Linus Tech Tips Tech Hoarders 2 - Helping a Retrogaming Collector Get Rid of His Collection

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mHI2sA3KGI

This man has one hell of a collection and it's clearly painful seeing it all go.

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My impression from watching a few of Linus Sebastian's videos is that, while he probably has good intentions, he overestimates his understanding of technologies, to the point of sometimes badly misleading his viewers. I feel that's irresponsible behavior for a tech presenter.

 
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As soon as Linus starts talking about something that you actually know about, you realise that he is bullshitting you, and it immediately calls into question everything that you've heard him say about subjects that you're not an expert in.

I had this realization about LTT years ago, but it's a known phenomenon in journalism (the Gell-Mann amnesia effect) and seems to be even more common in YouTube journalism since the barrier to entry of publishing video is so much lower than publishing in print.

 
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I think this happens in print way more often.

 
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Why was this post down voted into oblivion?

 
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Have no idea. Thought people would enjoy seeing someone's collection and be interested in buying some of his collection since he put it up for auction, but I guess not...?

 
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If I had to guess, the retro gaming speculator bubble probably ran the collecting part of the hobby's reputation into the ground.

 
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if only there was some way to play these games, in a browser, for nothing

-Linus

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That's pretty much the point Linus makes in the video to the collector.

 
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I was quoting him, as an example of one of the reasons the post was downvoted. Sorry for the confusion. I should've added more context.

 
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All good.

 
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