A guide to surviving humanity’s tipping point | Ari Wallach

[@bigthink]

How do you think we should each act in the present to have a better future? This is part of our inaugural special issue on Progress: how it happens, how we nurture it and how we stifle it, and what changes are required in how we approach our most serious problems to ensure greater progress for all. Table of contents ⬇ Videos: "Will Civilization Collapse?" with Kevin Kelly: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHuTh6CKZalrm9k "Can America make a comeback?" with Tyler Cowen : kzbin.info/www/bejne/aX2saYJnj6-rabM "3 tools for predicting 2122" with Peter Schwartz: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3KziYBrZdyslbc Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL5uULy4b0kV4HAE84o_StVH66U1awDy9L Articles: "An End to Doomerism" by Hannah Ritchie: bigthink.com/progress/pessimism-is-a-barrier-to-progress/ "The Great, Progression, 2025-2050" by Peter Leyden: bigthink.com/progress/the-great-progression-peter-leyden/ "We Need a New Philosophy of Progress" by Jason Crawford bigthink.com/progress/a-new-philosophy-of-progress-jason-crawford/ "Expert Roundtable: What does progress look like?" bigthink.com/progress/progress-agenda/ And more available at bigthink.com/special-issues/the-progress-issue/

[@FreedInPieces]

We need a new "religion." We forgot what we are, but it's time to know. No. Not worship of a sentient judging God, but a system of respect of the universe, which is what we are.

[@handsomedude7644]

Reinforce law is a start.

[@nihaa5934]

We.. the human species needs to do what is currently impossible. The solutions to helping our species survive the future falls on the hands of those in the present, however the more power you have the more that future relies on your commitment to ensuring the future of our species. Those without power are can spend their entire life's doing what is right only for it to amount to little or nothing. Those with power are the only ones who can make long lasting decisions that will effect the future of our species as a whole. The downside is that more and more of those with power only seek to free themselves as they enslave everyone else. The only solution powerless people have is to protest to those with power and hope they listen. The system will keep going until it breaks, at that point humanity will still survive, but it will be many steps backwards in advancement and many will die. That is my answer to this issue.. it's not one I want to accept cause I want to feel more in control, but it is what it is. Let me know if you have a better answer, one that anyone without power could perform that would for certain help out humanities future. Cause when 1 human being with power can negate going against millions if not billions desire for a better more sustainable world where we are all treated fair and equal. No one should have that much power..

[@ellie698]

"transgenerational empathy" I love that. I always say that as a species were absolutely terrible at seeing the long term consequences of our actions. We need to get so much better 🙏

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

Getting out of our limbic brain and into the neocortex is what we want to achieve. For this, we need a safe society. This means investing in individuals healing of their past trauma so that they can function well in our society. Things like sexual abuse, physical, psychological and emotional abuse etc. For those who we fail to help at the moment we can contain via psychoeducation.

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

Check out Tim Fletcher's KZbin videos on complex trauma

[@ellie698]

@@alexandrugheorghe5610 Helping people heal from all their past trauma before themselves becoming parents is the thing to concentrate on. Otherwise trauma just gets passed down with each new generation.

[@pinchebruha405]

@@alexandrugheorghe5610 I’d argue what you’re advocating for is an after the fact bandaid or finger in the damn mentality. What are your thoughts on getting ahead of that trauma and addressing the perpetrators of these crimes against humanity, society, individual?

[@pinchebruha405]

@@ellie698 you’re on the right track, bravo! I wish we made it mandatory before having children let alone have that conversation with those that need it most because everyone else pays the price for those trauma’s. I watched an episode of Illiyana fix my life address this exact thing. It made such an impact on me it comes up all the time when I try to help others. She had a grandmother, mother and daughter, handed em each a small heart pillow 3 shades of red and pink the grandma got one with 10 pins in it, the mom got 20 and the granddaughter got thirty pins. The g-Ma and mom thought they were coming to address the wild child’s problems. What they got was a reality check. Illiyanna said to G-Ma before you had a child you had 10 trauma’s, you didn’t resolve them so you passed them on to your daughter who had to figure out yours and hers, but she didn’t! So them Mom had a daughter and you passed on your moms ten and your ten giving her twenty plus her own 10. Morale of the story don’t judge unless you can admit your hand in the game because the outcome was predictable

[@Globovoyeur]

"We have to plant trees whose shade we will never know." I like that way of putting it.

[@zorbcck]

V old quote that. Good to live by.

[@SuperChadbeck]

Fear doesn't stop you from Dying Fear only stop's you from Living. It's time to stop hating and start loving 💜❤️

[@RyanD8293]

Greed is also pretty good for that. Are they related? Likely.

[@ishikawa1338]

So is people who think respect n power is what they deserve, basically anyone with an ego and expectations

[@Fragor100]

Great ground, compass that Telos makes : "Am I becoming a great ancestor ?" it's gold

[@dlerious77]

All my life I had thoughts like a futurist and didn't know it. I thought I was the only one and couldn't understand why others didn't see the world as I did. Only in the last 10 years or so did I realize that what I was thinking and feeling was shared by millions of people. The future is now, the future is key.

[@idkmax5977]

That's really true We should become Great Ancestors Because our ancestors was great that's why We are here.

[@labatemagic1461]

can't express how much I agree with this whole thought process

[@DracRummins]

What? A thought process that's been around since the dawn of man? There was nothing original in that video. If anything I think we're starting to focus on this too much. For example planning for a greener future is fine but don't let you brain fall out and convince yourself that we're on the brink of a waterworld type situation where the sea levels will engulf Mt Everest. Being a good human should be the goal but don't let your brain fall out and convince yourself that if you're born a certain gender that you aren't that gender.

[@Catlily5]

@@DracRummins Don't let your brain fall out and realize that the ocean doesn't need to rise much to cause a lot of problems.

[@DracRummins]

@@Catlily5 Of course, oceans have risen for as long as humans have been around, look at Doggerland, they've also receded in other areas of the planet the Sahara desert used to be underwater. Needless to say human's were not the cause of this. It's debatable in modern times if human's are affecting the climate, they're certainly polluting the planet though which is a real problem.

[@Catlily5]

@@DracRummins It is not debatable. 97% of scientists believe in human caused global warming and they have science to back up their beliefs.

[@adspence]

I agree… the planet might actually have a fighting chance of more people took this to heart and put concern into action. That includes me, I need/want/hope to do more as I’m nearing retirement.

[@lynnmillard1666]

Thank you for your video. At 50 I do not have children and probably won’t. But I still want to be a great ancestor. I couldn’t agree more with all of your statements. You brought many of my own thoughts together beautifully.

[@zomatotrader]

How is your experience with having no children

[@BaldAndCurious]

I'm almost 100% convinced that (at least) dolphins (possibly all other cetacians, elephants, and chimpanzees) are also very much aware of death and a limited lifespan.

[@gseeker_anew5479]

We can’t escape the short term, it is where we actually live. We actually exist in the now.

[@TheShoward67]

I found this one to be particularly inspiring as Im trying to navigate how to get started on some serious ecology issues here int he Midwest of the US -- where consciousness of nature is so low as to seem completely unchangeable. Longpath makes sense -- and planting trees is in line of where eI can personally get started to help. nIm grateful for this content and the inspiration.

[@thewb8329]

Go vegan (or at least reduce consumption 75% to start)for your health and environment and talk to everyone you know to educate them. Animal consumption and agriculture to raise them accounts for at least 1/3 of climate change.

[@emmental2020]

The people who need to see things like this never will and even if they did they couldn't understand it.

[@harmonyexists2834]

As long as greed controls the order of the world, and people are not willing to sacrifice for the greater good, the most empathetic act we can take, is to spare more beings from a life of servitude, and not procreate. Yes, the future isn't set in stone, but the concrete is setting, and it's a very gritty mix.

[@trottiscliffe]

Q,uote Ellie I always say that as a species were absolutely terrible at seeing the long term consequences of our actions. It was Andrew Marr who said 'We are deadly dangerous, exceptionally greedy, and have no foresight'.

[@dailyquotes5699]

The recipe for a successful life is to find a purpose in life, and then live it ❤

[@hUliliE9]

Native peoples spoke of this as making decisions thinking of the impact on the 7th generation from their present moment.

[@robgrant2795]

I have constantly felt and thought the things mentioned in this video. It's really nice to hear it all volcalised well and you do need to develop the skill of noticing things outside your own lifetime. Inter-tidal is almost a modern way of saying New Testament.

[@jerryjones7293]

Become a great ancestor. Be not false to anyone. Respect and reciprocity.

[@kastenolsen9577]

A company that can feed the world is not what we need. Everyone having their own garden is what we need. "Centralized Everything", especially government, is wrong!

[@xQuandaleDinglex]

Hit the nail on the head!!! We need "solarpunk" not "cyberpunk"!

[@stevenscott2136]

@@xQuandaleDinglex How about a return to the TRULY sustainable pre-industrial lifestyle? "Agripunk"

[@lnAmberClad]

We already create more than enough food to feed everyone on earth multiple times over. The problem is efficiency and distribution

[@lukey1989]

Although I haven't watched this video yet I agree with kasten. We do not need everything to be centralised It's incredibly dangerous, giving 1 company or the rich few, the ability to monopolise everyone and everything else when it comes to food. Has nobody figured out why we are all on the shit constantly 🤦🤷 and dependant on most things. Being thrown bones by the government etc

[@adventurousloner]

OMG, that every person needs a garden part, there are people that think like me.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

No matter how long you live you'll never get to do everything on your bucket list & everyone has regrets, The best advice I can give is live your life to the Fullest.

[@Voidroamer]

how very short term of you

[@RyanD8293]

So sayeth the fortune cookie 🙇‍♂️

[@trombone7]

I agree. There is a courageous way to live and it does NOT involve chartering a plane or bungy cords.

[@LDJ-r8e]

I don’t have a bucket list. That kinda solves the whole issue for me. I just have a daily and weekly “to-do list” and I just try to keep up with that. And I just keep repeating those same kinds of menial tasks every day until I die. Everyone does this but many are great at pretending and even convincing themselves that they’re doing something better. They’re not. It’s all just to-do lists over and over until you die.

[@Mofoleo]

Good luck dude. People rarely see beyond their own line of sight. Most people don't care about what comes afterwards because they will not be around. Ego for you. "If I can't have it, no one else can." Very little people would actually sacrifice so that future people prosper. Selfish creatures we are.

[@skatesatgod-fusion2619]

"don't care about what comes afterwards" I have to confess that I'm guilty of that kind of thinking. But you should know I didn't used to be this way. I was pretty altruistic, and I kind of still am in some ways. But my interactions with people and society have left me feeling significantly apathetic about everyone and everything. As a kid, everyone sees the world through a very innocent and naive lens and so did I. Growing up, you learn just how shallow and cruel people are. Many people accept that as being normal and ok. I don't. I think the world can be better, and that people as a collective and as individuals can also be much better. But I'm just one person. I can't change the world. I've tried talking about it, but gotten pretty negative responses. Hence the apathy.

[@somethingyousaid5059]

What I cannot cope with over the long run: that's what I'm confronted with.

[@Flyanb]

Great video it makes me think. The future isn’t a noun it’s a verb, it’s something WE create! Awesome

[@Zvyru.]

I totally agree with this mode of thinking. It is elite.

[@hughgladeau6266]

I agree completely with this way of thinking, and even though to my understanding most scientists and philosophers Tend to be progressive, i’ve lost a lot of faith in humanity as a whole. Seems to be far too easily manipulated and too often corrupt. I hope the human beings of the world manage to prove me wrong in the next 5 to 10 years.

[@golfboyyk]

This is what humanity has done for hundreds of years and it continues to do this. This is why we do not see clearly that there is a crisis in the world which means that we consider today's society as normal. War and social unrest are examples of this.

[@skatesatgod-fusion2619]

@@golfboyyk Part of it comes down to people just not wanting to face the troubles, I think. There is a pervasive collective assumption that 'everything will work out on its own'. And I think that puts people in a state of complacency. Also, the idea you come across time to time that says 'we're living in a golden age of progress and growth so stop complaining and stop trying to make things better' is playing a part in here too I feel. Can't help but wonder that the people who say this are the ones who are fine with the status quo and feel threatened of their advantages being taken away.

[@golfboyyk]

@@skatesatgod-fusion2619 Yes. It is a reflection of the inner escape mechanism translated outwardly.

[@tonyprost5575]

do you prefer your scientists and philosophers to be regressive?

[@hughgladeau6266]

@@tonyprost5575 absolutely not, we’re in a time where the the voices that should be listened to the most are scientists and philosophers. But enough of the human population either doesn’t care about those voices, is ignorant of those voices, or is actively fighting against those voices. I’ve not lost faith in humanity because those voices are projecting, I’ve lost faith in the people who should be listening. There’s enough people who are not listening that progress is halted, or stunted.

[@chinookvalley]

Humans are so arrogant to think that we are the only ones who THINK. I grew up in the company of many animals. Nearing 70 I am more sure today that animals are WAY ahead of us in empathy, judging situations, seeing what the future might bring, ... Why are we considered "self aware" and animals aren't? Because we say so. Sad.

[@skatesatgod-fusion2619]

Its not that animals are considered to be 'not self aware'. Its that they're thought of as being 'less than us' due to not having the same level of cognitive abilities. And yes, its wrong. This is exactly the kind of thinking that makes us kill and eat them in the millions and test potentially dangerous new medicines and treatments on poor, defenseless animals instead of humans. Because the suffering and death of animals means less than human suffering. It really is a sick way of thinking that I'm hopeful will be recognized for what it is in the coming future.

[@Huldru]

If they were so smart, they would have evolved opposable thumbs. (Joking)

[@andrewlevy4260]

Brilliant absolutely brilliant. The true hope for humanity. it's not religion, it's not false political idealisms, it's science that got us into this mess and science that will get us out of it.

[@ChrisPollitt]

In every deliberation, we must consider the impact on the seventh generation of the future.

[@randycarrier3401]

Finally someone else who speaks for the seventh generation. Take what you need and leave the rest the way you found it for the seventh generation.

[@montypalmer4556]

Collective action is the answer but has to be carefully managed. If worked properly and it becomes appealing it can fix all the problems. Everyone should start considering how to advance this process.

[@kimberknutson831]

Brilliant! I have believed for some time that humanity is undergoing a paradigm shift of epic proportions. The phrase "paradigm shift" gets used inappropriately quite often. I think it should only apply to ideas and concepts that quite literally change the ways we perceive and experience "reality." I would, therefore, reserve the term for people like Copernicus, Darwin, Einstein, and Freud. I am a 58 year-old American woman with advanced degrees and concede my obvious western, intellectual bias. My advanced degrees in English Literature reflect my thoroughgoing appreciation of literature in particular, but I also appreciate artistic, creative, imaginative endeavors of any kind. Music, visual art, and literature are obvious examples of creativity, but there have also been many creative and imaginative scientists and philosophers, hence the aforementioned list of paradigm shifters. While I agree with Emerson that "poets make the world," meaning that great art can help us to broaden our perspectives and "see" things differently, I don't think poets and artists can change our perspectives as radically as some creative thinkers in more, let's call it, "practical" disciplines. Copernicus shifted a paradigm by letting us know that the Earth is not in fact the center of the universe. Because humans are resistant to change, that concept just expanded to our galaxy being some sort of center of something. Here we are all these years later enjoying the photos from the James Webb telescope that confirm that we are not the center of Jack Sh**. I enjoyed and appreciated the content and perspective of this video immensely, particularly the part about empathy being essential to us making good choices for future generations during this tidal shift. One of the biggest current indicators of an "old way" dying is the long overdue demise of the colonial enterprise. Queen Elizabeth's death is an apt symbolic capstone on that whole disgusting enterprise, and the complex attitude toward and expression of mourning for her reflects the complexity of emotions associated with something old making way for something new. That former Orange thing who used to live in the White House, unfortunately, is similarly emblematic of certain dying, antiquated ideas. He was elected president because a black man occupied the White House for 8 years, which exposed the truth of the hearts of far too many Americans who are still pissed off that the South did not win the Civil War. It is ok, though, because the Orange One and his ilk are a dying breed, thank God, Allah, Krishna, Vishnu, Buddha, Gaia, the Universe, and Keanu Reeves, of course. : ) It would appear as though leading by fear, cruelty, domination, intimidation, exploitation, etc. is becoming tired, old and no longer effective. That attitude and approach waning makes way for a new approach that is beneficial to and enjoyed by far more people, which will recognize the strength and power in diversity, inclusion, compassion, generosity, kindness, and empathy. There really is an enormous amount of freedom and pleasure to be enjoyed in caring about something, anything other than oneself. Thank you for another excellent addition to this channel's excellent stockpile of excellent excellence. Did I mention excellence? Hah! : )

[@TrinityWilderness1]

I really hope and pray (to whomever) ❤ that you’re right about the Great Orange One being an ignorant and terrible knee-jerk reaction by a small minority, but I’m seeing our once-great country divided almost evenly divided… and that spells real trouble for our near future. My 18 year old son has his work cut out for him, unfortunately.

[@kimberknutson831]

@@TrinityWilderness1 I understand, appreciate and share your concerns about what that Orange thing embodies, represents, and reflects. I have great hope for the current generation of young people, though. I have a daughter who just turned 23, and she and her friends seem to understand many things that make then wise beyond their years. Well, my daughter Lily is one of those "old souls" who has always been wise beyond her years. In high school, her nickname was Galadriel from Tolkien because she has the capacity to see what is "behind" any person with whom she might immediately be communicating. Lily and her friends are very technologically savvy and overachievers in their own, individual ways, but they are also just "good" people. They understand the value in and strength in the things that I previously associated with a "new" way of thinking about and doing things, such as diversity, inclusion, generosity, kindness, and empathy. They also wisely disdain bullies and bullying of any kind and intervened when they witnessed any of that in high school. I think that they also are aware that a sea change is in progress and want to contribute to that change in whatever positive ways that each of them can. Regarding the Orange One and his ilk, they can either register that the tide is against them and alter their course and survive the wave, or they can perish when the wave crashes. My attitude toward them might seem heartless, but Karma is real. Thank you for the comment, and good luck to you and your young one. I think that is is a truly exciting time to be alive because the idea of real change and real progress seems more promising to me now than it ever has in my life. Take care. : )

[@kimberknutson831]

@@pulse3554 Well, I did acknowledge the bias, so... Thanks. : )

[@tripleaaakollektiv870]

going from petro-patriarchy to tech-feudalism

[@kimberknutson831]

@@tripleaaakollektiv870 Perhaps. That remains to he seen. I believe the jury is still out on that. Has a jury even been assembled yet? Who exactly would comprise the peers in a jury of one's peers in the "feudal tech" scenario? Hah! Spoken like an American. Also Hah! : ) I think I get your point, but I am not sure.

[@jeremiahlarkins618]

“Am I being a good ancestor?” Gotta have descendants to be an ancestor.

[@onceweslept]

also will the descendants of "others" be the heirs of your todays deeds. there are no "your" descendants.

[@bigthink]

In the literal sense, absolutely. That said, aren't we all in a sense shaping the world for the people who come after us - whether or not we are related to them?

[@MrSwiftyGaming1]

True, but you need not have descendants to be as kind and as just as you can be to those are you and yourself; which in turn makes others better ancestors :D

[@blahblah2779]

If nobody cares about me in this world, why should I care about others? Especially if they aren’t even around? The world will end. I may as well enjoy what I can get out of it, let others fend for themselves.

[@JezelJordan]

@@blahblah2779 If everyone had that attitude the world suck right now and in the future

[@nomadexplorer6682]

Great explanation. FUTURE is a verb... Humans should live responsibly... That's the FUTURE PERFECT...

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

This will only happen if people resolve their past trauma and conditioning. Psychotherapy in all its forms is central to this. How safe of a society we have so that individuals can afford and process their past trauma is the key question. With all the concentration of wealth and power in the 1%, rising cost of living, it'll be interesting to know what model as a society do we want to approach for our future.

[@harmonyexists2834]

👏👏👏

[@michaelvaughn1496]

As a psychotherapist, Dr Wallach gets this right. So right and I will take concepts from this talk when working with depressed and "stuck" people. And into my own life. We are at a point of extreme stress and flux. I have faith we will heal and move forward. I have trust in the future. Beautiful concepts Ari!

[@blahblah2779]

How I wish to go back when I was as naive as you were. Undoubtedly, life will show you its grim side and you will see how that line of thinking will bear no fruit to you.

[@Biociety]

Relatable, many people tend to predict future solely based on vision of people who are work in tech industry, especially from silicon valley.

[@congolink9]

Beautiful intentions! We all wish for a better future but cant agree on how to get there. The key is authority on the highest level. Can we accept to submit ourselves unitedly to the intelligence and wisdom that created the universe? Suffering will have to lead us to selflessness it seems! How stubborn we are in our selfishness! But so be it. The path has been drawn - can we rise to accept it in word and acts?

[@thewb8329]

Talking it up is only a start. Putting talk into action is what fosters beneficial change. One thing we can all start with right now is going vegan or greatly reducing animal consumption (and also the agriculture used to raise them). This one act would reduce greenhouse gases by up to 1/3, increase worldwide food security, and increase personal health and greatly reduce healthcare cost. It really is the moral thing to do for all that are effected (the environment, humanity, and animals). Educate yourself on this and start passing the word on to those you know. Most people are focused on meeting immediate needs and gratification rather than long term benefit for themselves and others. Are you up to this challenge?

[@Bodyknowledge77]

Do you want to be remembered as a primarily fine contributing guest or a mostly narcissistic pest?

[@ithinkthereforeitalk935]

HAHA, nobody is gonna remember you or me or even the greatest people ever. It's just a question of time, some will be forgotten in a day, some in a year and some in a few thousand years but eventually everything will decay and cease to exist, including the universe itself. It's obvious that there's no meaning, no purpose, no history when you strat thinking about yourself and the universe on a much grander time scale. And that, my friend, is a tragedy of human existence. We have invented religion, philosophy and other methods simply to deal with this unpalatable truth. So live here and now and don't think too highly of a human race in general or any individual in particular, that's probably the wisest thing one can do.

[@origenward3845]

How about completely forgotten with the rest?

[@maraomania1360]

@@ithinkthereforeitalk935 You're just scaring the plebes bro, they can't understand nor handle nihilism. No one likes to be told they're just vermin destroying the planet 😂

[@Bodyknowledge77]

If none of this truly means anything(nihilism) then why even reply to my words (etc etc etc....)? There are many things that people don't know for absolute certainty. Suggestions work best, but trying to convince people of what you or I believe can often be useless. I still do though because I'm a part of this "experiment" of existence and filled with some rational delusions.

[@nwoDekaTsyawlA]

@@ithinkthereforeitalk935 That way of thinking has been tackled in philosophy before. Basically you unnecessarily assign value to what is going to happen in a distant future. And since in a long enough future you assume you are not going to matter, you wrongly conclude that you don't matter or have no purpose. This way of thinking has many flaws, some already addressed in the video. Not only do you have a purpose now, meaning now, you can also give yourself the meaning and purpose you want. As in the video, the purpose you give yourself can be to be a great ancestor for generations to come. Another way to refute your flawed conclusion is to consider the universe as existing in the four dimensions. So past and present are just different directions just like up and down. There, your existence is preserved as a four dimensional volume, forever. So you are never forgotten as long as you have been remembered at least once within your lifetime. The distant future when you are not remembered is not more special than the near future, it's just further. From that worldview, you can shape your permanent footprint on the four dimensional universe, that can be your purpose.

[@thelegaloccupier]

Who we choose to interact with. Entwine with, is key. Years could fly by and you don’t notice them (good) or they can drag by. Dragging (bad). But maybe there. Right there, is a question. Is time that drags because of adversity, really a bad thing ?

[@deanwinchester6979]

This is spot on. Everyone needs to see this

[@jakebesaw]

Absolutely incredible thought experiment & summary

[@ClassyGameRacer]

If the older generation has the "transgenerational empathy", we wouldn't have live in the high inflation, high rent and high living cost situation now!

[@Power_to_the_people567]

We need to think about this in a broad picture. Is not about being remembered as an "individual". But being remembered as part of the generations or civilizations that shaped the future. Just how we look back at how Egyptians build pyramids, or how Sumerians invented agriculture, we have to position ourselves as a generation remembered by our great achievements that will benefit future civilizations.

[@bigthink]

Good point!

[@devinthulier]

this is everything. so much useful language, and empathy, aww empathy. so nice to turn towards newer developments of often ancient ideas. i have found much of my perception from buddhist philosophy. i struggle, in my teaching, to stay focused and remain accessible to others. it’s hard to put into words, how important it is to express clearer more collective narratives. these dense little videos are everything to me. and i’ll do all in my power to pass these lessons along. anyone who says this isn’t possible, is likely stuck in their own growth patterns. and that’s alright. but while you are deciding this can’t be done, millions of people are altering their internal perceptions, bit by bit, and to me, that is the beginning of being a good ancestor. it’s non-linear, it’s not even language or concept, it is a spark, and it is happening around the world. hang tight fellow humans, sharp turn ahead 💥🌇🚀🌍❤

[@SquizzMe]

I doubt we're the only generation to ever be consciously aware that we're going through a turning point. That was an assumption.

[@jimwheely6710]

Name another generation that has travelled over a cusp like this in a single generation?

[@m.f.richardson1602]

Never thought of this. Very interesting Thank you Peace 💕🇺🇲

[@brandongibbs3016]

Everyone should watch this

[@TheDoomWizard]

We don't even talk to each other as a society. Go to the grocery store and show me anyone actually saying hello to each other.

[@IFKY]

I'll be honest: the proliferation of microplastics into just about everything--now, today, with no end in sight for the ubiquity of plastic use in every aspect of our lives around the world--gives me little hope for humanity or other species in even the next 100 years (never mind the myriad other threats we'll face: temperatures, drought, crop failures, supply chain collapse, wars over resources, etc.). We're so hosed.

[@elenafetter9690]

You cant make lasting change unless you compassionately and radically accept yourself and your ancestors. Creatively breaking out of the molded sold ideas of our life path allows us to envision something new... And we NEED SOMETHING NEW NOW 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@mindymild]

It certainly looks like our behavior collectively reveals we do not care about the future

[@chaimaabasri9247]

Thank you for the great content!!

[@omarrashid4822]

I think Big Think gives me more anxiety than my everyday life

[@dama9150]

That's because they are constantly laying the blame at the individual level, not the systemic level.

[@ababababaababbba]

Me trying to fill a 5 paragraph essay in 15 minutes

[@manbrains]

Something that sadly I and many others don't care enough about due to being brought up believing the end of the world is in our lifetime.

[@matviyk3066]

Humans won’t give up lmao

[@noneofyourbusiness5326]

Trans-generational empathy is hubris. We cannot know the needs of the next generation. We can only know what we can do today to do what we THINK might set a better stage for the future. Anything more than that is vanity and self-imporance.

[@VishalYadav-pw2wl]

Hello sir, being a big thinker i am just sharing my thoughts here:: I've a question that, like humans have evolved by overcoming their fears over animal, fire, meteors etc. And taking control over'em for wellbeing of mankind. But why didn't we grown up over death. I mean humans still think that it's the end, nothing on that side. Till now we don't even focus on this fear that is to be overcome and ruled by us. I thought of this question because there is nothing like nothingness. So afterlife is not a dark,black or something. But it maybe a door to some other dimension, or a complete other universe.

[@jacobguevara3708]

It's not my job to bleed myself dry to make up for the failures of our leaders.

[@jacobguevara3708]

People are already overworked and underpaid and now it's my job to sacrifice MORE for the billionaires. I'd rather see it all collapse!

[@extr4I8gfDJkDH7l]

Nothing outlives me, when I'm gone, you all are dead to me.

[@IOn_Vash]

You know when someone says like WAY MORE than is required to get a point across? That's this guy He spent 8 minutes just to really say. You should learn about and respect those who lived before you, You should remain mindful of those who are going to be here when you're gone. We're in the middle of a transmogrification that means we need to empathize with the past because they had difficult times and had to recapitulate their resources in order to build our present. Thus why we need to decapitulate the intercontinental finances so the future can morally constructulize their dreams.

[@elinope4745]

I have an intergenerational wound caused by oppressive people and their hatred of intergenerational love. I hope to steer away from a rough future, but I don't see it happening lately because of hateful people causing hateful people. The world is getting small enough where karma is becoming a real thing.

[@somerandomfella]

Being optimistic is good and all but where I live, people have become too lazy to use a bin, too lazy to return a trolley to it's bay. They don't care about the present let alone future..

[@alfonsoparedes322]

Nosotros siempre estamos en el umbral de transformación, y ahí radica, tal vez, la capacidad de sobrevivir y continuar como colectivo, sin llegar a esa transformación, o, por qué no, no ha necesidad de buscar la transformación, pues no necesitamos ser algo que diferente a lo que ya somos, pero sin estancarnos.

[@kasondaleigh]

I like this channel, HOWEVER the video titles are QUITE OFTEN completely misleading and have very little to do with the actual video. Very disappointing.

[@misterfunnybones]

World population ~8 billion. The long path idea starts on a short dead-end road. Diffusion of responsibility & further increasing population guarantee many consumption vs resource conflicts.

[@gatn71]

When is the best time to plant a tree? 20 years ago. The 2nd best time? Now!

[@ahrenadams]

I want a future where the aim is not the zeros in our banks accounts because that is what gives us "safety". Good luck

[@Voidroamer]

being a great ancestor means different hings to different people.. accelerationism is dangerous for example, but i cant help but think that speeding up the coming of the singularity is a good way of becoming a great ancestor

[@meadowindthe6334]

There's no singularity, it's just a projection of human cravings.

[@Voidroamer]

@@meadowindthe6334 what do you mean? There are many singularities. They exist in any field like math or physics, its simply the point where our laws can no longer define something and it ceases to be predictable. The singularity i am talking about, is in intelligence itself

[@josecarlosgutierrezmargain4678]

Awesome and an eye opener, thank you very much. As you are a futurist, it would be very very interesting -maybe in another channel-, to know your sight of America at the inside in the next three years and at the outside. Flaming topic.

[@DavidByers1eye]

Thank You . . . 1 Eye . . .

[@CharlesBrown-xq5ug]

There may be an intertidal paradigm change in thermodynamics whereby the old paradigm is content with steam engines, with their limitation of needing a temperature difference to work, the industrial revolution, and the grip of thinking that the Universe is inevitably falling to heat stagnation after it was created with a finite initial amount of order. The emerging paradigm is that the hypothesis proves out so that energy, including thermal energy, can be changed in form without gain or loss. Energy can then be sequenced through an arbitrary number of steps including counted loop backs without gain or loss. This means, in a very simplified network example, that a group of refrigerators and air conditioners changing thermal energy into electrical energy could balance in a simple sense ovens and water heaters that turn electrical energy into thermal energy. ***** Please consider this impractical but easy to visualize thought experiment for a self powered thermal diversification process: COLD ROOM ())--:::WALL:::-->> HOT ROOM >~1000 NM< Key ()) = Paddlewheel. -- = Axle. (Continuous from end to end) ::: = Axle tunnel going through a wall. >> = Lumped friction element Visualize two roome full of air separated by a very thin wall that allows the rooms to hold their heat independently with minor leakage through the wall. The wall is thin to delicately support billions of separate nanometer scale short axles running straight through loosely enough to rotate freely but not leak very much heat so the rooms can hold separate temperatures. On the left side, a very small paddlewheel is mounted at the left end of each axle. On the right side, lumped friction elements are mounted stationary in place on the wall, one for each axle, for the right end of each axle to run through. The lumped friction elements connvert the mechanical rotation of their axle into heat. Brownian motion turns the paddlewheels at random speeds randomly clockwise or rcounterclockwise. This random rotation is turned into heat by the lumped friction elements. The lumped friction elements do not impart Brownian motion to their axle. The committed functional roles of the paddiewheels, axles, and lumped friction elements in differnt places should systemically produce a divergence in the thermal energy in the two rooms. Heat is moved by process without being forced by added energy. Aloha, Charles M Brown lll Kilauea,Kauai HI 96754

[@benbrant3101]

half way right. good job.

[@haniefsofi]

Nice and Neat. Thanks.

[@bryanewing5058]

How does long path work in a world of instant gratification, capitalism, war, etc? Saying people should be more empathetic for our future is great but I can’t even figure out how to make people more empathetic for the now. After 9/11 Americans were nice to each other for 1 freakn day. That’s it. I love the idea of empathy for our fellow humans of now and the future but we need more then an idea, we need a plan of action that humans can actually agree on and do.

[@LDJ-r8e]

Isaiah 59:14 CEB - Justice is pushed aside; righteousness stands far off, because truth has stumbled in the public square

[@robertdouglas8895]

A greater challenge we face is to realize that we are spirit/ mind, not bodies, and that we live forever but not as bodies. The kingdom of heaven is within you. We are on the earth but not of the earth. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Our loving and infinite creativity depends upon connecting with our Creator. Ari is headed in that direction by thinking long term compassionately.

[@blahblah2779]

If nobody cares about me in this world, why should I care about others? Especially if they aren’t even around? The world will end. I may as well enjoy what I can get out of it, let others fend for themselves.

[@fireduprabbit7525]

We’re at a point where most people can’t find a partner. There might not be as many ancestors as we think. Also if you’re one of those people, and you have no future, then it’s no point caring about it.

[@Power_to_the_people567]

You are making a big asumption aboyt the far future, using present data that is unreliable and highly volatile. You say "most people cant find a partner" and use that as your excuse to get your conclusion. But when you think about it, our population is currently growing faster. We are currently climbing into the 9billion mark by 2050. But then again, this is a volatile topic, pandemics, wars, etc... can deminish populations, but following history, humans tend to always grow in numbers despite the drawbacks

[@xQuandaleDinglex]

Pfft...we're bordering at a global population of 8 BILLION. Clearly we've had reproductive success, and there's a mate for everyone.

[@fredmcbob1]

Wow this is amazing

[@andrewweaver2517]

It seems like a lifetime, or at least a Main Era-the kind of peak that never comes again. San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time and place to be a part of. Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run . . . but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant. . . . History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of “history” it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody really understands at the time-and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened. My central memory of that time seems to hang on one or five or maybe forty nights-or very early mornings-when I left the Fillmore half-crazy and, instead of going home, aimed the big 650 Lightning across the Bay Bridge at a hundred miles an hour wearing L. L. Bean shorts and a Butte sheepherder's jacket . . . booming through the Treasure Island tunnel at the lights of Oakland and Berkeley and Richmond, not quite sure which turn-off to take when I got to the other end (always stalling at the toll-gate, too twisted to find neutral while I fumbled for change) . . . but being absolutely certain that no matter which way I went I would come to a place where people were just as high and wild as I was: No doubt at all about that. . . . There was madness in any direction, at any hour. If not across the Bay, then up the Golden Gate or down 101 to Los Altos or La Honda. . . . You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. . . . And that, I think, was the handle-that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting-on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. . . . So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark-that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back. Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing

[@dioxygene]

Maybe it's time to listen to these ideas, and others, such as the ones from the book I am reading now: "The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity" from David Wengrow, professor of comparative archaeology and David Graeber, anthropologist. You can find conferences and interviews about it in YT

[@nicholashildenbrand8632]

I started reading this but never finished it. It's so dense with the history of history, anthropology, philosophy. It made me bleary eyed again and again.

[@nicholashildenbrand8632]

I would recommend "The End of the World is just the Beginning " by Peter Zeihan for deglobalization discussion. And "Recapture the Rapture" by Jamie Wheal which addresses our meaning crisis.

[@dama9150]

But the basis of this guys ideas, which he finally got to at the end, was that the blame is all individual. Once again we are being sold the dummy. Just blame the individual, not the system.

[@nicholashildenbrand8632]

@@dama9150 I agree. People have forgotten the basic concepts of community, shared responsibility, and cooperation. We've gotten as far as we can by focusing on the individual.

[@sashawestwood3569]

Love this

[@DlBuli]

So how do you survive the tipping point? Beside kind thoughts and "do good" attitude which is correct, honest, but nothing new. The hippie movement wqs all about chill, do good, love each other and it went accross the globe. Did very little. Without actual strategy, this whole approach is like hoping you'll be hapoy without actually trying to aomething cincrete in that sense

[@randycarrier3401]

Because capitalism promoted by big money bought the government and media.

[@vethopefully8535]

Transgenerational empathy? Or transgenerational compassion? 😊 Iykyk

[@Backwoodsandblades]

The biggest problem, is that too many humans have created a god, and think that the real world is an alternate place, a heaven, and that Earth is simply a transient place to build points to appease this god in order to have a good place in the other world. These people have little care for a world that they see as evil, and designed to end in a war.

[@janetneil437]

Transgenerational empathy sounds like a treatment for intergenerational trauma.

[@BLUESKY10X]

Perfect! Will we do it? Considering our current egocentric mioptic conditoined/biased attitude (and historical), we will have to go thru several gigantic catastrophies to be "forced" to change behavior. For intance, did the lockdown Covid shocks? Not really, now that we are back to new, new, norm we are just repeating what we have been doing at leat since the early 1900s

[@michaelbindner9883]

There are also books on religion and government.

[@valentinipinto]

I need more of this and less from “the world is ending” crap. That ain’t helpful at all.

[@AnifreakGed]

The ones that keep saying the world is ending WANTS the world to end. Whether for religious reasons from conservative weirdos, or maybe from liberal weirdos that just wants to say "i told you so", anyone that predicts the world is ending is a cancer to society.

[@Abstract_Assembly]

Love this!!

[@Random59427]

We’re in the 4th turning. The people who knew how to handle crisis are gone by this point. It will take another crisis to relearn how to make institutions work again. The status quo will change. Happens every 80 years or so. About the length of a human life.

[@ManuelZ22]

You got me at futurist.

[@trombone7]

1. 1:35 "Intertidal" I disagree. The days of "We are headed for a change." are over. Change itself is the new constant. Change was always the constant, its just even faster and more disorienting now. Unlike the 1950s or 60s, what's new is there is are no periodic plateaus upon which to rest and re-orient yourself. 1900 : "The world is changing, but it always has." ( recognizing there's a constant speed of change ) 2000 : "The world is changing faster than it used to." (new higher speed of change) 2020 : "The world is changing faster... faster." (constantly increasing speed of change) - - - 2. 3:00 "Longpath" I disagree. We aren't future-oriented and aren't liekly to be soon. Corporations and conservatism are leveraging one another to deregulate everything. This maintains the hierarchy and status quo by empowering corporations. The very real "who cares, god could come back any minute" constantly in the background to rationalize seemingly crazy moves. - - - 3. 6:25 "Telos" I disagree. Historically, there is even less evidence lately that we will collectively pick an ideal future through unity and consensus of political will. - - - I DO like the phrase "Am I becoming a great ancestor ?" That is an interesting way of phrasing an important perspective. I'm interested in this guy's book, but I'm also getting motivational consultant, in-his-own-bubble-of-propaganda, vibes.

[@jimwheely6710]

1. We see the change because it is happening so fast. Before the 1900's we couldn't see the big picture changing. We could look back 100 years and say things have changed but we couldn't pinpoint when they changed because it was a slow fade to the next scene type of change. Now we notice because the changes are cut scenes. 2. Corporations are relatively new and the way they misuse resources means that they can't last. They will be a blip in the big picture of human time. 3. We have become more and more organized since our dawn. And there is no reason to think we won't continue to. Even if society breaks down we will start to organize again.

[@Nottherebutthere]

The problem for the average person is that no matter what you try to do, the powers that be have set it up so that you can't survive without using the current infrastructure setup. I don't want a car, but cannot take care of my needs without having one. There are no affordable alternatives. Same for the rest of how I get by.

[@Alejoninla]

my mission: recycle shopping bags, turn off the water brushing my teeth, and hardly ever throw away any food. my vision: a world without usury, rent or fences.

[@elijahle7936]

Look around, look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now!

[@TheMisterGriswold]

Thumbs up for Ernest Becker.

[@CheliJanelleSuryaPari]

Truth bomb!

[@lotfibouhedjeur]

1 minute in and I already disagree. It's NOT our job to be great ancestors. It's NOT our job to worry about creating some worthy version of the future. I don't ever remember blaming or thanking my ancestors for the choices they made that lead to the world I live in. Can't we just be glad to be alive and enjoy our time here? Sure it's good to be responsible with our finite resources but to get to the point of worrying about being a good ancestor is just nuts. Modern life as it is has more than enough existential dread. This is what we call in French "une fausse bonne idée".