explainer · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Arcologies
Isaac Arthur · 3 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2018–2022).
SignalTube analysis
Among 23 other explainer videos tagged Futurism & technology and society, the mean is 3.2 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 3 distinct HN recommenders, close to that mean. Recommendations span 3 distinct months; the peer average is 3.1 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
100% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2018–2022; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 28 minutes 44 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2016-07-01.
- Channel / speaker
- Isaac Arthur
- Verified runtime
- 28m 44s
- YouTube upload date
- 2016-07-01
- Hacker News mention years
- 2018–2022
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Futurism & technology and society. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArcologiesCurrent video | 3 | 3 | 100% | — | 28m 44s | 2016-07-01 |
| We Were Taught to Call Death a Blessingexplainer · CGP Grey | 12 | 11 | 60% | No recorded overlap | 12m 44s | 2018-04-24 |
| The LED Traffic Light and the Danger of "But Sometimes!"explainer · Technology Connections | 7 | 6 | 44% | No recorded overlap | 18m 31s | 2018-05-14 |
| Can You Watch This Without Getting Angry?explainer · CGP Grey | 6 | 6 | 30% | No recorded overlap | 6m 17s | 2015-03-10 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “What ever happened to the first cryogenically frozen humans?”. Its short rationale: Isaac Arthur playlist on arcologies, megacities and geoengineering.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major report finds”. Its short rationale: Covers power and elevator bottlenecks to huge populations.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Birth Rates Dropped Most in U.S. Counties Where Home Prices Grew Most”. Its short rationale: Estimates of how many people arcologies could support, with heat as bottleneck.