The 4 a.m. mystery

The 4 a.m. mystery | Rives

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17 жыл бұрын

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 12 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 6 жыл бұрын

David Quintana Indeed

@joellemartin4466 6 жыл бұрын

David Quintana I should try this it sound blissful

@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 6 жыл бұрын

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

@evej8131 6 жыл бұрын

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

@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 4 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 8 жыл бұрын

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

@lorrainejohnson829 5 ай бұрын

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

@skiinginmt 11 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 11 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.

@_adi_dev_ 10 жыл бұрын

discovered at 4am... coincidence?

@praneethrajbhatprbhat1029 6 жыл бұрын

Adi Carlisle AI of youtube did it

@alvindueck8227 6 жыл бұрын

Adi Carlisle nope, creepy

@int3533 6 жыл бұрын

Same

@mendiplanko2995 6 жыл бұрын

same

@DonkeyFrog 6 жыл бұрын

@julienestella 6 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 6 жыл бұрын

lol

@shanelp7489 6 жыл бұрын

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

@ay-pj8co 7 жыл бұрын

i understood nothing

@udaybhattacharjee1979 6 жыл бұрын

ayub abdikarim me too😂😂

@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 6 жыл бұрын

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

@arisilias8787 6 жыл бұрын

neither did the speaker

@1Nida 5 жыл бұрын

Possibly my favorite Ted Talk ever.

@DuqoQuod 9 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

@elperroreggae 4 жыл бұрын

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

@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 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 3 жыл бұрын

At least 2006, my dude

@victorJ2050 7 жыл бұрын

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

@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 5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@MsGeorgeyboy 8 жыл бұрын

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

@muhammadabdurrahim752 7 жыл бұрын

lol genius

@alexrodriguez9520 6 жыл бұрын

Genius 💯

@slapshot1x 8 жыл бұрын

He is a great speaker.

@TheMiist 6 жыл бұрын

Chris Penney but us he saying anything?

@sheltonlmack 4 жыл бұрын

Charles Harding ‘is’

@advcss 4 жыл бұрын

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

@ErikaMink 12 жыл бұрын

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

@thirteenfingers 14 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

@shvonned.burkemsncrnpagpcn619 4 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) 🤯

@UncleSam13 17 жыл бұрын

Definately the most humorous TED posting.

@bodyofhope 5 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.

@meagentzero 15 жыл бұрын

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

@grsims20 16 жыл бұрын

that was absolutely brilliant!

@clitoraborealis 12 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 6 жыл бұрын

clitoraborealis r

@ndeoligence8 6 жыл бұрын

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

@samvedah7701 2 жыл бұрын

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

@BelindaRachman 17 жыл бұрын

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

@mikahpaul2298 11 ай бұрын

Unarguably

@luisvillar8320 Жыл бұрын

Rives always crushes it.

@MalcDaMouf 17 жыл бұрын

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

@amm2911 15 жыл бұрын

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

@KYRM09 11 жыл бұрын

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

@Melisa-vc8my 6 жыл бұрын

Well presented!

@tikilove2241 7 жыл бұрын

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

@ThunderSmell 7 жыл бұрын

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

@jazbone 11 жыл бұрын

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

@gotnoshoes99 2 жыл бұрын

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

@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"

@DanteMoodyFilms 13 жыл бұрын

Someone give this man a Nobel Prize!

@tikilove2241 7 жыл бұрын

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

@buddhistxtrackie 14 жыл бұрын

Pure, unadulterated genius!

@craZgirl1091 14 жыл бұрын

extraordinarily engaging!

@Angeltears2431 15 жыл бұрын

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

@thefootballkid17 10 жыл бұрын

Watsky - 4AM Monday

@lcbabyxox 10 жыл бұрын

4am by Kaskade

@gracestarvedroom 14 жыл бұрын

Rives is so freakin' amazing.

@ozmenelkhatib4642 3 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.

@navedrizv 4 жыл бұрын

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

@Mikelpsu11 6 жыл бұрын

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

@Talixaen 15 жыл бұрын

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

@fixedG 5 ай бұрын

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

@cnmaster01 14 жыл бұрын

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

@emmylene62 7 жыл бұрын

That was fun. :) Great speaker!

@NazarKalinyuk 12 жыл бұрын

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

@charlieclark74 5 жыл бұрын

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

@andrewpomorski549 4 жыл бұрын

Charlie Clark by Taeko Ohnuki the one?

@rothbardfreedom 6 жыл бұрын

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

@gauravbhutada7674 6 жыл бұрын

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

@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.

@MrLittlebigcity 12 жыл бұрын

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

@BigDodonga 13 жыл бұрын

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

@TeagueChrystie 14 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.

@tvstealer 14 жыл бұрын

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

@Onshki 15 жыл бұрын

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

@Megzm6 4 жыл бұрын

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

@plasticgirl222 15 жыл бұрын

I love it!

@mikedubya4427 15 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.

@jilljeglum101965 11 жыл бұрын

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

@Nyxlave 11 жыл бұрын

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

@RuggeroFratarcangeli 14 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

@mariusvanc 12 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.

@Nikanaiko 12 жыл бұрын

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

@NoyzBot 11 жыл бұрын

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

@janew2489 7 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 6 жыл бұрын

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

@tehjefe 15 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"

@hammouriii5774 6 жыл бұрын

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

@prod.GodfatherBeats Жыл бұрын

I'm watching this at 4 am in the morning

@Dan-bg5fm 6 жыл бұрын

why is this even a ted talk?

@Madi4321 4 жыл бұрын

Dan exactly.

@samratalha. 4 жыл бұрын

Why this can't be a TED talk?

@AmadeuShinChan 4 жыл бұрын

Well, what do you think is the point he wants to make?

@Koribaby1 4 жыл бұрын

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design. Rives is entertaining. Voila. TED Talk.

@Koribaby1 4 жыл бұрын

@@lilyp2216 They still have poets. Rives did several more talks, the most recent 5 years ago.

@lissahxox 14 жыл бұрын

hes a great speaker, wow.

@spit0flip 13 жыл бұрын

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

@TearinyCatala 14 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.

@soylencer 12 жыл бұрын

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

@wytherwings 15 жыл бұрын

this is awesome

@Evfan091 12 жыл бұрын

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

@shaikhhar6911 6 жыл бұрын

Was 240p the standard 10 yrs ago?

@evannewman8381 11 жыл бұрын

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

@bobking1128 2 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.

@oscar842 17 жыл бұрын

genius. genuine article

@rogerhendrix147 5 жыл бұрын

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

@HamzaSayedAli 10 жыл бұрын

Came from part 2.

@MundungGus 11 жыл бұрын

This guy is onto something

@zulfiandrinanina210 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Berrserkerr 6 жыл бұрын

This guy is actually good

@celshader 17 жыл бұрын

It is also the coldest part of the night. People usually have to have a good reason to be doing anything other than sleeping at 4 in the morning.

@TheEdge92 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Koribaby1 4 жыл бұрын

Rives is so ridiculous. I adore him.

@nolanjohnson7401 8 жыл бұрын

Illuminati confirmed.

@ahmeddaaniyal7988 7 жыл бұрын

Who cares about the untouchables!

@hafsaryuzaki3295 3 жыл бұрын

hahahahah

@lordblazer 16 жыл бұрын

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

@Michael-qp9ku 10 жыл бұрын

OMG ive listened to that song a bunch of times and i barely noticed that wtf!

@Singedbeast 2 ай бұрын

This guy is good from those who are good

@GenocideLv 8 ай бұрын

from an analytical standpoint the answer is simple at 3 a.m. not everybody has gone to sleep yet at 5 a.m. some people start getting up, especially the older ppl so 4 a.m. is simply the middle ground where the least % of people are awake

@mmbb1610 6 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 6 жыл бұрын

Matt Groening, the creator of 'The Simpsons'.

@vixikie 7 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Hour of the Wolf is the time at about 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 and that's when the body's activity is at its lowest. If you're awake during this time it is also the time of day you feel like the worst, regardless of how much sleep you got. This is also the time most of the humans are being born or dies.

@MrCynan4812 6 жыл бұрын

Ok lets reach here, what if werewolves are real? Perhaps we would romanticize our time?

@Maya-fi4dm 6 жыл бұрын

Its an incorrect fact, I wake up between 4 and 5 and it’s the time I’m relaxed and active. I get a lot of work done in that time

@xxy5757 5 жыл бұрын

u sure?

@SirMartinus 15 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.