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Four Scenarios for the Future

09/14/2021

Based on current trajectories, this video imagines four possible scenarios for the future. These entail achieving sustainability, collapse due to resource depletion, developing exotic technology, and nuclear war.

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Free Yourself from the Fraud of Capitalism

12/20/2020, updated 1/1/2023

This is an updated version of an earlier video. A better voice-over was added and various small changes were made. As far as I'm concerned, this is my most important video to date, so I wanted to try to improve it a bit.

I think most workers are already aware of how they're abused by capitalism, but the abuse is so normalized that either they think there's nothing they can do, or they just don't pay much attention to it beyond day-to-day frustrations. This video is an attempt to confront them with the reality of their situation in the hope of motivating as many people as possible to at least try to liberate themselves. If you agree with my premise, please share this video or at least discuss these ideas with others.

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What if Reagan and Gorbachev Had Moved to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons?

10/06/2020

This video explores what might have happened if Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev started the process of total nuclear disarmament in 1986.

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What if 1950s Predictions for the Year 2000 Had Come True?

09/15/2018

Back in the 1950s and 1960s, the popular imagination was captured by the idea of the year 2000. Futuristic conceptions of a world of atomic power, home automation, flying cars, rocket ships, and space colonies dominated people's expectations. However, as we know, basically none of this ever happened, though if events had unfolded differently, maybe it could have. This video will explore a path the world could have followed to a sci-fi future. While much of what people in the mid 20th century imagined for the year 2000 was possible, how people in the past viewed the future usually tells us more about them than the future.

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Student Loans are a SCAM. Please, DON'T FALL FOR IT!

08/24/2018

This video explains the total racket that the student loan industry is in the United States. In most cases, it's better not to go into debt and to not go to college. This subject is somewhat a departure from the theme of this channel, though not totally unrelated, but it contains information that I thought was important to disseminate.

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