The Future is an Empty Room
Added 2026-01-24 16:30:01 +0000 UTCYou know what they say, start the year with a high-effort bummer!!
If you'd prefer to watch on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/jacob-geller-the-future-is-an-empty-room
Comments
Wow, not much to add, lots to process. Well, one thing to add: you ever read "The Machine Stops"? Empty rooms and digital connectivity in 1909.
Max Goldstein
2026-01-26 14:17:37 +0000 UTCThis was an excellent video, but I also want to call out the companion video about male living spaces. That was a short-and-sweet essay about a concept I'd never thought about that gave me something to think about on the topic of gender, interior, design, self expression, and a stereotype I didn't know I held!
Hedgebug
2026-01-25 23:56:09 +0000 UTCThis hit hard. I've had agoraphobia for twenty years now. The empty room is.. a lot. I didn't realise quite how repulsive it was to other people until I watched this. I knew almost immediately that Bradbury would come up - but my brain went to Fahrenheit 451 - dude really liked his screen walls (or hated them). It's interesting, to call back to another video - where I live is a Bortle scale 3-4, so it's kind of like being in space for most of the day right now - it's only light for about eight hours at the moment. Lots to think about, thank you! :)
poeisokay
2026-01-25 17:01:56 +0000 UTCHere comes the content! It's a beautiful day to stay inside.
Aki
2026-01-25 16:40:58 +0000 UTCoh look, Jacob made us some content
Rodrigo Deodoro
2026-01-25 15:01:58 +0000 UTCWell, that was perfectly timed. I'm sick and trapped in one room to avoid infecting my housemates. I get to set up stuff for my job without moving an inch. All my social events are canceled while I wait to recover, so I just play some video games, do work, and rest the best I can. Somehow it's worse than in the pandemic. Back then, we successfully made sure all of us in one house were healthy, and we were in suburbs with a low chance of bumping into anybody. Now I'm in a city and it's less safe for the public if I go outside my apartment, let alone outside my room. And all that with a poignant message about the internet and then AI and instant gratification while you're at it. A well-made video! I hope you get some good social contact for those of us who cannot right now!
Alexander Freeman
2026-01-25 03:21:41 +0000 UTCOof. Begin the year as you mean to go on, I guess. I will say, of all the Bradbury short stories I've read, The Veldt has stuck with me over the decades the most. I never really understood what it was trying to say, but it sure said something.
Lanth
2026-01-24 17:10:06 +0000 UTCAmazing work Jacob! A beautiful downer to kick off 2026. I love it.
Michael Cantor
2026-01-24 16:54:44 +0000 UTC
