Heyyy! Sorry I haven’t released a video in… wow, over five months! During this time I’ve been working on four long videos. Unexpected complications with one in particular have prolonged the production time, and I’ve also been dealing with some personal/life issues that have been time consuming and stressful. But I remain undaunted!
It will still be a while (hopefully not more than a couple months?) before any of these long videos are ready, but once the first one comes out, the ...
2025-08-03 16:50:40 +0000 UTC
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Hello all you lovely people who support me on patreon. Today I published the shortest video essay (though not shortest video) I’ve ever made. It’s called They Have Power Over Us… But We Have Power Over Them, and although it’s a post-script to my video How We Lost Our Freedom, it will still make sense even if you haven’t seen its counterpart.
Unfortunately, in How We Lost Our Freedom, I made our situation sound a lot more hopeless than it actually is,...
2025-02-14 22:17:37 +0000 UTC
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On Nov 16 and Dec 7 I published two videos on the commons, and someone commented on the second one that when they saw the thumbnail on their homescreen they thought it was the same video as the first, so they didn’t click on it. Weeks later, they realized it was a different video because they wanted to rewatch the first one, went to my channel page, and noticed two videos with commons in the title.
I’m not sure if others made this mistake, but just in case, there are two separate vi...
2025-01-04 21:24:39 +0000 UTC
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Happy New Year! But is it happy?
The world is still so fucking crappy
Is the future bleak, or is it bright?
We don’t know, it’s out of sight
But the fact that we really don’t know
Is what allows our hope to grow
To claim it’s hopeless is to claim to see
Each and every possibility
None can know what is to come
None can claim that hope is done
Things can change, and can change fast
It’s happened this way in the past
But we must take action,...
2024-12-31 22:10:45 +0000 UTC
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Although this is a sequel to the previous video, this one is fully understandable even if you haven’t watched the one before it. The title is: “(Self-)Governing the Commons: Survive Apocalypse; Build a Better World” https://youtu.be/Yt9se4MuWzA
This is a good video to watch if you want to learn about any of the following:
1. Practices to help us (be more likely to) survive a possibly apocalyptic future
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2024-12-07 21:42:50 +0000 UTC
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https://youtu.be/xYunyIPUd7Y
Are humans doomed to pursue narrow, short-term self-interest even when it hurts us in the long-run? Or are we capable of overcoming this and learning to cooperate for everyone’s benefit?
“The Tragedy of the Commons” is a catchphrase coined by Garrett Hardin and the title of his highly influential essay. It serves as propaganda for policies that strengthen the power of...
2024-11-16 21:10:49 +0000 UTC
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To All You Dear Lovely People Who Support Me On Patreon...
Omg, so yesterday I released a new video for the first time in... I just checked and it's been literally a year (well, one week less than a year). I’m sorry for the long wait. I’ve been working on a few videos simultaneously, so expect another two coming in either September or October. And after that, although I can’t say how long the wait will be, I can assure you it won’t be nearly as long as it was this time.
2024-08-18 02:23:59 +0000 UTC
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