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They claim to be “almost entirely viewer-funded”, which was later proved to NOT be the case. Kurzgesagt deflected when asked about this.
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They were making videos sponsored by Breakthrough Energy, Open Philantropy, and the Gates Foundation.
All three are Bill Gates affiliated.
Those videos were also conveniently aligning with financial interests of Bill Gates, as the videos advocated for carbon capture and lab meat. Bill Gates massively invested in both

Actually average number of friends of a young person has never been lower.
AI worsens ability to search, read through, and evaluate large quantities of info;
since people don’t practice that skill anymore, and trust AI to find the most accurate up-to-date info.
Looking at the burning planet, wars, and democratic backsliding - we would be lucky if this generation is not the last one.