Comments by "Megakoresh" (@gigakoresh) on "PBS Terra" channel.

I think EU has figured out how to solve traffic for a while now. It's this revolutionary invention called rail. Turns out if you don't build giant freaking roads in the middle of cities, have tram, bus and cycle lanes, focus on rail transport (trams, metro, trains) which makes public transport pleasant to use suddenly people aren't so eager to use cars for any trip over 100m. It also turns out that all these transportation modes are electric and emission-free. Shocking, right? My point is: governments cause traffic jams, not people. By building infrastructure for their corporate lobbyists instead of citizens who vote for them.
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@Bladavia I've been in several EU countries in addition to the one I live in (Finland), and the traffic situation is more or less good in all of them from Greece to Spain and Germany. Of course saying that we've "solved" traffic is an exaggeration (I think people understand that), but it's orders of magnitude better here than in USA currently and moving in the right direction (tram and rail networks being built up to replace buses, interception parking lots being established, smart city planning). The point is that cars will not solve traffic. Ever. No matter how smart they are, it's mathematically impossible to comfortably accommodate the levels of transportation required in modern society with private transport. It's money that ends up in some billionaire's pocket without benefiting anybody else.
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Why does an educational channel use Fahrenheit, miles and other unscientific units of measurement?
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Are you sure the low fertility is a result of women choosing to have fewer children, and not families simply being forced to have fewer kids because they cannot afford to accomodate them due to the never-ending housing crisis driven by ever-accelerating income inequality? From my perspective as a middle income "salary man", the global financial system and political populism seem to be the main cause of why we aren't able to adapt. Previously the people with power were affected by most of the same crises as the rest of us so there was consensus on how to solve issues. Now, thanks to the global financial system, the rich and powerful are exempt from effects of all but the worst disasters, because they can distribute their risk among the rest of us. I think we should vote for politicians that extend terms of elected leaders and remove re-election, so that the people we elect are not afraid to piss off the rich and actually implement the bold and global changes for the benefit of humanity as a whole, instead of the ultra-rich that sponsor their next re-election.
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It's so satisfying to watch these get better with every episode haha
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Octopus adopted the microservice architecture before it was cool
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I have just graduated and as someone who watched things like this "dialogue" a lot by teachers who are trying too hard to make learning "fun" without understanding what fun actually means, the frist 5 minutes is cringe. But props for the effort and let's see whether this hits a nostalgia nerve when youtube recommends me to rewatch this 10 years down the line. On a side note, I am surprised at how young this woman is. She looks like she is 20 and I always thought getting a PhD takes at least 8 years. She is either a genius or looks younger than she is.
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Ok, ok - a couple of things: 1. Plz do something about that echo 2. Holy shit this one was heavy... Mind slowing down a little and maybe not spamming scientific terms every second? Overall it was a good topic and video (as always with this show), but I had to backtrack and repeat a lot to understand all that. Would like to see your take on the possibilities of genetic therapy technology, which some believe are around the corner, and whether it would be able to alter some of these traits by modifying the actual DNA.
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@ritwikism Is it really then an educational channel if you choose to cater instead of educating?
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For some reason I get so triggered by the way this girl says "Annarctica". It's A N T A R C T I C A!
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@DoubleOhSilver US can do that if people stop voting for populists
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@LunaticTheCat You should know: rail is the main mode of transport for sparse population distribution. That's why Russia, for example, has the longest railway mileage. And in general railway mileage correlates with the country size. Rail is much cheaper per km than highway, even if the initial investment is sometimes higher (depends on terrain).
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If all the nice sterile environments we live in cause allergies to develop more frequently, we should be able to reverse the process by just living like a bum for a year. Ultimate immunotherapy. Survivors don't get allergies, guaranteed.
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Sensible seals: Nooo you can't just go to the worst place on the planet to raise children Seal karens: Haha -30C go brr
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