Population, Sustainability, and Malthus: Crash Course World History 215
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Published 2014-11-07
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All Comments (21)
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I can't help but think of someone seeing crash course hundreds of years from now, seeing the Arnold Schwarzenegger bit, and frantically tearing through their history books to find out about the alien invasion their parents never told them about.
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We do actually produce about 11 billion people's worth of food, it's just that it's distributed very unevenly.
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"If I can't grow it, I won't eat it!" - John Green. The only natural deduction is that John Green has a Dorito tree thus explaining his obsession
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I don't know if anyone has recognized this, but John Green told his "younger self" that he wouldn't tell him who is eventual wife was. However, he told "younger john" about his wife in the other world history series. I don't remember exactly which episode, but I do remember him saying that.
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Note: when John says "theory", it means the opposite of when Hank says "theory". See, Hank used the word "theory" as in "science proved this is what happens" (see theory of gravity and theory of evolution). John uses "theory" to mean "untested guess that often proves false".
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The only thing that is infinite is human stupidity
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Thanos definitely watched this.
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Remember, history is not what has happened, but what has been written down.
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AP human geography sent me here
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I have to say, this channel has been a godsend for me this university semester! so much more informative and interesting than reading through textbooks, and actually taught with humour and energy.
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So no wonder the Irish hate the English
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Who’s watching this in quarantine?
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"Grades aren't a super accurate predictor of success in life."................THERE'S HOPE.
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Thanos has entered the chat
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This comment section seems pretty down for genocide.......
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As a math student I've been shown the Malthus Model many times since it's an easy ODE to solve. While it is inaccurate ("all models are wrong, some are useful"), it is not an unreasonable model for population growth of some species, like E coli in a Petri dish. It's interesting to learn the (depressing) repercussion of his work.
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This was one of my favorite Crash Course World History videos. Good job!
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This was so helpful in my preparation for my Sociology and History exams. Keep up the good work! :)
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The thought bubble animations are fantastic and greatly add to the content presented, excellent job thought bubble team!
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Really interesting video. I think as an addition it's worth noting that distribution of food is really a far greater problem currently than production of food (though much research is needed to continue to develop our ability to produce food). Also, the Irish potato famine has to be one of the most shameful moments of British history.