Exurb1a

About

Exurb1a is a YouTuber known for creating videos exploring a wide variety of topics in science and philosophy, including the singularity, transhumanism and simulated reality.

Online History

YouTube Channel

On September 27th, 2013, Exurb1a uploaded the first video to his YouTube channel, in which he explains scientific explanations of time travel along with a series of illustrations (shown below, left). On May 12th, 2014, a video titled "Oh hello, you're alive" was uploaded to the channel, featuring a monologue describing various philosophical musings held over the course of a lifetime (shown below, right). Within three years, the video gained over 620,000 views and 600 comments.

On March 3rd, 2015, a video discussing the likelihood that the universe is a simulated reality concept was released (shown below, left). On February 8th, 2016, Exurb1a posted a video titled "Humanity: Good Ending," featuring a speculative timeline for the future of humanity, exploring concepts related to transhumanism (shown below, right)

On May 15th, a skit in featuring various blunt, plain-spoken interactions between people flirting at a bar titled "How Casual Sex Should Work" was posted to the channel. Within four months, the video received upwards of 2.04 million views and 1,300 comments. On May 23rd, a video titled "The Universe in 4 Minutes" was uploaded to the channel, which humorously describes a variety of concepts in theoretical physics (shown below, right). Over the next several months, the video gathered more than 1.7 million views and 3,500 comments.

Social Media Presence

In March 2016, the @Exurb1a^[1] Twitter feed was launched. On March 5th, the /r/Exurb1a subreddit was created for discussions about the YouTube channel. The following day, the official Exurb1a Facebook page was launched. Within six months, the Twitter feed accumulated more than 4,200 followers, the Facebook gained over 3,900 likes and the subreddit received upwards of 1,700 subscribers. In April, he created a Patreon^[2] page to support his YouTube channel, which gathered 254 patrons within five months. On May 11th, the site Exurb1a.com^[4] was launched, highlighting his YouTube videos and social media feeds.

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