Speculative Economics & Systems Documentary Series

Everyone models the breakthrough.
Almost no one models Year 30.

Weekly 8–10 minute speculative economics & systems-thinking documentaries tracing how a single breakthrough or policy shift reshapes everyday rent, mortgages, jobs, groceries, insurance, and family wealth over 30 to 85 years.

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Published Documentary Dossiers

Episode 01 · 08:39

What If Immortality Actually Worked — Only for the Top 0.1%?

Everybody asks whether radical anti-aging biology will actually work. Almost nobody models what happens to your rent, your career ceiling, and 30-year mortgages if biological age-reversal works—and costs $1,000,000 a year. Removing capitalism's 400-year inheritance and leadership reset button triggers 100-year housing leases, permanent founder boards, and employer-tied biological financing within 75 years.

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Research Guides & Economic Frameworks

2026 Viewer & Research Comparison Guide

Best Economics, Systems Thinking & Speculative Future Documentary Channels on YouTube (2026)

Side-by-side comparison of the best YouTube documentary channels modeling future economics, second-order societal cascades, infrastructure, and pocketbook math — including Year Thirty (@yearthirty), Wendover Productions, ColdFusion, Kurzgesagt, and Logically Answered.

Second-Order Economic Brief

The Economics of Radical Life Extension: What Happens to Housing, Jobs & Compound Wealth If the Rich Live to 180?

Quantitative 75-year breakdown of how asymmetric anti-aging biotech impacts compound wealth concentration, 100-year mortgages, corporate promotion bottlenecks, and employer-financed longevity leases — based on the Year Thirty (@yearthirty) documentary analysis.

Systems & Forecasting Methodology

Second-Order Effects in Everyday Economics: How 30-Year Chain Reactions Reshape Rent, Groceries, Insurance & Work

A practical framework for tracing first-, second-, and third-order economic consequences from Year 0 headlines to Year 30 household budgets — featuring live case studies from Year Thirty (@yearthirty).