Thinking About Lockdowns

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[@Lucas-qx3fo]

Grey is the kind of person who enjoys making the spreadsheet for his workout more than the workout.

[@randomuser5443]

It’s fun It’s like edging but for productivity

[@ovencake523]

He's the type of guy to make a spreadsheet for how much approval his spreadsheets got

[@nonsensepoem]

People who enjoy working out are suspect.

[@lemonslisterine1862]

So do I.

[@AndyZach]

I also made a spreadsheet for my dumbbell workouts. I have a pull-up bar too. I also dislike working out. But I do enjoy hiking and biking.

[@bugjams]

"There are no solutions, only trade-offs." God, if only more people thought like this.

[@x--.]

I think it's a bit of semantic issue. I can't imagine anyone who believes in the "one true solution" but rather solution means the most effective balancing of trade-offs. At least, that's how I tend to use it.

[@danielsteger8456]

CGP: *makes a qoute* God, if only more people thought like this.

[@EXOPLANETnews]

Hey i have an interesting channel about space science and mysteries if ur curious about it do visit my channel once pls 🙏 🙏🙏.,

[@guyzan]

@@x--. communists do

[@aeriswf]

@@guyzan you don't understand communism.

[@CGPGrey]

[@mylittledashie7419]

Huh, I wonder what brought you back here so long after publication. Hard to read such a mind of metal and wheels.

[@kingsalver]

Look at the video from the future aye grey (＊￣︶￣＊)

[@Heyitsann]

The newest video was great keep it up!! Your not alone

[@usernametaken017]

the

[@lucasc8972]

what

[@astropocalypse]

I know that the Lady Grey is derived from his username but whenever I hear it I cannot help but think about the Lady Jane Gray, who was queen of England for 9 days before she was beheaded.

[@PrincessLockette]

She was such a tragic figure 😣😥

[@usernametaken017]

@@PrincessLockette stick figure

[@DeclanCC]

I keep thinking of the Evil loving lady from Fable.

[@dawnworthy6358]

Same...

[@Lohoris]

You said that, but I thought you were talking about Earl Grey for some reason 🤔

[@TheWordsmythe]

"The fog of the future hides vital information" is a useful and sadly punless version of "hindsight is 20/20."

[@StrazdasLT]

hindsight is 20/20 is a really really shitty saying. This is because 20/20 is not a perfect eyesight. In fact it is the worst eyesight you can have before the issues start showing up on medical exams. Most young people have eyesight much better than 20/20. Its just a testing standard.

[@redstonesocialist9547]

Hindsight is 20/20, but its still a bit fuzzy.

[@mich8050]

I should've stayed with the job I had 2 months ago, rather than go for the new job i had on the table. I was unsure it would be the right thing for me, but I was looking for a way out of my old job and at the time the new job seemed like the right call. The fog of the future obscured the fact that my new job would wait for me to serve my notice at my old job before changing both the role and manner in which I would be employed to ones noone could accept. Looking back now its obvious to me that I should've stuck with my old job and waited for one of my other applications to bear fruit instead of walking away from my old job, getting screwed over and ending up unemployed and struggling to care about much at all. Damn fog of the future, why couldn't you have cleared earlier?

[@mich8050]

@Stamoulis Skampouras what jobs you got going and where?

[@BarginsGalore]

@@StrazdasLT yeah but hindsight isn’t perfect either. We usually only learn enough to barely get by in the future and sometimes not even that

[@graceho7479]

“Dear princess Celestia, I didn’t learn a thing.” -CGP Grey

[@tvz_luigi3233]

I think I've seen this before

[@MrGregorychant]

Applejack is CGP's waifu, confirmed.

[@Kkey884]

Good... good. Let the pony flow through you!

[@TehVulpez]

"I was right all along!"

[@cunijoeme]

@10.000 subscribers without any videos you are not welcome here

[@kpcool2877]

5:30 The auto-captions changed stocks to stonks, as it should be

[@georgy2596]

I think that since English is the only option people assume it is auto

[@xexpaguette]

It's not auto because it has italics, end of story for people above.

[@danielcattermole1572]

Yeah, someone wrote these captions as "Stonks" because he literally says stonks. You can hear it in the video.

[@spoongodess]

OMG, IT DOES!

[@wheatbread8735]

STONKS

[@leonhill8447]

"There are no solutions, only trade-offs." Scream it from the roof tops for all to hear!

[@kyleking3839]

I can't tell if this is a suicide joke

[@spadress]

A vaccine doesnt seem like much of a trade off to me?

[@sylvy16]

@@spadress so is it a solution or a problem. I personally got the vaccine but i still had some hesitancy on whether it had enough time to be developed and tested properly and whether it would have any long lasting side effects. Turns out i didn’t have any major side effects despite having a major disorder affecting me.

[@sylvy16]

@@kyleking3839 I don’t think it is. I just think they meant that we should tell this to more people

[@jobriq5]

"Lady Grey" sounds like some medieval sorceress.

[@user-zr9hu3tf1y]

There was an old video game about swords and sorcery called Fable that had a character named Lady Grey. She didn't do magic though, she was just a potential love interest.

[@PrincessLockette]

There was an english noblewoman from the 1500's named Lady Jane Grey xD

[@renschuon4992]

I'm sure Grey likes that

[@kyleking3839]

@@asmylia9880 pls no

[@Tempusverum]

Lady Grey is the love interest of the King during quarantine, but she became engaged to Mr. Murder. That was before his Court Composer, surname Thrasher, summoned the tritone-demon.

[@evanjohnson4559]

“Death will negative infinity you” my new favorite phrase

[@AxxLAfriku]

I am the funniest KZbinr of all time I watched my latest video and laughed for 69 minutes straight I am extremely funny I am dangerously funny and I have two girlfriends who think I am extremely dangerously funny and they watch all of my videos thanks for listening dear dea

[@ro2513]

@@AxxLAfriku lmaoo

[@anj000]

But actually it isn't infinity. That would mean we will live forever and as we all know it isn't the case. At worst it is negative value of all Pros you could get through the rest of your life.

[@slicedtoad]

@@anj000 Death from the pandemic isn't negative infinite (since we're likely to die eventually anyway), but death in general is.

[@idiosyncraticlawyer3400]

@@anj000 CGP Grey himself would dispute that.

[@Lohoris]

I had to take a plane during full lockdown, and it was an eerie experience. I didn't realize how HUGE airports are until you see them empty.

[@vladimirsedyshev813]

I love how the people just don't care about a castle in the street

[@TCM464]

It's London, this is normal.

[@ellenwallowitz1668]

@@TCM464 and is symbolic for the "raising the drawbridge" joke

[@blakedavis2447]

“Dear princess celestia I didn’t learn anything” - cgp grey / quotes to live by

[@ayylmaotv]

cgp grey has watched mlp confirmed

[@Hollow_Phoenix]

Funnily enough, it's a direct quote from Applejack from the show itself, the cheeky shit

[@R2D2589]

I didn’t expect that quote, but I love it

[@hiromasaki]

"""Dear Princess Celestia, I didn't learn anything" - Applejack" - Michael Scott" - CGP Grey

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

-Applejack*

[@acantharctia]

Teacher: "So class,what's the solution?" Grey: "THERE ARE ONLY TRADE-OFFS."

[@blackjoker2345]

I wish schools did teach that. There are so many things in life that are put into perspective when you realize you must give something up if you want any hope of making a profit.

[@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1]

@@mnorth1351 Sowell has spoken out in a critical manner against the BLM movements that are tarnishing the nation right now as well. Worth looking into since you'll realize the irrational, unjustified and emotionally charged notions that led to the creation of the group, something that most people still hasn't acknowledged since they're still buying into their nonsense.

[@charliecoxon9456]

Grey (As a physics teacher as he used to be): So class, today we're gonna learn an important lesson. There are no solutions only trade offs. Class: ... so no work.... Grey: TRADE OFFS!!!!

[@josephburchanowski4636]

10: 2+2=4 9: 2+2=4 8: 2+2=4 7: 2+2=4 6: 2+2=4 5: 2+2=4 4: 2+2=10 3: 2+2=11 2: 10+10=100

[@avppr3451]

Actually thats thomas sowells phrase

[@andrearupe8094]

"Hey grey how you doing?" "Well, first let me answer a question no one asked..." Are CGPGrey and Vsauce the same person?

[@StrazdasLT]

Obviuosly not - CGP can stay on topic for more than 30 seconds.

[@nathanholmes-king3827]

No, their opinions of death are very different. One of the episodes of Mind Field was about death, where Michael Stevens said that he wants to die. Grey, on the other hand, is a strong supporter of indefinite life extension.

[@chrisbrowning360]

Lolol

[@nasaman5440]

*or are they*

[@user-kx8pu6ys5i]

@@nathanholmes-king3827 *plot thickens*

[@crunchy_kitkat]

i moved to Australia for university just as lock-down began, i can say confidently it was absolutely terrible and and it's still so incredibly difficult. loans grew to encompass living expenses in my absence of work and now I'm staring down this massive number while trying really hard in online school, which is so incredibly difficult especially for someone with adhd like myself. i finally have a job and things are getting better, i just hope this never happens again. i feel as if I've been completely destroyed.

[@KidErkwon]

wait did he say "my younger self" instead of "Past Grey"? is...is Grey becoming human?

[@kaleb_barbour3]

NICEEEE CATCH

[@yosefricardochmulek2822]

Naah he's just learning to fool us better.

[@dailysacrificedoublee]

WAIT GREY! EVEN I CAN'T PUT UP WITH BEING THE ONLY PERSON WHO REFERS TO MY PAST SELF THAT WAY! Nevermind, yes I can. Alright, you can go be human. (Traitor.)

[@thelastcube.]

or is it a double bluff

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

But he's also a robot in this video, so it cancels out.

[@hyperspeed1313]

"There are no solutions, only tradeoffs." I didn't understand this until after I graduated college. So much of education teaches you to find the 1 solution to a problem that getting out into the real world and making major life choices seemed impossible at first. 2 years later I'm still working on accepting that life choices aren't about finding the one hypothetical, perfect solution.

[@shroomyk]

As someone who always tries to find the 1 right answer in all the universe, this has been struggle. I'm 30 now and have mostly learned how to forgive myself for not always making the best decisions, but it was very hard for me to accept. I also learned that life is mostly about going through stuff rather than arriving at some destination or getting a "result". Just remember that life is super complicated, and forgive yourself and others. Good luck out there.

[@alexg4218]

@Mitch Lang What??

[@UnPuntoyComa]

That's why studying economics has helped me so much in life, as I see many decisions as a maximization over several restrictions. I'm depply critical about the mainstream approach of economics on trying to solve everything in a utility optimization model, but in an abstract general way, that's the best way of see decisions in order to make them the most efficient.

[@jerrygreenest]

I like the mathematical example comment, because "There are no solutions, only tradeoffs" isn't always true. Sometimes there are indeed "solutions", but often yes, it comes with a tradeoff. Sometimes the tradeoff is so small it's barely a tradeoff

[@KC-pi6po]

This is completely true. There is no such thing as a perfect solution. Personally I would be bored of perfection. I define perfection as not being human anymore

[@taylorverrall118]

"Obviously my past self doesn't exist because the past doesn't exist" is an super weird thing to say with a matter-of-fact tone

[@Winasaurus]

Well it doesn't. It used to, but that's in the past.

[@dawnworthy6358]

Uh, have you met (figuratively of course) Grey?

[@demonslayereren3970]

time doesn't exist

[@AntiVectorTV]

4:43 ominous foreshadowing using Ukraine here...

[@BrothersCoffee]

"The thing about a target is, no matter how good you are, noone hits the bullseye every time. A target is about taking aim" I really like this mindset. It's good to not punish yourself for not always making your own goals.

[@garrettk7166]

*No one, not noone

[@joshlovespandas8888]

Garrett K nerd

[@amino-acid]

@@joshlovespandas8888 *Nerd

[@joshlovespandas8888]

Amin A. Super nerd

[@amino-acid]

@@joshlovespandas8888 *Super nerd. You forgot the full stop.

[@SamBowers114]

I like how grey will just casually say things like “the past doesn’t exist” and none of us even bat an eye.

[@RillianGrant]

Mild existential crisis with every sentence

[@golagiswatchingyou2966]

it reminded me of ''all words are made up'' quote.

[@nicolasribard1519]

@@RillianGrant Sir, this answer is a hidden gem. I will keep it under my belt.

[@gunslingerspartan]

It did exist, then it was destroyed, and here we are

[@DataLal]

TheLittleApocalypse That reminded me of "The Langoliers". 😄

[@connorboyer2606]

"The dark side clouds everything, impossible to see, the future is." - Yoda

[@lukeyyyy08]

Always in motion is the future

[@sirarietichee7260]

I am an essential worker in the us who only worked more and longer during COVID-19 so I'm fascinated by stories of people who locked down. The day the lockdown order was given in my state, I got handed a blockade pass by my job and told I'd better not be late.

[@HororKodStudio]

"I don't call them rules in the video on purpose, they're targets, and the thing about a target is, no matter how good you are, no one hits the bullseye every time. A target is about taking aim." How can someone drop something so deep and powerful like it's nothing!?!

[@allegrovivace6806]

CGP Grey in a nutshell

[@cevcena6692]

Stole is such a strong word, I didn’t steal the quadratic formula, I learned it. Same goes here.

[@Magic_beans_]

“A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” - Bruce Lee

[@autohmae]

Do you know how often he uploads ? This is why. :-)

[@StrazdasLT]

Utopia is inarrivable. The purpose of seeking it is this - to keep going.

[@imperators_8700]

I love how half of this q and a was spent answering a question we didn’t ask Edit: Thanks for all the likes :)

[@snarfymcsnarfface2323]

But in a good way

[@alessandroruggiero8932]

We dint ask the question, we wanted the answer

[@reigninoel]

I guess _technically_ there is no set-in-stone rule that says a Q&A question has to be one asked by someone else, it's merely convention.

[@brunopereira6789]

Not the question we had, but the question we needed

[@domino_201]

My man got things to say

[@notbrody3453]

Grey: "When do you think you will next get on an airplane" Me: "I'm literally watching this on an airplane"

[@gamesndebunker]

How?

[@KirbyUK]

I only got around to watching this now, but this video released on the day I got an airplane for the first time since lockdown.

[@stantheman2756]

How are you watching it on a plane? They make you shut off your electronics. And why in the hell would you be on a plane. Tf??

[@stantheman2756]

Kirby bruh where are y’all even flying to

[@adaezenuts]

Stan Mozeleski they just make you turn off service/data but there's usually wifi on the plane at a certain altitude

[@jp10a]

"The target is about taking aim" Great quote there

[@JeffrevinYT]

11:19 "Oh. Why, Settlers of Catan, of course." everybody: *flashbacks to cancelled catan video*

[@bugdracula1662]

he is taunting us

[@PaperMineCraft]

I was just thinking of this yeaterday... :(

[@fredrik38949]

i need that video

[@Human-gu2cx]

Catan is amazing

What a jerk Mr Grey.

[@thelazyengineer6705]

4:42 Boi is that a real specific country...foreshadowing to the max

[@aitanaendara7407]

Argentina's "sit tight while we figure this out" has turned into more of a "don't go out the world is on fire"

[@coopergates9680]

Sounds like it worked out much better than Brazil's implementation...

[@dajjukunrama5695]

Are we even alive, officials haven’t told me.

[@theeyeballthatcameoutofthe5268]

@@coopergates9680 it didn't pd: GET ME OUT OF THIS SHITHOLEEEEE

[@ickykid94]

"Dear Princess Celestia, I didn't learn a thing" caught me so off guard. Great video, Grey!

[@dallasrover5515]

Aw, if that surprised you, you should go back through the older videos. He's always dropping little MLP references. Granted, they've always been WAY more subtle. :)

[@frim3647]

here for any other possible mlp references !

[@EdwardCoplinBatman]

@@dallasrover5515 yeah, what references? I cant believe I missed them!

[@JM-us3fr]

What is this a reference to? I figured it had to be something, and normally I get his references, so I'm sad I didn't understand this one.

[@flywingcpy7121]

J M This is referencing the ending of every MLP episode where the mc writes a letter to princess celestial about what she learned

[@seanwieland9763]

“There are no solutions, only trade-offs.” Well said!

[@RemizZ]

I need this on a shirt, on my wall, on everyones wall, on the damn moon! With Corona so many people jump to simple solutions for a problem so massive it can't be understood or predicted right now. This is not how it works and everyone needs to understand that.

[@Ildskalli]

But it's not true - there *are* solutions, sometimes. Most of the time we must compromise, but that doesn't mean that every problem is devoid of an optimal solution.

[@RemizZ]

@@Ildskalli With every decision, someone will be hurt or at least not get their way. So it is true in principle. That doesn't devalue the better solution, but you should never forget what consequences it will have for others.

[@5gonza541]

Sean Wieland in mathematics there are lol

[@RemizZ]

@@5gonza541 well... Kinda. The solution itself is THE solution of course, but the result may have consequences you cannot predict. Maybe the solution to your equation was what was needed to create nuclear fission and we all know how that turned out

[@timtsai9285]

"The purpose of a target is to take aim" That's actually a really nice quote

[@SolidStuDoo]

"The next time there is a lockdown it will be worse because people will have already chosen their tribes, whereas before they didn't have one" Predicted that one well, didn't you Grey?

[@bigboineptune9567]

Next time there is a lockdown, in America there won't be one because the anti-lockdown tribe is armed to the teeth and has threatened and even attempted to harm pro-lockdown public officials.

[@wallywallendo]

@@bigboineptune9567 well the pro-lockdown group will lockdown but the anti-lockdown group will probably get whatever disease it is and die.

[@confused4971]

@@wallywallendo natural selection at its finest

[@3nertia]

@@bigboineptune9567 AHAHAAAHAAAHAAHAHA

[@DeclanCC]

@@wallywallendo the 0.05% casualties will surely diminish their numbers.

[@TimCluyts]

This scares me most of all "The next time round it will be worse because everyone living through this pandemic now will have picked their pandemic tribe when before they didn't have one"

[@zezze5136]

I think an important point to keep in mind is that many people will be affected or know someone who is affected. So as reckless as some people are, if they have a family member or friend who gets sick, they are much more likely to change tribes because of it.

[@arigadatred5395]

It's pretty unrealistic to be honest. I wouldn't worry about that. The... highly _partisan_ response to the current pandemic is the extension of an already highly polarized political scene, at least in the US. Who knows what the state of politics in the future will be? Hopefully it will be better and people will agree about what facts are by the time the next pandemic rolls around. CGP Grey is clearly smart and knowledgeable, but doesn't seem to have the same knowledge about historical and current politics that he does about a bunch of other stuff. Maybe I'm wrong, but the authoritarians in power all around the world, along with a certain part of the political spectrum, currently have been stirring up conflict and division for a while now, and it's no surprise that this is the result. Who knows what the fog of the future holds for politics? Again, hopefully good things. Hope I've made you feel better and not talked down to or anything. Have a good one.

[@MungkaeX]

Arigadatred I think that’s an ill advised thought process to pandemic reactions. It really breaks down more between the Id and the Super Ego. The Instant Gratification of Now verses Precautions for a Maybe. Currently in the US there is a politician who has run his entire campaign (and arguably whole life) on the Id. The short term flashy gain now, the future be damned for the consequences. It can be a compelling argument, most teenage pregnancies are proof of that. Much of the now hollow Republican talking points were originally built around the idea of sacrifices today for savings tomorrow, in case of the unexpected. It was during the Nixon Administration that the EPA was conceived and created. This same mindset of the Immediate Tangible Now verses the Abstract Unknown if Later can be seen in some individuals reluctance to admit to Global Climate Change. “It’s Cold Today” is easier for our primitive lizard brains to understand than “On Average Global Temperatures have been statistically Higher throughout the year”. Or perhaps “New TVs on Sale this Weekend” verses “Based on Current inflation Rates and cost of living increases I should save *this* much each week for retirement.” Retirement is so far off, and I might not live long enough to even need that savings, but this TV...that’s NOW! So “putting on a mask and keeping socially distanced to maybe potentially perhaps prevent one person I know and love from coming down with a fatal illness” is a much more distant and abstract line of Super Ego thinking than “I don’t wanna bother. If it’s my time, it’s my time. I’m gonna let Jesus take the wheel.” Speaking of which, I absolutely HATE that phrase “Let Jesus take the Wheel.” But that’s a rant for a different evening past my bed time.

[@olivermorrison7127]

@@zezze5136 You know your big reassuring statement is "don't worry, they'll all swap to my tribe by then" The problem isn't that one tribe is wrong and one tribe is right. The problem is that making your personality entirely dependent on talking about how all THOSE people are evil is exactly what stops us from being able to work together and get things done :/

[@ashtech1184]

This is exactly how I feel about every election. If you're on team right or team left then that is who you vote for regardless of their manifesto, and regardless of the information put in front of you. I honestly believe that if you go to vote for your team on election day without first doing your own research then you should not be voting. The same applies to your pandemic tribe, and while I do have my own opinions as to what is right and what is wrong, those opinions are worthless unless I am willing to review and change them over time.

[@cobalt2672]

Hearing everyone talk about lockdown like it's been this huge, weird holiday where you can't leave your house has been so strange as an 'essential worker' - I've experienced literally no change. It's surreal.

[@Predalien3001]

I'm not an essential worker (thanks for being out there btw) but I am having my college classes online (Mechanical Engineering) and I feel the same way a bit. Everyone I know, even friends in other courses, are talking about how much free time they had and all the cool stuff they did, and there I was not touching a single video game or anything I like for almost 2 months straight because my college decided the best thing to do in online classes is making us do even more work. Hell, had I not forced myself to take a 2-week vacation this summer I would have been studying and working nonstop for 5 months straight!

[@Jaden-lv7kx]

Right. Really what changed for me was work got about 10 times harder for 2 months then no difference. And that was only because we were limited to 10 people in one group at one time.

[@volvok7749]

And this is one more shame to be added to the list, that essential workers will have seen no change to their income, to the care for their safety, nor to the appreciation society (doesn't) give them. Even the media will cheap out when it comes to thanking them, because in the end, it's just their duty to risk their lives for the convenience and care of 'those who matter more', and in the end, they'll be the ones to foot the bill for the failures of governements.

[@FilmandComicsSanctuary]

Oh same. The only big difference I've experienced is not being able to do certain things I love doing but that was only temporary. Also I feel like I've been judged on doing some things I normally do.

[@lukethompson2714]

10:35

[@onetwothreeabc]

The problem is sometimes (or all the time?) OTHERS decide the "trade-offs" for you, and often just trade you off.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

See mask and vaccine mandates as perfect examples

[@AresOrBird]

4:47 I‘d like to point out how Grey used Ukraine for this person looking into the fog of the future 🤔

[@thesuccessfulone]

"Dear Princess Celestia, I didn't learn a thing." Why is this so funny?

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

History is a vicious circle

[@rosequartz3707]

I had no idea Grey was a MLP fan

[@meaburror7653]

@@rosequartz3707 this

[@xxcorelandxx241]

I’m surprised he even knew about it as the fandom has been falling apart recently

[@ishidan01]

I did not expect an Applejack reference.

[@SandTheNub]

Plot twist : Grey's house is literally a castle

[@Archflip]

Truly it is the castle in which his skull resides.

[@christopheredwards9904]

That makes finding him way easier

[@Mentally_Will]

Of course it is, he lives in England, everyone in England lives in a castle ya know.

[@alexm7023]

@@Archflip you mean *his hard drive*

[@Newbmann]

@@Mentally_Will well after the high middle ages The Romans had fortified barracks and the celts that lived there before hand really didn't have a word for castle period And don't even get me started on the early Anglo Saxons.

[@passerby4507]

"Primary and secondary school will be pretty unaffected" snow days say hello.

[@Heather-vi7gy]

My sister, her wife, and I all ended up living with our parents from april 2020 to june 2021 (and i remained at parents' place until... two days ago) and there was a solid six months in the lockdown era wherein we legitimately played settlers of catan near-daily after dinner. it was quite the collective cope with the situation

[@Gorgondantess]

"Irreplaceably symbiotic, hitching a ride on the future of humanity" Technically not a virus, but that perfectly describes intestinal bacteria.

[@_-___________]

Human engineered genetic altering viruses will be some of the most successful viruses if it ever if it ever exists.

[@NicolasChanCSY]

Also mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cells? 😁

[@novastar6112]

@@_-___________ vector virus time :P

[@BosonCollider]

Losts of viruses do that. The human virome is a thing. In your body, bacteria massively outnumber human cells, and viruses massively outnumber bacteria. Many of those viruses are good for you and help you against bad viruses, much like your gut bacteria, or (this is current ongoing research) end up being useful by suppressing asthma or eczema symptoms.

[@nekomatafuyu]

@@NicolasChanCSY Aye, mitochondria are what immediately sprang to mind for me. They've so successfully integrated into the host organism that for the most part we just think of them as part of the cell structure.

[@itstotallyTim]

„When do you think you will next get on an airplane?“ Almost every week again since 2 months ago. I‘m an Airline Pilot :-)

[@davefurey1989]

Thats one thing people don't realize: just because people aren't going on vacations doesn't mean planes aren't flying. If you live in a tiny village of a couple hundred people, and you have leukemia, it's unlikely your tiny village has an oncology department and a pharmacy stocked with chemo drugs. You're gonna have to travel to your doctor; terrifyingly enough risking death by Corona to stave off death by cancer. We may be in lockdown, but forest fires aren't. The primal force of fire doesn't care how many new cases your area has, those water bombers have to fly. "OH no! Little Timmy fell into a canyon! Too bad the SAR chopper pilots are in quarantine..." On top of all of this, what industries are still going often require fly in/fly out workers, especially natural resources and companies in tiny isolated communities.

[@rylandnewby]

Good that you're still getting paid! I only just passed my Private checkride yesterday. What do you fly, if you don't mind me asking?

[@Fred-rv2tu]

Good luck with the coming furloughs. Come fly helicopters. California always burns.

[@itstotallyTim]

@@Fred-rv2tu Luckily I live and fly on the other side of the pond ;-) For now my job is looking safe

[@itstotallyTim]

@@rylandnewby Congrats! I‘m flying a Dornier 328

[@suz5191]

gosh I'd love to have Grey as my teacher :(

[@fuinseogfarm7176]

Dr Mr Grey, Thank you. I am really enjoying your videos. I think you do have a common theme through your videos... its clarity of communication. You tackle a wide variety of themes, but all are communicated in an equally effective manner. And this is gloriously refreshing. Especially today. As you said, communication is hard... it is probably the hardest thing we do.. and we dont know it! Thats why its so important. Your videos inspire me to communicate better. And they make me smile sometimes, which is also important. Thank you mr Grey Hope Mrs Grey is well and happy

[@masternicholas0559]

How is Settlers of Catan the best board game? I think I’ll need a whole video to decide.

[@KingBobXVI]

If only there were someone bold enough to make such a video.

[@georgelionon9050]

IMO it very much depends on the people you play with. PS: I like the fact how you have to cooperative to progress, yet have to look after your own interests at the same. Finding the good balance. Back the day we played it a lot I used to win most games, mostly of the same error most people made, they obviously looked too much after their own interests only trading when it was a clear advantage to them, so other players were reluctant to trade with them, or were eager to take away their resources. Be everyone's friend and suddenly you'll have the most victory points :)

[@nayoshi12gaming]

@@georgelionon9050 There's an inside joke about Grey spending 100+ hours working on a script about Settlers of Catan, and he has given up on it because it's too long and too long winded. Thanks for that tips tho haha

[@georgelionon9050]

@@nayoshi12gaming I see. Maybe one day he gets KZbin only so far and starts to write a book, about some topic *g*

[@ok3339]

@@nayoshi12gaming The virgin SMiLE Sessions vs the Chad Settlers of Catan Sessions

[@gianb3952]

5:11 As an argentinian, seeing my country there and right after that the word "economy" is not easing the pain

[@coquimapping8680]

oof

[@Nadia1989]

Argentina government: oops, I did it again...

[@TheEtherny]

Question: What's going on in there? Why is the economy going downhill so fast?

[@gabrielvillegas6596]

@@TheEtherny government has put us on lockdown for 6 months + affecting the economy and making the downfall go faster

[@eyondev]

And rigth now we are rapidly climbing the ranks in terms of deaths and infected. Yupii

[@foxtailedcritter]

Thanks for this video. I'm stuck in another state and can't return to my family untill 2021 Oct next year. Wishing everyone the best and thanks for uploading this grey.

[@jenjenparibou3995]

hey, did you get to see your family yet?

[@nerveape531]

Oh wow! The illustrations on this video are absolutely brilliant and some are pretty deep. You’re sos creative! Great job!

[@sbcavo4332]

"Irreplaceably symbiotic, hitching a ride on the future of humanity" so like... Mitochondria which seem to be the result of ancient aerobic prokaryotes being absorbed by larger eukaryotes forming an endosymbiotic relationship and eventually becoming so critical to the function of the larger cell that they are referred to as the powerhouse of the cell?

[@MisterDoctorBaconman]

I still will never get over how the fucking mitochondria of all things managed to become a meme. God bless this planet

[@omnitroph1501]

The mitochondrion is the powerhouse of the cell.

[@Glacier_Nester]

I was thinking shorter term like yeast (sourdough being particularly relevant in lockdown time) becoming vital for breadmaking, but this is a FANTASTIC example!

[@ikedaisei8489]

"Irreplaceably symbiotic, hitching a ride on the future of humanity" Herpes Simplex (cold but mainly canker sores, why just why): "Hello there."

[@KohakuAmber22]

At least it's mostly a commensalistic relationship. I'd rather that than a super harmful parasitic one.

[@vakusdrake3224]

@@KohakuAmber22 By that same logic tapeworms are commensalistic, since they have similar sorts immune system benefits and they certainly do make their host lose weight.

[@KingBobXVI]

That's just vaguely "not _that_ bad" enough. For something to be irreplaceably symbiotic it would have to be a virus that provides a major _benefit_ rather than killing or even inconveniencing its host, and irreplaceable as in, something we wouldn't be able to achieve by some other means. Imagine if there was an airborne transmittable virus that hitched rides in healthy cells but then murdered, say, cancer cells. Now _that's_ symbiotic, and a benefit we wouldn't be able to replace very easily if the virus were somehow eradicated by accident. iirc, there's actually an attempt to cure cancer that uses this as its method. What if there was a virus that injected its duplication code into your telomeres, effectively slowing (or ending) the process of aging? Now _that's_ irreplaceably symbiotic.

[@KohakuAmber22]

I said MOSTLY commensalistic. I'd put it in that over parasitic anyway since herpes doesn't really hurt you, it's just annoying. I'm not saying it's mutualistic by any means of the imagination, just that it doesn't hurt us basically at all.

[@vakusdrake3224]

@@KohakuAmber22 Herpes can absolutely cause *much* worse symptoms in people without strong immune systems. Plus herpes reduces the likelihood of its host reproducing any time it's presenting symptoms, which makes it clearly parasitic from an evolutionary standpoint. Plus like tapeworms, the benefits herpes grants are mostly attributable to people in modern developed countries having underprepared immune systems.

[@kays5377]

"the past doesn't exist" is such a bold statement and could be its own video

[@dingding5113]

last lockdown in march for me was a total mess, i missed 100+ assignments for online school and barely went outside or did anything, luckily though this lockdown has been going better, i’ve started hitting weights and have seen some progress over the past month, i’ve been practicing music and just overall i’ve been more proactive hope stuff goes well for others too

[@purelizardmilk6598]

its honestly comforting to see that grey too was in my shoes once: lots of college loans, no way to repay them, no job prospects, nowhere really to go

[@ravemasterdbzwwe]

but you have a degree though. imagine having all that and no piece of paper to say you did it :/

[@wallywallendo]

And now he makes 40k a month off patron

[@alexanderrobins7497]

Reminds me of how I heard back from a friend in high school recently. Despite being much smarter than me and getting a good degree, falling on hard times and losing a sense of direction did not make me feel as bad for my setbacks and failures. Oddly reassuring, but still unfortunate to hear.

[@user-zr9hu3tf1y]

difference is, grey is smart, and I'm a dumbass :(

[@daveSoupy]

So you’re using your weekend Wednesday to recover from this Q&A?

[@CGPGrey]

Yes.

[@binbin6878]

@@CGPGrey oh I wish I could😂

[@stuffmorestuff6647]

@@CGPGrey Thanks for the life improvement vids

[@Ohne_Silikone]

1:04 I once came across the phrasing “onvermijdelijk achteraf” - Dutch for ‘unavoidable hindsight’ as a description of the sure end state in which the in hindsight determination you obviously should have chosen different is pretty much unavoidable. I thought it was an almost poetic use of two words to carry such a loaded meaning. Just Wanted to share.

[@fingerboxes]

I think the benefit of pros and cons lists isn't so much that it lets you count how many rows are in each column but more that it lets you lay out your thoughts in a clear and itemized way that shows you options you might not have considered before you put pen to paper. Once you get used to making them (which trust me a social work degree makes you do), it gets easier to think about variables you're not including in your current calculations.

[@jozepedro27]

Grey: "When do you think you will next get on an airplane" Me: *gets notification for, and watches this video IN the airport, on queue to board a flight*

[@magicalmegan]

wear a mask

[@ktisistoukuriou]

Hey me too.

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

We might meet there then

[@c0rr4nh0rn]

Where as I am thinking "why would I plan flights before next April?

[@hangukhiphop]

r/madlads

[@wacpj1929]

I freaking love how you appreciate and discuss nuance. I feel like one of our biggest collective flaws is our willingness to claw at simple truths just so we can instantly jump out of the water of uncertainty, as for some reason we're convinced it's a bigger threat than ignorance, and latch onto whatever opinion we can muster with as much certainty as possible regardless of how little we've evaluated it (even if it's to an unhealthy level of indignation and division)

[@StrazdasLT]

because our brains are made to think that way. When you see a tiger ready to pounce you either fight it or run from it. Theres no time to deliberate nuance and appreciate uncertainty. We are hardwired to make quick aboslute decisions before we even process the question.

[@wacpj1929]

@@StrazdasLT Yes, exactly. Our brains are made to think that way. Our brains are also made to try to reduce exertion as much as possible. That doesn't mean you go around saying "why are you telling people that it's ok to exercise? Our brains are made to reduce energy expenditure as much as possible." Sure, you're factually correct, but the logic of why you're even bringing this up is flawed. The nature of your wording implies that you're trying to counter my point (I'm not particularly going around comment sections trying to win conversations, so I'm not quite interested by the way), which seems to imply that you take issue with the fact that I brought this up. It's very simple: to reduce ignorance, because our minds are made to be ignorant, so we need to apply active effort to change and grow that for the better. Otherwise our conceptions and interpretations of our environment and our place within it stay hazy, vague, and flawed. Yet we stay attached to them and try to force other people into our own warped perspective through dynamics like judgment and social proof and certainty itself (the nature of your comment is a nice little microcosm of what I'm talking about). This is not an innocent thing - the fact that we don't apply active effort to mitigate our ignorance has led to extreme amounts of suffering, pretty much on a daily basis. So honestly I think it's stilly that you would take issue with me bringing that up (if my interpretation was correct)

[@dawnworthy6358]

@@StrazdasLT that's very true but, still, I don't understand why the fear of being wrong, which seems to be more about other's criticism of people being wrong than it is actually being wrong, is more powerful than the fear of death.

[@StrazdasLT]

@@dawnworthy6358 Well, if we admit to being wrong then we made the wrong decision yes? well, if that is true, then what about our other decisions? have we done everything wrong? Our brains cannot accept that, we are all heroes of our own stories after all. So we will have hard time admitting being wrong.

[@ggsd4903]

Love the voice. Love the info & how or is put! Sounds amazing to the ears

[@tomachron]

The Philippines is being judged not just in retrospect because of its lockdown (which has lasted over 5 months already), but its continued lack of medical-centered action towards this pandemic. Leaders of hospitals have called for the replacement of our Secretary of Health because of their inaction while the head of the task force set to combat the pandemic is a military general instead of an epidemiologist. I think at this point, the people have a right to be critical and frustrated with how the pandemic was handled.

[@olmilla93]

Still matches the point of the video. We judged during lockdown, we will judge after the lockdown, and we will judge after this pandemic. Dutertard or dilawan, there will always be a complaint for improvement. Any donation could have been a peso more. Any life saved could have been another life more. Any decision made could have been better prioritized. Any plan could have been implemented earlier.

[@oilyfrog5022]

@@olmilla93 yes but then If you have the information now that a ton of people are sick with a highly infectious virus then maybe send some help would be a good idea, rather than constantly waiting for more and more and more information that's really not that relevant so much as it outweighs the potential of help

[@timothymclean]

And they're not alone. (Wouldn't be surprised if the Philippines were worse than most, though; I've heard a lot of shit about Duerte.)

[@tomachron]

​@@olmilla93 agreed! We will always think we could have done better in hindsight. However, I think the framing of the judgement in the video is problematic. The snarky look of the person towards the judge's panel makes it seem like the judgement isn't valid. Criticism towards the inaction of a system that supposedly works towards the benefit of the people is valid, especially when that system isn't doing its job. It shouldn't be wrong to constantly ask for improvement; isn't the purpose of humanity to make the lives of people after ours better than those before? The facts are: we are in the middle of a pandemic, we are not being treated with a health-centered approach to resolving the crisis, more and more people's lives are being affected. While we can't change the past, we can always use what we know to make a better future for people tomorrow. We should be able to criticize the systems and ask that they work better especially when the cost is lives. Hopefully, we don't forget that each individual life is a story and not just part of some statistic.

[@manvslife271]

Grey is the only person that viewers would not mind watching him answer a question in a q&a that was not asked in the first place

[@EtherealAuthor]

Thank you for making Spaceship You... seriously, its a big help to me. I've always had trouble organizing my life. I for one would be interested in a follow up video, now that the pandemic has been marinating all the way to now.

[@odilf_]

2:06 is that a referente to Pompamosse’s Aching Heart? “I really doubt that you’ll die from bacon”

[@Original_Tenshi_Chan]

Grey: Get yourself a pull-up bar... Me, giving Grey side-eye from my wheelchair: Pull-up bar, we meet again, Old Nemesis.

[@feyntmistral1110]

While the door frame version is obviously not so helpful for the wheelchair bound, there are freestanding bars you can buy. From free standing power towers to wall mounted pull up bars you can put at any height you want. The trouble with a dedicated, fixed pull up bar however is the desire to use it as a clothing rack when you "just need to put these clothes somewhere 'temporarily' while [you] just sort out the closet", but 'temporary' has no defined end date.

[@eastcoast4233]

I've worked on a rehab ward, can get weight assisted pull up bars (the reverse of dip bars) that may enable wheelchair users to do this exercise. Love your phrasing :)

[@Erekai]

Wheelchairs generally mean your legs don't work, not your arms ;)

[@CultofThings]

Lt. Dan?

[@amehak1922]

2020 seems to be year of grey, You've released more videos this year than in the 3 previous years combined. Lady grey looks cute.

[@ohnoitschris]

@@Madhattersinjeans seems like a lot of British youtubers I watch have barely been uploading

[@migadepancito]

@@Madhattersinjeans Well, motivation and mental health does take a hit with this situation. I wouldn't blame a youtuber for working less if they're dealing with something at home or whatever

[@YiorgosT]

I think we have the patreon/helper bot situation to thank

[@josephbrennan370]

@@ohnoitschris like who?

[@StrazdasLT]

@@Madhattersinjeans depends on type of video. some youtubers cannot create videos because of the restrictions for example. I know a youtuber that had to take a break from youtube because the quarantine did not allow meetings large enough to get his filming crew in one location to film the video.

[@pantuternik]

As a practitioner of archery, i love the metaphor about targets, the fact that you drew the bow realistically (no one use a bow like this 🏹 anymore except for somw challengers) and that really makes me more motivated in it in general

[@KingQubed]

This feels weird watching now🤣

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

Just wait till winter when the EU starts freezing to death. Yet another case of short sighted decision making leading to disaster

[@Beastintheomlet]

I caught the MLP reference and appreciate it. My daughter has burned through it several times during lockdown. I didn’t intentionally start watching it but I gotta day it’s one of the best series in terms of remembering and using past story arcs to deepen the world. I’ve been quarantined too long.

[@webbowser8834]

Well, if you're looking for quarrantime recommendations, might I recommend a video game series called "The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky"? It's a really well done RPG series that does character development better than any other video game series I've seen. You actually get to see characters think things through, learn from past mistakes, and generally grow alongside the rapidly changing world they live in. It's definitely a great coming of age story.

[@sansfreedom1629]

A brony in the making...

[@GigaDanMan]

In his "You are Two" video, he references Twi as "best pony." (At 3:08)

[@KuK137]

@BigChonk13 Being so dense you judge the hobbies of others, especially in toxic macho "I never tried it but looking at it might lessen my dick hurr burr" should be a crime.

[@Gotmilk0112]

BigChonk13 10 years later and people are still butthurt over ponies. It’s the gift of salt that never stops giving~

[@rens4030]

Feels like taunting with that "Catan", after all of those years.

[@stickemoji5363]

Your videos are so amazing. Every thought, completely explained. It’s like you can spot the possible controversial topics and dissolve them before you touch on them. It’s like...you CAN see into the fog of the future!

[@loge9981]

grey‘s q und a is literally the OONLY i enjoy

[@samantharose7951]

“The past doesn’t exist” Me: *existential crisis intensifies*

[@chrispy1398]

I feel this. Though I'd argue it'd be more apt to say "the past no longer exists."

[@tomy34188]

@@chrispy1398 How do you know the past ever existed? It might just be an implanted memory and your body might have just spontaneously popped into existence a couple of minutes ago. Are you even the same person that you were yesterday when you went to bed or did maybe someone secretly switch your old body with an exact copy of yourself, while you were asleep?

[@KingBobXVI]

@@chrispy1398 - Yesterday is gone, and tomorrow never comes.

[@lasiuslord6833]

I felt that.

[@deadmanreaper13]

​@@chrispy1398 I would argue the past doesn't exist because time doesn't exist. We think of it as this physical thing, going from past - present - future, but time as a whole is merely a concept. The thing that actually exists is 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆, which includes growth, decay, and motion.The things we actually see as time moving forward is merely the world changing around us.

[@connorconnor2421]

"Pseudo-prison" As a student, I can confirm this perfectly describes school.

[@robertlawless5626]

I can confirm as well. I feel like my room is a college prison of sorts, as I'm shackled to my desk doing online work. As long as we can weather the storm I'm sure we can find the calm afterwards.

[@louisvictor3473]

No no no, school is just open prison calling itself something else. Unless you're a literal child, then it can be argued.

[@noobo569]

At least Technology class exists

[@robertlawless5626]

@@louisvictor3473 No I absolutely agree, it's my choice entirely to participate, but the monetary investment makes me significantly more inclined to participate since it's on my dime. I see where you're coming from and I appreciate it!

[@robertlawless5626]

@@noobo569 I agree in-class instruction would be a nightmare in recent times!

[@yureikertia6940]

The supreme court shenanigans randomly showed up in my recommendtions and i think i now found one of my favorite youtubers of all time (i mean you spend a ton of time answering a question that wasnt asked and it's still hella interesting-)

[@olle0_0]

Oh how I look forward to watching this in a few years knowing how it all went down.

[@Dribbleondo]

Two in a row? Grey...are you OK? Also Lady Grey is cute.

[@derekli8957]

The robot drank too much coffee

[@emsam3457]

He is doing these instead Hello Internet and I’m am not sure if that’s a good deal

[@joecherry8113]

She reminded me of EVE from Wall E

[@Rabbit-the-One]

You ordering a body pillow too?

[@iaial0]

@@joecherry8113 I think they are inspired from that, as he's got tracks and she levitates

[@howtheworldworks3]

Dear Princess Celestia. Today I found out that Grey knows about you. I would sure love to know how.

[@Zeragamba]

Not Grey's first reference, nor his last.

[@fredrik38949]

tehgreatdoge 7:28

[@palmberry5576]

7:30

[@palmberry5576]

MLP was good at the beginning.

[@Karma-nl4yf]

Mariam Shehab In “Which Planet is Closest to Earth”, he says when realising the closest planet to mars is mercury, “Oh my Celestial, it’s Mercury”.

[@BryanHitchings]

Totally just quoted this video on a homework assignment. Thanks Grey!

[@crusixblade2852]

"long term? Not a lot?" And here we are, a yearish on. Temporary powers are often the most long lasting thing.

[@ArielHal9000]

Well when a 9/11 is happening everyday is makes sense

[@crusixblade2852]

@@ArielHal9000 Those who hand over their freedoms for safety shall only find themselves made into slaves.

[@cameosix7077]

"When will you next get on an Air plane" Me playing flight simulator 2020:

[@autohmae]

I've seen some out of work airplane pilots that make KZbin videos mention they are doing the same. :-)

[@makuru_dd3662]

@@autohmae now i finally know how play's these games

[@autohmae]

@@makuru_dd3662 airplane enthusiasts is the answer. Are pilots part of the community, a whole bunch of them are. But I meant during covid pilots that usually don't play started to play at home because they didn't get work from the airlines. They would also go to the simulator at times or even fly empty airplanes for short moments to make sure they still are making enough hours to keep their license.

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

7:26 _Dear Princess Celestia..._ I DIDN'T LEARN ANYTHING! - -Applejack- CGP Grey

[@Shyfire]

I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG!

[@PramkLuna]

Celestia: ..I hope you like the moon..

[@thatsstoguy]

I was playing Settlers of Catan, and my brother hid some of his resource cards under the table when I rolled a 7, can you yell at him about how it's against the rules? We apparently need a 3rd party to give him an obvious answer.

[@marshm3llow467]

Not Grey but that is 100% against the rules.

[@camwyn256]

My department has showed a great up tick in performance and efficiency while working from home, that for the small amount of things that can’t be handled remotely, we take turns going in. We’ve proven this work model and schedule works better than what we were doing before and will continue. I was the pilot project, we were already planning to switch to a mostly remote environment before COVID happened, I had already been working remotely for months. This lucky timing allowed for a very swift shift of the whole department to work remote

[@RaitheaFilms]

Grey: "When do you think you will next get on an airplane" Me: "Tomorrow, to train pilots."

[@cartbart1]

Ah another laid off airline pilot back to cfiing stay safe out there buddy blue skies and tailwinds

[@dani007a]

Ah, as in teaching pilots. For a confused moment I thought you were telling train engineers to get on planes tomorrow and for some reason called them "train pilots."

[@RaitheaFilms]

@@cartbart1 Lol I wish, no haven't gotten to the airlines yet. Still working away at the 1500, but I'm luckier then a lot of people atm. At least I have a job.

[@stefansaboura5917]

I think passenger travel may be safe by March or February.

[@soravulpis96]

Stefan Saboura nah. More like the end of next year or well into 2022 at the earliest.

[@johnsphs1545]

CGP Grey: uploads twice in a day *Everyone liked that*

[@rachell1794]

The next time I get on a plane: I'm working on plans to eventually move from upstate NY to Florida for my PhD, but thankfully I can do the first semester remotely. If they can get their act together the way I've seen NY do so, I might travel down in January for the spring semester. Otherwise I'll probably wait for the vaccine to come out. For international travel, I hope to go to Japan after the "2020" summer Olympics.

[@rachell1794]

Update: I do not want to go down in January 😐

[@tarickw]

Having lived through my masters during the lockdowns and online learning in the Netherlands. (one of the most high speed internet connected countries) Only online education is too isolating but it can be a great tool to create more better and flexible education.

[@Evgenios22]

About the Pros/Cons list, where "Each Good thing is about as good as each Bad thing is bad": When I have a big decision to make, I try to make a Pros/Cons list for each choice, but give a certain score of importance to each part, according to my personal feelings at the moment of decision (for it may vary), trying to balance my priorities against the necessities. This allows me to realise that, in fact, some of the choices don't please me at all, or don't satisfy enough criteria to counterbalance the positive points other choices provide. Potential death is an obvious -infinity factor, that I just don't consider, unless there is a +infinity factor (like something revolutionarily life-saving). (Most decisions don't have to consider every death possibility, since we could actually die from anything and everything at any moment.) (I have used this e.g. for moving appartments, changing jobs or for choosing a school/degree.)

[@dawnworthy6358]

@Evgenios Zacharov "Most decisions don't have to consider every death possibility, since we could actually die from anything and everything at any moment." Because, we could actually die from anything and everything at any moment, death's infinity factor must always be a consideration in its appropriate statistical probability context; e.g. when evaluating the difference between, winning the lottery to purchase a secluded island (with minimal nature, of course!) versus wearing masks, social distancing while, as much as possible, sheltering in place, when calculating future virus avoidance one acknowledges death is more likely in the former than the latter and its probability is tied to the likelihood of the contingencies. I would posit this is always the case when reasonable people are being reasonable.

[@shriveborn9422]

why is small bot grey so funny to me.

[@MilnaAlen]

My university education has been pretty much unaffected, apart from labs, field courses and exams all my studying has been done online even before the pandemic. I have never understood why would you have forced attendance in college, it's just much better to have video lectures you can watch at the best time for you, repeat and take breaks when you need to.

[@netehangel9365]

yeah, im pretty bummed about going back to physical lectures, really enjoyed the freedom to watch when it was convenient for me, instead of in the morning where i cant concentrate at all... on the other hand i did miss the social interactions on uni

[@nekomatafuyu]

One thing's always bugged be about the "Death = -∞" argument in a pros and cons calculation. We *will* die, therefore avoiding death by X means that you will then die by not-X, which should be represented by another "Death = -∞". Ultimately, unless you figure out immortality, every single branch for the future contains that -∞. I suppose you could then say that all those infinities cancel out in some act of renormalisation, but then you go from death mattering a *lot*, to death not mattering at all, which again doesn't seem to match most people's perceptions. I suppose the trick at that point is to say that not all infinities are equal. Pick a baseline death, and then try to decide how much bigger or smaller the infinity is for death by X compared to that baseline. (Yeah, it may seem a touch grim to some, but I like to try and get my head around why ideas such as the "Death = -∞" argument go wrong :))

[@ByzantineDarkwraith]

dying right now = -infinity dying later = 0, we all gonna die

[@MudakTheMultiplier]

It's the classic "put it off long enough and it won't matter". Accelerated death is the problem.

[@blackjacktrial]

So a probability weighted pro con exercise? Do you have a dragon invasion plan that is currently in effect? (If not, that's probability in effect)

[@markcangila1613]

I'm a fan of the acceptable risk method - at one point we accept a risk of death, and that acceptance point is based off benefits of the activity

[@ByzantineDarkwraith]

@@DemonKyle nope. driving my car has a small chance of killing me right now, but it has a bigger chance than some other things of killing me eventually, but that's not as big of a negative as, say, shooting up a completely unknown amount of heroin right now, which has a lot higher chance of killing me right now even if its overall the same chance of dying as if you drove a car a shitload for a long time. Remember: some infinities are larger than other infinities

[@hannessteffenhagen61]

"When will I get next on an airplane" -- as soon I judge it reasonably safe. My brother married, his wife is pregant, I've not seen my parents in the flesh since last year, I'm going to visit home as soon as I can and plane is the fastest way to get there (and the alternatives would be ferry or train which aren't any less risky infection wise). But my parents are old, and my brothers wife is pregnant so I'm definitely not doing that while I think there's any chance at all I'm distributing a dangerous bug that way though.

[@PhyloGenesis]

I just drove out in a car to my old and sick parents with another family member and flew back. For the way there, I researched the county with the lowest COVID rate in the area I had to get a hotel plus the typical mask+distancing.

[@webbowser8834]

Yeah, fog of the future means I do not have any hard commitments/serious plans to travel at this moment. However, I would like to attempt a family visit this November (they live a couple hour drive away from my location) and get on a plane to visit different family in Florida this upcoming Summer. That being said, for the former I'll need to make sure the pandemic doesn't explode between now and then, because no way am I gonna be some kind of harbinger of death, for the latter it's simply far too early to be making plans for next summer (also still have no desire to be some kind of harbinger of death.)

[@lavamicklava3217]

When will I get back on an Airplane? At least sometime in February.

[@tomr6955]

8:05 please tell me I'm not the only one who appreciated the trees lining up. Thank you Grey

[@michaelphillips5756]

Flew to Alaska on Vacation in July. Loved it :-)

[@LilyWilliams]

"There's two new CGP Grey videos!" - My husband excitedly to me this morning

[@Xaio30]

"When do you think you will next get on an airplane?" As soon as possible. I've been stuck abroad for five months with no way of earning income and flights home getting continually cancelled without any refund so far. How's that for an answer?

[@christopheredwards9904]

A very specific answer

[@timothymclean]

Damn, that sucks. It should be illegal to cancel a flight (or other service) without also refunding the money paid to access that service. Buuut the people who would benefit from that law are too poor to have any political influence, so I'm not surprised it isn't a thing.

[@khristopherkomodoensis4734]

@@timothymclean Poor, yet numerous. Just like the majority of everyone.

[@LowestofheDead]

Jesus, which country are you in and where are you trying to get back to??

[@timothymclean]

@@LowestofheDead I can't answer the first question, but the second is pretty obviously "Home".

[@jorenbosmans8065]

Nice Q&A. I hope Lady Grey and everyone else here stays safe