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Ask HN: What documentary had an impact on you?
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#2Free Solo
Mainly because of Alex Honnold's perspective on why he does what he does and his singular laser-like focus. 10/10.
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#3Dirty Money
Hoop Dreams
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#4Startup.com
Painful to watch...
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#5Zeitgeist
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#6Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Man on Wire
Both redefined for me what it means to be mission oriented and committed. And I have a Guinness Record, so I thought I was obsessive already, but I’m nothing compared to the commitment of the two men in these documentaries.
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#7Startup.com Painful to watch...
That's so good. An old one but definitely recommended for anyone in the tech biz. I was just thinking about watch it again this week!
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#8"The Secret" had a major impact on me, in that all of my friends that watched it turned into huge self-centered assholes who thought they could get something for nothing. It also made them think that anyone down on their luck just "wasn't positive enough."
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#9A short documentary on YouTube had the greatest impact on me.
It's called Rule From the Shadows - The Psychology of Power
After watching this, I read the books recommended, and it is completely mind-blowing. It will truly change the way you think about "groups", such as Antifa, the alt-right, etc.
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#10The Choice is Ours - The Venus Project
It was refreshing to watch a video that didn't subscribe to the dystopian narrative usually accompanying depictions of the future. It led me to discover open-source software and how it can be used to form the foundation of the future envisioned by the documentary, which subsequently made me want to become a software engineer.