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<v Speaker 1>to the podcast. I'm Josh Clark. With me is Charles

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck Bryant. As always, where the Stuff you should know? Guy?

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<v Speaker 1>So hey, how's it going to Chuck? Hey? Hey, it's good.

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<v Speaker 1>So um with all the the the Olympic stuff going on,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's all on Beijing and all that. This is

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<v Speaker 1>like the second podcast of recent times that I've mentioned

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<v Speaker 1>Beijing because the Olympics are just so huge. My question

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<v Speaker 1>is this, Chuck, did you know that there's an underground

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<v Speaker 1>city beneath Beijing? I did, Josh, because I read your

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<v Speaker 1>really cool article. Oh thank you very much, Chuck, I

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate that. Did you read the is there a city

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<v Speaker 1>beneath Beijing? Oh? No, I thought the one you referenced

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<v Speaker 1>in your article. Why don't we live underground. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I know. There's another article on the site too, uh

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<v Speaker 1>called is there an underground city below Beijing? Didn't read

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<v Speaker 1>that one. It's awesome, let me tell you about it.

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<v Speaker 1>So Chairman Mao gets into a little border dispute with

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<v Speaker 1>Soviets in sixty nine, and the Soviets basically show them

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<v Speaker 1>we're not messing around pal like we will come in

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<v Speaker 1>or we will nuke you or whatever. This is at

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<v Speaker 1>a time when the Russians were, you know, getting their

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<v Speaker 1>chops with Cold War, so at that time, China wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>much of a threat to them. Um. So Chairman Mau

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<v Speaker 1>was like, okay, hey, maybe we should do something about

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<v Speaker 1>this just in case. Puts um the residents of Beijing,

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<v Speaker 1>the capital city of China, to work for the next

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<v Speaker 1>ten years constructing an underground city that can house like

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<v Speaker 1>three thousand people. And it's kind of an emergency. It's

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<v Speaker 1>very cool. It's still around. Actually what is it now? Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>there's parts of it, um that are accessible still. It's

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<v Speaker 1>actually been turned into something of an underground mall of course, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's tour tours and that kind of thing. Apparently

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<v Speaker 1>it's pretty easy to kind of drift off from the

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<v Speaker 1>tour and go down some forbidden corridors. So there's still

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<v Speaker 1>like old bunk beds with rotting mattresses, and there's pictures

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<v Speaker 1>of Chairman Mao everywhere. It's pretty cool. They also had like,

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<v Speaker 1>um these little patches for going like mushrooms and digging

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<v Speaker 1>wells and people. You could have lived in there comfortably

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<v Speaker 1>for four months. That's pretty cool. It's no Olympic village though,

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<v Speaker 1>that's not down there. No, no, not at this time.

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<v Speaker 1>Is this the the Subtranean mutants used it for their

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<v Speaker 1>two thousands six Olympics Olympics. Yeah, they don't like to

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<v Speaker 1>be talked about very much, but the thing was never used,

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<v Speaker 1>thankfully for for the residents of Beijing. Um. And actually

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<v Speaker 1>it's just one example of an underground structure. There's there's

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<v Speaker 1>tons of them all over the place. And then Nora

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<v Speaker 1>add this one. Nora AD is a great example. What's NORAHD.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a defense system basically that detects if you know,

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<v Speaker 1>people are gonna send nuclear warheads our way, and not

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<v Speaker 1>as useful anymore. Well maybe I shouldn't say that, but no,

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<v Speaker 1>actually they're looking into decommissioning it in two thousand six.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't I didn't find any follow up information. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think they made the decision yet. Well, they smartly

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<v Speaker 1>put norad uh In inside a mountain basically mountain. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>seven hundred thousand tons of rock they dug out of

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<v Speaker 1>this thing, and I think the door is like three

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<v Speaker 1>and a half feet thick. And basically they determine that

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<v Speaker 1>we're safe no matter what happens. Yeah, when they built

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<v Speaker 1>the place in the sixties, they were a hundred percent

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<v Speaker 1>confident that it could withstand a direct nuclear strike. That's nuts.

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<v Speaker 1>It is nuts. Nowadays they're like, yeah, maybe in the sixties,

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<v Speaker 1>not with today's inner intercontinental ballistic missiles, right, the mountain

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<v Speaker 1>would shatter exactly, which actually I think you know that

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<v Speaker 1>we have ballistic missiles that we can just level entire

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<v Speaker 1>mountains with, right, So um, but yeah, Nora, And it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's kind of this, uh, this homage to the

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<v Speaker 1>security of underground living, and the US government is the

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<v Speaker 1>isn't the only group to have, you know, come across this.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not just Chairman MoU and Uncle Sam who figured

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<v Speaker 1>out that hey, underground, you know is pretty secure. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, insurance companies and and uh, information bureaus like

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<v Speaker 1>credit reporting companies uh Sun micro Systems. The people who

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<v Speaker 1>run the Internet and are the keepers of all of

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<v Speaker 1>our information, they've discovered the same thing I mentioned son.

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<v Speaker 1>They just least I believe in old mine in Japan

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<v Speaker 1>and are now they now store their network servers below ground. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>it's very secure. You can't get in or out very

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<v Speaker 1>easily and chuckers. In our beloved city of Atlanta, we

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<v Speaker 1>even have a couple of underground buildings here there. You

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<v Speaker 1>know which one I'm talking about, Atlanta, the famous or

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<v Speaker 1>once famous underground Atlanta. I've got one even better than that,

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<v Speaker 1>the old Equifax building now occupied by the Savannah College

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<v Speaker 1>of artenam Design. Is that underground. Most of it is

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<v Speaker 1>very much underground to protect you know. Obviously it couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>handle an intercontinental ballistic missile shy in mountain camp, but

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<v Speaker 1>it can handle something you know, and burglars can't just

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<v Speaker 1>you know, prance in and out so well, I know.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the other benefits to being underground is uh

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<v Speaker 1>natural disaster whether. Um, you have more constant temperatures, so

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<v Speaker 1>it's more energy efficient if you're underground. Yeah, and you

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<v Speaker 1>you don't really think of houses as being you know,

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<v Speaker 1>too terribly energy inefficient. You know, obviously there's there's some

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<v Speaker 1>fat we could trim here there. But I was reading

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<v Speaker 1>a study that found that, you know, transportation is always

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<v Speaker 1>cited is like the big or one of the big

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<v Speaker 1>sectors that contributes to climate change. It turns out that, um,

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<v Speaker 1>all of the buildings in the United States consume six

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<v Speaker 1>times more energy, uh and a it six times more

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<v Speaker 1>greenhouse gases than all the cars and trucks in the

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<v Speaker 1>country combined. Really. Yeah, So apparently there's a whole sub genre, subculture,

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<v Speaker 1>sub something of architects who have decided that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's kind of imburdened on them to kind of

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<v Speaker 1>take up the mantel and start designing underground. Go underground.

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<v Speaker 1>That's one of the that's one of the theories. That's

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<v Speaker 1>one of the ideas that's being batted around right now. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>why do you think more people don't live underground if

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<v Speaker 1>it's such a if it's so great down there. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>Number one, if you thought, you know, talking Americans out

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<v Speaker 1>of driving SUVs is difficult, imagine telling them that they

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<v Speaker 1>have to now give up their nice you know, some

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<v Speaker 1>story colonial or something like that, and they have to

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<v Speaker 1>move into an earth sheltered home. I think that's that's

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<v Speaker 1>number one, number two, And I think the point that

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<v Speaker 1>you were leading to is that it's a huge old

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<v Speaker 1>slap in the face of evolution. Agreed. Yeah, Chuck Darwin

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<v Speaker 1>is is rolling in his grave as we speak. He

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<v Speaker 1>would be just just just thinking of this. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>either either that or we'd be salivating it. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>a perfect natural experiment, like, yes, stupid humans move underground

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<v Speaker 1>and so I can take notes, you know that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of thing, right, Um. And the reason it's a slap

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<v Speaker 1>in the face of evolution is that we're diurnal, right right,

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<v Speaker 1>we uh are sleep patterns or wakefulness. Um, all of

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<v Speaker 1>that is based on the sun circa rhythm. Yeah, so

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<v Speaker 1>basically when we decide to go to sleep or wake up,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's generally, you know, based on the sun. Think

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<v Speaker 1>about it. We're not farmers any longer, but it's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of tough to sleep past sun up these days, right,

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<v Speaker 1>even though we don't have to be out there to

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<v Speaker 1>milk the cows or you know, plant the corn or

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<v Speaker 1>harvest the corn, depending on what time of year it is.

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<v Speaker 1>But we've evolved that way. So there's snug getting rid

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<v Speaker 1>of it now, right. Uh. And we we also are

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<v Speaker 1>kind of linked to the sun. Well, I don't even

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<v Speaker 1>want to say kind of we are sun slaves. Basically

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<v Speaker 1>the Egyptians had it right when they called sun raw

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<v Speaker 1>and worshiped it, because that's pretty much how linked we are.

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<v Speaker 1>Needed that vitamin D. Yeah, think about it, chuck. We

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<v Speaker 1>get all of our other vitamins from like milk, from

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<v Speaker 1>um vegetables, that's a great example. Yes, from chewing on rocks,

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<v Speaker 1>the whole thing. We get every single one of our

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<v Speaker 1>vitamins from an external source except one vitamin D. That's

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<v Speaker 1>we actually create that through a process of photosynthesis within

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<v Speaker 1>our own bodies right from the Sun's radiation. It serves,

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<v Speaker 1>it serves as a catalyst for vitamin D production in

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<v Speaker 1>the body. In vitamin D is important. How do you ask,

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<v Speaker 1>how partext against rickets? Ever seen a rickets patient? It

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<v Speaker 1>is a it's a it's a lack of bone development.

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<v Speaker 1>And actually, when I was researching this, uh, there's of

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<v Speaker 1>the children in Europe and America in like some terrible

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<v Speaker 1>couple of decades of the nineteenth century suffered from rickets.

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<v Speaker 1>If they lived in an urban area, they rickets to

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<v Speaker 1>some degree or other. Um. There's a picture of a

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<v Speaker 1>girl who is a ricket suffer. She's nineteen, her names

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<v Speaker 1>shall Wing. It's in the article on how stuff works

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. And she's two ft tall and she's cute

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<v Speaker 1>as a button. But she's she's nineteen and she struggled

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<v Speaker 1>with rickets her whole life versus congenital But you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's all sorts of problems associated with a lack of

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<v Speaker 1>vitamin D. And don't forget the serotonin. Yeah, serotonin is big.

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<v Speaker 1>Serotonin is a hormone um, responsible for basically good moods. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And you can get enough yeah yeah, but positive outlook. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And conversely, if you don't have enough serotonin, which is

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<v Speaker 1>produced from exposure to the sun, or actually lack of

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<v Speaker 1>exposure to the sun, you go out in the sun. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>melatonin is produced, right, okay. Uh. And once the melatonin

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<v Speaker 1>production stops, meaning you're out of the sun, serotonin production

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<v Speaker 1>kicks in. So one leads to the other. Uh. So

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<v Speaker 1>you have to have sunlight, which accounts for seasonal effective disorder. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's not just the sun that we need. We

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<v Speaker 1>need air, and we need air in certain supply. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And we also are pretty acclimated to the um atmospheric

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<v Speaker 1>pressure around sea level. That's what we've evolved to adapt to,

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<v Speaker 1>which is why scuba divers and even miners it's the

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<v Speaker 1>same thing as being underwater and need to depressurize or

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<v Speaker 1>decompresses that come up. Exactly That's exactly right. So living

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<v Speaker 1>underground poses a lot of problems to us. UM. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>should we listen to to the ghost of Darwin, to

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<v Speaker 1>Darwin beyond the Grape? Should we trapes into this natural experiment?

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<v Speaker 1>Or is it too late? Have we already started? That's

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<v Speaker 1>a good question, and the answer is yes, we have

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<v Speaker 1>already started. You know, we were talking about Nora m

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<v Speaker 1>We're talking about Mr Chairman Mao's underground city in Beijing.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a lot of actual, like everyday architecture out there

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<v Speaker 1>that's below ground, right. I know that the Marin County

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<v Speaker 1>Jail is partially underground. It's kind of cool looking building, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>which provides for a lot of security. Like you're saying,

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<v Speaker 1>it's more energy efficient, keeps the prissoners nice and cool. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they're they're just kind of cooling out the Marine County. UM,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's there's a really cool example of an underground museum. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>In Williamsburg, Virginia, there was this old colonial settlement from

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<v Speaker 1>the seventeenth century, and rather than build this visitor center

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<v Speaker 1>and museum above ground to detract from the natural scene,

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<v Speaker 1>they actually built it into the side of a hill.

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<v Speaker 1>Even cooler. This museum shut down in two thousand two.

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<v Speaker 1>As far as I know, it's still there, which makes

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<v Speaker 1>it a prime spot for urban explorers to explore. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's like a one to punch for the housetop works

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<v Speaker 1>articles right there. I don't know that we'd endorsed that.

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<v Speaker 1>We would never never endorse libably trespassing, but yes, I

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<v Speaker 1>bet it would be neat. So you got any other

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<v Speaker 1>examples as well? I know Alice City in Japan. The

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<v Speaker 1>Japanese are kind of leading the way because Japan is

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<v Speaker 1>uh not the largest land mass, and there's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people there. They're land start, Yeah, so they're kind

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<v Speaker 1>of leading away and instead of going up, up, up,

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<v Speaker 1>which they've already done in spades, they're going down. And

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<v Speaker 1>Alice City is one example. It's not built yet, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's a it's a proposed um. I wouldn't call it

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<v Speaker 1>a complete city, but uh, shopping mall. And it has

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<v Speaker 1>also has you know, restaurants. I think there's office space

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<v Speaker 1>and living right, I think it's a bit of a

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<v Speaker 1>stretch to call it a city. Yeah, it's really cool

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<v Speaker 1>looking now. Look I checked out the pictures online today.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really neat. It is. It's like these two um

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<v Speaker 1>parallel shafts going like fifty feet into their into the ground,

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<v Speaker 1>covered with a big bubble to let light end. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what. Yeah, all the light comes in through

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<v Speaker 1>those through these two domes, and the two domes are

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<v Speaker 1>all you can see above ground to even know anything's there. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And then it's all connected by like the series of

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<v Speaker 1>walkways and tunnels and everything underground. Um. There's another proposal

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<v Speaker 1>in Japan hand uh that I don't think ever came

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<v Speaker 1>to fruition. It's called the urban geo grid. This one

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<v Speaker 1>you actually could call it underground city. It covered or

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<v Speaker 1>it would cover five square miles. Yeah, that's that qualifies

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<v Speaker 1>in my but I would say, there's yeah, that's that's

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<v Speaker 1>a decent size city. That's what like Kansas City, Kansas, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>something like that. Um. And it could it could hold

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<v Speaker 1>or house or you know, um, it could accommodate up

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<v Speaker 1>to half a million people at a time. Wow, this

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<v Speaker 1>see this makes me wonder if you know what that

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<v Speaker 1>means for the people on top. I mean, I'm sure

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<v Speaker 1>that they're taking all the right moves and shoring up

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<v Speaker 1>everything underneath there, But when you weaken the ground underneath

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<v Speaker 1>what's already a large city, it makes me worry personally. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's all sorts of questions. Um, Like I read

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<v Speaker 1>a question from a guy who was saying, what is

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<v Speaker 1>this due to the temperature of the water table, which

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<v Speaker 1>you we probably really shouldn't be messing with, and there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of water undergroun. Yeah. Although I mean we've

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<v Speaker 1>made a pretty big mess of things above ground, I

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<v Speaker 1>can pretty much predict that we'd make an equally big

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<v Speaker 1>mess below ground too. But yeah, inside out of mind? Wow, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>can you imagine how bad it would be then if

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<v Speaker 1>we couldn't even see it right? It would be like

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<v Speaker 1>the Great Pacific garbage Dump? Right you read that one?

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<v Speaker 1>That that's another one. Wow, we we've just been hitting

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