yan xu and i worked so hard on this movie. i remember doing at least 20 takes of the voiceover in our sound booth and rewriting the script over and over to get the time down. she was a really demanding director. it was fun though. i think it was probably the most effort anyone has ever put into the 5 minute video that accompanies their research paper. i’m still convinced that we created a new genre of video: futurist indoctrination.  I say that because it reminds me of those 50’s era school propaganda videos that the hipsters all love ironically, but the unrelenting pace of the voice over and the soundtrack make it seem like its aimed at ultra tech savvy school kids from the 2050’s instead of the 1950’s.