A working list of YouTube videos that are too good not to promote.
Videos
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The Biggest Myths in Personal Finance by Ben Felix Ben Felix talks about 10 myths in personal finance that people regularly believe. These include, (1) saving as much as you can early, (2) the economy is equal to the stock market, (3) dividends explain 40% of stock market growth, (4) index funds only give you average returns, (5) the shiller cape ratio is an omen, (6) warren buffet can beat the market, so can you, (7) bonds and cash are safe investments, (8) gold is an inflation hedge, (9) renting throwing money away, (10) debt is always a bad thing to have. I personally found the ideas of life satisfication being what you should optimise for rather than total wealth accumulation to be the most import theme through out these myths
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The PROBLEM with Capitalism by Destin Sandlin (SmarterEveryDay) Destin Sandlin walks through his venture designing a barbeque scrubber and how capitalism and globalisation has affect mordern day manufacturing in the united states. Destin talks about how optimising for profits places companies into more precarious situations as they cut costs and reduce value for money. There are many interesting ideas relating to how business is currently done and what a more healthy business environment would look like
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The Myth of Hong Kong Capitalism by Evan (Polymatter) Evan examines how state directed interventions in Hong Kong have affected their local economy and infrastructure and lifestyles. The main idea of this video is the importance of state direction in bringing the infrastructure investment returns back into the loop to self sustain rollout and how that is done by speciality land development allocations around transportation infrastructure.
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Fermat’s Last Theorem: Abelian and Non-Abelian Approaches by Andrew Wiles Andrew Wiles briefly illuminates the ideas and history of Fermat’s Last Theorem. Andrew goes into the types of proofs that were developed to solve small cases of Fermat’s Last Theorem and describes the change in approach that finally lead to the discovery of a proof. Andrew Wiles touches upon the investment into the langley’s project being critical to the success of finding a social to the proof.
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Navier Stokes Equation | A Million-Dollar Question in Fluid Mechanics by Adithya Chakravarthy (Aleph 0) Adithya slowly untangles the Navier Stokes Equations and their relevance to many different science disciplines. Adithya specifically focuses upon the difficulties of finding a solution, and the progress that has already been done in the field in both two dimensions and three dimensions.
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The World’s Most Powerful Tidal Current by Tom Scott Tom Scott presents the world’s most powerful tidal current, a water feature that showcases the vast power of our world.
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I Did a PhD Without Knowing How to Read by Taylor Jones Taylor Jones discusses how synthesis is the root of learning and how reading and rote memorisation myths impede development by focusing students attention away from what they should be doing in study and exhausting them for no real gain
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Why the Future of Shipping Is Sails (Again) by Simon Clark Simon Clark presents how commerical shipping is now adopting mechanical sails to increase fuel efficiency resulting in lower emissions.
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Belle and the Meaning of Place by Dan Olson (Folding Ideas) Dan Olson talks about the movie Belle and the Japanese prefecture and towns that are accurately depicted within. Dan explores the ideas of place and how they truly ground lived experience
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In Search Of A Flat Earth by Dan Olson (Folding Ideas) Dan Olson explores the community of flat earthers and how skepticism and alt right politics align.
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My Favorite Piece of Stock Footage by Jacob Geller Jacob Geller discusses stock photography and how our lives are shaped by it and how, on the rare occasion, stock photography carries more artistic direction than normal
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Hangboard Training 2 Times Per Day For 30 Days by Emil Abrahamsson
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Renting vs. Buying a Home: The Case for Owning by Ben Felix
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An Honest Conversation On The Problem With NFTs & Cryptocurrency by Chelsea Fagan and Dan Olson
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Gambling and the Desire Machine | Pay to Win by Jimmy McGee
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I Finally Got My Driver’s License by Lily Ki (LilyPichu)
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Sekiro’s Parry and Other Pursuits of Perfection by Jacob Geller
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Exploring New Zealand’s Ancient Tattoo Identity by Grace Neutral
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4 Years Ago We Created a Lake - Now It’s Full of Life by Mossy Earth
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How to Get Ahead of 99% of Streamers by Ludwig Ahgren Ludwig Ahgren lectures about content creation and how “streamers” should structure their time investment in their craft for future and prolonged success
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The LEAST Private Operating System Ever Created by Laurie Kirk (LaurieWired) Laurie Kirk showcases her new C++ call me maybe library and how the ideas of introspection and reflection have developed and evolved computer science history
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I Bought And Restored “Old” Technology To Prove The Economy Is Imploding by Quincy Sandbank