David Hoffman: How would you feel if you lost everything?

http://www.ted.com Nine days before TED2008, filmmaker David Hoffman lost almost everything he owned in a fire that destroyed his home, office and 30 years of passionate collecting. He looks back at a life that's been wiped clean in an instant -- and looks forward.

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[talero1]

The great failure of the Internet is that someone can try to share their experiences and what does it draw? 14 year old shits who have never had a job, never experienced hardship, never earned anything or contributed to society, get online and talk about how somebody losing many irreplaceable things is no big deal really. Boys, and you are still just boys, if you ever move out of your parents' house and become grown ups, you are in for a surprising education about life. It will be grand.

[ketazlat]

i think were all gonna interpret it differently. what i got out of it is that you shouldnt be attached to things cause everything can just dissapear like that. and if something that meaningful to you does get destroyed, then you shouldnt dwell on it but make it into something better.

i dont know if that makes sense but yeah. i think his talk did have a message he just ended his presentation really badly...

[andyrooney12]

@talero1

Well said.

[rocaho001]

@talero1 exactly...little irresponsible trolls

[tomblack2112]

I'm sorry but this guy has far from lost everything. Yes I'm sure this was a terrible loss, but the title of the video is entirely wrong. Call me when your wife and kids are taken away from you in an accident and then your next wife dies from pancreatic cancer.

[MrDavidSoley]

I watched “When Disaster Strikes” from the prospective of two young men – many years from now – trying to absorb the passion, values, and artistic eye of a then-aging father. My body shook emotionally at the sight of such a warm and caring legacy.

[xjandgs]

Wonderful video. Thank you.

[allinaday]

Here is what happened to me after I gave this speech -- how I made something good out of something bad - I did it! please take a look at When Disaster Strikes on my YouTube channel - allinaday

[ImaginalDisc]

@allinaday Congratulations. That's the hallmark of a creative person, the momentum and inertia to keep making new material for its own sake.

[Shadowstray]

This makes me feel that I should really look into online data backups. Backing up to a physical hard drive in the same machine is no 100% fool proof :/

[allinaday]

To all those who have written a comment about my speech at Ted now 2 1/2 years ago, I have, just finished, made something that I believe made good out of something bad. You can see it on YouTube at my channel allinaday. A documentary about what happened to me after the fire.

David Hoffman

[ggjbr90]

@talero1 I agree.. this guy is talking about never losing his things.... there are people who doesn't have any things to lose, there are people who risk losing more than material things. pfff talk about losing some bullshit collection.