Why Poor Places Are More Diverse

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@fx4d 9 лет назад

I love that some commenters below have pegged this video as being pro-capitalist while others are sure it is pro-socialist. Makes me think that maybe it is simply pro-plants and pro-people and the commenters are projecting a bit of themselves onto the video.

@christinereardon644 9 лет назад

Ryan Salvatore You just changed my mind on the evils of scrolling down.

@yaz2928 6 лет назад

Nick Dawg The alt-right gets easily triggered when they read the word "diversity" no matter the semantics it's used for.

@jameskkm 6 лет назад

Wolf They also turned the word "politics" into a buzzword they slap on to any topic they don't like talking about, regardless on whether or not we really need to talk about it. And often times, we really do.

@subliminal6529 6 лет назад

- I think you should put more diversity in your food and not eating corn only. -No, hell, no! Corn is from 'Murica..., I wont touch those commie potatoes!

@shoopoop21 6 лет назад

*Diversity is great, even if we need to impoverish ourselves to get there, lol.* The "alt right" can make a stupid, inflammatory strawman too, assholes. The only difference is that I'm not a huge, establishment tool. BTW, this is only pro-socialism if you _really_ twist your brain around. Its directly explaining a correlation between poverty with diversity, and very little more. If you think it's socialism-positive, that's some serious freudian slip shit that you wish you could be one of the poor, yet sympathetic ugandan fly magnets. Its okay though, lots of people who grew up surrounded with white guilt, and hating daddy feel this way. You just have to get over yourself.

@adinfielden8183 8 лет назад

I live in Alaska and there are like 5 types of trees. Edit: I hate you guys, it has been 4 years and people are still commenting :|

@szhzs6121 6 лет назад

i live in antarctica and there are like 5 trees

@mohamedelghuwael7435 5 лет назад

I live on Mars there are like 5 types of aliens

@aaravjilka7614 5 лет назад

I live in a pentagon and there are like 5 sides

@rolandramos6926 5 лет назад

I live in California, there are like 5 genders

@islandprincess714 5 лет назад

Roland Ramos W O W !

@Alex-fu4md 9 лет назад

What people fail to understand is, he isn't putting a political agenda to the video. He's stating facts.

@walpurgis943 9 лет назад

I don't know if you've noticed or not, but its somewhat of a tradition among humans, and especially in the west to either ignore or deride politically or religiously or ideologically inconvenient science. Witness: Birth control, condoms, evolution, vaccines, climate change, examples of homosexuality in non-human animals, the relative newness of patriarchal society, the fact that "races" dont actually exist except as a social construct, the many examples of non-binary systems of genderedness in ancient societies, the total lack of evidence for extraterrestrial or spiritual visitations, etc, etc, etc.

@Alex-fu4md 9 лет назад

Making-a-Mulligan I guess that I expected more from a fucking science channel. Where smart(er) people are supposed to be.

@walpurgis943 9 лет назад

Alex Jones it's the internet; and comments sections tend to be cesspools. also thanks for being one of the like 1% of good commenters.

@victorwonder 9 лет назад

***** _"How are your comments any more relevant to this video?"_ It's not. The comments are just opposing a stance that others seem to be making. It creates awareness in that the video is open to interpretation in a number of ways, regardless of the video's intent. The comments in this video are so diverse (no pun intended). Since relevance is out the window (yours included by the way LOL) I may as well board the irrelevance train ... ... I'm glad this video left the comment section open so hidden agendas (real or not) could be exposed :D /sarcasm

@3209explosion 9 лет назад

Making-a-Mulligan "the fact that "races" dont actually exist except as a social construct," I assume you think the same thing about gender as well?

@fideldasilva2394 8 лет назад

im from guyana! i feel so proud to see my tiny country on the map for having so many plant species, and boy do we have alot!

@CuddlyTheMadElite 8 лет назад

You know what, good for you man. Good for you. I researched Guyana once, and read that it has the largest suicide rate. I'm glad some one from there is more optimistic about life there and is expressing their happiness for what they have. I hope you have a wonderful day after reading this.

@fideldasilva2394 8 лет назад

Kyle Dean thanks dude! hope you enjoy life!

@meganrickit8491 8 лет назад

nz has a lot aswell

@frisianmouve 8 лет назад

The inverse relationship between population density and suicide rate contributes as well

@savibhalkaran5108 7 лет назад

Hi fellow Guyanese:)

@Jhilke007 9 лет назад

I moved to USA from Nepal. Back home, it is rather easier to start your own small business than find a job . Here in USA almost everyone work for someone else.

@marin4311 5 лет назад

And they call it "freedom".

@randomriku6774 4 года назад

MARIN i didnt know working for others makes you a slave

@marin4311 4 года назад

@@randomriku6774 It depends on what kind of someone else you are working for.

@randomriku6774 4 года назад

MARIN most people work for normal people so i dont see a point

@daianmoi8528 4 года назад

If you own your own business you get to decide how to run it. If you work for someone else, you have to follow their rules. Sounds like less freedom to me. Also, having less choice of companies and less products to buy from is also less freedom. I didn’t think we needed to establish this.

@uzernam303 8 лет назад

I have to admit, when reading the title of this video, I did not expect it would be about plants. lol Edit: Ah.. there it is! I spoke too soon.

@jrg2866 7 лет назад

If there were a song about watching the video before commenting, I'd recite it now.

@uzernam303 7 лет назад

Jonathan Greco Go write it, you could be famous!

@unicornnumber1987 5 лет назад

Haha! 😁

@meatmangler8215 4 года назад

What a twist

@Dumbassfish63 4 года назад

Your comment isn’t edited... yet you said edit

@Palmerater 9 лет назад

Pretty sweet analogy! So cool

@donquavioussquintillioncor2261 2 года назад

Connection terminated. I'm sorry to interrupt you Elizabeth, if you still even remember that name. But I'm afraid you've been misinformed. You are not here to receive a gift, nor have you been called here by the individual you assume. Although you have indeed been called. You have all been called here. Into a labyrinth of sounds and smells, misdirection and misfortune. A labyrinth with no exit, a maze with no prize. You don't even realize that you are trapped. Your lust for blood has driven you in endless circles, chasing the cries of children in some unseen chamber, always seeming so near, yet somehow out of reach. But you will never find them, none of you will. This is where your story ends. And to you, my brave volunteer, who somehow found this job listing not intended for you. Although there was a way out planned for you, I have a feeling that's not what you want. I have a feeling that you are right where you want to be. I am remaining as well, I am nearby. This place will not be remembered, and the memory of everything that started this can finally begin to fade away. As the agony of every tragedy should. And to you monsters trapped in the corridors: Be still and give up your spirits, they don't belong to you. For most of you, I believe there is peace and perhaps more waiting for you after the smoke clears. Although, for one of you, the darkest pit of Hell has opened to swallow you whole, so don't keep the devil waiting, old friend. My daughter, if you can hear me, I knew you would return as well. It's in your nature to protect the innocent. I'm sorry that on that day, the day you were shut out and left to die, no one was there to lift you up into their arms the way you lifted others into yours. And then, what became of you. I should have known you wouldn't be content to disappear, not my daughter. I couldn't save you then, so let me save you now. It's time to rest. For you, and for those you have carried in your arms. This ends for all of us. End communication.

@Data-Expungeded 2 года назад

@@donquavioussquintillioncor2261 look I love Henry’s speech to but that was so out of place

@Pumbear 4 года назад

The comparison to companies was really interesting. Nature makes a nice explanation for the creation of monopolies in capitalism in that sense. If you have enough resources to maintain your position any extra resources are spent on aggressively killing your competition. After that is done no one will be able to start-up again. This is only possible if you are able to ever get a stable position though and so you need a resource-rich environment.

@one2play4 9 лет назад

After seeing this video I had this hunch that people in the comment section are gonna read some political ideologies into this video. I wasn't disappointed.

@weedandwine 9 лет назад

Ya, no doubt eh. They always do,

@boomstick1797 9 лет назад

one2play4 It was pretty clear that the maker was not exactly fond of the free market.

@ABC-jg3pv 6 лет назад

Welcome to human nature my friend

@dustinhiatt3835 6 лет назад

If it has facts in it that don't support my worldview, its propaganda!

@YourIdeologyIsDelusional 6 лет назад

+SomethingIronic The most effective propaganda is that which misinterprets facts to paint a distorted picture, or states facts but selectively omits specific bits of information. This kind of behavior is actually what has earned CNN and MSNBC the most backlash as of late. They don't simply lie to you, instead they throw you a piece of the truth in such a manner as to lead you to draw incorrect conclusions. That combined with a healthy helping of appeal to emotion and some confirmation bias is why we have so many delusional fuckwits running around lately. As it so turns out, it's far more effective to get people to lie to themselves than it is to lie to them personally.

@FlippedphysicsNet 9 лет назад

While there are aspects of this video that might be debated, I would still say this is an incredibly impressive piece of writing. This piece should win an award. Connecting science with social structures and issues is difficult to do, and even more difficult to do well. (Note: Agreeing or disagreeing with the point they're making is irrelevant to my comment.)

@notmenotme614 3 года назад

2:47 I love how they’re talking in sine waves

@enderallygolem 21 день назад

None of them are sine waves???

@thez28camaroman 9 лет назад

2:15 Dat "Ice Age" reference.

@UnPuntoCircular 9 лет назад

; )

@Menatetronone_4 9 лет назад

Saw it too!

@hamdaanchalky7724 4 года назад

The pine corn

@dominickninz9666 3 года назад

@@hamdaanchalky7724 It's actually an *ACORN*

@Che8t 8 лет назад

LET'S BUILD A WALL to protect us from giant ice sheets and promote biodiversity.

@MikhaelAhava 8 лет назад

They would just freeze and out grow the wall

@Amygondor 7 лет назад

Let's build a wall and make the glaciers pay for it.

@auhng 7 лет назад

Attack on titans

@pi.e 7 лет назад

I already live there -_-

@pancakewaffles5704 7 лет назад

Che8t ur a trump supporter cuz trump will build a wall HE WILL BECUZ OF U

@RegisteredHuman-pk3ed 6 лет назад

I like how they mentioned my country Guyana. It feels great to be remembered.

@TomEngland2712 9 лет назад

Brilliant video. As an environmental scientist in South Western Australian, I love the WA plant life. So diverse, unique and filled with with amazing shapes and colours. Lets just hope that the government wakes up and stops destroying it.

@mickeynotmouse 8 лет назад

Damn, they parallel each other so hard it's spooky.

@levoGAMES 8 лет назад

Right? It's almost as if we were a part of nature ;)

@mickeynotmouse 8 лет назад

+Levo GAMES I cant remember the video, but theres one that draws a paralel between niche product sales and big trees and shrubs. they were talking about craft been I believe

@fyukfy2366 7 лет назад

im not saying that theres nothing in what he saying, but if you look hard enough, you can find similarities between any two things

@mickeynotmouse 7 лет назад

yeah but there's a difference between similarities and paralels. Like this is showcasing how a lack of resources makes diversity flourish, and this happens in the same way in both nature and society. It's just interesting

@fyukfy2366 7 лет назад

mickeynotmouse but thats exactly what im saying, that you can find similarities/parallels between any two things, there are also many different things, for instance, many of the man made structures in such cultures are virtually identical in the material and design, while in these rainforests the exact opposite is true

@werh227 5 лет назад

Guys, maybe the comparisons are just meant to make it easier to visualize instead of be taken as an actual political stance.

@georgplaz 3 года назад

what would be so bad about a political statement?

@werh227 3 года назад

@@georgplaz By itself none; however, a lot of people don't like being told about such.

@a.h.s.3006 4 года назад

0:02 MUST. USE. ANYTHING. NOT. METRIC.

@Filet64 9 лет назад

This was beautiful. I'm new to minute Earth, but had no idea you did this type of stuff! Definitely coming back for more :)

@bigballsgame5591 9 лет назад

Thrust me, there's no need for coming back. This kind of scientific propaganda gives scientists a bad name.

@Zanthina 9 лет назад

I love Minute Earth. I wrote an article reviewing the research for this video. I came to some interesting conclusions, but do not believe it's propaganda. fthisup.squarespace.com/blog/2015/3/11/analysis-why-poor-places-are-more-diverse

@artemishunter4242 9 лет назад

Don't listen to bigballsgame he doesn't know what he is talking about lol

@bigballsgame5591 9 лет назад

***** Yes! Don't listen to bigballsgame, he doesn't know, he knows not! By the way, Artemis, is that you? I only read about you and I thought you died like 2 000 years ago. What's up girl?

@artemishunter4242 9 лет назад

bigballsgame It was more then 2000 years ago but not much bro. Just fighting with my brother Apollo. lols

@DownFlex 7 лет назад

2:17 THAT Ice Age reference xD

@Sewblon 7 лет назад

Not entirely sure that this holds true for humans at all scales. Coastal cities tend to be both richer and more culturally diverse than do inland communities. Then there are countries that are dirt poor and homogeneous because of oppressive governments prohibiting migration and trade, like North Korea. There are also rich countries that are extremely diverse because they have more skilled immigrant workers per-head than do other countries, like Canada and Singapore. Edit: I realize now that they were talking about diversity of businesses as well as cultures. So lets not forget that the most densely populated settlements are also the ones with the highest incomes and largest number of retail outlets. I guarantee that there are more stores in New York than in Colorado Springs. Sure there are rich countries that are dominated by one corporation, usually a state owned oil company like Qatar. But there are also rich countries with multiple successful businesses in various fields like Japan and Germany.

@Sewblon 7 лет назад

LagiNaLangAko23 Most trade occurs between rich countries and other rich countries. So I don't think that having less resources encourages trade.

@Joaking91 7 лет назад

Free markets lead to concentration of wealth, specially if the means for production (land and machinery) are owned by a very few. Why grow food for your country when the USA and China pay more for Soy and starch and stuff? Hell, the USA became the industrial superpower it once was with staunch protectionism. It now pushes "free market" everywhere because they know free markets lead to concentration of capital and they have the most.

@Sewblon 7 лет назад

Joaking Free-markets do lead to concentration of wealth. In a market economy the scarcest input must receive the highest remuneration in order to attract it into production. However, protectionism persisted for so long not because it was good economics, but because it was good politics. The contributions of factory owners and the votes of factory workers can swing elections. Granted, there are some cases where a nation can benefit from protectionism, as in the infant industry argument and the optimal tariff argument. However, that only holds true if other countries do not simultaneously engage in protectionism. When everyone restricts trade at the same time, no one benefits because all that happens is economic output declines across the board. That is why free-trade agreements like NAFTA and economic unions like the EU exist. The best case scenario for each individual country is for them to strategically restrict trade while everyone else practices free trade. But everyone's second best scenario is uniformly free trade.

@Joaking91 7 лет назад

I've seen and am seeing what liberalization of my country has done to its economy. It's no use to me if our GDP went up because the 20 families that own almost all the agricultural land pushed for liberal reforms, either with propaganda or sometimes by CIA-backed military coup, if that growth if offset by the total destruction of industrial enterprise and the jobs that came with it. So forgive me if i don't buy the narrative which, coincidentally, used to be all about local enterprise in the USA (i presume you live there or at least in a country from NATO, the world's enforcer of imperialism), back when it was convienient to the capital owners. Free markets always lead to concentration of wealth. both across countries and within the country itself. You'll see that even tho we become more and more labor-efficient, the urban working class is not able to afford housing and education like our grandfathers did. How come? where is all the capital going? where is all the value we're adding? it'll only get worse.

@Sewblon 7 лет назад

Joaking Here in the U.S. we have 12 families who own all the farm land. But they are the ones who oppose trade liberalization, because agricultural goods are pretty much the only goods that the government still protects from foreign competition. Also, university education really did not become available to anyone besides the rich in this country until after the second world war, and therefore after the formation of the world trade organization. So I guess the politics of trade liberalization and which sectors of the economy reap the majority of the benefits are region specific. One way we may explain this is the HO model of trade, which predicts that the relatively abundant factor gains from liberalization and the relatively scarce factor loses from liberalization. Maybe in your country labor is relatively scarce and farmland is relatively abundant. My point is we really do know from economic theory that free-trade is the way to maximize output in most cases. However, I concede that what you are describing could happen, because whether total output is maximized or not and who reaps the majority of the benefits are separate issues.

@Noone-of-your-Business 9 лет назад

Great animations! The visual information really drives home the point, unlike more or less random image flashes in so many other videos. Nice work! :)

@Ildskalli 7 лет назад

I don't think I've ever loved a video as much as this one. It's got a message of unparalleled power, in such an innocent and simple guise. Many thanks to MinuteEarth for this masterpiece!

@a100dollarbill 9 лет назад

Beautiful video! Love the upgrade in quality your videos have now!

@squiddyfish9159 9 лет назад

Live in Western Australia. Can confirm that pretty much everywhere north of Mandurah looks like that. 0:31

@ananthusarat 9 лет назад

hey I live near there :D. High five!

@NerologicalAdventure 9 лет назад

I live here too!!

@ananthusarat 9 лет назад

Neurological Adventure WOO

@squiddyfish9159 9 лет назад

BUDDIES! =D

@ananthusarat 9 лет назад

***** :'( Y u do dis

@hailey9322 9 лет назад

Great video! I loved learning about how plant diversity could relate to human diversity as well!! Keep on making awesome videos! 😁

@standardbrah 5 лет назад

This is an amazing report; I love the correlation and connected ideas...and the cute little plants too...

@LarsOlaArvidsson 8 лет назад

This completely blew my mind. Thank you!

@mashupotato_ 2 года назад

I love this channel's analogies. They make science more familiar ❤️

@Aatthis 9 лет назад

Thank you MinuteEarth! Not only are your videos always really interesting, they also always have a fun twist to them! It's nice that you're showing that science can be fun and that it can relate to our personal lives in many ways!

@ItsCairoHere 6 месяцев назад

I’m back for nostalgia, I love you, Minute Earth. Y’all made my early years and gave me useless facts to bring up. Six year old me ate this up.

@kissCharles 9 лет назад

I love your videos and the idea behind this channel!

@gauthamgajith9684 9 лет назад

Wow!.. That was amazing....

@Qeisama 9 лет назад

Interesting comparison between societal diversity and biodiversity. Put me deep in thought about my own country with both very diverse society and biota, Indonesia.

@metametodo 8 лет назад

MAAAAN THE PHILOSOPHICAL LOGIC IN THIS MADE A BOOM IN MY HEAD, (THE BEST KIND), THANK YOU A LOT

@emersonlamond1024 6 лет назад

I love in Southern Western Australia, and we have huge diversity in native terrestrial orchids and they are so gorgeous, there are small plots of native bushland scattered around the suburban sprawl of Perth and in august-october you can find around 100 different species of orchids in just these little oasises. Every year I visit the various reserves between perth and albany collecting photos of these little gems and theres something magical about walking through what looks from a distance like harsh, spikey, grey, dry bush only to find that if you look around your ankles you are surrounded by 10+ individual speicies, some you haven't seen before, some strange hybrids that are hard to identify. The Caladenia Flava (Cowslip) or a member of the Duiris genus (Donkey&Bee orchids) tend to be almost everywhere, but some are more rare apparenting only on specific granite outcrops or in a narrow geographic area. My favorite find came wheni was walking down a beach and crossing some largerocks only to find a group of Grantie Spider orchids within 20m of the ocean in tiny dirt patches on large granite rocks, apparently they only live in a small area around that national park and seem to like shallow patches of dirt

@emersonlamond1024 6 лет назад

if you visit perth between august and october make sure you visit wireless hill or star swamp bc they're the most accessible places to find native orchids, kings park has some but the bush is choked by weeds and the orchids don't do as well in the cultivated botanical areas,

@laurentiucristian1 9 лет назад

Wow, those trees are so cute, nice drawings!

@leoliu4270 9 лет назад

Told this to my mum and she was like: "Well the desert is pretty poor why isn't it very diverse?" Sigh...

@a54109 7 лет назад

It is diverse biologically, I think.

@jeidun 4 года назад

Leo Liu it actually has alot of shit, like lizards, snakes, shrubs, and also cacti

@the1exnay 4 года назад

That is a good question though. Are deserts diverse? And if not why not?

@cl0udnel 4 года назад

There are alot of plants. I guess those shrubby ones and cacti. There's a bunch of lower classes. And also alot of desert animals.. Or atleast, that's what I always see

@natt07048 3 года назад

This involves a different factor which is precipitation.

@danicoversongs 9 лет назад

practical yet beautiful and profound... thanks for the upload

@1fishoutofwater 4 года назад

What a thoughtful topic this is! Thank you,

@PBlueturtle 9 лет назад

I really love videos like this…so interesting and educational. And it leads you to open more doors of curiosity on the subject that you've been introduced to… :o)

9 лет назад

Every side has its pros and cons.

@4samAA7 9 лет назад

Beautiful and thoughtful analogy.. Keep it up bro..

@levaris77 9 лет назад

One of the best videos you've ever done. Thank you!

@ben8557 8 лет назад

Warning: I have no professional qualifications or expertise and this is just my hypothesis based off what I know. I have a hypothesis that ethnically, culturally and linguistically diverse areas are also poor because those differences lead to conflict and misunderstandings between the groups which leads to more conflict. Diversity does not always lead to war but it can. Especially when the groups have been there for a very long time so many conflicts have happened, and people often remember and care about the bad than the good which applies to good and bad interaction also. As these groups are so tightly packed, conflict can spread easily just like disease in pop. dense areas. One example of this is WW1 starting from one assassination. In WW1 conflict spread through a web of enemies and allies. In tightly packed groups these webs are more intertwined and stronger. Also, every distinct group may not have the amount of people and economy size to govern themselves. Even if they can not, other groups may not be able to survive or not be very well off without them so they will fight to rule them. Often times many groups may lay claim to an area causing conflict which is seen in the baltics and the israeli-palestinian conflict. In summary, culturally, ethnically and linguistically diverse groups that want to govern themselves may not all be able to govern themselves fight over that right, land which multiple groups claim and other things, and those conflicts can spread through tightly packed webs of allies and enemies which can build up memories of past conflicts leading to more animosity between groups. Conflict (which can come in the form of economic sanctions, war, etc.) often causes economic hardship. Also: remember that you can disagree over a piece of someones argument without bashing the whole thing and please be respectful to each other when arguing.

@sploofmcsterra4786 6 лет назад

Ben Lash I realise you aren't necessarily saying diversity is bad... But some people will definitely take that from this. This may be sometimes true, but it is like saying a diverse ecosystem is what causes the soil to go poor. Differences in beliefs within countries are indeed what commonly causes civil war at present, however in the past war between nations was much more common. So I don't think we can attribute poverty to diversity when poverty is affected by factors from centuries before. Many rich countries are very diverse, Melbourne Australia has a rich multiculture, and the populace is much stronger than in America for instance because of the open mindedness of people, and the multitude of perspectives.

@shoopoop21 6 лет назад

You're attempting to reverse the correlation. The correlation proved here is that poverty results in diversity. You get that "rich diversity", when nobody can fucking grow.

@Thefuryspeed100 6 лет назад

I aint reading that, but here, have a like for your time.

@owlblocksdavid4955 5 лет назад

@@shoopoop21 correlation doesn't equal causation. Correlation wasn't proved either way. He simply suggested the correlative relationship might be an opposite causal relationship to the one hypothesized by the video.

@shoopoop21 5 лет назад

@@owlblocksdavid4955 _Correlation wasn't proved either way._ It has been proven. The biodiversity did not magic away the nitrogen content of the soil, so this correlation proves only one way, it is not how this works. Areas with poor soil produce biodiversity, not the other way around. It would not even make sense, and like saying nitrogen vanishes from reality when speciation happens. While OP is just wrong, you're fucking stupid. _correlation doesn't equal causation._ And this how I know you're stupid, spending precious post space browbeating me with shitty platitudes you memorized in an infantile demand for respect and attention.

@littleblu33 8 лет назад

Loved this video. I think the poor climate/poor culture comparison is genius, really. It has a good message and perfectly illustrates both counts.

@Freakyboss 4 года назад

cool drawing and good explaining. A lot of thanks for making this video. :)

@gracelovesgaia5117 3 года назад

cool connection at the end, ive always thought this to myself!!!

@fernandovillelaaranda5403 4 года назад

Hi. I am a fan of his videos, of biology and a researcher at the Universidad Panamericana (Mexico) in the faculty of business sciences. I am really interested in the relationships of biology and how companies and the market work. Hopefully you can give me the sources of this video and the relationship between wealth and diversity. Thank you

@declaniii6324 4 года назад

There’s a list of references in the description. I didn’t look through them so idk if they have it. Hope that helps

@SilverScarletSpider 2 года назад

Human Poverty, corporate greed, artificial scarcity, and wage slavery is not analogous to natural resource scarcity in the environment

@izabelazaayman 4 года назад

I love your vidoes! It helps me learn the big things but in small words! 👏

@CheapSALSAgamer 9 лет назад

I really enjoy your animations, your voice is fun to listen to also. Good video

@Tycoon188 9 лет назад

Can someone please tell me how this relates to muliculturalism being positive, at all? So many people in the comments are talking about it, but i really don't understand how this video takes a political stance in any way. I am serious, please tell me.

@projectkepleren 5 лет назад

i dont understand it either

@V538 4 года назад

It doesn't. The internet is just a toxic environment in this way.

@thedevilsadvocate886 4 года назад

Multiple cultures are great. They give us the Chinese, italian, and Mexican restaurants. They brought us italian and French art..... The problem is when we confuse multi culturism with incompatible civilisations. These people do not believe I our way of life was frankly are a threat to it. The commies, Islamists, nazis (or any supremacist group), and vegans to name a few 😒. Ps the vegan comment was just me trolling 😉

@jerry0331 4 года назад

Cuz... Uhhh idk

@lazergurka-smerlin6561 4 года назад

The only thing that might suggest it is the end statement "poor places are actually rich." But that's like rich in cultural variation

@pgetheelderscrollsturkiye68 6 лет назад

poor places are op

@matefegypt1561 6 лет назад

PGE Game leaks and news ،whats mean by op???? 🤔

@user-kt9hz4px8x 6 лет назад

PGE Game leaks and news did you mean by "op" over powered?

@sploofmcsterra4786 6 лет назад

Maybe he meant overpopulated. Joking he meant overpowered

@flamekitty0098 6 лет назад

Op means over powers

@ahmedhamdoon5545 6 лет назад

mAtef egypt www was

@Shreymani2 3 года назад

This explains so many things.. Thank you so much!!!

@Thorgrim8 2 года назад

I've watched this a number of times over the years and it's better every time.

@ricardolee4428 8 лет назад

economics and nature in one video.

@gamesmile1440 6 лет назад

1:03 *soviet anthem starts to play*

@LCCB 8 лет назад

I like the acorn atop the glacier, nice touch :-)

@BlinEd1 9 лет назад

Wow this is a really interesting correlation, what a great video really got me thinking!

@bagandtag4391 8 лет назад

I live in a place with jungles and stuff, dunno exactly how to say it in english... and it sucks Q_Q

@lnopia 8 лет назад

+Combinemon Too many bugs trying to kill me in the jungle

@bagandtag4391 8 лет назад

The weather bothers me the most :

@mamf0815 8 лет назад

+Combinemon Far better then living in sweden or so... Its always cold and rains or snows. In the winter there is only sunlight for like two hours a day. Only june, july and august are okay, the rest of the year you simply hope the winter will be over soon. Many people suffer from depression because of the weather/darkness.

@bagandtag4391 8 лет назад

mamf0815 I get why people wouldn't like it but seems like a perfect place to me.

@semicirclefreekekistan3810 8 лет назад

its hot enough to dehdrate you but humid enough to just barely keep you alive :D

@timetogetcancer7866 8 лет назад

2:05 oh well life's a beach.

@dragonflycn 9 лет назад

I actually used the information here for a lab that I was writing up. Very helpful.

@savolrat 7 лет назад

I'm from Perth and I love that out of the handful of "biodiversity hotspots" in the world, the only one in australia is in the south west of WA. I did field surveys as part of my botany units at UWA and the diversity is amazing. highest diversity of carnivorous plants in the world.

@jimmyhu4977 8 лет назад

Poor places aren't always more diverse. All the poor people in North America and Western Europe live in ethnic ghettos while wealthier people live in integrated communities. Plus, a wealthy city is always going to be multicultural these days while a declining small town (or even large place like Detroit) tends to be homogeneous.

@BleachRush 8 лет назад

It's talking about nation/region wide not areas within a country or neighborhoods. USA for example considered as a rich country compare to Zimbabwe. Doesn't mean USA doesn't have poor people but in general it's wealthier country.

@lameduck1690 6 лет назад

Ah, what a small world you seem to live in. Places exist else of America.

@YHWHsam 6 лет назад

BleachRush “diverse” does not mean “less white people” Diverse means DIVERSE Zimbabwe is not very diverse

@BeaveHolio 6 лет назад

I think that in politics diversity means zero percent white people, it seems to be that way because basketball usually wins diversity awards when it is by far dominated by africans?

@Carewolf 5 лет назад

@@YHWHsam Just because someone is not white, doesn't mean they are all the same. Africa has an order of magnitude greater diversity in humans than all of humanity outside of Africa. I don't know about Zimbawe specifically, but I wouldn't be suprised if they had multiple langages, ethnic groups and genetic groups.

@abokwu 9 лет назад

industrialization is less common in economically poor regions, thus supporting proliferation of hyper diversity

@aoeu256 4 года назад

Industrialization is one person taking their good ideas and having it spread all across similar areas. Its harder for ideas to spread in areas of extreme linguistic diversity like Papua New Guinea, Myanmar, Amerindian societies, and Nigeria and thats why the industrial revolution happened in "low diversity" Europe which was sort of merged together by the Romans some time ago.

@d0tz_ 9 лет назад

its amazing how much sense this makes

@vermillionorange Год назад

Very interesting... learned somnething new and something to ponder about. Great vid!

@abcmsaj 9 лет назад

Beautifully summed up ending

@scaryanarchist1260 6 лет назад

You see comrade, if no food, everyone can prosper equally!

@NewYorkCityBoxing 8 лет назад

Great video! I learned a lot in so little time.

@drmichael82 7 лет назад

omg awesome vid , so many feels, so much demystification....

@roitorcino7076 8 лет назад

How about singapore?? Singapore is home for very diverse people but their economy is still high..how about that???

@coolcitydude123 8 лет назад

For humans it's not universal, Canada and Australia to an extent is also like that.

@aoeu256 6 лет назад

I heard Singapore is ruled top-down rather than bottom-up though. Singapore has volcanic soil hmm.

@eh1600 9 лет назад

Dis raight her be som daym communizzm! Geddatta her with dat librul agennduh!

@SomeoneBeginingWithI 9 лет назад

TRANSLATION: This right here be some damn communism! Get out of here with that liberal agenda! (I think)

@Darasilverdragon 9 лет назад

SomeoneBeginingWithI translate.google.com gave me something similar. Apparently the autodetected source language is 'hick' Though as per usual, running it through several iterations gets successively more hilarious

@seigeengine 9 лет назад

This is actually more or less entirely about capitalism, and how it impacts different regions based on other factors, EG: tending towards monopolies in wealthy areas, and diversity in less wealthy ones.

@ilikegearsofwar3 9 лет назад

seigeengine You mean like how governments are monopolies and monopolies don't exist without protection from governments and totally don't thwart the wealth created by capitalism? Monopoly on roads, schools, military, arbitrary creation of law, printing funny money. You mean this is why there's always a golden age of relative free trade before everything turns socialism style communist style big government toad sucking bureaucratic bullshit? How is this free trade aka capitalism?

@walpurgis943 9 лет назад

VIGILANTIA do you really think that monopolies can only exist with government protection? Or have you just redefined the word "monopoly" to only include ones that are created as a result of government force?

@mikaypacis26 6 лет назад

This is beyond great. This is bu far my favourite

@xanich 9 лет назад

Loved your video (and always have loved all of your channels). I work in Bachajon, outskirts of the Lacandon Rainforest, with indigenous tseltal poor people. Outsiders always (always!) think that tseltal people are lazy since they live in a Rainforest they should have rich soils and easy agricultural projects. Your video will help explain this ALOT. Thanks / Hocolawal

@hihowareyou4087 8 лет назад

theirs and ice age the movie reference in the video

@shoco462 8 лет назад

+hi how are you what is theirs?

@samirar9546 8 лет назад

lol, i saw that acorn tooo

@ManDudeYeah 8 лет назад

+hi how are you There's an Ice Age, the movie, reference in this video.

@thehiddenninja3428 7 лет назад

Did anybody else notice Scrat's acorn at 2:15? Give this comment a like if you did. Ice Age is a good movie series.

@deet0109mapping 7 лет назад

lol me

@Gallstonehaverandcruncher1974 7 лет назад

lol i thought that was a house

@aurelia8028 7 лет назад

it kinda also looks like one

@williamsledge3151 6 лет назад

I saw that today

@Stonegoal 6 лет назад

Compared to The Room, sure.

@Jerbod2 9 лет назад

Great video, finally a really interesting topic.

@ferdynand2402 9 лет назад

You are my favorit chanel. Interesting vid. I never thought about it that way :p. Good job guys

@TheAmazingDoorknob 4 года назад

Ah yes my favorite store *[REDACTED]*

@jmw1500 9 лет назад

I would take being rich over having diverse neighbors any day. :)

@Dobhrionn 9 лет назад

Why is that?

@Darasilverdragon 9 лет назад

Richness of your wallet =/= richness of your life

@KaijinDV 9 лет назад

D.O'Bhrionn because by being rich you can ensure things like safety and the economic freedom to visit poor more diverse neighborhoods. best of both worlds

@vzwGrey 9 лет назад

Darasilverdragon but: loads of neighbour = louds of neighbors (see what I did there?)

@DASding148 9 лет назад

Darasilverdragon But goodness of my PC = happiness

@keyboardplayer532 9 лет назад

Very cool episode, I really love this kind of explenation!

@kapilesh14 9 лет назад

Absolutely fantastic video, Great way to start your day :-).

@Tarquynn 9 лет назад

Yay! My first First!

@Snaileth 9 лет назад

Congratulations!

@IggyTron 9 лет назад

But the first first was first?

@Slash8Flash 9 лет назад

Mind blown

@lambchops808 9 лет назад

as of now, also your last first!

@SomeoneBeginingWithI 9 лет назад

Don Williams no, their last first first. They may in the future have other firsts, but they will never have another first first!

@alexandrawilson-newman6956 8 лет назад

Why do Americans drop the H on herb?

@DanB95 8 лет назад

+Alexandra “Boolybong” Wilson-Newman It depends on regional dialects. In the state of Maine it is 'Herbs'. :P

@mz9791 8 лет назад

How about Hurbs

@owlblocksdavid4955 5 лет назад

Why do Brits drop the r at the end of words?

@Denny2669 9 лет назад

fantastic video !!!!!

@Maxmaxmaxmax444 9 лет назад

Great video!

@codboss7092 5 лет назад

the last fact is BS. for example india might be poor now but during the middle ages was very rich due to the spice trade and it was still very culturally diverse.

@austinshaw9111 5 лет назад

You can find exceptions to anything if you look for them. They even listed some exceptions themselves in this video.

@beefcakeandgravy 9 лет назад

I don't get this at all. Is it about populations of people or vegetation? In Europe (and particularly) the UK there is a MASSIVE diversity of cultures but in the UK we are one of the richest countries in the world. Same for the USA and most of europe. This seems to be totally wrong, although I get the Rich get richer and poor get poorer reference. Feel free to educate me if I have misinterpreted the video, was it actually about people or was it supposed to be about plants??

@Caarnji 9 лет назад

Yeah, you seem to have misinterpreted a lot since 98% of the video except a hint at the end was about wealth and resource distribution (not culture) having plants and societies analogous (therefore about both). So pretty much the the other way around what you think was just referenced and what the major content was. In regards to cultural diversity that also applies to some extent. I think you overestimate how diverse the UK is overall btw. Which you can realize with simple question/s: How many languages do you speak in everyday life because of this so strong "diversity", or change your customs/greetings depending on the others culture in your region? And how culturally different are the people you interact with mostly/generally in everyday life? Having a majority of some culture/or very similar culture and minorities that differ is not "that much diversity" as when there´s differences between a wide part of a population (as is the case in many poorer regions)...one is somewhat diverse the other can be considered generally diverse. Or we can look at it globally in terms of research done on ethnic diversity: www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/16/a-revealing-map-of-the-worlds-most-and-least-ethnically-diverse-countries/ Here the source this is based on: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=319762

@Caarnji 9 лет назад

***** It´s an emotional thing, people just apply confirmation bias "thinking" what feels right for them since diversity as a word "feels good". And if people hear a part of the world is more diverse which they don´t belong to because reason a+b, they don´t actually hear that and reason objectively about the facts. They take it as an personal insult and shut down. "I wonder what might change about the "cultural diversity" charts if they were derived strictly from genetic variance data, rather than from the hilariously unreliable self-reports of humans to pollsters..." Not possible I think, genetics have nothing to do with culture. It´s a social to personal perceived construct and learned cognitively not genetically inherited, so there´s not much to derive from genes and their variance in this regards. (You basically can´t determine cultural difference with a genetic test just as you can´t determine genetic variance with asking people about it, these are 2 pretty different things...while both are of course variance who would ad to overall diversity :P) If I go to Japan and live there 20 years and change my customs and behavior being more similar to theirs... I didn´t change my genetic makeup, but mindset and perception. And I doubt testing my genetics would derive much or any information regarding the changed cultural behavior...while asking me about things could do the trick^^

@Trepur349 9 лет назад

***** kudos to you, one of the few people who actually seemingly understood the entire video, lol

@beefcakeandgravy 9 лет назад

Boom Stick True, the UK seems to have a "Come one, come all" attitude to immigration, despite being one of the countries with the smallest amount of available space. I'll never understand why we have to be so welcoming (to all and anyone). Countries like Canada and Australia have the right idea, letting in people (of ALL faiths including whites) ONLY if they can support themselves and only if they have a useful purpose to the country. That's the attitude we should have here, allowing in anyone regardless of culture - only if we need them for the betterment of our economy and only if we have the space. (bring on the comments about UK workers being lazy and not wanting the jobs - there are those, but we all know there's plenty of UK citizens that would dearly love to work - but can't because there aren't enough jobs to go around) It's not a racist attitude, I do actually feel that diversity breeds tolerance - as long as the tolerance is mutual of course!! - Example here is sharia law being forced in places in the UK by those who do not feel they need to follow UK law......

@TheBiomedZed 9 лет назад

George Smith It's nice to see people who have an open mind about immigration. Although I do agree with the whole thing about only allowing people who are clearly going to work and be able to support themselves, it's shown that on average more immigrants pay tax than UK nationals (or I guess less avoid tax and claim benefits). I like that Britain is one of the more tolerant nations to multiculturalism, especially with more of the open younger generation and less of the OAP form back in the day when racism was okay... Although I have to call you on the fact that Sharia Law isnt being forced in any UK places... It's essentially just an Islamaphobia scare myth...

@Gidonka1 9 лет назад

Awesome video!

@edgypyro 9 лет назад

we need more glaciers to solve world poverty

@IrvanQadri 8 лет назад

Thank you for indonesian subtitle!

@thecoachingengineer 9 лет назад

Now THIS is a video!!! Amazing

@Zerepzerreitug 9 лет назад

wow, this is really fascinating! :D I had never thought about it.

@rooski1191 9 лет назад

"richest" and over populated.

@MsLukinhas29 4 года назад

The comparison with the human "landscape" is totally misleading. Yes, there is a reasoning for bigger economic poverty in some places on earth, but that have little to do with universal nature laws.

@martaleszkiewicz5115 4 года назад

THANK YOU. Finally someone noticed the obvious.

@helloiamenergyman 4 года назад

yes, that's true, but the reasons are similar, and so the video is comparing both of them. It doesn't say they're the same, just that they have some similarities.

@MsLukinhas29 4 года назад

@@helloiamenergyman except they don't. The reasons that dictates biodiversity and soil richness are so much different than that of human socio economic development.

@Tenajeh 4 года назад

@@MsLukinhas29 You mean that big corporations and mega markets (trees) do not hog the ressources (shoppers) from the soil (society) so that small mom&pop stores (other plants) can access them to grow?

@MsLukinhas29 4 года назад

@@Tenajeh No. I mean that this doesn't explain poverty.