Is Our Civilization About To Collapse? | Answers With Joe

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Every civilization in history has collapsed. It happens. Some might say it's inevitable. And in this video, I discuss what keeps me up at night - the idea that we may be headed for one right now.
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[@Hunting4knowledge]

Who's watching this during the height of the Coronavirus outbreak and stockmarkets plunging?

[@kenj3761]

The height of the coronavirus? I beg to differ

[@mlfeathers7527]

We’re not there yet.

[@incognitotamizhan9679]

It's not even at the start yet, all of this was just a trailer

[@frederickzorn3542]

Weird tho. So weird. Does Joe know that he’s a time bandit?

[@TeflonRhino]

Me!!!

[@kcflick6132]

January 2020: Will civilization end? Maybe not 📈 March 2020: your civilization has been turned off untill further notice :( 📉

[@thomasalberto613]

"the economy might collapse in the next year"

[@ortherner]

oof

[@noname.___]

@Jimmy Edward mad max type shit

[@graysonbaker1744]

June 2020: We regret to inform you that shit has officially hit the fan

[@samsam18200]

@@graysonbaker1744 inb4 july is yellowstone

[@bonniea.1941]

2023: “Oh, 2019, your angst was SO PRECIOUS!” 😂😭

[@TheBency]

Joe: "We are long overdue for a recession" Covid: "Hold my beer..."

[@NorthwestStringing]

yeah i don't think anyone saw Covid happening, *cough the CCP did cough

[@travcollier]

@@NorthwestStringing Everyone with a clue about infections diseases saw it coming. George W Bush (not the brightest spark) even saw something like COVID coming back in 2005, and the US spent billions of $ preparing for it... We literally had plans for it, which Trump refused to follow.

[@brandieleah9305]

@@NorthwestStringing Actually, the globe has experienced a pandemic every 100 years since 1520. Prior to covid, the Spanish flu spread in 1920. Do the math. My husband and I already knew that there would be a pandemic in 2020. We are do for a housing crash this year according to historical data. We are due for a civil war in 2028, and we are do for another depression within the next ten years.

[@snailcakes9119]

@@NorthwestStringing stop coughing

[@FractalRaver]

@@NorthwestStringing I knew by January 2020. No one really believed me or cared. This was when it first hit Wuhan. Scared the shit out of me, mostly cause I thought supply chains would be destroyed (even for stuff like medicine)

[@gregkorgeski8159]

Once heard a joke that "Civilization is nature's way of making plastic."

[@darkfeffy]

that darn plastic

[@mga149]

@Jane Doe "Could be the answer to our age old philosophical question: Why are we here? Plastic. @## Holes."

[@raffriff42]

Civilization is also nature's way of releasing sequestered carbon dioxide - mmm, delicious plant food!

[@kenmattice7795]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYiWZHuImJZ0bMU

[@jaydotdiver]

"Humans are domesticated by wheat." - Yuval Harari

[@Archaeopteryx128]

"End of the world at eight. News at eleven." - George Carlin

[@JaOzrenRadovanovic]

👍👍👍 Another great Carlin quotes! ...."earth is not going anywhere....we are!" .... and reason why we are here: " plastic, assholes" 😂🤣

[@JaOzrenRadovanovic]

@Sammy B Look, i agree with you. I am seriously concerned about Earth, and other things beside ecological issues. But i also think we all have right to make laughter about any topic. It makes life easier. Laughter is healthy! Someone can look at it as ignorance or cynicism but it's a matter of perception and stance.☮️❤️

[@JaOzrenRadovanovic]

@Sammy B You are probably right in detailed breakdown of that Carlins joke. But i simply adore his style of comedy.😇😜🤭🤫

[@poe12]

@Sammy B the planet has been thru things much worse than humans. If we fsk up thr environment so that we have no time to adapt to changes as species we are going to go as other species did. We've had our 7 million years. No complaints. But nobody ever guaranteed any species they were going to be forever. Why care?

[@todgerx]

@@JaOzrenRadovanovic you got a pencil?? "get the fuck in there it's physics" lol what a comic he was.. There is no comic that even comes close to his humour..

[@NeilHighley]

Watching this in 2021, Joe's point about predictions and history rings loud

[@ndbonell]

Late 2021 reporting... Nothing has improved.

[@donnyhan8628]

@@ndbonell later 2021 inflation is high and nothing is improving.

[@chazl9531]

2022 and everything keeps on getting worst 👍🏼

[@twiggmister1]

late late 2023 mmmmmmmmmmmm.......

[@BirdYoumans]

Just found you in the last few days. There's a reason you are in the rare air of 1 million subs. You approach your subject matter with a touch of humor, but it makes the truth a bit more palatable in this day of neon and Sesame street where fantasy abounds. And indeed, fantasy is seen by all sides as a problem of the "other" side. My how we allow ourselves to be manipulated via politics and religion, among other things but those being the chief two. Enjoyed your way of looking at things and I largely concur.

[@since4everrr]

Welcome to the promised land ✌️

[@NightMystique13]

Sesame Street taught me how to read...you are a great teacher, Joe!

[@mamacito1795]

I knew Joe was the channel for me when he showed himself in his "natural state" and it was him dancing in his tighty whiteys to DMX.... name me another channel that equals that

[@bruhmoment-yt2zp]

Among us

[@CapoKhan]

@@mamacito1795 yall gone make me looose ma mind lol. Rip DMX

[@MichaelQuicquaro]

Ironically applicable just 3 months later.

[@Jesper83]

Not ironic.

[@ascherlafayette8572]

You people have no idea how cute covid is.

[@nixl3518]

Ascher Lafayette Your vocabulary needs improving. “Cute” is not the correct word.

[@ascherlafayette8572]

@@nixl3518 sorry, do you find adorable acceptable?

[@noname.___]

@@ascherlafayette8572 wtf

[@Dazza190394]

Watching this during June 2020 (a pretty [in]famous month): Oh Joe.. you had no idea how spot on you were with the title of this video.

[@andresvaldevit3692]

Yep, here's your recession!

[@jimmykelly2809]

July and it’s looking even more spot on. The confederate flag on the screenshot of the civil war is ominous. Also is that a black power fist on his shirt?

[@MissyLune2003]

Bro, we’re fucked

[@efxnews4776]

No, heres corona virus, this Joe could never see comming...

[@jimhall583]

2020 is half over maybe he will do a look back on this video?

[@MrMoose-oo9nx]

He uploaded this video on the same day the first COVID cases were reported 🤯 what an insane coincidence

[@bluestrife28]

Just saw this after being in Texas during the recent Ice Storm that almost destroyed the state. And they still say climate change isn’t real. It’s real. I didn’t have power or water for four days. Having to melt snow to flush a toilet when the previous week the temp was 85 is a humbling experience. Appreciate what you got guys! I do now.

[@digitalfootballer9032]

It's real but it is massively exaggerated by alarmists, just like so many other things. While granted, we shouldn't all just be whistling through the graveyard, people need to chill out a bit and look for logical solutions to problems rather than continuously overreacting and beating everyone over the head with their particular pet problems. Should we find viable, alternative energy sources, control waste, and curb hyperconsumerism? Yes. Do we all need to start living like the Amish? No. That's the problem with the world now. Just on this one subject my take on it would be criticized by extremists oe side of being "denialism" and too "right wing", while the other side would say it is too "left wing" and I am too influenced by "fake news". The loudest voices out there are always the ones who are overly alarmist, or overly skeptical. You are criticized for taking a stance somewhere in between. You are told to either obsess over it and dump every ounce of effort into combating it, or flat out ignore it because it is fake. Being moderate about issues doesn't gain you a lot of friends, but it is the most logical approach. No the world is not ending, but yes, we can do a better job taking care of it.

[@olivergrumitt2601]

Well if you are right then it is too late to do anything about the climate, regardless of what we do now.

[@shadelings]

@@olivergrumitt2601 Nope. However, as long as we have politicians who are climate change deniers, as we do now like in Texas, THEN it will be too late to do anything because THEY won't do anything to help shift the status quo to clean energy. So VOTE against the climate change deniers. It's that simple.

[@Krokoklemmee]

@@olivergrumitt2601we ain't gonna do it with that attitude

[@davinatest8467]

I’ve been watching Joe Scott from the beginning and I’m a 64 year old lady in England......I have learned so much so thank you

[@bobbailey4954]

I’m with you

[@tim40gabby25]

62 year old UK duffer and gent here :) He's a good communicator, isn't he?

[@MsAkiman]

@@tim40gabby25 easy andy mate, put it back in your trousers

[@primesspct2]

me too! And I am 58! lol

[@mungojerry990]

56 yo here :)

[@m.j.golden4522]

"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed." Mahatma Gandhi

[@nicksalvatore5717]

@@HajileLezcnev Perhaps, but what he says is true. Look at the shortages due to hoarders and companies selling supplies to other countries, etc.

[@carlosspicey-weiner4495]

Nice rhymes from MC Mahatma.

[@carlsapartments8931]

well doesn't that pretty much sum up stupid humans

[@nixl3518]

Old-fashioned sophistry. Just because Gandhi said it doesn’t make it holy! If enough people are around on the planet it doesn’t take greed to bring it down, just need. I’m not saying we’re there yet, but we’re well on the way!

[@harismehmood4111]

It's the promise of Allah instead that: "I will be fullfilling all your needs but not your greeds"

[@dshock85]

December 2019: Meanwhile in Wuhan China, a man in a market coughs

[@fretless7099]

*meanwhile in Wuhan China a virus has leaked out of a lab by a government that doesn’t know what they are doing

[@fretless7099]

@@Wheels36H3WM here is a specific video that pretty sums it up. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqi4pZ19aNpropI

[@shadelings]

In my location, there was a referendum to stop grocery stores from using plastic bags, and it was summarily shot down. As long as politicians (local and federal) continue to support the use of plastic, there's simply no hope and it will end up being just this bad for our kids and definitely for their grandkids.

[@chronus4421]

A geologist said that future scientists will be able to squarely determine when we started using plastics because its going to create a brand new type of rock strata, never seen before.

[@mikev2116]

Don't forget to include asphalt & cement in that strata layer, and if you benefit from either you are part of the problem. I am as guilty as you are but I will not give up my lifestyle and go live in the hills to satisfy them.

[@Dell-ol6hb]

Mike V everyone benefits from asphalt and cement in one way or another, you can’t help but benefit from it, if you have ever used a sidewalk or asphalt, or entered a building you are benefiting from cement and asphalt

[@brawndo8726]

AKA: The Anthropocene

[@MarcillaSmith]

"future scientists" lol good one

[@brawndo8726]

@@MarcillaSmith Yes, future scientists. Descendents of termites that become dexterous for cellulose.

[@normhogan]

Fret not Joe, while you may be older than 80% of your viewers you are younger than us other 20%. Oh and one other little thing, you are doing a great job man. I can't understand half of what millennial folks are talking about so you provide a bridge for us old timers :) keep it up

[@pocediablo5616]

Norm Hogan I’m Norm’s first sub!

[@justanotherguy6174]

Age is a mentality :) Even the "ok boomer" meme that's been going around isn't really making fun of boomers. It's making fun of people who wont change thier minds or learn new things. Basically, being too stuck in ones ways. 👍👍

[@barryevans791]

They are trying to recreate the problems of earlier ages as usual. We should make history a mandatory lesson in schools.

[@Tore_Lund]

@@justanotherguy6174 As gen-X I feel slightly puzzled when "Ok, Boomer" is thrown at me, by people being born just recently.. Boomers were middle aged when I was a Teen, and growing up in the 80', I detest everybody, both past, current and future generations.

[@justanotherguy6174]

@@Tore_Lund well, it's kind of a statement of "I think your line of thinking is old, outdated or just plain out of touch" more than it is a statement of "i think you were born between the years 19XX and 19XX". Whether it was deserved is another matter of course! Hope that helps!

[@captaingraybeard]

Aug. 21 2020- How’s anybody able to say “Huh... didn’t see that coming” P. S. I’m with ya Joe... I’m old too.

[@alexevenson8435]

“Is our civilization about to collapse?” Yes.

[@bababoey3331]

Yes

[@hussar4291]

Yes

[@zacharyeaton2990]

Yes

[@hugotheimpecileone]

Yes

[@hilariuswarwinkel6981]

When the cheap oil runs out

[@railgap]

"You got filtered, LOL" - Fermi, probably. :/

[@kemchobhenchod]

"The human race has been running up a credit card bill for the last 200 years."

[@DieFlabbergast]

This was the best line in this video: maybe in all his videos.

[@larryhackleman2093]

About the time america has been around. That's the stupidest comment I've seen.

[@travcollier]

@@larryhackleman2093 Industrial revolution. As for stupidest comments -_-

[@monicalange4226]

This seared in my brain something I knew but never could describe.

[@nishikaze]

**watching this in 2021** "The recession shouldn't be that bad." Oh Joe... Hindsight is 2020.

[@jeremymitchell995]

I've just watched five of your videos on the trot and wanted to thank you for the interesting, informative, humorous and thought provoking content you espouse. Great stuff.

[@thechronicnoizeco.6675]

Remember when it was possible to have this thing people use to call a “career”?

[@zoltanz288]

No.

[@volka2199]

If you are gen z these are faint memories if at all even present for the younger chunk. There are many things that died before our generation or at the dawn of it. Privacy, certain personal freedoms, unaligned media with typically honest intentions, and the lack of a megacorp dominated economy. For the last one some may argue military industrial complex and big oil existed which is true but today big tech companies and others not only touch but dominate almost all aspects of life and economy. Demographic shift and the effort to erase all national and cultural identities not just those of a host nation but even of foreigners have led to reactionary movements on all sides, while all agree on what their major foes are, many of which are mutual they still see each other as enemies because they now inhabit the same land and for one to triumph the other is bound to fall. China is exploiting the global economy to gain immense power and giving dictatorships the ability to control their populace in the developing world. While they struggle to climb to the developed status our general populace has gotten comfortable and does not even see we have become more of an oligarchy than Russia ever was. The worst part of this all is I am not even being pessimistic, I am being realistic. Call it cliche but I feel global conflict is coming but it wont be a ww3, it will be much more tribalistic and while the fighting may be global its factions will not be up to that scale, instead it will be more akin to many civil wars on a global scale.

[@weasel9062]

@@volka2199 very good and accurate analysis

[@boatwreks]

Don’t b lame like gen x. U can get a career. I was a junkie and I kicked and went to college and became an engineer. I’m a sincere millennial. I’m not a fucking victim!

[@thechronicnoizeco.6675]

Volka 21...i’m gen x. We sat back and watched it go to shit and now we sit back and say “i told you so”. Slacker generation.

[@jwhitely7]

Am I the only one who looks forward to Joe saying I love you guys at the end of his videos? I get more love from Joe Scott than I do from some family lol

[@jgalt308]

Think about it....the "you guys" has several tiers....as does the qualitative love that applies to each.....*free love = just words.... what do you expect for free. 1.) kinda maybe love = subscriber 2.) quickie, teaser love = small donations 3.) courtesan high end escort love = you know who you are. This has historical antecedents and can be applied to "family" applications as well.....can you feel the "love"? Try harder!

[@ideoformsun5806]

jwhitely7 I love you, too.

[@smarterquestions3166]

jwhitley7 Your "real life" Finn is pretty creepy lol... But yeah, i feel you haha. Love you guys! ❤

[@11AceHearts11]

Same. I love you and everyone that gave you love in the comments above and below mine. ♥️

[@fernie6299]

thats sad but ok. i love u too dude chin up

[@Z_Snowball]

one of the best explanations of what the repercussions of multiple climates changing around the world is probably gonna look like. so glad that other people are aware of it and talking about it.

[@Peachcreekmedia]

Watching in September 2020 and man did he nail it!

[@KaeYoss]

"It's only when you have lived through some history" *shows pyramids and cavemen" Just how old are you?

[@SINISTERfromHELL]

The man from Earth.

[@DieFlabbergast]

He's given to slight exaggerations.

[@benedictifye]

Older than 80% of his audience

[@snailcakes9119]

@@benedictifye this add on is so incredible lmao

[@bernardtaylor7768]

I Remember when we started to cook food and scientists at the time said it causes cancer lol nothing changes

[@HayderAbdulridha]

Nothing better than Joe Scott's existential crisis, I went shopping and it was the best one I found.

[@mr.apartment]

yo! planning to make this an annual series? would be pretty cool considering you made this before covid etc. love the channel!!

[@mssaltygiggles]

Just found your channel. I love this video. Very unbiased information and educational. Thank you 🙏

[@ix-Xafra]

Plastic! Plastic people Plastic relationships Plastic role models Plastic leaders Plastic in my hand

[@djmissy1097]

Vinny Bologna plastic gangsters.... There’s a lot of plastic about... Well put 😊

[@hugehighman92]

Not sure if you mean your mobile or bomb XD

[@hatrack5977]

It’s also in your brain

[@cheese1ak]

Welcome to the Plastic Beach

[@stu8348]

*I know this plastic loooove~~*

[@Jnow796]

"something is on the way"

[@cnpf312]

J yeah! Joe got that one right. And all elements are mentioned in this video.

[@cnpf312]

Joe, I am as unfriendly towards plastic as much as you are, but recently I have read about plastic and medicine. So it turns out that the single use plastic stuff we see in hospitals are actually saving people’s lives since it helps to curb hospital transmitted infections. But sure, do recicle and not all stuff goes that far to be recycled.

[@achaley4186]

And His name is Jesus 😃

[@infinitejest441]

If you only knew 🦠

[@jerrys4841]

I'm older than you! Viewing your YTcast just makes me see what the "kids" are talking about. You are very informative, entertaining and you try to make your discussions centered, informed and worthy for discussion in society. Thank you! Keep it up!

[@NeilGreenan]

I really like the fact that you just say your piece / tell the fact (but with some humor) without some 'wacky' sidekick (like a poodle or a goldfish) interrupting constantly. Keep it up!

[@NeilGreenan]

*Facts (sorry)

[@bokononbokomaru8156]

Joe, throughout my life, I've been amazed and appalled by how effective misinformation and propaganda have been in influencing societal mindsets ( i.e.- Nazism, commercial advertising, and politics). I've hoped over the years (I'm a couple decades older than you) that saturation would've made people more resistant to these, but the last 20 years have convinced me that people are increasingly more susceptible. Any chance you could research the psychology and history of these (clearly your talk of social media and "fake news" are focal points)?

[@Raptorifik]

through studies in Sociology I have found that the answer is quite simple. Just as animals are, humans, in general, will be as lazy as you allow them to be. If food is needed they will certainly do what is needed and that for any other need as well. They will work as little as is required though they may have self imposed rules for such work;, mentally, intellectually, physically or emotionally. Hence the boon of tools and technology. When dealing with the saturation of information it is easiest just to accept that which fits their current worldview and do little to sift the chaff for facts. It is sad, it is unpopular, but it is true. this is how groups form.

[@bokononbokomaru8156]

@@Raptorifik all to true. Very sad.

[@bokononbokomaru8156]

@mysteryman2024 I dont trust either party but, if you think POTUS, the Republicans, & Fox News are not culpable as well, you need to stop bathing in the orange Koolade

[@bokononbokomaru8156]

@mysteryman2024 I agree with you in general. When it comes to POTUS, I don't need the media...I simply watch his live or unedited footage and wonder if he is capable of talking for more than 30 seconds without lying, misrepresenting facts, or showing that he becomes a petulant man-baby when he is contradicted or doesn't get his way.

[@The_ScapeGoat]

@@bokononbokomaru8156 with all due respect, you sound like someone who is hostile to the principle of Free Speech. Bad ideas can only be defeated by good ideas. When you decry that people hold certain views, it comes across as you being hostile to diversity of thought. Individuals have sacred rights that cannot be violated. That is my starting point. We've seen widespread domestic terrorism including murder being cheered on by an entire political party. You should be far more worried about politicians referring to acts of murder, arson, insurrection, and property destruction as "speaking truth to power" than some guy calling himself a "Nazi". The Nazis were defeated well over half a century ago. We have a large part of our government that is openly hostile to you and me personally. I genuinely don't see how you would worry about ideas more than actual nationwide political violence (terrorism) being called for and defended by so many politicians, not to mention the lying media, which for some unknown reason is "trusted". It's a bizarre state of affairs where people who are in their 60s have no problem with the exact behavior that lead to the rise of all totalitarian fascist dictatorships in history. When Clinton lost, she said "The time for peaceful conversation is over." This is an open call to violence and no one even contested that election. When 75,000,000 people think the election was rigged and the courts REFUSE to look into it, it becomes very hard not to think that this is being orchestrated to turn the people against each other instead of unifying against the tyrants in power who openly call for our oppression.

[@jacobjacksonxii5265]

“Homes would only be able to be purchased by very wealthy people”. Lol we’re already there.

[@swingset1969]

Location, location, location. If you live in San Fran or Seattle, sure. How about Charleston, WV? Columbus, OH? Brownsville, TX? Get back to me when you're done with your hyperbole.

[@jacobjacksonxii5265]

Craig Gibson Jesus chill dude... if you wanna live in shitville or the middle of nowhere sure it’s cheap...

[@Dylan_Sterling]

Jacob Jackson XII As someone that’s lived in and been a firefighter of Seattle, Washington, I’d describe Seattle as shitville.

[@mj6463]

Jacob Jackson XII everywhere outside of a few giant cities is cheap, even the suburbs around most cities are cheap.

[@Alex-px9oy]

Not true.. I own a house at 22 only making 19$ an hour. Just stop buying dumb shit you don’t need

[@inthso362]

"The Sea People came in and disturbed everything..." is like 1940s Europe saying, "The Germans came in with their Panzers, and disturbed everything."

[@ghermesofficial333grim7]

Looking at the times we are going through and also what is still to come I think it's safe to say Joe was ahead with this one

[@Mark-im6pm]

Joe, you stated the Inverted Yield Curve incorrectly. Short term bonds most often have a lower yield than longer term bonds. The reason for this is the longer the bond the more risk the lender is taking and is rewarded for the risk. An inverted yield curve is when this is reversed.

[@nedmoore3697]

Mark Drucker Yes, Joe got that exactly wrong. People love to predict doom and gloom especially about the economy. Booms or bull markets don’t die of old age, they die of mass hysteria - see tulips, railroads, tech and housing

[@adamwest8711]

I hate that whole bear and bull thing. Sounds like a 4 year old named it.

[@interstellarsurfer]

@@adamwest8711 Well, the average American has the financial education of a four year old, so it's quite appropriate. 😉

[@nedmoore3697]

Do they really, Adam? Hmmm. The financial investment world will take your view under advisement. And gosh Interstellar, the whole of America sure does appreciate your insightful and exacting analysis of their financial wisdom. Do tell though, is 4 years the mean mode or median age?

[@interstellarsurfer]

@@nedmoore3697 Average is always mean, my pedantic friend. 😁👌 Median and mode are two completely different concepts. 😋

[@thomasroberts8088]

Proud to be part of that 20% that still see you as a know it all kid.

[@meenakshikumar3176]

This is the best talk I've heard in decades. Awesome channel!

[@Layeredworld]

Watching this in December 2021, If only we knew what was actually ahead of us! Bloody love your videos Joe!

[@miinyoo]

When you're born into this world, whatever you want to call it, you got a ticket to the freak show. If you were born in America, you got a front row seat, ponchos and everything. Enjoy the ride.

[@zerokmatrix]

I actually went out and found 'Years and Years'. Being in the UK and hearing it was an HBO show didn't fill me confidence that I would find it online [legally], but it is a BBC/HBO joint venture and I was pleasantly surprised to find it still on the BBC Iplayer and will be for another 7 months. I then watched all 6 hours in one go. It is a fantastic series and as a British person quite upsetting because the content is a bit too near reality for comfort (the British can do some monumentally stupid things some times) It reminded me a lot of the amazing series 'Our Friends in the North' from the '90s. I lived through the '80s when there were huge British and Global changes and dangers (not least the threat of the four-minute warning) and I feel the same way now about the world and our future as I did as a kid back then. It feels like we are constantly balanced on a knife-edge and could go either way (something I didn't feel in the '90s, '00s). The rise of nationalism, extreme party politics and authoritarianism around the world does not fill me with hope, the last time this happened was almost 100 years ago in the 1920s and '30s and we all know how that decade ended. I just hope we won't be dumb enough to repeat history or even come close to repeating it.

[@luke-alex]

Also worth noting-if anyone's thinking of giving it a go-it's from Russell T. Davies (the man who revived Doctor Who), and stars the great Rory Kinnear.

[@danielgagne485]

I hope you see my response. Try reading the fourth turning. By your comment I think it would blow your mind. About how Anglo American history has been going through 80 year cycles. At least che k out some clips. On KZbin. Best wishes.

[@TymaDem]

Welcome to March 2022

[@loca8048]

I so enjoy watching videos like this right before something huge happened and how blissfully unaware they are. Dec 2019: "blah blah blah " Jan 2020: "HELLO Everybody - you weren't expecting me were ya?"

[@jessemairose4534]

Hahaha I can't get over how he was right to worry about every single thing on his list. AND missed several other major things... Puts stuff in a sad perspective. But also shows how wise he is. Mad respect man

[@thenifell]

A positive of being an elder, relative to you viewer's, is that grand confidence in knowing you have younger people have an interest in the intelligent topics, that you provide. Sure, maybe it makes you feel old, but, you are captivating and encouraging the youth with noble intentions and subjects. That makes you cool, ya geezer.

[@tim40gabby25]

Good point, well made - from an old UK duffer :)

[@deussivenatura5805]

12:00 That's one of George Carlin's bits. Humans: What is our purpose? Earth:......PLASTIC!

[@msalazar1879]

Hey Joe, don’t know how I missed this video, but may be this will make you feel better. I’m 67. And I enjoy your work very much.

[@theraven6836]

Ahhhh, 2019, the good old days.

[@flammablewater1755]

Look at Joe-stradamus over here, predicting the end of civilization 3 months in advance. Good job?

[@infinitejest441]

Joestradamus- brilliant!😆

[@MrGeoffHilton]

Looks like Star Trek is the nearest we're gonna get to the stars.

[@tely5]

Yeah, I gave up on the Star Trek future a while back. Hope we can at least have a Hunger Games future, at this point (since there are worse alternatives).

[@oribeth7229]

@@tely5 social media make me think of fahrenheit 451 and we probably will experience it under a kessler syndrome

[@rickc2102]

Earth is pretty close to a star already. We've got literally a billion years to figure out what to do with ourselves when it starts expanding.

[@joshuapowell114]

@@tely5 what is worse then a dystopic hunger games future?

[@tely5]

@@joshuapowell114 Mad Max, for starters.

[@kristinescozzari3839]

Watching in August 2022. You are the first person I've heard draw comparisons to the bronze age collapse! I am obsessed with the parallels!

[@turtlejeepjen314]

I love these videos - I also just stumbled on Joe’s channel here- somehow I drifted away from all MY Snapping Turtles to here, & very grateful to be here!!🙂🙂

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

You missed a few. 1. The A.I. singularity, A.K.A. "Skynet." 2. CME, "Coronal Mass Ejections." The Sun burps out enormous blasts of charged particles at us all the time, and one big enough at ANY time could INSTANTLY knock out all electronics like what happened to the Telegraph grid a couple centuries ago that last time we got hit with a big one. 3. Asteroid impact (self-explanatory.) 4. Nuclear war (also self-explanatory.) 5. Out-of-control super-viruses, weather man-made in a lab or an evolutionary byproduct of our over-use of antibiotics. 6. Yellowstone volcano belching lava and toxic fumes over half of North America. 7. Gama Ray Burst. Basically, when the biggest, hottest, most energetic stars (called "Wolf-Rayet stars") reach the end of their life, if they're spinning fast enough instead of just collapsing and blowing up like a typical supernova...half of that energy gets focused into two ultra-powerful jets of gamma rays pointing in opposite directions that for a few moments produce more energy than our sun will emit in its entire life-time... And one such system, Wolf-Rayet 104...is within the danger-zone of our solar system...and may be pointing it's Death Star super-laser right at us like Alderaan...

[@briandiehl9257]

Those are random things that could happen, but haven't in all human history (asside from skynet, which could be avoided) The things Joe is talking about is things we simply can't avoid

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

We don't know for sure how much damage the poles switching will cause, but fossil records so far don't show any of the many pole flips in Earth's history linked to mass extinctions, so in all likelihood any ozone layer damage with be minor...plus our own pollution is causing more damage to it than almost all the ACTUAL mass-extinction events did. What COULD be at risk is our technology, especially our GPS systems, since they rely on the magnetic field for coordination.

[@erictaylor5462]

As an amputee, plastic has had a huge positive effect on ly life.

[@thetruedarksoul168]

For now. Until some new material that comes up that is better, stronger, and safer.

[@natemullikin6248]

In the universe of you.

[@erictaylor5462]

@ungratefulmetalpansy Pirates aren't really cool.

[@thetruedarksoul168]

Eric Taylor says who?

[@rickycouture7224]

@@thetruedarksoul168 -- Lars Ulrich! Pirates are the reason he can't afford that gold-plated shark tank bar for his pool.

[@nicknorthcutt7680]

You're video are awesome, just found them 😀

[@b.s.m9732]

You present really good. You've got talent man....

[@sleekoduck]

December 2019: Global warming and recession are coming April 2020: Oil price collapsed and unemployment is over 20%

[@MIghtyEpson]

@Accelerationist but now down to about 13% so...neat.

[@TheSteveBoyd]

@@MIghtyEpson Real number is around 26%. Like everything else. the Trump* administration lies about Unemployment numbers.

[@gideonbowman2689]

Oil prices collapse like 7 years ago. When they fell from $160/bbl to $35/bbl and they shut most of the rigs down.

[@spiritmatter1553]

@@TheSteveBoyd TDS much? Who’s the boogeyman now?

[@marbles7177]

He's not lying about the plastic. I work somewhere where we produce A LOT of scrap plastic. It use to be no problem before. We would ship it to China where we were told they melt it and make it into toys? Turns out it wasn't true. They emailed us one day saying they are no longer receiving scrap. So now we just dump it in the compactor. Where it ends up in a landfill. In a country with a carbon tax....

[@daltonwebb8172]

Does the company that you work at use this same plastic in their processes? You could always suggest them to start a program to melt it down and reuse it. Honestly trash in many places in the US is to cheap. The city I live in pays for it. I feel that if they charged more for hauling away trash that it would force people to think more about their actions.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

An incredibly large amount ends up in the ocean, floating, then broken down to microplastic. It falls in rain. It's found in fresh snow in the Arctic / Antarctic. It's in the water table. It's in the food chain. You are drinking it. You are eating it. It's worse than you think!

[@jayrude5752]

Joe your videos are great! I'm a very uneducated dude from London England.. your videos really inspire me man.. thanks I like to learn stuff by watching.. cheers bro..

[@alice5515]

I remember watching this at the time. YT decided it was time to rewatch and wow. It’s like watching a VHS of that conversation you had when you were younger and naive to what was coming. With the twist of prophecy

[@SashaBoucicaut]

The more I watch your videos the more I appreciate you and what you stand for. Keep it up.

[@MindinViolet]

I strongly agree with the points here. Another concern that I have is the increasing power of large corporations. The largest corporations are just becoming too big with too much influence, dominance and political clout. I am not sure exactly what this means for the future, but I am definitely concerned about it.

[@shiny_x3]

Ditto with the largest governments. China, Russia, and the US all have massive surveillance & seek ever greater control over their citizens and the world. Power tends to coagulate and grow like a monster until some kind of crisis.

[@jeffk464]

Yeah, me too. My brain completely mirrors his own on this stuff point by point. Only since my scout troop stayed at Camp chiwanakee I knew about the water pump energy storage decades ago, oh well we all pick up different random facts. I have money and am 46 years old so all of this stuff probably won't have a huge impact on me but its still depressing.

[@fearthemerciful]

I know exactly what it means for the future... Corporations can only be checked by the nation-state. Not only because they are the only people powerful enough to do so, but also because a nation-state is the only legitimate method to achieve that.

[@fearthemerciful]

@Martimus Prime Why? We can vote out people who don't represent us. Republics are great like that. You can't vote out the inter-nationalist corporate overlord who owns a monopoly on multiple products. And unless you are the US or some major power, you don't have the clout as a nation to limit corporate influence and control over your policy. While governments make mistakes and are prone to corruption, at least we have a right and method to holding them to account.

[@ryanisacuc8381]

Cough. KZbin and google. Couch. Most evil corporations ever. Well all corporations are but google and KZbin break the mold.

[@angico2942]

Joe, I'm part of the 20%! I'm 38 years old watching this in November 2020.

[@jessicaslate8227]

Spent most of 2021 after I found Joe just listening to him and unable to see. I had cataracts from prednisone due to treating sarcoidosis that attacked my eyes. Now In the middle of mass inflation and Corona being an endemic and getting to see the videos and the images he puts up during it. Things may not be great, but they look so much better to me.

[@jamsky1558]

How come whenever there's any mention of nationalism, everyone ends up using pictures of Polish Independence day celebrations. That's how you paint fake image of entire nation, discretely associating extreme opinions with simple images.

[@grumpychocobo]

Honestly, I'd imagine if this is being seen more and more, it's a self supporting situation. Some people made the mistake of associating those photos with nationalism and later some people Googled and found those people that made that mistake then moved forward and that just adds to the Google hits making more people think they are correct when they are not. Ironically...it's kind of related to the information topic he covers in the video.

[@simonmarcu01]

@@grumpychocobo basically human stupidity amplified by a computer's algorithm

[@simonmarcu01]

@Robert R some time in the future the countries will all disappear and every nation will be united under the same language and culture.

[@tonybrock5288]

A call to everyone: Don't worry about your age. When you look back on the years where you thought you were "old" you realise that you where actually in your prime! You may think you're old right now but when you look back on that too you will realise that you were still in your prime. Don't have missed opportunities just go forth and do it and live your life! You are always in your prime, that's what your wisdom brings.

[@michaelfarrell4824]

I'm 102.....

[@billnorris1264]

@@michaelfarrell4824 When you reach 117 my friend, you will achieve a FORM of immortality!

[@billnorris1264]

@@michaelfarrell4824 hang in there for another 15 years!

[@JohnDoe-dh1cv]

Actually I was at my most physically fit point years ago. And was mentally stronger and more stable before the government shoved me full of, at the time experimental drugs. So no I'm pretty sure that is a bias statement based on your own opinions.

[@billnorris1264]

That's a GOOD message Tony.. it matters little what the future may bring, it matters a lot what you do with your time NOW.. Peace brother!

[@byronee]

Watching this after rioters stormed Capitol Hill lmao

[@austinbeattie2694]

That wasn't the only riot riot though. People of both sides have been rioting all year. America might collapse.

[@slowburntm3584]

WoW!! This video taught me what "Kumbaya" looks like in text! I have only ever heard/spoke it.

[@GreyPop]

Discovered your channel this year and I’m grateful for it! Thank you!!

[@dhooks1978]

The quote at 2:49 is from Mary Schmich, a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, not Kurt Vonnegut. It was misreported at the time (1997) as being from a commencement speech he gave and now everybody believes it was his.

[@MattOGormanSmith]

A similar thought is in Rudyard Kipling's If "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; "

[@KcMcStix]

I was here to say the same thing. "Wear Sunscreen."

[@Xetairex]

Dude, you are so spot on. It’s not just me who feels so pessimistic about our future. I need to plan for how my kids will survive in the future. And their kids.

[@Parker70]

Coming across this video 4•2022 & kinda surprised at the accuracy of your guess on what the near future might look like! Great video!

[@MariusPartenie]

This reminds me of George Carlin's bit about saving the planet: "When we're gone, the Earth will incorporate plastic in a new paradigm: Earth + plastic."

[@Brood_Master]

Your credit card analogy hits the nail on the head. The bigger, more immediate problem is the insane amounts of debt. Both national and consumer. Our financial systems will crash sooner than the climate... With all the money being printed to prop up the worlds economies. We are headed for Hyper Inflation and total failure of the currency. Human history is filled with examples of this. Wiemar Germany is just one example. To top it off, the political and social fragmentation in our societies globally are only getting worse. It seems to me war is inevitable. The destruction that war would bring will certainly push the climate over the edge no mater what we do. So, if you want to stop climate change. We need to first stop and somehow reverse the political and social fragmentation...

[@imgayasheck595]

Debt is a tool of control

[@pbonney]

John A. Actually, a lot of the dust lifted up with a Nuclear war will be full of CO2.

[@letoatreides4041]

But hey the creditcard economy we have right now is good...

[@ronaldgarrison8478]

The hyper-inflation in Weimar Germany was actually a fairly brief phenomenon, and was over and done with long before the Nazis came to power. See Indy Neidell's series "Between The Wars" for a lot more detail than I can go over here.

[@DH-og5yr]

War could be good for climate change...

[@prestonrodenkirch8412]

Thank god. Someone actually gets it. This is probably the best and most inclusive rundown on the effects of global warming \ climate change \ whatever you want to call it that I have seen. Congratulations on your broad scope and perspective. Very intelligent, forward thinking assessment. Thank you.

[@edvinaspiezas1489]

Happy 2021

[@HankMeyer]

Behind me are sorrows. Ahead I find fears. In the now I can rest, for the rest of my years.

[@NekoNekoPanic]

Does the shirt mean "Resist"? Rationale: the raised fist is a commonly used symbol of resistance movements, and Omega makes me think of Ohms which is a measure of electricity which is managed through resistors.

[@deus_ex_machina_]

_You_ should be the one designing logos.

[@bustedhonda]

Respect Resistance

[@colinochs6460]

Jeezus, "fight the power". Yes, it's ohms with a rebel fist. Both oppose power.... it's f-ing clever

[@colinochs6460]

Or yeah, just "resist"

[@chinotraveller5318]

Ohm, sweet ohm.

[@Peachcreekmedia]

And February 2021 has shown this video holds up quite well.

[@AlloAnder]

17:28 I read this book a few months ago, too. Really, really well written and wonderful acadamic knowledge at the same time!

[@billmccaffrey1977]

So long as the general person stays selfish and thinks that they are "entitled" we are headed for extinction.

[@ineffablemars]

Actually, most global warming is caused by large corporations that are run by the 1% so not only are they exploiting other people they are literally killing the planet. All for profit.

[@NightRunner417]

@alex Like a thermonuclear weapon is a bit more complex than just a sphere of plutonium at the center of each fission device... But what does it matter when it's those little spheres that release enough energy to heat the detonation site to 100,000,000° Celsius? You're still just as dead, and even your ashes turn to gas. Take away that fissile material and you're left with an overly complicated and very disappointing conventional bomb that barely does any damage. Similarly, take away the mad human desire for self gratification no matter the cost, and civilization actually stands a chance of not eating itself alive and most of the planet with it. The worst part is it's actually _increasing_ over time. Our fate is locked in because we won't even recognize the damage we cause until we're drowning in it and unable to do anything about it, any more than a drowning man can unplug the ocean to save himself from drowning. "There's no problem." "There's no problem we can't solve." "We can solve the problems in the future with our advances." "We might have to accept that there are some things we can't fix." "We might have to be a little more serious about our impact on things." "We need to be more serious about our impact on things." "We might be leaving serious problems for future generations to fix." "We have serious problems right now that threaten our future." "We have serious problems that are affecting us already." "We may not be able to fix these problems." "It wasn't my/our fault, it was them!" "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?!" That's how we roll.

[@dontforgettolike7127]

Technically everyone is selfish, including you. Who has the authority to regulate it?

[@johnd.obrien6838]

@Lagarto Verde Explain?

[@freighttrain7143]

You cannot believe this, and abide by the US Bill Of Rights, at the same time. The Bill Of Rights was explicit, in part to avoid people driving a wedge, the way your statement does, between people and their rights. We are entitled to Inalienable Human Rights, because we are Humans - this is the only barrier to being entitled to your rights. Not because we believe in YOUR God, not because we voted for YOUR political party, not because we are loyal to YOUR corporation. The bedrock of our Republic - the Constitution and the Bill Of Rights, lay this out quite clearly. Being entitled to fair and equal treatment is the founding policy of this country, and this fair and equal treatment puts the average US Citizen in a raised position above Business, and Government. So entitlement is part of the very foundations of our Republic. We MUST DEMAND the rights we are entitled to, lest they be chipped away. They are persistently under attack, for the convenience of both business and government, but the people are the gears upon which all this runs. Our system of government MUST benefit the people FIRST. This is not entitlement, this is just standing aside our Forefathers and standing against the tyranny they fought as well. And if you mean economic entitlement, well.... I have to wonder where you live? 80% of everyone I know works their butts off full time, and can't put anything in the bank each month because every single thing in this country comes at an ever increasing cost, that significantly outpaces the cost of living increases in their salary. As soon as we stop printing money from thin air with no hard currency backing it, we can start talking about how the little guy can manage their money - once it's no longer steadily decreasing in worth every day in the wallet.

[@trulyinfamous]

I'm still hoping for algae biofuels. Not only is it carbon neutral, it can be turned to many different fuels, the byproducts can be used as animal feed. Algae can be harvested daily and can be used as a fuel source and food related things such as cooking oil. People are really adamant on keeping their combustion engine cars, so getting a cleaner fuel will help us more easily transition into all electric.

[@percussion44]

@cupoftestosterone Waste of space implies the space could be better used for some other purpose. Such as? Also please list other advances in human society that provide more freedom to the individual than the automobile.

[@ShawnDickens]

@cupoftestosterone try a new view. Go somewhere where people have 5 acre or larger yards and see how well you get by without a car.

[@vlrdngr4911]

As long as there is money to be made from oil, gasoline and plastics will NEVER be replaced by anything else.

[@marcperez2598]

@@ShawnDickens not that hard. It's called a bicycle. The problem is our urban areas have been designed with cars as the main modes of transit. Look at European cities. They are tightly packed together and efficiently designed for walking and biking, but not well made for cars. We need an infrastructural overhaul to provide a better balance. But cars are no longer engines of freedom. If you want to get anywhere, you have to use a car. You dont see that as bad? It's no longer about getting to someplace faster. It's about whether, in our world of fast moving schedules and times, we can get there at all. The solution is massively improving public transit to levels we just dont have in the US right now. And taxing people for driving certain hours maybe. Would help slow congestion and migrate usage across the day. But then we face a problem of public outcry. Cars arent a freedom machine. It's not freedom if its required. That's just called a necessity of the modern era.

[@Lunedai]

I do understand, why Americans don't use public transport on the country side. I went with the Greyhound bus once. The bus got delayed for 10 hours, I was stuck in a foreign town after midnight and had to stay at the bus station with a lot of other people. And no refund, no sorry, nothing from the bus company. I was lucky I was on holiday and didn't have an appointment or anything. I would not rely on such crappy public transport and I understand now, why every 16-year old and every uni student has a car.

[@CA10Z]

Joe I am so impressed with your delivery. With 1.37M Subscribers surly you are aware of our gratitude. Thank you You must have a legend of researcher’s and a hand full of writers. If not, you are a phenomenal producer of useful information. Please keep it up.

[@cranberryexplosion9841]

After watching this ,I would recomend ☺ *How hard times create a better world *💪~answers with Joe

[@glouconx983]

Here's the appropriate Kurt Vonnegut quote: “You want to know something? We are still in the Dark Ages. The Dark Ages--they haven't ended yet.”

[@chriswade9616]

We're barely out of the fucking jungle - "George Carlin".

[@tgranny3547]

Dammit!

[@randomgrinn]

We won't know anything until we meet (or admit we have met) alien civilizations. Then the learning begins.

[@maxpower1337]

I never felt so depressed thanks Joe.

[@robertcameron1754]

Getting chills watching this today.

[@kathysowles8704]

I just watched this today its 1/4/2021. Man its so spot on on things you said . Its like you were telling the future. I really enjoyed this. It gave me goose bumps to hear how spot on you were. Wanted to also tell you I love all your videos. Thanks for all you do 👍👍👍👍

[@coldblaze100]

Joe we are literally the same person. It's so surreal watching a stranger recite everything that keeps me up at night, verbatim. That's not a good thing bc it means that it's not just in my head. Let's see how this goes 🤷‍♂️

[@mrmoustoir]

I’m in the 20% but I’m still watching young’n

[@pereiraplaza222]

I'm in the 20s too. The 2020s.

[@MrNathansdad]

58 years strong and watching this kid. He's got a future, he does 😂🤣

[@mathiasslim]

Watching this from June 2022, it's frightning how close your predictions were.

[@i_love_rescue_animals]

Watching this in September of 2020. Nostradamus much, Joe?

[@krigsgaldr7603]

This aged well.

[@NiekKuijpers]

Yes it aged like fine milk

[@puddles5501]

doing better and better.

[@mytmouse57]

“Old?” Dude, you look like a damn kid to me.

[@omniufo7350]

Might be CGI..

[@Ryaninja]

He's 44 apparently...

[@studiokohl1]

Looks like one to me as well. I'm old compared to everyone except those that I work around. Helps to work in a retirement community

[@saywhatnow8189]

I thought we were the same age but if the comment sector is true then you have me by 6 years which in the grand scheme of things were in the Same demographic

[@ianmorgan889]

@@Ryaninja There was no internet when I was that age!

[@floridaman6643]

Another excellent video.

[@zeldamorgan9260]

Watching this March 2021...still struggling with single use plastics. Only so much we can do as consumers, change must come from the industry. It's annoying that it ends up in the ocean...the consumers is not responsible for that. But someone needs to be held accountable somehow