I was excited that they did this and thought it was well produced. The focus on cost cutting feels like a double edged sword: it absolves viewers of responsibility, which makes them more open to the message but also less likely to do anything. I scrolled through the first couple pages of comments and saw a bunch of “corporations are greedy” complaints but couldn’t find anyone suggesting a concrete behavioral change (for themselves or others).
I wonder if there’s an adjacent version of this which keeps the viewer absolved of responsibility but still has a call to action. Plausible ideas:
Race to the top: e.g. specifically call out the worst corporate offender in the video
Political stuff, e.g. push for EU Commission to keep their cage banning promise
Maybe YouTube rules about politics prevents them saying this, not sure
In any case, kudos to the Kurzgesagt team for making a video on this which (as of this writing) has 2M+ views!
I was excited that they did this and thought it was well produced. The focus on cost cutting feels like a double edged sword: it absolves viewers of responsibility, which makes them more open to the message but also less likely to do anything. I scrolled through the first couple pages of comments and saw a bunch of “corporations are greedy” complaints but couldn’t find anyone suggesting a concrete behavioral change (for themselves or others).
I wonder if there’s an adjacent version of this which keeps the viewer absolved of responsibility but still has a call to action. Plausible ideas:
Race to the top: e.g. specifically call out the worst corporate offender in the video
Political stuff, e.g. push for EU Commission to keep their cage banning promise
Maybe YouTube rules about politics prevents them saying this, not sure
In any case, kudos to the Kurzgesagt team for making a video on this which (as of this writing) has 2M+ views!