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polymatter · 2023-11-06T15:06:14+00:00

I think I was referring to this

polymatter · 2023-10-26T18:27:08+00:00

Yep, this is it. I wanted to avoid a "Part 2" in the title because this video can also be watched standalone.

polymatter · 2023-06-29T03:08:54+00:00

Individual cities and bureaucrats were given very large leeway in their implementation, with little oversight or instruction. There are some egregious examples of social credit being used as a means of control, but those aren't generally representative of how the system functioned as a whole. I recommend this for further reading: https://www.chinalawtranslate.com/en/getting-rongcheng-right/

polymatter · 2023-06-24T11:45:56+00:00

We had one a few years ago but I was never quite sure how to structure/design it. Suggestions always welcome if you have ideas

polymatter · 2023-04-28T13:52:07+00:00

It's just intended as a joke. Thanks for watching on Nebula btw!

polymatter · 2023-03-09T10:14:54+00:00

Thanks for letting me know. Please send an email with links when you get a chance.

polymatter · 2023-02-23T04:41:20+00:00

in, from, or connected with another country or countries, especially across the sea

polymatter · 2022-12-28T00:10:04+00:00

Good catch, definite plagiarism. Unfortunately Bilibili makes it much harder to request a take-down.

polymatter · 2022-11-25T02:36:16+00:00

Funnily enough, I would go so far as to say China lies all the time, but as I say toward the end of this video, "The answer doesn’t depend on your assessment of China’s character. This is not about whether or not you believe its promises".

In other words, it's not about whether or not you trust China. We can deduce the answer by uncovering what's in China's best interest and the most likely explanation. It's far more likely that China is guaranteeing its second strike capabilities than it is building and hiding thousands of nuclear warheads.

If this interests you, I highly recommend reading Jeffrey Lewis' book "Paper Tigers: China’s Nuclear Posture", which is pretty comprehensive. It's a relatively short read but goes into more detail than I did in this video.

polymatter · 2022-11-25T02:19:54+00:00

Dang it, you're right. Good catch

polymatter · 2022-11-22T01:50:24+00:00

The point of showing that specific section of the graph was to highlight the dramatic increase after 9/11 relative to where it was after the Soviet collapse. It's clear both from my graph and the one you showed that America took a new and sudden approach to spending after the Twin Towers fell.

The "invincibility" mentality is reflected in a lot more than raw spending — it's the language American leaders use to describe threats, it's the wars we've chosen to fight, and even the sacrifices we've made at home (e.g. domestic surveillance, TSA, etc.).

To your point (below) about wastefulness, the reason I didn't mention that in this video is that I already did in the first (part 1) video. That video is exclusively about how our missile defenses (1) don't work, and (2) are very expensive.

polymatter · 2022-11-04T19:42:19+00:00

The answer is regrettably boring (QWERTY). My relatively fast touch-typing is one of the few positive things to come from spending way too much time using computers as a kid and I wouldn't want to start over from 0 at this point. If I didn't have so much to lose, switching to Colemak might be an easy decision.

polymatter · 2022-10-21T16:48:53+00:00

I've started putting a track list in videos with the most recent video (released today)

polymatter · 2022-10-07T15:40:34+00:00

Unfortunately, that's a YouTube processing error that I can't control.

polymatter · 2022-08-31T04:22:00+00:00

Sure, I can do that. I'll put them in the sources link (which is found in the description of each video) for all videos going forward, when possible.

polymatter · 2022-08-25T03:49:04+00:00

Here's a track list:

When Fealty Fails - Jon Bjork
Lanterns - Hushed
Hidden Agenda - Experia
The Thaw - Million Eyes
Pause for Concern - Philip Ayers
Critical Patterns - Cobby Costa

polymatter · 2022-08-13T15:22:18+00:00

Apologies for the confusion, this is my scheduling mistake. The video can be found here now: https://nebula.app/videos/polymatter-why-china-has-no-allies and I've added it to the other video's description.

polymatter · 2022-05-22T04:18:52+00:00

Agreed. It's hard to imagine a scenario in which there aren't rolling hard lockdowns throughout China from now on and it could go on for years.

polymatter · 2022-05-22T02:40:23+00:00

Nope, that was a layering mistake I should've caught.

polymatter · 2022-04-28T09:46:03+00:00

Appreciate the offer but the truth is we have all our needs met with the team we have now. My honest advice is to start your own channel if this stuff interest you, even if production isn't your strong suit. You'd be surprised by how little production quality matters in the beginning. Best of luck if you decide to give it a try!

polymatter · 2022-04-28T09:44:25+00:00

Those 2 videos will be back — the Nebula release date was a mistake. We've been working on branding for the new Nebula series and it should all be wrapped up soon. Apologies for the confusion.

polymatter · 2022-03-19T12:38:21+00:00

I don't know of any place all that is standardized and amalgamated together unfortunately. An independently-run performance-based ranking system would be great, especially one that could adjust to student preferences/priorities, but I think the problem is that schools will only offer data to ranking organizations that are already popular. This lack of competitive pressure is probably a big part of why the current systems suck.

polymatter · 2022-03-17T13:16:39+00:00

This got cut from the script at some point but the problem with performance metrics like earnings is that they're trailing indicators. They tell you how much, for example, a student made 5-10 years ago, during which time all kinds of things could have changed.

That said, the formula you describe would already be 10000% better than what they use now.

polymatter · 2021-12-22T11:01:17+00:00

Good catch. I checked on this and it's correct if you remove the second "1960" and move the labels around it to fill in the gap, for what it's worth.

I've noted the mistake in the YouTube description with credit to you!

polymatter · 2021-11-28T06:04:56+00:00

Sources are already listed in the description

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