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...

Other posts relevant to this topic are:
- Meditations on Moloch: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30...
- Studies on Slack: https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/05/12...

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:    / @livboeree  

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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