In which Hank answers a question on a geology test that is really a terrible question and that the student who answered incorrectly may have been more right than any of us supposed.

NERDFIGHTER CENSUS!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PD6ZRK7

In case you're wondering who that bearded dude who made this video is:
http://youtube.com/wheezywaiter

In which Craig teaches you everything you need to know about being John Green.

John-from-the-past continues to star in videos on the following channels:
http://www.youtube.com/crashcourse
http://www.youtube.com/mentalflossvideo
http://www.youtube.com/hankgames

In which Hank welcomes Alice Green to the world by giving her some tips on how to be a successful baby. And also basically lets her know that the survival of our species is on her shoulders. WELCOME, ALICE!!!

I'm so excited for John. I have talked to him, of course, a bunch since last week. He's really excited and way less freaked out than he was when Henry was born. Of course, he's exhausted, but he's also adorable. He's enjoying the time with his family a lot. It's really weird not to just lose him of YouTube but also largely off Tumblr and Twitter, but let's try not to forget about him while he's gone!

This blog post is all about Divergent, by Veronica Roth.

I read this book in January and absolutely LOVED it. Enough to write a song about it in fact:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiEt8d2qx4k

For those of you a little lost Divergent is a young adult dystopian novel.

SUMMARY TIME WOO: Our protagonist is Beatrice Prior and she lives in a society divided into five factions, each honoring and cultivating a particular virtue - Abnegation (the selfless), Amity, (the peaceful), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave), and Erudite (the intelligent). One day each year every 16- year old must choose which faction they will belong to for the rest of their lives, either staying in the comfort of what they know or leaving their family behind to pursue who they really…

In which past-John presciently reports on the birth of his second child, with an update from very-recent-past-John. John reports that he will be on paternity leave for a time, but his video presence will continue in lots of places.

http://www.youtube.com/crashcourse
http://www.youtube.com/mentalflossvideo
http://www.youtube.com/hankgames

In which Hank talks about our cognitive bias toward bad news, how that affects us, and why there are, in fact, lots of reasons to be optimistic about the future of humanity on the Earth. All of this was inspired by the people I met in Seattle while helping launch this Kickstarter for a space telescope (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1...).

Also, one of the guys behind that project wrote a book that heavily inspired this video and it is really really good and very interesting. I suggest you buy and read it: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451...

Now I want to be clear that I don't think humanity is safe, or that we're not in the middle of a significant mass-extinction event, or that we're royally screwing up the planet, or that future…