The Most Powerful Tool in the World
Published June 25, 2021 · 3:44 · 153,390 views
About This Video
Family folklore says Van's first word was pencil. He doesn't really believe it, but he hopes it's true. Before it's anything, it's lead in a pencil. The video arrived the same week Crisis passed one million views, the channel's first seven-figure threshold.
The Pentel P209 is the pencil. A few dollars, fits in your pocket. Van calls it the pump that brings up the ideas from the well. The video is a merch drop, which Van tells you upfront. The t-shirt and lightweight sweatshirt are about this pencil. Three minutes, and the argument is compressed into a single image: the most powerful tool in the world costs a few dollars and fits in your pocket.
Transcript
we're going to level with you this video is a merch drop at the end of this video we're going to
show you some merch and we hope you buy it but before that we're going to talk about a pencil
[Music] family folklore says that this spirited man's first word was pencil [Music] he doesn't really believe that that his first word was pencil
but he nevertheless hopes it's true [Music] before it's anything it's lead in a pencil this week crisis passed one million views our first video to cross the seven figure threshold
and that's something the fourth turning is a crisis an era of
upheaval before it was anything [Music] it was lead in a pencil so this batch of merch this t-shirt and lightweight sweatshirt drop is about this spirited man's pencil
the pentel p209 the pump that brings up the ideas from the well
please buy as many shirts as you possibly can thanks a million [Music] you
Products & Tools Mentioned
- Pentel P209 essential — Van's signature pencil, the most powerful tool in the world, merch drop subject
- Rescue Tape uses — silicone tape used for pencil grip
- ProPoxy uses — epoxy used for eraser mount on pencil
- Pentel Hi-Polymer eraser uses — aftermarket eraser for pencil
Books Mentioned
- referenced — 'Crisis' episode passed one million views (by Neil Howe and William Strauss)