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Humans Survived by Laziness, Not Long Distance Running

What's easier to imagine? 2 million years ago your ancestor is supposed to be out foraging for food, but instead he's tired, climbs up in a little branch of the tree and takes a nap. He's asleep for a little while, but the tree branch breaks. But out of shear coincidence, he falls on top of an antelope that was underneath him. His weight kills the animal. He goes back to his village a hero for killing this animal that can feed everyone for days. Compare that to the idea of humans as runners, who run down their prey. Ummm no. I run. I'm not a marathoner, but I run. I can't even beat my 12 year old dog in long distances, short distances, hot days, cold days. Just no. But scientist are saying that's a possible way we evolved. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041123163757.htm "Humans evolved from ape-like ancestors because they needed to run long distances – perhaps to hunt animals or scavenge carcasses on Africa's vast savannah – and the ab...

What's missing? Making Money on Spotify. What Can You Make?

Let's look at these numbers for online music listening. Spotify pays $0.0017 per song. YouTube pays a range from $0.0001 to 0.0003. To make $100 would take 59,000 views. $1000 requires 590,000 views $10,000 requires 5,900,000 views So what's the chances of making $10,000 1.2 million videos have received 1 million or over 1 million views (https://www.quora.com/How-many-videos-on-YouTube-have-over-1-million-views) Let's assume there are 10 billion videos on YouTube (I couldn't find exact numbers, but Facebook said 6 billion and YouTube I assume has more videos), so that's 0.012% of all videos reach 1 million views, please correct me if I did my math wrong... With YouTube, we can add in Google adwords, so I could make more money that way. So if I add ads to my videos and every 100 viewers click on one of the ads, then I could make an extra maybe $0.50 per 100 people, or $0.005 per view. That means to make $10,000 I'd only need 1.8 million views. Still not g...