Wow! Thanks for the double promo on the Crash Course sift!
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*doublepromote :

"boxes are like magnets for cats" / was that crash course john green / can't remember

>> ^TheGenk:

Pretty thin on why the war started, but that would have probably added another 5min. to the video.


I've been watching his Crash Courses, they're not all they're cracked up to be. I would really like someone to do one of these that has a really good handle on the history.

>> ^criticalthud:

Great vid but a little hazy on what started the war. There were the official reasons, and then the actual reasons. At this point history shows that the lead up and start of WWI was largely about geopolitics: 3rd world empires with their cheap resources and the rise of oil and technology. Even in that day and age, nations were quick to understand the importance and advantages of access to energy, especially oil, and other resources and raw materials. The only question was how the world and it's resources were to be divided.
it's pretty important to get this aspect right, because nothing has really changed, and geopolitical considerations dictate the foreign policy of most major countries, especially the US.


Yup, my favourite presentation of this information is:
http://videosift.com/video/Robert-Newmans-History-of-Oil

It's 45 minutes long, but an excellent mix of standup comedy and facts.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'john green, crash course, wwi, cynicism' to 'john green, crash course, wwi, first world war, great war, 1914, 1918, cynicism' - edited by calvados

>> ^criticalthud:

Great vid but a little hazy on what started the war. There were the official reasons, and then the actual reasons. At this point history shows that the lead up and start of WWI was largely about geopolitics: 3rd world empires with their cheap resources and the rise of oil and technology. Even in that day and age, nations were quick to understand the importance and advantages of access to energy, especially oil, and other resources and raw materials. The only question was how the world and it's resources were to be divided.
it's pretty important to get this aspect right, because nothing has really changed, and geopolitical considerations dictate the foreign policy of most major countries, especially the US.

Good points, but then again the name of the show is "Crash Course". I am extremely impressed with how well this web series can hit the broad strokes and even touch on a surprising amount of nuance considering each video/subject is roughly 10 minutes long... Almost all are easy upvotes from my point of view!

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Double Plus Thank You!
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quality doublepromote

>> ^Skeeve:

They are brothers, but not twins. There's a 3 year age difference between them. >> ^Boise_Lib:
Hank Green here and John Green here.



Really? Wow, quite a resemblance.

They are brothers, but not twins. There's a 3 year age difference between them. >> ^Boise_Lib:

Hank Green here and John Green here.

Hank Green here and John Green here.

>> ^xxovercastxx:

>> ^Boise_Lib:
Great video, but I have one quibble.
16 million people can trace their ancestry back to one person, but that person is not Genghis Khan. It is Genghis Khan's mother. His brothers (the ones he didn't kill) followed his leadership and were able to have many, many wives and concubines. Between them they have 16 million descendants.

I thought the Khan lineage was traced on the Y-chromosome. Wouldn't that require that "one person" to be male?


I thought about that after I posted.

If that's the case, change that to Genghis' father.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

Great video, but I have one quibble.
16 million people can trace their ancestry back to one person, but that person is not Genghis Khan. It is Genghis Khan's mother. His brothers (the ones he didn't kill) followed his leadership and were able to have many, many wives and concubines. Between them they have 16 million descendants.


I thought the Khan lineage was traced on the Y-chromosome. Wouldn't that require that "one person" to be male?

Currently we produce enough food for everyone in the world to eat about 2700 kCal per day. The main reason there are still starving people is that, either they don't have the money to purchase said food, or they don't have the land to grow it on. >> ^Peroxide:

Recently heard on the radio, there is more than enough food for everyone, distribution is the only problem, probably equity too.