The 4 a.m. mystery | Rives

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www.ted.com Poet Rives does 8 minutes of lyrical origami, folding history into a series of coincidences surrounding that most surreal of hours, 4 o'clock in the morning.
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  • @eliaschevette
    @eliaschevette12 жыл бұрын

    I wake up at 4 in the morning to be able to work on my computer, think, run, write or sometimes just walk outside and stare at my dog. I do this because from 4 to 6:30 I don't see a hear a single human being is amazing.

  • @rafaelfreitas6159

    @rafaelfreitas6159

    6 жыл бұрын

    David Quintana Indeed

  • @joellemartin4466

    @joellemartin4466

    6 жыл бұрын

    David Quintana I should try this it sound blissful

  • @MrCynan4812

    @MrCynan4812

    6 жыл бұрын

    I also wake up at 4, mainly to write though sometimes I just end up staring at my cat, and contemplating.

  • @stutir.5242

    @stutir.5242

    6 жыл бұрын

    David Quintana I wake up at 4 and study lol and then go to school by 6

  • @evej8131

    @evej8131

    6 жыл бұрын

    David Quintana that shares me tho I don’t like being alone

  • @KindomChums
    @KindomChums Жыл бұрын

    I like how he doesn’t pause to allow the audience to laugh. He is not working for the laugh or applause, he is working the point

  • @Laotzu.Goldbug
    @Laotzu.Goldbug4 жыл бұрын

    I know this video is old, but it holds a special place for me. This must have been the first Ted Talk I ever watched, oh so many years ago, and I thought it was so goddamn funny at the time. I still think it is. A classic.

  • @UrbanSurvivalMethods
    @UrbanSurvivalMethods8 жыл бұрын

    I actually found this while looking through Ted Talks to watch….at 4am.

  • @lorrainejohnson829

    @lorrainejohnson829

    5 ай бұрын

    OMG I just noticed...it IS actually 4am right now 😂

  • @julienestella
    @julienestella6 жыл бұрын

    Who is this guy?!! Absolutely incredible speaker. Is he an actor?? I don't care what was all this talk about, but he kept me fascinated, focus, smiling the whole time😳

  • @insanelist5060

    @insanelist5060

    6 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @shanelp7489

    @shanelp7489

    6 жыл бұрын

    Juliene Bernardes He’s a poet. Watch his poetry. Type in Rives Dej Jam Poetry

  • @skiinginmt
    @skiinginmt11 жыл бұрын

    This is a very good example of how information can be cherry picked to form outlandish conspiracy theories. And it's funny.

  • @TheDiscoMole
    @TheDiscoMole11 жыл бұрын

    The reason 4 am is such a controversial time is cause on an emotional level adults doing work and procrastinating recreationally find the hour from 4 to 5 to be the turning point where one day changes into the next. Even though we can rationally tell that midnight is the time shift to the next day, on an emotional level we feel that the new day has approached as we start approaching the morning light at around 5 to 6 which infers that 4 am tends to be the real end of a day to us.

  • @1Nida
    @1Nida5 жыл бұрын

    Possibly my favorite Ted Talk ever.

  • @_adi_dev_
    @_adi_dev_10 жыл бұрын

    discovered at 4am... coincidence?

  • @praneethrajbhatprbhat1029

    @praneethrajbhatprbhat1029

    6 жыл бұрын

    Adi Carlisle AI of youtube did it

  • @alvindueck8227

    @alvindueck8227

    6 жыл бұрын

    Adi Carlisle nope, creepy

  • @int3533

    @int3533

    6 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @mendiplanko2995

    @mendiplanko2995

    6 жыл бұрын

    same

  • @DonkeyFrog

    @DonkeyFrog

    6 жыл бұрын

    no

  • @elperroreggae
    @elperroreggae4 жыл бұрын

    "Meme" in 2007? I didn't recall it was used at such an early time.

  • @InfiniteFaithInGodsUniverse

    @InfiniteFaithInGodsUniverse

    3 жыл бұрын

    The word "meme" is derived from an ancient Greek word meaning "to imitate". The word has been around since 1976.

  • @blazer6248

    @blazer6248

    3 жыл бұрын

    Depends on how old you are. In 2007, I was 26. I saw the internet from AOL 2.0 lol. Meme has been around for a long time.

  • @GloriousAssam

    @GloriousAssam

    3 жыл бұрын

    At least 2006, my dude

  • @victorJ2050
    @victorJ20507 жыл бұрын

    I got up and watched this video at 4 in the morning.

  • @Blueteam-to2mz

    @Blueteam-to2mz

    7 жыл бұрын

    victorJ2050 I'm watching this at 3:00 am. why did I have too wake up at this time? ;-;

  • @azouzbenzenagui8521

    @azouzbenzenagui8521

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @MsGeorgeyboy
    @MsGeorgeyboy8 жыл бұрын

    Kanye West "4 in the morning, and I'm zoning they say I'm possesed, it's an omen..."

  • @muhammadabdurrahim752

    @muhammadabdurrahim752

    7 жыл бұрын

    lol genius

  • @alexrodriguez9520

    @alexrodriguez9520

    6 жыл бұрын

    Genius 💯

  • @DuqoQuod
    @DuqoQuod9 жыл бұрын

    What about when Gatsby and Mr. Wolfsheim do a shady business deal at "about four o'clock in the morning"? The great gatsby was published in 1925

  • @slapshot1x
    @slapshot1x8 жыл бұрын

    He is a great speaker.

  • @TheMiist

    @TheMiist

    6 жыл бұрын

    Chris Penney but us he saying anything?

  • @sheltonlmack

    @sheltonlmack

    4 жыл бұрын

    Charles Harding ‘is’

  • @advcss

    @advcss

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheMiist No, and thats the whole point of the talk

  • @thirteenfingers
    @thirteenfingers14 жыл бұрын

    This guy's delivery style is incredible! Musical. Rythmic. As a public speaker myself I like to see (should that be hear?) someone who can deliver well, He's a master! There's a really poetic quality to it. Hm - as I typed this I checked the video description. I see he's a poet (previously I'd only read the title) so that actually isn't so surprising. His delivery is still fantastic though. :D

  • @ay-pj8co
    @ay-pj8co7 жыл бұрын

    i understood nothing

  • @udaybhattacharjee1979

    @udaybhattacharjee1979

    6 жыл бұрын

    ayub abdikarim me too😂😂

  • @beecare5383

    @beecare5383

    6 жыл бұрын

    ayub abdikarim I think...that is at the time when Allaah subhana Hu wa tala decends to the lowest heavens. ( check some hadeeth about it) Hence the night pray (Attahajud) - is a potential time for dua to be accepted. Plus starting your business or studies or anything else for that matter ,from that time onwards, insha Allaah. Has with it emence blessings for whoever is up and active in something one way or another. It has reminded myself of this blessed time that is available to all who seek it. Hope that helps bro. Peace. ( just to explain a little - A person would derive the most blessings, success or whatever you what to call it, in what he or she is doing) Hence and Allaah knows best: " For the most part...you see that Wealthy people are awake and active at these times taking advantage of the time...but in the unseen forces in life...they are actually conciously or unconsciously reaping the blessings and benefits of starting anything at the peak blessed time on the morning before sunrise. These guys have named it as 4am".

  • @darthvader9121

    @darthvader9121

    6 жыл бұрын

    Anything can be turned into a conspiracy theory. That's point of the talk.

  • @arisilias8787

    @arisilias8787

    6 жыл бұрын

    neither did the speaker

  • @ErikaMink
    @ErikaMink12 жыл бұрын

    am i the only one who loves how charismatic this guy is?

  • @shvonned.burkemsncrnpagpcn619
    @shvonned.burkemsncrnpagpcn6194 жыл бұрын

    Funny thing is, I don’t consider myself to be a creative artsy type (more of a book smart nerd) but whenever I wake up between 345-4, on occasions I have all sorts of ideas and write poems. More than one at a time. I literally have to stop myself. It even feels as if I’m operating like a computer while it’s all going on. Idea after idea. I surprise myself, but sadly haven’t made a habit out of it yet. I should. Maybe more people should. (Now as a I write it’s 636, been up since 4 am) 🤯

  • @ericj1452
    @ericj1452 Жыл бұрын

    "4:30 in the morning, I'm milking cows - Jebadiah feeds the chickens and Jacob plows - fool..." - Weird Al Yankovich "Amish Paradise"

  • @meagentzero
    @meagentzero15 жыл бұрын

    Shinedown: "It's 4:03 and I can't sleep without you next to me, I toss and turn like the sea."

  • @UncleSam13
    @UncleSam1317 жыл бұрын

    Definately the most humorous TED posting.

  • @clitoraborealis
    @clitoraborealis12 жыл бұрын

    I love being awake at 4 A.M. Everyone else is sleeping and I'm free to do whatever I want. I think I'm more awake between 4 and 5 in the morning than any other time of day.

  • @seekonlytruth1831

    @seekonlytruth1831

    6 жыл бұрын

    clitoraborealis r

  • @ndeoligence8

    @ndeoligence8

    6 жыл бұрын

    Everyone who wakes up at 4am thinks that everyone else is still asleep. All of them!

  • @samvedah7701

    @samvedah7701

    2 жыл бұрын

    Then u won't get sleep in the afternoon? Or drowsy

  • @amm2911
    @amm291115 жыл бұрын

    4 in the morning is when i feel like i am at the height of my creativity.

  • @bodyofhope
    @bodyofhope5 жыл бұрын

    There is a bewitching hour between 3 and 4 in the morning. If you've ever been severely ill or suffered from insomnia, you will find yourself awake at 3am and through the 4 o'clock hour.

  • @BelindaRachman
    @BelindaRachman17 жыл бұрын

    He is one of the best slam poets in the country!

  • @mikahpaul2298

    @mikahpaul2298

    Жыл бұрын

    Unarguably

  • @ozmenelkhatib4642
    @ozmenelkhatib46423 жыл бұрын

    I put this on my list "Sleep" as part of my research, i didn't learn anything useful to help me wake up at 4:00 in the morning... But now I some artistic contribution into the project to wake up early. He escrito esto, primero como registro de vista, y segundo como registro temporal... quiero ver este comentario en 10 años, como la mayoría que ahora tienen ese tiempo.

  • @grsims20
    @grsims2016 жыл бұрын

    that was absolutely brilliant!

  • @fixedG
    @fixedG5 ай бұрын

    I'm 16 years late but I'm gonna save this to my Watch Later queue to watch at 4am.

  • @ThunderSmell
    @ThunderSmell7 жыл бұрын

    Watsky "It's almost 4am, Monday in my room again"

  • @navedrizv
    @navedrizv4 жыл бұрын

    Incredible, I almost understood nothing from this talk, except for few laughs

  • @gotnoshoes99
    @gotnoshoes992 жыл бұрын

    Because it's too late to still be up and way to early to just be getting up.

  • @tikilove2241
    @tikilove22417 жыл бұрын

    There is also Gwen Stefani song called 4 in the morning.

  • @tikilove2241
    @tikilove22417 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha once i got up at exactly 4:20 universe has a good sense of humor xD

  • @Angeltears2431
    @Angeltears243115 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!!!!! It just goes to prove you can find connection between everything if you look hard enough:)

  • @Echo5Mike
    @Echo5Mike Жыл бұрын

    As I sat here and watched this video, at 4a.m., I eagerly awaited the commercial at the end for the all new 15 year old BMW Hydrogen 7 automobile.

  • @Mikelpsu11
    @Mikelpsu116 жыл бұрын

    Well it's 4am on Christmas day as I'm watching this.

  • @luisvillar8320
    @luisvillar8320 Жыл бұрын

    Rives always crushes it.

  • @buddhistxtrackie
    @buddhistxtrackie14 жыл бұрын

    Pure, unadulterated genius!

  • @jazbone
    @jazbone11 жыл бұрын

    Listening to a song right now called 4 a.m. by Poison Idea and it reminded me of this great speech!

  • @DanteMoodyFilms
    @DanteMoodyFilms13 жыл бұрын

    Someone give this man a Nobel Prize!

  • @gracestarvedroom
    @gracestarvedroom14 жыл бұрын

    Rives is so freakin' amazing.

  • @MalcDaMouf
    @MalcDaMouf17 жыл бұрын

    his point is that it's an amazing string of "coincidences" that tie alot of "random" events together...

  • @thefootballkid17
    @thefootballkid1710 жыл бұрын

    Watsky - 4AM Monday

  • @rothbardfreedom
    @rothbardfreedom6 жыл бұрын

    At least KZread is suggesting some awesome videos on how good is to wake up early. I thought this video would talk about it.

  • @lcbabyxox
    @lcbabyxox10 жыл бұрын

    4am by Kaskade

  • @Talixaen
    @Talixaen15 жыл бұрын

    I scoffed at the descriptiong, but this really IS lyrical origami. It all.. comes together.

  • @janew2489
    @janew24897 жыл бұрын

    wow... so all this crazy obsession of his with 4am in the morning links back to his college romance... which was explained in his another TED talk nice years later.... The Museum of Four in the Morning.... wow.... very romantic....

  • @wangiartha5208

    @wangiartha5208

    6 жыл бұрын

    Exactly !!!!!!!!!!! I Love It!

  • @gauravbhutada7674
    @gauravbhutada76746 жыл бұрын

    Coincidentally I started this video exactly at 4 AM ! INSANE !!

  • @KYRM09
    @KYRM0911 жыл бұрын

    4:30 is the dividing line between late night and early mornig

  • @HenryTheCrook
    @HenryTheCrook3 жыл бұрын

    I see a lot of mixed comments. Just wanted to say I really enjoyed it. I think the people pointing out you could cherry pick examples from any time are right but it doesn’t matter. It’s not supposed to be an information talk it’s a performance, it’s supposed to entertain you. Which for me it very much did.

  • @mariusvanc
    @mariusvanc12 жыл бұрын

    That was awesome. Not coincidentally, working backwards, I started watching this clip at 4:04 in the morning. Coincidentally? Oh, I think not.

  • @NazarKalinyuk
    @NazarKalinyuk12 жыл бұрын

    Started watching at 5:19 in the morning... But this video is HIGH-LARIOUS!!!!

  • @Melisa-vc8my
    @Melisa-vc8my6 жыл бұрын

    Well presented!

  • @jilljeglum101965
    @jilljeglum10196511 жыл бұрын

    "4 am in the morning, damit listen to me" elton john's someone saved my life tonight

  • @charlieclark74
    @charlieclark745 жыл бұрын

    Now there’s the song called 4am and also they say “4am” in sicko mode

  • @andrewpomorski549

    @andrewpomorski549

    4 жыл бұрын

    Charlie Clark by Taeko Ohnuki the one?

  • @mmbb1610
    @mmbb16106 жыл бұрын

    @6:00 "Wait wait wait wait, let me get this strait......Matt!" "Laughter and applause" SO WHO IS THIS MATT??? THE MYSTERY CONTINUES

  • @irreverentreverend

    @irreverentreverend

    6 жыл бұрын

    Matt Groening, the creator of 'The Simpsons'.

  • @Nyxlave
    @Nyxlave11 жыл бұрын

    "Morning consists of exactly the hours when McDonald's serves breakfast." - My Mom

  • @RuggeroFratarcangeli
    @RuggeroFratarcangeli14 жыл бұрын

    WOW! Amazing... I'm writing this in my hotel room at a business trip and it's just a few minutes to 4 in the morning. How did it happen? Freaky

  • @emmylene62
    @emmylene627 жыл бұрын

    That was fun. :) Great speaker!

  • @cnmaster01
    @cnmaster0114 жыл бұрын

    i'm not sure what i just watched but i loved it

  • @craZgirl1091
    @craZgirl109114 жыл бұрын

    extraordinarily engaging!

  • @mikedubya4427
    @mikedubya442715 жыл бұрын

    Me too! I almost wasn't going to watch this video because of my perceived pretentiousness of "lyrical origami", plus I'd just watched his internet poem which I just did not like at all... but this was awesome.

  • @BigDodonga
    @BigDodonga13 жыл бұрын

    I timed this so I finish watching it at exactly this time, 4:00 AM.

  • @prod.GodfatherBeats
    @prod.GodfatherBeats Жыл бұрын

    I'm watching this at 4 am in the morning

  • @Megzm6
    @Megzm64 жыл бұрын

    Someone sent me this at 4 am since I posted I was awake and I watched it at 4 am.

  • @MrLittlebigcity
    @MrLittlebigcity12 жыл бұрын

    i was watching this on netfilx and realized it was 4am so i came to youtube to share

  • @zulfiandrinanina210
    @zulfiandrinanina2103 жыл бұрын

    The oldest TED talk in youtube ? Btw, great presentation !

  • @TeagueChrystie
    @TeagueChrystie14 жыл бұрын

    The intro music to these older TED videos roughly approximates the Doppler effect, in a situation where Danny Elfman is running past you at high speed.

  • @rogerhendrix147
    @rogerhendrix1475 жыл бұрын

    I watched this at 3pm, and will now slap myself at FOUR(4) in the morning

  • @evannewman8381
    @evannewman838111 жыл бұрын

    And yet another piece of the puzzle: Stu makes chocolate pudding at 4 in the morning...

  • @Onshki
    @Onshki15 жыл бұрын

    Now this is what happens when someone actually puts effort and thought into what they say.

  • @Nikanaiko
    @Nikanaiko12 жыл бұрын

    4 O'Clock by Emilie Autumn should have been in that song medley, too. Hahah.

  • @TearinyCatala
    @TearinyCatala14 жыл бұрын

    I am amused that I just realized that I started watching his stuff at 4:30 in the morning... wow... But its true. Midnight is not that harsh of a time anymore.

  • @nolanjohnson7401
    @nolanjohnson74018 жыл бұрын

    Illuminati confirmed.

  • @ahmeddaaniyal7988

    @ahmeddaaniyal7988

    7 жыл бұрын

    Who cares about the untouchables!

  • @hafsaryuzaki3295

    @hafsaryuzaki3295

    3 жыл бұрын

    hahahahah

  • @TheEdge92
    @TheEdge922 жыл бұрын

    I thought this is a place for ideas to be spread and not just poetry slams

  • @tvstealer
    @tvstealer14 жыл бұрын

    when i was watching this, it was 4am in the morning in taipei

  • @tehjefe
    @tehjefe15 жыл бұрын

    At every Used concert I've ever been too, the line where Bert stops singing and points the mic at the audience is "its four oclock in the fuckin' morning"

  • @Koribaby1
    @Koribaby14 жыл бұрын

    Rives is so ridiculous. I adore him.

  • @plasticgirl222
    @plasticgirl22215 жыл бұрын

    I love it!

  • @hammouriii5774
    @hammouriii57746 жыл бұрын

    Great speaker .. but wtf is he talking about !! 🙃

  • @Evfan091
    @Evfan09112 жыл бұрын

    4 am is the time I usually go to bed when I don't have to get up in the morning

  • @SirMartinus
    @SirMartinus15 жыл бұрын

    I discovered this at 3 pm. (Oslo, GMT +1) However... This means that in on Christmas Island, and atoll belonging to The Republic of Kiribati, the very same country one of my former lecturers in journalism was infatuated by, an atoll where the UK performed nuclear tests during the 50's, the same decade my parents were born, an atoll where the second biggest city has 1881 inhabitants, the same number I often call to find someone's phone number... It's 4 am.

  • @NoyzBot
    @NoyzBot11 жыл бұрын

    holy shit, I didn't know he had a vlog. well thank you!

  • @9288Savior
    @9288Savior9 жыл бұрын

    Pause at 4:18 The guy in the audience with the black hair and glasses leaning back looks like he would be thinking "I don't care about all this, they are just stupid coincidences." Well listen they are more than just coincidences, they are VIPs (Very Important Patterns) that actually have significant meaning, more coincidental than just running into someone you know at the store. Sit up and pay attention to Rives he works hard for this !

  • @CriticalEnmity

    @CriticalEnmity

    Жыл бұрын

    You literally missed the entire point of this talk which is that it's easy to just pick cherry pick whatever you want to creat conspiracy theories.

  • @CrazyWatcher670
    @CrazyWatcher6706 жыл бұрын

    Another video with super jumping, master of words. Can anyone please summarize the secrete in one sentence and save my time?

  • @spit0flip
    @spit0flip13 жыл бұрын

    damn 20 more min to 4 in the morning, still watching ted talks

  • @lordblazer
    @lordblazer16 жыл бұрын

    You guys must live in the suburbs. I use to live in NYC. 4am is just another time.

  • @shaikhhar6911
    @shaikhhar69116 жыл бұрын

    Was 240p the standard 10 yrs ago?

  • @bobking1128
    @bobking11282 жыл бұрын

    I was introduced to the 4 a.m. mystery by a friend who was commenting kindly on an article that I had written and noted that coincidently, it was logged in at 4 a.m.

  • @soylencer
    @soylencer12 жыл бұрын

    4 A.M. - A Short Play By David Mamet, perhaps linked to the greater Toynbee Tiles mystery.

  • @Berrserkerr
    @Berrserkerr6 жыл бұрын

    This guy is actually good

  • @oscar842
    @oscar84217 жыл бұрын

    genius. genuine article

  • @HamzaSayedAli
    @HamzaSayedAli10 жыл бұрын

    Came from part 2.

  • @MundungGus
    @MundungGus11 жыл бұрын

    This guy is onto something

  • @wytherwings
    @wytherwings15 жыл бұрын

    this is awesome

  • @lissahxox
    @lissahxox14 жыл бұрын

    hes a great speaker, wow.

  • @hebercotiz
    @hebercotiz6 жыл бұрын

    "I sneak in my own house, it's four in the morning I had too much to drink, said I was out with the boys I creep in my bedroom, I slip into bed I know if I wake her I'll wake up... dead" Wake up dead by Megadeth

  • @joshuamoody2941
    @joshuamoody29417 жыл бұрын

    two hours after two oclock in the morning. thats four a.m. im getting chills down my spine. super weird.

  • @mist__4974

    @mist__4974

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jason Miller ?

  • @mist__4974

    @mist__4974

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jason Miller -Yes and 3 hours after 3 is 6am. So what is your point?

  • @Shivierie
    @Shivierie13 жыл бұрын

    This was amazing!! Well done. :-D Now...who takes this seriously?

  • @krichard2346
    @krichard23467 жыл бұрын

    OK....but what time should you go to bed at if you're up at 4am? I don't get home from work until midnight

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