A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place - Egoistic Altruism

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A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place

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[@someoneunimportant4544]

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell nice

[@Red_Anon]

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell u should do some videos on marxism leninism

[@AbyssBreakk]

Addiction video is actually true. It's sad that u call my beloved video a trash . It does work !

[@OLomasO]

Nice thought... naive at best but it is a nice video. Quite a few holes in this line of thinking too. Like who's going to run that prosperous farm if all the children become research technicians. Families would have to be quite large to sustain this growth to make up for continuing to run the established foundation while also supplying people for research development. The "pie" can only get so big. This way of thinking is nice... but assumes too many factors as guaranteed. Look at it this way on a different subject, one not so perky. Humans can make a baby every 9 months but live to be an average of 80. If you were using this videos "logic" for cautioning against over population. You would have to assume that every single woman that could have a child, was actually having a child at every possible chance they could. No capable woman would never not be pregnant. It's just silly and completely ignores the actual random variables of life.

[@djazgaming4140]

These videos are therapy.

[@torinlupo807]

Kurzgesagt is just a bunch of time travellers giving us hints on what to do.

[@ZeloticMemes]

@Dunk Master 64 we think they migrate at winter. Actually they travel to other dimensions

[@dom6029]

They are also telling us time travels to the past are impossible so we don't start researching on it and by doing so stopping to create timetravel paradoxes. 2000 IQ futuristic-civilization-move.

[@ZeloticMemes]

@@dom6029 Saying that birds just have 2000 in iq is very disrespectful you forgot 100 zeros

[@Ben_Dempsey]

@@ZeloticMemes The birds are government drones that spy on us and record data to share with past and future iterations of the government in winter. Wake up people.

[@kevinzheng7373]

@@user24350 Wow, you must be fun at parties.

[@stephenwings4947]

"Do you like being alive?" Lol. The most passive aggressive I've ever heard the narrator. But they are right you know.

[@Blattie]

This made me literally explode 😂

[@ryankrage77]

@@Blattie RIP

[@glowcat5691]

@@Jack3G this is sad but true

[@mrmonkey3900]

NO

[@Jo_Wick]

There were more passive aggressive whole videos, but we don't talk about them.

[@thelegend8570]

"Why do you want to make the world a better place?" "Because I'm one of the assholes living in it."

[@shy_ba1818]

nice reference, Starlord ;)

[@thelegend8570]

@@shy_ba1818 :)

[@paulanonuevo5678]

Iconic and most logical line in any superhero movie.

[@AcidiFy574]

Except that U're not an @sshole, if U want 2 make the world better

[@Gameknight2169]

Honestly, it makes sense that there's both selfish and selfless arguments supporting altruism. Our brains are subconsciously wired to be kind to others because that's how evolution turned out; by helping others, we can help ourselves.

[@spaghettispoon8680]

To be more precise: by helping others, I can convince them not to kill me, because I'm more an advantage to them than a liability. But the tricky part is helping them just enough, or convince them I do help them, so they will help me in return, but more than I have really invested in helping them. When the first human got this, politics were invented. Religions came just after, when that same human figured out the costless investment ever was offering a promise of eternal after-life in exchange for food, power... or polygamy.

[@lasajnae9626]

Facts. Life evolves for survival.

[@weezact7]

I think our brains' evolutionary relationship with kindness is more complex than that. A big part of, if not the entire, reason why we AREN'T living in a global society where we're looking after everyone is because, on some level, we still retain that "us vs them" mentality from our ancestors. As the video explained, that mentality made sense for the vast majority of our evolutionary history. Yes, we looked after our own families and tribes, but other tribes? They were competition out to steal our resources. (I also very much believe this is the fundamental basis for racism). Our technology is 2023, but our society (at least in the US) is like...the first half of the 1900s and our biology (including our instincts) is still several thousand years behind.

[@Oeltanker]

​@@weezact7That is really a very well thought-out and plausible finding. that also explains a lot that this nationalism in sports only comes from our base instincts and maybe even promotes hostility towards other countries. also explains why brainless people are easily misled into right-wing extremist views. one should think more globally and not just nationally.

[@A_friend_of_Aristotle]

Altruism is not being kind to others...in fact, its quite the opposite. Communism is 100% altruistic...10's of millions died. Fascism is 100% altruistic...10's of millions died. Religion is 100% altruistic...during its height, millions were tortured and murdered. Altruism is poison...and when you mix poison with food you get poisoned food.

[@dillon1012]

Person 1: Why do you donate to charity? Person 2: *I'm giving selfishly*

[@ros.an.]

This is so underrated 😭😭😂😂😂

[@NomadUrpagi]

My friend does some governing job and always claims he is doing it for the people but i know that at least 50% he is doing it for himself only

[@Alizudo]

@@NomadUrpagi This is my kind of donation. If I'm giving something away at all, be grateful; because now someone who needs it, has it. If my giving also helps ME, then EVERYONE benefits because no one is losing anything.

[@NomadUrpagi]

@@Alizudo also true. But pretending you are more altruistic than you are makes you doubt a person and resent him a little for hypocricy. It's as if saying "i care about you more than about myself" which is never true, but politicians always try to make it look so.

[@Alizudo]

@kkthxk Natural selection is supposed to ensure those people die. People with severe natural disorders and impairments should really be sterilized.. them having children would only make everyone's lives worse. For them, their kids, their caretakers, doctors, everyone.

[@johnoxford6830]

someone: "the rich get richer and poor get poorer" kurzgesagt: "the rich make the poorer richer to make the rich richer"

[@xw591]

I'm an ideal world. I think this vision is a little too kind of an image of the rich.

[@noahhughes2501]

@@xw591 well it's what the rich *should* be doing. But they aren't because they're a bit too shortsighted.

[@joshual4513]

But consider the other option...socialism.

[@aedonbokkes8146]

So I washed my face in the morning dew, and bathed my soul in the sun. I washed my face in the morning dew, and kept on a movin' along - Tom T Hall

[@Gary_The_Metro]

Only they stopped bothering to make others richer and switched to just making themselves richer

[@Cmeigs017]

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve told this to people: take care of humanity’s basic needs - housing, food, security - remove these stresses and we will all flourish

[@Cmeigs017]

@Tommy Taffy I disagree. I think a lot of people care, all you have to do is look at the comment section. A large portion of the population is really starting to recognize this. It's the current people who have the means to impact the necessary change that are not on the same page because they're so removed from what's happening. They have no concept of how other people are living because they believe that everyone is just like them and the basic needs are generally taken for granted. That's why you hear things like Bill Gates has no idea how much a gallon of milk cost (I think he said $12 or something like that). This disconnect makes it difficult for most leaders to want to impact change because their own cognitive bias blinds them to what's really going on and downplays the importance of satisfying the basic needs in the greater population. In part, you're right; it's exploitation and a need to dominate. But we now have mounting evidence that this is extremely detrimental to not just human psyche (which they don't seem to care about), but also detrimental to the economic system. And when that happens, there's a pain point that forces these people to make a change, hence the betterment of the world for selfish reasons. Squeezing rocks for water is quickly leaving everyone thirsty. But what if those rocks were never rocks at all and instead are seeds? The world just needs a new perspective. Once we all recognize this, things are going to shift in a positive direction.

[@Cmeigs017]

@Tommy Taffy What do we have now that we didn’t in the ‘60s? Knowledge, information, science, statistical data. Is it going to be easy? No. It looks like things will get worse in the short-term. But I’m seeing a trend in the undercurrent that’s going to upset the status quo.

[@Morticia-mw4ek]

@Tommy Taffy I take it that you were around during the sixties and now you’re stuck on the comment section expressing your feelings and predications which are hilarious. Just remember that in the sixties you’d be another person with no voice . In today’s world you can throw your two cents in and no one will persecute you. Common man!

[@warrepieters9509]

everyone knows that if you take care of these humanity's basic needs, the problem is that it's sometimes near to impossible. How would you take care of the famine and the poverty in Africa? I'm certain you can't find a realistic solution, I'm 99% sure I can take down every single argument you give me. Please try me

[@0og]

that would be ideal, but its a bit hard to do that.

[@amrutkulkarni7859]

This video helped me codify my worldview tbh I show my friends and family unabating love, and they largely do the same for me I want everyone to have access to basic needs--food, water, shelter, clothing, community, medicine, education--met since that means there are more people who can come up with ideas to help address universal issues or enrich the world in some way--food, art, new ideologies

[@user-cw8rd7td9b]

this makes you a socialist and thats a good thing

[@ped3752]

Another funny thing is that chemistry started as a bunch of nerds trying to make stuff gold or selfishly wanting to live forever.

[@user-zg5hc8mi1i]

If you can use ionising radiation to change some very common isotope into stable , non ionising radiation gold, that's the Sorcerer's Stone secret .

[@hello-ie8so]

@Lily Gleave r/ihavereddit

[@hello-ie8so]

@Lily Gleave keep that negativity to yourself. It's just a fun comment they wrote. Whether it's true or not, also you don't have any original content too? And what if I make playlists? I mean, they exist for a reason aren't they? Are you having a bad day hun? Drink some water and relax :)

[@hello-ie8so]

@Lily Gleave ok mate! Have a nice day :)

[@qwenm824]

That’s actually possible

[@fluffymassacre2918]

I told you Bill Gates was playing the long game, help the poor countries so more people buy windows computers.

[@honkhonk8009]

lmfao. Hes owns more money than Sri lanka.

[@JK-zd3md]

underrated(and topical) comment.

[@Nestoras_Zogopoulos]

hahahahhahaah

[@timfrolov7891]

lol

[@mksabourinable]

I mean if it means more people are living at a higher quality of life I really don't care about the motivation behind it.

[@xeviusUsagi]

Aliens: "so what motivated humans to evolve to such Utopia?" Humans: "self-interest and Selfishness" Aliens: "How did selfishness make the world equal?" Humans: "slowly over millions of years we reached the point where everyone being better off, made us more rich, so to make ourselves more rich we made as many people as possible better off"

[@AlokKumar-tk1ty]

Aliens: So fking idea....our million years wasted.... would have been saved if we used that trick Humans: But there is always risk in shortcuts.. see our nice shits like hitler,world wars,atom bombs,xyz,abcd,etc

[@glamastro]

I'm curious what exactly people gained when they became "even richer"....

[@FlareyCSGO]

@@glamastro did u even watch the vid lol... but to explain your question imo: humans are naturally selfish, we are motivated by self-interest which in turn by bettering myself, it betters others. If I become richer, I can help this community, donate more money, etc etc. If humans weren't motivated by a sense of desire and greed, we would have made fire and been like yeah thats good enough (no need for more) and never made heating systems, planes etc. This need for more, has innovated society and gotten up to this point in the world with crazy inventions for problems. Look into egoism altruism - the idea that every action to help others, you do it to benefit yourself. You hold the door open for a person, as it gives you a good feeling. (compassion). This same good feeling is done with the "richer" donate large sums of money to charity or setup funds to help people become "richer" themselves. The video followed on that the more the world develops, with more people becoming "richer" the more people in the entire world will have money to donate to charity - dramastically speeding up the world's innovation, productivity and potential to causes thinks like cancer. lmk if you dont understand :)

[@JanieBee]

@@glamastro the goal isn’t for everyone to be a billionaire but if we lived in a world where everyone could have a job or profession that paid minimum $75k a year (translate that equally to other currencies). No one would have to suffer in poverty and worry constantly about their next meal. Instead those people could be contributing amazing things to society and/or their community. Like they said, keeping billions of our planetary population poor is a waste of human potential

[@glamastro]

@@JanieBee Money is a resource for buying stuff,.or experiences, right? But these experiences and stuff aren't infinite by any measure.... Let's say everyone gets a well paid job.... So, maybe the amount of people owning a large piece of land would increase ???? No, it would pretty much turn into an auction, because land's quite limited.... So being rich didn't equate to being able to afford more stuff...right? And while I used pieces of land as an example, it is quite applicable to other things as well. Like, say everybody owns enough to own a laptop. They go to a store, and turns out there's not enough. Their supply chain will have to amp up production, but turns out its already upto limit. Then, theyll have no choice but to increase the price of their products so demand would drop to what it originally was..so, not everybody gets a laptop. Same goes for food..you can't amp up food production overnight if the demand increases like 6-fold, and you'll have to end up charging more to keep the demand low. You cant use money as an inherent resource, you can only use it to trade other things. Sure you can invent money outta thin air...but you can't invent inherent natural resources.. So, what I was getting at was, the points in the video are accurate upto a certain limit. More people better off (while there being enough resorces for them to have ) is obviously a good thing(for you and for others) but if there's just soooooo many people, it won't be better for everybody...it'll just turn into an auction.

[@CrybabyDraws]

I've been binging these videos all day and have learned more about the world today then I did my last semester of high school. I forgot how much I liked learning!

[@Flame-rp6yq]

the History of humanity "can I please have help?" "whats in it for me?"

[@Mii.2.0]

The feel-good chemical. Whenever you help someone, you feel good! 😊

[@gmrn3014s]

@@Mii.2.0 money does that aswell

[@Mii.2.0]

@@gmrn3014s Just touching money makes you feel good. 😊

[@techstuff9198]

@@Mii.2.0 I don't get that. Everything around trade gets me that, but never the money itself.

[@arcaneforce5885]

@@Mii.2.0 no all i get from that is disappointment

[@UnorthodoxIndividual]

"Do you like being alive?" *"Reality is often disappointing."*

[@jeppek1ng]

R/im14andthisisdeep

[@woahdude5553]

@@jeppek1ng Gonna refer ya to 2 subreddits: ihavereddit and foundthemobileuser

[@jeppek1ng]

@@woahdude5553 Dont worry I rarely use Reddit. But considering you knew more subreddits than me I have to call you a *Casul*

[@jeppek1ng]

@@woahdude5553 jk but you can't disagree that the original commenter is a self diagnosed 14 year old

[@woahdude5553]

@@jeppek1ng I can't, I agree with that subreddit as a response but I don't agree with the format

[@MoempfLP]

When I have a disease then I have to make sure as many other people get the same disease to increase the chance that someone finds a cure. These videos are really educational.

[@FeralHydra75]

That makes no sense....

[@MoempfLP]

@@FeralHydra75 Then watch again from 4:33

[@V-Logs-about-adventures]

this may be evil but it sure is effective

[@alexandertarver1225]

This video seriously helps me with letting go with any angst or hate I have towards somebody else, now I genuinely wish them the best life

[@alexandertarver1225]

@@Demir_Sonmez ?

[@sujitbonthala8688]

Glad to hear that!!!! 😃😃😃😄❤️❤️

[@petaflop.]

(In economics class) Teacher: What is economic output? Me (slamming fists down on desk): *PIE*

[@arronbrant2037]

haha

[@telomettotittettori8218]

PIE IS PIE

[@Warlordjake420]

@Very Polite Duck PL Your test results shall be legendary!

[@aadhyaivaturi495]

P I E

[@shelleymaria2850]

Economic output = Ππ

[@yellowdandelions7760]

*“Do you like being alive?”* Hmm, gotta think on that one.

[@xanthos9641]

Sorry: *alive* otherwise, lmao

[@yellowdandelions7760]

Xanthos Imao

[@corrat4866]

BigHeaded As a crew mate, you want me to answer no, so that it seems less sus, RED

[@yellowdandelions7760]

Corrat Nah, cyan kinda sus tho.

[@usernametaken017]

brown sus

[@leademic_ed461]

Adam Smith in his book the “Wealth of Nations” talked about the same thing in terms of economy.

[@javierharo3055]

True story

[@ilsalmone7704]

adam smith chad

[@ennard3866]

4:55 this moment was so sad. I almost cried 😢 One person died, but nothing around had changed, no one reacts on his death. 😢

[@Inucroft]

I feel the Guardians of the Galaxy summed this argument up best: "Because I'm one of the idiots living there"

[@susannah8342]

"What's the galaxy ever done for you? Why would you want to save it?" "BECAUSE IM ONE OF THE IDIOTS WHO LIVE IN IT" Guardians of the galaxy is great

[@jlupus8804]

Are y’all real? Is this a simulation?

[@codyandrew1196]

@@jlupus8804 Yes.

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

@@jlupus8804 I'm not sure anymore

[@apatheticeye6955]

@@jlupus8804 take the blue pill

[@edwardseverinsen5598]

Psychological egoism is this in a nutshell. In someway even our selfless acts are actually self-serving. Love it.

[@PhrozenFox]

I have to constantly remind people that compassion only exists because it makes us feel good. They refuse to admit that's what drives them. I'm mature enough to admit I only hold a door for somebody because it makes me feel superior to them to help them when they need it. I wouldn't share food if it didn't make me feel anything; nobody would. Nobody helps for no particular reason; they do it because it makes them feel better about themselves.

[@edwardseverinsen5598]

@@PhrozenFox Exactly. There is no truly selfless act. In someway you benefit from it. It boosts self-esteem, you do it for the warm fuzzy feeling it gives you, etc. You receive something, even if it isn't monetary.

[@theorca3451]

@@edwardseverinsen5598 Yeah I suppose that is true. But it’s still a positive impact to the world for both us and the people we are helping :D

[@jovanrodriguez7796]

@@PhrozenFox YES!!!!!! OMG!!! YES!! COMPASSION MAKES US FEEL AMAZING!!!!

[@whalefin1173]

then crying is selfish too You do it and then you feel good or okay right?

[@abhi0725]

Wondering why nobody noticed the “Monday off” part. 😂

[@freedomsteppa]

I did. Love the idea. Although I am myself more of a Fridays off guy. If you cancel Mondays, Tuesdays will become the new most dreadful day of the work week...

[@SteilVids]

This video and videos like it have helped me find my place in the world helping others. I grew up in an incredibly conservative and rural area and so I don't think I ever would've discovered myself if it wasn't for content like this.

[@lukeskywalker1557]

Birds taught me more about history than school

[@kflame903]

The internet teaches me history better than schools

[@manmeetsingh4719]

@@kflame903 the internet also makes me to delete history.

[@user-wm2sc6rz4l]

@@manmeetsingh4719 what

[@manmeetsingh4719]

@@user-wm2sc6rz4l I guess you use incognito everytime

[@user-wm2sc6rz4l]

@@manmeetsingh4719 I have no clue what you're talking about but ok

[@coleswagerty8020]

“Do you like being alive?” Yeah I think it’s pretty okay, y’know, existing and all

[@teovinokur9362]

no

[@laughingdolphin8448]

KC1919 and Stuff well I like it, but I would like to live somewhere else. In a world with magic powers etc. 😍

[@ayylmaoh6280]

KC1919 and Stuff The universe is incomprehensibly big, the chances we exist on planet earth is pretty huge. Existence may be painful but it is a rarity we CANT comprehend.

[@peterg1466]

no

[@kadenlg7631]

hi

[@gobeaugo]

I agree completely, I have belived in this since I was in High School, and envy your ability to communicate insanely complex concepts in easy-to-follow way. Too bad that the "evils of capitapism, (etc)" are just symptoms not the disease. Our DNA is still encoded from the tribal perspective which is what guides our behaviors at the social level. But we can't stop trying..."Everybody wants to change the world, no one wants to change thenselves." - Leo Tolstoy

[@Wvdlinden1]

Working together, we can make more pie than anyone could ever consume. But we are rather competing with each other.

[@blakelmao3444]

You: take this pie Developing countries: thanks I really appre.... You: help me make a better pie

[@thewrathematician1911]

Bake someone a pie, you'll feed them for a day. Teach someone to bake, you'll feed each other for a lifetime.

[@dictatoraladeen1604]

I baked you a pie Oh boy what flavour? Pie Pie Pie

[@therobens22]

that sums up the video quitte nicely

[@vatanrangani8033]

Cough cough* Trade wars exist : I am about to end the whole pie

[@MrBern-ex3wq]

Developing countries: Why woul- You: That way we BOTH get better pie Developing countries: *smiling Michael Rosen meme* You: *smiling Michael Rosen meme*

[@AzureShrike]

"Do you like being alive?" .... Questionable.

[@CharlieDBrown]

I don't want to be that guy but: carbon monoxide poisoning. Painless, and most of the time, you don't actually notice anything is wrong. You just slowly get more and more tired until you fall asleep and never wake up. Edit: But please friends, as much as I understand these are jokes to most of us, to the few that suffer from depression and thoughts of suicide: please friend, things will get better. I promise and I speak from experience. One day you'll be happier than you ever imagined possible. That's worth waiting for, I promise.

[@thi.]

@@CharlieDBrown thx for trying to help but it dont really matter because we are all gonna die from ww3

[@nichsa8984]

@@CharlieDBrown climate change will soon yet changing everything into luxury and fancy technology

[@nischaysoni502]

Brilliant observation, keep making these videos always. your topics are getting more and more precise and critical, these question really need to be explored.

[@mattschwanger4387]

"Do you like being alive?" Either inspirational or threatening

[@williampuckett5440]

Grandpa: KZbin doesn't teach people anything, it's just for lazy people Kurtzgesagt:makes video

[@zippibird]

Kurzgesagt: Hold my pie.

[@kyleauthinus7517]

@william puckett Grandpa: KZbin doesn't teach people anything, it's just for lazy people Kurtzgesagt looks at Grandpa: I am about to end this man's whole career

[@UnorthodoxIndividual]

@@kyleauthinus7517 lmao

[@olbalee]

Kurtzgesagt: I'm bout to end this man's whole career

[@taloncompany6649]

Doctor pepper breaks in WHERE IS MY DONKEY LEG JOE MKEIGHHHajJJj

[@umuwi]

massive appreciation for in a nutshell's visual team - the compositions included throughout their videos are flawless and only end up on the screen for such a short time. y'all deserve all the love honestly

[@koizu5324]

I had goosebumps watching this video. When I am alone, I've been thinking about all these things deeply. It feels like someone made a video about all the intreasting thoughts in my brain ❤️. Awesome Job! It's basically the brain of an ENFJ,lol.

[@user-nb6zu3rk4f]

I'm an INFP and I have roughly the same thoughts. It doesn't depend on MBTI much, it's more about this weird cynical-altruistic trait.

[@kozo1325]

Thank you for making this video information. In my mind you all are already helping it (the world) by spreading out the knowledge. I am still young but I sincerely hope that in the future, my hands will actually help in something out to make this world a better place. ♡

[@DeDeDank]

So you say the best way to be selfish, is to be not selfish....... *ITS SO CRAZY IT MIGHT WORK*

[@itszaza5937]

JT Nixon basically tragedy of the commons lol

[@Fuar11]

we need the veil of ignorance

[@InternetStranger476]

republicans hate him

[@user-iw3yo6sf8c]

It worked for me lmao

[@samhar8794]

umm It's been working for a few years?

[@BanditRants]

As a content creator I must say, Kurzgesagt always set the bar of quality content ridiculously high.

[@tantbreathMAN]

I agree.

[@assertivecunts2341]

I share the same sentiments.

[@alexjonesgotthedocuments3882]

Kurzgesagt is a товарищ.

[@Miumiu0404]

And it’s interesting because Kurzgesagt is an AI.

[@arcadicus_ezevius]

Doll Face what? No!

[@deadcaliph6414]

If only most businesses can realize why agreeing to a livable minimum wage would mean more customers and therefore higher profits.

[@cosmichorizon3273]

But no, they only like short term profits

[@jdg7327]

Minimum wage does not address poverty. It just increases it due to inflation. Innovation/Education is what elevates people to attain more livable lives not money.

[@cosmichorizon3273]

@@jdg7327 interesting counter

[@truthlover6079]

Consumerism may also lead to pollution if people are not wise in their choices and buying things I hope people spend more on formal and self-education However, our world could be in downward spiral if people don’t shift away from fixed mindset…..and this takes a lot of time even centuries. I hope it won’t be too late… the little ones coming to the world have no idea how their future would be saved or destroyed.

[@johnconnor3117]

@@jdg7327 Unfortunately, barriers to educational access currently perpetuate socioeconomic disparities, thus requiring economical and educational reform (alongside other reforms) to address the system of poverty.

[@jairussiriyalaofficial8922]

Thank you for your videos, and I am sorry, to myself, to not able to support for people like you, trying to do good. Thanks to, Positive Sum Game, that 10,000 in the world that can support, are helping many more than themselves. And it's obvious (as you said) going to be better for you and the content. ☺️😍

[@elijahmarshall475]

Kurzgesagt: *I used the altruism to destroy the altruism*

[@boguslav9502]

The video is basically arguing for a dystopian world of globalism whereby everyone is a bunch of amterialist, and people are shamelessly abused as cogs in a machine for the sake of driving a global economy to keep a minority in power, rather than opting for national economies. Not to mention the driving factor of innovation is and has always been war, not economy.

[@vedantthapar3666]

Bogatyr Bogumir first off, materialism, means a state where a person believes that the more material possessions you have, the better off you are. That has no link with the subject of this video which is about how helping poorer countries makes the world as a whole richer. Secondly, your point about being abused as cogs, HOW? I have been to a lot of debate competitions and I see no logical basis for that argument. If you’re talking about the increase in people who are used as tools to drive innovation then I can’t really say anything to you, because you clearly missed the point of the video. If not, please explain. Thirdly, if you’re not a supporter of globalism, then, well, you have no choice. The world is already in a state of semi-globalism, and it will probably transition pretty soon. On the topic of keeping minorities in power........ WHAT?! HOW?! NO.. I.... Forget it, explain your logic if you want. I don’t feel like enduring this. Lastly, the driving factor IS actually war, but the major cause of all wars in history have been economy. Economy will always control politics. This is also why the worst human rights violations occur in the countries with least robust economies. Such countries are more likely to develop into civil war. Examples of economics driving war are: Napoleonic wars (improve economy of France) WW1 (improve economy of Germany/Austria-Hungary and France/Russia) WW2 (partially due to ideological differences but mainly because Germany just wanted to grow its economy) American/French Revolutions Indian Freedom struggle Maduro Diet Civil War Etc. If you genuinely believe something is wrong, don’t just throw out words. Explain your arguments and reason them out well. If you can do that it becomes much harder to break your arguments.

[@tomhill3248]

@@boguslav9502 Or, it could be an argument for ruthlessly annihilating every rich person who is selfish, and only letting the ones who give to charity continue to exist. You ever consider that?

[@jacobquirk7557]

@@tomhill3248 lol all rich people give to charity. Do you know why? Because they get tax breaks for it. We're already focing the wealthy to donate, simpletons just dont see it that way because theres one extra step

[@tomhill3248]

@@jacobquirk7557 Not all rich people give to charity. You are, in fact, a liar. And probably a rich person.

[@rabiakhan1972]

"If you can't appeal to people's good nature then you should appeal to their vices' A very good point you made in this video ✔

[@edgardeshayes4177]

By an egoism altruistic, thanks to you, I really want to thank you for convincing more people. You and your work are really amazing. Thank you.

[@faustin289]

"The more people want the thing that you want, the more likely you're to get it." This sums up the gist of the positive sum game theory.

[@uMaud]

3:51 So Martin Lutgerking was right "We must learn to live together like brothers or we're all going to die like idiots"

[@dannnyyang]

Bunny LaDydy haha ur a idiot u even spelled the name wrong

[@FaranAiki]

@@dannnyyang ure*

[@ShiratoriIsOffline]

@@FaranAiki yoo're

[@FaranAiki]

@@ShiratoriIsOffline I prefer "ure" than "yoo're"

[@ShiratoriIsOffline]

@@FaranAiki *yuo're

[@kiratomsons3154]

Kurtzgesagt: we need a positive world 2020: your wish is my command

[@Nick72601]

I... fuck

[@damaraksama3008]

@@----4604 Covid. Positive.

[@MM31-TheCatOfHatred]

Took me 2 secs but nice joke

[@volcanianthegreat]

right now the only thing we want is a negative world lol

[@eerietimes]

💀

[@sriabhinavkongara8974]

This was an eye opener for me and actually answered my dilemma.

[@zenoguerra8168]

Yup

[@oorjachandravanshi6281]

I CANT TELL HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS VIDEO OMG! a mind boggling, world changing concept!

[@robertcook2097]

Wow... I’m not even questioning my existence after this video...

[@xxpod1562]

Robert Cook me neither! I want to give everyone a hug!

[@franzluggin398]

Right? I feel betrayed, too.

[@ricardoalves9605]

Robert Cook There's a chance we're in a simulation, considering how our technology has grow so fast it's not that crazy to imagine a future society would be able to create such advanced AI, and put us in a world to study us There that should do it

[@weed75black35]

Ricardo alves Booooooo I've heard that way too many times to be affected by it.

[@ricardoalves9605]

weed75 Black Had little time to think so that was the fastest one, what else should we tell him about? Universe heat death and nothing you do will stop it, so no matter what you do, in the end it's pointless?

[@goodname67]

This is a child-friendly way of thinking of war, people just want more pie.

[@ThisIsMego]

To be fair, that's pretty much the main reason for most wars in human history

[@flowflow6012]

And also bombarding their religion and culture on others

[@goodname67]

@@flowflow6012 Sounds good to me

[@diazinth]

@@flowflow6012 that's just more people to protect your pie

[@kevin0117rc]

"Let them eat cake"

[@ComputerCurry]

How could somebody dislike such a positive video?

[@dinethdivitotawela5070]

They always make the most entertaining and simply explained videos

[@astro9265]

The sooner we realize that we as individuals are no bigger than any other single person, the sooner we can see this type of positive change in the word.

[@eyespy3001]

There are five great equalizers of humanity: 1- Nobody has solid proof of extraterrestrial life 2- Everybody dies 3- Nobody knows what happens when you die 4- Everybody shits 5- At some point, even the hottest supermodel got a bit of shit on their finger from wiping their ass These five points alone prove that no ones has more answers or is in a better position than anyone else.

[@far2ez539]

@@eyespy3001 Death is the great equalizer, but life isn't. I'd rather someone who got a bit of shit on my finger once than someone who lives with his hand up his ass.

[@mattsamoto4451]

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PIE!!! >.< I WANT MY PIE Damn it.

[@eyespy3001]

@@far2ez539 That makes no sense, but Ok. Everyone alive right now is…alive right now. How does that not make us all equal in one regard?

[@AlokKumar-tk1ty]

Hmmm👍

[@yuuisland]

6:30 "Do you like being alive?" > Playing devil's advocate here, I've never tried being dead. Can't knock it till you try it, right?

[@nickmalachai2227]

Hey, everyone does it eventually, and nobody who's dead seems to be really motivated to not be dead. Maybe they're onto something?

[@eternaldarkness3139]

Well... There was that Jesus fella... Maybe

[@slazerlombardi]

it's like anesthesia but permanent.

[@Thr3leven]

Careful, you'll start a cult!

[@Daniel-jk6ve]

Ha! How scientific of you.

[@vasiledrumea8259]

I hope your channel will become as popular as possible so that the world could become a better place!

[@nalulenert9001]

you changed my mind on this topic, well done. thank you

[@andrewcarr2023]

"Societies invaded each other constantly to get more pie." is great out of context.

[@math3000]

Isn't that basically WW1? After all, most of the monarchs are related to one another

[@aksharaa5376]

"GIMME THAT PIE!" "NO, I NEED IT FOR MY POPULATION!" "NOW YOU'RE MAKING ME HUNGRYYYYYYY!" "WHERE'S MY FLAG?!" "IS THAT...BLOOD?"

[@aksharaa5376]

-the societies fighting over pie

[@Frappuccinoo]

Brittin: hey america America: yea? Brittin: can I have some pie? America: no, I already gave you most of it Brittin: pleaaaaaaaaaase America: no Brittin: Fine, I'll just take it myself

[@smealm]

@@Frappuccinoo dont tell america that your taking it wait for it to go to the bathroom or something and then yoink it

[@JeghedderThomas]

I've been trying to tell this to the less altruistic people in my social sphere for ages... now I can just show them this. Thanks as always, Kurtzgesagt makes the world betterm, one vid at a time.

[@alakani]

Many of the less altruistic people I know are just rationalizing laziness and still wouldn't do anything either way. But it's probably good advice for high functioning sociopaths and narcissists, like the average American CEO

[@Room-wf4eg]

The issue is that even if giving a homeless man $10 would do some good for you it is highly unlikely it would do $10 worth of good.

[@nicholasleclerc1583]

ZAWARUDOart You : Capitalism > Socialism

[@NomadUrpagi]

I think altruism is a feat of smarter and more educated people.

[@NomadUrpagi]

@@horizon7875 giving money directly knowing u are losing it is more morally higher than giving up money for ur sake only not caring what good it might do

[@Callummullans]

“Your freedom starts where my freedom ends and I want room to stretch” the voice of an era

[@vladimirsevastyanov8000]

You guys are just awesome! Love you ❤️

[@ibn5100_sg]

Sorry, I don't know English, so I use google translation. I am from Taiwan. The world I know in Taiwan is mostly a zero-sum game. So I am very touched when I see your film. If there is a youtube movie, I will vote for this film.

[@leandroroman7053]

There are subtitles now, try to see if there are some for you.

[@durdleduc8520]

I’m not sure if you’ll end up getting this message and translating it (I don’t know what language you speak, otherwise I’d use Google Translate myself), but it’s cool to see this type of communication happening! I know that this channel is working to make these videos more accessible, so hopefully they have subtitles for a language you know now. I hope things get better in Taiwan.

[@jerryli4128]

me too, you are truly trying to help nice job!

[@someotherworldlybeing3167]

DancingCheese their from tagging so I think the language is called tawhid

[@blitzkr5329]

@@leandroroman7053 to see videos and understanding it is easy, what he/she means is to write the comment

[@TechnoMania14]

The animation is on point like always

[@TechelperIn]

Techno Mania hi man, do you recognize me😎.

[@TechnoMania14]

Ahoy, Fellow Tech Filmora Mate

[@WeareIF]

great channel

[@bravelit4378]

Always

[@robinsinhaxii-a3848]

they have gotten a lot more busy making videos, I mean that is like 3 videos back to back right? Ok, probably not that quick, but wayyy faster than before. Good job

[@lucamarini2330]

damn your videos are so motivational, hope every person on this funky rock would be able to see the all of ur videos

[@munevverkarakoc7577]

I'm 14 years old, my first job will be to learn English, I'm glad there are subtitles

[@SuperNova-vu3el]

"So how do we get people nowadays to be less selfish and care more about other people?" Kurzgesagt :

[@tomhill3248]

Have you tried annihilating them if they're selfish? You ever see that anti Walmart campaign? Do you remember how after that campaign they got rid of the smiley face and became more charitable? Almost like it was a direct response to the threat of the population turning against them. Try that.

[@tomhill3248]

@Tessellation I personally prefer threats. But you do you.

[@moosesandmeese969]

@Tessellation *cough* British and american conservatives

[@davidbacak161]

@M33ble Not communism, it doesn't specify how to achieve itself. I'm a communist myself and I prefer pacifism and calm, respectful debate.

[@guerreirodaliberdade9653]

the point is that capitalism is the sistem that do people make lifes of others best for improve your own life. It's important to do get people care more about others for the dignity of humans, but deny this particularly characteristic of human nature it's ignorance and can cause horrible things, like dictatorships.

[@somebodysomewhere9253]

Get ready for everyone in the comments to suddenly become economists

[@stevenXCV]

What happens when you scream really loud at a chubby cute bird?

[@somebodysomewhere9253]

VALY I like how you don’t realise the irony in what you just said in relation to my comment

[@yurishaa.9337]

And Historians, not to mentions. Oh, and some being the observer like me : the likes and replies, or the ones laughing for those people's bicker.

[@tigermcrae79]

Thank you Kurzgesagt 😘for helping me learn topics that would otherwise be "complicated"🥵 to understand. I came upon the channel two months ago and I think I've watched every video you have 😆. So the UBI video (fantastic btw ) ,got me thinking what would happen if it was like scaled up. Like not only we're you given a basic salary but also basic housing, clothing, medical care, recreational services, alternative education and every other basic amenity for free but here is the catch, you're not allowed to make any profit. If you're going to work you "work" for the fun of it not expecting anything in return.

[@jking5171]

This is the Best Video Ever in the History of KZbin, I can't lie, Amazing contents

[@GonUFO]

Kurzgesagt : *Every 6th person in the world dies of cancer and you might be one of them* Me: Wow Thanks Kurzgesagt

[@rhiroyonve7517]

+Xoda *tears start to stream*

[@BH-ix7nq]

There's always that one person who focuses on the negative

[@zynel413]

Wolf Among Us Tf do you mean.

[@ripetoad]

It wouldn't be a kurzegesagt video without some existential dread.

[@jaydens5348]

Wolf Among Us are you a coward? Ya mom gay

[@ACE-kb8uu]

I like how we can explain everything with birds :3

[@zionnemakoma1398]

i need my own birdee

[@randomgaming6436]

*drops birb on neutron star*

[@grizzlyowlbear3538]

@@randomgaming6436 ÖH NÖ

[@nichsa8984]

@@zionnemakoma1398 4:19 future technology would be great and other person say future technology?! meanwhile year ago: this town turned into alone and depression

[@zionnemakoma1398]

@@nichsa8984 What does this have to do with me saying I figuratively need my own bird on Kurzgesagt?

[@Vindikatorz]

limited resources: imma destroy this whole world's career

[@torietorreano5214]

This is exactly what people need to understand! It may be counterintuitive, but it really does benefit everybody!

[@theaxal]

Ultimately, you should be altruistic because you are, in fact, being kind to yourself, since, after all, you are everyone, every human being who ever lived or who will ever live.

[@yourlocalcryptid8095]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@jonathanbarnett6658]

I have a sneaking suspicion that you saw the egg video.

[@kingslushie1018]

Axal Equinox the egg video...nice reference.

[@awoum]

That means... I fell in love with myself and I rejected myself in the saddest way ;-;

[@no-xi6sh]

@@awoum That means I was cheated on by myself, with myself, so technically I never cheated on myself!!

[@Ezmodias]

0:54 Don't you think you can slip in a Wilhelm scream unnoticed!

[@moistorphan]

Good catch

[@vull8375]

*ding*

[@wholesomehoorpari1971]

Lmao

[@marcusanark2541]

Yep.

[@javajimmy1090]

Nice one

[@anonimanonim2710]

It's quite ironic that we've achieved the greatest of feats through cooperation, but we're still genetically hardwired to see life as a zero sum game. Not to mention, most of the time, we are rallied by a common enemy. This also reminds me of a great quote from someone whose name I don't recall 😅: "Stalin achieved equality by pushing everyone to the ground, Napoleon did it by lifting everyone up". I parafrased, obviously

[@yerkint]

Thanks for your hard work!

[@bovasi]

They should make a T-shirt that says "Do you like being alive?". It went viral in this comment section 😂

[@lilywood1162]

Please do😂

[@seshieman2579]

no

[@arokjuata3365]

Yes

[@confetti4798]

No 😂

[@bob_bub]

Makes sense, considering the only reason humans were able to even become the leading lifeform on our planet was due to our compassion/sympathy for each other waaaay back then

[@phillipjiang1593]

more like the lack of competition and the ability to exploit our environment. Homo sapiens killed other branches of humanity precisely because of sympathy as some argued: the ability to sympathize with other homo sapiens led to the idea that other walking apes are different, and as such foes rather than friends.

[@bob_bub]

​@@phillipjiang1593 No, the ability to sympathize would typically NOT lead a person to treat another human worse or kill them for baseless reasons--unless that person did something really bad to somebody else. Maybe you're talking about something else, like how sympathy HELPED people to form closer knit groups, which then led to closer affiliations. Due to time, differences between groups of people would grow and distinctify, which THEN leads to folks hating each other for it. Since humans normally dislike anything they're not used to. In that case, then yeah.

[@bob_bub]

@@phillipjiang1593 Look, us humans are a paradox. Society was borne of sympathy and kindness. Most of us naturally want to do good, be good, even if some go about it the wrong way. We are also naturally selfish. We're both, which is probably why we're also the ones to be cursed with consciousness, but look. The first sign of society was a healed broken bone. For any other animal with a broken bone, they're done for. They'd rarely survive for long. While humans, cared for each other, even if there was no inherent benefit to it. Neanderthals and homo sapiens both were found to have skeletal evidence of groups/tribes looking after those with diseases/no real contribution to give, till the very end. That's how we became the apex species of this world. We cared. All our other shit happens not as a direct consequence of said sympathy (hell we need more of it these days...) but rather as a consequence of society instead.

[@phillipjiang1593]

​@@bob_bub Hmm, I agree with your overall argument, though I have a hard time seeing how that is fundamentally different from mine. Sympathy does not necessarily mean caring for everyone, in fact, I believe that's a particularly modern concept. The more ubiquitous kind of sympathy is tribalistic, a modern example of which is US's bipolar political landscape. Caring for some other people necessarily means not caring about others, as prioritizing everyone suggests prioritizing no one in particular. Say that you believe in the modern Western virtues of tolerance, liberty, and equality, would you tolerate and care for fascists, racists, sexists, etc? Caring for someone necessarily means wanting to protect their interests, and disliking those who harm them. As such I think "sympathy for everyone" is paradoxical unless you are capable of conceptualizing a worldview in which everyone's interests align which, I admit, happened in history through concepts like religion and humanitarianism, but even then followers of such ideals naturally tend to hate those who oppose them, making universal sympathy exceptionally rare and probably on the level of Jesus Christ/Buddha. In ancient Greece, China, and other such cultures, going to war to further your people/nation's interests(and, consequently), were seen as righteous and virtuous: a demonstration of one's courage and commitment to society, where one puts behind his mundane, domestic affairs to willfully serve the collective interests of all ("all" in that society, of course). How is that not a direct result of sympathy, the tribalistic kind which is outlined above? Why does only sympathy for everyone count despite it being a much more difficult state to rationally, naturally achieve?

[@bob_bub]

​@@phillipjiang1593 That's an interesting view to have on sympathy! I always thought of sympathy as one's capacity to see from another person's POV. To walk in their shoes so to speak. So for racists, while I disagree with their reasoning, I CAN sympathize with them by putting myself through their lens. From there, I can use their logic to figure out why they do some of the things they do. For me, sympathy isn't always paired up with kindness. But it's those two that helped encourage strong collaboration among our species, later leading to our now ridiculously heavy influence on our planet.

[@viniciusfernandes2303]

Thanks for the video!

[@nicolasmartin73]

I love your videos, they are so inspiring ! it makes me forget about small problems about my life and makes me focus on what I want ! But I want to share it with my friends and family but they don't understand English, do you do voices in other languages like Spanish and French ?

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

It's true. If all the countries of the world had a *functioning waste management.* Then we would have less pollution in the rivers, oceans and lakes. Which is a good thing for all, except for the people who like their fish with plastic and arsenic :-) If all parts of the world had decent roads, then Germany would sell a lot more cars :-)

[@alexanderohnenachname6159]

Hehe, and who wouldn't be better off driving a German car :P

[@amaniac8827]

*Cough* Volkswagen *cough*

[@JoostterLaak]

that was also Hitler's vision. and they killed the man for God sake..

[@atzman6]

He killed him self. So blame him

[@jazsta123]

Joost TL 'They' killed him??

[@CrestToothpaste]

These guys could make a video explaining how potatoes grow and I could still be fascinated.

[@jackgreenearth452]

Potatoes growing probably has a higher potential to be interesting.

[@eclecticsoffy]

But actually, they should explain potatoes growing. Even if it's 2 or 3 hours long, I'll still watch it

[@workingfortheirfuture]

I want to see it!

[@PouLS]

What's so boring about potatos?

[@simplyj5342]

Lmaooo!!.. So True.. lol

[@LissandaEloria]

This video leaves out a very important fact: increasing production year on year globally is simply unsustainable. It requires the environment to provides raw materials and the waste products go to landfill while side effects compromise clean air, water etc - the things that are essential to life but outside the economic system. My opinion: We need to go to a closed loop economy where we produce new things from recycled materials and at the end of their life they become input to something new. We need less consumption, not more. It isn’t making us happy. Minimalism is a great way to live, possessions just weigh you down. We need to use renewable energy sources. Phase out fossil fuels ASAP. We need more co-operation and less competition. We need to be nice to each other and remember that human connection and intimacy is really the most important thing. You can have all the material goods in the world but without it your life will be empty. So yes it is important that everyone on the planet is doing well, but not by simply increasing everyone’s spending power. What matters is the health and fulfillment of each person and the planet herself.

[@MylesKillis]

Someone will figure out how to use those unused resources eventually

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

Counterpoint: innovation is possible without requiring more raw materials, if your currently used materials are changed to accomplish more. Ex: computers went from being the size of a room to being the size of your pocket.

[@sebastianortiz861]

You forgot to add the most important part! The part that drives innovation leading to the rest of the good outcomes. Freedom!!

[@nala3055]

the bird having its food stolen and looking sad made me sad

[@Lj4everurs]

Not so surprising plot twist, That bird is us ; ^ ;

[@0EEVV0]

pussy

[@deaddu]

The bird needs to innovate and produce weapons! to protect itself ofcourse

[@bewitchedbylena]

Same :(

[@pauladam8516]

ooowww sorry Ralph

[@KidLudens]

I'm really sad for the bird who didn't get any cake :(

[@scabberdabber2597]

KidLudens F

[@kingmoank]

No, I’m not. I’m sad that I’m not the bird with the cake.

[@samuelrosenberg5088]

Here, he can have this one: 🎂

[@SABRE-ls5fu]

@@samuelrosenberg5088 can i have some cake too?

[@treeoflife7151]

now think of all the people that bird represents :(

[@tomstevens5798]

Love your videos! Awesome!!

[@fuzzybear9747]

You're videos are inspirational, we all want to live in a better world

[@alexandroparra5144]

Instructions unclear made 2 billion pies

[@thicccactus8177]

Thank you.

[@David-vz4yk]

TheKreepton Creeper not guaranteed, it takes time aswell, you cant just throw money at a diesease to make it dissapear, it takes time and scientists

[@JosephWThompson]

Innovation is easy but to change people's minds now that's the hard part.

[@sofia.eris.bauhaus]

innovation of thought. also: convincing people is part of finding out if you are right.

[@1ucasvb]

That's the thing, people are highly adaptable. That's the real human trait. People are a byproduct of their environment. If our culture promotes and/or rewards the wrong kind of human behavior, humans will adapt and follow it. But the culture is a byproduct of human behavior too, so it's a self-sustaining system. That's why there's no easy way out, or single solution to it. However, no matter what solution is proposed, the first step is to admit you need to solve a problem. If people don't agree change is needed (or even allowed), no change will ever take place. And right now, criticism of our underlying cultural frameworks is the biggest taboo there is.

[@matushonko7223]

well, its true that you can make people adapt, but only if they want to... there are still societys in which you would get a piece of lead for such attempt- you would not have to change their culture, you would have to destroy it and start from scrach, shaping it to your will- maybe it would be possible by removing newborns from their homes and inserting them to western society, but for that goal you would have to face public opinion first

[@1ucasvb]

+sue: Yep. Marketing and advertising is an entire multi-billion dollar industry dedicated to ensuring people will act against their own self-interests, and in fact, completely undermines every single premise of a free-market capitalism. Yet, it's considered completely acceptable. But people don't really think it's a problem, so it'll continue to do such type of damage.

[@1ucasvb]

+Matúš Honko: The fact the change is deeper, or that it faces violent threats, is just a reflection of such systems being self-preserving to the extreme. It doesn't really affects much of my argument. You still need to criticize that system and dare think of replacing it, before you can actually change anything.

[@Marrianno]

Honestly, people need to realize this truth. We help each other and sympathize to expect reward in future from a person we helped. Even if people say that they dont need reward, they think to themselves that they are better, helping made them feel better

[@richardo6655]

These videos are fantastic. Can you do one on the future of farming in a world where we've developed so far that there is a shortage of labour and people interested in farming. Is this a risk? What technology exist? What cannot be replaced (at least within the extend of current imagination). ❤

[@matyfenixcarmine]

"you like being alive?" I really felt that one

[@pvpcraft2081]

Well yeah…

[@MrNote-lz7lh]

@@pvpcraft2081 Never know. I hear about more people saying they wish they were dead than I do that says they enjoy being alive.

[@hollo0o583]

You don’t get more cake by making sure no one can buy it except for you, you get more cake but finding/ making more bakeries!

[@1000000man1]

But do you need that much? Also, we Don't have the ingredients to keep building a bigger Pie. And every time we make the Pie bigger, we make even more mouthes to feed. The Population gets bigger, Faster than we can make the Pie bigger. Eventually, it will all Fall apart. Innovation *Always* leads to collapse.

[@hollo0o583]

@@1000000man1 "Innovation Always leads to collapse." Why do you think so? Please explain!

[@eyespy3001]

@@1000000man1 You do realize that a lot of these “ingredients” are not only super abundant, but also renewable, right? Like, you don’t believe that there’s not enough food to feed everyone around the world about 100 times over, do you? The more resources (i.e. intelligent minds) we throw at this issue, the more solutions we’ll find to make these resources more abundant and even more renewable/sustainable. This is the entire point of the video Edit: Also, when has innovation ever led to a collapse. A collapse of what, exactly? And what innovations? Medicine? Transportation? Computing? Hell, even innovations in weaponry have never led to a collapse. You can argue that swords led to a collapse in the bow and arrow market, but that’s not even a true argument since a market for swords was created that led to further innovations and conquests….

[@eyespy3001]

@@hollo0o583 I don’t think they can explain, because, most likely, they said that just to sound edgy and profound.

[@unknownperson2936]

@@hollo0o583 innovation always leads to collapse... Just take a simple example of trandport We invented transportand look what that has done to this world

[@TheCatbutcher]

I don't understand why we switched to a positive-sum world thanks to industrialisation. Even if since the beginning of industrialisation we greatly increased our production, it still remains dependant on natural resources which are limited on earth. As I understand your demonstration, the positive-sum game is linked to the imagination of humans, that produces new ideas to address problems. Ideas existed before industrialisation, it just changed the scale of it. I don't see why this change of scale would have changed the game from a zero-sum to a positive-sum. Unless I've missed something, which is very likely.

[@lakesnyder]

A desire for more energy is the basis of all life, no reason it should or could stop now

[@svrona7696]

Summary of the video: Instead of making rich people richer we need to make poor people atleast have a self-sustaining econonmy. If done so, the whole world will develop.

[@sabredragostea534]

Can never be done with any materialist ideologies like Capitalism or Communism.

[@user-dg9eb4mc9t]

@Jeepy Jeepy It's a shame rich people are that selfish that they don't invest on other people to make him richer

[@Marco-et1qt]

Harzu well they do

[@joe_ita]

nope, the summary of the video is: we should act as patrons for poor people, and invest on them, and by doing so giving them the ability to thrive as we do and create innovation and progress (aka profit) off of them. that's nice (at least's a step in the right direction!), but it has nothing to do with socialism or communism. it's more like bill gates style philantropy.

[@joe_ita]

@Jeepy Jeepy charities do a great job in keeping the boat afloat, which is substantial in sustaining the present oppressive socio-economic system. moreover, charities are based upon voluntary, one-off donations, and therefore they're not a trustable, stable form of help for poor people in africa. the only way to preserve that form of income, imho, is by creating a small national tax for international aid. here in Italy, for example, the state diverts 0,8% of your income tax to your church of affiliation (required by law), 0,5% to a NGO/recognized association of your choice (if you desire), and 0,2% to your political party (if you desire): so, the total is 0,8 to 1,5% of taxes you'd already been paying displaced for institutionalised charity.

[@nategrenade8695]

*THE BIRD JUST WANTED SOME CAKE! 😢*

[@jacob1983runner]

Unfortunately It was a lie ;)

[@wyattd8423]

The cake was actually not a lie

[@mattsamoto4451]

I know right, PIE was promissed, ive not seen any PIE in a few comments

[@akashtawade42]

As always exceptional ❤