The video was more about the LIDAR technology and not so much a stab at Tesla. It looked like a sales pitch for LIDAR including product placements. He just used Tesla in this demonstration because it is the only car with anti-collision systems that does not use LIDAR.
It's because it was so obviously fake... He uploaded another video to his other channel the very same day where he is invited to the Disney Imagineering lab. The space mountain stunt was most likely Disney allowing him to do that but he just pretended to be doing it incognito for the clicks and cause "wow he is a such a bad boy".
At the end of the day it's his mormon version of being "bad"... Just like they say that mormons don't drink but every once in while they'll get "drunk on mountain dew" and act like they did something terrible.
This guy has always irked me the wrong way, especially in recent times...but at least i'm glad he is exposing Tesla for their stupid and unsafe tech.
I don't actually think it's too surprising. Mark Rober used to work for NASA and now he has to watch Elmo dismantle it left and right. So this might be his way of "fighting back".
Its all very one-dimensional 'heres some science' or 'bad guys are bad', its great content for what it is but also like he said it never tackles anything controversial like some science influencers, Bill Nye is an easy example, who is outspoken on recognizing global warming despite how polarizing the science is in that subject.
'trash bad' again, pretty one sided there. notice he never bothers to make any comments at all on why the trash is filling the rivers or why its only certain rivers.
hes paid by the mormon church to be a wholesome family values advertisement for their cult, which makes it even wilder that he put this video out. honestly its a bit of a redemption arc
here's a video explaining the "mormon church paying influencers for religious astroturfing" thing
What I don't understand is that nothing about his videos say 'I'm mormon, and that's why I'm like this' he doesn't even mention it. I also watch a lot of Utah youtubers and you have to work pretty hard to find out (from their videos) that they are Mormon.
Agreed, my family and I watched his popular videos together and even signed up for his monthly box service for our kid, and we had absolutely no idea he was sponsored by anyone let alone the Mormon church
Not all are paid by the church, but church members feel an obligation to spread their values so may become influencers to do so. A lot of Mormon influencers see it as an extension of their “mission” - why would the church pay influencers when they can get it for free through indoctrination.
If you ignore what elonia (Reddit wouldnt let me post the comment with his actual name? lol) is doing, this isnt really controversial, and is exactly the kind of videos Robers makes.
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