned in the initial Brexit video the chance on London becoming a city state. Are there any other contenders for city-state status?

What other youtube channels do you watch?

Where do you get ideas for your videos?

Dennis Negron-Rivera

How are you handling Brexit?

"What is the most ridiculous pursuit you spent far too much time/money on before realizing it was a lost cause?" (alt handle: BChunksy)

"Do you have any recommendations for implementing a self review system that doesn't feel so hippie dippie?" (alt handle: BChunksy) Cortex has helped me quite a bit with productivity but I still struggle to sit down and review myself. It feels very *out of character*

Nitron F117

Do you think, with sufficient AI and automation, we could eventually have a human-labor free economy? And, if so, could that possibly lead to a currency-less society?

Ian Anderson

“If Jurassic Park were real, would you go there with Brady like Dismaland?” (Alt Handle: @IAmIkigai)

Ian Anderson

“If a genie offered you 3 wishes, what would you wish for?” (Alt Handle: @IAmIkigai)

Ian Anderson

“If, for some reason, you were forced to exclusively use Window and iOS or exclusively use macOS and Android which pair would you pick and why?” (Alt Handle: @IAmIkigai)

Ian Anderson

“Can you tease us with something from Cortex Brand?” (Alt Handle: @IAmIkigai)

Ian Anderson

“What is a poorly recorded or highly debated event from history that you are just dying to know the truth about?" (Alt Handle: @IAmIkigai)

ChthonicPuck

Have you seen this image Reddit user "TheQueenOfNeckbeards" (not me) drew? <a href="https://preview.redd.it/c15lmhfrysf11.png?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=151e62935da3c1a26e5797ed259d946507af41fc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://preview.redd.it/c15lmhfrysf11.png?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=151e62935da3c1a26e5797ed259d946507af41fc</a>

ChthonicPuck

Who do you think (living or dead) would be the best to rule Westeros? Of those left alive in season 8, who do you think will win the iron throne?

ChthonicPuck

Would you consider doing another video collaboration with Kurzgesagt? How about Sam O'Nella Academy?

Spaghetti gal

Is CortexBrand just another step in getting your own factory to produce your clothes?

HiMcFly

are you ever frustrated by the number of videos you put out or do you think you've found a good level of output? Also, have you ever considered highering some team members in order to output more videos?

Have you ever considered doing anything ASMR or such since you have the voice for it. Think “Bedtimes with Babish”

Tamir Lavi

Was there any video that you wanted to turn into a podcast?

Paul M

Money aside, what job/career would you pursue? i.e I'd love to be the billionaire who decide which projects his research grant money should fund to do the most "good" in the world.

Lotte Niks

Alternative handle: Lotte Niks (just because I want to see you pronounce this véry dutch name :D )

Lotte Niks

Are there videos that you made that you've considered removing from your channel, and for what reason did you consider it/have you (possibly?) even removed that video?

Parker Rivera

What's a topic you've been wanting to make a video of, but haven't due to possible lack of interest from the viewers?

simply use G. Pareschi, thanks!

What's the least bad: allow only experts to choose for the whole (ignoring the less-educated saying/feelings) or allow the whole to choose (accepting suboptimal outcomes, e.g. Brexit, Trump)?

If used, handle with astjm, thanks.

What do you do for food? Do you enjoy cooking every night? Do you mealprep a year in advance? Other than the occasional bowl of popcorn, what do you use for sustenance?

Stanley Wilkinson

Can you rank London's forms of public transport underground, Overground, DLR, bus, National Rail and Croydon Tram?

What has been your favorite mistake/failure so far?

Preston Richey

What attribute of life (consistency, excitement, happiness, etc) do you think people most undervalue?

Thomas

Do you think we will ever figure out the motion sickness issues with VR or are we going to have to wait for some direct neural connection a la Sword Art Online?

Tim

Do you think political parties are overall good, bad, or neutral?

Tim

It’s popcorn.

Jeremy

Do you think the asymmetric distribution of thought and interconnectedness will have species level impacts i.e. sure some individuals have problems, with new media, but is it only changing the problems or is it changing the scale (up or down) of social problems?

Anonymously_Famous

Do you hesitate to make asterisk videos, or do you think that they make the best videos better?

Perfectionism aside, which video do you most regret making? Which one do you wish you'd never made at all?

Have you tried using DEVONthink to replace Evernote?

Jean-Luc Hoogerbrugge

What's your favorite snack from the Netherlands?

Jordan Brown

How do you deal with grief?

Marcelo Gallardo

Do you miss something about being a teacher? How much of your "amazing talent of explaining difficult things in an easy, funny and beautifull way" did you have back then when you where a teacher?

I thought you were in the UK on an Irish passport? Would you be impacted in the event of maximum Brexit?

Daralene Irwin

What is your favorite breed of doggo? (“Mutt” or “All doggos are best doggos” are perfectly acceptable answers.)

Rob Hopkinson

Human psychology, sociology and international law is struggling to keep up with the pace of many technologies such as the internet. What do you think society and or authorities should be doing to tackle this disparity, if anything?

Jesse Barrett Lee

What sort of alcohol do you prefer?

AOC's Green New Deal -- thumbs up or thumbs down?

Nick J

Color or Colour?

Do you fold or scrunch? (Toilet paper that is!)

The Duke In Purple~

We are pretty close up on Mario Kart, but will you accept a challenge on Smash Bros?

Cameron L Smith

If you were responsible for discovering a way to mass produce Graphene, which device would you prioritize enhancing it with?

What can an ordinary citizen do for the sake of changing the electoral system in their country?

Robin Johnson

Sun or moon?

What would be the highest price you’d pay for a cure to death?

Haggai Elkayam

It seems like the world has many problems brewing in the near future, many of which you've talked about (automation or trying to stop death for example). Yet, dealing with these issues requires at least some public policy changes - changes which seem less and less likely when we look at the dysfunction of political systems across the world (gridlock in the US congress, the Brexit fiasco). Does this worry you? Do you ever think humanity lost its ability to politically and socially deal with its biggest problems?

Was your personalety as a kid close to your personalety now, what is that defining carecteristic you think has been with you all your life?

(Name is pronounced Bear-ick) What is your least favorite mode of public transit in London? What's you least favorite Underground line?

Jonas Blum

Thinking about spelling, do you think the (English speaking) world should adopt some form of universal spelling? British English? American? Canadian? Australian?

What would you recommend to someone visiting the London-ish area of England on a short trip with limited free time (like for a business conference)?

If you could take control of one major website, which one would it be and what would you do? (Assuming you don't get any money but you can destroy the business model without consequences - so more like "the god of youtube" and not the "CEO of youtube")

Can you tell us a secret?

What are your thoughts on public vs private schooling, especially for children? Is there any increase in educational quality that you would perceive as worth the amount of money it costs? The same goes for private institutions of higher learning such as Ivy League universities, etc.

What do you want to do with your body when (and if) you die?

Matthew Feickert

You were a physics major at University. Do you still have a general interest in physics, and if so what current physics do you like learning/reading about?

Anne Hathaway or Emily Blunt or Meryl Streep in Devil Wears Prada? (My handle is Indigo)

Harsha Chandrashekariah

I would love for you go give a follow up on the state of automation. Are most of the prediction from you Humans need not apply video still holding true today and is there any part of that video that hasn't held up at the pace that you had predicted?

Garrett

How do you personally make new friends as an adult?

You speak a lot in Hello Internet and Cortex about what it's like being self employed and the constrast between that and "traditional" work (teaching, banking, journalist) but what are your thoughts on people going into Skilled Labor/Trades? Did you ever have students you thought would do better becoming something like an electrictian or plumber instead of continuing to University and an office job? How did you go about discussing that with students.

Hoppa

You thought that “autos” would take over the roads real quickly. Years later, what are your views on “autos” and how and when they’ll be implemented.

As a student who has exams coming up what is the most efficient way you used to get studying done as I am lost? Also is this loss?

What is your take on big data and its increasing importance in today's society (eg microtargeting and scaringly accurate polling used in political campaigns), taking into the account the lag between regulations and technological advancements?

Idan Kimchi

What are your thoughts on Star Trek Discovery?

Are you afraid that robots will eventually enslave the human race?

Reed

What movie have you seen the most times?

Who is the best character in Mario Kart?

Daniel Cervantes

What's something that you've accepted will never happen?

Marsstriker

If you found out tomorrow that Magic was real, and you had great magical potential, what kind of magic would you specialize in? (Would you be a conjuror, a necromancer, an alchemist, a technomage, something else?)

Anime Intellect

Do you have any tips for staying on task/concentrating for people with add/ADHD who struggle to get things done?

Thomas Dalton

Dr Jake just had a video about how much he earns from YouTube go viral and in his followup video he challenged other YouTubers to share their earnings. Are you up for the challenge? <a href="https://youtu.be/vwfX7m8oX2w" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/vwfX7m8oX2w</a>

What do your and Mrs. Grey’s fights sound like?

Frederik Creemers

The answer is 42. What is the question?

Have you always been as deliberate and meticulous as you are, or has that been a gradual development? What contributed to this?

Kimberly Green

You're charged with preserving all human knowledge in case of global catastrophe & pending new Dark Age. How do you achieve it & how do you re-share the knowledge afterwards?

How crucial do you believe it is to attend a good school?

Lukaluke

I know you don't drive much in London, but do you pine for the countryside and your beehive so you can ride your bike around?

Duckett

Whats the likelihood of a magic the gathering video?

Justin Chui

Have you done your part to aid in the war?

Still playing factorio? If so I also recommend satisfactory.

R. Emre Basar

Should people who have 9-5 office jobs with no side projects track their time anyway? What benefit would it bring?

What is your personal view on the end of the universe? Are you more of a fan of the big rip, big crunch, big bounce, false vacuum, or more of a cosmic uncertainty end to the universe?

sean

In regards to politics, is gradual change more effective than radical change?

Paul F

What's s your standing on personal finance? Complex budgets, simple budgets, in debt 'till death, somewhere in between?

Annelies Åström-Driessen

Any new book tips?

Aaron Walsh

Leave? Remain? Does it even matter at this point?

Catata

What is your opinion on the dune books

You’ve talked about learning Music Theory in a previous Q&A. Did you eventually follow those ambitions and did you find anything you weren’t expecting?

Parliament used your suggested method for selecting a place go eat for choosing the next options for Brexit, but couldn’t get a majority for any. What voting method might actually yield solid result?

Evan Bollschweiler

Why do I give you my money?

Andrew Barham

What’s your favorite snack food (calories don’t count!)?

If you were to get your own dog, what breed would you choose and why?

What other usernames would you have considered if not CGP Grey?

Andrew Barham

Have you ever thought about updating or revisiting your “Humans Need Not Apply” video with updates to your thoughts now that we’re approaching half a decade or so down the road from its release