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Damn, Asianometry seems to be really informative content

I really like the channel's content, but like "The Caspian Report" channel, I kinda wonder if everything we're told is correct and objective. It's great information if it's all verifiable, but who checks the checkers?

Pick a topic you know something about that he talks about. Check him against that.

This is how I got into Caspian.

I think stringent objectivity is overrated anyhow. Id much rather read something biased and well researched than shallow and objective.

Which is why I doubt Caspian Report. Anytime he ventures into Western Europe it's either so high level it's basically meaningless (Brexit will change relationships with EU members? You don't say!) or just way off base. Eg. For UK-Newzealand to sign a trade deal, the US decides what happens because... it's geographically between them? I guess assuming the world is flat?

I find the same with Peter Zeihan. In depth researched accurate data.. used to construct always wrong predictions. Eg. Alberta to secede from Canada and become the 51st state because oil pipeline infrastructure.

>For UK-Newzealand to sign a trade deal, the US decides what happens because... it's geographically between them?

No, because it's the world's dominant naval power and NZ is completely dependent upon naval Pax Americana because container shipping.

It's the same reason Australia sent troops to Vietnam despite not having any real desire to do so.

> Id much rather read something biased and well researched than shallow and objective.

Seems like a poor way to be informed.

Dont feel like you have to rationalize your reaction.

I finally watched one yesterday after saving several to my Watch Later list due to the interesting titles. Unfortunately, I came away feeling that it wasn’t fully accurate, which has put me off watching others.

I've watched a few of his videos and I'm sure a lot of people get a lot of value from them but I've stopped watching them after noticing they are Wikipedia articles converted into a PowerPoint presentation. There is no original research, and I can read faster then I can watch a video.

Sure, but you can listen to him on a commute, some of us have those things again, and the push-"discovery" aspect (versus pull-rabbithole) of YouTube is useful "here is a topic that you seem interested in, why not fill in gaps of your knowledge during your idle time?

I've watched his YT channel for a year or so and really came to like it. It's good enough to scratch the hitch about the semi-con industry without getting into industry-specific publications levels of details.

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