Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant

Adapted from Nick Bostrom's paper: nickbostrom.com/fable/dragon....
Made possible with the support of my Bonnie Bees: / cgpgrey
Made with the support of:
Andrea Di Biagio, Andrey Chursin, Ben Schwab, Bob Kunz, Cas Eliëns, Christopher Anthony, David F Watson, Donal Botkin, Edison Franklin, Friedrich Gies, GameGo, James Bissonette, Jeremy Banks, John Buchan, JoJo Chehebar, Mark Govea, Michael Cao, Nevin Spoljaric, Oliver Steele, Richard Comish, Roman Pinchuk, Stephen W. Carson, Tianyu Ge, Tien Long, and James Gill.

[@kajmaj117]

Slaying a dragon in fantasy: swords and arrows. Slaying a dragon in reality: intercontinental ballistic missile.

[@ProbablyBarney]

the people had slain the dragon, and then they could finally make a dope ass enderman farm

[@meleboo6072]

Lmao

[@Qreator06]

smort and stonks

[@Caramelsomething]

real big hermitcraft stonks

[@ChimpChamp_]

Nice

[@ulrikahaggard9923]

Pog

[@sharpfang]

In reality, the megacorporation responsible for feeding the dragon would sabotage the project.

[@alexcat6685]

Humanity is it's worst enemy. And it's Greatest ally.

[@alexcisneros2980]

You do realize the dragon eats everyone right? Stop your cynical BS. I know many corpo greedy cynical jerks who love their families. They too would have had their daughters and sons eaten by the dragon. Nobody was exempt. Everyone needs each other.

[@SeaSerpentLevi]

@@alexcisneros2980 after all they would be a minority of people with great influence, and just in fiction that sort of people would just accept to go trough the same hardships as everyone else with less influence/power.

[@AliceTheSpider]

@@alexcat6685 it's not hmanity, when most responsible is the few that has power through corrupted system that they convinced people it's better than alternatives when in reality it's for their own profit and nothing else

[@NealonHD]

If the dragon is death and medicine is a way to, until we find the final solution, prolong life, we are already feeding people to the dragon earlier than required by not providing the medicine we have to those who need it and not researching medicine which might save live but is to cost effective to research.

[@_fire_fox_1152]

From the projects beginning to its completion, 43,830,000 souls were consumed by the dragon.

[@braydenstdenis6714]

A mid evil kingdom can totally keep up with that

[@alburito7889]

Nope

[@_fire_fox_1152]

That's not even including how many it would have eaten before the project began, given the context in the story I don't think we may ever know.

[@thecourtjester1931]

This is big brain time

[@technosound1104]

He also said that the dragons hunger grew as he became larger

[@ravenxd6928]

CGP Grey: Everything can be solved with missiles. Americans: *I fucking knew it*

[@user-kx8pu6ys5i]

They were ahead of us all along

[@johnfkennedy-official]

@@user-kx8pu6ys5i i was ahead all along

[@cole_climbz6909]

Plot twist: the dragon laid an egg before he died

[@ravenxd6928]

@@user-kx8pu6ys5i lol

[@lesterhottle4991]

@@cole_climbz6909 I ate it. *Demoman bass boosted burp*

[@lifeisboss7097]

The least accurate thing about this fable is that a scientist predicted how long their project would take

[@shichengrao5314]

Actually, not really. They predicted with an uncertainty of 2.5 years. And the extra funding thing just blew the whole estimate out of the water.

[@lifeisboss7097]

@@shichengrao5314 The scientist said, X-Y years, but with more funding it might be possible in 12 years. It took 12 years. I am using the 2nd estimate as they got more funds

[@kitkat47chrysalis95]

@@lifeisboss7097 while i agree for sake of accuracy they really should have missed their estimate, for tge sake of storytelling and forshadowing i think it should be the way that it is, keeping it simple so that starting sooner rather than sciencing more effectively is the moral of the story

[@9nikolai]

A real scientist should be able to accurately predict approximately how long a project should take. Most of the times we get to hear about their predictions, however, it is often exaggerated or misunderstood by journalists, public speakers and others. This is shown accurately in the video, as the scientists said they might be able to do it in 12 years with proper funding (then everyone began funding it and supporting it), while the king said they'd do it in 10 years.

[@lifeisboss7097]

@@9nikolai Everyone SHOULD be able to predict when their project should be done, but that doesn't mean a ten+ year project will not have unexpected setbacks or breakthroughs. So while i agree with you for small month to year long projects, I find it highly unlikely that a decade+ project will be exactly on time

[@Smiguli64]

Now imagine if the dragon got back up in the end and was actually a two phase boss fight.

[@mariustan9275]

backup missile

[@Abram-Delgado]

Decoy snail

[@beanbrain6162]

@@Abram-Delgado XD

[@isaacm7934]

So fatalis

[@yoannbelleville7763]

The dragon: "This isn't even my final form"!

[@Botpointo]

I love how the king aged a whole generation in 12 years.

[@aname1190]

Hey man it was tough times for the man. He lost an entire summer castle I guess

[@maheswarpradeep2816]

Also his wife

[@lordfangar5671]

Stress causes you to physically age faster

[@fsexplorer9727]

@@maheswarpradeep2816🤓

[@amphibiland]

@@vardekpetrovic9716 20

[@jeremykiahsobyk102]

The dragon wondered for a moment why the bright light in the sky was getting bigger and brighter. Then it hit him.

[@jesto_9112]

No

[@verigold]

Yes

[@wifibell]

Maybe

[@puckmanstudios2172]

Probably

[@waffles6280]

likely

[@grfrjiglstan]

"The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second-best time is now." -An old Chinese proverb

[@YHWHsam]

that's profound and amusing at the same time.

[@adestimare5985]

We have that saying Germany, so...

[@KillerHatDude]

Bruh thats reddit

[@iakinose]

It's actually "the best time to delete this tweet was after you made it, the second best time is now.

[@Alexa-hh8so]

instagram status

[@evrint]

"Eat the dragon! Eat the dragon!" Chanted the crowds, pouncing on the corpse.

[@tgdomnemo5052]

YESSSS !!! 👍🏽💥👊🏾

[@timotius_sdv]

Then they all are being cursed by the dragon's meat turned them into horrible being.

[@Cresign]

"It tastes like chicken"

[@sannyassi73]

A part of the story that you don't hear about- the people who spoke out against the Dragon and argued that it was evil were persecuted and most of the time they were the ones chosen to be fed to the Dragon.

[@Sara3346]

No. The dragon itself previously specified that the people were to be brought to it randomly.

[@barrackobama2216]

@@Sara3346and how would the dragon know that they are sending in activists?

[@Mhochul]

"Many jobs would be lost if the dragon were slaughtered" Hits a little too close to reality

[@davidtucker9498]

Notice how they don't talk about the world without the dragon. The next sentence could be, "and then the economic collapse caused by the project and the death of the dragon, coupled with an influx of old people, caused the nation to descend into utter chaos for the next century, and killing far more people in that time than the dragon ever would have." Actions have consequences. Killing the dragon is good. What is the cost?

[@gamerzer0835]

Your missing the point david

[@uzairm3816]

@@davidtucker9498 depends on the situation. Its a balance between the thing and economic consequences

[@davidtucker9498]

@@uzairm3816 Exactly.

[@myrus5722]

David Tucker Camps are more about indoctrination and forced labor, extremely few are purposefully killed, but I get your point and agree with it; we need to prepare for the consequences of immortality and it’s not wise to do it if we can’t suffer the consequences. The point of the video though is that death shouldn’t be viewed as part of the “natural process” of life, it should be abolished and the work around for things like over-population should be worked out. I personally think the video is fine in ignoring this, but that’s up for debate.

[@mrkitloin]

Imagine being the last person to die before the cure for death is invented

[@hairyputter5363]

God: Oof

[@luxubukid]

Imagine dying after the cure is invented because you still don’t have medicare for all and the insurance company deny your coverage.

[@Budgiebrain994]

Film called Mr Nobody touches on this concept

[@jamsboi7048]

Oof

[@Lemonz1989]

kidmosey But it could ruin your financial life, though.

[@aguy7848]

1:11 I didn't notice before, but the little boy to the far left, arms folded, not having any of what the teacher says, is actually the same boy who yelled out about his "Granny" being eaten and how the dragon really is bad, at the big meeting. Nice detail. He had the right idea from the start, and the *adults* were the ones who needed convincing.

[@thatdumbguy2621]

It's usually the younger generation

[@palpo5]

Wow that's a nice easter egg

[@harrisonmorgan7492]

It definitely is not.

[@connorstamps1298]

There’s a difference in the hair color

[@lucasseakins8920]

@@connorstamps1298 I thought that, too

[@gpinrgrmoma]

Everyone believes the dragon is a fact of life, until the dragon sets its eyes on you.

[@vanderengland5775]

Grey: it’s a fable Also grey: *diamond tipped ballistic warhead*

[@thehiddenninja3428]

Also grey: tells about wanting to be immortal at every opportunity. this dragon is death itself.

[@ender691]

it is stilll a fable is a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral. and the characters don't have names (e.g the king, the dragon, a man, a child, a scientist etc.)

[@vanderengland5775]

Don’t worry everyone I know what a fable is and the actual meaning of this. My point was that fables TYPICALLY are set in the Middle Ages or earlier without modern technology, and that’s what this one looked like it was going to be at the beginning. I know it’s still a fable I just thought it was funny

[@somefuckstolemynick]

The Hidden Ninja not death, but aging.

[@raphaelwaggoner3200]

Finally, someone who doesn't say hAhA ItS a NuKe

[@ShyBug42]

If this were real we all know there would be a group of people who would just go to the dragon and snitch

[@NineSun001]

There would most definatly be a religios group praising that fucking dragon and sabotaging the mislle project.

[@apersonok5491]

@@NineSun001 and if i see a dragon i would shit my pants

[@apersonok5491]

@Samuel Bateman no

[@apersonok5491]

@@Titan-br7ld ik we worship too be saved regardless of religion

[@cronchtm4900]

And get eaten in the process. The dragon is also probably too fat to do anything.

[@dhappypunk]

I lost my dad a year ago to covid i got the text that he could set up a covid vaccine appointment the day after his death, this hits hard to me.

[@cjvargas7000]

May he rest in piece

[@ScienceDiscoverer]

The Dragon strikes again...

[@tgdomnemo5052]

Covid took my mom ... But remember, the virus is not the dragon, the "humans" behind the industries that pretend to feed it are the real "big snakes" - and those we CAN fight . . . 🙏🏼❤️😞 ... keep going, keep fighting, make your dad proud !

[@joshuawilliams8921]

The one thing I love about this story so much is the Dragon is a interchangeable with any problem. Aging, Economy, Politics, Medicine… the list goes on and on.

[@theyoten1613]

No, the dragon is death by ageing specifically.

[@gfrewqpoiu]

It is specifically meant to symbolize death by aging and disease, which is why you can still see some children being sent to the dragon But economics and other things don’t really fit

[@blackimbreon9451]

It's all fun and games until someone places back 4 end crystals

[@icwatto]

at least ðey have an elytra

[@D4rkslider]

U wha-

[@anilkumarvkkunjukunju3025]

nice

[@alvinchen9655]

the end again

[@icwatto]

@@alvinchen9655 *......again

[@major_kukri2430]

Dragon: why do I hear boss music?

[@myshitfeelslikefire161]

Why king small?

[@ayeshaghulam1985]

No more likes

[@major_kukri2430]

@@ayeshaghulam1985 :( I wanted to reach 420

[@ayeshaghulam1985]

No!

[@ayeshaghulam1985]

It has 69!

[@ade5182]

This always reminds me to diseases, we see them as natural till we find a cure, and in that case some people doubt it

[@nextlaunch1]

That’s exactly the point. Aging is a disease which can be stopped.

[@hypergamedev1381]

Interesting seeing this video again now. Years later with new perspective. I had brain surgery and lost almost a weeks worth of memories. I remember being gone. Or more like, I dont remember. I just wish I had the chance to be eternal. Oh well. Maybe my childrens children.

[@justaguywhodraws]

I like how it’s wings are a foggy thing or just transparent like it’s a part of the dragon’s evil and it’s literally spewing out of its sides

[@oscarfriend4643]

"the dragons defeated... what now?" *get an elytra*

[@LeafyLeafbloom]

*have a war over who gets the egg*

[@inigochicano]

They already made airplanes by that time so there's really no need for elytras

[@PenPen-xy3xd]

@@inigochicano ok so do you wanna fly with no airplane or have to be on a big flying machine that can only go in certain places?

[@teplapus8795]

@@LeafyLeafbloom Start tegg games

[@onyx1221]

Well we killed it on the overworld sooo no egg nor elytra we need more ender eyes

[@Definitely_Dave]

It’s all fun and games until someone creates a dragon cult.

[@susgamingidk3662]

We could make a religion out of this

[@superking5586]

@@susgamingidk3662 oh shit yea that could happen

[@averagejoe6031]

Sooo libertarianism?

[@bloxracer3627]

I refuse

[@bloxracer3627]

I refuse

[@invidatauro8922]

I enjoy stories that take the whole "Immortality is Awesome" stance. Even as some one that does believe in an afterlife, I have no qualms about delaying my entrance there as long as possible.

[@caesar8224]

Yes, life and death should be a choice. I hope our own Dragon is slayed someday.

[@colorpg152]

time to slay a dragon

[@MiloMurphysLaw]

But would you still choose to become immortal if it meant that you would never ever die, no matter what? I feel like eventually I’d become curious and want to die, just to see what the afterlife is like (assuming there is one).

[@therandomhat_]

@@MiloMurphysLaw I don't think we could ever truly kill death even if we banish the evils of disease of the body and mind, and eliminate aging, people will still get into accidents and unfortunately die or people will become bored of life and request to have their body begin to age once more. But what 'killing the dragon' will do is give you the power to decide when you want to pass on from this world to the next.

[@kamille286]

As someone who also believes in the afterlife this is very valid XD There are a lot of things I would like to do before I go

[@The-Blind-Witch]

Thanks for making the Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant.

[@xzxedge]

why

[@coryman125]

I know this is a big analogy for stopping natural aging, but the real takeaway here is how clever the dragon is. Why eat a kingdom full of people when you can instead spend centuries atop a mountain eating a smaller number of people consistently? Somebody needs to rewrite this from the dragon's perspective as a pro-renewable resources story.

[@coryman125]

@@jaredganzhorn6834 hasn't Grey said on a podcast that this is about aging? Though I suppose it can be interpreted a few different ways

[@serbanandrei7532]

This comment is so underated

[@Silmerano]

​@@coryman125 The whole dragon creates jobs things felt like a pretty obvious call to climate change.

[@godparticle3295]

@@Silmerano What's even more obvious is that CGP Gray has made 4 videos before this in a row talking about ending aging and death

[@Silmerano]

@@godparticle3295 Cool he didn't write this story though.

[@TheDaltonius]

Dragon slaying in fantasy: magic, strength, skill, mastery Dragon slaying in sci-fi: anyways so we launch an Anti Aircraft defense missile at it

[@ant0_457]

Tungsten rods lmao

[@connormacleod4922]

*Shadowrun Intensifies*

[@evandelck8541]

Yep

[@haka-katyt7439]

Let's be honest America would absolutely drop a nuclear armament on a dragon

[@bobybimberbod8500]

A-10 Warthog vs dragon BRRRRRRT

[@maya3334]

The way you drew the dragon though, mad respect.

[@accusedtoppat]

Fun fact: In the original fable the guy who begged the king to stop the last train was also the boy who's grandma was killed

[@bedrobnf6861]

"and the king sold his summer castle.." how generous of him..

[@thecanadiankiwibirb4512]

Bedro Bnf better than nothing

[@fataldinazor3732]

I noticed that but smirked but snorted my water (that I was drinking) out my nose after reading this comment made my day ^_^

[@frnnzy_]

PEOPLE HAVE DIETS, OK? Lol

[@HR-pz7ts]

What we learn Today kids? Humans always win

[@ToxNano]

Should have fed the king to the dragon and seized all assets

[@ocinnico2608]

Dude: The last train! King: A small price to pay for salvation

[@swordsmanthegamernine7973]

ociNNico to be fair it’s a tactical necessity. If the dragon thinks everything is still functioning the way it has been, then it has no reason to move. Even when the missile comes and he sees it, experience has taught him he’s invincible, and thus he still has no reason to move, if anything he has more reason to crush their hope by tanking the missile with his assumed invincibility. However, if he doesn’t get his food the same way he has, there’s a chance he will become enraged and leave the mountain and head for the town. Not only would that mean the missile wouldn’t hit, since the target moved, but also now there’s an angry dragon coming towards them .

[@theshard5697]

Lord Farquaad: That is a sacrifice ... I am willing to make.

[@Albert-lo2xn]

@@swordsmanthegamernine7973 it's just a joke

[@vinifalleroliveira]

@@swordsmanthegamernine7973 No shit Sherlock

[@jameswhite3415]

SwordsmanTheGamer Nine That is if the dragon can still fly after all this time.

[@wtfr3nch]

The man that told the king to stop the last train was the same kid that originally said the dragon is bad. He was the one that swayed the king to begin the project. If the king had decided to start earlier, the guy's father and many more would have been saved.

[@aineedadadi7593]

From magic to science real quick

[@theloweffortchannel7211]

Magic fades soon into the halls of the mythic, only the beast remains. And who says that great spells of ruin, cants concentrating the vengeance of the fallen were not weaved into the final armanent?

[@justwannabehappy6735]

Science sufficiently advanced is magic

[@brostrod]

City: Firing test missiles Dragon: Yeah that looks fine

[@thesenate5291]

Would you give a shit if a few sheep started stamping in a piece of wood in the middle of a field?

[@AstolfoGayming]

The dragon had been attacked before. It had won every fight. Why would it be scared now? Look at it this way. If a kitten attacks you, you won't consider it a threat. If a hundred kittens attack, you might be annoyed, but still not threatened. If after dozens of years, these kittens now start throwing little pebbles at empty patches of dirt, would you be scared? No. Of course not. You might think that they're attacking, but just like the last times, you'll win the fight.

[@svendinsvinderlin4569]

I'M GONNA NUKE DEATH RIGHT IN THE DICK! U S A U S A U S A.

[@randomcoconutchannel8178]

Fires nukes*

[@brostrod]

Astolfo you got a good point

[@swaggerdagger8976]

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DONT KILL ALDUIN AND JUST DO SIDE QUESTS

[@queenfry7634]

YES

[@queenfry7634]

FINALLY SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS

[@Matt_the_pirate]

This is literally lore of the mythic era dragons' reign over humanity but with humans developing missiles instead of the voice

[@queenfry7634]

@@Matt_the_pirate yes

[@inexplicarus7852]

IM SORRY I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT MAN HIS CARROTS

[@ragdoll5259]

I find it interesting that most people blamed the dragon and not the government that abandoned them. How they spent all their taxes on making it easier instead of trying to find a way to kill the dragon.

[@randominternetguy3537]

The dragon would have eaten anyway. At least they get to pick who goes. They don't send children, they sent people who have already lived their lives to an extent. The dragon doesn't care. If it got hungry, it would have caused massive property damage, unnecessary loss of life, etc etc. It was an accepted part of life. This was as efficient as government can get.

[@nqnqnq]

I can only hope that the ambition and unity described in this video will, one day, be the usual norm amongst all humans. Long live us all.

[@itstimeforafuckingcrusade]

Humans: launch the missile Dragon: moves head a little to the left Dragon: *it's a simple spell but quite unbreakable*

[@kuehtoo1331]

This way more realistic I mean Godzilla take a nuke like it didn't even happen yes Godzilla do a absorb mediation but you taking a big blast I am big fan of Godzilla and if he was real you be dead I mean we have proved that we can take on a bigger creature then-us like the woolly mammoth. 😏😋

[@kuehtoo1331]

I mean radiation not... man! the text is way trash then lil moesy freestyling.

[@zombathinlostleghackercat5233]

Oof.

[@itstimeforafuckingcrusade]

@@kuehtoo1331 lol

[@kuehtoo1331]

@@itstimeforafuckingcrusade it's true the text is trash then lil moesy no cap .🤣lol

[@cubles6825]

Imagine the corruption of the people deciding who’ll die.

[@ecivedsusagep]

*my liked videos intensify*

[@aliski768]

it has to be chosen randomly

[@floydlooney6837]

@@aliski768 not likely

[@aliski768]

@@floydlooney6837 in the video says that haves to be radomly chosen

[@catbert7]

Don't have to imagine. That's the welfare bureaucracy.

[@milanjain98]

Grey is perhaps the only person I have across who actually believes that immortality would be a great philosophical end.

[@reenajoubert]

you might enjoy getting acquainted with Eliezer Yudkowsky

[@ibaconstudios3263]

4 yrs ago this video was posted, and I am just now seeing this. Thank you grey, for all the lessons, for all the ideas, the compromises, everything. I only wish we humans would place aside our petty differences and squabbles so that we too may one day slay our accepted dragon.

[@sadlycenozoic]

Surprise, the dragon was sitting on a nest of eggs the entire time

[@atomikaI]

iPaleo LMFAO

[@TheShooterlol]

No it was expecting a family reunion. But they saw their fat happy uncle die from the missile. Thus they killed the humans in the next part.lol!

[@angelbarajas4206]

iPaleo uh

[@mohamedzohir5820]

DUN DUN DUUUUUUN !!! part two coming soon !

[@butchballx7030]

iPaleo ii

[@kazmark4611]

me in 2018: hell yeah everyone would get behind this. me in 2021: existence is hell and half of everyone would snitch to the dragon.

[@asher879]

yeah......

[@TheNeven87]

Yeah...It's been a enlightening few years.

[@ScienceDiscoverer]

@@TheNeven87 The Dragon seems hyperactive lately... We must accelerate our rocket building efforts!

[@tannerman46]

I thought the king's spokesperson was going to run a disinformation campaign against the movement, shattering society and stopping the progress. Meanwhile, the dragon starts eating everyone, dooming society.

[@TheInsomniaddict]

Pretty much, yeah.

[@good-sofa]

I just realized all the parallels with your video about death from old age and i think that this is genius

[@theastralbard8280]

It's a little infuriating how many people in the comment section just did not understand the analogy at all. But that's KZbin comments for you

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

Some readily choose death over allegory. Choose throats being slit over looking at a story as a narrative.

[@iainballas]

The only thing that I'm miffed you left out of this story, likely for brevity, was this: "Sometimes the dragon would devour these unfortunate souls upon arrival; sometimes again it would lock them up in the mountain where they would wither away for months or years before eventually being consumed." The dragon doesn't just kill us. It tortures us.

[@Likeusb1]

Ah so like a disease

[@zarek9340]

@@Likeusb1 i think the dragon is supposed to represent disease, yes

[@thetalantonx]

@@Likeusb1 The dragon is aging and human senescence, humans getting older and eventually dying.

[@iainballas]

@@thetalantonx It is pure evil. Harm without necessary cause is evil. The dragon is harm,. without cause.

[@jgray1831]

@@iainballas it’s insatiable hunger

[@SQUIRRELSONASTICK]

Now I want a city building game where the objective is to feed an ever growing dragon. Every year it eats a few more people, growing exponentially alongside the size of your city as you unlock new tech.

[@lewismartin3430]

here be dragons in stelllaris is this but on a galactic scale

[@SMT-ks8yp]

...but your ability to produce "spare" population does not grow exponentially as resources (free land on the map, at least) are finite, so build the missile in time or everything would collapse. On the other hand, super-expensive endgame device also means a risk to not provide enough food for the dragon and wake it up. Now this really sounds like a game.

[@mariustan9275]

@@SMT-ks8yp Yeah, so you have resources being sapped, so you need to make a rocket in time.

[@ShatabdaRoy115]

As a game dev… I WOULDN’T RECOMMEND IT

[@SQUIRRELSONASTICK]

@@ShatabdaRoy115, could you explain why?

[@REEEPROGRAM]

TFW a video keeps getting Reccomended at you for years and when you give it a shot, you tell yourself "Why didn't i watched this before?"

[@Christian2BaG]

The duality is astonishing. A beautiful piece of art and much more.

[@bobbyblair4105]

“But then the egg of the dragon hatched...”

[@jownadel1526]

It would be so much smaller that they could just easily kill it

[@constant938]

and then a new dragon swooped down from a second larger hill

[@p3el_]

"And then the newborn dragon grew up rapidly. In a mere minutes, its overgrew its own mother and a roar can be heard miles away"

[@TacticalAnt420]

So a chtulu style cult started to rise to take care of the babies

[@purplehaze2358]

It’s now my headcanon that the dragon was a mother demanding tribute so she could support her son.

[@jagermain9860]

Knights: This dragon is impossible to defeat, we must accept it. Some engineers: hehe rocket go brrrrrrrrr

[@crazymad4323]

meme make me go hahahaha

[@timtams_6]

Thank you Pingu, very interesting

[@operator6438]

Why they dont Nuke the dragon

[@FexxerUwU]

Bro its fucking pingu

[@gamingmoon4265]

Ruined 666 likes

[@quantumblauthor7300]

Everybody gangsta until _Omega-K end-of-death scenario_

[@dontforgetyoursunscreen]

Ah yes a scp fan we need to use XK instead of apocalypse it seems much cooler

[@quantumblauthor7300]

@@dontforgetyoursunscreen it is absolutely cooler

[@blesr9022]

OMG this was one of my favorite videos and I just find out my favorite KZbinr made it? Amazing

[@THExRISER]

10:17 I just realized that not even the queen survived the dragon, this really shows that the king shares his people's pain.

[@Morningstar_37]

and it also shows that everyone had an equal risk of getting chosen, not just the common people but also nobles

[@2345mat]

@@Morningstar_37 The King or ruling monarch would probably be exempt

[@hsgame4088]

@@2345mat The dragon represents death. So no...no one is exempt

[@2345mat]

@@hsgame4088 Queen Elizabeth. Edit: Rest in Peace HM the queen. 🇬🇧

[@hsgame4088]

@@2345mat Well...yes that is the only exemption you are correct. Though Im not sure if we can consider her human.

[@o.mveasna9010]

Dragon: impossible to kill Minecraft speedrunners: haha bed go boom

[@hmgrass8283]

haha crystals go b(r)oom

[@jujetsu12]

relatable xD

[@johnpijano4786]

Seriously, a story that comes from a paper of a scholar that tells the story of aging and how society deals with it told in a fascinating and easy to digest fable (does not explain its points clearly enough for me since there are a lot of people arguing its meaning in the comments even though the author explained it clearfully in his story and moral) and all you can say is about the ender dragon and how it is easy to be killed using beds?

[@maximany9506]

funnyless

[@nathanjohnpalaogaming4872]

@@johnpijano4786 *[INTENTIONAL GAME DESIGN]*

[@vulture4117]

0:32 the artwork of the dragon's position and the flow of its drool look really familiar to me. I think it's inspired by an illustration in/on a short story book I saw as a young child, possibly in german... can anyone identify it?

[@adityapawar1210]

Im assuming this is Grey talking about immortality and death. The dragon represents death, which casts a shadow on all the acheivements of the people. No matter what you accomplish, what you do, death is inevitable. The missile represents the cure, and the dead dragon represents us gaining the cure for death. Or this is just a cool fun little story idk

[@SaturnineXTS]

yes, it is an analogy for death from aging, the author of the tale confirms this

[@danger846]

Dragon: *Why is the sun getting closer*

[@toyseal5665]

Lol

[@aldrichivanputrasiemarga1126]

Then the dragon said:"FUUUC

[@SageGilbert191]

Yep I’m liking this comment

[@joeybutbaldy]

Is he getting bigger?

[@alexrecrem9094]

Dragon: *why are the worms cheering?*

[@SamwichYT]

It’s insane how much emotion can be conveyed through just good writing alone.

[@jannikheidemann3805]

Affirmative. I realy enjoyed how well this is written.

[@Hu-nf1hv]

His voice also play quite the role in this

[@thestickmanchannel8589]

100% really felt this one and the animations help aswell

[@Kinslade]

I come to rewatch this every once in a while, and it hits right in the feelings every time.

[@Rustie3000]

indeed, at the end I had tears in my eyes

[@Moss_knight00]

Well, I'm literally crying. These last 13 minutes were just wonderful

[@asolanola6939]

But it's 12 minutes,how?

[@DisNotAToast]

@@asolanola6939 nope, it's actually 12 minutes and 43 seconds, which rounds up to 13 minutes!

[@alfonzfistron]

Sooo.. is this just a story about how humanity defeats death? And people become immortal?

[@colorpg152]

i think its about aging more specifically

[@AndDiracisHisProphet]

what do you mean? "just"?

[@fattyacid1901]

King: What do we do now? People: Overthrow the monarchy!

[@michaelkeehan8094]

Where you think this took place? France?

[@tadigalvez7170]

@@michaelkeehan8094 what makes you think French monarchs would do such a public service as killing a primordial evil?

[@tadigalvez7170]

@@saintholican8009 my guy why did you woosh me?

[@yama123numbercauseytdemand4]

Wait ... There's a tax for that.

[@juicemeister1984]

Damn, didn't know they were in france

[@TheNavid001]

Mr. Dragon, watch out, there's a missile coming right for you! Oh my God guys, the dragon has airpods in, the dragon has airpods in!

[@badtriceratops1867]

STOP LIKING IT HAS 69 LIKES

[@kulot-ki1tu]

Oh fuck oh shit heres the missile! Oh shit its about to crash fuck shit!!

[@Eclipse_101]

Shut up! Let him die!

[@nightcollapse]

Oh god oh shit I'm literally crying and shaking dragon wouldn't do that

[@dogesmoker5241]

He can't hear us!

[@SagaciousBoothe]

I thought this was going to be an analysis of the dragon fable. But was surprised by it being an actual story. It was nice to listen to.

[@eeuusi779]

It took me too long to figure out that The Dragon was symboling death and it was a story about humankind beating death itself

[@demolisherman1763]

You know I’m surprised there weren’t any dragon cult fanatics that worshipped it and tried to sabotage the rockets Actually i bet the king knew that the dragon cult fanatics would sabotage the rocket so he fed them to the dragon first

[@kv-2450]

King: *Oh yeah this is big brain time*

[@cerridianempire1653]

just feed them to the fecking dragon

[@minatodroger7890]

Smart king

[@holvingar4375]

Hahahaha!

[@corrat4866]

Like 66 Execute Order 66 It shall be done my lord.

[@epicjoer3524]

That was when they noticed the huge pile of eggs at the bottom of the mountain...

[@nagapandian]

I mean it’s fine as long as you kill the eggs or something.

[@crazy_boi1247]

@@nagapandian its indestructible

[@joelcrafter43]

@@crazy_boi1247 just make handheld weapons out of the material the hatchlings will be small enough to take on with a simple dagger made of it.

[@eysirt]

omlets...

[@biliminsrlar5752]

*Free breakfast for everyone*

[@newzealandmapping537]

I feel like this took me too long to realise, That dragon is death itself

[@RotmgTrollerFan]

"I think it's a metaphor for death."

[@theyoten1613]

It is!

[@SteelKatanas]

My cousin's out fighting Dragons and what do I get? Guard duty.

[@brightenight8699]

drcadillac well at least your still alive

[@ap1evideogame44]

What? Lost your sweet roll?

[@cymbaline4384]

I see you like pink Floyd

[@bluedemon9985]

hes probably killing notional dragons with a notional sword.

[@mattihelminen4830]

I used to be adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee.

[@boringbilal9224]

Imagine living in this world and hearing a knock on the door.

[@theyoten1613]

You live in this world. The dragon is literally just the concept of death. CGP Grey is anti-aging.

[@okayokey]

@@theyoten1613 Yeah, but there’s no sound to death. It’s a surprise you can’t react to.

[@Toasteeei]

@@okayokey unless a snake is hissing loudly at you and it bites you anyway

[@gergoretvari6373]

similar stuff happened after WWII. only difference was that a black car appeared at your house and then you never saw your family again

[@okayokey]

@Philippe the dude which one?

[@SathReacts]

Anyone else come back here every 6 months or so? Will have to rewatch 'The Egg' by Kurzgesagt too. Don't forget 'Gigapixels of Andromeda [4K]' either! While I'm on this soapbox I'd also like to give praise to the James Webb Space Telescope and its glorious pictures!

[@davialmeida4442]

Man, image the money they made with that kill. A mountain of super resiliant scales, meat and whatever the wings are made out of

[@justahuman5160]

How to beat the dragon: 1.Let's Invent a Thing Inventor

[@unflexian]

said the thing inventor inventor, who was invented by a thing inventor

[@solvinghealth]

It's a meta-solution. Like in the DeepMind mission (create AGI to solve anything).

[@tsg-froak9845]

You could make a religion out of this.

[@atzilutth]

*bill wurtz is happy*

[@kingbred01]

*they never got Ethiopia*

[@anyaforger5469]

dragon: *eats half of the population* dragon: wtf why do i still hear boss music

[@siyacer]

Thanos: I've come to bargain.

[@aethermaster4372]

@@Nimz0r Hm ... I have your mask in Terraria. It's quite hard for me to kill the boss after I've killed you :3

[@significantpepper5274]

@@Nimz0r Too

[@significantpepper5274]

@@Nimz0r Go back to your dungeon,Moonlord is dead.

[@jeffbryant792]

The Dragonborn: *shows up and his boss music the one they fear starts playing* FUS RO DAH

[@Meaxis]

I always saw this video in my recommendations but for some reason never clicked it. Just watched it, it's super duper awesome. No regrets.

[@Bossmodegoat]

Loosing a loved one makes feel like this story is the most important one ever told

[@linkinparkundrground]

CGP Grey: Posts deep video metaphor regarding human's relationship with death and the moral + ethical dilemma of possibly being able to defeat it Comment section: Shitty memes and jokes

[@MaitreKorda]

The video is retarded tbh. Death is not a Dragon that came one day out of nowhere to arbitrarily eat people. It's a natural phenomenon which not only has always been there, but also has a self-regulative function, no matter if you like it or not, and that we must learn to accept and embrace.

[@MaitreKorda]

@@notflaz4420 Under a false cover of science, you act like nothing but an angry child, angry at the realities of life. An utopian with little care for the consequences of his actions like many before you as history shown. Insulting me of "deathfag"? Perhaps, but even with your insults, that's still a choice I would do for myself. But like your efficiency fanatics likemind, maybe that's something you can't tolerate and you would wish to make immortality mandatory (implying that's possible). My comfort is knowing that the lies of your likes are nothing but fantasy, and that you will die in due time, like the rest of us, because, unlike what you said in another video, Death is not a disease, nor is the decay and cell degeneration responsible for it, the fact you said so show your ignorance (or willful error) of your subject.

[@theoheinrich529]

​@@MaitreKorda Flexing your "know-how" about the concept of death in such an arrogant way only shows your dismissal to acknowledge that other interpretations of death exist and that some people would like to live longer.

[@MaitreKorda]

@@theoheinrich529 Death is not a person killing people (like in the reaper video, convenient to put the blame on someone, but it's a fallacy). Death is, to put it bluntly, a physical event that is the result of the end of body mechanisms, nothing more. If you believe in Jesus, Allah, reincarnation, nothing or whatever doesn't change that. As for people who would want to live longer, no, I know they exist, people who watch this channel and himself are live example of that, but that is foolishness for reasons you already know. It is not possible atm (since so far, all methods to conserve the body such as cyro-pods effectively kill you in the process in the bet hope that you can be resurrected in the future), nor should it be desirable. This childish fear of death is natural, it is just survival instinct working in your brain. But we will be dead anyway eventually.

[@StormZephyr]

@@MaitreKorda > nor should it be desirable Why

[@dr.zoraxis]

That little kid became the smartest person in the story and all that he needed to say was “the dragon is bad”

[@roberine7241]

And it actually sounds like something a child might say. In a situation like this.

[@andrespolo2722]

I wouldn't say the smartest, but the Bravest

[@FawXnSawX]

@@andrespolo2722 the least deluded.

[@thegoldenanvil124]

Twice. He had to say that twice.

[@p3el_]

@@thegoldenanvil124 smart 2x

[@zixuan1630]

I love how this relates to the Death videos, so that the Dragon is a metaphor for Death

[@wolfofbs1607]

The dragon in the story is symbolic of death (mainly by aging)

[@alpacarice2304]

Kid Dragon: “Humans are bad. They kill dragons. They killed my Granny. I want my Granny back.” Dragon King: “Let us kill the humans.”

[@dragonsorcerer1615]

Very nice.

[@ADepressedDragon]

EXACTLY! FINALLY SOME ONE GETS IT!!!

[@meetroushan2727]

@@ADepressedDragon lol m8 😂😂😂

[@highelderking9047]

Oh WOw HoW FUcKiNg DeEP!

[@scp-173biohazardpeanut7]

Soviet dragon: We shall crush them!!

[@fr4781]

Lesson: death can be destroyed with missiles

[@tvman9720]

I 100% agree with this statement

[@NeostormXLMAX]

with enough destructive force you can technically destroy anything, even the law of causation

[@sirnikkel6746]

@@NeostormXLMAX Time travel time!

[@entropy7999]

What is an age cure but targeted systems both cleaning landscapes ravaged by constant warfare combined by equipping our immune systems with missiles, while using the wartime economy to encourage prosperity across the larger society of cells?

[@herohamza1196]

act like the GOC killing SCP-682

[@LimitlessSorcerer]

I have watched this 3 times in like 7 years and its still classic.

[@linostephanomonroyvazquez2489]

It would be great if the best directors like Riddley Scott, Guillermo del Toro or Steven Spilberg made a movie based on this magnificent story.

[@lazarenadaraia6446]

moral of the story ... always keep a strong fairy type pokemon on your team

[@donaldduck7078]

Only pokemon fans will understand

[@cringiestthingever9317]

Yeah, but that dragon looks part dark type

[@danieliglesias7119]

@@cringiestthingever9317 Even better, the fairy would have 4x advantage

[@lazarenadaraia6446]

Daniel Iglesias exactly

[@ParagonTheOne]

But w/ the slime it is part poison type

[@definitelyamagikarp4380]

Morality Adviser : *says dragon is good* Little kid: I’mma end this man’s whole career

[@definitelyamagikarp4380]

@@heath_00000 How so?, just wondering

[@definitelyamagikarp4380]

Heath Well what format do you want me to use? Even if you think it’s lost it’s charm, it fits

[@definitelyamagikarp4380]

Heath here ya go: Morality Adviser: *says dragon is good* Little kid: Nothing Is that better?

[@OptiMystic-IN]

lame joke

[@definitelyamagikarp4380]

@@OptiMystic-IN ok

[@squarecraftboom2085]

This was beautiful. Amazing!

[@deepkadamba7083]

The dragon didn't evolve with time. Humans evolved and vanquished the dragon 🐉.

[@ilikesk8te470]

RIP THE PEOPLE WHO GOT SQUISHED BY THE DRAGON

[@kevinthetree3521]

That's exactly what I thought

[@hyu9648]

Me tooooooo

[@graep5863]

I think they were all other places watching

[@72streeting]

pretty sure a kid wrote this comment

[@Co-uy4mi]

@@Yourdailycardriver lmao top 10 worst deaths

[@tuttiflooti]

The people: start building a big ass missile over the course of a decade The dragon: *Imma pretend like **_i didnt see that_*

[@gonzalo_rosae]

I don't think the dragon was smart enough to realize that

[@gonzalo_rosae]

And furthermore, taking into account that the dragon was far far away from the villages

[@aguy7848]

Not to mention, up to this point even the dragon thought itself invulnerable.

[@masterpingu5942]

@@aguy7848 also if they were reasonable they would do all the testing far from where the dragon is

[@9nikolai]

Must be deaf as well. I bet at least a handful of people when about to be eaten said something like "You may eat me, but just you wait! They're building a missile to destroy you! Karma gets us all in the end!" or whatever.

[@oshimaii]

Dude I haven’t heard this story in a while, I’m so glad I found this again

[@cattoleonce4066]

respect to that kid who created a domino effect which saved millions of future people.

[@shakohat6876]

Moral of the story: Nukes solve everything.

[@gamingknight4763]

Even climate change

[@puscifer6648]

69 likes

[@raphaelwaggoner3200]

The missile wasn't a nuke.

[@jenniferbabicki8379]

Especially if it comes from the U.S.

[@AfterAFashionASMR]

Raphael Waggoner too many people seem not to have gotten the metaphor let alone the profundity of it.

[@ianmoore3470]

Humans: spend twelve years vocally and actively talking about specific plans to kill the dragon Dragon: doesn’t notice

[@SirPhysics]

If the ants outside your house were actively talking about specific plans to kill you would you notice?

[@SirPhysics]

@@avw5kt You don't? That's free easy protein going to waste

[@ChrisG140907]

@@SirPhysics So are you. oooooh SNAP

[@ortherner]

@Crowe3717 I would crush the ants incase they kill me.

[@raven75257]

@@SirPhysics ants outside your house talk?

[@hedonepicurea4327]

I'm imagining this dragon pulls a frieza.

[@sefpendragon676]

For some reason this seems like an analogy of humankind fighting against death and how they want to overcome a natural life order?

[@Hexagons7]

That's because it is

[@justwannabehappy6735]

Yes.