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  • Опубліковано 11 лис 2024

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  • @_iphoenix_6164
    @_iphoenix_6164 6 років тому +28

    His book, "Scale", is flipping phenomenal. It should be read by everyone.

  • @NWinnVR
    @NWinnVR 7 років тому +19

    I could have listened to him for the better part of a day. Hope to see more of him.

  • @user-mc3tu1rl2b
    @user-mc3tu1rl2b Рік тому

    Always love to hear my Uncle talk. It's always amazing x

  • @kanaipathak4426
    @kanaipathak4426 5 років тому +2

    Thank you Dr. West, for the talk and for writing the book. I am learning a lot.

  • @DavidMorley123
    @DavidMorley123 6 років тому +18

    Videographer: The speaker's slides are at least as important to see as his attractive persona. Please spend more time on the slides that he is referencing. Watch, where the eyes of his seated audience are directed most of the time and you'll see that they are usually looking at his slides as he speaks. Ideally, you could put his person in an inset and let the slides be preeminent. Thanks for an otherwise good presentation.

    • @chillydoog
      @chillydoog 4 роки тому

      It seems they were having technical difficulties if you couldn't tell. You don't need to act like a jerkoff about it. Some things are just not in your control, David.

  • @jeremyduguay3640
    @jeremyduguay3640 3 роки тому

    Complicated and Argumentative is all its ever going to be. So keep dreaming.

  • @FrnnkEducation
    @FrnnkEducation 4 роки тому

    This is the most important information on earth

  • @Gaurjain
    @Gaurjain 7 років тому

    Thought provoking !!!

  • @bronson8x993
    @bronson8x993 7 років тому

    Great interesting talk!

  • @4QFilms
    @4QFilms 2 роки тому +1

    If infrastructure/overhead requirements are 25% less per capita in urban areas why do these areas tend to have higher cost of living and higher tax rates?

    • @aperson2730
      @aperson2730 2 роки тому

      Maybe because a lot of people want to live there and are prepared to exorbitant prices to do so in other words businesses and governing bodies take advantage of them

  • @rewtnode
    @rewtnode 6 років тому +1

    Regarding the 15 percent excess rate or the 85 percent number in cities: The square root of 4/3 is 1.1547 , and sqrt(4/3) is 0.866. Coincidence?

    • @Joe-nh9fy
      @Joe-nh9fy 2 роки тому

      but why?? is it cause cities are largely 2D vs 3D animals. I wonder what the excess rate of 2D organisms like lichen is

  • @jldupont
    @jldupont 7 років тому

    Excellent.

  • @life42theuniverse
    @life42theuniverse 3 роки тому

    30:30 Natural growth is a sigmoid curve?

  • @HemantPandey123
    @HemantPandey123 3 роки тому

    The Great Reset : You will own nothing and you will be happy. Too much money produces stagnation. If system takes away comfort and unnecessary extra money from people we may witness new growth.
    To relieve complacency system must be reset and then people become creative again.

  • @Tritdry
    @Tritdry 7 років тому

    What happened to question time?

  • @nashkp2764
    @nashkp2764 5 років тому

    he's amazing

  • @KrishnaHarish
    @KrishnaHarish 7 років тому +2

    Wow!!!

  • @kathleentoth4695
    @kathleentoth4695 7 років тому +2

    I have never heard it said so convincingly. Stephanie is a very gifted speaker.

    • @KrishnaHarish
      @KrishnaHarish 7 років тому +2

      Kathleen Toth ??? Geoffrey West talking about his book Scale.

  • @meiming1
    @meiming1 6 років тому

    Did he say entropy decreases in big cities?

  • @rah2023
    @rah2023 6 років тому +6

    The assian guy in the audience annoys me. Apart from that, Great Talk.

    • @zwip778
      @zwip778 6 років тому +1

      rah why is it always these people?

    • @aperson2730
      @aperson2730 2 роки тому

      How?

    • @aperson2730
      @aperson2730 2 роки тому

      @@zwip778 Your comment comes across as ignorant

    • @SprakanaKerum
      @SprakanaKerum 8 місяців тому

      IKR? Keeps on huffing down food like some starving refugee. I would've moved away if I were beside him.

  • @guest_informant
    @guest_informant 7 років тому +1

    Aren't we all meant to be laughing at Malthus?

  • @vivekbhasi117
    @vivekbhasi117 4 роки тому

    22:29

  • @vivekbhasi117
    @vivekbhasi117 4 роки тому

    48:14

  • @vivekbhasi117
    @vivekbhasi117 4 роки тому

    39:52

  • @analyticequals
    @analyticequals 6 років тому

    We live in an exponential whoops.

  • @aperson2730
    @aperson2730 2 роки тому

    6:36
    Speaker kills off audience !!!

  • @aperson2730
    @aperson2730 2 роки тому +1

    Strange talk
    Lots of (loudly spoken) words but not much said.

  • @aigen-journey
    @aigen-journey 7 років тому +10

    The guy eating of a plate during a talk ... ffs. Really?

    • @verystablegenius4720
      @verystablegenius4720 5 років тому

      asshole .. also asked an obnoxious and rude question without even listening.

    • @SprakanaKerum
      @SprakanaKerum 8 місяців тому

      Probably Chinese. That's how they eat. FFS, during a talk.

  • @aperson2730
    @aperson2730 2 роки тому

    Over-projecting his voice ☹️

  • @WomenofHighValue
    @WomenofHighValue 4 роки тому +1

    He doesn’t offer any solutions though... what do all these mathematical equations tell us we must do now to avoid decline in our cities, or their collapse? Move out of the cities?

    • @jasonperkins5862
      @jasonperkins5862 2 роки тому

      These laws help us understand these complex adaptive systems and better predict what will happen next. An important step on the way to better solutions and measuring their impact.

    • @SprakanaKerum
      @SprakanaKerum 8 місяців тому

      He doesn't offer any solutions because they're all still being studied

  • @osyfuture2646
    @osyfuture2646 7 років тому

    Dude, you are a systems theorist whats all this theoretical physics junk? Pick a side man. Complex adaptive systems, theoretical physics? Stop confusing people. Get a new belt while your at it. Keep biology out of your mouth.

    • @Tritdry
      @Tritdry 7 років тому +6

      Theoretical physics junk? He was trained and practised as a theoretical physicist. Then he took that training and practice, collaborated with other people, biologists, economics etc., and what you hear is the result of this collaboration. "Keep biology out of your mouth", he has highly cited papers in biological journals, including papers in Nature and Science..

    • @osyfuture2646
      @osyfuture2646 7 років тому

      Tristan Dry you are right... However, physics involves linear causality and excludes the observer. Biology involves circular causality and includes the effect of making observations (no, not heisenberg). The scaling principle can, will break down at the socio-economic level simply by observing the scaling principle. See George Soros or Second Order Cybernetics.

    • @Tritdry
      @Tritdry 7 років тому +2

      OS:y FUTURE what is the difference between linear causality and circular causality. how do physicists not make the same sort of observations that biologists do? "scaling breaks down when you observe the scaling principle"? what the hell is that supposed to mean?

    • @osyfuture2646
      @osyfuture2646 7 років тому

      I hear you bro, Im not making this shit up.

    • @Tritdry
      @Tritdry 7 років тому +2

      Well you come of as if you are by not answering my questions.

  • @vivekbhasi117
    @vivekbhasi117 4 роки тому +1

    45:57