Is Civilization on the Brink of Collapse?

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At its height, the Roman Empire was home to about 30 % of the world’s population, and in many ways the pinnacle of human advancement. Rome became the first city in history to reach one million inhabitants and was a center of technological, legal, and economic progress. An empire impossible to topple, stable and rich and powerful.
Until it wasn’t anymore. First slowly then suddenly, the most powerful civilization on earth collapsed. If this is how it has been over the ages, what about us today? Will we lose our industrial technology, and with that our greatest achievements, from one dollar pizza to smartphones or laser eye surgery? Will all this go away too?
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[@cypressz]

"We just need to actually do it." If history has proven anything it's that societies never prepare for problems until they're already collapsing from them. EDIT: Since this got so much of a response I'll add to this - society goes through cycles. The people that solve the problems are the ones that had to live with the collapse and have no choice. Sadly we're seeing the death of a golden age as the system we're in can no longer adapt to the problems we face. I like Kurzgesagt's optimism, but systems either work or they don't. Every system works until it breaks because it cannot change and ours is no different. I hope I'm wrong but if we match the pattern of history I will not be.

[@devilskind92]

... Despite countless warnings. In fact, those who warn are often seen as deceptive enemies with ulterior motives.

[@Neptunes_Bounty]

@@devilskind92 Can you give examples of said people. Im actually really curious lol.

[@alphaenterprise2232]

What our society is, greatly depicts movie "don't look up"

[@harrylane4]

Good thing we are preparing for a rapidly incoming collapse in the next fifty years, right? … right???

[@ninjacreeper541]

FAAAAAACTS

[@Malisteen]

if the question is "is civilization about to collapse?" then an answer of "don't worry, humanity will probably survive to rebuild over the following centuries" is maybe not the most reassuring answer.

[@olakeacev5023]

Just being realistic

[@sev1993]

you know things are looking bad when even Kurzgesagt is giving up on humanity

[@tachytwo2534]

Look ok the kursgesat team are very broke after the last two videos that need vacation clickbait moeny

[@goncalovazpinto6261]

another video that doesn't answer the question that it poses...

[@Bleach_Ice_Cream]

Then what exactly do you want? There's two paths you can take here. 1. Be pessimistic & constantly comment on Reddit or KZbin about how fucked we are 2. Be optimistic about the future & try to improve upon yourself & your own relationships with those around you each day Like honestly, what are you expecting? NOBODY & I mean NOBODY has any definitive idea on what the future holds. But come on now, saying NOT to be optimistic is actively sabotaging yourself & everyone around you. It's a bad mindset to have & a hard one to escape.

[@MandJTV]

I think this video needs a title change. It doesn't answer if we're on the brink of collapse at all. It simply talks about how civilization would recover if it does collapse.

[@Kranon]

This collapse is taking so damn long tho... Why isn't like just tomorrow? Why is everyone taking their sweet time. If it breaks now, we can stop worrying about it happening the very next day. Particularly speaking about the so called "wars" we have going on right now.

[@Flairis]

Yeah this is one of the more vague kurtz vids I’ve watched in a while

[@tunisino35]

I wasn’t expecting to see you here How is your break going?

[@Panero419]

We just want the world of Pokémon to collapse

[@the_dete]

Doesn't it kind of speak for itself though

[@DoctorRuddy]

“Humanity is like a teenager speeding around blind corners drunk and without a seatbelt” -Kurzgesagt

[@deceiver444]

That was the most factual statement in the whole video.

[@immortalsun]

I read this comment as he said that

[@charlien6123]

No, humanity are all evil, eating each other for clout, this world will be inherited by demons, demon lives matter

[@TCRgalaxy]

Petroleum based Parasitic Plague Phase aka 8.3 Billion…WASF🔥🌎🔥

[@williamyoung9401]

Bronze Age Collapse...

[@gabrieljordan8015]

As an electrician I get overwhelmed with work after a simple thunderstorm.. I couldn't imagine how stressed out I would be trying to rebuild society (assuming I live through the collapse)

[@randomlinuxuser]

The good news is you would be able to take on apprentices without needing certs since there would be no government. It’s more important to get electricity back to a bunch of people than it is to make sure everything is up to code. Obviously you’d go back and check later, but if you had good people helping out, it’d be more helpful than anything.

[@logicflakes8911]

I was just thinking about how hard it would be to be a leader of new civilization and starting up the industrial revolution again, getting back safe water supply, modern amenities etc

[@BestMoviesInLessTime]

Thanks for your hard work. We appreciate you sir!

[@zau64]

Depending on how bad it was you might only have like four houses to take care of in your community. 🤷‍♀️

[@Iemonic]

sorry

[@storyspren]

I'm not worried about whether civilization can recover, I'm worried about having to recover. I'm personally not that keen on experiencing civilizational collapse, and knowing that those who make it through will rebuild doesn't really change that. The bronze age collapse is a curious bit of history to us, but to the people living through it, it might as well have been the end of the world. In relation to the bronze age collapse, I'm one of the people learning about it via unfathomable technologies 3000 years later, but in relation to whatever happens in our time, collapse or no, I'm that bronze age rando who would much rather have reliable access to food and not have to go to war.

[@cristencray4049]

Agreed 👍

[@jsnrvst]

There's a reason "May you live in interesting times" is meant as a curse.

[@senorelroboto2]

If there is a collapse, you won't be around long enough for the recovery. Your sole job will be to attempt to survive and produce offspring just like everyone else. It will be your descendants that go through the recovery.

[@xXEP1C1337Xx]

We should not be pussies

[@jackstod]

Sound like a puff.

[@angusyang5917]

Interesting that you guys didn't mention the Bronze Age Collapse, which is often the event that many people point to as the defining societal collapse. However, even the Bronze Age Collapse didn't entirely erase civilization, as major civilizations like Assyria, Egypt, and Babylonia were able to weather the storm and survive into classical times. I think the collapse of the Roman Empire was simplified here, because while the empire in Italy itself fell, the eastern half of the empire survived, all the way until 1453, and Italy, Spain, France, England, and North Africa were taken over by new kingdoms of Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Franks, Anglo-Saxons, and Vandals rather than falling into total societal collapse. In fact, Italy in particular would see a resurgence under king Theodoric the Great. If anything, it was the Byzantines' invasion and reconquest of Italy that actually caused the bigger societal collapse than the fall of Rome itself.

[@jxmai7687]

look like some people is confused, civilization and Empire is different, even the Empire collapse the civilization could be continued.

[@Croz89]

So much of the BAC is still a complete mystery as well. We still don't really know what caused it and why.

[@moipessoa7145]

I hate to be that guy but pointing to the bronze age collapse as the end of human society is highly eurocentric, there were plenty of other civilizations during that time period that would have carried out if europe went dark, same with the black death or the dark ages

[@Noooiiiissseee]

I mean it's an 11 minute video, of course its explanation for the collapse of the Roman Empire is simplified. Unless they wanted to make a documentary series it kinda has to be.

[@Anankin12]

That's why they showed the western empire disappear but the eastern one remain, isn't it

[@lemon9389]

as always I absolutely loved this video, but just personally I feel like it more answered “can civilization recover from a collapse” than “how likely is it for civilization to collapse?” Cuz honestly im worried more about the latter

[@channelname4331]

in the video he said that a collapse is the rule so its inevitable but it wont always affect the citizen that much

[@fauxcuss2]

@@channelname4331 More accurately, they said that it has always been the rule. Not necessarily that global civilization as we know it will inevitably collapse.

[@SubtleSerpent]

If you are that worried about the future, find a fortune teller. Or a scientist who thinks he is a fortune teller, they seem to be everywhere.

[@left4twenty]

@@SubtleSerpent because a statement like "the earth is getting hotter" is just as much a guess as a fortune teller saying you'll find success 🤣 I have no proof the sun will rise tomorrow, I only have evidence it will. Am I trying to "predict the future", there?

[@sorenkazaren4659]

@@SubtleSerpent a lot of those scientists are looking at data and saying what will happen if we continue down the same path. It isn’t fortune telling to tell someone that throwing a ball into the air will lead to it falling down. That’s common sense yeah? But we learned it through observation, the first time someone sees something thrown into the air they don’t know it’ll come back down. But based on the many thousands of times you’ve seen it happen in your life (data) you can pretty safely say that when you do it again, it’ll result in that outcome.

[@Bluekiwi28]

It's harrowing how we've gone from "hey, humanity is doing all kinds of things to help secure our future, its not all bad!" to "hey, not all of us will die, we're like cockroaches!" I appreciate these videos and the message they try and give us but damn I hate that our potential futures look so grim now.

[@memeswithcringe1624]

To be fair, this video differs from the Climate Change series, in that it needs to make a lot of worst case assumptions.

[@gapplssb]

"Someone smart" Someone not smart

[@NiNE0s]

We're not exactly like cockroaches but we might still have a chance.. might

[@B1omaH]

It is not the future that looks grim, it's us who see it grim.

[@CalebSalstrom]

@@B1omaH If we see the future as grim how is that any different than it looking grim?

[@daniell1483]

The past couple of years has really given me this sense that the world is more unstable than just a few years ago. Maybe we aren't facing extinction, but it does feel like there is a real chance of civilization stumbling. I hope that is just a worst case scenario. But I can't help but feel a tension, a sense of fear.

[@RealValkor]

In a way we're slowly but surely digging our own grave lol

[@haraldtopfer5732]

well we are in a disruptive phase. All the entropy cause by the rapid technological advances of the last century is still in the system. I mean, the global goal of finance and politics was to create stability at all costs. The rigidity and security acted as guarantor for the economy to savely invest an grow. Phase change is long overdue however and the longer we wait the more voilent it will be (perhabs).

[@MrSixthcircle]

i pray we only stumble but the great filter is looking more and more imminent

[@bizmasterTheSlav]

It is all because of russia.

[@xddude]

Not worrying about things that are out of your control will make you a happier person. Edit: I would like to shoutout the user Jul W down below for doing his damndest to insult as many users as possible.

[@princeali417]

Is modern civilization about to collapse? -No one knows for sure but most historians would say no, not yet. Will modern civilization collapse? -Yes. Will we recover? -Yes.

[@joeygoll6233]

Will we recover? more of a maybe

[@10buy10]

@@joeygoll6233i’d say the collapse is more of a maybe

[@ziff_1]

MIT predicted the fall of civilization in 2040, multiple studies since then have said it was legit and that we're still on track for it. Just from the eyeball test, it certainly feels like we're heading that way (end game capitalism is out of control)

[@TCRgalaxy]

Completely hopelessly intractably existentially doomed…

[@andrewthomas695]

​@@joeygoll6233Given human history, more like a "likely".

[@flovv9357]

“When we look at modern man, we have to face the fact...that modern man suffers from a kind of poverty of the spirit, which stands in glaring contrast to his scientific and technological abundance; We've learned to fly the air like birds, we've learned to swim the seas like fish, and yet we haven't learned to walk the Earth as brothers and sisters...” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

[@Matt-fs1yy]

"...yet we haven't learned to walk the Earth as brothers and sisters..." We're at our best when we're separated, thanks though. I'm not walking in harmony with people who don't put out the effort and possess the same level of conscientiousness that I do. Doesn't matter who they are.

[@djcoolbeat6934]

@@Anttyx One can't make every neighbor like them even with the best of effort which is what the commenter was saying.

[@psltmtir]

@@Matt-fs1yy "same level of consciousness" my eyes are gonna roll so hard they could power a turbine you degenerate racist

[@inerti4]

@@Matt-fs1yy Effort and "conscientiousness" are subjective matters on a scale relative to your environment and upbringing. Do your best to make a friend out of anybody, and you will soon find that they excell in skills that you do not possess and follow respectable values of their own.

[@Monaleenian]

@Alex W. No, that's a very bad idea though. What if they murder all your children or something for no reason? Do you think that you should still show them kindness and compassion? Of course not, your response should be to kill them or ensure that their murderous genes are eliminated so that they don't inflict misery on future generations. If somebody hasn't done anything heinous like that then showing compassion and kindness and all of that is fine, but you can't just show compassion in all circumstances, especially in a situation like I mentioned where the recipient of your compassion ensures your extinction!

[@benoithudson7235]

"Without civilization, most people would not have been born" -- that's why there were so few humans before 1991. Thank Sid Meier for saving us.

[@kibonn72]

underrated comment, by far the best of this comment section

[@counterfeitniko2658]

Bet most people ain't gonna get it

[@yeetywet5490]

No worries boys we can just buy things with faith👌

[@mithu2cool]

Lmao

[@CruckDuck03]

lmao

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

“Let’s counter existential dread with appreciation for humanity. Look how far we’ve come as a species.” This is the thing I always appreciate about these videos, they manage to make you feel hopeless throughout most of the video, only to offer you some encouraging words at the end.

[@amazingthings6103]

Youuu

[@No-rr8hx]

How many channels are commenting on

[@somebodyhere3160]

then again, there are the amogus’ in the video

[@RaptorBlood6]

DUDE WHY IS THIS GUY LITERALLY EVERYWHERE IN THE COMMENT SECTION OF EVERY VIDEO I WATCH WTF

[@yaboyyoob7531]

Yeah they alway tip toe the line of existential dread and optimism that seems unwarranted considering what humans are doing.

[@Gedraaide_teelbal]

2:27 they really tried to sneak among us in this sneaky bastards

[@haptila]

lol

[@SamanthaBettin]

Lmaoo I WAS searching the comment section to see if anyone else noticed

[@aayanshbvs8337]

Blue was not an imposter

[@HAThasHats]

@@SamanthaBettin same

[@l.v.k9000]

My mum used to call me that ,, sneaky basterd ,, my question was - ooh, who did you sleep with ? 😂

[@jaswaggon]

“Humanity is like a teenager, speeding around drunk corners, blind without a seatbelt.” What an outstanding way to describe the rapid growth of humankind.

[@donHooligan]

money-spenders are one toxic culture. indigenous people are humanity.

[@pickles9774]

No Humanity is a penal colony for extra dimensional beings.

[@Greg-yu4ij]

Yeah, but what a ride!

[@HyperHrishiHD]

“Speeding around *blind* corners, *drunk* without a seatbelt” I’m sorry I had to say it but it makes all the difference

[@zhyakoxalid6892]

@dev stuff what do you mean

[@DroolingLizard]

Reminds me of Hari Seldon coming up with Psychohistory in the Foundation series by Isaac Ssimov. Not trying to prevent the collapse of civilization, but to minimize its duration and damage in order for a new civilization to arise from the ashes as soon as possible. Of course Psychohistory is pure sci-fi (for now) but it's definitely one of the most interesting ideas I've encountered in sci-fi.

[@TheAmericanAmerican]

I'm currently re-reading the Foundation series for the 4th time because every year that goes by seems like another year of confirmation for the eminent global civilization collapse...

[@ravenknight4876]

Psychohistory is just Fancy Word for Dialectical Materialism.

[@lightfallonthehead3842]

@@ravenknight4876 it honestly looks like its the other way around

[@brushstroke3733]

Whoever wrote this video is about as clued in as Azimov's encyclopedists! 🤣

[@tommasostevanato8038]

Yeah until you fund out it’s all completly bullshit thanks to Galaxia and Daneel

[@FacterinoCommenterino]

Today's fact: Ancient Greeks came up with the idea of cyclops after they found a fossil of a mammoth, and had no idea what it was.

[@Boxxed0ut]

cool i didnt know that

[@Pelayyy]

Good fact

[@vibewebyt2293]

Still don't know how they managed to think a 2 eyed creature can be a 1 eye standing beast.

[@jo-lv9iz]

I thought it was because maybe the cyclops baby deformity.

[@invertco1955]

Goes to show how misinformed we can be when first looking at what appears to be a complete picture.

[@lilmsgs]

I'm not worried about the survival of humanity, I'm worried about my civilization crumbling around me

[@calebfraser5173]

A bit selfish wouldn't you say?

[@lilmsgs]

@@calebfraser5173 Are you saying I shouldn't be concerned with civilization crashing around me bc it's sure to recover within a couple of centuries?

[@jgnip]

The subject of this video is actually: "Can civilization recover after collapse?".

[@Xarello111]

Agreed, I'm surprised that they didn't actually answer the question presented in the title. I think that this is one of the few of their videos that's left me a bit puzzled

[@AS-Phoenix.2]

The title is 'will we collapse' and video shows that 'we may recover'. That's a indirect yes to me. They can't just say 'yes it'll happen' right? That's why they don't directly give the answer.

[@darklight6921]

plus he got the wrong answer. the answer is no.

[@phantompizza]

@@darklight6921 of course civilisation will collapse, what are u talking about

[@williamyoung9401]

Don't worry; when we all die, we'll all turn into coal and the next civilization can just use that. Problem solved! Long may the dogs reign! 🐶🐕🦮

[@Sorenzo]

Kurzgesagt: "Should you worry about climate change? Of course not, dummy!" Also Kurzgesagt: "We'll be fine if 90% of people die... On an evolutionary timescale." I feel so much better about climate change now. On evolutionary timescales, my horrifying death won't matter to me!

[@maxtoke5557]

its pretty concerning to see how many people are complementing kurzgesagt for this video. It's strangely disrespectful to the very fans of the channel.

[@binay413963]

@@maxtoke5557 I agree in many ways , but it is our opinion I think these guys are being waaay too optimistic and unintentionally /intentionally manipulating us

[@jaredhoeft2832]

Yep. This channel suffers from what I might call harmful optimism.

[@ktk1144]

@@jaredhoeft2832 🤡🦍

[@gutfriedvonguttenberg5614]

Well, the title-question "Is civilization on the brink of collapse?" wasn't really answered. Instead, we got a nice explanation of what a collapse of civilization would mean and why humanity itself would probably survive it

[@smittyvanjagermanjenson182]

They did answer it. They stated that every major civilization has collapsed and that we're no different, in fact worse off because of our ties to current tech, networking, and major supply chains. That said, they can't just start calling off a bunch of predictions that lead to the collapse, only give examples if something were to go wrong in our very fragile society.

[@the_crypter]

@@smittyvanjagermanjenson182 naah, very clickbait title to peddle the bs book.

[@markigirl2757]

@@the_crypter how would we know we are totallly different from what we were 100 years ago shit even the last 30 or so years. We can only draw back from the past bc we haven’t quite a collapse in modern times just yet.’if we end up surviving one in the future someone will make a video of that in the future but most likely we’ll be dead

[@sephypantsu]

Well... the video basically implied yes.

[@kosmosXcannon]

Yeah before the collapse was more local, now it is global.

[@Galimeer5]

>Civilizations always collapse but humanity always recovers Well shit. Guess we gotta wait for another space rock

[@eltiolavara9]

doesnt give me much hope that this video is less about "are we on the brink of civilization collapse" and more about "a complete collapse wouldn't be THAT bad"

[@1pcfred]

Starving to death isn't so bad.

[@entity5279]

@@1pcfred getting hit with a nuclear bomb? nah not too bad lol

[@FMHikari]

Not that bad for those who come after you, that is!

[@NipplesOfDestiny]

We will not collapse they didn’t even mention colonizing other planets, mining the asteroid belt etc.

[@jeffersonclippership2588]

Collapse is the only chance we have to change things for the better. We know that if things continue as normal we're all screwed.

[@MrGuru666999]

"Did we manage to unlock a new fear for you?" Yes, it happens everytime I see a new Kurzgesagt video or learn a new thing. The possibilities of using the wrong way any knowledge is so great. The good thing is watching these videos show at least someone cares on not going the wrong path. Thanks guys!

[@kingremus7544]

Try some exurbia videos :p

[@ProtonCannon]

Truth be said. Kurzgesagt is my monthly does of existential dread.

[@lindsey6870]

It'll be fine, just buy this pretty map poster!

[@Idkwhtpsipto]

So you acknowledge every time you see something new like this it gives you a new fear? That’s exactly what the AI wants. The machine wants you afraid and anxious so you’re easier to control.

[@forryko9504]

My brain is like: BEEP, BEEP! New existential fear unlocked! Specifics: - Number assigned: 189 - Scale: The whole humanity. - Probability of coming true: Depends. Beeeeep..... The fear has been categorized and put to the archive. Sector C. 😄

[@TimeBucks]

Great video as always

[@morellatovar4151]

Bien

[@kishungamer4036]

Nice

[@urvashikumari5187]

Wow so beautiful very nyc 👌👍👌👌👍☺️

[@Anakha3109]

👍

[@osmelimontilla6302]

cool

[@VRichardsn]

For some reason, that bird looking with glee when it finally managed to produce a toast was heart warming.

[@yeabsiraleblanc-cormier8177]

fr

[@betterchapter]

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes" - Mark Twain

[@videogames8261]

@SneedGaming ok I believe you

[@yugen]

"Jar Jar is the key to all of this." - Mark Twain

[@cassoulucas]

I have no doubt that a new sort of civilization could emerge after a collapse. But still, the problem is what happens to us before there's a new civilization that emerges. I'd like not to spent the end of my life scavaging for food because our current lifestyle is not sustainable...

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

EXACTLY. These things don't happen overnight they take some serious time to recover.

[@ZombieOfun]

Right? It's rad that humanity as a whole is pretty resilient but I think it's in everyone's best interest that we work to prevent collapse rather than recover 😅

[@natashaorr1596]

That’s when you can choose to opt yourself out. There’s plenty of fast exits.

[@devilskind92]

@@ZombieOfun The problem is, the moment someone says what must be done to prevent collapse (eradicate capitalism), people get extremely defensive, because we've been taught that "this is how things are". And so we keep threading this self-destruction path because everyone is too afraid of ghosts created by the capitalists.

[@henkhenkste6076]

that is coming up soon sorry to tell ya

[@JasonOfArgo]

I'm happy to learn that a mere four centuries after our horrible deaths from civilizational collapse, humanity might finally find life slightly more tolerable again before the cycle begins anew. Thank you Kurzgesagt!

[@d0nj03]

And they don't even get into how we're running out of easily exploitable non-coal energy sources and how renewable or nuclear are nowhere near good enough to replace them (1. because they cost too much upfront energy just to build the new extraction/generation tech, 2. because we're nowhere near having replaced our supply-chain-critical vehicles with electrics), meaning any civilizational recovery will have to stop at the agricultural stage for lack of high-density energy sources to rebuild anything anywhere close to the kind of industry we have today. They're always trying so damn hard to be positive that they end up spreading disinformation, like that utter stupidity from that guy's book, about how we need more people instead of fewer - true, if you want to burn through the remaining energy even faster, and be ever more certain that any civilizational rebirth will be impossible because humans will have nothing to power it with. We're simply almost done on this planet, industrial civilization is done, especially since we're being fed absurd optimistic disinformation like this, lulling us back to sleep and business as usual, ensuring that we will burn all of the remaining easy-energy and leave nothing for the next cycle of civilization that might otherwise have been possible.

[@baigandinel7956]

I don't think the time scales are valid any longer in terms of how long a civilization survives. It seems to be quite a bit longer.

[@elizabeth70001]

You are funny!

[@I_am_not_spooky]

Jesus loves you

[@bob-pr8ye]

I mean........why can't all Countries just go back to the drawing board, reset and just write off all debt and start over. Nobody owes anything, not a penny ! See what I did there

[@misc3lIane0us]

The problem isn’t that society might collapse it’s that a large portion of the population looks forward to it

[@starsixtyseven195]

As usual the only comment asking the real questions gets 0 replies

[@nhunguyen091]

Why wouldn't they though? Almost everywhere they look, there is misery and suffering, and life seems hopeless and meaningless. They just want the pain of existence to stop.

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

It makes sense though as some of the most popular religions to date hold a global cataclysm/apocalypse to be imminent.

[@deemika]

It's only democrats that look forward to societal collapse.

[@OutragedPufferfish]

I'm one of them.

[@MrIsleNFair]

As an amateur marine ecologist i just wanna give a shout and massive thanks for mangroves, seagrasses, salt marshes, and phytoplanktons for their contribution to sustain us with absorbing CO2 that we produce.

[@rocketcello5354]

They are amazing at filtering water too. There was a flood near my grandparents house, and a lot of sediment and junk would have been washed out to sea, and it was, but the area around the mangroves looked much cleaner. It wasn't clean, cause there was a lot of microorganisms like Ecoli and you didn't swim near any rivers, but it it just stopped the potential affects of massive sediment outwash. And some people could recover lost items in the mangroves, but a few feet got hurt cause of those upwards roots

[@minaberric4069]

I wish I could smoke them out for that tbh they’re real for that

[@minaberric4069]

@@rocketcello5354 thank god for certain microorganisms

[@magicdinsmore3107]

As an amateur human I just want to give a shout out to all mammals. Without you the plant life as we know it today would not be able to survive.

[@AndreiShevtsov]

So can we grow more of them instead of killing all the cows and eating insects instead?

[@Innersloth]

Seeing the lil' Crewmate at 2:26 was a nice surprise :D Thank you for the video, beautiful and thoughtful as always. 💙

[@goofygoober7248]

Amogus

[@rohitinc]

Whoa, hey innersloth

[@SampilotA320neo]

thats what I call sus.

[@OmegaMemeBoss]

Sussy sloth

[@whetstonee]

sus

[@nickpsilvestri]

"Some people will probably survive." Thank you Kurzgesagt, very reassuring.

[@smittyvanjagermanjenson182]

Cataclysmic events work like lysol. We can't all just perish lol.

[@TheYafaShow]

Optimist: the glass is half full Pessimist: the glass is half empty Bitcoiner: the glass is totally decentralized

[@isnortjarsofdirt6004]

I mean, that's how it would most likely go

[@nigh7ynigh7]

"Just leave some petrol for future societies to go the way of the dodo just like we will repeating all of our mistakes"

[@reedehinger2636]

@@smittyvanjagermanjenson182 except nukes aren't lysol... they're nukes. and last I checked humans don't have the ability to uptake plasmids for survival, nor do we have inherent genes that make us resistant to radiation poisoning. Yeah, antibiotics and thermonuclear weapons are not the same.

[@chungus816]

Top ten ways you can positively impact the world: overthrow corrupt and harmful governments

[@Mutual_Information]

Kurzgesagt has the right mix of techno optimism and doomsday warning to motivate the audience into reducing existential risks. It’s a noble strategy and it appears it’s working - I’m happy to be part of it.

[@himegsweg]

yes okokokokok

[@IAmTheEagleHTM]

I've seen it actually working. Kurzgesagt did motivate some people I know to be better.

[@mishan6908]

Don't translate!!! 😎 ເຈົ້າຖືກສາບແຊ່ງເພາະວ່າມັນຖືກແປຖ້າເຈົ້າບໍ່ທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງ, ເຈົ້າຈະຕາຍວິທີດຽວທີ່ຈະທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງແມ່ນເພື່ອຈອງຊ່ອງທາງຂອງຂ້ອຍລົງ​ທະ​ບຽນ​ດຽວ​ນີ້.

[@ShrimpFry_Cute]

Techno but less upload time and more ethical theories of our society and life.

[@DDumbcan]

@@mishan6908 ok

[@funnyalias6089]

Beautifully animated as always. What I don't like is how you avoid the very question that is asked in the title of the video. Instead of looking at possible signs of a looming collapse you skip right ahead to the rebuilding phase. This is probably trying to put a hopeful, positive spin on things but it basically accepts collapse as a reality as if it has already happened. Which, sadly, makes the title seem like click bait.

[@mrperry5113]

Whether or not it’s a little clickbait-ish, you should know they did a video on the topic you’re describing some time ago

[@johnlarro6872]

It is inevitable.

[@ProfessorToadstool]

this whole channel is click bait Edit: intended for children and the feeble minded, for those who cannot think for themselves, and using cartoons to discuss serious matters non-satirically is a big clue

[@telegrxm]

@@ProfessorToadstool theres nothing wrong with cartoons as a medium, you're not a forward thinker because of trust issues with media

[@Rotter99]

This is just a sales pitch for the book and Effective Altruism (EA) in general

[@SatyamKumar-vd7xm]

This is probably one of the most optimistic and inspiring ones you've done yet. I needed this today, thank you.

[@mishan6908]

Don't translate!!! 😎 ເຈົ້າຖືກສາບແຊ່ງເພາະວ່າມັນຖືກແປຖ້າເຈົ້າບໍ່ທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງ, ເຈົ້າຈະຕາຍວິທີດຽວທີ່ຈະທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງແມ່ນເພື່ອຈອງຊ່ອງທາງຂອງຂ້ອຍລົງ​ທະ​ບຽນ​ດຽວ​ນີ້.

[@impcityangel3245]

Don't translate him he will curse you with death unless you subscribe to his channel.

[@b_read6941]

@@mishan6908 ok i wont

[@Wigion]

@@mishan6908 you fool i have seen the golden monkey

[@rynhex]

fun fact if this were to happen, you would die you wouldnt rebuild civilisation a small percentage of humans would youd perish, theres your optimism

[@Wulfdane]

All empires fall, it’s inevitable. But out of that, for better or worse, a new empire eventually rises only to fall and be replaced.

[@rachelkeith3265]

Kinda surprised that the title question was never directly answered - the question wasn't "Could civilization recover from collapse?" It was "Is civilization on the brink of collapse?" This went curiously unanswered 🤔

[@UltraMicroBudget]

No doubt. Underrated comment

[@internet_user1131]

Exactly. It's also kind of dreadful how answering the question "Could civilization recover from collapse?" only implies that the collapse is coming and it's inevitable

[@AllenSmithe]

The answer is yes.

[@TheAmericanAmerican]

Also curious that they barely mentioned the biggest threat to us: climate change... I honestly think it's because Kurzgesagt knows that the collapse has already begun...

[@CommandoBlack123]

@@AllenSmithe no lol. The pendulum is already swinging. All of the stupid decisions being made will end soon.

[@David-kg5nn]

This video is so optimistic while not really acknowledging that most of the "us" watching this, would still not survive.

[@k7450]

Yeah that bit was weird. This whole video was a bit odd.

[@Izuuun]

and all the comments acting like this is hopeful and not absolutely tragic

[@tadeoriverosk]

Kurzgesagt as always takes the most naive approach to really complex and deep problems. I feel like this is nothing more than propaganda.

[@ledon26656]

@@k7450 yeah I find the tone utterly bizarre. I got the sense the message was "hey don't worry too much about the inevitable collapse of modern human society that is likely coming, we will probably recover in about 10 thousand years time". I'm like, no, how about we do something now to prevent collapse and the unimaginable suffering that would come along with it? Why just accept what we could change with enough collective effort? This channel is a bit shady at times. Often feels like it normalises current systems of inequality and tries to divert peoples anxieties in to a false sense of optimism.

[@toseltreps1101]

Yep, consoling propaganda. At this point i'm convinced they weigh view count vs. honesty and the former wins

[@Purpl3Onyx]

"Kurzgesus isn't real, it can't hurt you" Kurzgesus: (2:27)

[@SoniasWay]

Doesn’t give me much hope that this video is less about “are we on the brink of a civilization collapse” and more about “a collapse wouldn’t be that bad”

[@DragonWoolf]

Because in the end you don't matter. Humanity collectively matters, but individuals don't.

[@wheatandtares9764]

@@DragonWoolf its actually the other way around. The continual pursuit of redemption of the individual saves humanity. The obsession around the collective destroys humanity.

[@pentriket6458]

that's gates foundation money for you

[@abstract5249]

@@wheatandtares9764 Let me guess. Jordan Peterson fan?

[@danj.p5657]

@@abstract5249 Communism and Nazism were fundamentally oriented around the collective, not the individual. Communism moreso, but Nazism revolved around the term "das Volk" (=the people), and the optimization of it. These ideologies were disastrous beyond comprehension, killing millions of innocents. Contrarily, in Ancient Rome many life philosophies revolved around improving the individual spiritually, intellectually, socially, and otherwise-- a comparetively less disastrous outcome. Capitalism is fundamentally individualistic, and while it has its own many issues, it is yet to produce a genocidal outcome like those seen from populist and socialist leaders in the past. Obsession with the collective allows authorities to control its people fiercly and puts society in a frenzy over nonsensical ideals. Both are very dangerous.

[@patjobs]

I like how the entire video ignores the question if the civilization is on the brink of collapse and just focuses on the recovery after the fact.

[@nenmaster5218]

Kurzgesagt-Fans should know more than Anyone that any Potential Collapse or Suffering can be fought by learning about the Problems. So here, i will just randomly drop Climate-Change-Coverage, Workerclass-Struggle-Coverage and more Useful Info: -Some More News -Climate Town -Not Just Bikes -Hbomberguy -Adam Something -Our Changing Climate

[@TheArrowedKnee]

Yeah, i think the video is good, but as you say, it doesen't really even address the title they chose.

[@oattyrant2035]

Funded by gates foundation channel sucks

[@ramennight]

I think they did at the start, as much as they can without getting super political. "Civilizations collapse about every X years, its not a question of if, but when." If you look at the timelines, we are also pretty close to X years. An interesting example is that a most countries collapse after about 250 years. The USA is only a few years away from that age, and its tensions are getting pretty high.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Theyve discussed many ways the world could "end." Its such a complicated tight rope walk, nobody actually knows if we are close or not. The point of this video wasnt wild speculation, just that it doesnt matter in the long run if it does collapse

[@grassguy1154]

“An empire impossible to topple, stable and rich and powerful. Until it wasn’t anymore” Truer now than it ever was

[@mishan6908]

Don't translate!!! 😎 ເຈົ້າຖືກສາບແຊ່ງເພາະວ່າມັນຖືກແປຖ້າເຈົ້າບໍ່ທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງ, ເຈົ້າຈະຕາຍວິທີດຽວທີ່ຈະທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງແມ່ນເພື່ອຈອງຊ່ອງທາງຂອງຂ້ອຍລົງ​ທະ​ບຽນ​ດຽວ​ນີ້.

[@namAehT]

All of human civilization in a nutshell. Usually due to corruption in one way or another.

[@KoiKoy56]

I mean, less true now that it has ever been, but possible for it to be more true in the future than it was in the past. 😉

[@observer2484]

@@namAehT Or disunity leading to the breaking down of borders or outside invasion among others.

[@electronresonator8882]

you mean also The American Empire?

[@coleorum]

None of the previous collapses involved making the climate so extreme so fast that our physiology cannot adapt to such sudden change.

[@nightsong81]

Alongside the many valid criticisms already in the comments, I want to point out that recovery, post-civilizational collapse, does not mean that the civilization itself survived; merely that another eventually replaced it. We are not the Romans, even if we ended up carrying on some of the elements of Roman civilization. When the current "Western Civilization" collapses, whatever replaces it will be something else. And the "Global Civilization" is utterly dependent on the former - when the West falls, globalism falls with it.

[@bizmasterTheSlav]

West has all the necessary experience and capabilities to stop our fall. It is just a question if West wants to survive or no.

[@izayaorihara7059]

@@bizmasterTheSlav Sadly "west" is not a monolithic block. It is not a matter of "west" wanting or not, it is a matter of individuals and a struggle against power.

[@nightsong81]

@@bizmasterTheSlav It is in the process of a very painful suicide, I think.

[@김민성-q1x]

Civilizations could be replaced but not totally annahilated, the legacy never ceased and inherited to the decendant civilization. We may not be Romans, but the Roman legacy is still alive within western/European civilization as law, engineering, philosophy, social structure, art of governmening, and has been expanded via global colonising until modern era. We may not Romans but the civilization is still surviving. I don't judge such... violent methods/trends which occured and used during the expansion, but just suggesting the civilizations are move on, even after some horrible purge or oppression. We all still got some fragment of local/older civilization whether its original owner gone or not, affected from tradition and culture. So I think it is good enough to tend it as surviving.

[@MeanestManAlive]

@Nate Z Nobody in China has The Mandate of Heaven

[@idevicecentral]

I usually love Kurzgesagt videos, but I feel this one didn’t really hit the mark. It was an interesting explanation of what would happen with the survivors in the event of a collapse, but it didn’t really answer the question in the title. I feel the title is a bit ill fitting for the content in the video. I feel like a better title would have been “What happens after a civilization collapses?”

[@DPANNNNN]

New civilazation rises, i guess

[@alokpandey4419]

Useless vedio

[@smaragdwolf1]

i guess the Question is linked to the Graph at 1:24. If a Civilization collapses on average after 340 years, we can check Countries/Civilizations today, how long they exist in the current Form and how healthy they are. For example... if a Country exists for 250 years and shows signs of social collapse, that can be a Sign for an approaching downfall. Some old countries had already several Steps in their Development. Rising up, getting demolished, rising again in a new Form,..... I would say that the first collapse for a Civilization/Country, will be the worst one, since they have no clue what to do. If you had already a few Collapses, you can compare situation and change the problematic Stuff more easily.

[@solsystem1342]

@@smaragdwolf1 except their example the roman empire lasted another thousand years just we renamed it to the byzantine empire. It's not like the world lost all of that knowlege either.

[@smaragdwolf1]

@@solsystem1342 the roman empire changed drastically before it was renamed. So it wasnt the roman empire anymore. Drastic changes reset the Clock.

[@dazedheart9006]

“There is reason for optimism.” Also Kurz: “…teenager. Reckless, drunk, without a seatbelt.”

[@Dismiazs]

teenagers are optimistic. That's why they're reckless, driving drunk without a seatbelt. Otherwise they will be at home huddling in fear.

[@miriareu]

Loved that one.

[@cosmobane6995]

Those are important for natural selection, which is good for a species' survival

[@kickmonlee3390]

Kurz: I'm playing both sides so that I always come out on top

[@dylanb2990]

@Phobos it objectively is if you’re not brain dead, and just think for five seconds.

[@hnbeast]

In summary, while the potential for collapse exists, it's important to consider the challenges and efforts being made to address them. It's also important to remember that collapse is not inevitable and that human resilience and innovation have helped us to overcome many challenges in the past.

[@NigerianCrusader]

Civilisation will not collapse, we have dafydd!

[@bedrock6443]

Disagree as the west becoming more corrupt and inflation going high and countries not using the usd. That could cause collapse.

[@artlesscalamity]

The greatest challenge to this optimistic perspective is the growth of extremism and disinformation online, which erodes shared understanding and trust and undermines collective policy efforts.

[@dingusdingus2152]

If in the event of extreme disaster on a global scale, anyone who thinks that those surviving will put aside squabbling over petty differences, and pull together to cooperate, I should like to point out how people behaved during the covid19 pandemic, and the callous selfishness displayed as store shelves were emptied of essentials and millions of a**holes refused precautionary measures such as wearing masks and getting vaccine inoculations...

[@ghosthunter7258]

​@@NigerianCrusaderdafydd???

[@Heroo01]

Honestly, I think we're in the defining moment of our species. The people alive today will decide how long the human race can last and if we regress or progress.

[@MonkeyCatCAR]

Nice pfp siege is the best game

[@kevingallagher2386]

Liberals already decided for all of us that it's over. "If they don't get it. Burn it down"

[@Lavender_cow_]

agreeed unfortunatley, corrupt people reach for power. and they're the ones in charge, and they don't care

[@kevingallagher2386]

@@Lavender_cow_ just have guns. Ammo. Water. None perishable food. This isnt hard.

[@harshsharma-wx4qg]

Each civilisation would have thought the same about themselves. Self entitlement is inherent to humans. The only thing that drives the Human civilisations is their perseverance. We are doing the same and the coming generation will do the same.

[@ProtonCannon]

It is nice to know that civilization can likely recover. But I would strongly prefer that it wouldn't collapse in the first place and I think I am not alone with this idea.

[@olsonbryce777]

It's going to collapse. Probably very soon. Best thing you can do I assassinate evil political leaders and others in power

[@isaachaas6677]

@Анатолий Ручка all with very little power and influence on our politicians.

[@coupledyetivonvanderburg5385]

We would all prefer that we wake up tomorrow in our soft beds, our air conditioned houses, in our neighborhoods with conveniently built infrastructure. That hardly changes the fact that all which goes up must eventually come down, and the loftier the heights, the harder the impact with the cold hard ground becomes. Enjoy your comfortable life while you can, but prepare for the trials you must endure so that your posterity might be spared such burdens.

[@kerwinramage4162]

It would be nice if we didnt collapse but i think if we dont we will end being oppressed by governments and the people who will ruin as many peoples lives as possible to make a little extra money and they are the people in power and we need collapse to take those people out of power so we can restart but hopefully it doesnt come to that but i doubt humans will just now learn to be better

[@Greg-yu4ij]

@dev stuff bot?

[@misterbeach8826]

The funny part about any collapse theory is that almost all people believe that they will be among the survivors.

[@bitbucketcynic]

Especially the elites, who think they will get to impose their will on the survivors-history shows that rulers fare the worst in a collapse scenario, as they get targeted as being responsible for the collapse, whether or not they actually were (though they usually were). They're too busy rewriting history to learn anything from it.

[@sharmakefarah2064]

Oh boy, that's a point to make, but I simply attribute it to overconfidence and optimism bias (though beware of the opposite, catastrophizing events.)

[@ernestoherrera703]

That's your thesis.

[@vezokpiraka]

As if it matters. The vast majority of people in the modern world would not want to live in a post-collapse world. Who cares if you survive, if everybody you know dies. It would be like starting a new save file and starting a completely new life. In discussions like these I'm reminded of the guy in Sarajevo who sheltered in place during the siege. He survived by looting stores and doing whatever he can. When the siege ended after 2 years he committed suicide, because he couldn't adapt to the old world.

[@vezokpiraka]

@Jul W It took like a few years to rebuild after the wars. It will take generations to rebuild after a collapse of the entire world.

[@LightWarior2957]

You guys are awesome, placing some good vibes in the end despite the disaster presented so well in the video that could happen anytime. Thanks for the hope!

[@TheJerbol]

Saving coal and oil for future catastrophes is a great justification for moving away from them that I've never considered before

[@elterga6224]

We won’t run out of fossil fuels for centuries at least, I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with using them, but they’re not the most efficient. Nuclear, geothermal, and hydroelectric power generation are probably our best bets with the “cleanest footprint” if you’re into that garbage.

[@dalel3608]

It's been my reasoning to "Stop Burning It" for a decade now, Oil & NatGas is needed for so many more important things that burning it to turn things is a massive waste of resources when (nuclear & other non carbon) electricity can turn them better. And I work in the O&G industry, seeing oil wells go dry on my run was a big wake up call.

[@WarriyaAndPalimine]

@@dalel3608 We cant switch over to electric before we figured out and have a good infrastructre around it. All it does now is that the demand is driving the prices up.

[@captainmcduckyYT]

True

[@ryanmccampbell7]

@@WarriyaAndPalimine Kind of a chicken/egg problem though, the infrastructure only grows as fast as electric car usage grows. But this argument isn't just about cars, we don't need any new infrastructure for nuclear power for instance

[@SrSeed]

At the end of the day, nothing dictates we have to exist forever. It's up to us to take on that responsibility

[@himegsweg]

yes ok okokokok

[@MP-cq7pm]

Well said

[@mishan6908]

Don't translate!!! 😎 ເຈົ້າຖືກສາບແຊ່ງເພາະວ່າມັນຖືກແປຖ້າເຈົ້າບໍ່ທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງ, ເຈົ້າຈະຕາຍວິທີດຽວທີ່ຈະທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງແມ່ນເພື່ອຈອງຊ່ອງທາງຂອງຂ້ອຍລົງ​ທະ​ບຽນ​ດຽວ​ນີ້.

[@Avicerox]

@@mishan6908 ບໍ່

[@Shampoid]

then imma just go do federal crimes now

[@carlramirez6339]

Human history shows that adaptability is our greatest strength. The human race has shrugged off extinctions of thousands of species because of our adaptability. The problem is that modern-day civilisation is not actually that adaptable unless we change our tastes and make some key innovations.

[@Lord_Juvens]

We have the key innovations, we know what to do, but the majority of people is too comfortable with their status quo, so why change it? As usual we will start adapting once we really see the repercussions. This time it might be too late by then. I wouldn't say we became more or less adaptive, thought, we became overall more resillient, too, considering modern medicine and other technology. So we have the resources, now we just gotta convince 8 billion people to get an open mindset and change their lives so we can safe everyone, not just a select few.

[@dionisiskef4922]

The human race has CAUSED the extinctions of thousands of species, and not because of our adaptability...

[@senmetwo42]

Your answer reminds me of a deep conversation I had with my best friend when we were teenagers. I had a crisis and asked him "what keeps you going? You don't believe in anything. Why keep going?" He was quiet for a few moments and responded with "I believe in human adaptability. To say I don't believe in anything because of my lack of religion doesn't mean I have no beliefs. Humans can overcome, so we must push through to keep it going." And since then I've enjoyed that idea. This was many decades ago, and it was a powerful conversation for 15 year Olds for us. Good times.

[@theshermantanker7043]

We're not the most adaptible species of Humans - That award goes to the incredibly strong and intelligent Homo erectus, but Homo sapiens still has 200000 years under our belt, which is still nothing to sneeze at

[@johnmoorhouse1455]

@@Lord_Juvens Don't expect a paradigm shift from the large quantities of Entitled , Hedonist babies.... That ship sailed. Truth is ; " The Great Acceleration" / sixth mass Extinction is in motion, which is easily scientifically verifiable. The first step is Accepting our errors and false Assumptions . If Hope is something rooted in Techno industrial Capitalist optimism - it's pure fantasy.

[@iratepirate3896]

Playing The Fallen Eagle for CK3 really drove home how rough civilisational collapse is.

[@Jjames763]

This demonstrates why it’s so important to have at least some degree of national and even local independence in terms of providing for the essentials. Things like manufacturing microchips obviously can’t be decentralized, but what about power? Food? Water? These are the important things to decentralize as much as possible.

[@KillahMate]

They're important also because localized manufacture of common goods can significantly cut down on greenhouse gas emissions caused by large scale global trade.

[@Archgeek0]

Yeah, the pandemic-related supply chain issues have shown we've got some big late bronze age energy afoot. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to write a bad review on some jerk on ebay who sold me some crappy copper stock before the sea peoples show up.

[@jooot_6850]

@@Archgeek0 Pandemic isnt even talking about how the two bread baskets of the world are in a peer-to-peer FUCKING LAND WAR IN EUROPE

[@zillionstar98]

That cannot be anymore true, especially for combatting stuff like climate change. Specific adaptations to solve certain problems is the key to avoid a collapse. Solution, give the people on the ground what they need to solve the problem properly and quickly!

[@appalachiabrauchfrau]

it's called alter-globalization/alterglobalist. Focus on sustaining your own nation while not fully being anti globalist or separatist/isolationist.

[@CARROTMOLD]

I don't think this video addresses whether we actually are on the brink of collapse or not. It made no observations on how previous civilizations collapsed or on events that led to collapse. It could have drawn upon these observations and make a comparison to them regarding our current civilization. It also could have noted some trends unique to our civilization that may lead to collapse or provide protection against collapse. Sure, nuclear warfare and bioterrorism could be catastrophic, but does the current political, social, and economic landscape provide evidence for such an event to occur?

[@2reeceybaby]

Collapse? A reset, a Great reset, perhaps? Look at the comments, the vast majority haven't even touched on it, that's how dire the situation we're in, is.

[@UnsoberIdiot]

We are collapsing. We've been on a dysgenic path to the stone age since at least the 20th century, if not sooner. tl;dr version: smart people aren't breeding, but dumb people are. average IQ therefore is going down with every generation. have fun in the big cities.

[@jaishu123]

@@2reeceybabylmfao Republican conspiracy

[@showtheshow3397]

@@2reeceybaby Well that's because you're an antisemite and hoping on an antisemitic conspiracy theories to be correct when they clearly aren't and never will be because you fell down a pipeline and we haven't. What Terry's pointing out is that in a nutshell's liberal ideology keeps throwing their scripts into loopholes that don't answer the question they're setting out to answer because if they did, they would have to produce answers to their questions which they cannot do because no answer that isn't "Hey, capitalism might be _bad_ actually!" can fix the problem's we're currently in because In A Nutshell is still hoping they're gonna be paid in the future by Bill Gates. Also don't bother replying. One, you're antisemitic. Two, I have reply notifications turned off so I won't see it and you're going to waste your time.

[@caydnlofton1858]

@@jaishu123 if humanity has learned anything in the last 6 years, its that conspiracies are just the information that governments want to keep away from the public.

[@AThousandSuns42]

"History is full of incredible recoveries from horrible tragedies" This might be one of my favourite quotes of Kurzgesagt

[@travman1987]

Like you’re some kind of prophet? Okay Nostradamus!

[@FromFame]

Kurzg is making ALL those videos now because western politics have become obsessed with fear mongering

[@prophet-S]

@JZ's BFF I have news for you. 100% of literally everyone will die. So no need to feel disadvantaged or alone for that matter. We all share the same fate one day; Non-existence.

[@ym5891]

History is also full of avoidable tragedies.

[@Mr0901]

Turn your setbacks into comebacks

[@xiro8001]

Ngl these videos make me feel a lot better , takes a lot of worry away ^^

[@joebradshaw5181]

I think most of us care a lot more about how/if civilisation will collapse than whether humanity as a whole could pull through.

[@Ultimita01]

agreed, its pretty obvious humanity will live. Even with a nuclear holocaust people say we will be extinct... lol yeah okay. We are a virus, we wont die off that easily.

[@simonvutov7575]

I like the subtle among us floating in 2:27

[@JustaPonderer]

@@simonvutov7575 who asked?

[@excuseyou1526]

@@JustaPonderer Amogus

[@DarmithX]

@@JustaPonderer I did

[@AThousandSuns42]

"Humanity is like a teenager, speeding around blind corners, drunk, without a seat belt." Couldn't agree more

[@nenmaster5218]

Kurzgesagt-Fans should know more than Anyone that any Potential Collapse or Suffering can be fought by learning about the Problems. So here, i will just randomly drop Climate-Change-Coverage, Workerclass-Struggle-Coverage and more Useful Info: -Some More News -Climate Town -Not Just Bikes -Adam Something -Our Changing Climate

[@zackeryrussell7744]

Facts

[@jacobsimmons9323]

I mostly love the videos on this channel but this one felt like a real miss. Points are raised about how we are a global civilisation but this is never really addressed in terms of the hypothetical 'collapse', and instead comparisons are drawn from ancient civilisations vastly removed from our own. If we get hit by a small meteor, ice age or a deadly pandemic I feel like indeed we could in generations time bounce back and salvage what was left. But even then its still very western centric and a bit vague. Geographically speaking, which areas are affected by a collapse seems quite important. If the remaining population after a collapse is confined to less developed island nations while say more developed nations were wiped by nuclear war it would be harder to retrieve lost knowledge. Similarly what if the remaining population was scattered around inhospitable areas with poor climates for farming ? Rebuilding would again be far harder and as other have said would reduce the opportunity to share knowledge as you'd be more focused on basic survival.

[@hedgehog3180]

The comparison with the Roman empire should have really made them think about the geography, the Eastern Roman Empire was generally less harshly hit and as a result that region ended up not only bouncing back quickly but with the rise of Islam and the subsequent golden age quickly surpassed the Roman Empire and became the center of technological progress.

[@samsiu4724]

"which areas are affected by a collapse seems quite important"... this decade, basically boils down to which areas can: - secure oil & gas (as both energy source, but also as an industrial input... Germany in particular is in for a lot of pain) - secure food, or the inputs to grow its food (guess what the Russian block exports...) - access a sufficiently deep pool of capital to even attempt to progress beyond current means

[@danielg1722]

Jesus that's dedication to write that much

[@TheSwedishHistorian]

there is no global civilisation

[@simpfally7738]

Video missed but comments are on point..

[@robertrochester403]

Guys you didn't notice but civilization collapsed years ago

[@QUEfrang]

2:27 proof

[@notarealname888]

I’m so impressed by how smooth the animation is. You guys have been improving and doing so well, and always so informative. Thank you

[@nenmaster5218]

COLLAPSE OR NOT, Droughts and Water-Shortages and what YOU can do about it, are such important things i will comment multiple times throughout the commentsection: The Channel Some-More-News and Second Thought covered the Drought, Companys causing Water-Shortages, Climate-Change and more Topics important to all of us. UpisNotJump,, Hbomberguy, OCC, Simon Clark, they didnt just cover Climate-Change but more. Hope this comment legit helps. Kurzgesagt aint the only Info-Source you need, after all.

[@bonemeal_boi]

whats even more amazing of them is how they're able to make videos faster with the qaulity only growing

[@___echo___]

and then they drop an amongus character in there

[@lazerhawk8654]

@@bonemeal_boi pop pop

[@arihantkochar364]

Good to look at, but substandard information

[@AureliusLaurentius1099]

One thing to remember about Rome is that it was never a true societal "collapse" but a violent reshuffling of power as Rome became too bloated and began to balloon out. The Eastern Empire survived another 1000 years pretty much intact, pretty much as the same entity. By the year 1100, Europe was already more advanced than Rome in the year 400. A better example of a societal collapse was the Bronze Age Collapse.

[@nenmaster5218]

COLLAPSE OR NOT, Droughts and Water-Shortages and what YOU can do about it, are such important things i will comment multiple times throughout the commentsection: The Channel Some-More-News and Second Thought covered the Drought, Companys causing Water-Shortages, Climate-Change and more Topics important to all of us. UpisNotJump,, Hbomberguy, OCC, Simon Clark, they didnt just cover Climate-Change but more.

[@quitchiboo]

"By the year 1100, Europe was already more advanced than Rome in the year 400." Which markers did you use for that statement? Rome had sewers as early as 600BCE, The first sewer in post collapse europe was established in late 14th century France...

[@hikki3523]

Sorry I might be misunderstanding a bit. This comes from a place of confusion btw. In the year 1100, Europe was already more advance than Rome in the year 400. Doesn't that sound logical and expected? What's that sentence trying to evoke exactly?

[@CountingStars333]

@@quitchiboo rome is ONE city, entire roman empire is not rome. Sewers is not the peak of civilization.

[@CountingStars333]

@UCooRCAZtefYL2FuHziqtTPA who you replying to. Droughts are no conspiracy

[@junker-f3m]

If I had to mark this video, it'd be "4/10, nicely produced but insufficient focus on the question". This video doesn't offer any serious commentary on how likely a civilisational collapse currently is; instead it ruminates on older civilisations that are so many degrees removed from us by exponential technological advancement that their situations simply aren't comparable, before waffling about how people post-collapse might rebuild. Kurzgesast's science videos are good, but whenever they do a video about social issues, it's frustrating, surface-level rubbish that boils down to repackaging futurist-y, centrist ideas as scientific inevitabilities and offering very little meaningful beyond that. The ideas proposed to avoid a collapse aren't insane, but they're diametrically opposed to how the current system operates, and there's no evaluation of how you would overcome that to meet these objectives. Instead it asks you to abstract away your own existence, and think about hypothetical future people as a sort of cold comfort for the fact that people are suffering and dying right now.

[@NANA-gp5lr]

Futurism is poison. Exploitative and destructive to all it touches in the service of goals set by a powerful few. Naturism is purity. Connected to the earth and determined to share it's fruits and bounties to the people. We must return. Degrow, decapitalize, re-indigenize, communize. Kurzgesagt has lost its legitimacy. Nothing more than centrist theatre distracting the classes from their struggles while masquerading as a friend. Now more than ever, comrades, is it the time to fight back. Beneath the concrete the beach!

[@notEAdemize99]

Glad to see people are bringing real constructive criticism. I also felt this video missed it's own point quite a bit. They always try to be hopeful, and I guess the only way to keep doing so was to avoid the question quite a bit.

[@turtlecraft7996]

That's because Kurzgesagt is propaganda justifying the status-quo lmao. I doubt that it is reaching its aim though, most intelligent people in the comments are disgusted by their indifference to human suffering.

[@mtpop123]

Totally agree

[@pellabologna]

its a bill gates funded hopium channel

[@lu.cicerone.cavalheiro]

This video has taught me a valuable thing on risk calculus: difference between catasthrophe and opportunity is merely perspective.

[@mkks4559]

The art and animation are honestly some of the best, if not the best, I've ever seen. It looks cartoonish yet realistic, the nuclear explosions, ruined buildings, and cities are absolutely stunning. My favourite parts were 6:24, 2:20, and 1:30.

[@jordanyates3349]

welcome to the channel. im happy to tell you they're always this good :)

[@mkks4559]

@@jordanyates3349 I've been watching for years, even one time I watched all the videos I was interested in back then in a single week and had nothing to watch. This video however, shows the best thing they can do; giving us existential dread then hope to forget that we just questioned our entire existence all in less than 20 minutes, but seriously, this video has been my favourite this year.

[@trashpanda8297]

best you've seen of what? The animation and art are great and tie the video together but no where near "the best"

[@mkks4559]

@@trashpanda8297 Art is subjective.

[@RenneDanjoule]

Civilization is culture in decay-Spengler....when civilization becomes cosmopolitan/international it secures it's own death. That's why socialists coined socialist feminism in 1837...and August Bebel wrote his thesis: Woman and Socialism...delusions and misplaced visionary internationalism to serve the rise of the Marxist manifesto via a naturalized humanism and secularism...all under the banner of equality Against National fraternity.

[@hanzup4117]

Maybe in 4000 years historians will be talking about and speculating on the 'Information Age Collapse' the same way we talk about the Bronze Age Collapse.

[@StanHowse]

Look at it this way, for THAT to be, all that needs to happen is our modern world here, going "Dark". "For whatever reason", if no electricity, basically every single "advancement" since the Bronze age is worthless. We have no "information age" without electricity. That doesn't take some Man-killing disease. Doesn't take any extreme climate change. Doesn't take some random rock from space.. Literally, just no more electricity, and we're F*cked. (atleast for awhile)

[@WhatIsSanity]

Although humanity in those 4000 years spread across the stars, achieved great triumphs of scientific endeavour only hitherto dreamed of they never did quite remember how to make toast again. End of an era, so sad. Mourne for us.

[@sitfish1113]

@@WhatIsSanityNOOOOO

[@kingbaguette1843]

@@WhatIsSanity bro thinks he’s doctor strange 💀

[@chasin699]

@@kingbaguette1843 lmao

[@JBrd79]

I am a huge fan of this channel, I've been following it for several years now and I always enjoy the content. I always find it intellectually stimulating and more often than not, I learn something new from each video I watch. I love the fact that the information is so well researched, and then explained in easily digestible, sometimes simplified terms so that it's easy for anybody to follow along with and understand - or at least get the very basic idea of the subject. I very rarely find myself disagreeing with the information presented here, or wondering why crucial points weren't mentioned - however, in this video, somewhere around 4:05, it was stated that although civilization collapses have happened regularly in the past, none of them have had the effect of derailing global civilization. This left me wondering why the Bronze Age collapse wasn't mentioned. It was my understanding that after that collapse, humans lost many technologies previously mastered by us, such as writing, plumbing, many agricultural techniques, and some of our knowledge of mathematics and carpentry. Granted, in time we re-learned these lost arts, but it took several generations, most likely over the span of centuries. Clearly, this event did not trigger the end of human civilization - but I think it's more than fair to suggest that it did 'derail' human civilization for a short time, at the very least.

[@MrCarpelan]

No, it wasn't a derailment as you put it. I study archaeology, and, looking at the evidence we do have, not a lot was lost apart from kingdoms and royal dynasties, which, in my opinion, isn't really a huge loss in the grand scheme of things.

[@Glowtrey]

It depends where, the bronze age collapse was the collapse of the hittite, mycean greeks and a lot of Levant city states. But Egypt, and most of the mesopotamian cities would keep going on for ceveral centuries. And even then, it wasnt as much of a "collapse" but rather more a gradual replacement of what was considered important, probably caused by immigration from climate change, who generated cultural shift who led (in some places) pretty quickly place to knew cultural dominance.

[@Laezar1]

I'm more worried about "global civilization" being presented as a unified thing when it's mostly talking about western imperialism.

[@np51486]

@@Laezar1 what you going on abt my guy

[@kBaylife_painting]

@@np51486 they got a valid point there tho

[@89technical]

"What about sudden Population Collapse: So far, we've not seen a catastrophe that killed much more than 10% of the global population". The Pandemic of diseases brought by Europeans to the Americas in 1492 and onwards killed upwards of 90% of all native peoples, in some cases, 98% - 99% lethality. The population of the Americas was estimated to be 60 million people at a time when the global population was about 300 M - 350 M, meaning you killed off 17% - 20% of the global population. And this did absolutely derail society as far as first nations people were concerned, but I'm not surprised that a German channel would overlook the destruction of the Americas and their people when making a video about societal collapse.

[@arkcliref]

The key word is "sudden". That death toll didn't happen overnight (remember, the Americas combined is bigger than Asia, and thus certain tribes may have never even heard of any plague let alone have them decades after the conquest of the Incas). For example, the Incas and the Aztecs depopulated 20 years apart (and the Aztec one happened around a decade after the spaniards land, in fact had Cortez lacked any plot armor, Aztecs may have survived till today) from one another and may have never happened had Conquistadors been content with just Mexico. I'm not denying their impact, though.

[@89technical]

@@arkcliref 20 years is a blink of an eye in terms of human lifetime. There are people alive today who were born into the British Empire at the height of it's power. And No, it wasn't immediate but what we see before and after the Colombian Exchange in terms of native peoples, language and culture is a culture in remission from what the diseases destroyed.

[@JackRackam]

Kurzgesagt dipping into history, eh? This should be interesting

[@xdoctorblindx]

New to this channel? They've produced several historical videos.

[@chairwithoutwheels9148]

@@xdoctorblindx true haha

[@Destilight]

I think one of the biggest advantages is that we have an overabundance of manual precision tools already produced. So if the population were to drop that bad we would have tools for a lifetime even before we need to start producing them again. How many nails and screws you think are already in stock, brand new?

[@Ranstone]

At least 12.

[@auronheimdall1072]

@@Ranstone You sure ?

[@FirstnameLastname-sb3hj]

@@auronheimdall1072 he's not wrong, there is, at the very fewest, 12 nails in existence. The actual number may vary

[@auronheimdall1072]

@@FirstnameLastname-sb3hj I don't know man it seemed quite a lot !

[@FirstnameLastname-sb3hj]

@@auronheimdall1072 more than 12?

[@BLuvdCmdr]

Speaking of civilization collapse, would you ever do a video on a polar flip? Or the impact/solutions for a weaker magnetic field?

[@alexanderbrown2717]

♥️know♥️ 1 John 5 KJV 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 1 Corinthians 15 KJV 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Romans 3 KJV 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

[@MarcosElMalo2]

A video about secular variation of the earth’s magnetic field would be fascinating. Polar flip is extremely unlikely to happen without a preceding weak magnetic field, and there are no indications that the field is experiencing any significant weakening. You’d want to see a long term weakening of the field before making a prediction. A large impact could cause a much faster pole reversal, but now you’re talking about an event that would cause civilization collapse well before a polar flip caused problems. It’s low low low low probability that we would see a civilization ending chron (flip) in our lifetimes. But let’s say we did. What do you suspect might happen? Would electric motors turn in the opposite direction, like they do in Australia?

[@mothman8300]

@@alexanderbrown2717 nobody cares

[@loneskankster2242]

@@alexanderbrown2717 Keep it in church

[@talhahdil4173]

Lol dont let them sheeps know about this... this is secret information. Everything is going fine guys, no worries.

[@pokermom9186]

I love how at the start there was a small amongus character when they said we have traveled space and we are successful and stuff ❤

[@thequestionablewaffle5804]

3 months later, I watch this video to go to bed to, and at 2:27 I notice what was in the background. I'm going insane.

[@faker5540]

Lmao among us 🤣

[@mattpeterson7074]

Sus

[@Douglas_Marker]

ya i noticed him too lol

[@MiG-21_SPS-K]

me too lol

[@albertng9067]

ROTFL

[@lykortos4827]

I can find at least one error within this video. I am a doctor of Ancient History and frequently teach it. Classical Greece is a period, not a culture. It did not last 265 years and then 'collapse' as there was nothing to collapse. Greek culture was not a single state, it was a complicated collection of city-states (poleis) and it is a fact that the poleis existed from about 8th century BC well into the Roman era of rule over the former Greek territories. Athens and the Athenians existed prior to this within the Mycenean period, and Athens as a culture continued to exist throughout the Western Roman empire and was still around during the Byzantine period. I am happy to discuss this further if interested. Sincerely, L.

[@DarkAlan2]

another error is the BS propaganda lie of cLiMatE cHaNgE. It would happen regardless of what you, insignificant humans, burn

[@Θανάσης-κ2γ]

Indeed i agree this caught my eye aswell as a greek watching this video 😂.

[@henkhenkste6076]

the video really could have used some more work

[@johnpaulcross424]

@@henkhenkste6076 yea this feels like hopium grasping for straws cranked to the max

[@Fr00stee]

@@johnpaulcross424 wouldn't really call it grasping at straws just very generalized

[@erictaylor5462]

5:30 There was even a guy who was visiting Hiroshima on business when the bomb was dropped. He survived but because of the destruction it was 3 days before he could return home... To Nagasaki. He gut home just in time to survive the second atomic bombing in history. But the question remains, was he lucky to have survived 2 atomic bombings, or unlucky to be there when they happened. Tsutomu Yamaguchi passed away in 2010, at the age of 93.

[@neonmajora8454]

Eric Taylor God that's horrible

[@SamsarasArt]

How the hell did he survive that?

[@paulgilbert2506]

Right. Its like when Greg Brady found the tiki in Hawaii. He was wearing it around his neck when some bad things happened... but he was unhurt. He and his brothers assumed it was bad luck. But Mr. Brady, in his patriarchal wisdom, pointed out that it could have been protecting him and that is why he was unhurt. So I would say the guy was lucky. I mean... who can say that they were there for BOTH bombs AND survived. Incredible.

[@navyntune8158]

Both.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

Since luck is something only recognized in the past tense and more of a trait prescribed to survivors I would say he was lucky. Anyone living to their 90s alone is lucky...

[@EZEQUIEL-t9q]

I am learning english while i see your interesting videos, thanks for teach us all this curious things

[@thepbg8453]

The thing that has troubled me about the collapse of civilisation is less the collapse and more how some people want it to collapse. It is one thing to discuss it, it is another to talk on it with relish as though it is a irrefutable end goal, rather than something to be avoided. It comes across that most people would want to see civilisation dammed if only to end what they do not like on it in hopes of reforging it into something new: and often in their image. People not realising such attitudes and desire to use crisis to their advantage is what doomed societies in the past. This is not what the video talks on but is a concerning trend I see in such discussions.

[@chelseashift]

I agree with you here - reminds me of doom prepper stuff. This shouldn't be something we want.

[@westy229]

Have you honestly considered why most would want this sort of thing? Do you not see how a globalized system is already a slow burn in that regard and modern living practices are at an all time unsustainable high?

[@westy229]

@@chelseashift people scoff at doom peppers until it's time they're tested, and find out they're more prepared than anyone.

[@haroldgarrett2932]

@@westy229 literally no one is arguing that preppers aren't prepared. you are missing the point.

[@westy229]

@@haroldgarrett2932 i may have misinterpreted their comment, but as far as I see it we are discussing the same thing no?

[@zacharytrosch3406]

Calling the Roman Empire stable at any point in its history is kinda overselling it. They reeled from one crisis to another, just barely surviving due to the momentum of their conquests, until the barracks-room emperors started popping up. And suddenly that momentum stopped and they couldn't withstand the crises anymore.

[@kennarajora6532]

what about the 200 years of relative peace during Pax-Romana?

[@Lord_Juvens]

How come? What's the measurement? Wouldn't you compare it to other, similar empires and then decide? What do you base your opinion on, Zach?

[@alespic]

So kinda like modern society?

[@xdz1039]

? The 5 good emperors century long era was incredibly stable politically. The only civil war was Avidius Cassius's rebellion but it wasn't even a war, as he killed himself when he found out Marcus Aurelius was actually alive.

[@randomname381]

It fell because the economy was in shambles and nobody wanted to fight for Rome anymore because there is no longer an incentive to join the army, people would maim themselves just to avoid service.

[@Reoh0z]

Touched on it, but I think you skimmed over the danger of having burned up the easily accessible energy we'll need to re-industrialise. I fear it would require the discovery of a new low-tech power source that we've somehow missed. A slim prospect, but not as slim as convincing the fossil fuel industry that conserving what's left for humanity's future is worth more than money in the pocket now.

[@elterga6224]

We won’t run out of coal and oil for centuries

[@jaycobhilgendorf8539]

@@elterga6224 Well yeah we won't but if society does collapse and nothing works, how do you think we're going to get that coal and oil? If all the easily accessible coal and oil is gone and we have to dig through hundreds of feet of rock without any technology.

[@Noiwillnot2222]

There are low tech sources such as woodgas plant based oils and others but there extremely inefficient compared to oil and coal new tech would have to be very energy efficient or vary sparce

[@elterga6224]

@@jaycobhilgendorf8539 you’ve never been out to a rig have you?

[@ElementalAer]

Heavy technology intensive coal and oil is plenty, but on a colapse, we'll lose the technology expertise and suply chain! Then no more coal and oil!

[@gregmijjares3725]

Look at everything in nature it is born & lives, then it passes away !

[@willwright2042]

I feel like this is one of your weaker videos if I'm going to be completely honest. It would feel stronger if the video was titled "Can We Recover from a Collapse of Civilisation?" - as thats the question this video has answered. It has barely confronted the titular question at all, and thats the thing that is most pressing for most people. I love the optimism and the hopefulness, which is always refreshing with Kurzgesagt videos, but you've popped a question in my head and then made it seem like a foregone conclusion by providing the solution to the problems created by that very event.

[@kuyab9122]

The title needs to be click-baity tho

[@The8BitPianist]

@@kuyab9122 "They need to lie because others do it too" is not the quality levels that Kurzgesagt usually hold

[@kuyab9122]

@@The8BitPianist True. It's not like Kurzg lied here.

[@naveenrgnrk18]

True,this channel cleverly slides false information into people

[@kuyab9122]

@@naveenrgnrk18 Can you point out one specific false info?

[@Morbidity100]

“Are you worried about the end of the world?” Nah, life finds a way. “Yeah… but we are the life that has to find a way”

[@dion5804]

There's no way in a dead planet and the 200 species extinct each day are sowing to us this sad truth.

[@redeye9762]

People want to feel important like there living in the end of times it clouds peoples judgment

[@nicksmith8293]

This is a very good video but it has some problems. Mainly, it equates Civilizations with States. The graph that shows how long each civilization lasted is misleading because it only shows how long a specific political entity lasted. For example the graph shows that Middle Kingdom Egypt only lasted 403 years. But Egyptian civilization was already thousands of years old when the Middle Kingdom begun and lasted just as long after it ended. The only thing that collapsed at the end of this period was the political unity of Egypt. Other civilizations like the Akkadian empire and Babylonia or Greece and Rome, are just part of the same civilization continuity. There wasn’t any collapse when classical Greece became Hellenistic Greece nor was any when Hellenistic Greece became a Roman province. When Rome fell, Roman language, religion, law and culture were still there, the only thing missing was the empire. And most of the thecnology lost was only lost because there wasn’t any reason or capacity to keep it, not because some catastrophe destroyed everything. A good example is Roman concrete. It was lost because cities declined and there wasn’t much incentive to make it, since changes in imperial administration moved local elites away of public monuments, and eventually no money too. So people just stopped doing it and eventually forgot. Other problem with this part of the video is that it fails to take in account places like China, Japan and India that have a very stable continuity with their ancient cultures and never experienced a Roman like collapse. Tl/DR: a civilization is more than its government and usually lasts way longer than it.

[@Loregamorl]

Also the idea of cyclical things in general is kind of a farce, the universe in reality is simply just a big ol chaotic place, at least to us. Civilization is not overdue for a collapse, though the whole environmental thing could end up doing that instead, but I like to take an optimistic approach and think that once older people die off the new generation that is really worried about these problems can at least be able to solve it or slow it down. But I also hope another problem will be addressed when this whole climate stuff is too, and thats preparing humanity to actually be able to work around and foresee future problems instead of being blind till its too late, but I am no scientist.

[@liseschaller9593]

Was looking for such a comment, thank you :) one of the first times I'm disappointed with a Kurzgesagt video. Brings many fake news and short cuts people (historians/...) try hard to break.

[@mosiarmstrong]

Doesn't the TL/DR come first usually?

[@themercifulguard3971]

This video feels pretty half baked and too short to convey the amount of complexities needed within discussion

[@anothernik]

@@mosiarmstrong I usually see it at the end. I think I prefer it that way, since I'd rather read the whole thing and the summary kind of lessens it (but if someone wouldn't rather read the whole thing, they might skip to the bottom and see the TL;DR. Also nice to see the summary after reading the rest, as it can tie it together and give a meaningful takeaway to add to the context). I have seen "TL;DR at bottom" many times though.

[@charlessoukup1111]

Civilization has already collapsed, that should be obvious. The complexity scrambled the eggs and we are now watching the demise of it's organization. We peaked some time ago but we didn't realize the shift to downturn. The closest analogy we glimpsed was entropy.

[@WyzrdCat]

Rather than answer the titular question, this seems to explore the prospects of whether or not we can survive when civilization does collapse. In other words, the answer is "obviously, yes."

[@ne0nn3on]

"We have all the tools, all we need to do is to use them" if only the people with the money and power over industry were altruistic enough to help along, then we could solve so many problems right now. But then again, these people didn't get into these positions of power because they ever intended to be altruistic, they ended up there by stepping on and sacrificing other people and the environment. I just hope that all the little people in the world can collectively manage to make a change before it is too late, because the rich and powerful sure as hell won't.

[@crossoverworlds2678]

@rued siuu stolen comment?

[@Fleetstreetbestone]

Like what though? what can the 99% even do if money and power is the only thing that can actually make a viable change and it's virtually impossible to make everyone actually ACT altruistic, because most of us are too concerned about our own well-being. The majority of ppl are just going to support it but not act upon it. Whereas if it were just one person doing it, it'd be much easier, however like you said that's not going to happen due to how they got in the position in the first place........

[@hippy1002]

Without faith in God, this is impossible. We need to call upon him and turn from our 'selves' then he will hear (2nd Chor 7:14) and I might suggest that nothing else will work :) That said, I also like playing this stuff and am not here to spoil the fun, but I do believe there are a lot of folks looking for something other than the standard cliches

[@singingway]

You said it @-Neo-. In a nutshell.

[@sarutkongkul1315]

I think a little bit from everyone help, not just the most powerful. We might not be able to expect the non-altruistic to put in their energy and power and help the world. But you can. Donate and support the community you believe in and find peace in that instead of expecting others to change the world for you.

[@OfficiallySnek]

Remember that around 70,000 years ago, a supergiant volcanic eruption in Indonesia caused a global cooling event that may have lasted up to 1,000 years. Because of this, the human population decreased to around 3,000 to 10,000 people! And we are still here today.

[@stevesmith3990]

And imagine if that happen again today.

[@just_be5409]

What would it matter to you, if you were one of those individuals that dies. ? Most likely there will be survivors, but how many will be gone and who ?

[@mtnbkr5478]

Yeah, cockroaches sure are hard to kill.

[@LadyBeyondTheWall]

@@just_be5409 We're all descendants of those 3-10k people. It always blows my mind to think of the line of people from those people who survived, and all the people all the way down to me that survived everything from ice ages, to plagues, to volcanic winters, to wars, etc, to finally get to me. They all had to live through childhood and actually reproduce successfully. It gives me nice feelings. Personally, if something horrible happens that culls us to THAT low of a population, no it wouldn't matter to me if I were to die. It'd probably be a good thing for the gene pool if I didn't make it because.. well, I probably wouldn't make it, lol. I have too many injuries and need medications, so. 🤷🏻‍♀ Survival of the Fittest and all. But I'd at least go with the knowledge that as a species, we're incredibly resilient, and I think we'd survive to create an even weirder society than our current one. Hopefully better though.

[@enfissione8297]

@@mtnbkr5478 no, they’re weak to radiation

[@Americanbadashh]

People talk about Hiroshima, but the more impressive feat of recovery is Tokyo. 16 square miles of Tokyo was burned entirely to ash and saw upwards of 100,000+ people killed, and a million left homeless. That's 95% of their capital turned to cinders over night. Who knows how many died after that just trying to survive

[@shaggyvillage6960]

Who did did this

[@WestonTeli]

I've been reading ancient history lately and it's amazing how much of a blink of an eye our civilization actually is. My friend and I talk about loads of subjects and literally your entire video was our conversation word for word. I loved it

[@Dots_The_Demon_Lord]

Did...you see that? DID YOU SEE THAT NEAR THE SATELITE IN 02:27?!

[@I_am_not_spooky]

Jesus loves you

[@armstrongeditz7602]

@@Dots_The_Demon_Lord AMOGUS!?

[@Dots_The_Demon_Lord]

@@armstrongeditz7602 Finally, you noticed!

[@armstrongeditz7602]

@@Dots_The_Demon_Lord we have a impostor right there

[@Ruscne]

OMG AMONGUS AT 2:27 HAHAHA

[@thegodofflorida]

2:27

[@root5903]

2:27

[@miner_fabs]

WHEN THE IMPOSTER IS 2:27

[@thegodofflorida]

2:27

[@jaypolas4136]

SSSS.S.A.SS....S..S..S.S.S.SUS!!!!!

[@cyra9984]

I was really happy to see this video hit #2 in trending! Kurzgesagt always has such a hopeful feel to it, and I swear the animation somehow keeps getting better and better! Keep up the amazing work :D

[@E_084]

Number 1 on trending now

[@NANA-gp5lr]

An artificial ranking probably pushed personally by KZbin, a peon of the Google neoliberal corporate empire in conjunction with the monied interests of Bill Gates himself. Optimism sells. But it is not a solution, it is a drug to hide us from the cold reality of imminent unconsented collapse. Embrace nihilism. Embrace cynicism. Get real.

[@houdiniface8687]

would like but it has 69 likes

[@YozYFGA]

I EXPOSED THIS KZbinR YOU GOTTA WATCH

[@houdiniface8687]

@Jul W Well, kinda...... When looking at the facts most people tend to think that it is hopeless and there is nothing they can do, so they do nothing, which further worsens the problem. Instead of calling people delusional, I just say, "It's not going to be that easy to fix [insert problem here]"

[@Knightmage_elf]

"Stubborn" would be a better word. Not only are we likely to survive out of stubbornness, but we're likely to not learn the lesson - also out of stubbornness. Overwhelming greed is probably the single greatest threat to human civilization. So far we haven't really come up with a good way to check against it....

[@austinriemer7648]

"Humanity is like a teenager. Speeding around blind corners, drunk, without a seat belt" (09:31)

[@ngspace9829]

He is not wrong tho

[@lilysantiago679]

''Humanity is like a teenager. Speeding around blind corners, drunk without a seatbelt." No. It can't be. Humanity is not a teenager. It's not speeding around blind corners, and it's not drunk.

[@whothefrickareyou8106]

​@@lilysantiago679 Teenager: still developing Blind corners: uncertanty of whats to come in the future Drunk: dumb decisions made by Powerful people

[@sjones2345]

An other interesting article. Well done. Although, the thought of 1% of the population surviving doesn't really make me optimistic. It's all very well planning for a thousand generations in the future, but my empathy lies most with the immediate and next few generations. I don't want either me, my family or community to suffer the pain, misery and hardship of societal collapse in whatever form it may take. This is where my immediate concerns lie.

[@cr4yv3n]

This. Screw recovery I care about preventing collapse

[@VK-sz4it]

Lol, it would take 20 years tops to get back to 80s level of technology.

[@user2C47]

@@VK-sz4it That's assuming technological advancement is lost in the first place. It is likely the data will still exist somewhere, and solar panels are easy to set up.

[@ArcG3]

Damn think of all the people reading your comment in 1000 years you just did dirty

[@Alienlover859]

@Saurav Bhandari Sure, but when you're making a presentation you want the audience to be able to understand. Since history books are filled to the brim with stories about the Romans and not the Indus River Valley Civilization they needed something the audience would recognize.