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The Strange, Broken Economics of Ireland

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:27:30 -0000

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How To Do Politics

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:30:00 -0000

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The way you talk about politics may be perfectly justified, but does it help or hurt your cause?

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How China Accidentally Created a Billion Dollar Scam Industry

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:32:30 -0000

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The Reddit Filter

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:00 -0000

A look into a problem of democracy through Reddit’s voting system where one idea inevitably rules and diversity is systematically challenged.

To be clear, I love Reddit and use it daily. However, I also think it has some serious flaws and it’s healthy to know about them.

### Notes ###

This video is (so far) the most time-consuming video I’ve made on PolyMatter. Took ~12 hours to make but I’m pretty happy with it. Let me know what you think.

### Credits ###

-2 One-Liner Jokes Taken from http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/jk...

-Thanks to /u/Hyperphrenic from Reddit for the “Reddit’s Political Leanings in 2015” image. You can see his raw data here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

-“The best item to protect you from sasquatch attacks is a camera.” from a popular ShowerThoughts post on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthough...

-First song: Retro Soul by BenSound https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/retro-soul

-Second Song: Funky Element by BenSound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDWZUugBGQc

-Short sound effects taken from the amazing FreeSound.org (all CC 0 licenses used. I highly recommend this site for free sounds. Many sounds are free to use without credit).

### Assortment of different links used in the production of this video ###
(Some worth reading if you’re curious)

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/...
http://noahspringer.com/who-is-reddit/
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/reddit-...
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/...
http://www.popularmechanics.com/scien...
http://science.sciencemag.org/content...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_...
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeauti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informa...

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When Will China Invade Taiwan?

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:39:00 -0000

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Why Spotify’s “Grand Strategy” Will Fail

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:37:30 -0000

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Disclaimer: PolyMatter is available on Spotify. We have no special relationship with the company and have thus far earned a total of $4.75 from the platform. That said, it only feels right to let you know that we technically have a (very small) financial interest in the company. Audible, an audiobook competitor, has sponsored videos from this channel in the past. Skillshare, which has partnered with Spotify for its learning courses, has also sponsored this channel. Finally, nothing in this video is intended as investment advice.

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The Biology of Business

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:40:00 -0000

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The fields of biology and economics essentially study the same thing: finite resources and their allocation, meaning they have a lot to learn from each other.

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If these topics interested you, here are some related books and websites that were used in the research for this video:
-The Darwin Economy https://press.princeton.edu/titles/9852.html
-Economics as an Evolutionary Science https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/5172092
-https://hbr.org/2004/03/strategy-as-ecology
-https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/why-do-some-companies-thrive-while-others-fail
-https://hbr.org/2016/01/the-biology-of-corporate-survival

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America’s Birth Rate “Crisis”

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:42:30 -0000

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Why “Learn to Code” Failed

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:45:00 -0000

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China's War on Pollution

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:47:30 -0000

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Why Ethiopia is Creating a New Country Next Door

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:50:00 -0000

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The Economics of Uber

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:52:30 -0000

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Uber may be the highest-valued private company in the world, but its economic troubles are profound and concerning.

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https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/independent-contractor-self-employed-or-employee

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What Makes Black Mirror So Good?

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:55:00 -0000

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Black Mirror is widely loved, but it's also horrifying to watch. So what makes it so compelling, and is it more than a critique of technology?

### Credits ###
Video footage is taken from episodes of Black Mirror, a show written and created by Charlie Brooker. The full series can be found on Netflix.com

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The article titled "The Case Against Black Mirror" can be found at http://www.vulture.com/2016/10/black-mirror-the-case-against-it.html The section in this video was taken directly from that article, but is not the entire article.

The poll of favorite episodes is http://www.strawpoll.me/11556061/r and was found on the Black Mirror subreddit.

Charlie Brooker clip is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2YPxSDIoPE

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How Lies Become True On the Internet - Circular Sourcing

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:57:30 -0000

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More sources should mean more credible, but the flaws of online journalism have changed what qualifies as “truth” on the internet.

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Why Singapore Elects the Losers of its Elections

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:00:00 -0000

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The Grand Theory of Apple

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:02:30 -0000

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You can hate Apple’s philosophy, think they’re overpriced, and disagree with every decision they make, but their decisions are perfectly calculated as part of a grand strategy.

Special thanks to Neil Cybart who was a big inspiration for this video. This article in particular: https://www.aboveavalon.com/notes/2015/12/02/the-grand-unified-theory-of-apple-products
If you like to follow Apple news and analysis, Above Avalon is the place to do it (and his podcast is great too)

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### Sources ###

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Headlines referenced:
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-macbook-pro-2016-consumer-reports-2016-12
https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-say-broke-face-id-security/
http://mashable.com/2016/12/30/consumer-report-apple-macbook-pro-recommendation/?utm_cid=hp-r-4#J2LayWecaaqI
https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/19/15353730/apple-iphone-8-delay-touch-id?
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4071645-apple-tim-cook-needs-replaced
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4071645-apple-tim-cook-needs-replaced
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-prices-too-high-2013-11
https://www.forbes.com/2009/11/06/iphone-apple-china-leadership-managing-failure.html#430af53f2b4b

Schiller Quote: https://medium.com/backchannel/exclusive-why-apple-is-still-sweating-the-details-on-imac-531a95e50c91

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/09/the-average-american-household-owns-more-than-two-apple-products.html

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The Most Overvalued Startup in the World?

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 05:05:00 -0000

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WeWork is the 4th highest valued startup in the world but it may not survive the next recession.

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The European Country Putin Stubbornly Refuses to Invade

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 04:07:30 -0000

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Why Apple Can’t Leave China (yet)

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 03:10:00 -0000

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The Death of Malls?

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 02:12:30 -0000

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You've probably seen or heard about malls closing, but this doesn't necessarily mean the end of malls entirely, and online shopping isn't quite the enemy that you might expect.

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Game is Civilization 5 (go buy it)

Clip of IRL person talking is an Apple executive from the September 2017 Apple Special Event.

Anchor store source (among many others): http://www.marketwatch.com/story/10-things-shopping-malls-wont-tell-you-1308954251095

Future of malls source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevendennis/2017/06/26/its-the-end-of-the-mall-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine/#445dd9007eb4
Tom Simmons, who oversees the mid-Atlantic shopping center division of Kimco, another real estate giant, is more blunt. “There are B and C malls in tertiary markets that are dinosaurs and will likely die,” he said, but “A malls are doing well.”

Internet sales up (not meant to be exact, only show a trend)
http://pewaukeeeconomics.blogspot.com/2015/04/producers-take-advantage-of-compulsive.ht/ml

Map is United States of America with States - Single Color by FreeVectorMaps.com *Image edited

Living inside mall article: [You Can Now Live Inside America’s First Shopping Mall for $550 a Month - Westminster Arcade Rhode Island](http://www.countryliving.com/real-estate/a35148/shopping-mall-micro-homes-in-rhode-island/)

Other sources:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevendennis/2017/06/26/its-the-end-of-the-mall-as-we-know-it-and-i-feel-fine/#38b5f4727eb4
https://www.fixr.com/costs/build-shopping-mall
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/17-071_615ba9f2-dfca-41f2-a0eb-0336e5e36160.pdf
https://www.ten-x.com/company/blog/for-elite-class-a-malls-its-good-to-be-king/
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/26/why-these-malls-are-thriving-while-others-die.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/retail-meltdown-of-2017/522384/
http://www.businessinsider.com/so-what-are-we-going-to-do-with-the-retail-malls-2017-3
https://www.vox.com/new-money/2017/5/4/15124038/regional-mall-apocalypse
http://www.margaretriverbusiness.com/2012/11/is-the-internet-killing-the-traditional-retail-shop/
http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0711/is-online-shopping-killing-brick-and-mortar.aspx
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/06/16/amazon-to-buy-whole-foods-market-in-deal-valued-at-13-7-billion-2/
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/05/the-retail-apocalypse-summed-up-perfectly-in-one-chart-commentary.html

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The Challenge of Creative Work

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 01:15:00 -0000

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The creative process is a mysterious black box. The Creativity Gap is a way to make sense of it.

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Why China Banned Weird Architecture

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:17:30 -0000

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The College Board Monopoly on Education

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 23:20:00 -0000

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The College Board owns the AP, PSAT and SAT tests, which brings in millions in profit every year. And behind this monopoly is the fact that these companies really sell to schools, not students.

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Graph of GPA over time
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Second Graph (schools)
You can compare the original graph to my visualization here: http://i.imgur.com/ICRsN5w.png (where pink is original data, yellow is mine)
Source: http://www.gradeinflation.com

ACT vs SAT map:
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Data used for map taken from: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/08/04/education/edlife/where-the-sat-and-act-dominate.html (Note: from 2013, some data may have changed)

College Board Economics quote comes from: http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-economics-course-description.pdf

Others:
http://www.gradeinflation.com
https://blog.prepscholar.com/average-sat-scores-over-time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_educational_software
https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register/fees
https://www.collegeboard.org/about
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/07/15/138167102/study-the-most-common-grade-given-by-colleges-is-an-a
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How to Fix the Patent System

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 22:22:30 -0000

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The patent system is broken but not unfixable. Here’s a possible solution.

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Nudging: The Future of Advertising

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 21:25:00 -0000

Advertising tries to convince you to buy things, but nudging is about influencing customers without their knowing. It's only going to be used more and more, but where should we place limits (if at all)?

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Are America’s Students Falling Behind?

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 20:27:30 -0000

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Why Scooter Startups Are Worth Billions

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 19:30:00 -0000

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Dock-less electric scooter companies are now worth billions of dollars. Are they really the future of personal transportation, a passing fad, or an invasion of public spaces?

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The True Cost of the iPhone

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:39:00 -0000

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How College Broke the Labor Market

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 17:32:30 -0000

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Taiwan is Not Venezuela

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:35:00 -0000

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How America’s 4,488 Banks Work

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:37:30 -0000

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The App Store Race to the Bottom

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:40:00 -0000

For years, apps have gotten cheaper and cheaper on the App Store until they're now mostly free, making money in other ways.

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How China Won the Electric Vehicle Race

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:42:30 -0000

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America’s Self-Inflicted Doctor Shortage

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:45:00 -0000

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How Not to Make Mobile Games

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 11:47:30 -0000

Some of the tricks used by the most lucrative mobile games to manipulate and exploit their players.

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How Container Ships Work

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 10:50:00 -0000

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Bananas are shipped from thousands of miles away and yet are still cheaper than local Apples. The reason is the incredible economics of container ships.

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The Downvote Predicament

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:52:30 -0000

Reddit does a great job of sorting content but here's one of the downsides of such a system.

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Why Puerto Rico’s Economy Doesn’t Work

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:55:00 -0000

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Apple Glasses Are Coming - Here's Why

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 07:57:30 -0000

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Smart, Augmented Reality glasses are on the way, and Apple is the perfect company to make them.

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A great article on the topic by Apple blog Above Avalon: https://www.aboveavalon.com/notes/2017/7/27/apple-glasses-are-inevitable

Hype Cycle: https://www.gartner.com/technology/research/methodologies/hype-cycle.jsp

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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/21/long-island-iced-tea-micro-cap-adds-blockchain-to-name-and-stock-soars.html

https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3004483/tim-cook-says-ar-has-more-potential-than-virtual-reality

Chocolate study: https://io9.gizmodo.com/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-chocolate-helps-weight-1707251800 and http://ds-wordpress.haverford.edu/psych2015/projects/chapter/science-journalism-sensationalized-headlines/

Magic Leap: http://digg.com/2018/magic-leap-demo-video

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations

http://blog.evocator.org/2010/04/hype-chasm.html

Jony Ive Aluminum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_HMXVm9zFs

Magic Leap Bug Eyes: https://mashable.com/2017/12/21/magic-leap-one-mixed-reality-headset-design-reactions/#tf_5BjXRlPq6

https://www.apple.com/ios/augmented-reality/

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2017/11/google-patent-reveals-google-glass-being-reinvented-using-micro-led-displays-a-technology-apple-is-exploring.html

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2017/08/apple-granted-52-patents-today-covering-3d-glasses-in-air-gesturing-and-a-micro-led-patent-for-future-idevice.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paullamkin/2017/07/31/apple-ar-smart-glasses-detailed-in-patent/#46c8402d1e06

https://www.enjoyvue.com

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2017/09/advances-in-micro-led-displays-are-being-made-and-apples-luxvue-owns-a-key-patent-to-advance-production.html

https://www.vox.com/new-money/2017/6/20/15838284/apple-leak-leak

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China’s Fundamental Economic Problem

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 07:00:00 -0000

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Kim Jong-Un: A Brilliant Leader

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:02:30 -0000

North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un is a rational mastermind who does anything and everything to stay in power, even with most of the world against him.

### Credits ###
-When I wanted to make this video, I read Andrei Lankov’s wonderful book “The Real North Korea”. It informed much of this video but much had to be left out due to time constraints. If you want to learn more, I highly recommend buying his book. https://www.amazon.com/Real-North-Korea-Politics-Stalinist/dp/1511383941/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

-Map at the beginning of the Korean Peninsula is North Korea by https://freevectormaps.com/north-korea/KP-EPS-02-0001?ref=atr - they provided the vector image which was then edited for use in this video. They own all intellectual property rights of that image, but allow it to be used with attribution.
-Nighttime aerial photo of Korea courtesy of NASA https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83182 Astronaut photograph ISS038-E-38300 was acquired on January 30, 2014, with a Nikon D3S digital camera using a 24 millimeter lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. The image was taken by the Expedition 38 crew. It has been cropped and enhanced to improve contrast, and lens artifacts have been removed. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory as part of the ISS National Lab to help astronauts take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Caption by M. Justin Wilkinson, Jacobs at NASA-JSC.

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Why it’s Illegal to Buy a Car from Toyota

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 05:05:00 -0000

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Why the Average New Car Costs $50,000

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 04:07:30 -0000

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Why There Are No Flights Between India and China

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 03:10:00 -0000

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China is Not a Socialist Utopia.

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 02:12:30 -0000

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Why YouTube Comments Suck (and Reddit comments don't)

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 01:15:00 -0000

Trolls aren't only to blame for the YouTube Comment section, there are deeper reasons which can explain everything.

### Credit ###
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### Further Reading/Sources ###
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/why-were-shutting-our-comments
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/4ucrgh/is_anyone_else_noticing_this_incorrect_and_poor/?
https://www.quora.com/Why-are-YouTube-comments-so-bad
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-psychology-of-online-comments
https://books.google.com/books?id=W1c0CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA91&lpg=PA91&dq=anonymity+of+reddit+vs+youtube&source=bl&ots=9J6O2F4oSR&sig=hcm6idWrpoVsYjIbvugNBCaW72c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj7qN79jKfQAhXCgVQKHRcBCn8Q6AEIRzAM#v=onepage&q=anonymity%20of%20reddit%20vs%20youtube&f=false

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Subscription Affliction - Everything is $10/month

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:17:30 -0000

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Credits

Music is by Varsity Star: https://varsitystar.bandcamp.com/releases
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and Inkl is the subscription platform for articles/news mentioned: https://www.inkl.com

Furniture Subscription mentioned: https://www.livefeather.com

Above Avalon on its subscription model: https://www.aboveavalon.com/notes/2018/5/23/above-avalon-subscriptions-turn-three

Subscription Hell article that was on screen: https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/06/subscription-hell/

Ulysses App: https://ulyssesapp.com
Autodesk: https://www.autodesk.com

Change.org Petition for Adobe: https://www.change.org/p/adobe-systems-incorporated-eliminate-the-mandatory-creative-cloud-subscription-model

Great indie apps mentioned:
Drafts 5 http://getdrafts.com
Sleep++ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sleep/id1038440371?mt=8
Overcast: https://overcast.fm
BestPhotos: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bestphotos/id1168605247?mt=8
Threes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/threes/id779157948?mt=8
PCalc: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/threes/id779157948?mt=8 (bananas included)

Candy Crush Trademark: http://thegatewayonline.com/law/commercial-awareness/explaining-the-candy-crush-trademark-saga

Trust Me, I’m Lying by Ryan Holiday: https://www.amazon.com/Trust-Me-Lying-Confessions-Manipulator/dp/1591846285

New News Companies:
Blendle: https://blendle.com
Inkl: https://www.inkl.com

Indie, Niche & High-Quality Sites:
Above Avalon: https://www.aboveavalon.com
Kottke: https://kottke.org
MacStories: https://www.macstories.net

Sketch App: https://www.sketchapp.com
Setapp: https://setapp.com
Spotify/Hulu Student Subscription: https://www.spotify.com/is/student/

BoneBox: https://skullsunlimited.cratejoy.com

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/blockbuster-texas-close-leaving-8-existence-article-1.3787683

https://www.digitaltrends.com/music/apple-music-vs-spotify/

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/blockbuster-texas-close-leaving-8-existence-article-1.3787683

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/high-tech/our-insights/thinking-inside-the-subscription-box-new-research-on-ecommerce-consumers#0

https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2018/03/04/the-state-of-the-subscription-economy-2018/#4d05659553ef

https://www.techradar.com/news/the-future-has-a-subscription-fee-how-technology-is-changing-what-we-own

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/cycling/santander-cycles

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/06/scribd-nyt-bundle/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/valleyvoices/2017/05/17/not-so-new-promise-of-subscription-economy/#4a973dc64343

http://theweek.com/articles/697355/why-streaming-needs-subscription-bundles

https://wwwimages2.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/investor-relations/pdfs/ADBE-10Q-Q118-FINAL-CERTIFIED.pdf

https://ulyssesapp.com/blog/2017/08/ulysses-switches-to-subscription/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2018/03/04/the-state-of-the-subscription-economy-2018/#6d768f0653ef

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/high-tech/our-insights/thinking-inside-the-subscription-box-new-research-on-ecommerce-consumers#0

https://medium.com/building-ulysses/why-were-switching-ulysses-to-subscription-47f80b07a9cd

https://ia.net/writer/blog/ia-writer-5-from-raw-to-cooked-to-sushi

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Why China isn’t Scared of Robots

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:20:00 -0000

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Walmart’s New Plan to Defeat Amazon

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 22:22:30 -0000

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How Unused Gift Cards Power Delaware’s Economy

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 21:39:00 -0000

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Can Switzerland Stay Neutral?

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 21:25:00 -0000

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Why are flags so similar?

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 20:27:30 -0000

There are no international flag design rules, so why are national flags so similar?

### Notes ###
There are a few more specific reasons for similar flags, but I do hope this video serves as a decent answer to the question in my own words.

### Sources ###
"Look Busy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Long Road Ahead"
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How America Became the World’s #1 Oil Producer

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:30:00 -0000

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Why China is About to Start a Trade War

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:19:05 -0000

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Why China Banned Homework

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:08:10 -0000

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How Somalia’s Pirates Make Money

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:57:16 -0000

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Modern pirates operate a fascinating, carefully run business. Understanding it can teach us a lot about economics.

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The Entry-Level Job Crisis

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:46:21 -0000

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Are We in a Cold War with China?

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:35:27 -0000

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Dubai's Plan to Outlive Oil

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:32:30 -0000

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Today, Dubai is a global economic hub, home to massive tourism and business industries. But not that long ago, it was only an outpost in the barren desert.

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How to Make a Blockbuster Movie

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:24:32 -0000

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Hollywood is so repetitive and formulaic not because they don’t understand what we want to watch, but because of changing economic forces.

Credits
Music is by Varsity Star: https://varsitystar.bandcamp.com/releases
and the Varsity Star Facebook is https://www.facebook.com/varsitystarmusic/

A lot of this video was inspired by the Stephen Follows website, one of the best sites about the industry: https://stephenfollows.com/hollywood-sequels-by-the-numbers/

Avatar clip from Red Letter Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJarz7BYnHA

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/6977817/Avatar-fans-suicidal-because-planet-Pandora-is-not-real.html

https://screencraft.org/2015/11/18/how-to-write-four-quadrant-family-and-animated-scripts/

https://stephenfollows.com/which-mpaa-rating-earns-the-most-money/

https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=200824

https://www.thewrap.com/pg-13-movies-dominated-2013-box-office-r-rated-comedies-clicked/

http://www.themovieblog.com/2007/10/economics-of-the-movie-theater-where-the-money-goes-and-why-it-costs-us-so-much/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/aug/31/artsfeatures

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/09/how-hollywood-accounting-can-make-a-450-million-movie-unprofitable/245134/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Needs_Moms

https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/budgets/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/12/16/the-business-of-star-wars-comes-with-a-huge-catch/?utm_term=.ba549a62ebd2

https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2006/01/5905-2/

https://stephenfollows.com/how-a-cinemas-box-office-income-is-distributed/

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What Xi Jinping Fears More than America

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:13:38 -0000

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Kim Jong-Un’s New Strategy

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:02:43 -0000

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Why Bing Isn't a Failure (and the Future of the Internet)

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:51:49 -0000

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CORRECTION: There’s incredible power to data in the hands of companies operating at immense scale.
It’s why there’s now a movement to limit this,
why companies like Digi.me, who I’ve previously mistaken for a data collection company, actually let users manage and safeguard their
information.

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Bing is laughed at but it’s actually a profitable product, which demonstrates the power of the control tech companies can have.

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*Clarification: The top Bing searches at the beginning is from a satire website (although I suspect they're not far off from the truth) https://www.thebeaverton.com/2012/07/keyword-term-google-number-one-most-searched-item-on-bing-for-28th-straight-month/

Credits

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One of the sections was largely inspired by: https://staltz.com/the-web-began-dying-in-2014-heres-how.html

https://www.digitaltrends.com/android/google-earns-four-times-more-from-ios-than-android/

https://qz.com/333313/milliions-of-facebook-users-have-no-idea-theyre-using-the-internet/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/266136/global-market-share-held-by-smartphone-operating-systems/

https://www.wired.com/2015/05/opinion-internet-org-facebooknet/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHuZ5qrYX4

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/08/bing-is-bigger-than-you-think-microsoft-boasts-at-33-of-us-searches/

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http://ampletter.org

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/19/open_source_insider_google_amp_bad_bad_bad/

https://www.techradar.com/news/bing-search-has-taken-over-a-surprising-amount-of-googles-turf

https://www.statista.com/statistics/269668/market-share-of-search-engines-in-the-united-states/

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/bings-share-search-market-growing-faster-googles/164425/

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/google-paying-apple-billions-to-remain-default-search-on-ios-analyst-says-2017-08-14

https://searchengineland.com/bing-revenue-growth-microsoft-earnings-q4-2017-279424

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Mobile_Pages

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/19/open_source_insider_google_amp_bad_bad_bad/

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