This is an animation of The Goddess of Everything Else, a story by Scott Alexander. It was originally published on the Slate Star Codex blog. You can read it here: https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/08/17/the-goddess-of-everything-else-2/ Other posts relevant to this topic are: - Meditations on Moloch: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ - Studies on Slack: https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/05/12/studies-on-slack/ Scott still actively writes on his more recent blog, Astral Codex Ten. We highly recommend it: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ Many thanks to @LivBoeree for voicing the goddesses. She has been covering similar topics on her fantastic YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@LivBoeree Also, Rational Animations finally has an official subreddit! You can find it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/RationalAnimations/ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀PATREON, MEMBERSHIP, KO-FI▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 🟠 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rationalanimations 🔵 Channel membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqt1RE0k0MIr0LoyJRy2lg/join 🟤 Ko-fi, for one-time and recurring donations: https://ko-fi.com/rationalanimations ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀SOCIAL & DISCORD▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Discord: https://discord.gg/RationalAnimations Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RationalAnimations/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RationalAnimat1 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀PATRONS & MEMBERS▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Many thanks to our supporters on Patreon and the channel members :3 Nathan Metzger Monadologist Glenn Tarigan NMS James Babcock Colin Ricardo Long Hoang Tor Barstad Stuart Alldritt AGI275 Ville Ikäläinen Chris Painter Juan Benet James Dylan Mavrides DJ Peach Cobbler Falcon Scientist Jeff Christian Loomis Tomarty Edward Yu Ahmed Elsayyad Chad M Jones Emmanuel Fredenrich Honyopenyoko Neal Strobl bparro Danealor Craig Falls Aaron Camacho Vincent Weisser Alex Hall Ivan Bachcin Vincent Söderberg joe39504589 indexhtml Klemen Slavic Scott Alexander noggieB Dawson John Slape Dang Griffith Gabriel Ledung Jeroen De Dauw Craig Ludington Jacob Van Buren Superslowmojoe Nicholas Kees Dupuis Michael Zimmermann Nathan Fish Ryouta Takehiko Nathan Bleys Goodson Ducky Bryan Egan Matt Parlmer Tim Duffy rictic Mark Gongloff marverati Luke Freeman Dan Wahl Harold Godsoe William Clelland ronvil AWyattLife codeadict Lazy Scholar Torstein Haldorsen Alex G Supreme Reader Michał Zieliński The CEO רם רינגל ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀CREDITS▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Animation director: Evan Streb Writer: Scott Alexander Producer: :3 Production Managers: Grey Colson Jay McMichen Kristy Steffens Quality Assurance Lead: Lara Robinowitz Animation: Michela Biancini Grey Colson Gabriel Diaz Damon Edgson Colors Giraldo H. Renan Kogut Neda Lay Hannah Levingstone Jay McMichen Patrick O'Callaghan Owen Puerois Becky Reid Star Ren Lara Robinowitz Kristy Steffens Background Art: Hané Harnett Zoe Martin-Parkinson Olivia Wang Compositing: Patrick O' Callaghan Voices: Robert Miles - narrator Liv Boeree - goddesses Krystle Futrell - unicellular organisms and animals Lucas Shuneman - humans VO Editing: Tony Di Piazza Sound Design and Music: Epic Mountain