How Tall Can We Build? | Answers With Joe

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The Burj Khalifa is the tallest structure humans have ever built. But that record may fall in the coming years as a new generation of supertall buildings go under construction.
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The first tallest structure in the world was the Great Pyramid of Giza, which held its record for nearly 4000 years. It was beat by the Lincoln Cathedral in the UK in 1311, which was topped by the Washington Monument, then the Eiffel Tower, and then the Chrysler Building in 1929.
North America saw the next wave of world-record skyscrapers, with the Empire State Building, the World Trade Center, and the Sears Tower.
Then Asia had their turn with the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, then the Taipei 101 Building.
The next and current tallest building is the Burj Khalifa, but it may soon be topped by the Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia, or the Burj Mubarak al-Kabir in Kuwait, or the Dubai Creek Tower, solidifying the Middle East as the current epicenter of supertall buildings in the world.
Designs for vertical cities of the future include Ultima Tower, the Tokyo Sky Mile Tower, and the Shimizu Mega City Pyramid. But the tallest building ever designed is the X-Seed 4000 building which would stretch 4 kilometers into the sky and house up to a million people.
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Real Engineering on the construction of the Burj Khalifa
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Tokyo Sky Mile Tower
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Size comparison of the tallest buildings in the world:
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[@aidanjt]

Signs that you might've built too high: occupants need oxygen masks.

[@MouseGoat]

na to low, the goal is space :D

[@mrJMD]

"Whooo, kinda stuff in here. I'll just crack open a window...." "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" *everyone gets smooshed and sucked out through window gap*

[@Dunkle0steus]

The top floor gets snow in the summer.

[@KaiHenningsen]

@@Dunkle0steus Hey, look, I have these indestructible windows! Hold my beer ...

[@wizardtim8573]

Signs you've built too tall, you age noticably slower on the top floor than people on the ground.

[@andrewroden9573]

Highest building in the world is the crack house two blocks away from me!

[@tori9365]

😝😂😂😂😂😂

[@CapinCooke]

Now that right there is funny 😆

[@andrewroden9573]

@@dirkdiggler2430 bwahaha 😂😂,twat,that made me chuckle😎

[@n.a.p.j6633]

Heheee...Thxx 4 a good laugh...I really needed that.

[@DukeRaul]

Two blocks away, time to move bro. Excellent comment though.

[@JC-ck4wk]

Friend: hey you trynna help me carry my new couch upstairs? Me: sure how longs the walk? Friend: only like a mile

[@markusisaksson6023]

😁😁😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cherrydragon3120]

R.I.P

[@homfri111]

"bro now what, this couch is heavy." "we just missed the elevator bullet train. We gotta wait 30 minutes maybe"

[@a.i.a3949]

@@homfri111 300kmph bullet train and very tall thin building dont really go together very well in my mind. Edit: changing mph to kmph

[@Cloudkirb]

@@a.i.a3949 it's 200mph not 300

[@alban226]

When you live on the top floor and you hear your car alarm going off...

[@mikoajh2747]

Alix McCann *gets alert on phone* goes to elevator, doesnt work, looks at stairs, nah the car can get stolen

[@Erevos85]

It would have to be a really loud alarm

[@Dr.Hiccup]

To visit the top floor you have to have at least 2 years of skydiving training

[@TheBlueCreeper-]

You're so high up you wouldn't even hear it dummy. But if you mean a phone app that does that well... oh snap. (I just jump off the building with a parachute. Its way quicker.)

[@balu.92]

No point owning a car anymore. You would need a helicopter

[@ziamaulana2388]

*You have reached the maximum build limit of 256 blocks*

[@MouseGoat]

*Installs Tall Worlds Mod*

[@_Daio_]

@Ralph whoosh :)

[@_Daio_]

@Ralph prove what?

[@colmbolger518]

Spell it. IT 😆

[@mr.boomguy]

If just we could build taller...

[@NemeanLion-]

I would build a shack on top of Mt Everest and give the middle finger to the X-seed 4000 while sitting on my toilet.

[@tonylittle3508]

Too many tourists

[@abd-animation-22]

Big brain time

[@meow-os6rf]

how about building xseed on top of mount Everest

[@benjaminschroder4074]

qwertty adffg Great idea, there is so much space for a large Foundation, and the working conditions would be perfect.

[@Clicxcrafter]

@@benjaminschroder4074 just turn mt.everest into your foundation

[@darcyferrigno]

I feel like the competition of tallest skyscraper is a story old as time of men saying "mine's bigger" lol

[@edwardbanda6018]

No mine is bigger, no mine is bigger

[@urmomsbf4934]

@@edwardbanda6018 mines bigger

[@edwardbanda6018]

@@urmomsbf4934 Lets build the tallest building to the heavens. Isn't that like space exploration? In architecture, called the biggest dick analogy. This wouldn't happen to be D'Arcy...a lady engineer?

[@paulcaron400]

I love your comment 😉

[@mictianabsterges1313]

i have a large clittoris.

[@hawk8403]

“1 mile or 1600 kilometers” joe Scott.

[@AndrewBlucher]

Yah.

[@Mr2BonClay]

I blame the imperial system for this buffoonery

[@grant2584]

You mean meters right not kilometers

[@zolikoff]

How many Queen Elizabeth Toe Lengths is that?

[@Dedicated0]

Wrap your head around that, Joe. 😉

[@Demane69]

Where do I want my mile high apartment? Well, in an earthquake, typhoon and tsunami zone obviously.

[@grant2584]

You'll get a lot of free pizza, cause they'll never make the "30 min or free" to the top floor.

[@alexanderwright2493]

imagine forgetting your keys

[@fishsquishguy1833]

Grant Ingram is that still a thing?

[@popinmo]

Lol they will have a pizza place at the very top so all they have to do is go down they have the high ground

[@hannesp3493]

Imagine waiting two hours for a pizza... then the pizza guy calls and says he’s stuck in an elevator jam at the 700th floor and forgot to bring his oxygen mask

[@daviddeane2923]

Two words: pizza drones.

[@TheNotoriousDUDE]

This channel truly is the #1 destination for people hyped up for the future of mankind

[@johnslaughter5475]

Arthur C. Clarke wrote about a tower that would be anchored at geosyncrhonous orbit level. It is in the book "The Fountains of Paradise," 1978. He hypothesized a hyperfilament that would be the support. I've heard of some carbon fiber chains that are incredibly strong.

[@samsulh314]

I really hope to see Tokyo's Pyramid City in my lifetime. That thing's like a man-made mountain. It'd be one hell of a tourist attraction.

[@wildwest1832]

yeah that sounds really cool. Its just like one of those utopias in sim city

[@vapourtrail7194]

Yeah i'd like to see that too. something that has always peaked my imagination was the domed cities of "Blade runner" where it has it's own ecology an "Logan's Run". Both of these I feel are the perfect examples of Future habitats...something that is tangible. the price tag is quite big but when you compare the budgets that some countries have spent on just their Defence?...well....I think we could already have these built by now.

[@gamershadow8]

i'd loooove to live there..now we need to make earth cyberpunk lol

[@teemuleppa3347]

@@Nick-vs2nb why are you bringing generations to conversation? Do you really feel the world is not divided enough as it is...furthermore literally nothing the dude said makes him sound like a boomer. I honestly doubt that you even know who the term refers to...

[@anewspinonthings]

Samsul Hoque Kento Bento’s channel has a cool video on the Super Pyramid

[@QuantumBraced]

I guess if you partner with a guy named Severence, you can expect him to split...

[@bevanfindlay]

Came to the comments just for this. Was not disappointed. :)

[@joescott]

YES. Points to you sir. 🍌

[@quintespeed]

So the package must have been created after that incident.

[@bloodinthewater]

Totally unculled for. Cut it out!

[@aarnavgupta8144]

I live at 5000 m elevation in a himalayan town and i have internet

[@Napoleonic_S]

Please propose your govt for a 8 KM tower on top of the Everest.

[@realzachfluke1]

@@Napoleonic_S Yeah all you’ll need to do is just bait some government officials into believing that they’d totally make some dank profits if they did! Capitalists can get conned into building just about anything if you convince them that profits’d be imminent! lol I like your idea, so let’s start a joke campaign to create fake demand for a trip up to the top of an 8km tower sitting on the peak of Mount Everest! 😂

[@689finalmessage5]

@@realzachfluke1 > Capitalists can get conned into building just about anything if you convince them that profits will be imminent That's what capitalism is all about and it's based

[@brownerjerry174]

@@689finalmessage5 Yay destroying environment because muh grind neva stooops.

[@689finalmessage5]

@@brownerjerry174 THE grind never stops #sigmagains #mountaintowergrindset

[@denisbiwott2911]

Kenya is actually constructing the tallest building in Africa - The Pinnacle (300m). Look it up, its gorgeous.

[@vengefulavenger1510]

Egypt is building the tallest building in Africa at the new capital- iconic tower (385m).

[@turtle2720]

Isaac Arthur is the man if you guys are into Dyson swarms, Ring worlds, Space elevators, Star lifting, Planet construction, End of times, etc.

[@squirlmy]

Actually not so much "end times". "Iron Stars" does talk about the theory of the "heat death" of the universe, but his projections are in trillions of years, and how the "post-stellar" universe might last much longer than the stellar one as we know it now. Actually I find him unrelentingly optimistic at times, but that probably naturally comes from being a "futurist".

[@turtle2720]

It was a suggestion for people interested in far out ideas... not a demand. Nor did I state whether I believe it or not. Cheers :)

[@joescott]

Allow me to edit that sentence for you: Isaac Arthur is the man. The end.

[@CessnaPilot99]

Yeah I like his stuff but some of it is just too out there futuristic to be realistic. Or should I say realistic in my lifetime

[@GlacialScion]

@Super Cool You don't know anything about humans if you think that's true.

[@nooooooooooo5667]

What happens if there’s a fire you would need emergency parachutes stationed every 20 meters

[@alkair422]

Yu build towers like that so they can't catch fire.

[@jypsridic]

more specifically you build them such that if a fire does happen it is contained by the architecture and you can just evacuate to nearby sections.

[@jennyjumpjump]

There have to be systems for putting out fire so they don't spread. Also engineering so that if a fire does happen it doesn't cause a building collapse

[@urmomsbf4934]

Im guessing for buildings this big they'll probably make it out of a fire proof material

[@dorianmachia3112]

"Would you wanna live in one of these--"OHMYGOD YESS!!! It's like a university, on steroids that can support itself and the community. Also, if you build and arcology on the water, you have the framework for a self-sustaining environment that can be converted into either a floating nation, or a vessel that can endure space travel, given the proper modifications. Imagine living in the airport with your own barracks, an option to upgrade to luxury suites, and the opportunity to farm crops/animals, and fish for food.

[@goddesszunique103]

I was quite surprised (and also just the slightest bit offended 😂) that you didn't mention the Tokyo Tower of Babel, quite possibly my favorite proposed Megaproject/Megastructure. The story of the Tower of Babel is one of my favorites from the Bible, but also just the sheer outlandishness of the proposal for the Tokyo take on it is so fascinating to me. I'd also never heard of the Ultima Tower before your video, so thank you for including it!

[@JohnG6]

I wonder how long it would take for someone to live an entire life in one of those enclosed cities. Not somebody with agoraphobia or anything like that, but to live a normal life with friends, school, work, etc. There are already plenty of people who have grown up all over having never left their home town so I'm sure it would be possible.

[@brunodesrosiers266]

… more than possible that they systematically vote Republican, yes.

[@brunodesrosiers266]

One more thing: we are in agreement that you are talking about human beings here, aren’t you? Not mice, ants or termites? Just checking.

[@Orbis92]

I can see some dystopian future, where we live in such mega stuctures. First day, everything is shiny, 20 years later, the lower levels are grown to a slum and the top levels are partying nonstop :| A hole society stacked on 4km2

[@Muskar2]

Why would there be parties nonstop in oxygen-aided quarters that only the wealthiest could afford? I'd guess they'd be empty most of the time (owned but too impractical to be used often), or be high-end office spaces.

[@WillEDC]

Muskar low oxygen for slower aging ?

[@nathansmith3608]

"A hole" society 👈 I see what you did there 😂 but even if they're jerks, I think they'll keep the low levels nice so ppl don't rip off structural steel down there

[@ArunKumar-xh8vp]

This sounds like hive world of Warhammer 40k .

[@joescott]

It's like a vertical Snowpiercer. Interesting question though, would it be the upper or lower levels that would go to pot? Because the richie riches on the top floor would have to go through the ghetto to get there. Maybe they would just start helicoptering in to their residences?

[@Alsgren]

“Some think in the future Africa will have its turn” ... Where’s the pyramid build?

[@pekachu9257]

Even though Egypt is part of the continent most people consider it part of the Middle East. The citizens, the culture, the language, the ancestry all stem from the Middle East. Same goes for Morocco.

[@LeolaGlamour]

Peka Chu oh brother 🙄 this is lies.

[@stevenobrien557]

@@pekachu9257 wrong.

[@LeolaGlamour]

Marlynne Struwig No, I like the truth to be known many things taught in Egypt were seen in other parts of Africa. Africa also had many great civilizations that were destroyed coincidentally it coincides with the slave trade. So believe what you want but I know the truth.

[@shipshrekt2156]

Leola africa has had 3 basic civilizations in 10,000 years lol. Egypt is apart of the Middle East,

[@Fpvpilot928]

As someone listening without watching, the 1600 km tall building really perked my ear, lol

[@massimookissed1023]

It's never struck me as a good idea to build stupid-tall buildings where tectonic plates meet.

[@spyro9979]

the middle east is one tectonic plate.

[@massimookissed1023]

@@spyro9979 , yeah. It's the ones in Japan and California that strike me as disasters waiting to happen.

[@massimookissed1023]

@vin 950 Come in! We're supposedly earthquake proof. That inspires confidence(!)

[@Steppenkater]

Actually modern skyscraper are safer when earthquakes occurs than regular buildings. There was a good reportage about the Taipei 101 - one of the tallest buildings - build in a region where earthquake of magnitude of 7 is likely to happen. In that reportage the explained why such a slim and high building can cope with earthquakes way better than older and smaller buildings. (its because they are super flexible, have gigantic dampers and counterweights so they can absorb way more of the earthquake energy than normal buildings)

[@bevanfindlay]

Extending that idea, you'd think it a bad idea to build *cities* on tectonic plate boundaries, old swamps, river flood plains, coastal areas prone to inundation and tsunami... Oh wait, that's like nearly every major city in the world.

[@simcard027]

i thought this was going to look at the science behind building and how tall we are capable of building

[@Wayzor_]

Watch Issac Arthur for that level of info.

[@harishreejoshi3195]

whats the fun in doing that

[@rootz420]

Clickbait

[@olafolaf4646]

Me too. Glad i saw this right away.

[@anthonyhargis6855]

@@Wayzor_ Thanks for that! Watching my first video now and already liking the channel.

[@omgbrbcatsonfire7658]

I lost feeling in my legs just picturing being in the upper levels of these buildings. Looking out the window would absolutely trigger a panic attack

[@TheNetwork]

"1 mile high or 1600km" damn conversion is hard.

[@kunneman]

Fresh haircut eh?😏 Looking sharp!

[@SteveJB]

now... when is he going to get himself a real job? :)

[@garretteckhardt6665]

@@SteveJB somebody's asshurt they have to work today :) Dont hate the player.. all i gotta say

[@colmbolger518]

It's better longer. I think it suits his personality better.

[@Descanlin]

@@SteveJB When he stops making enough bank from KZbin videos that he can't afford a fuckin' Tesla. Like. Come on, man. It's capitalism, if you can make money doing it, you have a job.

[@jch8175]

Steve JB you mean a lesser-paying job

[@RacingStripeAV]

As a Lincoln-born, I couldn't help but smile a little seeing my home city's cathedral on this list, even if its record was eventually broken.

[@mikenewbry]

Watching while quarantined. "Ah yes, I remember when we used to have hope for humanity."

[@Sinnbad21]

For every 10 subscribers I donate to charity! It really started declining around 2012. But he 2016 is when social media rose to prominence more than ever and it we went down the drain lol

[@cesarpedrazamartinezgarcia725]

cant belive this has been going on so long already

[@orchdork775]

Anyone else afraid of heights??? As cool as these are, I certainly don't want to live in them 😂

[@manipurlastestviralcreator5381]

Hi

[@therocinante3443]

Joe Scott lookin' good and informing the world! Probably my favorite youtuber!

[@arnefines2356]

Yeah, my first thought. He looks so much more healthy, and even a bit skinnier.

[@joescott]

You two know how to get a response from me. ;) Haircut may help with the "looking skinnier" thing - I've been working out with a trainer lately too. Trying to get my summer dad bod.

[@therocinante3443]

@@joescott Right on Joe! Lol @ "Summer dad bod"

[@Mrwednesday84]

We have hive cities! FOR THE IMPERIUM! HAIL THE EMPEROR!

[@Julian-vl7vn]

All hail the man emperor of mankind

[@rockemsockemness]

Ave Imperator! Hail His Glorious Majesty the God Emperor of Mankind!

[@101Supercritic]

My mind fears a great pain

[@delltawnnorthri7459]

Too bad that isn't the future. The future is more elysium, with Jewish bankers and media moguls rulers over their mixed race slaves with an iron dystopian fist. Have fun; more education on the matter: Europa the last battle & The greatest story never told

[@halowraith1]

cringe

[@Razmoudah]

I wouldn't mind living in something like the Shimizu Mega City Pyramid or Ultima Tower. Of course, a lot of the basic concepts for something like that, if designed to be nearly totally self sufficient (so that it only needs mined resources brought in from outside) would do wonders for helping us work out the kinks in doing something like building self-sufficient space stations and even figuring out how to build functional colonies on other planets.

[@olivierpreziosa1707]

Wowww fantastic presentation !!! Exactly what I needed ... to design my own tower :D and yes I would love to love up there as a bird ... thank u so much !!!

[@Kalevala101]

Last building reminded me of a hive city for warhammer 40k.

[@juanfernandez1696]

I kinda see it but this is far too clean and sensible to be compared to the gothic horror monstrosities of 40k.

[@wtfineedacc]

@@juanfernandez1696 Agreed. A hive city would be a couple of those, built on top of several others that have collapsed in on themselves a few times.

[@jokuvaan5175]

It reminded me of the story of the tower of Babel

[@DrakeD3th]

That was my thought as well.

[@aeternusdoleo4531]

Fitting, it seems that the designer drew inspiration from ant nests for the cooling requirements.

[@fassaaug03]

6:38 "1 mile high or 1600 KM.." !!!! Holy Mosses!!! 😂🤣😀🤐🤐

[@jokuvaan5175]

Now that would certainly disrupt weather patterns.... and knock the ISS off the orbit and disrupt Earth's rotation....

[@xx3868]

Well... it looks like mosses didnt even exist and jesus is also doubtful (actual researched data) so i guess these mega building wont be built.. haha I like the Pyramid building as you have all the mini buildings inside all linked. Plus for the flat earthers out there, you can install a dome over the top and have your own weather...

[@jbrisby]

And sacred lichens!!!

[@wolverinegonder9997]

@@xx3868 This is actually debunked. From historic perspective it is 100% clear, that they lived. We have more prof of Jesus existence than the existence of Julius Ceasar.

[@Tezcax]

@@wolverinegonder9997 No, just no.

[@ianeons9278]

Imagine speed walking up the stairs in a 1-Mile-Tall building

[@joshjones6072]

You would definitely get hiking tourists in a building like that. Probably put a hotel at the top.

[@darkblood777]

I'd love to live in a massive arcology. I wouldn't need a car, as I can walk everywhere and take convenient mass transit for the further away points. Also we could transform a lot of the unused land in low density areas back into natural space.

[@nickcowley8757]

Damn in some of these you could join the mile high club in your own bed

[@jennyjumpjump]

Also in Denver

[@conexant51]

The Eiffel Tower is not even made from steel, but iron. A pretty amazing piece of engineering!

[@conexant51]

@Ryan Plethra Steel is an alloy!

[@conexant51]

@Ryan Plethra Look buddy!.. Iron is an element, steel (in its simplest form, Iron mixed with Carbon) is not. The definition of an alloy is a mix of one or more metals, with the addition (though not a requirement) of even more elements of non-metallic nature. Do you want to keep up this discussion, or go read a bit about material science, then come back and agree with me?

[@josealejo4638]

@Ryan PlethraI don't think anyone understands what you are saying.

[@stevenstehling]

Yup, as soon as he said steel after Eiffel Tower I was... WTF. It is made of wrought iron. For naysayers out there, wrought iron is not remotely similar to steel when it comes to material properties. The distinction is important.

[@michaeljorgensen790]

@@conexant51 The Eiffel Tower is made out of "Wrought Iron" which is a type of "Steel". Right now you are having a knee jerk reaction reading this. And you want to claim that it is not. But it is. Wrought iron has about .08 percent carbon. It has slag inclusions of metal oxides and silicon dioxide. The terminology is confusing when it comes to "Iron" because most people have the misunderstanding that when you add enough carbon there is a point when Iron becomes Steel. But even trace amounts of carbon added to molten iron will produce "steel". After you go above 2 percent carbon it is called "Cast Iron". Which further adds to peoples confusion. So if there is a history of the Eiffel tower that the builder chose "Iron instead of Steel"...that is incorrect terminology on the part of the historian. He should have said the builder chose "wrought iron as the type of steel used". If the Eiffel Tower was made of "cast iron" then the historian could say "Iron instead of Steel". But that would be ridiculous to build out of cast iron.

[@Varphi_]

Stainless steel middle finger is the best line I’ve heard all week

[@ticrific]

The pyramid city with multiple sky scrapers and tunnels is probably the coolest thing to ever be built if it happens

[@Axemantitan]

The pyramid buildings remind me of Blade Runner.

[@preben42069]

The design of the "pyramid building" was an idea one had from the company who were the ones who designed after he saw Blade Runner

[@orbita1]

That was my immediate thought! We need flying cars

[@atlas42185]

A common theme in Blade Runner's brand of sci-fi is "humans playing god face consequences." The Tyrell Corporation's HQ looks like a pyramid or ziggurat, built by some ancient civilization. The Tower of Babel however fictitious, is probably based on a real structure built in the ancient world, the tallest of which were ziggurats and The Pyramids.

[@sovietchadster907]

Hey, Dubai resident here, the observation deck on the Burj Khalifa is freakin scary, the goddam wind

[@Elyandarin]

That was my first thought on seeing it, yeah. No way would I go out there. Does it sway in the wind, too?

[@sovietchadster907]

Basically, yeah

[@Hypercube9]

Have they managed to hook the building up to the sewer system yet? Or are they still hauling all the waste out in trucks?

[@Aussiemarco]

Isn’t everything in Dubai basically built on sand?? So how do these monsters not just fall over without any foundations?

[@Hypercube9]

@@Aussiemarco They can't build on bedrock, so they use friction with the sand to make up for that. They hammered 192 piles which are steal tubes 50 meters long and 1.5 meters across down into the sand and then poured a 3.7 meter thick concrete foundation using 110,000 tons of concrete on top of those! Funny thing though about all the sand in the middle east, they can't use it for building! It's been blowing around so much it's rounded off the corners and so it doesn't lock together very well! They actually have to IMPORT SAND into the desert! LOL

[@onthelam5520]

Larry Niven wrote a science-fiction novel about 30 years ago called Ring World. In the book a distant solar system is found that has a ring around it's star. A million mile wide ring that stretches completely around the star at about the Earth's orbit from our Sun. It could be home to trillions of inhabitants. There is an ingenious way night and day would be created on the Ring World. It's a very imaginative concept. And a great read too. Larry Niven is a science fiction writer than didn't get his due credit.

[@Meeckle]

The Chrysler building is definitely up there with the most beautiful buildings in the world! My favourite might be Familia Sagrada.

[@andrewpaulhart]

Id live there As long as the architects, engineers, financiers, building contractors and government approvers all lived there with all their families

[@guitaristxcore]

Live where?

[@andrewpaulhart]

guitaristxcore those mega city sized buildings

[@m-w-y7325]

@@andrewpaulhart this feels just like that Doctor who proposed cutting some guys head off and transplanting it on another body. the guy who wanted his body replaced pulled out cause he might have had to live worse then he did with the deformed body he already had.

[@TheMightyZwom]

I don't think everyone of them could afford it...

[@livethefuture2492]

as long as someone paid for it... and a starbucks.

[@anthonylipke7754]

The pyramid sounds like a small integrated archology. The idea of having all systems integrated sounds nice.

[@jdog9420]

13:17 I used SketchUp when I was in school like 4 years ago now. It’s actually a really great programme. I used it to make a CAD for a school project mine of which was to make a gadget tidy. But on the side, when I had free time I used it to design modern homes. I’ve made many CAD’S while using it. Bet the most recent version has some sick new tools.

[@ElDEPO11]

New subscriber. Insanely interesting stuff. Very informative. Will keep watching and will recommend you. Keep up the great work.

[@curtisdecoste9345]

I have been to the glass floor on the observation level of the CN Tower, and it was unsettling to say the least. That artists conception of Jeddah Tower (6:30) and they're just chilling out on that platform garden thing.....never would I step out on that. I was cringing as I watched and they keep going higher and higher. Great Video Joe!

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Yeah... I got acrophobia just watching.

[@christianskyppytreba2036]

I'll never be able to visit any tall building tbh, I am too scared of elevators because I always have to think how much of a free fall space is under neath me... (tldr: I don't step into elevators)

[@ritwikreddy5670]

@@christianskyppytreba2036 you need help

[@scottcupp8129]

@@ritwikreddy5670 What he says is true though. Have you ever went up in an elevator and thought about the space under you or above you for that matter? I mean there are safety measures in place and some good ones but WHAT IF they all failed and the elevator ran away to the bottom? Think about it. Christian is just being realistic.

[@ritwikreddy5670]

@@scottcupp8129 The non-industrial permanent elevator fixtures have been in use since 1872. There is no reliable source for accidents before 1902. There have only been 13 such accidents since 1902. 10 of them pre 1920 when there weren't any regulations for elevator safety. One of the recent one was in a Brazilian government built apartment where sub standard elevators were installed due to corruption. Elevators carry 2.5 billion people( the total no. of times) everyday and 912 billion people every year. Assuming the use of elevators have been increasing linearly since 1920, 55 TRILLION people used elevator and there have been 3 fatal accidents and one of them was due to corruption. That is fatality rate of 0.00000000006% . There is a greater chance that you choke on your food while eating and die. And a much greater chance that you end up in a car accident.

[@cdkj8573]

I prefer to keep my happy ass at or near sea level thank you

[@filipe691]

I prefer to keep my ass at ~760 meters (the elevation of my city) and avoid the risk of tsunamis and tropical storms

[@nomadMik]

I've been staying in a town in Utah, in the US, which is at 3000 metres elevation. Water boils at 90°, which is honestly more of a pain in the arse than a trip. But yeah, I suppose I don't have to worry about tsunamis.

[@mariawhite7337]

@@nomadMik as a fellow utahn. I can boil water on the blacktop.

[@flyinthebug35]

Stumbled onto your channel through KZbin voodoo....and ended up binge watching your vids for 10 hours yesterday...and i`m back this morning, still enjoying your content. New sub, keep up the great work.

[@hareecionelson5875]

Ah, the Chrysler Building, where King Pin's Evil lair is.

[@blazinchalice]

7:55 I think you mean, "Africa will have its turn *again* " since Africa held the title for tallest man-made structure for *FOUR THOUSAND YEARS*

[@garethoneill5676]

And in all that time they never invented the wheel or learned how to use draft animals

[@blazinchalice]

Gareth Oneill wrote "And in all that time they never invented the wheel or learned how to use draft animals" Your claims are false. You, Sir, are an idiot.

[@RUHappyATM]

No way I will live in a skinny tower. Give me the MEGA-pyramid instead.

[@egeciran1785]

RUHappyATM thicc ass building

[@RudyJi158]

agreed skinny tower or spikes are fun to visit but scary to live-in. Big city state pyramids are the future.

[@chuckydickens7258]

7:54 "Some think in the future, Africa will have it's turn" [New Mombasa Space Elevator]

[@mariovwcardoso5970]

Two words, that I'd love see a video from you on the topic: Active Support

[@ColCurtis]

Eiffel Tower is made of wrought iron not steel, there is a big strength difference between the two.

[@haxxx0rz]

11:15 Going from ground floor to the top will substantially increase my travel distance to work 😂

[@shattergraves]

And you get to spend that time in an elevator where someone is bound to fart.

[@chrisrojas3561]

Year 2050. Elevators have bathrooms.

[@drippingwax]

Imagine if someone pushed all of the buttons...

[@scooby45247]

@@shattergraves it was me..

[@scooby45247]

@@drippingwax sometimes Karen deserves it.. made my day knowing there is only 1 elevator to the top floors.. serves that b*tch right for pushing my niece out of her way to get a slice of pizza..

[@johnround3587]

Great video. As always. Will you discuss space habitats one day?

[@thundergod97]

I worked in downtown Chicago and walked by the Sears Tower (the name it will always be to me) every day for about 4 years (commuting on the CTA to River North). I still never went up to the top the entire time I was there. Need to make that trip some time to do that.

[@TgSnowwy]

If the fire truck's ladder can't reach your window, your building is probably too tall.

[@ksmackvolleyball]

agree with that statement 100%.

[@1MSubsNovideos]

Buy many fire extinguishers.

[@wildwest1832]

Yeah the scariest thing about a building at these heights is not earthquakes or winds. Its a fire with no way off.

[@Deadlyish]

I also saw that Dwayne Johnson documentary

[@FrantiC119]

Who cares when there's barely enough oxygen for a fire.

[@piranha031091]

3:15 The Eiffel Tower is actually made of wrought iron, not steel! Steel would have been even better, but was too expensive back then.

[@caffiend81]

Ok so I wasn't just mis-remembering that factoid. Ty! That part of the video stuck out to me too.

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

Someone once said that we could take the iron of Eiffel tower, and build three and half similar towers that are even better by using modern construction techniques. And thats just by using the original alloys, using modern steel we could make even more towers with the same amount of metal.

[@Snyper1188]

I've eaten a steak 3 course meal at The Meat Co. In the Al Bahar Sook, drinking absinthe, watching the fountain show, synced to the lights on the Burj Khalifa. I've been to Dubai and Jabel Ali twice while in the Navy. I would go again in a heartbeat. Dubai is a beautiful place, and an experience of a lifetime.

[@RejectedInch]

talking about " compensating needs" . With the pyramid at the end that screams " Blade Runner" through and through.

[@asimo15]

... nothing beats the (one floor) wooden cabin in the forest overlooking a pristine lake (without motor boats)...

[@sikkepossu]

I couldn't agree more. :)

[@ksmackvolleyball]

I agree with that comment 100%.

[@fly2724]

But, inside one of the 120 floors ;)

[@jerrymiller276]

Getting harder and harder to find pristine lakes, though. And I don't need no frickin cabin. Just give me a good place to hang my hammock by that pristine lake.

[@kitkatkseniya4226]

@@jerrymiller276 Wow, you actually need a hammock? Just lay on natures blanket like a real man

[@kylehazachode]

I work for the post office. I’d love to live and work at one of these mega city towers. Easy delivery route, no bad weather, commuteless commute.

[@craigcorson3036]

You wouldn't be able to afford to live there on a postman's salary. Sorry.

[@brandonvelde5774]

@@craigcorson3036 Aren't postmen generally really well paid and unionized? Not to mention that most of these structure are self-sustainable archologies that effectively function as city states, not every place is California.

[@kindvandestampot32]

In 2011 the Netherlands suddenly got real insecure about the fact that we didn’t have any mountains and we wanted to build a 2 kilometer high mountain out of concrete just so we could cycle on it

[@lordjzargo7940]

Really? I'm from The Netherlands

[@mvic81818]

Your description of tallest structure is incorrect. In 1963 a radio mast was built in North Dakota that was 2,063 ft, becoming the tallest structure until the Warsaw radio mast. After the Warsaw mast’s collapse in 1991 it became the tallest yet again until the Burj Khalifa.

[@justarandomname420]

Those whom celebrate Arthursday know that the tallest buildings start with dismantling planets and nearby stars....

[@TheOneWhoMightBe]

Mercury's days are numbered.

[@thenov_1905]

1600km tall! Again with the entertaining mistakes :D #space-elevator

[@sonicgoo1121]

He did say it had since been scaled down. :P

[@muffigaming2787]

@@sonicgoo1121 What TheNov is meaning is that he said kilometres instead of meters. Thats 16 times higher up than the kaman line.

[@bosnakedisniksic]

@@muffigaming2787 he understood that. He was making a joke.

[@mustwereallydothis]

Maybe he knows something we don't. Maybe the whole project is a cover for the first space elevator. A very very tall space elevator.

[@leojciaccioii]

Prolly cuz 35,786km is geostationary orbit... ... And Joe wasn't trying to show off. " look at me I know all the orbital facts and figures! I understand numbers and remember stuff! I know how to fix canker sores I'm a freaking genius! No, it's okay. Everyone doesn't have to suck my dick. ... Well, I suppose everyone can suck my dick. Since I'm so good at knowing things and being so smart I will allow you all to fellate me! And I'm better than you!" No one wants to be that guy...

[@F0XX7]

I spent a year in UAE and never got to go to the Burj Khalifa, It looked amazing though.

[@R68OrangeQTrainProductions]

Clouds: *I’m the tallest!* X Seed 4000: *Hold my beer*

[@Apodeipnon]

Active support, anyone? SFIA gang assemble

[@michaelbock8908]

Yep. He really goes into the details.

[@MetallicMutalisk]

yea these buildings in the video are still fully inside the Earth's atmosphere, pffft.

[@OpreanMircea]

Joe somehow went around active support buildings

[@onlyrick]

Yeah, might be dangerous for Joe and Isaac to collude!

[@CockatooDude]

Where's the orbital ring! Come on architects step up your game I say!

[@AndiNordsee]

That X-Seed 4000 needs some proper slides on it´s columns. For fun AND emgergency ;)

[@michaelprice3031]

Dude, If I lived that high up, I'd paramotor to and from work, and just land on my balcony!

[@AllIsWellaus]

That building always make me think of Ghostbusters!

[@OldGamerNoob]

Dubai Creek tower: The tallest 20 story building in the world.

[@joescott]

😄

[@TheFlyingP1g]

What about a space tower using active support? (Ask Isaac Arthur)

[@armynation31B5V5P]

Isaac really knows the right stuff.

[@joescott]

When in doubt, ask Isaac Arthur.

[@feynstein1004]

@Carlos Saraiva *yet ;)

[@robertgraybeard3750]

Andrew Walker - consider PASSIVE support. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThothX_Tower *_The tower would be built out of stacked kevlar cells inflated to extreme pressures with hydrogen or helium gas_* There's enough systems hanging on it that it doesn't float away, including a launch platform 20 kilometers (12 miles) up. It replaces the first stage of a rocket/spaceplane. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIfWhqyGerNkm7s

[@bobthebomb6498]

As I understand it, don't we already have the technology to build a space ring?

[@lucid_sound_design]

I feel like taking the stairs would be equivalent to a small backpacking trip

[@jussitikkuri6991]

I don't see how anyone can think that putting a 1008+ foot building in Saudi Arabia can be a real good idea at all.

[@Wayzor_]

So, these will be the locations our future A.I. overlords will reside in.

[@GameSpyDarkAge]

Future AI CEOs*

[@BuzzMonkeyDong]

Mr.House in the lucky 38

[@dream1430]

Pretty much

[@winstonmiller9649]

That's a scary thought. 😲

[@counterr6750]

OriginalTharios Why? Look at our world and think how ridiculous it is from the perspective of just a hundred years ago. And AI is something already in quite successful development. You can argue the possibility of creating consciousness, but that’s just playing with the defection if AI. An inconceivably complex computer system controlling a society is totally possible. It might not happen though if something fucks up all the electronics or a crisis happens, or people rebel against such an idea. But the technology for it is here

[@Voltanaut]

Joe, mate, this is one of your best videos. Massive respect. I as constantly laughing and gasping at the buildings. This is the stuff of scifi. I really hope these buildings are built.

[@QuantumS1ngularity]

I would love to live on one of the top floors of that X-seed 4000. 4000m isn't that high, it will just require some acclimatization for sure, but balconies aren't that outlandish. Imagine getting up in the morning and going for a morning coffee on you balcony 4000m above ground. Man, the view would be something else. You would also be quite away from the noise of the city/cities below you.

[@budahofbirmingham7593]

Build a high tower, bring electric gliders up central lift shaft, launch from the top. No noise pollution, much lower power requirements and you could put this airport in the middle of a city.

[@leakyabstraction]

"had a fall-out with a guy called H. Craig *Severence*" - I know we write it as 'severance', but still LOL

[@jettbezos8074]

Can you do a video on deep we can build thanks love your work

[@raymondbiskner6885]

That actually brings up a good question: Is there a record for DEEPEST building?

[@Johnny-rx4hs]

I guess part of that answer is how deep we can drill, which would be a little over 12km. Or at least that's the furthest anyone has tried.

[@tonynagy2042]

@@Johnny-rx4hs - You are correct... for some reason, we are unable to drill deeper. I personally dont think its a good idea to try and drill deeper, incase we hit a Trillion billion cubic feet gas pocket that blows out and destroys the earth....hmmm

[@NemeanLion-]

You’d have to constantly pump oxygen below ground levels.

[@hrthrhs]

Humans can go soo deep

[@sharks3010]

Thinking about the Ultima tower and X-Seed tower projects both excites and terrifies me at the same time. Warhammer 40k and Necromunda fans will know what I'm talking about. Hive city living in all it's glory!

[@williamchamberlain2263]

The Ballad Of Halo Jones, from 2000AD

[@Maxbps88]

I studied Arch in college (have a Minor in Arch). The Chrysler Building was an enigma to me. I did not care for it much in study/books/pictures...THEN I saw it in-person = it is gorgeous, beautiful and one of the greatest building ever designed and built. (Antoni Gaudi is the greatest Architect...EVER and Sagrada Familia is the greatest building/structure ever designed and built.)

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

A building is too tall if you forget your car keys and have to take the morning off work to go back upstairs to get them.

[@CybershamanX]

Here's the thing... One (or more) of these buildings is going to come down before the end of its expected end of life date. It's just how things happen. Eventually, circumstances will align to bring about its destruction. And it will likely turn out to be because of someone skimping on materials or otherwise cutting corners. I'm wondering if you would even be able to sift through that much debris to find the cause. I actually have much more faith in the pyramidal type structures or the ones with wide bases. Sure, some sort of catastrophe could still occur, but part of the structure would be saved, as in the base. At some point they are going to decide that a building needs to come down, but can you even do a controlled demolition on a structure that huge? I mean, the surrounding infrastructure would certainly be unable to escape destruction from so much material coming down. So, I don't know. I think these problems are "something for future generations to deal with". I guess we'll just have to wait and see! ;)

[@joescott]

There's a reason why the Great Pyramid is the only one of the ancient wonders of the world that's still around.

[@CybershamanX]

Right, guys. I understand that sometimes space is at a premium. Heck, that's why we started building "skyscrapers" in the first place. And for the most part, it's a perfectly fine strategy. But, these buildings which are essentially mile high needles make me uneasy. When I was a young lad, I remember seeing a building in Seattle, Washington that looked like a normal boxy building except that it's base tapered to a size significantly smaller than the main structure above. I'm sure the reason was it took up less space on the ground, but, really, is that such a good idea? I keep thinking about Jurassic Park and how the scientists were so preoccupied with figuring out if they _could_ recreate dinosaurs, that they didn't stop and consider if they _should_ . I imagine building something that could conceivably last practically "forever" would be preferable to making something unimaginably large that even if it never accidentally falls will need to be replaced at some point. On the other hand, the pyramidal proposal could conceivably stand for as long as, yes, the ancient Egyptian pyramids. Imagine _generations_ of people living in the same "house", possibly rarely even leaving the main structure since everything one would need is all there, such as jobs, food distribution establishments, and entertainment centers of unimaginable scope. Just imagine "mountain" climbing on specially designed surfaces within "wild" safari areas or you could just camp out, even make a campfire (bring in your own city provided special burning material or else the park rangers will suspend your park privileges! Better to just use a small plasma generator. :P ), and sleep under the stars (in sections exposed to the elements, with artificial lighting within enclosed portions) when you just want to get away from it all. So, we need to think more forward instead of just the next 1 to 2 hundred years. Until one of these things comes down, planned or not, it's just going to be a "my...a-hem...'structure' is bigger than yours". ;)

[@misskai8158]

@@CybershamanX When on a sidewalk, or at ground level, with the rectangular way buildings are built, if they built right to property line, you block out the sky... "tall and narrow" is the international mantra of city scape planners today in order to increase density, yet still preserve street and sidewalk views.

[@bashisobsolete.pythonismyn6321]

@@misskai8158 true. Also, is a matter of culture. In India, three generations live together in one house. No need for tower blocks.

[@ksmackvolleyball]

@@joescott Well, in a fairness, the pyramids are pretty much solid rock. They were not made hollow so that people could live in them. In essence, the pyramids are closer to man-made mountains as opposed to buildings.

[@GreenB34NNN]

Imagine the worker builders have to wear a parachute while building the very top of it so that in case they fall they have a chance of survival

[@perm1730]

I've always wondered how tall buildings don't buckle at the bottom from all of the weight. Is there some way the weight is distributed throughout the whole structure, or something?

[@WillEDC]

I remember there was a theory about when a city builds its tallest building, it’s in danger of an economic crash. Happened multiple times in history. Maybe coincidence.

[@feynstein1004]

Hmm that sounds quite interesting. Do you have any further reading on this perhaps?

[@MortyMortyMorty]

Lmao look around Asia they build the tallest building in every city every year.

[@steamcastle]

that makes sense, new cites that want to show off how good it is going are likely riding on a bubble, meaning if they don't diversify before the bubble burst the economic crash.

[@Hypercube9]

The Renaissance Center in Detroit came following a long downhill slide for decades. But after it was built it's economy stayed crashed for several decades.

[@Dayvit78]

Just a coincidence. Everywhere is always "in danger" of an economic crash. For that to have any predictive power, you need to define what a crash is and how long after the building is built. End result: you won't be able to. Most of the countries where supertall buildings have been built recently are still going on business as usual several years on.

[@lowhanlindsey]

Ive seen the new Dredd movie so no, I wouldn't want to live in one of these mega-blocks!

[@discatded]

i love airports and the og concept of malls specifically bc thats. everything in there. like i could live a life in there. its like a community of ppl you dont know but are sharing an experience with. so yes i would love to live in one of these :)

[@user-gr9te5qw5e]

If we had tall buildings everywhere, we could all glide to where we needed to go energy free. Glide through tubes or flying gliders. Thats the future