The Last Human - A Glimpse Into The Far Future
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The future of humanity seems insecure. Rapid climate change, political division, our greed and failings make it hard to look at our species with a lot of optimism and so many people think our end is in sight. But humans always thought they lived in the end times. Every generation assumes they’re important enough to witness the apocalypse and then life just goes on.
This is a problem because it leads to short term thinking and prevents us from creating the best world for ourselves and our descendants. What makes this worse is that we actually may live at an extremely critical moment in human history. To understand why, let us look at the temporal window of humanity and ask:
When will the last human be born and how many people will there ever be?
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“Every generation assumes they are important enough to witness the apocalypse.” Always keeping me humble, Kurzgesagt.
lol
My mom said this her entire life
Cue the extreme evangelicals trying to decide for all of us, accelerating human suffering so they can be vaccumed into heaven. Religion is perfectly fine, but forcing beliefs on all of society not so much. Hope common sense and progress prevail!
@@brotherbluto4524 You know I heard they literally are trying to end the world
@@turbochips6148 Yeah, I wish it was just fan fiction but I’ve heard it suggested they don’t care about climate change for this reason and the only reason they support Israel is to make this happen as well. They don’t believe the Jews are going to the same place they are however lol
Many of us have been conditioned to think that more humans = more problems. I appreciate the optimistic perspective presented in this video. More humans also means more progress. The first step to a brighter future is envisioning it.
More people also might mean more problem solvers
if we don't focus on the quality of those humans, more humans=more problems because we already see our societies collapsing because it cannot drag all those sick-minded, corrupt, and inhuman people.
Technically that's true but equally more problems mean more solutions. The interesting bit is to get the solutions across. A whale has many many more cells than a human, yet a human has a very different experience because of the way the cells are communicating with each other. Existence exists because it can and it will create everything that is possible. And everything is possible infinity. What's relevant to us right now is how we communicate with each other because that is what shapes our experience and makes the difference between a shitty and a great experience. It is all about how we connect. With ourselves, our humanity, with earth, with the universe, with everything. Limits are finite and therefore inherently temporary. So that what truly is is unlimited and never ending. And if we recognise ourselves in that, we are too =)
Since we currently inhabit just one planet, we confuse overpopulation with having more humans.
Really there is only one problem: entropy.
One year later and this is still easily one of my favourite videos on the internet.
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I feel as if many people need this because the potential of the human species in itself is astronomical and I found this video very motivating
Same, Im going to come back to rewatch this video whenever I feel guilty about wanting kids.
One day it’ll be appreciated how many scientists were inspired by Kurzgesagt. I honestly believe it will make a material difference on space exploration and medical innovation over the next 50 years. I know this b/c I consider myself one of those motivated. Creating quality education on KZhead is a powerful way to have a positive impact.
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One of the main reasons I was inspired to start learning science
yea, I wish I was younger when this channel started!
Imagining being at the beginning of human history rather than the end.. It's funny how that one perspective seems to foreign to me and probably many other people. But I like it.
Must have been fun having an entire species of people similar to humans (Homo erectus) to unite all Homo sapiens against. The racism must have been GLORIOUS. We need another sub-human species to fuck over for the benefit of all society!
Yeah, also I wonder why they would put a nuclear tower instead of a coal tower as one of the only "death" routes at 3:45 when we know coal is a lot more damaging to us and the environment? As an educational channel they should be more responsible.
@@Boa796 Because one of the easiest ways we imagine us all being dead is throwing thousands of nukes on each other because someone stopped thinking and started a nuclear war, it's not there to symbolize an accident in a nuclear facility and considering that yes a full detonation of all the nuclear warheads on the planet may actually cause us to go extinct - it's at least worth a reminder.
Something I always found very interesting about this is the fact that with quadrillions of people there are probably hundreds who will be studying you. Everything you post online, every picture you have ever taken, they probably will know everything about you and how you lived just because we are some of the first humans who can document our way of living.
*There is an AGENDA using all this enviromental blah blah blah to achieve their their self interests, they give a SHIT to environment or to human rights or to animal rights or black people rights etc, all these blah blah blah is a tool.* *THEY GIVE A SHIT to you, they are bilionares who wants to be more biliorare.* They pay the media, they pay the press and they pay fake scientific researchs, they pay artists, they pay everything to keep the lies and the Agenda. Look Greta Turberg, she is supported by George Soros.
It makes the saying "he who saved a person is like saving the whole humanity" makes so much sense! A person holds the potential to further save other people and have descendants.
This is genuinely my favourite video on the platform. Awe inspiring, heartwarming, terrifying and beautiful.
This is probably one of the most optimistic and inspiring ones you've done yet. I needed this today, thank you.
It makes me kinda sad... imagine, humanity could colonize the galaxy... and we will not be part of it.
@@ulliulli cryo freezing is always an option
@@Bruh234 That is a fantasy, and too many people think all this magical sci-fi tech is just a stones throw away. Reality is, we're born at the best of times, and the worst of times...
Same her! I've been realy struggling the past view weeks with things like motivation but things like this make it worthwhile
and yet i still had a small panic attack when he said the will only be enhabitable for 500 millions years and the sent me on a im going to die spiral.
“We went from humans worshipping the moon, to humans walking on it”. This is such a beautiful phrase.
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in the far future, we’ll go from ideas about mars to terraforming it.
More like the things we once worshipped are now trampled by us under our feet. It depends on the perspective in wich you are thinking. You can take it as a positive or a negative thing.
I will always remember that phrase. I really love it.
@@The.Doctor2 It's positive. "Trampling" is a bit exaggerated, and I also think it's not a good thing if objects get worshipped for no logical or scientific reason.
Can we just be amazed that kurzgesagt uploads with beautiful art style which might take months, planning how the animation goes and the topic. Seriously, we should all thank kurzgesagt and the other members. Thank you kurzgesagt team!
this channel truly is a blessing. thanks for all the people who are part of this project.
These videos are so incredibly humbling
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And they are very interesting as well I enjoy them
It’s exciting to think we’re at the brink of a new phase of civilisation. I won’t live to see it, but if some future human sees this comment in 1,000 years when other planets get colonised, hi from the past!
thinking ahead
youtube will probably wont exist if that time comes cause of its current state lol
Yes
I'm also gonna say hi here!
someone put a rickroll in this reply section
Wow! This video is the most thought-provoking I've seen on this platform. Thank you very much!
1st of all, I LOVE your videos and second of all, THANK YOU for putting the adorable little birds in your videos because otherwise I think I’d just be depressed and in some life existential crisis (Which I still am for the second one but less depressing)
I don't believe the Kurzgesagt team really understand how much their fantastic creations can fuel in us the optimism and show a silver lining we so desperately need. Thank you a thousand times for your dedication and hard work. I feel nothing but humility when watching their content, and love for this channel.
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I really needed the fuel boost, if you catch my meaning.
Cute animations don't really represent the reality of the human condition very well. We are primitive apes and even the smartest and most capable of us make egregious errors in calculation/projection all the time. Just look at how poorly Europe handled their transition to "renewable" energy.. They are going back to coal fired power plants at a furious rate because solar and wind totally can't meet capacity.
Sure but whats the point of it all? Why would we care about that future if we wont even be here. Whats the end goal?
@@Subs1338 think of your childeren that you might have or nieces and nephews, they will grow up in a world we set up for them. and so will our grandchildren and so on. the point is that we want to give the people we love and the best possible world to grow up in, because we love them. this goes for strangers too, I personally feel responsible for my family but also for other people my actions effect.
0:16 "Every generation assumes they are important enough to witness the apocalypse" this sentence alone completely changed my prospective on this subject. Such a beautiful quote. EDIT: Over 1k likes?! Thanks guys! EDIT²: I must say that another thought crossed my mind while seeing the replies of this comment: we're possibly the only civilization that has solid proof of the apocalypse.
Considering how many doomsday & rapture cults there have been it really makes for depressing realization how prevalent Narcissism is.
@@Kuolonen I don't think that it is in any sense a problem of narcissism from the cult members, what does not include the cult head who is most probably totally egotistical and narcissistic. The average person end up in a cult because we all have an inner need for religion ( definition being: a system of BELEIEVES ) in our lives.
@@Kuolonen Narcissism sugar coated as religion
Positive nihilism is great but it's frustrating how prevalent narcissistic nihilism has become recently. Or I just need to stay away from Reddit for a while.
I mean, most of the others didn't have nuclear weapons. This isn't really a good application of 'past performance indicates future returns'.
This was one of the best videos I’ve watched. Expected an existential crisis but got the complete opposite. The only thing that upsets me is that we may be at the beginning and not see our full potential.
Esse foi o melhor vídeo que vi em muito tempo. Obrigada por essa experiência diferente e intensa.
“We went from worshipping the moon to walking on it” This is the most inspiring thing I’ve ever heard ever. It shows how much humans have conquered. God bless you, guys.
A dethrone is in order.
@@riveratrackrunner I mean, You made me canckle.
Well most of us are still stupid
And now we are in the process of conquering our imaginary gods entirely and permanently! As a former religious person, I find it oh so ironically hilarious that we humans today like to laugh at the moon and sun worshippers of ancient times to then go and worship our own silly made-up gods! 🤣
and we are also going from worshipping god to understanding that it's a lie
We are an ancient civilization. Great video!
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Ancient in the scope of humanity, compared to the age of the universe we're younger than young, infantile you could almost say, maybe even still at the embryonic stage.
I’ve been sharing kurzgesagt since it had 10k subs ❤❤❤❤ legit the best channel in yt!!
Thank you so much for making such a motivating video!
Seeing a positive outcome to today's social problems is so refreshing! People love to complain and to predict a scary future for us all, but they don't understand that our future is what we make today. Thank you Kurzgesagt for showing us a positive prospective!
yea a lot of people like to doom post, you just gotta know when you see one
@@dusk2308 the thing is, the doom posts could be really happening in real life in the future
@@aaaaaa-rr8xm yes and they might as well not. There is no point worrying about things that might happen in the future that you have no contol over
@@aaaaaa-rr8xm so.can thr good future there's a reason why the US started failing when the it stopped believing itself
@@MisterK9739 Eh, that depends. There are quite a few things that we have control over that could potentially wipe out the human race. As the video says, future humans depend on us. What we do now can and will affect them in the future.
Your videos always bringing tears to my eyes.
Your channel and videos are unlike anything on youtube. Thank you for the great content! Just amazing.
As someone who grew up being taught -- literally every single day, no exaggeration -- that I was living in the "last days", I can't tell you how much I needed to hear this. To not be at the end, but the beginning... that is such an incredible feeling.
Wow. If you don’t mind me asking, what was your religious/ideological upbringing like?
You're smack dab in the middle of an absolute terror (evolution of sentient beings capable of suffering, with absolutely every single one of them having a life that ends in catastrophe) that won't be mercifully snuffed out until about 4 billion years from now when the sun becomes a red giant. And by the way, it's all literally for nothing.
Found the JW. 😂
@@fictionisfake4280 idk about you man, imma keep going and eating velvet cake until the day I die, hopefully buy a few countries by then
Ah yes, Jehovah's Witness? Haha
Honestly, I was expecting this video to be one of the most existential crisis inducing on the channel, but it turned out to be one of the most hopeful
They really should have chosen a more optimistic title!
Yeah but at last ...the factual bitter existential crisis truth...."someday later or sooner ,the last human will be born"
I think they nailed it! I love how complex this is, and the color scheme is beautiful.
My favorite part of kurzgesagt other then the intresting facts is the intro jingle! Keep up the good work!
"We went from humans worshipping the moon to humans walking on it." This deserves an ovation! The video illumines a shift of perspective, although the underlying idea of energy output as a measure of growth has been explored earlier. The key takeaway is once again, the Kardashev scale.
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Lets spam Bengali replies to confuse our Western friends
And then we spent 50 years doing nothing in terms of further exploration because the was no weapons race impetus. Which Also sais something sad about humans
but still didn't realize that they can't choose whether to exist or not in this world,.. ask your parent or your grandparents if they can do that, ...until you realize not even the big bang can happen by itself
Two best quotes that perfectly describe the wonder of humanity : "We went from worshipping the moon To walking on it" Can't be said any better, got goosebumps from it
From worshipping the Sun powered by nuclear reactions to making nuclear weapons.
Did we though? 🤔
@@MD.orion1 idk, did u ?
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and then some guys decided said moon actually never existed, closing the loop
This is the most Important topic for all of us thank you for making such a good videos and struggling for us keep it up and make more videos for us and we will support as much as we can.
Hats off to you kurzgesagt , your videos bring an insane perspective in an even better visual experience. Your videos are just amazing to watch. Truly revolutionary
I feel like kurzgesagt is making an conscious effort to be optimistic, because it feels like that's exactly what their audience needs, to be more optimistic about the future and guide it's actions based on that. I agreed with the effort.
They were starting to gain a reputation for constantly inducing existential crises in people, and I'm sure they noticed. I'm very glad for this change--the world needs more optimism!
Optimism is the only choice. Though it's misguiding for the most part.
@@maoman4855 starting to? I'm fairly certain they named a playlist along the lines of "existential dead videos". They have a couple main types of videos, biology explanations, fun thought experiments, existential dread (mainly in the form of explaining space and the many hazards we predict to fill it), and society videos (like this one). While i personally like the existential dread videos, the world definitely needs some optimism.
Kurgestagt has realized that people who have been slain by the apathy sword are the people that wanted to help the future. The apathy sword is a term I have invented for the way you try to stop people by convincing them everything is awful and hopeless. If you cant see it, then you cant fight it. In politics its called wedging. Theyre trying to form a shield of science and perspective. Something to fight the invisible sword. Perspective. *Its not optimism.* Perspective is everything. Here is an example: Life has been trapped on this sphere because of its gravity well forever. The dinosaurs had some absurd amount of time to try to evolve out of it, and no one did anything. Life was essentially doomed. Until Humans. We are lifes hope to escape this prison. We are its champions. And under that perspective, you basically cant go wrong unless you've eliminated all life. Even destroying the earth but getting some life off it could be considered a victory of humanity. Theyre just trying to help people see things differently, because people have been taught everythings awful, and it really can be argued against.
@@subz9192 Perspectivism is level 3 of optimism. Its significantly less misguided. For example: Machine learning evolution reveals that most people are pretty decent, and the parasites ruin it for everyone. All the good things that exist are the result of the good you never hear about.
This video made me feel existential dread in a way that the others normally don’t. Some of the videos can be downright depressing, but this one was optimistic. However, that optimism made me feel sort of sad that I’ll never get to experience the leaps we may make into the future. I’ll never truly know what we were able to get done thousands of years from now.
But maybe you will. Totally understand the dread but none of us know what happens after we die. You could be born again in a new body with your same mind. You could start over. You could observe all of time and space the second you die and become God. We just don't know. So be excited for the future no matter if you are "alive" for it in your current form.
Facts I really wanna know how it plays out lol
@@angbald very interesting thought
Think of how we were thousands of years ago, though we can’t be sure we’ll see the next thousands of years, at least we were able to experience things like electricity, Internet, BLUETOOTH! Man I don’t haven understand how that works. We’re sending robots millions of miles away in space and have telescopes that can see so many light years away. Astronauts are real, not a fantasy anymore, people have gone into space that’s incredible! I’m sure future accomplishments were unfathomable to our distant ancestors, but also for future descendants of humanity. No matter where we are in our evolutionary story, there will always be something greater. Let’s consider beautiful and momentous things that we have accomplished, and keep in mind that in addition to greater future technological and societal advancements, there will be an equal amount of negative possibilities. Much love
Although the people in the distant future might also lament that they are not born early enough to see where things started millions of years ago. You are always born too late to do things in the past, and born too early to do things in the future.
Always be the best and exciting. I love kurzgesagt!!!
I love this guy because I can always watch his vids whenever I'm eating and his voice is so calming and smooth. Plus the animations are crazy good
Going on nearly 10 years and Kurzgesagt is still, hands down, producing the best content on KZhead.
Damn, they're 10 years old??
Subjective
After you filter the propaganda from it then, yes, it can be quite educational. Take this video for instance. The poor souls really think that there is a slight possibility that us humans are going to save the planet, be kind to one another and traverse and populate deep space haha. I guess the only history Kurzgezagt researches is from the Triassic period. If they did a little more research, they'd understand how ridiculous this video is. I will tell you instead what's going to happen. We gonna pump the last drop of oil out of the Earth and catch the last fish from the sea, and it will be THAT moment in which we realize, we can't eat money. Cheers!
@@MrLeroyFox Damn, you didn't watch the video, did you? The message is obviously "please, for the love of everyone who might life, change your behavior". But ofcourse, having a pessimistic perspective and refusing that there might be a chance that we survive, and therefore our own decisions don't matter is easier. (Also, I am not sure how this video is propaganda? Propaganda means state (or at the very least, multi natioal comporetion) sponsered (mis-)information campaign.)
They actually started in 2014. Hopefully they will do a retrospective on all of the good things that happened in the last decade for the tenth anniversary.
This really changed my perspective because I just realized that I am me, in my own generation and in a blink ill be gone, "people" will advance to unimaginable levels without me. It is mind-blowing to know that we are in a generation, a point, that we can change absolutely anything for our future for the better or for the worst and this helped me understand that our real goal all along was to work together so that out future is the best it can ever be.
Just be thankful of the timeline we’ve been born into man. Humanity is finally advancing technologically and we get to witness it. Everything we’ve ever known as far as computer tech goes has only been around a few hundred years at most. We live in a pivotal moment in our history. Bask in the infinite knowledge at your finger tips; and be excited to build a future for your future children’s children.
@@casanova1838 almost all humans to exist have lived close to our time in the modern age
ahh yes. the I'm just an insignificant blink middle age crisis
The lesson in this video... Even if existence is minute... What we do... As a generation... Matters.
that's sort of the message in everything everywhere all at once
When I watched this video for the first time, I spent almost 2 hours thinking about this stuff. It's so fascinating and inspiring at the same time. ❤
This will always be my favorite Kurzgesagt video
I was avoiding this video because it sounded depressing and I wasn’t in the mood, but it’s so wonderfully optimistic! I love it! Considering that our actions not only affect people alive today, but potentially a number of people impossible to truly comprehend, really puts things in perspective.
Which makes me a bit sad that I can't live long enough to see it, unless off course humans kill themselves, in that case I'm grateful I can't live to see that.
do you believe in afterlife?
@Cody Burns Same dude. I was also avoiding it because it sounded depressing. Turned out to be one of the team’s best videos I believe :)
Exactly the same for me, and now I am crying a couple of tears of hope
@@samuelpapp1055 do you believe in afterlife?
i genuinely cant find a way to thank Kurzgesagt for rekindling this childlike, unbelievable fascination and wonder i have for humans, existence and everything in between. for the past decade ive only felt neutral and indifferent to new things; more of a "huh. cool." than a starry-eyed "WOOOAAH". This youtube channel managed to make me see our universe the same way a 9 year old sees the world around them... with indescribably fuzzy curiosity. I cant thank you enough.
Exactly how I would describe it as well, Kurzgesagt rocks!
This perfectly captures my experience and feelings too. I love this video so much, and I miss the unbridled optimism I used to have about the future
I could never put into words why I loved this channel. Now I can, thank you
You can buy their merch :)
@@Cityz3nn I’ve bought the immunology book! It’s pretty darn cool. What did you get?
This is just so beautiful! Great job!
This video gave me a panic attack on how useless I am on earth yet made me so inspired. Kurzgesagt somehow makes the topic of death seem like a nice thing. I love your videos.
You missed the point of the video, it's not about death, it's about life and living and all the future generations that have yet to be born. You're not useless, you're necessary. You're existence is required for the existence of so many of those future people. I mean would you have the millions of years of your ancestors evolution that came before you, that unbroken chain, end with you? Live long and prosper or better yet, live well and procreate.
“We went from humans worshiping the moon to humans walking on it” This is the most beautiful line I’ve heard this month
And then we have failed to go back because we're too worried about making sure everyone knows that the White people who put us on the moon are properly treated as the demons they are. But I'm sure Sha'quin'ta and Dar'quaan are gonna be the ones making us an extrasolar species lmao
The moment he said that, I just knew it would be mentioned in the comments and I must admit, that was quite a significant line!
We went from humans worshiping the moon to humans not worshiping or respecting allah. 😑😑
@@abdalrahmanassi4579 good riddance. religion is a plague to our society.
I love that quote but the sad reality is 12 people have been there, more will probably go there because of another type of weapons race. The rockets were built as delivery systems for nukes back then, hopefully we can deliver life instead, but I sincerely doubt it looking at our tribalistic and ballistic ways. x)
I love watching Kurzgesagt videos because they're always a roulette between "renewed hope for the future" and "existential crisis" lmao
Try watch Koyaanisqatsi
My thoughts exactly lol
The fact that it's been more and more "hope", "don't worry", and "go back to sleep" from Kurz, I'm starting to believe that you should be concerned about the future they're uncomfortable admitting to you.
I gotta say tho, the comaprison between humans and survival rate of other mammals is an absoluteley horrible one. No other mammals has had the technology we've had or come even close to it.
@@Thesamurai1999 they explicitly say in the beginning that while our technical advancements point to this number being a lot higher, our technical advancements also bring us a lot closer to our demise. We are better at healing ourselves but we are also a hell of a lot better at destroying ourselves. Also the rough estimate of a million is a conservative value that that could be a lot higher. The whole point of the video is just to give a sense of scale. There is a lot more to come after us, the actual number is irrelevant.
We need the British narrator on every educational channel on KZhead! His voice is so soothing and this video is the most optimistic one yet. Your videos are ‘orders of magnitude’ greater than other channels
Thanks Kurzgesagt! This made me smile today
PLEASE also have translation in Mandarin Chinese in the not-so-distant future!!! I want to share all your videos with my parents and have them understand all the beautiful nuances in your videos!
And Clementine, too.
Mandarin would be a hard one because most mandarin speakers are blocked behind a firewall that doesn't have youtube
@@aCeeLeo There are still quite a lot of Chinese people beyond the firewall and outside China. So it is also viable.
@@aCeeLeo Side note: a significant population of overseas chinese and their descendants still speak chinese, or at least understand mandarin chinese (汉语 ) along side a regional language (Hakka, Min Nan, Cantonese, etc.). Example: most overseas chinese communities in south east asia. Although, worldwide, there are only ~40 million overseas chinese, and since the PRC govt. restrict youtube I can personally accept that we shelf chinese kurzgesagt for now (just the two Koreas combined is twice as many as overseas chinese, around 75 mil., arguably more useful for them tbh).
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I love the message. Humanity's goal should always be to make the world a better place for not only ourselves, but for those in the future as well!
Not only for humans but for other animals aswel.
And that is called sustainable development
Humans are basically self-learning programs at the fundamental level. Why not let AI and robots be the next evolutionary step of humans? They are smarter and more energy-efficient. More importantly, they don't need to steal energy from other lifeforms (such as plants and animals) to sustain themselves. They also don't need to poop. One human will be responsible for an average of one animal death per day in their lifetime, 10 times more deaths if plant lives are accounted for.
@@azar9383 why?
Except Humanity by a nature is voracious and oblivious so we can only hope it will sustain that 1000 years more though highly likely is armed conflict about control over natural resources necessary to function.
Very Comforting!❤
The start of the video has given me a totally different perspective on humanity and made more optimistic.
"Quadrillions of unborn humans are at our mercy" Most powerful sentence ever uttered.
laughs in american with uterus
@@craggolly As a fellow American, it is scary right now, but please try to keep somewhat optimistic. Things are grim right now, but it will get better as the older generation leaves office and the new ones take their place.
Yeah that's a really powerful and beautiful line but the timing is a little unfortunate lmao
@@floppavevo5920 I'm hoping with you. But, it looks like right-wing conservative ideas are just gaining popularity, it's not just the old generation. The same thing is happening in Europe
@@bobrandom5545 wonder why that is 🤔
Craziest part for me is that we are at the very beginning of technologically recorded history - we are the very first generations for whom all humans forever will be to see us and hear our voices. That blows my mind.
You have just blown my mind... And also maybe the mind of some other random dude whose youtube algorithm will recommend this video in a million years and will read us...
@lifted.hippie420
woow so true damn
Edit :my bad i smoked some weed Very true and how a bunch of random strangers comment on youtube i was looking at houseboats as an alternative to high prices on land and this was next video now im thinking about what john presland said in hundreds of years people look back at us like we look at black and white footage of titanic and think wow that was forever ago when it Only around hundred years gos fast.
Damn 😄😂😂
This video was fantastic. It brough tears to my eyes - I wish I could live to see the future.
I watched hundreds of videos on KZhead pertaining to science,tech and human life ... This channel is my go to channel. I need to get me a calender from their store, inspiring video and we matter
As a Brazilian, I'm very happy to hear about the translation of your videos to my language. I already share lots of kurzgesagt's videos among my friends, but unfortunatelly lots of them doesn't understand english well enough to aprecciate them on their entirety. Congratulations on your amazing work. I would love to help translate some videos if needed.
You write better English than most native speakers. Congratulations on that.
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Same here, I’m truly truly happy to share those incredible videos to my friends who don’t know English but are as curious and open minded as myself
The channel is so good that it motivates to learn English, the fact the most useful language, not to stay the same.
@@mullekad thank you Very much, i'm always a little insecure about the grammar, since I don't write in english everyday
Facing down cosmic horror and existentialism with an optimistic outlook, I hope all these new language channels do great. The world needs more Kurzgesagt and I honestly believe the world is better off for it
Ungarium leviosa!
Cosmic wonder is simply an optimistic outlook at the same things that cause cosmic horror: Large numbers, the vastness of space, the eventual meaninglessness of our actions. While cosmic horror shows the fear in those things, cosmic wonder shows us that these eternities are just another reason that we should do as much as possible with out little tiny crumb of endlessness. It really is all about perspective.
@@ccriztoff why are you spamming this shit tho
Its really puts everything in perspective when you value your life not only for yourseld but for everybody that is yet to live. Isn't that a beautiful enough reason to live?
this has warmed my heart beyond what you can imagine.
I am Grateful. I feel just saying "thank you" to the kurzgesagt team is under selling just how grateful I am to them for making this video, especially as it comes at a time when the world seems confusing and everyday is an exercise in managing the fear of living another day. It gives hope when you realise that this could be "the beginning and not the end". That there is much more for us to do and accomplish. So again I say to the creators of this channel 'i am grateful"
I wouldn’t worry about living another day. It’s not living another day your need to worry about.
Abortion?
this is how I feel too. thanks for this comment. you wrote what I wanted to say 🤍
You put my heart in words! ❤
yea thats u but the ones that dont think like u and polute the earth ..... we will never go past 2500 and i just feel bad cuz there may never be another civilization to exist and thats why we need to conquer our solar system an then the Milky Way
This is why I want to live forever. I want to see how far humanity could go. It's like being a part of a team and you want to know what happened to them if you died in the game
the worst and best part is you live forever. everyone you love will eventually die, but you will meet others, too
@@Greggorto But nothing lives forever. Not even the universe.
@@LordTalax the universe goes forever, after heat death it will collapse and another bing bang will happen,
@@charlieterz5033 It’s still a theory or a hypothesis but I do hope so that it will happen
If i think too hard about this it makes me so sad, because i won't be around to see most of anything. I believe in our species so much and i want so much to see our future
This was exactly my concept architectural thesis ,A space that puts human life in perspective, so we realise how far we have come and how far we could go...tO Break the human villanization narrative.. I cant believe you guys literally backed it up so much, I wish I could develop my concept and program with your research team
As a person who often thinks about this time being “The end” of humanity, this is actually a really nice perspective :)
Most people that think this time is bad are just living in a resentful left wing bubble.
@@ulyssesvercosa6196 simply time is relative ......
- I get you...except for Jesus and Elvis, we haven't done a very good job.
@@ulyssesvercosa6196 what? The right wing people tell me all the time we are already in a dystopian 1984 like hellscape. I guess it's all perspective?
GOD strictly forbids occultism and spiritism! Read the Bible if you want to know what the future holds: Please repent because we are living in the E N D times, the 7year Tribulation with the world leader (Antichrist) is right around the corner, that's GOD'S judgement upon all unbelievers! But there is hope - get saved and be rapture ready: accept JESUS CHRIST as your Lord and Savior today!!! Please listen to real theologians like Dr. John Ankerberg.
I have a feeling the creator of Kurzgesagt found enlightenment while holding some kind of nutshell. Your efforts to spread the message of human optimism has been inspiring to say the least. Whoever you are, i want you to know that your work is a form of therapy for us amateur philosophers. I wanna meet you one day and give you a big hug, you deserve it.
The book they wrote is also an extremely good read
Just wanted to mention that 'in a nutshell' is a way of saying 'to put it simply', in case this wasn't known. For those with english as a second language (or possibly even some native english speakers) the name of the channel might be a bit confusing if they weren't aware of this saying.
🇪🇷🤡 Opinion rejected.
@@sandradee4331 that's literally what they said
Kurzgesagt is actually a team of a few dozen people doing the research and animation. The voice you hear is just the voice actor they hire to read the scripts.
I watched this video right after watching “The Egg” and it has given me a lot to think about. Thank you.
YOU matter. Who you are matters. What you do matters. How you choose to show up matters.
This reminds me of my favorite quote, whose author I cannot recall at the moment: "Society will only truly prosper when old men plant trees whose shade they'll never be in." Excellent video. But I'm afraid with how things are right now, I don't have much hope 😅
You don't have much hope and that's perfectly fine. Look what 8 billion people are doing to this poor planet. Now imagine, what those trillions will do. Now be a good human and uproot any tree whose shade the future idiots might sit in.
@@sohrabalimovies while i like your thinking, i say we should probably still be hopeful
you have no hope because of murricas bubbles everywhere! and you *_(finally)_* have to pay for them in a hard way meanwhile 2/3 of the world _(which you never count)_ - pretty optimistic ;)
Kind of only gotten worse now that there's more humans than ever and they're really starting to tackle personal identity, self-esteem and self-worth, isn't it?
I'm not sure which is the original, but there's a saying in Chinese: "前人种树，后人乘凉", which translate to "people in the past plants tree, [so that] people in the future can rest in the shade".
I've been watching Kurzgesagt for almost 6 years now, to see them progress and expand to new languages and share their quality animations mixed with scientific knowledge and still making it free, this has been an adventure, but like humans, I hope you this beautiful channel is only at the beginning of something great! Edit: Thanks
Kurzgesagt........1 Million A.D.!!
One day these videos will be used in classrooms ( they probably already are ).
@@augmentedcamel In one of my bio classes they used this video to show a concept
so inspiring thank you
Do you have an option of "say thank you" -the small donation in youtube?
Thanks for this unique and hopeful perspective!
"What we do matters for all the people who do not exist yet." wow... Thank you Kurzgesagt for opening my mind up to a completely new form of empathy and motivation.
This is a anti-abortion video 😂
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@@NE0MAS While that may seem the case, the projected "number of births" don't change if they don't get born at all.
@@NE0MAS i personally think this mindset isn't incompatible with a pro-choice ideology, as abortion doesn't really decrease the overall birthrate, but instead result in more births from parents with the means to take care of their child properly, causing an increase in quality of life.
@@NE0MAS While I hope you're joking, I still want to clarify that what's expressed in this video has little to do with today's "abortion" topic. "Abortion" as it is now means cancelling a pregnancy while it's in progress. But the "potential humans" that Kurzgesagt are referring to in this video are humans that will be born _if_ humanity doesn't doom itself.
This is why I often find myself wondering about the mystery of the far future with a touch of melancholy. So many things I will never get to see, so many things that we can only dream about now being mundane reality in the future. But also with optimism: we got so far because of the ones that came before us. Through their sacrifice and hard work we went from, as the video so eloquently put it, "worshipping the moon, to walking on it". Look at all the things we have acomplished together as the human race, and all the things we've built, all the technology that sometimes is nearly indistinguishable from magic, and then just imagine the things we will create in the far future. I get shivers just thinking about it. My only wish is to maybe someday be reborn again somehow, to see it all, or at least some of it. But for now all we can do is make the most of what we have now while leaving another stepping stone in our history on which future humans can step on to go even further than any one of us alive today could ever dream of going. ❤️
Well said and dreamt about. I have the same sentiments, and lustful imagination on what we may become, and what the future looks like. I often ask people "if u could briefly visit the future or past what would u pick? and what time period?" Personally I choose the year 3000. This wouldn't be so unrecognizable all things considered and would give a sense of where we are headed.
My wish would be to become a omnipresente Ghost and travel in time, past and future to see everything by my own eyes
Reincarnation ? Might be a possibility... who knows?
One of the best things about the future is that we can all take our own small role in shaping it here and now. I feel very similarly to you. It’s melancholy indeed knowing that we may never see the long term fruits of our labor. I say, that’s all the more reason to make the best of the present! ❤️
@@luatambau yeah was gonna say “who knows, maybe you’ll see it in another life”
Imagine if everyone in the world watched these kurzgezagt videos, the world would be an absolutely amazing place!!
日本語に対応してくれて本当にありがとう！ このチャンネルがとても大好きです
"The last human born" is such an intriguing concept. I wonder with technology, biological and/or digital enhancements throughout the centuries if our very distant grand children would even be considered "human" by our limited perspective. Would humans even be "born" by then?
As you say, at that point what even is a human? What does it mean to be a human? Is it necessary to constrain ourselves entirely to the natural course of evolution? Genetic technologies allowing us to create new lifeforms that can thrive in completely different atmospheric environments is already within our grasp using CRISPR and its coming research. Leaving earth isn't even that difficult either, assuming we become serious about energy development and deployment using nuclear power. We are already positioned for starting colonies on Mars and the moon, with the right planning we can build a interplanetary communications and resource management system using specialized space stations, robotic systems, mining tools, magnetic rail slingshots on low gravity moons / worlds, development of megastructures like the stellar engine or Dyson sphere... there is so much potential for our people.
I really see a digital humanity, if we are able to uncover all the secrets of the brain eventually it might be morally accepted to "upload" yourself. It would be a huge benefit, and logically the best choice to make.
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if you think about this. Who was the last Homo erectus? last Neanderthal? how was it for them? before the homo sapiens rose into dominance. curious.
@@Boombi_ *serial experiments Lain intensifies*
Every other video I watch, I tear up. What a channel.
This video brings me from thinking that we are a liability for humanity to having a responsibility to humanity.
The production value just never stops. Cant imagine how long this one took. Major props to everyone, subscribed on Patreon now
Their last video came out 3 weeks ago. So...it probably took around 3 weeks.
@@BlueZirnitra Watch the video on how they produce videos. Takes a lot longer, just have a big production team to work on multiple projects at one time.
@@BlueZirnitra (Oversimplifying a bit but) if 10 people spend 3 weeks on a thing, that thing actually takes about 30 weeks of work. And there's probably more than 10 people involved in these.
As many others have said, it looks like this video is something A LOT of us needed. I thank Kurzgesagt for it with all my heart
now only if the people in power who have influene to do _Something_ were to see this and take it to heart... i mean politicians , billionaires, etc. us normal folk cant do anything really. its up to world leaders when it comes to how the world will be in 10s to 100s of years from now. i can barely get my family to go to a different restaurant lol
Or, the general procreation culture becomes "one child per woman" by default (extremely plausible) and we exponentially die out within the next few hundred years. The end.
Sorry you needed to hear this kind of optimism. Maybe you ought to start listening to more forward-thinking voices.
@@bigmeatswangin5837 Or, the general procreation culture becomes "one child per woman" by default (extremely plausible) and we exponentially die out within the next few hundred years. The end.
@@valinorean4816 I doubt we'd ever go extinct like that. We are still animals, after all. I think it'll stabilise at around two. If nothing else we'll compensate by artificial children.
A lot of the optimism in this video is needed but what I feel is missing is baked into the whole “if we manage not to unexist ourselves in the next couple centuries” is such a very big if that isn’t back with things we can do to get ourselves there. I get that this videos focal point is starting the conversation on what could be possible but it’s not grounded with the reality of what it will take to get there.
This made me cry a little, and maybe inspired me to fo more in life...
I cannot stress enough how great these people are, and how influenceable it could be around the world! The standpoints are always solid, well researched and most importantly, very valid in the world as it is right now. young people growing up with these videos can see how much more there is to the world than so! I hope this channel will thrive forever!
One of the best things ever to come out of Germany is this Chanel and I would wish our government would fund them for their cause because they really deserve it.
@@Manie230 naja die rundfunkgebühr regelt
@@multiarray2320 ja aber ich glaube da würde mehr gehen mit Fördermitteln
*There is an AGENDA using all this enviromental blah blah blah to achieve their their self interests, they give a SHIT to environment or to human rights or to animal rights or black people rights etc, all these blah blah blah is a tool.* *THEY GIVE A SHIT to you, they are bilionares who wants to be more biliorare.* They pay the media, they pay the press and they pay fake scientific researchs, they pay artists, they pay everything to keep the lies and the Agenda. Look Greta Turberg, she is supported by George Soros.
What we can't fix as individual we can do it as collective and being open minded and question things sometimes we might be wrong and overlook things that are issues too it important not to go into thinking we're always right about everything and that sometimes we do things that are harmful unknowingly to everyone like people still make assumptions on their gender, races, and culture that aren't true like people assume a black person is alethic when they might not be or a Asian is same when they might not be we're all human here don't assume thing about anyone we exceed and fail a things not matter who we are and what we look like outside won't affect that
I have taught science in a number of international schools now and I really enjoy showing your content to students. It has always been a wonderful way to level out the thinking when you have kids entering the classroom with very differing views. You've started some excellent conversations. Thank you!
What countries have you taught? I'm interested in teaching in international schools overseas.
@@noahlee3925 Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. I'd recommend it, I really enjoyed my time teaching overseas. I hope you do too!
Very cool
When teens have to be warned not to eat laundry detergent, it's safe to say humanity has reached peak evolution, and each generation forthwith, is just getting stupider and degenerating into the troglodytes we once evolved from...
It genuinely saddens me that I will never get to see just how far humankind can go. It somehow feels lonely too, like being excluded from something great.
Animals, insects have brains...humans are really nothing all that special in the Galaxy....
I hope that immortality will be a thing during my lifetime, you should too
What also is crazy to me is how they will have all this footage of people 3000 years before them. Imagine how cool that would be
I always enjoy watching your videos and wanted to share to my friends and teachers, but i’m brazilian and not all of them can understand english, so that’s a barrier broken, thank you
"Quadrillions of unborn humans are at our mercy" what an interesting statement to make under our current political climate
i would respond but i dont know what to say because someone will probably start an argument, but yeah that is bad timing
Afaik they’re not an american channel, so yeah, not everything revolves around america unno
@@noideawhoiam3855 it's intentional timing. Kurs guh sot does take political sides tastefully.
@@noideawhoiam3855 Bad timing? What do you mean? Because it introduces the concept of a consequence in regards to an abortion?
So true‼️ Unborn lives matter!!
This was probably one of the most awe inspiring videos from Kurz I've seen in a while. DAMN. Had to pause many times and just sit back in my chair and think for a second. Hoooly shit. To think if this was a marathon, we're still in the first 100ft? I've supported this channel for a long time, posters, Patreon, app, etc. Keep it coming and keep opening my horizons and mind. Powerful stuff.
If this was a marathon 26.2 miles, taking their estimate of 10 billion years, a 100 year life span would only be a little over 0.4mm
@@dotdioscorea4843 holy shit
Jokes on you I'm numb to awe inspiring and near infinitely expansive ideas in videos cause exurb1a has ruined me
i just love your videos ❤
so good thx for the pt-br
It is weird not to feel - existential crisis - or depression - or at least feeling of complete insignificance in the grand scheme of things after watching kurzgesagt video :D. This really gives optimistic outlook on humanity. Shame I can't live to see whether humanity can live up to its potential and what it will all be like.
The way I like to think of it is - The particles that I'm constituted of will remain in the universe. Therefore, I will still be part of it just as much as I am now. And who knows, maybe I'll become part of some greater consciousness that experiences things on different dimension. (not trying to make some theological statements here, just fantasizing and processing) But until I go, I would like to optimize the chances of my specie to carry on.
pfft you are the creator literally change yourself change the world
@@kinleyage the more that science, logic and knowledge progresses.. i find it hard to NOT believe it’s actually a logical idea! Hahaha
get help if this make you depressed, I recommend exercise and good diet there is something wrong with you
@@xomox5316 Nothing wrong with empathy. It's those without it we should worry about.
_"The man who moves mountains begind by moving small stones away"_ I really love this video, this channel, all the content; let's improve our future, starting with small actions. C'mon and let's support Kurzgesagt :)
Thank You!
I needed this thank you, danke, gracias.
Hi, I watched your video about CRISPR and „the power of genetics“ a few years ago when I was still in High-school in 10th grade. I found it after my biology teacher brought a paper about the usage of CRISPR in terms of a therapy for HIV. It was just stunning and fascinating to me because HIV was like a big deal of a disease and this article was basically a huge step in the direction of a „cure“. It fascinated me so much that I started searching and reading about it at home until I saw this wonderful and inspiring video. I just got straight goosebumps when I saw it for the first time. Now I‘m studying molecular biotechnology and molecular medicine as a main course at university and last week I got the opportunity to work with CRISPR in the lab myself. Couldn’t be more proud and thankful because this wouldn’t have been if I didn’t watch your video back in high school. So thank you very much guys, you are doing a great job and I love every video. You are literally building the scientific future ❤️
Congratulations!!! That’s so exciting! Yeah it’s crazy how the internet has been an influence on careers. The building in minecraft made me want to go into engineering, and now I’m becoming one. Best of luck!
Awesome!!! I hope you have a super career in medicine.
@@KingOfTheDerp wow, that sounds awesome. It’s so great when you find a passion and can create your work and job upon it. Wish only the best for you!
@@wynfrithnichtwo8423 thank you, appreciate that! :)
@@jeremyrichter33 Same to you! Yeah, I'm excited to work in the field becomes I'm pretty passionate :D
Being a historian, I'm inclined to think that every moment is crucially important; it's more a matter of being in a place where you get to witness or partake in that importance.
there are so many great quotes from history left unspoken because nobody bothered to say them
@@wren_. Or unremembered because nobody wrote them down
I wish we could get a little less historically significant moments in our lives though. Obviously that's not entirely accurate, seeing as modern historians are a lot less obsessed with big calamitous events and more interested in normal lives than they were in the past, but still, I'd like a decade where weeks happen, rather than a week where decades happen.
Being a historian you should realize that anywhere you may be your life will be if paramount importance for anyone who will be able to discover it in a far enough future. Researchers will recoil at no expanse to find out about the language you speak, what you eat and what you believe in if you're that one skeleton that's gonna be found in the ice or even fossilized...
@@NKWittmann They'll even get excited over the trash in your can.