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  1. jaggederest · · focus · HN ↗
    Could go even further and produce multiple sections and let the "algorithm" edit them together in whatever order.

    intro (2x 15 second clips pulled from random places in all the other sections)

    section 1 (a/b/c)

    section 2 (a/b/c/omit)

    section 3 (short/long)

    section 4 (a/b/c)

    It would be like a choose your own adventure video, without the choosing, or the adventure.

    1. PaulDavisThe1st · · focus · HN ↗
      This was already done for a documentary on Brian Eno that came out a couple of years ago. Nobody who watched the documentary could be sure that they had seen the same as anyone else unless they watched it together in the same physical location.
      1. jaggederest · · focus · HN ↗
        It's funny because that strikes me as a perfectly fine thing to do for a Brian Eno docu, but for virtually every other program on the planet as absolutely egregious. I guess there's always an exception!
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