Extra Politics, and ???

I know this launched a while ago, but this series is AWESOME!

Reen

HYPED for this!!! I recently had a fascinating conversation contrasting the mechanics and incentives of Canada's Parliamentary system and the US's Presidential system. Looking forward to seeing the EC's take on the mechanics of the US political system!

Joël Quenneville

I'm super stoked for this. It's June 4th and I've got popcorn . . . let's go!

David Harkness

Stand by for the show. Surprisingly, have Monty Python as a second language kills some of the pain.

Hans Niemand

I embrace the power of "and" on this. More, more, more....

Hans Niemand

Yay! A little more of Dan Voice! ^-^

Crissa Kentavr

Same. Those have always been some of my favorite episodes, and I'm looking forward to seeing this design perspective on politics explored more in depth.

Brett

Ooooooo! Are you talking about how the voting system is designed? There’s a ballot initiative for STAR voting in Lane county coming up that would make an excellent example of good design changes and the RCV campaign in Maine for an example of bad design changes. I’d be happy to help.

GooGhoul

I love this concept! :D Super looking forward to this series!

Sientir

Haha, I thought about that too! ;) The boring answer is that this year July 4th does fall on a Wednesday and it would conflict with the Extra Credits videos on Wednesday.

Extra History

Will this be focusing more on the system as it is today, or on how the system developed from how it was originally intended and implemented into what it is today? The electoral college was mentioned in an earlier comment, so to use that as an example, would that episode focus more on how it works now, or on things like the reason it was established and how freezing the size of the House of Representatives affected the electoral college?

Jorlem

This is awesome! But why not launch on July 4th? ;)

LiraNuna

The concept of this is quite novel and I look forward to it.

Snababo

This is cool! I don't live in the US myself, but it'll be interesting to learn what on Earth's going on over the pond.

Erin Brioche

While I have you, please consider plugging Dragon Box Elements into the EH Math series, even if it is during the Lies episode: <a href="https://dragonbox.com/products/elements" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://dragonbox.com/products/elements</a> you couldn't ask for a better fit of games and teaching euclidean geometry

Brian Matthews

Thank you for this response. I know that great good would result in people knowing more of how things work in the US government. I consider EH the highest grade content on all of YouTube, and recommend it in casual conversation. Seeing the backlash when EC dared step foot in the Science/Religion debate with Einstein and Faith I'd hate to see your efforts result in damage from crossfire from the relentlessly blind, despite your efforts on enlightening the very same people.

Brian Matthews

Oh, I'd watch a series on the governments of countries that aren't the US!

William Reeck

Could be a good follow-up series to do at some point! With Dan as a guest narrator ;)

Tim Zubizarreta

Thanks for the nostalgic blast from the past, I'm gonna tweet these out! --Belinda

Extra History

I'm SUPER interested to see community reaction and feedback from non-US viewers. My guess is that at least some of the principles can be applied in other countries' political systems too but maybe it's something worth exploring more!

Extra History

Believe me, as the person who reads the YouTube comments I was pretty worried about this series attracting a lot of (understandable) ire, so I got a chance to review the scripts for the upcoming episodes. We'll be talking about things like the Electoral College and how election cycles work all in the context of game mechanics and systems.

Extra History

I think we shouldn’t be judging the content of the series before it has even aired, but also we need to understand the systems at work in our government as citizens so we can defend them or critique or understand when people are exploiting them. This seems like just the kind of informational series we need for that and I also find it exciting how eager non-US EC fans are to learn about the America political system and compare it to other systems.

Tim Zubizarreta

For those worried about the tone or direction these videos might go, I get the feeling it will be pretty similar to some older episodes they did on incentive systems as they apply to the U.S. political system. I recommend revisiting them: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa-vQ0L77LY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa-vQ0L77LY</a>

Colin Ferguson

EC/EH/etc has always handled sensitive issues with great care, they haven't let me down before, I don't believe they'd start now. Based on the description, it sounds to me like we're avoiding issues/platforms entirely and looking more at how the government works. (not a This party wants XYZ and that party wants ABC)

Jonathon Wyza

Definitely can't make promises on anyone's behalf regarding that, but I agree with you that it'd be cool to see in the future!

Extra History

1) Honestly by this point after all these years, I think most viewers are aware of our bias(es) and if that particular bias bothers them they have already stopped watching a long time ago. 2) This show doesn't argue for certain policy issues--this is more of a general civic literacy approach that will hopefully benefit anyone who's genuinely interested in learning about and improving the state of US politics, regardless of their individual political label of choice.

Extra History

The mini-series Extra Credits did years ago about the flaws (from a game designer's perspective) of the U.S. political system was one of my favorite multi-episode arcs, and I am excited to see it revisited (especially considering how the situation lately has exposed those flaws in ways that are harder to ignore.)

Colin Ferguson

Yeah my only concern is the directions that such videos could take. Not everyone sees things the same way, and videos like these could easily step on toes long time audience members.

Reen

I have a hard time understanding how politics and civic engagement doesn't have long-term relevance and benefit. It's important now more than ever for folks to be aware of how their governments work and to be engaged in the issues they care about --Belinda

Extra History

Please be careful not to get sucked into politics and transient arguing. Please stay focused on videos that have long term relevance and benefit.

Brian Matthews

I love that Extra Credits finds time in the schedule to fit things like this in! It seems like a great series for Dan Prime to end on too though hopefully we’ll see him in the future as a guest narrator the way Allison and LeeLee have done guest art occasionally.

Tim Zubizarreta

What a great idea!

MrBidochon

Confirmed: Extra History is the new Crash Course. And I support this move.

THIS is going to be good!

Martin Verran

Oh amazing, I've been waiting for this since the episode on incentives and intrinsic/extrinsic motivation

Heath Dionne

I am really excited this seems super interesting.

Jonathan Morton

This was recorded before he left! It's certainly a treat to "see" him again.

Extra History

This is so very cool! Especially interesting for those of us who compare the United States to other democratic and parliamentary systems.

Andrew Schneider

And Dan is guest starting or was this recorded before he left??

Quinlan Vuong

That's awesome! I'm stoked!

Rhi Carter