Really enjoying this series. The information but even more so the paradigm. I also really like how bite-sized each episode is. I feel like that’s something sorely needed: most of this information, when it exists online, is spread across hours of either loose discussion or else dense lecture.
I was posting about anti-civ anarchism on Mastodon and someone told me about you and this video series. I've been watching it and wanted to comment. I've been an anti/post civ anarchist for over a decade now and I've known all this stuff for quite a while. It's really nice to see the ideas coming from someone more mainstream. I've subscribed to your channel so I can send people new to the ideas this way as a sort of anti-civ 101 course. You're a lot more accessible and easier to digest than some of the books I usually recommend as a way for people to start their journey of understanding. Great job on these, thank you.
I will be checking out your blog. I loved the interesting comment on our bias for brain powered solutions, over respecting the genius of nature. We are quite deluded!
Population Prospects 2024 just came out, and lowers the UN estimate of peak population from 10.4 to 10.3. Would really love a deep dive into the trends and changes that they picked up on and those they missed.
So they basically are still stuck on a flawed model (no real change). If you haven't seen it, check out my video exploring the questionable assumptions behind the UN model at ruclips.net/video/4-G70C90aas/видео.html
professor it doesn’t look like you need it, but should you ever, i’d be happy to lend my motion graphics skills to your video series. for a while i’ve been thinking about how i can contribute to ‘the cause’
Can definitely see where other animals may be mechnically advantaged to run better/more efficiently/faster than humans, but I'm unaware of an animal that can remove generated heat better than the sweat system humans have. Humans might be in s tier for endurance?
Thank you, Tom! We have Kangaroos down here in Australia. ( I am looking at a 'newly fledged' (or kicked out of the group) young male down at our farm dam right now. It is always a lonely, tough time for the boys). They have solved the running problem very well, insanely fast , although are not bright. Kangaroos also solve their 'Overpopulation problem' during drought by the Mother plucking the new tiny foetus from the nipple in her pouch and discarding it. Possibly a controversial option for humans, though.
Kangaroos might not be bright by our narrow and self-flattering definitions of bright, but somehow they survive in a tough environment that would probably kill me in a week (as bright as I am, by my own definition). The people of Tikopia maintained ecological balance by means that "western" sensibilities deem abhorrent. When Christian missionaries moved in and put a stop to their successful cultural practices, the island quickly went into ecological peril and could no longer support the population. Kangaroos know what works, and I'm not going to argue with them.
@@tommurphy2694 the list of damage from human intervention is endless. If you have seen the 'limits to growth' presentations by the Meadows' you may remember the fieldwork they did in PNG (just north of Australia), with local Tribes. That area has devolved even more into some quite traumatic tribal/ border issues now. With international inputs. It is really messy. But the natural world is really messy too. It is glorified, and I am blessed to have the ringside seat that I have, But it is tough out here.
There was an investigation in Egypt where a group of humans ate their children to survive a drought. You will,have to search for it, I do not have the link.
these vids are the perfect length. i can actually watch them instead of letting them sit in my bookmarks for a week :)
your attention span is Mastatic modernity
Really enjoying this series. The information but even more so the paradigm.
I also really like how bite-sized each episode is. I feel like that’s something sorely needed: most of this information, when it exists online, is spread across hours of either loose discussion or else dense lecture.
Thank you for making this series, Tom. I'm from the eastern Himalayas and I have been deeply impressed by your thoughts. I will follow your blog.
I was posting about anti-civ anarchism on Mastodon and someone told me about you and this video series. I've been watching it and wanted to comment. I've been an anti/post civ anarchist for over a decade now and I've known all this stuff for quite a while. It's really nice to see the ideas coming from someone more mainstream. I've subscribed to your channel so I can send people new to the ideas this way as a sort of anti-civ 101 course. You're a lot more accessible and easier to digest than some of the books I usually recommend as a way for people to start their journey of understanding. Great job on these, thank you.
Thanks, I couldn't agree more.
Those videos are very nice. Thanks and cheers from Brazil. 🇧🇷
I will be checking out your blog. I loved the interesting comment on our bias for brain powered solutions, over respecting the genius of nature. We are quite deluded!
Thank you for another good video! I think photosynthesis is the most amazing thing.
Population Prospects 2024 just came out, and lowers the UN estimate of peak population from 10.4 to 10.3. Would really love a deep dive into the trends and changes that they picked up on and those they missed.
So they basically are still stuck on a flawed model (no real change). If you haven't seen it, check out my video exploring the questionable assumptions behind the UN model at ruclips.net/video/4-G70C90aas/видео.html
professor it doesn’t look like you need it, but should you ever, i’d be happy to lend my motion graphics skills to your video series. for a while i’ve been thinking about how i can contribute to ‘the cause’
Can definitely see where other animals may be mechnically advantaged to run better/more efficiently/faster than humans, but I'm unaware of an animal that can remove generated heat better than the sweat system humans have. Humans might be in s tier for endurance?
Horses, hippos, and apes, for example, also use evaporative cooling via perspiration: not our invention, but certainly used to our advantage!
The umbilical cord, which is an almost miraculous organ, wasn't invented by homo sapiens. Homo sapiens is, of course, a complete misnomer.
Thank you, Tom! We have Kangaroos down here in Australia. ( I am looking at a
'newly fledged' (or kicked out of the group) young male down at our farm dam right now. It is always a lonely, tough time for the boys). They have solved the running problem very well, insanely fast , although are not bright.
Kangaroos also solve their 'Overpopulation problem' during drought by the Mother plucking the new tiny foetus from the nipple in her pouch and discarding it.
Possibly a controversial option for humans, though.
Kangaroos might not be bright by our narrow and self-flattering definitions of bright, but somehow they survive in a tough environment that would probably kill me in a week (as bright as I am, by my own definition).
The people of Tikopia maintained ecological balance by means that "western" sensibilities deem abhorrent. When Christian missionaries moved in and put a stop to their successful cultural practices, the island quickly went into ecological peril and could no longer support the population. Kangaroos know what works, and I'm not going to argue with them.
@@tommurphy2694 the list of damage from human intervention is endless.
If you have seen the 'limits to growth' presentations by the Meadows' you may remember the fieldwork they did in PNG (just north of Australia), with local Tribes.
That area has devolved even more into some quite traumatic tribal/ border issues now.
With international inputs.
It is really messy.
But the natural world is really messy too.
It is glorified, and I am blessed to have the ringside seat that I have,
But it is tough out here.
There was an investigation in Egypt where a group of humans ate their children to survive a drought. You will,have to search for it, I do not have the link.
All about human evolution, manly for hunting animals for food.