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Live stream Q&A in 13 minutes

Short notice! But the new video is stuck rendering, so in lieu of the premiere at 10 am Central, I'm going to do a Q&A on YouTube. The video will be up later today.

Justin

It's up! Supply, Demand, and the Value of Markets

Hey folks's.

Another video is out, this time on economics. Thanks again for your support.  

Survival of the Friendliest? Testing Altruism Against Natural Selection

The next video is finally out. 

I learned a lot from this one, about biology, code, and animation. I hope you enjoy!

Green beard

Hey folks,

I'm working on the next video, which will be on inclusive fitness. Part of it will discuss the green beard thought experiment, so of course, I had to give the blobs beards.

Are Genes Really Selfish?

Hey all,

New video!

I'd love to hear your thoughts or questions here or on YouTube.

Justin

Growth!

Hey folks,

Sharing some exciting news that Simulating Natural Selection has been pretty popular. Over the past three days, it has...

New video: Simulating Natural Selection

Hey all,

It's been a minute, as they say, but I'm excited to release the latest video! This one sets up a simulated environment in which creatures and their traits undergo natural selection.  2018-11-15 06:58:13 +0000 UTC View Post

I'm still here!

Hey folks,

It has been a while since the last video. I spent some time on some other projects outside of YouTube, but I'm excited to be back working on Primer now. 

To hold you over, here...

Github and social media pages

Hey everyone,

A number of you have expressed interest in seeing the code I use to animate these videos. I finally made a readme for the github page, so it might be a reasonable task to try to get it...

New video on carrying capacity and competition

Hey Patrons,

The fourth video is out. I'd love to hear any feedback you may have: 2018-08-26 14:01:32 +0000 UTC View Post

New thank-you video

Hey folks,  

I made a new video to say thanks to new patrons, and I figured I'd share with you all, since I'm at least as thankful to old patrons!

Mutations and the First Replicators | Evolution 3

Hey folks,

Here's the third video! I'd love to hear what you all think.

If you're liking what you see, please consider telling someone about this series and why you decided to support it, whet...

Another animation preview

Hey Insiders,

RNA makes an appearance in the coming video, and I figured I'd share an animation of a snippet of it forming.

Animation preview

Hey Insiders,

This one is just for fun. I made the blobs a little more animated, in multiple senses. ;)

Replicators Only | Evolution 2

Hey everyone,

The second video is out! It extends the model from the first video to handle situations that aren't at equilibrium. Namely, those where creatures have a high replication chance.

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Vidcon

I just bought my ticket to vidcon. If anyone is going to be there, I'd love to meet you!

http://vidcon.com/

Next video topic

Hey folks,

Thanks for supporting! Things are picking up faster than I had dared to hope, thanks to you all.

A quick update. The next video will add mutation to the mix and possibly begin talki...

On rewards

First post! 

Since this is brand new, I want to get some feedback on the rewards. Are there any rewards that don't seem to belong? Are they any rewards you expected to see that aren't there? An...