Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Go watch my next TWO videos right now talking why love magic is OP and why nobody wants to be a god! go.nebula.tv/hellofutureme

READ MY PUBLISHED WORK + GET ON WRITING AND WORLDBUILDING VOL I-III https://linktr.ee/timhickson

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POSTAL ADDRESS (if you’re kind enough to send me a letter or something!)

Tim Hickson
PO Box 69062
Lincoln, 7608
Canterbury, New Zealand

Script by meeeeeeeee
Video edited by Federica La Marca & Lalit Kumar

The artist that designed my display pic! serem01.deviantart.com
The artist who design my cover photo:
- raidesart.deviantart.com
- raidesart.tumblr.com
- instagram.com/raidesart

Music by Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/creator

00:00 Intro
00:57 Part I: Power COSTS
09:55 Part II: Power is an OPPORTUNITY
19:48 Part III: The NATURE of Power
26:58 Summary

Stay nerdy!
Tim