I’ve recently started to see a bit of a traffic spike to one of my Youtube videos. This happens every now and then so it wasn’t completely unexpected, but there usually isn’t much information related to the source of the traffic so I don’t pay much attention to it. This time however I got a comment from someone who mentioned finding the video through Aeon essays, and then looking up the external traffic sources I could see this beautifully written article that embedded my video. Enjoy the long read!