EAPEA #4

Yes, that's right! It's time for another addition of Exceptionally Awesome People of Exceptional Awesomeness!

This time we're singing the praises of fellow Hoosier, John Green. John Green is a social media rock star and a best-selling author. He is half of the massively popular YouTube series, VlogBrothers where he and his brother, Hank make jokes, discuss universal issues of humanness, and support general nerd culture. He will also be seeing his best-selling young adult novel, The Fault in Our Stars (TFIOS, to those in the know) turned into a film! The book was excellent, a great mix of thought provoking questions and teenage sarcasm. While I have unresolved feelings about books (especially those I've enjoyed) being turned into movies, Green has been very vocal on social media about his involvement and approval of this adaptation of his book. He has written several other popular books as well.

But what makes John Green worthy of EAPEA honors? He's a smart, clever, non-obnoxious presence on the internet. As I become more and more removed from teenage culture, I become more and more baffled at who and what are popular in the young people corner of the internet. The only frustration I have with Green is that he didn't have a YouTube channel when I was a teenager. Check him out all over the internet.

Finding All the Information

A couple months ago I caught the end of an interesting Ted Radio Hour segment on my way home from running errands. An interview was wrapping up and I heard the man's name but it didn't stick by the time I was home. But ho, the power of the internet!

Step 1: Look up the radio show on the station's webpage.
Step 2: Find that episode of the Ted Radio Hour (Misconceptions, if you were curious)
Step 3: Read the episode description that gives the man's info (Barry Schwartz)
Step 4: I can download the Ted Radio Hour episode, read his Wikipedia page, order his book online, and generally fall down the internet rabbit hole.

Isn't it wonderful to realize the bounty of information at our fingertips? Yes, there are a lot of cat videos and celebrity gossip, but there are also answers to a ton of questions worth asking.