Thanks to everyone who asked about our Patreon. I'll put out a full video when I get the time, but for those who want to jump the gun and get on board from the start, here's the link: www.patreon.com/rareearth It means a huge deal that so many have asked us to start an account. I never thought anyone would watch these videos, let alone support them.

@simoncohen4769

6 жыл бұрын

Your videos are creatively unique, and bring their own flavour to historical discussion. You deserve the support!

@BalwinderSinghcheemaonelife

6 жыл бұрын

Did you try to blow in it

@adamsmith13real

6 жыл бұрын

Love the series. Since your lady is Hungarian, It'd be nice to see some episodes shot in Hungary. Not only Asia and Polinesia can be cool and foreign. What the subject might be...I guess you have to brainstorm. Could be anything from pigslaughters in villages (a.k.a. family gatherings) to stories from the Soviet occupation.

@djmontoro

6 жыл бұрын

Hi, I have been watching all your videos since the beginning, I like your series and there is a lot of people that I think would love them too but the problem is that they don't understand english, have you ever thought to translate your videos to Spanish?, not only subtitles but also the voice, there is a huge amount of spanish speakers that are using KZread and I think could be a big opportunity to keep growing. I have not money to support you on patreon (venezuelan -_- ) but if there is another way in which I can help please let me know.

@CraftyF0X

6 жыл бұрын

I just love how you always manage to put some fundamental truth into your videos. I mean it's not a travel chanel but a traveling philosophy channel.

The Rock didn't lose it's magic, the magicians left.

@joegofacyasulf4744

4 жыл бұрын

From what I gather it was a weather predictor ..I'm guess I g when it did make noise that meant the wind was bringing in a storm ..sooooo yeah magician shmagician...stupid magic ppl ....jk ....I completely agree...condescending remarks at the end were not even remotely funny ...if they were I would have laughed ...but I didn't ...so that means it wasn't right ......right?

@flashflinch1380

4 жыл бұрын

@@joegofacyasulf4744 Highlighted Shmighlighted. Great name Joe , why don't you?

@SteraFaux

4 жыл бұрын

It's sad that people don't believe in magic, truly.

@AceMaheswaran

4 жыл бұрын

Wow!!! thats profound!!!

@josephastier7421

4 жыл бұрын

It is waiting a geologic moment for their return.

That rock had such a stellar status in the Easter Island community that it was the world's first rock star.

@thecostlypanda

6 жыл бұрын

IARRCSim Youre great lmao

@bemisal6440

5 жыл бұрын

IARRCSim 😂😂😂😂

@spacelion3001

5 жыл бұрын

but does it know how to play thunderstruck?

@samj45345

5 жыл бұрын

i actually laughed at this

@michaeljacobs1186

5 жыл бұрын

This comment had 666 likes but may CHRIST COMPEL YOU WITH THE POWER OF THE ALMIGHTY LIKE BOTTON! *Boop* 667

Rated 2.5 stars. Who are these people rating a rock display? What did they expect?

@mountainpass4255

4 жыл бұрын

People took offence to that rating, it's now 4.9.

@iamwhoyousayiam6773

3 жыл бұрын

2:35 Is this a CRATER? Looks like a meteor hit there 🤔 I wonder if that's why people seen something special in Easter Island....

@iamwhoyousayiam6773

3 жыл бұрын

@R B lmao (no offense to those who think this... Just how you said that)

@yoymate6316

Жыл бұрын

perhaps some rock music at least…

When everybody living on this planet is gone that rock will still be here. rock on...

@rondohunter8966

4 жыл бұрын

But will it increase in value? I bet if you videotaped yourself (or better yet, a friend) pushing it over that would get a lot of views. A bunch of negative reactions as well but what they hey, it's just sitting there. A stupid rock.

@GeraltofRivia22

4 жыл бұрын

Depends, it'll erode after awhile

@rondohunter8966

3 жыл бұрын

@jhnnytsunami1 I agree with you completely. It's just a rock. But it has much history; that is what makes it special, for what it represents. But almost no one knew about it until some a-hole videos himself doing something stupid and posting. Now all his idiot friends and their idiot friends will send it round the world. Many will think it's "cool." Such stupidity.

@jasonrubik

2 жыл бұрын

Certainly someone will pick it up and load it onto the last space ship to leave earth, bound for our new home.

Damn now I feel bad for a rock

@lindaymohegan3529

6 жыл бұрын

Danku Franku I think I just fell in like with you.

@dracorex426

6 жыл бұрын

I feel worse for the god. The rock, at least, persists. The Trumpet is not forgotten. It still has a tiny shrine to its importance. What of Hiro? Nothing. Hiro is nothing. Forgotten. Undone. Dead. Hiro doesn't even exist anymore.

@oldboy9267

6 жыл бұрын

i wanna blow it

@mrbigoofs9820

6 жыл бұрын

boi

@refusefntk

6 жыл бұрын

Cal Clove for real, why didn't he blow on it

The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles!

@RRW359

5 жыл бұрын

FORGET THE STUPID PIONEERS. Have you noticed that there are NONE of them left?

@CVM174

5 жыл бұрын

The Imaginary Axis hahahaha

@BassNinja

5 жыл бұрын

It's not just a boulder... it's a rock!

@xelonconsole9936

5 жыл бұрын

Fruits punch samurai & Fruits chinpo samurai r/wooosh

@therichie27

5 жыл бұрын

Fruits punch samurai & Fruits chinpo samurai r/whoosh

im glad you mention debeers influence. they CREATED the desire for a diamond engagement ring and the stupid 2 month salary value

@robertbernstein4488

5 жыл бұрын

Not stupid for deBeers, they created this whole crazy market !!

Well, about that rain, Rapa Nui is located at 29S latitude, which should put it in the thick of the southern subtropical ridge. And in fact, meteorologists call that area a "semi-permanent anti-cyclone". Anti-cyclones are high pressure "good weather" systems where descending dry air suppresses cloud development. The cumulus clouds in this video are a perfect example - moisture is trapped close to the ground and gradually blown away by the wind. High-pressure systems are also gravity-powered air compressors and the descending air has a steady source of energy which is converted to infrared radiation. So the prevailing weather near 30 degrees latitude is warm and calm, humid at the surface if there is water available and cold at night if there isn't. This weather pattern isn't exactly "good weather" for agriculture. In fact it's one of the major ingredients of the subtropical deserts. Rapa Nui does get enough rain that it's not doomed to desertification, but the prevailing South Pacific High means that it doesn't rain often, and a successful ecosystem must be adapted to infrequent and heavy rain. For hundreds of years humans lived in the forests of Rapa Nui. That fell apart after the Dutch visited. Depending on who you ask, that was caused by over-logging by the people of Rapa Nui or by invasive rats eating too many plant seeds - and that argument would make a Rare Earth topic. But one thing that's clear is that deforestation lead to famine and war and a disrupted ecosystem that is less capable of retaining fresh water and less capable of feeding people. That was the social environment in which Pu o Hiro attained its greatest value - a time of catastrophic ecological change, drought, and dying people longing for the security experienced by their ancestors.

It has a 4.2 rating now. Just from this video its value/rating increased.

@mhyotyni

6 жыл бұрын

Publicity, advertising included, can indeed add the value.

@ironzingotz

6 жыл бұрын

4.6 now

@ayyylmao3915

6 жыл бұрын

4.8 :clap:

@Orinslayer

6 жыл бұрын

The rating uncertainty principal.

@jonathantan2469

6 жыл бұрын

In before Peter Thiel/Koch Bros./George Soros/Rupert Murdoch has it stolen to harness its divine powers.

BUT WHAT DOES IT SOUND LIKE???

@LemonsRage

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/mqampY9qc5nck9Y.html

@RareEarthSeries

6 жыл бұрын

Lemons Rage, you spoil us.

@AynenMakino

6 жыл бұрын

It wasn't the rock itself that had the value, but the sound it could make. The one thing you didn't show. Even the demonstration in Lemons Rage's video, I would guess, doesn't demonstrate what it could sound like if played by a person who dedicated themselves to bringing the rain with it. In that sense, your video is like going to a chello concert where, instead if hearing the chello played, it's being displayed.

@theviniso

6 жыл бұрын

AynenMakino the sound is irrelevant here, this story is about the instrument itself.

@ZappForThat

6 жыл бұрын

AynenMakino the point of the video wasn't to discuss or display the audio produced by the rock. The rock is used to demonstrate & discuss the relativistic nature of "value" and how it is defined within the context of culture. To this end, by discussing the rock, and to a lesser extent talking about-but not showing -the sound it can make, I think Rare Earth has added to value to the rock. They've made it relevant, curious, something to ask questions about-something to get upset about in KZread comments. They both present the discussion and contribute to it. So, in the same vein, I asked "what does it sound like?"... We all have Google, we can all find what it sounds like, the point of my comment was to poke fun at the omission and to promote curiosity in the object itself. In short, to participate in the conversation & to contribute to the rock's "value" by prompting the same question in others.

I love how you keep talking about how this rock is interesting to no one and yet you centered your whole video around it. It is as brave as it is beautiful

Hiro is remembered in Aotearoa (New Zealand) as Whiro, in Hawai'i as Hilo, in Tahiti as Hiro, In Rarotonga as Iro. He was an ancestor far in our shared past and genealogy, who lived in Te Henua Enata, the land of men , (The Marquesas islands)... he is remembered by some as a deity, and by others as an ancestor. Fascinating to learn that he is also remembered in Rapanui as the bringer of rain.

@Manurewa44

4 жыл бұрын

My country is only known as New Zealand.

@toamaori

4 жыл бұрын

@@Manurewa44 you're an idi*t. Go back to Zeeland.

"When blown the right way it created an inimitable sound." *DOESN'T DEMONSTRATE THE SOUND* ....

@than217

6 жыл бұрын

That's completely fucking different. You can measure the size of that and know if it could fit someone else. You can't 'play the sound' of this just by looking at it. It's a fucking rock, it'll be there hundreds of years after I'm dead and it's been there hundreds of years till now. Go ahead and play it.

@diamondproductions2

6 жыл бұрын

than217 why are you so stupid?

@than217

6 жыл бұрын

@Carnage can you explain that in any way? Any valid argument of any kind against what I said? No?

@RareEarthSeries

6 жыл бұрын

It is an archaeological site, surrounded by a fence. You absolutely should not touch the rock. If I saw a Stradivarius in a museum, my first instinct would not be to cross the barrier and play it, either.

@than217

6 жыл бұрын

Well yeah get permission for sure first.

*but what does it sound like*

@TimZarra

6 жыл бұрын

I know right?!

@destraw6221

6 жыл бұрын

You can hear what it sounds like in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/loWrltlyh8q-k7Q.html

@elijahbuscho7715

6 жыл бұрын

awesome thanks!

@elijahbuscho7715

6 жыл бұрын

wait a minute...

@clemj7928

6 жыл бұрын

ahahahahaha

RIP Rich, an amazing self taught pilot. This was his last liked video before everything. May he rest easy.

@gunnardavis2162

5 жыл бұрын

RaptrZ_ he was truly free

@JT-il1uk

5 жыл бұрын

You need to watch "the house that beebo built" it explains everything... rip rich.

@leovigild_

5 жыл бұрын

Feels weird to just stumble across this fact. The whole story just seems so larger than life at first. It gives you some strange perspective when you see that (aside from the dramatic end) he was just another human going through life, apparently with similar interests to us. I don't know if it's exactly a meaningful revelation, but it's interesting. I hope he found peace, however that may be.

@placebo4815

5 жыл бұрын

Mind telling me who this Rich guy might be?

@JT-il1uk

5 жыл бұрын

@@placebo4815 kzread.info/dash/bejne/fm1nrcdwfdCdl7g.html

"The Useless Rock Worth Dying Over: A concise history of human civilisation"

@josephastier7421

4 жыл бұрын

"Diamonds are a great big scam"

I've heard it said that children know the value of everything and the price of nothing. Put a cupcake and a doorknob-sized diamond in front of a 1 year old, and she'll grab the cupcake and squeal with delight. To her, the diamond is worthless.

@misterc435

6 жыл бұрын

venomsucks kinda the point of what hes sayinh

@Gillsing

6 жыл бұрын

Seems that there's a chance that the doorknob-sized diamond might look more interesting to a toddler, even if she doesn't know how to sell it and use the money for cupcakes. Ooh, look! Shiny!

@ROGER2095

6 жыл бұрын

I think the toddler who chose the diamond over the cupcake is the one who grew up to be my ex.

@carlosoliveira-rc2xt

6 жыл бұрын

ROGER2095 Try to give your fiancée a cupcake instead of a diamond ring. If she is fine with it, then you have a keeper...a future fat wife, but a keeper nonetheless.

@ROGER2095

6 жыл бұрын

Carlos Oliverira - I like the way you think! I wish you'd have told me sooner. . . .

If I ever become leader of a country, I'm making it my mission to steal that damn rock.

@Automedon2

6 жыл бұрын

I guess that rock ain't going nowhere then.

@deviantartguy0

6 жыл бұрын

Callum Allaway North Just to say fuck you?

Now I want to hear the sound that this rock makes. Can you still make a sound by blowing into it?

@justinhenryhaynes

5 жыл бұрын

That was the #1 thing I was wondering about. I really hope he or someone in his entourage did actually play it. I want to hear it? Perhaps we can ask him to post that as well?

@dosmundos3830

5 жыл бұрын

there's a link in the description ;)

@iandalziel7405

4 жыл бұрын

Aeolian Harp - you blow across it - just like you do with a bottle.... If you've got it flaut it!

This is one of my favorite Rare Earth videos ! Thank you so much for making these, your videos are truly unique !

Ya know with modern technology you could probably get a 3D scan of the rock and recreate it. That way you could blow into it without messing with a historical artifact. (Given all the interest from people wanting to hear what it sounds like)

@RogerBarraud

6 жыл бұрын

+You could also make moss grow on the replicas... Voila!: #OcarinaOfSlime.

@vidard9863

6 жыл бұрын

It's outside... In the rain and wind... Blowing will not damage it...

@ghourenuwu1450

5 жыл бұрын

Using a different material than the rock would probably alternate the sounds too

@jacobblanton5179

5 жыл бұрын

There is no way it sounds the same as it did hundreds of years ago

@J1428753

5 жыл бұрын

projectmosul.org/gallery

Fun fact about Diamonds. They are literally not forever, since it is not the most stable form of Carbon. Graphite is thermodynamicly more stable. So in the end all diamonds will change into a very expansive pencil.

@theasiangamer2962

6 жыл бұрын

That's purely cos graphite has less bonds therefore less energy in bonds I think diamond is more stable as it takes more energy to break all bonds in diamond therefore it is more stable Edit : Graphite could be the more stable allotrope due to its delocalised electron therefore stronger attraction between atoms, but that's not due to thermodynamics as u said in ur first comment

@theasiangamer2962

6 жыл бұрын

seigeengine you don't say

@theasiangamer2962

6 жыл бұрын

Obviously there will be entropy at the end of the universe

@theasiangamer2962

6 жыл бұрын

Palindromemordnilap there are 3 currently accepted theories of how the universe ends, but it is te inevitable

@jonathantan2469

6 жыл бұрын

25000000000 A.D. : "This is the Koh-i-Noor Pencil. It used to be called the Koh-i-Noor Diamond eons ago & was apparently worth bazillions in today's money. But we have mind-control holo-touchscreens now, so it's practically useless, except to scribble crude drawings of dicks on walls."

anyone else thinking about that spongebob episode?

Sky King brought me here. RIP

@kerrystarkey4869

4 жыл бұрын

You remember Sky King?....they was a good TV show! Penny, the Jeep Nellie Bell! You must be around my age 67, Sky King was born the same year as my father 1911.

@MrJohannson

4 жыл бұрын

@@kerrystarkey4869 It's not about that show. It's about Richard "Beebo" Russell, the Sky King. This is the last video he liked before doing the deed he's most famous for. Look it up.

@rdobery

4 жыл бұрын

Admirable post. RIP Sky King.

I want to hear the inimitable sound.

@RogerBarraud

6 жыл бұрын

+GordieGii Rumour has it that they tried... but sadly, they were unable to imit.

Ironically, though, by making this video the value of the rock has been increased once more. People who watch this video may go to Easter Island and take a drive by and tell their friends. They, in turn, will spread knowledge of the rock to another. In time, perhaps someone will devote effort to learning how to play it properly again. Perhaps someone will even try to steal it again in the future, or perhaps local authorities will fight over who has rights to it. All this may come about because a Canadian played a guitar in space one time. The cause and effect of life is fascinating sometimes.

@danielmachado9441

6 жыл бұрын

roguishpaladin What does Chris Hadfield has to do with this? Seriou question.

@bananobanana1870

6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Machado because that video was uploaded to this channel and brought him a lot of viewers I guess

@roguishpaladin

6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Machado Chris Hadfield promoted this chanel on his own channel and went along for the first video. I came over because of that promotion, and I'm sure others did as well.

@volkerallert5364

6 жыл бұрын

and if someone claims to be healed from some serious desease, it will become a place of pilgrimage.

@bunnyyamor3154

6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Machado because the guy talking in this video is chris's son

Truly one of the most inspiring videos on KZread. Well produced. It questions materialism in the modern world. Well done!!!.

That was a great "Lesson Taught" in a very relatable manner. The sights of Easter Island were gorgeous. Very Well Done. Thank You

Truly rare earth, google doesn't turn up results about those stories of people who fought over the stone. Continue to tell stories of those of which would of otherwise been forgotten.

That rock looks surprised to be a rock

@Jim58223

6 жыл бұрын

4:18

@sicktoaster

6 жыл бұрын

It was a person once. Medusa was vacationing in Easter Island and looked at him.

@volkerallert5364

6 жыл бұрын

yes, it certainly needs friends kzread.info/dash/bejne/aXautsyymMKwdLQ.html

@datboibarlos6766

6 жыл бұрын

Just as I saw it lol

@RogerBarraud

6 жыл бұрын

+Jim Ferdinando It found out who its #RealFriends were... :'(

Beebo Russell liked this video.

@JT-il1uk

5 жыл бұрын

Nathan Baker checkout "the house that beebo built" in his liked videos... it's a kids story that explains why he did what he did and why he gave himself that name

@nathanjamesbaker

5 жыл бұрын

Link, please?

@JT-il1uk

5 жыл бұрын

Nathan Baker kzread.info/dash/bejne/iYKd3JOBhc6Zf9o.html It's amazing you couldn't type what I wrote into youtube by yourself but anyways there's the link.. the ending is pretty metaphoric

@nathanjamesbaker

5 жыл бұрын

I did try searching for that title in quotes but could not find it, because there is a missing space in the actual title: "The *HouseThat* Beebo Built"

Excellent quality writing, this is why I look forward to each new video. Thanks for what you do.

Steal the rock for a while get some headlines for it and then have it somehow return. Also did you see those pineapples beautiful

@kingpotato7183

6 жыл бұрын

just like the monalisa

@alainarchambault2331

6 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the Stone of Scone. It too was stolen and fought over.

@reigh7

6 жыл бұрын

I wonder what kind of security setup they have. would they review satellite heat signatures? Set it up on the other side of the island or rotate it 180 degrees see if anyone notices the disturbed earth?

@isaacfoster8070

6 жыл бұрын

I would for sure pay more money than a diamond to get those pineapples.

@RogerBarraud

6 жыл бұрын

+No Problem! #ExtraPoints if you #MakeItLevitate.

I wrote that once, but I'll do it second time. I'm youtube addict, watching hours of videos a day, but nothing I see is any close to being as good as your videos. I would trade my arm to have your story telling skills.

@nicklasswihart1972

6 жыл бұрын

Then you'd have a story to tell about losing your arm. Win-Win.

@twothreebravo

6 жыл бұрын

Increasing the value of your arm.

@dosadoodle

6 жыл бұрын

I bet if you tried it out and worked at it, you'd get very good at it.

@bennylofgren3208

6 жыл бұрын

Dosadoodle Problem is, he only has two arms, and after losing both and telling their stories, where would he go next...? 😊

@lifeisntfair4744

6 жыл бұрын

Your arm is of more value to you than anyone else. To us it holds the same value as the rock

I love your videos! The quality,the subjects,and locations are so much better and more consistent than even a Vice documentary. Thank you. Please keep doing your thing,it's important!

where has this series been all my life? you are enchanting, keep up the great work.

I have to thank you for your insightful and thought provoking videos. I wrote my 25 page end of term paper on Japanese ethno-nationalism because I was so inspired by your video. It's true that people don't often think critically or research about what they hear--but you inspired me to do so. Thank you for that.

@b1aflatoxin

6 жыл бұрын

In a KZread world where trivial titillation reigns supreme, I love reading comments like that.

@RogerBarraud

6 жыл бұрын

+capinkyky I came here for the #SharpieTrading, stayed for the #Verbosity.

@Immortal__

6 жыл бұрын

Ethno nationalism is the only way forward

This is hauntingly good content. Absolutely well done; I was intrigued throughout the entire video.

@RareEarthSeries

6 жыл бұрын

Good doggo.

@RogerBarraud

6 жыл бұрын

+Doggo And Doggo Accessories Yup - it wasn't #ArfBad.

Thankyou for taking the time to upload about a rock. Its important :)

This series is wonderful. I especially want to praise the writing and research that goes into each video.

When I'm blown the right way, i curl my toes.......does that mean I'm valuable?

@papermodelguns624

5 жыл бұрын

no.

@alanaustin5371

5 жыл бұрын

no.

@franklinphan3572

5 жыл бұрын

no.

@rallo9635

5 жыл бұрын

no.

@kebab3703

5 жыл бұрын

no.

One of the best Narrations I've ever heard!!! Bravo.

After watching several videos, your end frames made me subscribe to the channel. Great job mate. Keep up the quality content and writing.

A boulder that increases fertility? I guess you could say in makes you *Rock Hard* ( I'll leave)

@weeklytens3244

6 жыл бұрын

you are ruining his joke

@hjh1972

6 жыл бұрын

please stay, to have you leave would be *hard as rock* (lol)

@scavenger4704

6 жыл бұрын

Erectile dysfunction is a fertility problem, you can't have children if you can't have sex.

@bofbob1

6 жыл бұрын

The joke was funny. Seigeengine thinking that "funny" requires factual accuracy is even funnier.

@danila4322

6 жыл бұрын

Jeanne-Marie Tchoumak don't leave, give me more jokes, I want them all

How in the world did you make me feel sorry for a rock????

This is a marvelous package. I loved it: ancient rock star!

I've often thought about this very thing. Great video, thought inspiring!👍😎

Hi Rare Earth. I love your content. It makes me smile to see a video of yours in my feed.

An ocarina carved by Mother Nature itself...Magnificent!

@FFXfever

6 жыл бұрын

oh that's what the top hole is for. Link's... mouth.

@jonathantan2469

6 жыл бұрын

The real Ocarina Of Time.

@MrLequitas

6 жыл бұрын

They played the song of storm for the rain, this explains everything

Not often I stumble across something as insightful as this - subbed!

You, sir, summed this video up in epic fashion. I salute you.

After watching this video, that rock just earned more respect and value from me than any diamond out there.

Your style of story telling makes your channel worth subscribing to. I've just subscribed. Thank you Eric

Your opening was pretty awesome! You hooked me to stay tuned to finish the rest of the video.

Thank you for the perspective!

A very thought provoking video.....Thanks for the upload.

I love this series so much.

Just found your channel, and these are some of the best videos I've seen on the site.

An odd but curiously interesting spectacle of history yet Evan, I think, raised it's perceived value thru the brilliantly written narrative. Liked and subbed!

i wanna know what the rock sounds like

@TheWoollyFrog

6 жыл бұрын

Doesn't sound good considering that the knowledge on how to play it has been lost and that the rock itself has suffered from the effects of erosion.

@pedrorodriguez2914

5 жыл бұрын

Drop it on your ball's,you'll hear 'your'sound.😄

@zephyr8854

5 жыл бұрын

Oh hi I found you

NOW YOU'RE JUST A ROCK THAT I USED TO KNOW!

Very enlightening you have reestablished my concept of value thank you.

Thank you for such informative videos - I think this has been my favourite one yet.

Diamond ring are useless 🤮 There not even rare

@creamofbotulismsoup9900

6 жыл бұрын

Diamonds are quite useful, try cutting hard rock without them...

@killercaos123

6 жыл бұрын

They are “rare” in the sense that the De Beer company limits the amount available on the market to drive up prices.

@sownheard

6 жыл бұрын

Phlaked Corn try cutting with a Diamond Ring Diamond tools are great. But the rings are useless

@sownheard

6 жыл бұрын

killercaos123 diamonds can also be grow in labs :/ All your doing is buying a overpriced hard to break rock for your wife wile you can spend that money on a vacation or a nice day out with your wife And what is the first thing you lose after a break up the ring she sells it or trows the ring away Because it's useless

@joshuasands3697

6 жыл бұрын

Sownheard *they're

I'm no economist, but I'm pretty sure economic scarcity has nothing to do with the absolute numbers of items but rather how imbalanced offer and demand are. Iphones are never scarce (as long as you can always produce more); there's only a last one when nobody wants one any more, like that rock. The attribute of being one the first Iphones produced, however, is scarce.

@FFXfever

6 жыл бұрын

that's untrue. if there is only one piece land by the beach that have this amazing over reaching view. there is only one beach. that's economic scarcity. What you're talking about is supply and demand, the main determining feature of value of a product.

@RogerBarraud

6 жыл бұрын

+cubid0u Tl;dr: (s)he's no economist.

This video earned my subscription. Anyone who can give me deep feelings and thoughts deserves it!

You bring a brilliant insight to the economic value of items! I learned more here than in any college lesson! Thank you!

Supply and demand are the two sides of a price curve. Supply [the relativity scarcity or lack thereof] is important but the demand is equally as important.

@username65585

6 жыл бұрын

But if something that people want a lot(high demand) but it is also very common(high supply) it's price will still be low. This is the so called "diamond water paradox."

Welp at least 125,000 people have heard of it now.

Thanks for encouraging the value of thought.

I wish I could articulate why I like this channel and why I find it so interesting. Just keep doing what you are doing.

I kinda feel like the fact that it's "two months salary" no matter how much you make should have tipped people off sooner. like, does that not set off other people's bullshit detector?

@richdobbs6595

6 жыл бұрын

Does it do any good for the bullshit detector to go off? Guys were still engaged in economic competition for women, as well as both partners being engaged in status competition with other couples.

@ZombieChimpanzee

6 жыл бұрын

was that the concept though?

@ZombieChimpanzee

6 жыл бұрын

also, it kinda does, because if a couple isn't dropping that kind of cash on rings they have it for other stuff like bills, or actual personally meaningful things or activities. mostly it keeps people from wasting money on an industry that literally causes human suffering in an 1800's style cruelty and inhumane conditions and human treatment way.

@fieldy409

6 жыл бұрын

Its crazy how expensive they've made weddings and everything that goes with it when you think that the number one reason for divorce is stress over money problems. Probably would have helped make working out the budget easier if you kept all that cash you blew. But that works for them because the person might do another wedding all over again in a few years. I'm never buying a diamond ring and my weddings going to be in a backyard, fuck all this ill buy a house with that money.

You can put lipstick on a pig and it's worth a lot more. Humans are suckers for just about anything, technically a 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang is a piece of crap, but to some people it's priceless.

@TheXxmadmanxxkkk

6 жыл бұрын

Is it though? Does its value come from its technology or the fact that no machine on Earth can produce a 1964 Mustang again? Are all collectors suckers? Or do they see value in something other than the obvious?

@pottingmix3733

6 жыл бұрын

You would not want to reproduce it again since you would not sell enough to make a profit.

@TheXxmadmanxxkkk

6 жыл бұрын

Nebula trajectory You wouldn't profit with a replica, but the original still holds value, even more so than when it was first produced simply because it was produced in a different time, under different circumstances, and the production of the originals has stopped long ago. That old car is not just an old piece of crap, it's a manifestation of a past world and it can never be honestly reproduced again. If you think humans are just suckers for stupid shiny shit, you're completely ignoring the bigger picture. What about the Egyptian pyramids, or the Eiffel tower? You can say that those are inferior pieces of architecture compared to what we have today and technically you'd be right. But that's obviously not the point. What gives them value is their age and their meaning, not their technical specifications.

@pottingmix3733

6 жыл бұрын

I was just talking about the economic standpoint of reproducing the car. Also I can understand the value of iconic human creations but that depends on people. I would just sell a 1964 mustang to a collector if I had one simply because I do not value the car as much as someone else would I value other things I could buy with the money made from the car. (using I shows how its only my opinion not everyone else's)

@TheXxmadmanxxkkk

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I understand. As the guy said in the video, the value is formed by what most people think about that particular item. I was just saying that it's stupid to say that people are suckers just because you don't see the value in something other than its technical specifications. If you treat all things as lifeless commodities, I don't see how would you value human life more, because that way we're just a bunch of atoms just like everything else and you can produce one of us easily.

You made a fascinating video, more than I expected.

Wow,amazing video Rare Earth! Now i have something to seriously think about. VALUE ;)

The rock of ages !!

Man, am I just really high or is this super profound?

How have a I missed such a beautiful little channel? Some times scrolling into the strange videos can really pay off.

Brilliant! Loved this one.

Hopefully people will one day realize the value of the rock we all live on.

@iandalziel7405

4 жыл бұрын

Holes and all... ;- )

It bugs me tremendously that the ones who built the enclosure, didn't make sure the rock was in the middle. Actually the entire thing looks like it's been thrown together without any thought.

What an amazing style! Loved it 👍🏻

This is the most interesting video I've watched on KZread in years. Very, very well done. It would have been epic to hear the sound the rock makes.

Why didn't you record the sound it makes?

@DoctorRobertNeville

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/mqampY9qc5nck9Y.html someone else on this comment section posted it, but i'll leave this here so you can check it out.

any thing is only worth as much as you are willing to give for it

Tanks a lot for introducing us to this kind of particularly interesting information

I love the way this channel ties together historical fact with larger concepts.

The sea-tac hijacker watched this. Fly high.

@Bobby-Dingers

5 жыл бұрын

EpicTacoWizard He didn’t “hijack” anything, he commandeered.

@LegendStormcrow

5 жыл бұрын

@@Bobby-Dingers Is that who Rich was?

@Bobby-Dingers

5 жыл бұрын

Im just stating reality.

Note: People lining up to buy the first of new tech *are* buying into scarcity: The least amount of obsolescence. The newest stuff is the best, in theory. And with it comes a longer lifespan before your stuff *isn't* the best anymore. And that time, in the technological field, is a *very* scarce resource.

@Sylencer1982

6 жыл бұрын

Yes. Again, they want to be cutting-edge. Nothing worse than what they have. Because if someone had something better, then what they had would be obsolete. It's the drive to be on top. And with tech, that has a limited shelf-life. Which, again, is the scarce resource.

@Sylencer1982

6 жыл бұрын

...If it's not the best/fastest, how is it competitive? Fighting for fourth place doesn't really cut it.

@Sylencer1982

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, freaking hell. This entire video was about how "value" is subjective. Well, so is "competitive." Because of that, "obsolete" is *also* subjective; what might be obsolete to me would work perfectly fine even after a few years for someone not as picky. Example: The NVidia 600 series. For someone who just browses the internet, it'd be just peachy to run. But as I'm a gamer, that card line is obsolete to me. And for people demanding to be on the bleeding edge of tech, yesterday's gadget is obsolete for *them.* It's no longer able to support the objective of being the tip of the technological spear. You call me dumb, yet it's you who cannot wrap your head around the concept that maybe, just *maybe* subjective definitions might have a broader interpretation than what you're cramming them in. Jeez.

@RogerBarraud

6 жыл бұрын

+Muh Richard Agreed. Needs some correction with a #LART, methinks.

I think this might be my favorite episode so far. When you guys talk about politics it's insightful and interesting but, because it has to be, it's limited. Yes the philosophies can be applied anywhere any time but in order to capture an audience you tailor it to the viewers from what I assume are where most of your watchers are from. (and of course what applies more directly to Rare Earth and the team behind it) But this episode really does apply to everyone, it has to due with business/economics, people's lives, our societies and cultural interaction, international relations even! What people value and why is probably the most important question one can ask. Asking what someone values is like asking who they are, and if you can identify and quantify what a society values, you can own it.

I wrote 3 separate essays on Easter Island in school and I had no clue until right now that this even exists. Thank you

R.I.P Skyking

It would be more attractive if it's in some kind of garden with flowers, other plants, stone pathways and the stone being in the center

cool short doco....i didn't even realise that this rock existed & more importantly the big part it played back in it's day....amazing (:

Honestly, that's fascinating. It's the kind of story I could never think up, and would probably deride if I found it in a book or movie. And yet, here it is in real-life history. It's kind of amazing.

Try finding a rock anywhere else on earth that trumpets when you blow into it. Maybe it should be in a museum.

@RogerBarraud

6 жыл бұрын

+dentpeninde Any lava tube, anywhere... ...as long as your lips are big enough.

Does it still whistle?

@RareEarthSeries

6 жыл бұрын

I suppose it still has the capacity, but it no longer has the user.

@TimZarra

6 жыл бұрын

That's what she said

Have never heard of this rock before. Thank you.

5 stars depending on the source. Very interesting watch! Thank you for sharing.