Why Are Cold Countries Richer Than Hot Countries?

[@EconomicsExplained]

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[@liveinfra6820]

Brain works more efficiently in colder temp as compared to hotter temp , sometimes it can easily loose upto 40% of its functional ability due to hot climate . Could it a be link ?

[@dunrossb]

Won't the number of men with abnormally muscular right arms balance the average?

[@Lorespade]

People don’t like working in the heat

[@jijov.j1545]

I have a question . How do billionaire like Jeff Bezos make money without selling stock market share which didn't give divided????How do they pay for there day to day expenses ?????????pls answer my questions

[@vzxvzvcxasd7109]

i think you've missed one of the bigger theories, and it's that hotter countries often as more resources, and therefore results in more fighting over resources. but over to the modern age, the service sector earns much more than the production sector, so, while the hotter countries has always been fighting over resourvecs, the colder countries who don't have resources to fight over developes in another way. and that other way concidentally is the way to be rich right now

[@andik70]

About Singapore, the first thing Lew Kuan Yew did when he was in charge (if I remember his biography correctly) was to introduce air conditioning in all government building, and said nobody can work efficiently if it is so hot.

[@llama2022]

A wise man

[@jonakdowerah3771]

a very wise man...i live in india and summer days sucks

[@overtonpendulum2071]

Actually Singapore is rich because it is inhabited by Chinese who have evolved in Siberia.

[@miderwr9363]

@@overtonpendulum2071 So Russians? There are no Chinese in Siberia. There are Mongols, but no Chinese.

[@overtonpendulum2071]

@@miderwr9363 Chinese are members of the Mongoloid race which stems from Siberia. They are related to Eskimos. Russians stem from Europe and have only conquered Siberia later.

[@davidlapiz9869]

How to get rich: 1. Make a country in Antarctica 2. PROFIT

[@GuderII]

*Pinguin sad noice*

[@IDBTitanosaurus]

You laugh now, but considering lots of fresh water, lots if oil under the frozen fresh water, and everyone on the continent is a smart genius scientist ... aside from the cold, it has lots of great things going for it.

[@devarshraval6668]

@@IDBTitanosaurus only if they built a greenhouse shelter dome : )

[@ashainp]

After that, make a course on how to make a country in Antarctica. That's how you make generational wealth :D

[@TheManinBlack9054]

The whole theory of hot vs cold economies is unproven, if that were the case Russia would be extremely wealthy, but it's not, if anything, even within Russia the coldest areas are much poorer than the hotter areas. Some climates are certainly more beneficial and "livable" than others, but to see it as some kind of all-determining factor or even a curse would be a bit daft. There are much much more to it than just climate. And of course, correlation does NOT mean causation.

[@chriseelman1937]

According to my maths, Antarctica is the richest country

[@EconomicsExplained]

they don't call them peasant penguins now do they?

[@maulanaazhari4421]

emperor penguins nice

[@artman7780]

Greenland and northern Canada are super rich, compared to their southern counterparts.

[@leonardlangner9949]

It is the continent with highest average IQ.

[@salmonyu3024]

It's not wrong actually. The people who works there are all scientists.

[@avillageofbigheads]

In India , I see this playing out on a daily basis. In my village in India, around the center of the village, there’s a large banyan tree that provides lush shade. Every year when I visit , I see the same folks ( for around 15 years now) sit around the tree basically do nothing. They sit there , get drunk at night and then back by the tree early in the morning once sober , to just about do nothing.

[@atiqurrahmanfahim9072]

Still they are happy.No depression,no stress.

[@avillageofbigheads]

@@atiqurrahmanfahim9072 yeah . Alcohol has that effect . And not to mention , make 0 contribution to the economy. If it was all about relentlessly pursuing happiness, we all could sit in a cave blowing smoke signals rather than break our heads to make money, develop tech , art and gadgets.

[@b.l.0427]

@@avillageofbigheads man you forget the we are agriculture economy

[@avillageofbigheads]

@@b.l.0427 what has that got anything to do with sitting around doing nothing?

[@suhaschakravarthi]

Seriously? This plays out in India? Tropical Southern states are a lot richer than the colder northern ones. Plus he hasn't addressed colonialism in the entire video. Were native Americans rich? India is said to be pretty rich before the 19th century.

[@sebastiancardoso]

The actual explanation starts at 8:00.

[@foozahnation]

Thank you

[@jenithmehta9603]

Thanks man

[@mariomaiorano1859]

the whole video is worth watching imo

[@Kokangalang]

Thank you, your a good man

[@ladder3257]

ehh. important context before

[@alxf_m]

I've been telling them for ages to add air-conditioning in the classroom but no one ever listened to me, bummer.

[@lazypotato9481]

They avoid it by give us 3month holiday in here

[@SyperDT]

Costs too much money, money before children, the American way.

[@TheBooban]

Malaysia still doesn’t have a/c in school? Are you kidding?

[@starstencahl8985]

@@SyperDT Who said he’s talking about america?

[@SyperDT]

@@starstencahl8985 doesn't matter if they are or aren't, my point is still valid.

[@slammer1017]

If you've ever lived in a hot climate, then you know that you don't feel like producing anything when it's roasting and humid.

[@PilotProductionz]

Living in the Middle East check

[@ChannelTheGamer]

That's a lie. Total hours worked on avg are higher in these regions than colder countries.

[@Yonatan24]

@@ChannelTheGamer More total hours worked doesn't necessarily mean more things produced, also labor laws are different.

[@ChannelTheGamer]

@@Yonatan24 that's not what the op said or what I was getting at

[@Hilariusgamer]

But also it has lot of to do with governments in these countries. Richest are usually long term democracies and others had different dictatorships and corruption in last years

[@markanderson3870]

My grade 10 teacher thought northern climates were more wealthy because people in colder climates are forced to be more active and dynamic. This is closely related to the survival/resource storing theory, and they make the most sense to me.

[@saqlainbhat5104]

Yes I was also taught the same

[@frankwestad3555]

Exactly, e.g. in southern Italy you grow some olive trees and you can survive. In Northern Norway it is another ballgame, and you have to work as a team. The closer to the equator, the more entropy (less structure)

[@user-qf5kl6cv2y]

And another thing is that malaria kills more people in environments that support bigger populations of mosquitoes

[@dawnslayer]

well i mean, Africans are also pretty busy. everytime i see African people in videos they are working, like carrying stuff etc.

[@bilifoq779]

That theory actually has a name and is called cold winters theory. Its author is Richard Lynn. You should read his books if you want to know more.

[@drownfall]

I believed a correlation between high incidence of disease and parasites associated with hotter climates would be a talking point as well? Maybe not?

[@grahamt5924]

That is an obvious one I would say.

[@filippoaccorinti3399]

Good point, but cold environment is not the best environment for sapiens either

[@anomalianomali5080]

the brain can be used to think optimally at temperatures below 24 ° Celsius

[@eugeniorey4565]

Absolutely true. Microbes don't do well in the cold. Less time being sick and dying means more productivity.

[@sarastanke4971]

The social and economic impact of just malaria alone must be quite significant

[@TheGamingAlong]

The founding father of Singapore literally said one of the secret of Singapore's success is air conditioning. Temperature matters for productivity.

[@frederickasa98]

Also Australia's tropical north and the US deep south lagged behind economically relative to other parts of their countries until air-conditioning was popularised

[@georgechoquette5735]

It's not the temperature. You can see a MUCH better correlation if you compare IQ and wealth.

[@H2GKursusOnline]

yeah, pretty sure Singapore being a crown colony has nothing to do with it.

[@rainiersauer4288]

Well, how exactly does the correlation of IQ and wealth relate to temperature? Otherwise im more inclined to believe the studies about hot temperature causing decline in efficiency.

[@themachine9366]

@@georgechoquette5735 Nah is it IQ that predicts wealth or wealth that predicts IQ? IQ levels have been raising in Western nations even though there is a lack of Darwinian selection (since the dumb does not die). Why? Wealth allows people to develop their IQ, you have more time to think if you are not starving. Statically, most people which includes you have average IQs which are not very different to the averages of most countries in the world. Economies are impacted by centuries and you cannot measure the IQ of any civilization more than 100 years ago so you cannot really use IQ. It is impacted by wealth as much as it impacts wealth and the center of the distribution does not change much from country to country. Yes, the tails change but there is not a lot of evidence of how much economic progress a difference in the tails entails.

[@alonsobruni8131]

I should make a country in my ex's heart

[@espadamt8839]

Oof!

[@davidec.4021]

Nice

[@funwithmahek3222]

Haha

[@faisalkhan-lw2uc]

Hey there fellow bitter soul.

[@JoseTavares-xu8pc]

Kkkkk

[@husneiniqbal228]

i live in Norway, born and raised. One thing i would like to address is the fact that Norway would be a significantly poorer country without natural resources. Norway is one of the largest exporters of oil and natural gas in Europe, which has contributed immensely to its prosperity and wealth.

[@sesmeltz1965]

So this is why Santa can afford to buy toys for all the children on Earth...

[@thepriestofvaranasi]

Sometimes, my genius is... it's almost frightening.

[@artsbyamar7648]

Genius

[@BenTheSixTwo]

Yes it's the cold. And a gratuitous amount of labor exploitation

[@shanecallaghan671]

@@thepriestofvaranasi sometimes I think it generates gravity

[@qaaqqutsiaqtaatsiaq8796]

He doesn’t buy them, his elves produce them, don’t they? Haha

[@leestauffenecker6227]

Not evidence, but when it’s hot af, doing anything outside sucks.

[@willinton06]

Lee Stauffenecker indeed

[@jeeps005]

and when its cold outside it also sucks

[@AwesomeHairo]

I agree with this theory

[@AwesomeHairo]

@@jeeps005 I think it's all about sweating and being uncomfortable. In the cold, this could simply be fixed by dressing warmer. I think it's also when we work, we produce heat. There's no way for us to reduce it and work at the same time.

[@janiszaltans588]

@@AwesomeHairo in cold you can't work outside during winter even if you want to. There is no, its uncomfortable. Crops don't grow in snow. Also in Scandinavia there is not that much fertile land. People had to think of producing food in a way it would make them survive cold winters. This mindset came to modern days, when technology allows to produce even in cold times.

[@brianjames4305]

as a canadian i can assure that temperature plays a serious role. i remember my father preparing for winter while we were still in the last one. he was always planning 3/4 of a year ahead so that we were never caught unprepared by an unexpected cold snap.

[@Alephbeth17]

How's deadly heat wave affecting you in Canada?

[@leytonval6346]

@@Alephbeth17 o

[@Alephbeth17]

@@leytonval6346 ??

[@danemlive]

I feel this video understated some of the challenges living in a hot climate, it isn't all peaches and roses. We have to contend with and prepare for tropical storms, hurricanes and droughts. You can have 5 years of amazing productivity wiped out overnight by a massive hurricane and then you are back at square one.

[@Alephbeth17]

@@danemlive I'm from Indonesia. Indonesia is obviously tropical country and we have more distasters than you think. Mostly volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and a few tsunami. Annually we have more earthquakes than entire Japan (Although earthquakes in Japan deadlier) so the quantities of our earthquakes (both from tectonic or volcanic activities) affected our development for sure. We have a lot of deluges as well but this one isn't entirely natural (Every year our capital Jakarta affected badly so we planned relocate the capital to Borneo island) even deluges aren't that rare in mountainside of high altitude cities.

[@germanbarba4159]

I remember reading a paper during economics from a Nordic scholar describing how the weather in the Nordics shaped the socio-economic structure of the countries and that + the industrializaiton process made the Nordics the best economies in the world. The best thing (in his own words) was that that explained why their model can't be replicated elsewhere. I loved this video so much.

[@bighands69]

US is the best economy in the world.

[@jareddixon9108]

@bighand69 It depends on what metric you use. If you’re looking to create the next Facebook or SpaceX then yes it is the best. If you want to eradicate poverty then Norway and Sweden is better.

[@germanbarba4159]

@@bighands69 I think Nordics and US respond differently to the question "to who is the economy serving?"

[@carstenhansen5757]

@@bighands69 Not if you're poor and needs to go to the hospital.

[@bighands69]

@@germanbarba4159 In the US median income is $70000 year with average house prices of $330,000. Median income Norway is $76000 with median house price of $320000. They appear similar on paper but the reality is very different. House sizes in the US are 2 times larger than in Norway so when there is a correction per size houses are actually cheaper in the US. With Average house size in the US 2400 square feet with average in norway being 1200 square feet. Cars in Norway are twice as expensive as they are in the US. More or less everything in Norway is twice as expensive. Perception can mean very little when it actually comes to reality.

[@Brixxi]

The weather outside is frightful, but the wealth is so delightful.

[@unclejake154]

Very profound.

[@Art3m1s_98]

"Make it rain, make it rain, make it rain,..." :D

[@AllNamesAreTaken21]

I really can't stand the cold. Give me gold Give me gold Give me gold

[@dwargonedragon794]

Laughs in mild European winters.

[@0111NH_Noah]

Amazing !

[@krazYFaic]

I'd like to write my whole theory as to why cold countries are richer... but its too hot so I can't be bothered.

[@chipomwansa3446]

Bingo.

[@TheGamingAlong]

We can't even stop sweating indoor.

[@eightsprites]

I should have mow the lawn, yesterday.. was too hot, still too hot today.. I been laying on the couch all day.. I hope it’s a bit colder in the evening. Cause I really need to mow the lawn, maybe tomorrow..

[@krazYFaic]

@@eightsprites If it rains tomorrow it might get cool enough for you to mow... wait...

[@kevinclass2010]

The Ottoman Empire and Ming China were the wealthiest nations before the 1600s. They're not poor because of weather, but because Britain wanted their tea and oil.

[@nilghaussy2041]

ah yes, Australia Inc. an american company

[@EconomicsExplained]

glad someone picked up on that :)

[@themongolsarecoming_9437]

Hey I was supposed to write that, well aren't you Chinese Edit: Well I am going to have an "accident" soon sooooo...... Stop knocking on the door

[@lukebusellato2542]

That sounds like it would make a mildly interesting video

[@jacobarmour6325]

@@EconomicsExplained yh Half As Interesting definetly did

[@jijov.j1545]

@@EconomicsExplained I have a question . How do billionaire like Jeff Bezos make money without selling stock market share which didn't give divided????How do they pay for there day to day expenses ?????????pls answer my questions

[@Gtoonm]

I've always believed this was the case ever since I was a kid. Growing up in Ecuador, both my parents were highly educated(something rather rare for their generation) and I remember one conversation we had when I was little, about how in Ecuador you can basically grow anything you want because we probably have the right climate for it, even more, that we can also grow stuff all year long. The concept of seasonal fruits or vegetables is alien to us aside from a handful of specific fruits. Then when I asked my dad if that was good, he told me no because having a perfect climate made us complacent and lazy, and I have noticed that the average Ecuadorian is in fact lazier to some extent. It's engrained in our cult of personality and our climate is probably a big part of it.

[@hientrinhle6160]

True its the same with Southeast Asian.

[@maxpower3990]

I factor that you missed when mentioning ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia was that the nations needed to be organised to deal with the spring floods of meltwater and have sufficient stockpiled food to last during this time. Just like those living in colder northern climates they were forced to engineer and plan to survive. Darwin is also not as wealthy as Sydney or Melbourne due to the age of the cities. Sydney was settled by the British much earlier and had better farmland and nearby resources like coal in the Blue mountains and iron ore in Wollongong. Melbourne had similar benefits as well as being the entry point for people coming for a gold rush and the exit point for all that gold. Their climate was also much nicer to live in with in the age before air conditioning.

[@vornamenachname1069]

And that both places had a different climate back then. The Sahara was way greener than today.

[@SwapnilSemwal]

Exactly. Hot regions are also seasonally productive, as there is a dry season. Thus hot regions need stockpiling of resources as well. The correlation is much better explained by the fact that rapid industrialization started in Europe due to steam engine and their colonization of the world. Because cooler climate was more compatible for them, they preferred cooler places to live causing them to develop those places more.

[@andrewworth7574]

@@SwapnilSemwal I agree, there's also the issue of how recently a nation was formed, in the British Isles they finished their tribal wars centuries ago, in many of the colonized nations nearer the equator those tribal wars continue. A country will not become wealthy as long as it's at war with itself. Countries in temperate climates like the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand brought in a mass of people that were already predominantly countrymen, whereas the various tribes that make up a country like Liberia (as a random example) are, only in recent decades, forming a sense of national unity, putting aside old tribal rivalries. Other tropical countries that are becoming wealthy are much further along the path to having their populations think in terms of being countrymen rather than members of this or that tribe.

[@themongolsarecoming_9437]

Ahh .....that's why Santa Claus is so loaded. The north pole!

[@米空軍パイロット]

Or that elf slave labor

[@tjenaallamonsterdiggare6577]

Isn't he from Lapland or something?

[@HENZEK1]

Hi, Santa Claus lives in Lapland, North pole Santa is just a hoax made by American mega-corporations. Best Regards Norwegian mountain troll

[@Hilariusgamer]

@@HENZEK1 He actually lives in Finland

[@olli9764]

@@Hilariusgamer never seen him here

[@floris7849]

You forgot to mention one major reason why the ancient civilisations where located in warm areas. It is because these area's where the first to reach a climate that was good enough to raise crops in. When ancient egypt and mesopotamia where founded, the European continent was still too cold following the last ice age.

[@aarjavshah416]

Correct

[@rohankishibe8259]

Until they got salty and jealous and decided to ruin everyone's lands so their shitty lands will become good by default because of the low standard...

[@willek1335]

Hi@@rohankishibe8259 Explain how western European growth outpaced African growth independently of colonies: • 1000 AD, GDP of wester Europe: 10 926 million $ (1990 currency). • 1500 AD, GDP of western Europe was 44 183 million $ (1990 currency). • 1000 AD, GDP of Africa was 13 836 million $ (1990 currency). • 1500 AD, GDP of Africa was 19 383 million $ (1990 currency). Thank you. Source: 1-2008 (Maddison) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_by_past_GDP_(PPP)

[@rohankishibe8259]

@ⵎⴻⵙ ⵓⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ if after all the examples i gave above, and in other comments, and you still think Europe is rich because of crops, there is no helping it...

[@ssssssstssssssss]

Good point. There is obviously a limit to which coldness can be of benefit and it is definitely not a linear relationship. So using linear regression is going to produce flawed results.

[@malachaiuys711]

I had this theory a while back as I tried to think why Africa had fallen so far behind and came to the conclusion with my brother that people living in colder, harsher area's were forced to develop quickly as their survival hinged on it but areas where the weather was more livable, there was no impending doom or catastrophe that set deadlines to develop. It's kind of cool to see that we were right after watching this video :)

[@vanecap3531]

If you build 2 factories that are exactly similar, one with air conditioning and the other without air conditioning. Who do you think will be more productive and work harder over longer periods. I guarantee you the workers in the hot factory wouldn't be able to achieve anything meaningful.

[@KorpusV6]

​@@vanecap3531weird take that. The hot countries with high innovation were Arabia, Persia, Egypt, etc due to lack of resources. If you're in a rainforest, you won't need capitalism to survive because the natural resources are in abundance.

[@killermarfidyoh138]

@@KorpusV6 What are you on about, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Egypt's economies are reliant on exportation of natural resources. If you are talking about ancient times then that is completely different and irrelevant with the modern economy and the video itself.

[@someoneelse3456]

If you think malaria and all other sorts of tropical diseases are livable, I've got a bottle of sickle cell to sell you.

[@dag24_d]

Actually you're wrong

[@abhiansh7619]

Their money printing machines dont heat up and cause problems, and ice pack is best for an infla(mma)tion.

[@conorriely6245]

Do a video on Ireland

[@user-sn6dw8iu1j]

Honestly?

[@motherlandbot6837]

Hilarious! And more than a little accurate! From a citizen of the world's biggest money printer.

[@TooToo246]

I'm from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and I can clearly see it here. When the weather is nice and not too hot for walking outside - basically moderately sunny, and maybe a little breezy and cloudy - people's mood is suddenly waaay better, and productivity goes in the roof!......Also, heat expedites exhaustion. It cripples people, and makes them unable to perform on an optimal level!

[@incognitotorpedo42]

That used to be true in the American South, before air conditioning. AC made the South what it is today.

[@saleh.hashmi]

@@incognitotorpedo42 lol u knw they hav AC too right... like lol do u think Saudi is a uneducated ppl living in desert? 😂 And the south is still the dumbest part of America. North is were the wealth and educated are

[@waves9789]

I live in Cyprus, we're are literally in middle of mediterranean sea. Normal day for us is like 38-40 degrees everday i feel like sick. Why? I don't want to eat, i don't want to move (lazy), i don't want to sleep. If i ever lived in 0 or minus country i don't think i would have the same characteristics...🤔

[@incognitotorpedo42]

@@saleh.hashmi Do you think I'm an idiot? I said nothing about Saudi Arabia. I was only talking about the US South.

[@michaelcrockis7679]

No. EE meant that people in colder climate are just better, more clever, more organized, more industrious. All that usual nazi stuff. Not like you, lazy hot climate creature. And that's why I'm so disgusted by this video.

[@SuperLusername]

Problem with this theory is that Scandinavian countries were not particularly wealthy pre WW2. Another problem is that Renaissance started in Italy. One of the wealthiest cities in the whole world was Havana during the Spanish golden age. There are so many exceptions to this theory that it becomes worthless. I used to subscribe to it but changed my mind slowly because the whole theory is just a post-ww2 accident. Regarding industrialization, UK has milder winter than the Balkans - because the sea acts as a heat capacitor, and yet industrialization didnt start in the Balkans which are colder in winter time.

[@JLchevz]

Yeah, plus a lot of modern nations in hotter climates have good economies, it just can't be a rule.

[@K0uzan]

Regarding your last statement, that’s why the R value that was supposedly calculated by them is only 9%.

[@JLchevz]

Yep, it started in the UK because they had the right set of institutions, while eastern Europe were much closer to feudalism at the time

[@zizzyballuba4373]

Constantinople, Egypt, Malaga so many examples etc... even in america the maya and aztecs were richer than their north american cousins historically speaking it was the hot countries who were rich

[@joelGi]

Exactly what i was thinking

[@purpledevilr7463]

I think a simple answer is that it’s easier to work and think in the cold rather than the heat. Also, when it’s winter, you’re not doing manual labour in pre-industrial times. Industrial times it frees up seasonal farming labour. Modern day you have air conditioning, and not doing any manual labour anyway.

[@courtjester1135]

"There is more aggression in hotter regions." After moving to Arizona we noticed how quickly we got cranky in the summer. All those legendary gun fights in the south west began to make sense.

[@opheliavalentine6058]

Haha! I can relate! I never want to go outside in the summer unless I’m going in the pool.

[@SuperSeltzer]

Cold weather makes me lethargic and calm.

[@lightr2187]

Vikings would like to disagree but def cold makes u more chill lol

[@SuperSeltzer]

@@lightr2187 I finally get the meaning of "Chill out"

[@lightr2187]

@almh tarif ik but they're probably most fearsome warriors

[@progvar]

Scientist: Hotter temperatures naturally lead to more aggressive behaviours in human beings. Viking: Am I a joke to you?

[@larskjar]

To be fair they were pretty coopperative at home, and were most aggresive when they sailed to warmer climates. Though I suspect that is mostly because it is wiser to rob someone who does not know where you live.

[@jakejones8225]

the majority of Scandinavian sailors at the time were not vikings, but instead were traders I think it's more so that the overwhelming opportunity the vikings had overruled the influence of the weather on their behaviour

[@sigvardbjorkman]

The Viking raids correlate with the forced christianisations of Germanic lands and some other transgressions and genocides by Christian lords such as those of Charlemagne. They just didn't start raids for no reason. It was seen as legitimate on the grounds of revenge and continued from that.

[@scoldingwhisper]

i don't think the vikings were particularly more aggressive than any other European culture at the time. the majority of them were farmers or traders. However they were able to mobilize almost their entire male populations for war/raiding because the majority of their population was strong and capable of fighting. there's theories they were healthier because of vitiman D from cod they ate year round. whatever the reasons they were able to smash through the malnourished peasant armies in england

[@whawhaa]

@@sigvardbjorkman hahahaha, for some reason people online feel the need to justify historic agression. For one, what youre saying doesnt matter. And even if it did, its not true! Viking raids had a whole host of factors contributing to it happening, its not so simple you can blame it on someone else. I dont know why youre trying to simplify things, maybe because of nationalism.

[@slartidan]

Hot temperatures make people exhausted, tired, sweating. In hot summers I do not feel very productive, but more likely to take holidays, eat ice-cream and lay on the beach.

[@jackmiller9829]

me too

[@Kokangalang]

That is because the process of making energy generates most of your heat and when your body freaks out as it needs to be keep it’s organs the same temperature It lowers the energy making process in order to not produce any unneeded heat. Just a link theory

[@demonetization6596]

Recovery from cold is a lot better than recovery from heat. When you eat ice cream on a hot day or go for a swim you still feel hot. But when you drink hot chocolate or warm soup during the cold you feel your entire body warming up.

[@Kokangalang]

@@demonetization6596 this is because it’s a lot easier for the body to make heat without killing itself than the other way around.

[@anoon-]

Plus disease.

[@MegaKei1]

I knew it! I've been thinking of this phenomenon for years now, and I'm glad you guys finally made it clearer! I knew I couldn't have been the only one to think of this👌🏼😊

[@weksauce]

"I can't think of a hidden variable, so there isn't one."

[@reuternopalzin2422]

That was awkward.

[@stevencooper4422]

It's the obvious elephant in the room. One day we will be forced to confront it

[@mad1337nes]

HMMMMMM

[@crazyasianskills]

Apparently, this guy has never heard of colonialism or imperialism.

[@IamBHM]

I was going to say the hidden variable could be geographic location. It wouldn't make sense to say that higher national wealth causes lower national temperatures, but geographic location has a strong effect on temperature and could potentially affect economic productivity (through some method other than temperature) as well. (And yes, that alternate vector might be through racial demographics.)

[@anonykip]

True story, but way back when I was a teenager (I'm in my late 30s now) I had this observation. Having lived most of my life in a tropical country I wondered why richer countries are almost always cold. My simpleton mind simply concluded that it's because they'd die in the winter if they didn't have proper shelter, whereas in tropical countries people wouldn't really need to prepare for such event. For the longest time I just accepted that conclusion of mine, good to know that there's actually a sliver of truth to it.

[@JohnFekoloid]

I live in a hot country, Nigeria and things have never seemed to be going well here. At a time, I studied in the UK, a cold country and there was just too much of a difference for me to process. Ever since I returned, to my hot country to meet the same set of issues, I've never stopped trying to analyse the entire world of difference between my two experiences. I currently work in a firm headed by a white guy, an Italian, and our office is always air conditioned..I can now see why. If a Nigerian was the Boss, he won't have bothered much about air conditioning. And our productivity would be much lower.

[@KWifler]

Also, there are hot places that experience cycles of dry when plants won't grow, so they have to store up food, too. Thus making humans who plan ahead survive... and careless ones die...

[@KWifler]

@@JohnFekoloid Could you estimate the ratio of practical thinkers in your region? I'm so practical that I often do completely unnecessary things just because they're more practical. It boosts my mood to be more practical. Like mixing powdered milk into the noodles in the pan instead of fully draining the noodles for mac&cheese. That way I don't need to use a measuring cup or waste noodles down the drain by accident.

[@theyeti6258]

Also do not neglect the role of institutions in former colonies. Colder countries were selected as settlement colonies, where the Europeans provided opportunities for growth when they ruled and lived in it. Hotter countries were extraction colonies (the European settlers could hardly live there). From these countries, resources were extracted while the benefits went abroad. Moreover, the colonists left institutions that would still pose a barrier to economic growth decades later. Most countries that now have a relatively high population of white people are wealthier than their neighbours (an exception may be Argentina which went through some economical crises), and this is not because of white superiority but primarily because of colonial institutions. Even within former colonies, most wealth is usually located in more "white" areas.

[@JohnFekoloid]

@@KWifler There's loads of practical people in Nigeria. It might be very surprising that despite that, things still don't get on properly. The main hindrances are things that have to do with the government. Having good access roads to your business, having electric power supply to your region, repair and maintenance of failing infrastructure. These things keep failing and preventing us from taking big steps. There's many industries closed down now, due to no power, no fuel to run generators and no security to protect their investment. So many touts about the place stealing and the police not really dishing out justice.

[@chrisg1499]

I'm so glad he considered that in many of those countries, homelessness in the winter would become lethal.

[@eugeniorey4565]

Homeless people in Alaska are found frozen all the time

[@elliotjames5172]

@@eugeniorey4565 Hence why there are no homeless people in Alaska.

[@PrezVeto]

@@elliotjames5172 *few

[@whyparkjiminnotridejimin]

Not in Europe tho. Homless people get a place to live and food from the government.

[@PrezVeto]

@@whyparkjiminnotridejimin the welfare state is way too recent to affect what this video is about

[@yugen8382]

I live in a tropical country.Ive noticed that when I take a cold shower in the morning before work in the summer (40C) I'm more productive.My theory is that it cools down the blood and since humans have a lot of blood (1.5Liters) it's difficult for it to heat back up to the point where you're hot.

[@nemzi8969]

Mean while I take hot showers in winter ❄️

[@aocastro]

for sure, it wasn't them sucking up resources and wealth from tropical areas. it's gottta be the weather!

[@MediterraneanBlood]

There was this italian from the south who said he met a businessman from Milan on holiday in Sicily (his region) and started to speak about how hard he had to work to get to that point and afford a holiday in the south. The sicilian answered that once upon a time he wanted to do the same and decided to move to Milan, in the free time he wanted to go out but it was cold and foggy, nobody in front of the bar to chat with, so he decided to stay inside and work more. One week later the same and the same and the same. After one month he realised it was better to come back to sicily because he realised since he was sicilian he didn't need to run a business in Milan to go to the seaside...

[@Nature-ef4qp]

This simply needs more likes.

[@emera1750]

BASED

[@samoptimus4228]

Got us in the 1st half

[@raymondqiu8202]

I don't get this, if anybody could explain that would be great, thanks.

[@maxbursac1219]

@@raymondqiu8202 That cold climate forces you to work, while hot climate already provides you with what you want. Therefore those who live in colder areas are much more productive, you see how much both of them worked while in Milan. That helps society, while in the south not the same amount of work needs to be done to get a proper living, but you also never get farther than that. At least I think that's what the story is about?

[@danielbustos5432]

When he used the analogy of every American male having 2 arms, I thought he was talking about firearms. I was thinking, “Yeah that sounds about right. A ton of Americans hoard a large Arsenal of weapons so I could see it averaging out.”

[@lawfulldick4158]

Danny, you rock my man !

[@ronarnett4811]

Those were my thoughts exactly. In fact, I thought his numbers were low at first.

[@tyronejones4245]

I've got two guns, so sounds about right.

[@kyh148]

There’s like 500 million civilian firearms in the US, sooo… close, I guess?

[@stevenscott2136]

@@kyh148 "Arms" historically includes non-firearms also. Let's see... bo staff, kali sticks, two machetes, target bow, hunting bow, Ka-Bar, sledgehammer, ax, hatchet... haven't even opened the gun safe yet. :)

[@whaleh8er991]

As a Minnesotan that has spent a good deal of time in the tropics zones of central and South America I’ve come up with a theory. Tropical region countries always have tomorrow to do something. While cold climates have a sense of urgency. Winter is coming. That urgency leads to more forethought. Higher development of forethought give those countries an economic edge.

[@SuperVladamere]

Islanders are even worse. I can't call them lazy but there is no urgency for anything. Going from a fast paced city life to island life. I had to adjust to people just doing things slowly

[@MHG796]

​@@بابرونيتUK,Cyprus,ireland sycilia

[@MHG796]

@@بابرونيت UK is pretty slow expect from London,Manchester and Chelsea

[@simonsaysno]

In cold climates, you need to plan.

[@mountainous_port]

This is so well said!

[@xcoder1122]

I didn't really know the answer to that question but when I read the title of the video, I immediately thought: Surviving in a cold climate is harder, meaning it requires more work. And people used to work more and work harder for survival will tend to also do so when running a business. I guess, I wasn't too far off with that theory.

[@albaabur]

Hotter climates are more habitable thus leading to faster population growth which leads to lower GDP per Capita and also a dependence on agrarian economy as you mentioned.

[@listen1st267]

Yeah I definitely think this explanation makes more sense in the modern world. I'm addition, hot places have more diseases than can run rampant through developing countries which continually hinders their progress

[@thebillgates]

Colder countries thus also need more to live thus a „higher GDP“. They need to build shelters, store firewood etc. - all which makes them produce more value which increases GDP. Both, hot and cold countries however are just living life.

[@gdeiselable]

You're slow

[@mrcool2107]

India having all seasons: " are you sure about that?

[@lc9245]

@hiooxkrmagkis9323 I mostly agreed, with a simple rebuttal: the Spanish conquest of the Americas of the 16th century, long before the industrial revolution and perhaps the cause of it. The cause of the rise of the West is complex. For instance, China invented gunpowder but the West were the ones to use it to conquer the Americas. Why didn't the Chinese use superior technology to conquer the world? A possible explanation is the divided Western Europe leading to neighbour competitions to adopt and adapt the latest technologies to compete with each other. The large Ottoman and Chinese Empire were too busy subjugating rebels and ethnic groups to focus its energy into innovation, exploration and conquest. It's not as simple as "the Industrial Revolution".

[@philipschloesser]

"Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden" * shows stock footage from Amsterdam *

[@carlosandleon]

The Netherlands is just water Germany

[@flp322]

@@carlosandleon Netherlands: Water Germany Belgium: Waffle Germany Switzerland: Mountain Germany Norway: Fjord Germany Sweden: Snow Germany Finland: Social Distancing Germany Poland: Decidedly not Germany

[@byram101]

This is a deliberate mind game that is employed in several of their videos.... why they go through the trouble of creating informative videos only to spin our heads with mixed images is inexplicable.

[@zkxnkj534]

@@flp322 you're giving Germany too much credit when it should be the other way around since the northern culture came from the north

[@Tjalve70]

@@flp322 50% of Poland: Former Germany.

[@megaloblabber2948]

I saw a comment that read "When its hot outside doing stuff sucks". This is 100% true but people say that when its cold outside it also sucks. The difference is that when its cold outside, you can layer up, when its hot you cant just take off your skin

[@lanceknuth5300]

Alternatively in the cold one can just work harder. Personally if I am going to be working outside doing something hard for up to six hours I want the temperature to be near freezing. It is difficult to overheat when the ambient temperature is more than fifty degrees different from one's body temperature.

[@bindukopparapu2795]

@@tjumok5186 Mudbrick buildings do a pretty good job of keeping their interior cool. The problem is, you cannot cool yourself while outside them.

[@TheGamingAlong]

It is easier getting the heat than removing the heat.

[@themachine9366]

@@tjumok5186 Thermodynamics. The universe likes to increase entropy for most processes. Any amount of heat comes with an associated amount of entropy so removing the heat means to remove the entropy. Increasing the heat and the entropy in a closed system is therefore easier than removing the heat and the entropy of one. That's why we took so long inventing AC but very little time coming up with ways to heat ourselves.

[@buddinglearner7085]

lemme answer this question .....during the time without machines and computers, this was the exact opposite. hot countries like India were much lucky. this is was because it is very easy to get by. in India the temperatures are perfect! you can grow almost anything and also there are more animals to hunt. and they also get a lot of rain. this type of place was perfect for that time. this made those people lazy and there were very little invention and the population as much as the result of surplus food. The situation in colder countries was much harsher ..less food fewer animals to hunt high. less sunlight. less rain more snow. This made them more strong and made them think of more alternatives. You can also this phenomenon when a Poor child who has faced a lot of problems in his childhood and was left for himself to take responsibility has a higher chance of succeeding than a child who get's all his problems sorted by a single call to his rich dad. Hope You get the point

[@shehabfadda3495]

Thank you for the insight. When ignoring hidden variables, it seems to me that there’s an obvious one being ignored; colonialism. Colder countries have less resources, they have more motive to invade richer resource (often tropical) to the extent of pillaging. India for example, had no motive whatsoever to invade the Britain. While it might ultimately not be a significant reason, it seems rash to conclude that there are no hidden variables other than the temperature. Thank you!

[@stvia]

Was thinking the exact same thing. Not too mention that it's not very scientific to say 'I can't think of anything causing both, so one must cause the other'. There clearly are things like colonialism or just simply geography. Wealth is usually flocked to certain geographic areas so even if colonialism wasn't a factor it wouldn't take that big of a coincident that these just happened to be colder

[@WilliamCh999]

Adding to your point. Also the financial system. Poor country needs to pay off their debt by interest to reach countries, IMF and other countries funding. Modern slavery, financial trap.

[@RaduRadonys]

@@WilliamCh999 That's not important though, since the poor and rich countries are already established. That is a consequence of being poor or rich, not a cause.

[@tyresejackson2601]

​@@RaduRadonysI agree

[@canardchronique3477]

Cold countries have many resources (Forest industry and products, water, land, vegetation, grain, animal life, and geological resources such as diamonds, uranium, oil, natural gas, coal, asbestos, potash, potassium, sulfur, cadmium, metal ores- gold, silver, copper, titanium, iron ore, steel, zinc, nickel, lead, and any number of alternate ferroalloys, etc...); they're just limited with regards to growing certain food crops, assuming greenhouses aren't utilized.

[@radu921000]

money makers go brrrrrr its cold

[@EconomicsExplained]

HAHAHAHA this comment wins

[@MegaTang1234]

10/10 comment right here!

[@jijov.j1545]

@@EconomicsExplained I have a question . How do billionaire like Jeff Bezos make money without selling stock market share which didn't give divided????How do they pay for there day to day expenses ?????????pls answer my questions

[@nickspacemonkey]

@@jijov.j1545 He still takes home a salary. And he's been selling Amazon stock to fund Blue Origin.

[@ChaplainBobWalkerBTh]

whites vs 3rd world people of color. esp africa. nothing to do with heat or cold. it is the racial make up, but the media makes that out to be racist.

[@desalines]

Theory: People are more tolerant of each other in colder weather. Vladimir Putin: Hold my vodka

[@pupfer]

You mean vodka

[@ipadair7345]

*vodka correct it or I would spam you with reports

[@Brommear]

Dictators can exist anywhere. History is full of examples.

[@eddielinchen]

Yeah those calmed goths and Vikings...

[@idopshik]

Just look at Russia's national diversity on wiki . We ARE tolerant.

[@jothiranjan257]

In terms of evolution , Agriculture and life was easier in warm countries than the colder countries where people needed constant innovation to survive. This survival race ( during ice ages at Europe) sharpened them and forced them to explore the world and lead to expansion of trade.

[@Bobelponge123]

We can also argue that The poor, rainforested regions of the tropics had poor agricultural soil and had to deal with more tropical diseases and unwanted insects, reducing productivity

[@TheVetein]

I don't think this a big factor of cause to European exploration. Probably has some influence, but I think it's very little. See, if this was true, north American natives would be colonizing the world before the Europeans, since even if they are at the same "line" of Europe, and it's much colder. Or the Asians in Siberia and northeast China as well... And also, Ice ages affected the whole world, many natives had to adapt as well and humanity was almost extinct.

[@stafer3]

@@TheVetein Native Americans exterminated horses in western hemisphere. Without horse, you have only human muscles to use in agriculture. And without horse all that gigantic distance in grassland was pointless as you could only cover those distances by foot. So no big interconnected empire. No big trade routes with caravans. Everything had to be scaled down to human abilities. Can you imagine Asia without horse. Genghis Khan would die sooner of old age than he would reached first kingdom to conquer. /hyperbole

[@johnl.7754]

Jothi Ranjan Also since for whatever reason Europe never was fully conquered by one country so there were always competition (wars) between countries unlike say China which is why China lost its edge militarily since it was top dog for a long time. If Spain had a lot of colonies then France, UK, Germany....had to get some also otherwise they will be disadvantaged during the next big war. Which is partially why Germany lost both wars.

[@1991saulo]

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[@irwinveloz1404]

I think another factor that cold weather plays is the saving up culture of food they had since their winters are rough, I see it as these cultures have a culture of seeking outside their regions more frecuently, and saving up their crops.

[@KenLinx]

Advantages of the cold I can think of off the top of my head: -If cold, there is no limit to what you can wear for comfort. If hot, there is a limit to what you can take off for comfort. -In cold, food and beverages go bad slower. -In cold, people act more rationally and less impulsively compared to when in hot.

[@user-zq1nz7qv7o]

Hotter climates like the desert need to plan all year round and colder climate countries were primitive for most of history

[@edwardhoffenheim3249]

I think that last one is pretty important. I even had a theory that that's the reason summer break is pretty much universal in education.

[@user-zq1nz7qv7o]

@@edwardhoffenheim3249 summer break ahd to do with the harvest, so much about being rational LOL

[@edwardhoffenheim3249]

@@user-zq1nz7qv7o well you learn something new everyday

[@jonahfalcon442]

@@user-zq1nz7qv7o Like most of Africa still is?

[@karlstrauss2330]

“In colder environments people are forced to be more tolerant of one another.” Tell that to the Russians lol

[@SuperPepecharlie]

Slavs in general...

[@yoshypl9901]

As slav I confirm, cold weather doesnt make you more tolerant.

[@RackedandStacked]

@@yoshypl9901 unhealthy vodka consumption*******

[@Arrica101]

this is averaged out by the Canadians though and then you land somewhere in the middle like Germany who are aggressive but friendly (unless you are Poland)

[@andrejsokolov9431]

I am Russian. We consider ourselves nice, peaceful, tolerant people with a zero level of aggression.

[@Croz89]

Extremely cold climates do seem to have a similar dampening on economic activity though. Canada and Finland both have most of their big cities in the very south, where the climate is its mildest. I think the correlation is probably less of a linear trend and more of a "Goldilocks zone" where a coldish temperate climate is the best. And I've heard another explanation for this theory, people are more productive when they are comfortable. Workers work harder, be it in offices, factories, or outdoors, when they aren't drenched in sweat or shivering like mad. If the body has to divert energy to thermal regulation, energy for other tasks, be they physical or mental, are going to suffer. Since cold can be somewhat alleviated with the rather primitive technology of warm clothing and fireplaces compared to air conditioning, it's much easier to make workers comfortable in a cold climate than a warm one, but this does have its limits, at -50 it's very hard to stay warm even with the most insulating of clothing or hottest of bonfires.

[@ocadioan]

This! There is a reason that Russia was never considered particularly well-developed, despite being one of the coldest places in Europe. Too hot, and your workers get tired quickly and need more breaks to cool down, and too cold leaves your workers huddled up in clumps hoping to stay warm. Not to mention that Russia's climate makes it difficult to construct buildings with concrete for most of the year.

[@djsiii4737]

Canada's major cities are in the south because they're closer to God farm land in Southern Ontario and the prairies and lower BC and along traditional trade routes such as the st Lawrence River which was the gateway into the great lakes and back across the Atlantic to Europe. Not so much to do with weather. This idea about weather and climate impacting wealth is debunked in a great book called Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James A Robinson.

[@Croz89]

@@djsiii4737 If farm land was the factor Calgary would be a lot bigger than it is. Both Toronto and Vancouver are practically spitting distance from the border. Vancouver has some of the mildest weather in all of Canada due to the Oceanic climate. And that doesn't explain why Nordic countries also follow a similar pattern. Cities in frigid climates also find it harder to trade, rivers and seas are iced up for more of the year, roads are difficult to travel on or completely impassable for more of the year. All of this holds local economies back.

[@simontist]

Freeze-thaw cycle?

[@ephraimboateng5239]

@@Croz89 maybe Calgary got "canibalised" by Edmonton. If you think about it: Montreal would be way bigger if Quebec City didn't exist. Saskatoon would be bigger is Regina did not exist. It can also go the opposite: if in Manitoba, lets say Brandon developed at the same rate as Winnipeg, Brandon would be larger but Winnipeg would be smaller. So what im trying to say, is that maybe Edmonton stole part of the potential Calgary had to developed and vice-versa. Idk if im right, its 3am and im just trowing a theory out😂

[@user-broccolishishi]

I live in Cambodia and have to ride from one university to another at 12PM. I usually find myself exhausted and less productive during my afternoon class. Morning here feels good ;shine and energetic but afternoon is a bit too much, so I usually drink coffee during the afternoon to boost positive mood and productivity and stay hydrate as much as possible. I hate hot climate and love when it’s raining or cloudy. Summer here last for 4 months.

[@shellywhale4996]

Right.

[@Wasserkaktus]

According to this logic, does this mean that Economists should be more freaked out by Global Warming than anyone else?

[@nocivolive]

he said that at the moment countries do not need to be power farm houses of food because they can trade food for other services, so these advantages are less and less important.

[@Wasserkaktus]

@@nocivolive Global Warming affects far, far more than agriculture, bro.

[@cmath4871]

Global warming doesn't exist...

[@ezekiel8660]

@@cmath4871 I hope you're kidding

[@cmath4871]

@@ezekiel8660 Why kid when the biggest joke are the sheep who blindly follow the agendas in place supporting this climate change nonsense.

[@joseluis8291]

"There is no third variable to link prosperity and temperature" but "we don't know the link between them", so how do you know there is no third variable?

[@johannesmajamaki2626]

Because of the way we frame the question. With the ice cream and drowning example, the implied causation would be something to do with eating ice cream making you more susceptible to drowning. Any third variable would fly in the face of that. With cold climate and GDP, any "third variable" would actually just be the sought-for mechanism: as the direct link, eg. a higher GDP makes your country colder or the country being colder makes your GDP go up, is obviously incorrect.

[@aymericst-louis-gabriel8314]

Like he just declared that the correlation was not spurious with even trying to demonstrate it. That's strange unless he already had some ideological commitments.

[@FulgurInteritum]

the third variable being IQ. colder climates raised the IQ or the people through selection, as the video explained. the people with lower IQ were more likely to die out in the winter

[@mikemiller7377]

@@aymericst-louis-gabriel8314 Economists do this all the time. In the video, there is no mention at all of the history of northern countries exploiting colonies in the global south to advance their economic interests, which contributed to their material wealth prior to industrialization. At the end of the video he mentions how nice it is the economics can help us answer the question “why” things are the way they are. But by ignoring this history of north-south relations and discussing economic disparities as simply a function of hard-working-planning-for-the-future northerners, he effectively removes this from discussion. It’s all about the weather and those hot blooded southern types. The end of the video is full of general assumptions with no evidence. Must be the temperature, because we can quantify that. Unlike history and politics, which can be conveniently ignored to justify the “naturalness” of the current system.

[@mikemiller7377]

@@FulgurInteritum Because obviously people on the south required no intelligence whatsoever for hunting, understanding animal behavior and its relationship to the seasons, finding water during droughts, surviving plagues and dealing with changes in climactic patterns. Please.

[@Anonymous-cn6zl]

When I was a kid I thought cold war means war between countries that snow

[@japanpanda2179]

Technically this is accurate. The USA and Russia both get a lot of snow.

[@Kokangalang]

@@japanpanda2179 can agree

[@engineeredarmy1152]

When I was kid I thought Apollo 11 was launched in 11th century

[@AhmadsAnecdotes]

@@engineeredarmy1152 I confused cause where is the remaining 10 Apollos?

[@engineeredarmy1152]

@@AhmadsAnecdotes Appollo program is a historic moon mission launched by NASA in late 60s and early 70s. Apollo 11 was the rocket which helped Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong to land on Moon, first ones to do so thus creating history.

[@MagicMike_101]

Weather change culture that changes society, and development. I did study it before, and there are a few publications about it, but it's a challenging topic to push into because you develop a bias against some hot places. I lived in both conditions, and I felt the difference in everything.

[@irwinveloz1404]

Hey can you share the publications you mentioned please, I do believe weather shapes the economic culture.

[@powersettingsm7172]

*Why are cold countries richer?* Russia: "hey how do i do that?"

[@Kralamelo]

The problem with Russia is corruption and that people in the coast are very disconnected each other So much terrain for so few people In the center of Russia there's no cold, it's hot, no rain only sun like the center of USA Pd: even tho humans like water

[@christiandauz3742]

If it wasn't for the Mongols Russia, China and Persia would have Industrialized in the early-1300s

[@Kralamelo]

@@christiandauz3742 you can't never predict the future I don't imagine electricity in the 1300

[@powersettingsm7172]

@@christiandauz3742 ok, you enjoyed your stay in dreamland now please exit back to reality

[@abyssstrider2547]

@@christiandauz3742 If it weren't for the mongols i doubt russia would even exist

[@EconomicsExplained]

On the bright side global warming should level the playing field, right?

[@Valiguss]

Economics Explained nope it just means we all need to invest in Siberian real estate, once the permafrost melts it’s gonna be the best farmland or the only farmland

[@kushagrakhandelwal6303]

Due to global warming the warmer countries are getting more and more hot and desertifying them but it is not so bad for colder countries, thus making the world more unequal

[@AbdulGoodLooks]

Laughs in Iceland

[@Chadus_Maximus]

@@Valiguss Well I am actually not sure that siberian land is really fertile, I mean why would it be? The most fertilw lands are usually the steppes tropical forests if you get rid of the trees but taiga which is most of siberia is mostly rocky land if I am not mistaken

[@lecc01]

I would say that most of the developed countries have an imperial or colonial past, and the poorer countries the opposite, which is a different start for each. However, it is still interesting the way you arrange the video.

[@davianoinglesias5030]

It's actually true,, in fact concentration is very high when it's cold, in my country Kenya for instance kids perform better in the exams they do in the cold season. I also prefer to do my self taught courses at night or in the cold season coz I can concentrate for long

[@amitjodha]

He mate, it's only about comfort. In Kenya, summers are scorching hot, and winters are more comfortable. However, in scorching cold, I'm sure the kids will do better in summers.

[@jonyaleon]

There's no such a thing as winter in Kenya ffs

[@yirash47]

​@@jonyaleon If, as you claim, there is no winter in Kenya, then what would you call the coldest timeframe in the year? Hint: It's winter. Shocking, I know.

[@RichArchilles]

@@yirash47 Debatable. Where I'm from (Cambodia), we have three seasons: summer, monsoon, windfall. Maybe Kenya has a different seasonal cycle also.

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@RichArchilles We do. Starts with a scorching sun then rainy season then cold then rainy season again then mild weather and the cycle repeats.. Doesn't always go as planned though.

[@karishmakhan2083]

Shout out to the fact that someone actually made a video about this question. I thought it was just me. 😅 I'm not sure if it's the main relationship between the two but the "cold countries" have always been the ones to colonize and drain the wealth. Even in the modern economy there is a brain drain from the more populated hot countries where human life prospers into the cold countries... I'm probably all over the place. But I still hope it gets the point across. 😅

[@nitinmeena8416]

good point! Also cold countries have low population generally, which is easy to maintain resulting in less corruption, proper education, employment, health care and people get good portion of the countries resources.

[@aocastro]

nahhhh it's got be the weather!!!

[@aocastro]

it's so funny how they totally "forgot" about this factor, very convinent to just.. well.. blame it on the weather and the stupidity of hot weather humans

[@youngdegenerate]

My grandmother a woman that lived in farm land that had no education once told me that " the people that live in cold weather are more intelligent " I was just 7 or 8 years old. I don't know why she said that to me. And today I found video about it 😅. She's still alive 89 I'll show her this video

[@aoeu256]

Young workers go to cold countries, while retirees go to warm countries

[@stevencooper4422]

"The problem with Scotland, is that it's full of scots!"-Edward Longshanks

[@johnl.7754]

My Australian friend said the same think (too many Australians) when I asked if he liked going to Bali Indonesia

[@AaronDoud]

Interesting that you bring up Scotland as Britain unlike Australia does not match the colder is better argument he makes. But does make the more obvious colonialism/empire one. Since the British Empire is really the English Empire. So we would expect England to do better than Scotland.

[@bandoggebreeders]

Look at the number of inventions in the modern world (certainly, prior to the new tech-age of FAANG (Facebook Apple Amazon Netflix and Google) and see just how innovative the Caledonian and Scottish people have been throughout history; extremely productive in terms of innovation, relative to population.

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

@@AaronDoud Well, from what I know about English/Scottish history... Things might have gone differently if the Scots hadn't been so busy stabbing each other in the backs... figuratively and literally. On the other hand, it might have had a great deal to do with their geology, rather than geoGRAPHY. Scotland is pretty rocky, as I recall... kind of hard to grow crops up there due largely to the lack of good soil which is also deep enough to support crops. The English and Welsh were probably in a pretty good "sweet spot" in terms of climate, natural resources, etc., just as the Romans benefited from their Mediterranean climate.

[@luism5514]

Scotland is literally for the Scotts. It is their ancestral homeland.

[@TheCynicalSkeptic]

Singapore would say: “Economic Freedom and Adherence to the Rule of Law.” Nuff said.

[@TheGamingAlong]

Singapore got air conditioning everywhere.

[@m.3257]

@@TheGamingAlong Singapore had little to none AC 50 years ago when it started to prosper.

[@YeOldeClips]

74% of Singaporeans are ethnic Chinese. In other words, migrants from a country outside the tropics with cold winters.

[@abhir7823]

Its a tiny city... Try managing India Brazil or even China

[@abhir7823]

Its a tiny city... Try managing India Brazil or even China

[@diestormlie]

"Now that this has been proven anecdotally true at all levels..."

[@fernandogiongo]

Lol fantastic isn't it.

[@RudhinMenon]

wow, this chat section is so positive and filled with information, ideas and opinion

[@csverse]

When the weather is hot, I perform poorly in my job than when it's cold, I feel refreshed the whole day.

[@Helios6221]

if your feeling refreshed when it's cold in your country, then its not cold, it's cool. I live in Brisbane, Australia and I thought that the I preferred the cold to the heat, but my baselines were just messed up. Brisbane has a meteoritic summer and no winter (it's the middle of winter right now and I just went for a walk in summer clothing and thongs without even noticing the cold, not to say that some days/weeks aren't cold) so between my "cold" and my "hot", the cold was better and I always felt 'refreshed', then I was in Japan in winter on a trip, it's not better. I loved the snow and skiing, but the feeling was not refreshing it was distracting, energy-draining, and made me want to just rug up inside and stay near a heater indefinitely.

[@csverse]

@@Helios6221 I live in the Philippines and yep. Cool is the word.

[@TheGamingAlong]

James Noye Yeah at least there are more people with heater in cold countries than people with air conditioning in hot countries.

[@Helios6221]

@@TheGamingAlong historically that mattered a lot as burning wood could help with the cold, but there's no real option for heat which is as versatile. However modern heaters don't cost that much less if any less than coolers (most air conditioners are both). It's just the developed countries tended to be cooler, which meant they could afford by modern heaters. This is why in Australia, despite being a hot country, is a highly developed country and everyone has air conditioners.

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

In cold countries, in Winter, heat is a life-or-death necessity. AirCon is a luxury even in hot countries. A hundred years ago, our ancestors didn't have air con, and they made it... even Arabs in the Sahara, Navajo and Pueblo in the American SW, Chinese in the Gobi, etc.

[@junjieng1706]

“Lets look at the dAHtAh”

[@Gongagoo]

"The dahter is pretty simple."

[@let_me_out_indonesia]

At least we don't say it as daytah

[@marshalniel]

More Dahkah better

[@prachetasnayse9709]

I guess because of different accents, there's no real way to say that word now xD

[@miguelsalas4852]

Prachetas Nayse If there’s not a solid consensus of how to said it, what it is really the way thinks work though?

[@SkullTraill]

As a Sri Lankan person who’s lived in the UK for many years, I’ve been saying this for ages. Broadly speaking, as far I’m concerned there’s 2 main reasons for this phenomenon. 1) historically, civilizations that survived in colder weather had to deal with several harsh natural obstacles and dangers. I.e if you don’t plan for winter, you and your family with freeze or starve to death or both. It’s been extremely obvious to me that this trait of future planning and preparedness has carried on through the generations and has remained a strong advantage for (let’s just say broadly) white people. At least up until the recent generations (but the current decline of “western society” is a topic for a different comment). I’ve obviously simplified and summarized this point to fit a KZbin comment but this is actually a deep and valid, measurable consequence/benefit of developing a civilization in a colder environment, as opposed to a warmer one where you rarely have to think more than a few months ahead and people developed with less of a “loot and stash” mentality. Happy to discuss this 1-on1 with anyone if you’re interested. 2) a more immediate/current consequence of living in a hotter country is fatigue and exhaustion. After moving back to Sri Lanka from the UK I’ve really understood the struggle of getting to work in the morning and then getting back home in the evening. Unless I travel in my own car (which the vast majority of people don’t have access to) I am sweaty, tired, exhausted and have a headache after traveling and hour in the heat and humid. By the time I get home, I’m spent, I have no more bandwidth to work on a personal project or be creative. I’m lucky enough to work in an air conditioned office, but I can only imagine how tough it must be for those who don’t. This significantly hampers innovation and invention which in turn means (especially for a country that lacks significant natural resources) there’s much less chance for a new revolutionary/innovative product or idea to come up in a hot country. Combine that with the fact that most schools have the same problems and you see that it’s much harder to efficiently educate kids in hot and humid countries as well. I can obviously expand on these points and others much more if anyone’s interested, but this is my short summary of the 2 most significant differences I personally have noticed between life in hot and cold countries.

[@SkullTraill]

Just finished the video and realized you do talk about point 1 as well as the other great point about aggression and politics. Can definitely attest to that as well. Great video man!

[@lawrencemaweu]

This is exactly my view on the subject. Wow, glad to see someone who has a similar view like mine

[@anno5936]

Too put it into easy terms: yes, the hotter it gets, the dumber i feel. But also more social and outgoing (as long as it stays non-physical)

[@Kamal-ju6qx]

Hi im sri lankan too

[@krystelhardesty9960]

In hot countries you also have the problem of parasites in both humans and livestock. I live in a subtropical area and farm and parasites changes the size and weight gain your livestock have.

[@GuitaristZep]

Growing up in the Philippines, a tropical country, I remember a time in elementary school when only few of the classrooms in my school had airconditioning and most didn't (unfortunately for me all classrooms I had in elementary didn't have airconditioning). Every noon and afternoon classes is such a chore and very draining. By the time I was in highschool, my school had most of its classrooms airconditioned. I wasn't used to the cold, so I feel like I'm having hypothermia at 23-25 degrees celsius. To combat the cold, I had a jacket on and I found out that the more I listen to my teachers and think, the less I feel I am cold. For a long time, I have concluded that the colder the temperature, the more active the human brain will be out of necessity, hence, producing successive generations of people who wants or NEEDS to innovate for survival. It's nice to know that there is a hint of truth to my thinking, and maybe the reason why we were a third world country (nowadays I think we are called a developing country) is more because of the economonic growth proportionate to the innovative tech, military, or industrial products or services that the country could provide to other nations, and not because my people are stupid.

[@michelleflood8871]

Tell me you didn't watch the video without telling me you didn't watch the video. You completely miss the point. Cold climate is harsh on humans. Westerners were force to store resources (which makes them more responsible) and constantly innovate new ways to store or find resources. Nothing to do with humans' brain prefer warm or cold air. I mean even if it's true, this video didn't say anything of that sort.

[@munnashah1195]

Also people in hot countries tend tk be more pessimistic and gullible. If someone tells them they are a third world country, they just listen and accept it as an absolute truth.

[@sulkel]

​@@munnashah1195unscientific conclusion

[@sarahfranco6802]

@@munnashah1195 lol, totally not true in my experience living in a hot place

[@kobalt6927]

​@@munnashah1195 this is true and untrue at the same time

[@syedaliehsan]

I would like to add that there may be a technological differential. Internal combustion engines and thermal power plants have had a big part to play in the economic growth/ development over the last century. Heat-based systems always have more issues in hotter climates. Unless cooling is ensured, their efficiency declines, and the prospects of malfunction increase as well. Cooling is also a lot more expensive than heating.

[@yurednaxela]

This is gold.

[@aspiringretard]

Yes but the question is why didnt the people in hot areas create it.

[@Nepoxification]

@@aspiringretard as Syed Ali said, "Unless cooling is ensured, their efficiency declines, and the prospects of malfunction increase as well. Cooling is also a lot more expensive than heating." and the last thing is very important. Heating something up was able for humans the second we discovered the fire. Heating up something is easy....Now, to keep a combustion engine cool enough to operate stable in an environment where it can reach 45°C...Thats a big big issue. Humanity simply didnt have the technology to do that in the times we invented the combustion engine. You simply could not operate the first generations of engines in these kind of temperatures. They would overheat and break down. But the tech to cool them down BELOVE the outside air temp. was discovered waaaaay later.

[@kyll5552]

this is very interesting !!!

[@jioboy2676]

Yeah...basically you want to say..those countries got Industrialised first. Right?

[@whawhaa]

"Switzerland, Norway, Sweden." While showing a clip of Amsterdam

[@paddybpaddyb9940]

That was Copenhagen

[@whawhaa]

@@paddybpaddyb9940 no it was not

[@bjkactivities]

You can see the building of Nemo. A museum with a very destinct building. And that is in Amsterdam.

[@Nature-ef4qp]

@@Ryzanu so true

[@haoxus9413]

People tends to associate statistical facts to discrimination, such as racism. Sadly some topics are not publishable due to hypocrisy.

[@maxkraus7063]

Very true. Its Very sad

[@nUrnxvmhTEuU]

It's weird to see this comment under a video that is far from "statistical facts" (ie. it's not a peer-reviewed paper and there are serious flaws and simplifications in the reasoning), doesn't mention colonisation once and justifies wealth distribution by supposed personality traits. If there's one video by EE, which is biased by white privilege, it's this one.

[@nUrnxvmhTEuU]

@phil johnson ...and other lies you can tell yourself

[@kingsleykam7455]

@phil johnson and what benefits were those, look at the history of British occupation of Indian before u say anything more

[@gufestus4106]

@phil johnson Your school education must have failed you because it wasn't the British Raj making India rich. It was the other way around.

[@bingesquad1]

Also explains why cold showers make us more active/productive in the day compared to a warm one. Summary: Heat makes us lazy. Also it takes more resources to cool a place, compared to heating it (Heater vs AC)

[@mayur4699]

Hot countries were once most richer when the world economy was based on agriculture and manpower. But after industrialization and colonization the dynamics of world changed. Cold countries had low population the machines helped them to create more and cheap goods than those rich hot countries and decades by decades Cold countries were able to enjoy the wealth. This caused the collapse in handmade goods in Hot countries which were expensive, limited and poor quality. So eventually they got poor and poor and exports of those new machines made cold countries rich.

[@elina7038]

I had to scroll far too far for this comment. I mean, I thought this was common knowledge.

[@yavenay]

dynamics changed....that's a cute way to put it. You mean greed took over and entire peoples were enslaves, land was stolen, entire groups wiped out.........yeah that would certainly cause the dynamics to change. The mere fact of creating mutually beneficial agreements to so that all parties involved can prosper are foreign concepts to demons and psychopaths

[@skybattler2624]

Problem is, the Australian City of Darwin is the poorest among the whole of Australian Capital Cities, which destroys this argument when compared to in-country variables.

[@AthenaGate]

I honestly think it has to do with control of global shipping routes. European countries dominated the seas which is probably the best way to transport large amounts of goods. They basically had a monopoly of the distribution aspect of an economy. Mix in the industrial revolution and explotation of less developed nations and you get countries that accumulate generational wealth.

[@GDKLockout]

Yall got a wierd perspective on colonistaion. The Americas, and Antipodeans got colonolised. Everwhere else was merely trading partners. The 2 main reasons is technology and climate change. During the period when Egypt was a Empire, it wasnt mostly dessert, same with the Persian Gulf, 2k yrs ago it was green and cooler. Might be worth also understanding that the idea of a nation state is not that old.

[@joeybetschart66]

"Hot countries are more aggressive" Europe from 1939-1945: average temperature: 50 Celsius

[@2hotflavored666]

@Márk Bányai I'm literally about to play Hoi4 with a mod called "Apres Moi Le Deluge" :P

[@livethefuture2492]

Unless you're Germany invading Russia... ;)

[@NotAmira_]

@Márk Bányai Don't worry, the UK's guarantees will be sure to cool down the world tension.

[@yadinandyanay]

Interpersonal violence =/= mass war organized by governments

[@2hotflavored666]

@@yadinandyanay "Mass war organized by goverments" or just war

[@stevemarlow2232]

This is so true. I’ve been thinking about it in my head for years. I live in Indonesia and when I walk to the office I get tired and frustrated after just 2 minutes of getting out of the train station. When I was in japan, I was walking for hours a day and I did not get tired even one bit.

[@noorirwan686]

Im from singapore a country so near indonesia n top 3 richest country in the world 😊

[@creativejay-db7261]

whooo, that is really interesting 😮

[@Monkeman399]

The most successful places are usually in temperate climates which are considered prime for human survival and comfortability

[@Monkeman399]

I have no idea what happened in Scandinavia

[@luciano12sa]

Brasil is a great place to dive in for this theory. It's a huge tropical country that have macroregions divided basically by weather, going from hot and moist, to hot and dry, to cold and dry, to cold and moist. And temperature does correlate, at least from my experience, for another reason. People tend to work less in very hot and sunny areas, and in some places this is inevitable, mostly because that weather tires you down and dehydrates you. You will work for "Sombra e água fresca" (Shade and fresh water) and is not as productive.

[@MagicMike_101]

Brazil.

[@dilip83kumar]

Brazil is very naturally rich

[@luciano12sa]

@@MagicMike_101 For foreigners it's Brazil. I can call it for it's real name tho.

[@luciano12sa]

@@dilip83kumar yes, that's why every world organization tries to get their hands on "caring" for the amazon and so forth.

[@superz3404]

​@@dilip83kumar Brazil have a rich economy but sucks the social inequality there

[@X_platform]

But it IS a spurious correlation. People at colder places have more "needs" Need more clothing, food, etc. It is the human need that drives the economy.

[@FreshSmog]

Singaporeans need air-conditioning and the recent craze for ice cold bubble tea. Must be it.

[@MatthewStinar]

Good point. Sever cold, natural disasters, and other drivers of human need are good for GDP. But GDP is a poor measure of financial prosperity.

[@CodedStingray]

But even then the cold is the cause here: Cold climate -> more human needs -> more prosperous economy So even taking your point, it is causation.

[@warbler1984]

It probably has more to do with the thesis outlined in guns, germs and steel i.e. stable climate, natural disasters, increased productivity cause its not too hot to work than people making more mittens and firelplaces.

[@BIZARROSCOPE]

Zahin Shahazad : In which way does South Korea, New Zealand, Finland or Singapore steal from anyone?

[@jaimerv19]

"Given that there is not hidden variable between temperature and GDP is safe to conclude that this correlation is not spurious"...all possible variables are excluded after considering only the variable of summer time in the ice cream effect...

[@apans1]

Yes, I also thought that was an interesting claim..

[@eddiefahrenheit1673]

Agreed. You don't know what you don't know

[@Tssdi]

Yes, and no consideration of the role of colonisation.

[@DielsonSales]

@@Tssdi which seems to be the actual reason. The simplest explanation is that the countries where Europeans settled as their home are more developed now because they had less social problems. The tropical areas were heavily exploited for their ability to produce what temperate countries lacked: spices, sugar, coffee etc. it was a system setup for centuries that destabilized any existing society in those places (or in the case of Latin America the society was already created for that purpose) This channel is actually full of bullshit and there should be more channels refuting these videos.

[@johnsmith-fk7fw]

@@DielsonSales wrong on multiple fronts. there exist obvious counterexamples where colonization AND being a resource farm for richer countries has massively helped a country and they are now first world countries, and also easy counter examples of the inverse. given the low total amount of countries in the world, one cannot simply ignore those and say 'well the statistics' if you look a step deeper, and think about the general pathway of humans throughout history, it becomes obvious. there have evolved genetic and cultural differences between those who sat in one place for 3000 years doing the same thing in a comfortable environment, and those who have been forced to adapt and expand thats the 'hidden' 3rd variable to reference his example, the avg people & their brains evolution

[@livanoguerrero3385]

In hot countries You can allways find fruits, bananas or fish at hand to survive, while un cold countries, you must store sufficient food, heat source and cover to survive in winter, which requires discipline, hard work and organization...

[@MrJermson]

Singapore left the chat

[@Fast-e-Learning]

MrJermson from what climate did Singapore’s main ruling ethnic group come from ?

[@tempestmars123]

Tomas Paul Southern China is really really warm though.

[@kaing5074]

Most of the ethnic majority are sourthern Chinese-a warmer clime than northern and certainly better positioned to emigrate to the state than their northern counterparts...

[@Fast-e-Learning]

isle9 Even southern Chinese ancestors came originally from the northern climates

[@Fast-e-Learning]

Tempest Liu yes but have read the migration patterns ? Northern Han conquering down south - plus Singapore was set with English common law also a northern culture - so Singapore is a metaphorical island of northern heritage in a southern climate

[@SaintPepsiSanCoca]

"Germany, Switzerland, Norway and Sweden" *Shows footage from Amsterdam, The Netherlands

[@oliverrimes9057]

Man, it's a (practically) free video on You Tube. If you want to change this shocking defect go ahead and donate to EE.

[@hvdveer]

Yeah, pretty much the average of those countries then.

[@stephanvillavicencio5679]

@San Coca, good eye!

[@jociscocr]

Oliver Rimes lol why can he just share his thoughts? Oh so because something is "free" the it gotta be shitty? Man we have different standards definitively

[@boyanbogdanov1854]

As a Bulgarian I can say that the highest temperature I have seen on my car's temperature device was 44 C. The lowest on the other hand was - 28 C. Clearly Bulgaria is a country with hot summer and cold winter. I can say, from my personal expirience, that people become much more cooperative, friendly and willing to help each other when it's very cold. Obvloiusy some survival instincts activate. In summary, when it's very cold you either live together as community or you die together. When it's always warm you can even survive without a proper house.

[@masterpalladin]

either conditions...yu still need to rely on other peoples skills, like farming, clothing making, constrution skills etc.....but temperate climates have beter farmland and soil, more access to water in colder climates better more nutrient rich fertile soils, more access to wood...trees grow or thrive more in temperate areas

[@masterpalladin]

its not simply the shade of ones skin....for europe its just winng the geographic/genetic lottery

[@dandare1001]

@Boyan Bogdanov How is the Bulgarian economy?

[@boyanbogdanov1854]

@@dandare1001 After 2007, the year we joined the EU, several things happened. Good ones: Tourism became quite important and annually about 10 million tourists visit Bulgaria. Many IT companies opened offices here and Bulgaria became something like a hub. Brain drain is a great problem. For example, about 1/3 of our young doctors went to Germany, if not more. Combined with the demographic problems it's quite scary. The biggest problem is corruption, though. Personal connections are very important even at the lowest social level. This is the post communist legacy we face. People from the former communist party( or their children) still hold the economic power. They are essentially bandits who are suppressing businesses and initiative in order to weaken competition. This leads to economic halt. But the situation is slowly improving, it was much worse in the 90's.

[@dandare1001]

@@boyanbogdanov1854 Thanks for the full answer, Boyan. Yes, the corruption problems still haunt a lot of the ex-Soviet Block countries, but as you say, it's slowly improving.

[@coineineagh]

This one was particularly well made. Many thanks 🙏

[@geocors6139]

I also had this thought when I was a kid. My explanation back then was "The people in the cold climates unlike the people in hot climates can wear business suit more often cause its cold so people in the cold climates can do business more often." 😂

[@reihino7857]

LOL.

[@rickrossh]

Hahaha, nice:D

[@buddinglearner7085]

lemme answer this question .....during the time without machines and computers, this was the exact opposite. hot countries like India were much lucky. this is was because it is very easy to get by. in India the temperatures are perfect! you can grow almost anything and also there are more animals to hunt. and they also get a lot of rain. this type of place was perfect for that time. this made those people lazy and there were very little invention and the population as much as the result of surplus food. The situation in colder countries was much harsher ..less food fewer animals to hunt high. less sunlight. less rain more snow. This made them more strong and made them think of more alternatives. You can also this phenomenon when a Poor child who has faced a lot of problems in his childhood and was left for himself to take responsibility has a higher chance of succeeding than a child who get's all his problems sorted by a single call to his rich dad. Hope You get the poin

[@LowestofheDead]

Genius

[@Boofus90]

Yes, because all kids think about the socioeconomic states of nations and why there are certain patterns to them....

[@Gaswafers]

Economists: We need to stop global warming.

[@EconomicsExplained]

Well yes, but also, yes...

[@rick8575]

Well yes, but actually we can't

[@ddandymann]

@@rick8575 Well then in that case we should be taking drastic defensive measures. Though I'm sure you would rather advocate inaction.

[@caorusso4926]

@@rick8575 based

[@lookingforsomething]

@@rick8575 The technology and the funds exist. It's just a matter of political will.

[@AnixCo1990]

The cold countries have their currencies backed by snow an essential commodity

[@prashr4075]

Global warming wants to know your location.

[@Mridul.scentman]

I have a different point of view on this- In last 5000 years 90% of the prospering civilisations were in tropical part of the Earth Egypt- Egyptian civilisation Iraq- Sumerian civilisation India- Indus valley civilisation Mexico- Maya civilisation Greece- ancient Greece civilisation All these countries have hot / moderate hot climate. Thing is- after Industrial Revolution big shift of power was witnessed, most European countries focused on science and building industries hence they found a formula to get richer and more dominant. They ruled and looted other countries and became even more powerful. Because of this they are still doing pretty well.

[@ashishmehta1691]

"Is it possible that it's a spurious correlation? No, there would need to be an unknown third variable and there is no unknown third variable." An unknown confounding variable is just that--unknown! You cannot claim that there is a direct causal relationship just by looking at correlations! Ahhhhhhh statistics teachers you have failed us!!!

[@TheManinBlack9054]

The whole theory of hot vs cold economies is unproven, if that were the case Russia would be extremely wealthy, but it's not, if anything, even within Russia the coldest areas are much poorer than the hotter areas. Some climates are certainly more beneficial and "livable" than others, but to see it as some kind of all-determining factor or even a curse would be a bit daft. There are much much more to it than just climate. And of course, correlation does NOT mean causation.

[@timconnors3386]

Agreed! In fact, I'd argue that average temperature and GDP per capita is itself spurious. Increased heat doesn't increase my salary directly. And what about average skin color? Wouldn't that be a third variable that runs parallel?

[@Projolo]

Some says that winters presented a challenge so people there evolved to plan ahead for winter while hot countries had plenty of food without much effort.

[@eduardof7322]

@@timconnors3386 What?! You are going to tell me that Russian people were living better in the times of the tsars than in the times of the soviets? Did you know that in the times of the tsars having rats in your house was seen as a wealthy and status symbol? If you had rats in your house you were the envy of the neighborhood and everybody thought you were rich, you know why? Basically because that meant you had enough food to attract rats, something unthinkable in most of the Russian homes back then.

[@Theorimlig]

@@maastrictisokokok Totally not true. Russia was even poorer before the communist takeover, the country industrialised and began exploiting its natural resources (for good and ill) under communism.

[@foodietravels]

This is an interesting theory on the culture. I have always assumed the biggest factor was that it is difficult to work long hours in hotter countries. I cannot imagine working 8 till 7 in a hot country, whether I was a farmer out in the sun or sitting in an office with no air conditioning. Most people I know in hot countries work short days or part time, and often work slower, such as in Spain where they take long breaks during the hottest hours of the days. Understandably so in extreme heat.

[@framesdigitalmedia]

Wrong. Mexico is hot and people there, on average, work the most hours in the world. Same with many Central American countries

[@kortess7900]

@@framesdigitalmedia but you need to differenciate between hours spent at work and hours spent doing productive things. You can lean over an assembly line for ten hours a day, doing repetitve things, but if you have to figure something out, you can do that in less time, but need colder climate.

[@luke_cohen1]

Another factor to consider would be tropical diseases like Malaria which does well in low latitude river systems. When you visit place like the Amazon and Central Africa, most of the traditional villages are usually far away from the rivers to prevent disease from spreading throughout the community. This can easily harm industrialization since goods must travel through the jungle on foot rather than on a boat moving along the river.

[@coloneljp]

@@johnnydeppsky3510 china is cold u stoofid f

[@Adargi]

@@johnnydeppsky3510 What about the Chinese? They were never really that poor and you only have a very small part of China is considered hot. The majority is as cold as Central Europe.

[@Kartik-yi5ki]

People during the ice age : stonks

[@dddmemaybe]

@Vatsavai Venkata Satya mangapathi raju *Crafts woolly mammoth bone-wheel. git gud scrub. *rolls into you

[@ndwigaroothaert7345]

Colder countries were less aggressive ? That’s a very bold statement considering the damages done by colder countries onto warmer countries in recent centuries.

[@aymanshamil]

Middle East : hold my oil

[@pavanshetty9221]

Hold my shawarma

[@masterpalladin]

@@pavanshetty9221 INDIA...hold my Chana masala

[@aymanshamil]

@it's rewind time everybody dude I'm an indian i live in middle east, oman study here let me tell you that its not forced labour here it just pays better than countries like india pakistan bengladesh etc thats why a lot of people choose to work here than in india hope you understand😉

[@aymanshamil]

@it's rewind time everybody and i also want to see my country developed but first there should be unity among us

[@itsa-itsagames]

even still its a general rule, and the gdp of many of those middle eastern countries are still astronomically low compared to western/northern countries. the wealth sits in the hands of the families that just so happened to rule that place during the discovery of oil. im not trying to come across like its a competition or something, but just saying even with the middle easts oil, its still not really comparable. i think the closest would have been gaddafis libya or maybe qatar or uae

[@starsoffyre]

*Laughs in Singapore* Alright, alright. It's not fair because there's air conditioning blasting in my face

[@xpusostomos]

But Singapore is full of Chinese who come from... You guessed it, a colder country

[@adrianbaihaqi3652]

Most of them can’t even speak on their own nationality language.

[@starsoffyre]

@@adrianbaihaqi3652 You mean malay?

[@adrianbaihaqi3652]

@@starsoffyre yea

[@lotusrain4102]

@@xpusostomos The video is abt weather affecting productivity. Not abt ppl from cold countries being genetically superior or sth. Also as a fact, not all of china is cold.

[@Harshhaze]

It's because of those damned curved swords from Hammerfell

[@jsplit9716]

but curved swords irl is a more hot climate thing.

[@JHS270694]

CURVED. SWORDS.

[@deego237]

Darn Imperials with their curved swords and fur in the ears.

[@Harshhaze]

@@jsplit9716 I know. Tell them to get out of Skyrim

[@bradfrankland4919]

I am surprised that no one jumped on the statement "Given that there is no hidden variable between temperature and GDP, it is safe to assume that this correlation is not spurious". There is so much wrong with that statement. The problem with hidden variables is that they are hidden: One can never know if there is a variable that is still missing from the equation. The best one can say is that we do not know of any other variables that can explain this correlation. Secondly, given that the relationship has inverted over time, it is *not obvious* that it is "not spurious". The hallmark of a spurious correlation is that it is small (such as R-sq = .09, though this is context dependent) and that it changes in a seemingly random or inexplicable way (however, I would argue that this change is neither random nor inexplicable). Thirdly, we know of many variables that lie between temperature and GPD: Some listed in the video include technology and social proclivities. There are other candidates. Finally, one must understand that "temperature" is (what I call) a "proxy" variable. It is a stand-in for everything that is associated with temperature (much like gender is a proxy for everything that is associated with gender). One problem with proxy variables is that the associates can change depending on context making it difficult to pin down the true causal relationship(s).

[@evanbuchanan1006]

“Colder countries don’t fight much” sorry where was the epicenter of the 20th century world wars?

[@magdabera5378]

COLD WAR : am i a joke to you

[@evanbuchanan1006]

@Yap Yap you should re-examine the brutality of those world wars

[@Kevin-fj5oe]

Well, at least not war that stop your development.

[@evanbuchanan1006]

@@Kevin-fj5oe japan and germany lost all of the lands, countries, colonies they gained post ww2, and suffered other costs. Development stopped, reversed

[@Asterius_101]

@Yap Yap Have you heard of a peculiarly mustachioed dude from Austria?

[@swat1229]

I've always preferred the spurious correlation between pirates and global warming as an example.

[@AirCanMaster]

I think it's true that the overall tide rises with the cold severity in weather. Hotter climates are indeed more habitable, but it's also probably more technologically constrictive to keep an indoor setting at a fair temperature in a hotter climate than keeping one fair in a colder climate.

[@val-schaeffer1117]

Correlation does not mean causation. I grew up in a hot tropical emerging country, but since a decade, settled in a cold European country. People from colder countries tend to be unemotional, rational, phlegmatic, disciplined, while people from hotter countries tend to be more flexible, but typically work (only) under pressure and consequences, and also tend to have irrational bent of mind. Of course, this is not universal by any stretch, but unfortunately very common.

[@vengarmedeminerasanxavier]

​@@val-schaeffer1117 those traits may just be cultural

[@val-schaeffer1117]

@@vengarmedeminerasanxavier But drives their nations. *Downwards*