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Cities Without People

Jacob Geller · commentary · Watch on YouTube

Gaming culture & analysisTransit, cities & urban planningLiterature & writing craft

What it is

Jacob Geller's video essay on empty cities and what they say about our relationship to places, using games, literature and aerial imagery. It touches on works such as Invisible Cities.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to Geller's essays as accessible companions to literary works and as a good summary of a story.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Jacob Geller did a few videos which mentioned this work.”

    Jacob Geller video essay related to Borges' work

    bsanr2, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “Borges: The Library of Babel [pdf]”

  2. “Jacob Geller provides a fun and effective summary within this video at 9 minutes in”

    Fun, effective summary of a story by Jacob Geller

    haiku2077, 2025-06 · Recommendation · in “A Mysterious Website I Stumbled Upon”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: jacob geller, video essay, invisible cities, games, climate

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