Merlin Mann - Scared Shitless (Webstock 2011)

This is Merlin Mann's tremendously moving talk from the Webstock 2011 conference in New Zealand. You can find the original page here: http://bit.ly/hfHdtN

You can find Merlin here: http://www.kungfugrippe.com

If you like this talk, I'd strongly encourage you to check out his excellent new podcast with Dan Benjamin, Back to Work, here: http://5by5.tv/b2w

I uploaded this to YouTube because it took me seven hours to download and watch this talk. Just in case anyone else is having the same problems I did, now you've got YouTube to help out. I do not own this content, I'm just trying to help out by mirroring it. Please check out Webstock, it's an amazing conference.

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[merlinmann]

Thanks for posting this, my friend, Much appreciated.

[harukishinju]

@merlinmann Thanks for giving the talk! As someone who makes things (even things as seemingly ‘disposible’ as video game trailers) it can get pretty scary. Yours was a message I needed to hear.

[DainMiller]

@foomga He takes aderall man, for ADHD. That is why his rambling is as it is - if you have read or watched anything he does you'll notice he explains this. He is a family man and doesn't do coke or drugs mate, sorry to disappoint you. 

[VladTikhonov0820]

@merlinmann Amazing talk, really. Thank you so much

[globalmagnet]

Ill be honest i was tempted to click on from this s*it...but i gave it the time...and you know what...in a strange kind of way it is quite profound. Thanks for being vulnerable Merlin.

[homericgeek]

They definitely won't eat you if you're covered in shit!

[g4m3r4life]

My pacman died :(

[pronstorestiffi]

Love Merlin he is a cool dude, wish he was on TWIT again. Or did some more You Look Nice Today podcasts, cause those where funny as shit.

[tonyfalca]

He chose a great topic to talk about, although I was somewhat disappointed because it doesn't seem to go anywhere in depth. I understand that he was probably trying to drive home the point, nevertheless, I really enjoyed his personality and the presentation.

[wesscoast]

This guy's the real fuckin deal.. What a great guy.

[ericfarkas08]

Loved this.

[alphabetagaga]

Yeah. I might have cried a little bit because of this. God damn it.

[johandp72]

Brilliant!