Pandora's Box

[@epicgamer4611]

"I dunno man, these man-made horrors seem pretty comprehensable to me"

[@gonderage]

seems like a skill issue tbh

[@sqly3129]

Im just built different man

[@timnordstrom7383]

@@kike-kun4093 *dedicated wam

[@FictionHubZA]

Download the more complex ones.

[@FuraFaolox]

Truly man-made horrors are comprehensible, just not understandable.

[@ryanhardy2777]

Fun fact: some birds here in Australia have actually worked out how to flip the cane toads and attack their undersides, another example of nature adapting

[@michaelkitto758]

Same with some snakes too!

[@baconsarny-geddon8298]

Snakes are evolving a narrower head, too. Because wide-mouthed snakes can eat the biggest, most poisonous toads, and thus die. So a snake with a smaller/narrower head (who CAN'T eat big, poison-filled toads) lives longer and breeds more.

[@vee-bee-a]

Rules of Nature, baby.

[@chaseboudreaux5514]

That's why people had to deal with exploding frogs, because crows knew how to specifically remove their livers

[@CumulusHour]

Nature fuck yeah

[@unlimited-edge]

i would have never expected one of the hardest quotes ever written to go along with a rat skeleton in a computer

[@azzy-551]

I think it's a breaker box. No way a computer is running enough voltage to instantly kill a rat.

[@hufje]

Or for it to be read out to the sound of an instrumental version of a comedy song about a fake Pepsi logo.

[@EchoesOfArson]

Whilst having a lemon demon song playing in the background of all things

[@mist2961]

You never know man, you never never know...

[@unlimited-edge]

@@azzy-551 looking at the wires and how they’re connected it probably is one lol I didn’t really think about it

[@bradskag3007]

The asbestos cigarette filter is truly a deadly look back on recent history. "Double the Cancer, Double the Flavor!"

[@glumbortango7182]

A perfect wedding of killers from across the ages

[@houserhouse]

The fact that cigarettes are legal as is will be ridiculed by future generations. We should have banned them decades ago and forced the rich companies to make healthier versions, but instead they lobbied to stand the test of time

[@sydberetta4649]

If it has lead it would have been sweeter 😅

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

@@houserhouse 10000% agreed.

[@sergio_jose]

​@@houserhouse There's people out there that eat bottles of benadryl at a time to purposely induce psychosis and burn holes in their brains, and they love it. It's not as simple as "Hey, this is obviously bad for you and will kill you, never ever ingest it." Some people will be even more tempted, like the elderly couple that ate fugu for lunch and died. The issue with deliberately trying to die (and then maybe surviving) is that it's really fun for some people. If you put out asbestos cigarettes today i guarantee you that they would sell, especially if you listed out the reasons they're so dangerous and made them difficult to acquire.

[@alfred8936]

this might be kind of a random compliment but I appreciate how perfect your audio levels and quality always are

[@CoobyPls]

Nah that's an entirely valid compliment. I'm never fiddling with my volume when I watch his videos

[@jasonx1174]

That's actually noteworthy to point out. Mark of someone committed to great quality has to ensure the smallest stuff is up to snuff.

[@avischetlin]

absolutely agreed, these videos scratch my audiophile itch very well

[@Maceyoshiman]

Emp is a sound smith for sure

[@soffren]

He's definitely an editor who understands audio is the key to a good video.

[@Maxsmack]

This channel made my mother understand why cable television died. She’s flabbergasted this kind of content is completely free.

[@GooberInternet]

I wonder how your mom would think about Emps old content considering they're night and day.

[@CamiloLascoutx]

your mom is very cool.

[@Maxsmack]

@@GooberInternet I told her about how he stared but I didn’t bother her with watching any

[@Maxsmack]

@@CamiloLascoutx thank you, I’ll let her know

[@Hambo325]

Based Mom, show her the KZbin poops also!

[@muckbang-her]

kind of insane that some random dude can be like 'this animal is annoying' and boom its gone and replaced with even worse complications

[@theviniso]

What amazes me is how they chose the worst possible animal for the job. That goddamn frog not only is poisonous but also doesn't even eat the bugs they wanted to get rid of. I mean, come on.

[@DownTrodded]

@@thevinisoYa they didn’t even test it they went it’s in the name so it must do that no?

[@Sonichero151]

​@DownTrodded i'm flabbergasting that a federal government actually chose to follow literal kindergarten logic for dealing with an infestation...... between this and losing a war with a flock of fucking birds, Australia really is forsakened by God

[@haiperbus]

@@thevinisoyou're expecting too much from austrailians

[@markalan4026]

*Politicians

[@Recordspin]

That box was such a shit gift. "Here's a box, don't open it though. I will not elaborate further."

[@stipocic197]

Always tought the same even When i first heard the story as a kid

[@skivvy3565]

schroedinger's present, "as long as you don't open the box it could potentially be the best gift ever!"

[@okuyasuniijimura]

Emp didnt tell the whole myth tbf. The box was sent as a "gift" by the gods as revenge for humanity discovering fire. I definetely recommend you read it for yourself, cause this comment is kinda misleading cuz of my shit writing skills

[@boogiegroovey]

That's the point.

[@tunasandwich8049]

The gift was outside of that box

[@reagansido5823]

Hearing that the only thing remaining the box was hope, my first thought was that, while every evil had escaped, hope remained, still trapped inside.

[@Ramsey276one]

That's one version Another interpretation is that (Deluded) Hope is the worst evil of all...

[@l.e.b.3541]

​@@Ramsey276onetbh hope is simultaneously a blessing and a curse.

[@Ramsey276one]

@@l.e.b.3541 yeah I have the Danganronpa games XD

[@BlazerBoy1337]

I'd rather see it as hope being at the end of understanding of the evils released by the box. That after all is released and after the realization of the massive magnitude of the effect it has on us, we can still have hope that things might improve, or at the very least that we can improve our own condition in spite of the evils released.

[@wompastompa3692]

Wait, I though Kratos got it.

[@WestPictures]

This video reminded me of how many existential threats have attacked Springfield over the years

[@bathestyles6525]

Maybe we should take comfort in the fact that most of the residents have somehow survived them all

[@TaRAAASHBAGS]

​@@bathestyles6525Being fictional helps

[@wildfire9280]

@@TaRAAASHBAGS i knew Illinois wasn’t real

[@StormBreaker_Chasing]

Learning that tumbleweeds are an invasive species is probably the most mind-blowing thing I've learned in the past year

[@postmasters6453]

Wait until you learn that potatoes originated from the americas

[@soundonly7392]

Learning that flammable tumbleweeds can be sucked into tornadoes creating massive devastating firestorm-tumbleweednados is one of the most interesting things i've learned from this video, for sure.

[@San-li9ml]

@@postmasters6453 Went down a long googling process and it still says the Americas, can you tell me where if not the Americas?

[@nameofthename]

no fr i thought the fuckers were completely natural and were always a part of the desert

[@snowballeffect7812]

@@nameofthename a good way to see if something is invasive or not is to see if it effs up the stuff around it, kind of like people do lol

[@mrbigglezworth42]

"Mao's plan began to immediately backfire" Well that hardly narrows it down when you think about it.

[@joseaca1010]

"You killed my entire family" Mao: you do have the faintiest idea of how little that narrows it down?

[@KetsubanSolo]

I remember I won a debate in Japanese Political Science course with this. Presentations were debate style, and I had to represent the Japanese equivalent of the far right (I had to defend historical censorship and nuclear weapons development). Since one of the countries against Japanese historical censorship is China, I basically brought up deaths under Mao (death tolls from his negligence dwarf both World Wars combined) and how the Chinese government swept it under the rug. My opponent represented the Japanese equivalent of the far left. She was also (unbeknownst to me) an exchange student from Beijing. Her presentation was derailed because she abandoned her position and spent half of her presentation defending Mao. This lead to the majority of my class agreeing that Japan should censor history and develop nukes (For the record I'm opposed to both of those points, but it was interesting to see what would lead people to hold those desires).

[@panthekirb7561]

​@@KetsubanSolo"This lead to the majority of my class agreeing that Japan should censor history and develop nukes" That has to be a bit if an exaggeration.. I hope I mean your classmates agreeing with those points specifically

[@gaminggranny1541]

Mao ZeDOH!

[@zxqwerxz]

It's remarkable that the country made it through all those policies. Still, it's like a microcosm of evolution, only the strong survive and what doesn't kill you grows you. Just costs a couple millions lives 😅

[@winterx2348]

thanks for mentioning PCB/dioxin poisoning. i'm from a town that was extremely tainted with the stuff, specifically, in our schools. me and many of my classmates have developed lifelong debilitating chronic conditions because of it, from chronic fatigue, to cognitive decline, to even organ failure. the worst part is that although they shut down the schools, nobody is doing anything to help the victims. doctors won't even touch us because not enough is known about the effects of dioxins in humans, let alone how to treat it, or even how to detect and diagnose it. i will most likely live the rest of my life in pain and poverty because of a few greedy bastards who decided to open pandora's box, fully knowing how dangerous it was, and make the rest of us suffer the consequences.

[@Silver-hi1ky]

Shit like that is unforgivably evil, and the worst part is that it's just gonna keep happening but in different ways.

[@SamuelLevant]

@@Silver-hi1ky because nobody ever goes after the big shots, the CEOs, the shady shareholders etc.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@SamuelLevant Because what COULD they do about it? If they're that powerful then it's quite hard to knock them down a peg, or even so much as touch them!

[@winterx2348]

@@SamuelLevant Nevermind the people responsible, just getting help is a soul crushing nightmare. Doctors will only spend 20 min talking to us per appointment and since the condition isn't in their textbooks yet, they will simply throw random drugs at us and tell us to go away or blame it on anxiety. No diagnosis = no disability benefits. Even a lot of dentists refuse basic services when they find out because having an unknown medical condition is a liability to them. It took me a year to find a dentist that would fill a cavity for me and by then I needed 3 root canals, all $1k each, which is a tall ask from someone who physically cant work full time. We really get the feeling that the world would rather we die than treat us like human beings.

[@leocuntface]

I feel for you and your classmates.

[@DieselNDirt_]

This channel has become my favorite emotional rollercoaster. Jumping from YTP, to NASCAR, to existential crisis.

[@johndavis9321]

Yup with emplemon video essays you never know the topic but you know it will always be entertaining and we'll researched

[@andybaldman]

It''s just a reflection of society.

[@senor-achopijo3841]

It's basically a journey through life: you start off laughing at the word "peepee", then find something that really captures your imagination and then start wondering where it all leads to in the end.

[@crogsmash1611]

There's only one place left to go: anywhere

[@plumlogan]

Bro, I have never cared at all about professional wrestling, and this guy almost had me crying

[@GooseBreh]

The parallels you draw between everything and always round back to your point. Never rambling, your writing and story telling is top tier man. Always love the videos

[@Miguel-hk2ce]

When you realise the technique you appreciate it in a number of areas but after a while it's predictable. This video was a reddit top 10 environmental disasters and a recounting of Pandora's box. The Pandora's box arc fell flat and didn't relate well. Could have gone into philosophy or schizo conspiracy.

[@SpeedKing..]

​@@Miguel-hk2ceno the Pandora's box thing makes sense for SOME of the things he says. Reply if you wanna know how.

[@Miguel-hk2ce]

@SpeedKing.. ok give me your best shot. My main point is its superfluous and im tired of videos drawing upon mythology or other scholarly analogues to validate their point it's boring and gay and reddit

[@El_IF_B_2]

Favorite channel on yt

[@Currywurst4444]

I don't know. The video was pretty boring and uninspiring to me. Nothing interesting or narratively appealing, just a shallow compilation of the first google page if you search for something like "humanities biggest mistakes". He can definitely do better. E.: Oh, I didnt see Miguels reply with the same criticism.

[@pastuleo79]

25:11 Just remember, if you're ever sad, rectangle cow with tiny head is always here for you.

[@chungusdisciple9917]

Contrary to popular belief, Roman lead pipes likely didn't have a massive impact. Lead pipes have been used in America before, and generally stop leaching into water after calcium deposits build up along the inside of the pipes, which is known as "pipe scaling". However, the Romans were fond of heating their drinking wine in large lead containers, and that likely did drive more than a few aristocrats mad.

[@nalgene247]

IIRC, Flint, MI was a catastrophe because of pipe descaling

[@benjiunofficial]

Additionally, Roman authorities recognized that wine kept in lead vessels was somehow unwholesome, and recommended against the practice. It was popular because the lead acetate formed by reaction with the wine had a sweetening effect.

[@pyropulseIXXI]

No, it didn't make anyone mad; this is just nonsense retro-explanatory powers being used to create a false reality of the past

[@MBro3]

@@pyropulseIXXI at least put some grease into your argument , whats your source 'trust me bro! ?

[@poultrylord7300]

Didn't they also shave lead onto foods to sweeten them?

[@compatriot852]

Emp went from making YTPs to having an existenial crisis while detailing myths

[@forx28]

Thinking making YTP's is not something born of an existential crisis is cute.

[@Crudely-Drawn-Cupcake]

Ytp’s = a good start to powerful editing

[@fallengamer3000]

nice vytis, respect

[@devangoad]

True growth.

[@oktayyildirim2911]

I wonder if he minds being remembered as "the YTP guy". Also, other commenters, please stop using apostrophes to pluralize.

[@mhomer89]

"As was the case with Emperor Qin, we are still searching for eternal youth by ingesting poison" That is some high level writing right there

[@gonderage]

some dark souls type plot going on there

[@pyropulseIXXI]

I see comments like these, and I realize the bar for literally everything has dropped so low. Such basic writing, the likes of which a 13 year old could achieve, and some 'genius' comes along and goes "that is some high level writing right there"

[@BickyNuckley]

@@pyropulseIXXIWhy even watch Emp’s content if you don’t value it whatsoever? It was a clever line, I don’t understand why you’re so angry across so many replies. Maybe you should take a small break from the computer, go outside for a walk.

[@BittenToe]

@@pyropulseIXXI would you rather it be written in old english? What matters is not the prose but the content. The clever parallel drawn here that encapsulates the central idea of the video *is* high level writing.

[@INeedToSeeYourBalls1945]

​@@pyropulseIXXIDamn, someone sounds jealous.

[@samuelvilz]

I'm surprised this one doesn't have timestamps yet. Here's a suggestion: 0:00 Prelude 2:52 The Yellowstone Wolves (and other man-made disruptions of the ecosystem) 10:08 Human's use of toxic chemicals 16:10 The atom bomb 19:29 Poisons and infectious diseases 27:05 How we're still in the age of unforeseen consequences 28:57 Is hope yet another evil? 31:25 Of mice and men

[@StoutProper]

2:09 what are the bodies in the picture behind him?

[@samuelvilz]

@@StoutProper Here's a link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bison_skull_pile_edit.jpg Found using Google Chrome's context menu, "send pictures to Google"

[@thefreemonk6938]

Thank you very much

[@ELTABULLO]

@@StoutProper The skulls of an american species that was wiped from the continent jut to screw over the Native Americans, they even said "Kill Every Buffalo You Can! Every Buffalo Dead Is an Indian Gone", they didn't eat them or anything, just kill.

[@DownTrodded]

@@StoutProperHorned animals similar to cows and probably siblings to bulls and buffalo.

[@planescaped]

"Down the line people way smarter than us will come along and just figure it out" I have seen quite a number of people echo this exact sentiment, politicians included, and their braindead hopeful optimism is as frightening as it is unhelpful. The reason we're in the trouble we're in is because of people just ignoring problems for another day/someone else. We should be doing what we know works now _and_ wait for something better to come along. Not do nothing and be an IRL version of the "this is fine" meme

[@nothing4mepls973]

Lead gas logic, lmao. Tragic yet funny.

[@thibaldus3]

This. Sadly "political time" is often no more than 4, 5, or 7 years. Until the next election.

[@LordVader1094]

Exactly. The only reason people were able to solve problems and make big advancements in the past is because of the incremental work those before them did. Everyone needs to take responsibility and try improving if we're to get anywhere.

[@beridledodopidop4822]

Na it's because no good deed goes unpunished, truth included.

[@ghostface5559]

I think the quiet part isn't being said. The idea that at some point we do stop doing that and do buckle down and settle on whats to be done and fulfill that narrative.

[@chemistryguy500]

It's so nice watching emp grow into an excellent storyteller over the years

[@MumwaW]

On god I used to watch this dudes ytp’s then one day he makes this stuff that’s literal art

[@tumultoustortellini]

Honestly, he was a good speaker even during the "raging at youtube" days. His jimmy kimmel video is gas, even today

[@basketcaseface813]

He’s always been a good storyteller.

[@thejunkman]

These are kinda just reverse YTP's if you really think about it.

[@thejunkman]

@@MumwaW YTP's are art. High art.

[@Sound557]

Lead acetate was also occasionally added to Roman wine as a sweetener. It’s where we get the term “sugar of lead”. Great video as always, Emp.

[@KingHalbatorix]

it was a sweetener. sweet is the term for the taste sensation, sweat is what your body excretes to regulate temperature, and a sweater is clothing. sweaty is an adjective for someone covered in sweat; sweetie is a term of affection.

[@planescaped]

@@KingHalbatorix This is a real thank you captain obvious response. It's quite obvious that's the word they intended and sweater was either an oversight or an autocorrect.

[@KingHalbatorix]

@@planescaped You're absolutely wrong. I've seen countless drooling lobotomites make the same _exact_ mistake, and it's not a matter of being a speaker of English as a second language. Ohhh no, plenty of native born speakers do it too. Rather makes me want to rub their eyeballs with a cheese grater because it SHOULD be a 'captain obvious' difference - seeing as the words aren't even *pronounced* the same - but as the tautology goes, half the people in the world are below average intelligence.

[@FishbedMyBeloved]

Waga baga bobo 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@queefqueefington]

I known hindsight is 20/20 but that is hilariously stupid

[@Funnylittleguy985]

I’ve been dealing with a lot of stuff recently. The part about hope and the mouse at the end made me sob. It’s the first real feeling emotion I’ve had in a month. It really put into perspective that my feelings of hopelessness are not just my own. I’m not alone in my struggles. We all go through the same shit. I’ve been watching you since the beginning and I’m not leaving anytime soon. Thank you emp for all the good times.

[@DavMovis_]

This video really makes me feel like the existential downward spiral never really stopped.

[@SolarScreamz]

Who suggested otherwise?

[@SolarScreamz]

@kalebisalwaysright live a life of lies to have a peaceful death. I'll stick to the world I know rather than the imaginary one

[@dorcasmutton6335]

​​​@@SolarScreamz ah yes, because we all definitely know the truth 100% no questions about it. Until we definitively prove God real or fake one way or the other, it doesn't really matter which way people believe. So why not just let the man live in a way that brings him comfort?

[@hovesssharedspace8490]

@kalebisalwaysright even if I'm not responsible for my existence, I choose to take responsibility for it. I choose to confront my fears rather than to ignore them like you suggest to do. I refuse to pass the responsibility of being off to some other third party being, for that is an insult to the miracle of existence.

[@Kuino]

@@dorcasmutton6335 he let him

[@huntergreer3599]

As an aspiring wildlife biologist I truly appreciate Emp’s discussion and coverage of the environmental issues happening in past and present along with the effects on ecosystems so that they can be heard of those that haven’t heard of them yet: It’s truly eye opening to understand just how complex food webs are and how each species interacts directly or indirectly with each other, thanks tor another great vid!

[@chloroplast8611]

Hes schziphreniccc AAAA

[@huntergreer3599]

@@chloroplast8611 AAAAAAAAA

[@davisbalser203]

Lol that Yellowstone wolf section is straight up a lecture from my old disturbance ecology class

[@huntergreer3599]

@@davisbalser203 yeah brought me back to one of my first ecology classes too.

[@EmoDKTsuchiya]

You can thank God for that

[@cool.penguinz]

Your pandora's box visual goes insanely hard dude, mad props to you and the 3D animator!

[@tonystank3091]

Downward Spiral

[@Raelven]

The flow of topics is seamless. So well written.

[@griffinheeg2998]

This emp lemon guy sure makes some neat moving pictures

[@zenotoxic3761]

You should’ve seen the ones he made before

[@vapinggranny2474]

Even the OF girls can’t make ur meat feel this good

[@hassassinator8858]

Motion pictures

[@andrewternet8370]

Lemon guy? Who tf you talkin about?

[@haroldthaf]

He makes pictures move real good.

[@5ilverstreak854]

Maybe the real treasure is the man made horrors _within_ comprehension we made along the way.

[@doctornoahphd1288]

I read this in wendigoons voice 😂

[@JacquimoGaming]

I love how EmpLemon always keeps the Green Simpsons with him, Whether it's YTPs or documentaries

[@welfaiewfb8802]

its his trademark

[@connorperrett9559]

"I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move." *Invents leaded gasoline and CFC*

[@mikeyfergish]

I don't usually comment, but this was one of the tightest made, best produced videos I've ever seen. 10/10 you've got yourself a subscriber.

[@Bulmaatthemecca]

Emp made me care about nascar... that's a feat in itself. Dude is a phenomenal curator of captivation.

[@GloriousDoctor]

​@@Bulmaatthemeccahe made me and my brother enjoy WWE once again. His videos are superb 👌

[@TeamPushup]

Oh boy, get ready for a downward spiral into some of the best content you'll definitely find in youtube. This guy is amazing

[@Mystery-pd6jc]

Watch the rest of them, they're pretty much just as good

[@Jaydoff]

The more philosophical emp becomes, the better his content gets. You're my favorite KZbinr.

[@CassandraPantaristi]

Mine too. I rewatch almost all of his videos.

[@lumen101]

Philosophy is king

[@citrusorange794]

And he was once a KZbin Pooper

[@GLUBSCHI]

@@citrusorange794 just like vsauce, and he also makes great philosophical content nowadays...

[@papabaddad]

"we're still in the era of unforeseen consequences" I think we've actually entered the era of "entirely foreseen consequences"

[@four-en-tee]

the fog is coming

[@ryanj116]

Not really, we know and can predict more things than before, but we will never reach an “end of history” level of understanding. New problems will always reveal themselves.

[@davidgamboa1928]

The thing is, that both are not mutually exclusive.

[@rickkroll]

​@@four-en-teethe fog is already here. Im in the midwest and almost every day it has been hazy and foggy. Air quality is the worst its ever been. It could be something simple, either way its creepy

[@muhthecow5026]

@@rickkroll You sound schizo

[@SearcherRyan]

For me this is emps best video. Its full of random fun facts and existential dread. And on top of all that, the editing is superb

[@diggsfather]

it's the most vsauce-like i've ever seen a non-vsauce video be, and i mean that in the best way possible

[@Milk27]

Imagine the mouse at the end actually saying "I dont need gloves, because I'm Homer Si-"

[@Trillyana]

Grimouse, as he liked to be called

[@lordpi8140]

ded not big surprise

[@vetar3372]

Antibiotic resistance is scary, but the fact we do nothing to prevent it is what keeps me up at night

[@androendiel]

Is there anything we can do?

[@Emerald_Forge]

​@@androendielI'm no scientist but other than reducing use, which we already kind of do, I don't think we can yet

[@houselemuellan8756]

​@@androendielmake better antibiotics

[@Designed1]

@@Emerald_Forge or use bacteriophages since those things genocide bacterias on the daily

[@antusFireNova]

​@@houselemuellan8756then bacteria become even more resistent A possible solution could be batteriofagus

[@MusicaX79]

I'm so happy to see someone that presented the crazy story of the yellow stone elk. What was hilarious about the whole story is that the rangers at one point consoled with nearby Native Americans. They told them flat out the elk were the problem, but they didn't believe it and kept hunting the wolves. It wasn't until the wolves were completely removed that the park service admitted their mistake. What kicked all of this off small animals dying off caused by the park sevice refusing to hunt the local elk.

[@four-en-tee]

probably because they were convinced it was the wolves killing them

[@Kyuubi424]

So, not an unforeseen consequence, but an entirely foreseen consequence.

[@DoctorCyan]

White people moment

[@Deepfried_duck]

Yeah I think this my favourite video on KZbin. Perfect script, editing, music, length and it’s informative and leaves you with a chilling end.

[@Radical.J]

The ending shot of the inside of the box having the downward spiral is genius

[@galactism1154]

I always love the linearity of these videos, finding links and common ground between many things that may not at first seem connected, always coming to a head where the whole point of the video is shown. I also love how the whole video is pretty much just talking about how humanity is often it’s own enemy, then ends with an absolute bop lol.

[@Christiaan-qj8fi]

Absolutely agree. The transitions are so smooth it’s incredible.

[@pyropulseIXXI]

All videos are linear, since they progress from the start to the finish in linear time; imagine if your youtube video just jumped to 95% completion, then went back to 10%, then 15%, 33%, 7%, etc. until it finished out all the viewing time in a non-linear fashion; I think that would be quite confusing

[@omarmatouq3855]

Another masterpiece by our favorite Electro Magnetic Pulse Lemon.

[@Pekara121]

I guess the emp makes the lemon a lime cause his ass green dawg

[@joshdoe7288]

Is that what the fuck it is I always said emp not E M P. Oh this changes everything

[@sbilldmilk]

@@joshdoe7288 it's just short for emperor haha

[@deadman4231]

@joshdoe7288 Yoooo another man of culture, I see.

[@shaknxtdoor]

underrated comment

[@Mia-rr1xv]

I keep returning to this video and every time I watch it I find it more and more interesting/intriguing - your video topics and the way you explore them is so so fascinating and very well produced, thank you!!!

[@lourenz7712]

agreed his storytelling about topics is just so unique i’ve never seen any other youtuber like him

[@TyronePebbleson]

Thank you Emp for uploading this video! You are on a tier of your own when it comes to story telling!

[@boyranders]

Another classic by emplemon, it really amazes me how consistently high quality everything you make is

[@koisamis8597]

its awesome seeing the youtube poops he would put out

[@Torpetto2]

quality over quantity my friend

[@AndrewJanusson]

Lazy regurgitated trite, settle down.

[@xxxman25]

“Another classic by Emplemon” is literally what my brain says 1/3 into a Emp video. We may not get a video for 2-3 months at a time, but it’s always so worth the wait. He epitomizes quality over quantity. I can’t even imagine the work that goes into each video.

[@sethsaathoff9758]

@@xxxman25”another classic by emplemon” is what I say before even clicking on a new video of him, by far my favorite youtuber

[@johnvga6239]

EmpLemon's closing lines always manage to give me goosebumps

[@MapleMilk]

I honestly love and hate how depressing this video is It's the most "It is what it is" video ever made It presents all of these subjects that are bigger than us individually and says how they harmed or will harm us and basically shows there's nothing we can do about it It really makes that last quote more potent

[@R.A.A.]

Hi Maple, you’re no longer feeling depressed, correct ?

[@epic_sans8229]

This is the dumbest type of comment I see in videos. It shows how illiterate you are with informative videos and it annoys me.

[@daddymememaster5432]

Oftentimes with these stories though, there will be one or multiple individuals that would lead us towards a solution to them. Even as a single person, it's possible to change a lot - it just won't be easy.

[@SoulDevoured]

I mean it's not that there's nothing we can do. We can do alot of things. Reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone will never fully restore the ecosystem to what it was. But it was a crucial step towards recovery, to what will one day return to as close to a self sustaining ecosystem as it could ever come. It along with other aggressive restoration efforts. Each individually a small part but each all small parts. That is our future. We all can only do small parts. But they do have an impact. And they all serve to make it a little better (or at least a little less worse) than it could be. We aren't eradicating invasive kudzu but each tree we free from the vines saves one vital part of the ecosystem and slows the growth of kudzu by just that much. Each patch of woods cleared is one little tiny ecosystem allowed to recover and heal itself. Pandora's box is an appropriate name for all the problems Emp listed. We can never go back to the world before these things were introduced. But that's not to say there's nothing we can do to mitigate and reverse some of the damage done. Look to do what little parts you can. If you do happen to live in the south eastern US there's many groups that desperately need volunteers to help remove kudzu. If not you probably live near a creek or a stream and your state probably has an adopt a stream program where you volunteer to clean it. Or has an adopt a road program where you do the same thing and prevent plastics (and other nasty things) from breaking down in those ecosystems before they get there. Everyone can do something. So if you care go and find what you can do. It does matter.

[@thatonerotom8999]

@@SoulDevoured That was actually motivating, kudos.

[@DeathMaker0]

I love the way you weave facts and convey deep philosophical conclusions that span multiple conceptual realms. Your ability to create engaging stories is absolutely amazing!!!

[@Flairis]

Ong

[@sleazymeezy]

You really paid to make a comment...

[@epicthief]

Dude they don't even get notifications that you paid

[@UNO279]

At least the money ain’t going to someone that doesn’t deserve it 🤷‍♂️

[@TextualDeviant]

In a roundabout way, Deathmaker0, you have become the very thing you swore to destroy.

[@augustday9483]

The end of this video is SUBLIME. Peering into Pandora's Box to see the Downward Spiral staring back at us gave me chills.

[@TeamPushup]

Duuude. Agreed hahaha, complete chills

[@GlipGlig]

Honestly I was too distracted by the music. It was weird to watch a video & then suddenly go "Oh hey, Lemon Demon!"

[@JD-qq8fz]

@@GlipGlig haha yeah right? All the dread washed away when I started groovin. Neil C friggin rocks

[@bigkspicy8257]

More terrifying than a horror film. You have a special ability to ask the big questions in a way few others can. A toast to the end of the world!

[@jamesmmcgill]

I think “Koyaanisqatsi” will be the perfect companion for this video.

[@daannillesen6187]

11:23 Fun fact about roman lead pipes, while the water pipes would be very unhealthy to drink from the first years, at certain spots in italy water contained calcium carbonate which, after a while, creates a protective layer against the lead. I find that a crazy and fascinating coincidence

[@alwayshere6956]

That reminds me of how Roman concrete ended up being the way the stone would calcify with the water eroding it ending up strengthening it. Our ancestors had a connection to nature that we've lost, and I'm not religious, but I think it's godlessness

[@daannillesen6187]

@@alwayshere6956 What I found fascinating was the book Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, which is about stoïcism. It is a lot about humans and their connection with nature and life. I think this book is amazing to experience what Romans might have thought about the world while also being still relevant today With regards to their solutions surrounding water, it could also just be a coincident which worked out pretty well. We prob never gonna know but thats history :)

[@theKashConnoisseur]

@@alwayshere6956 yes, godlessness. bring back the worship of the Pantheon, just like the Romans!

[@zf9903]

@@alwayshere6956the concept you’re looking for, the connective tissue we’re missing, is areligious spirituality.

[@Rainkit]

Lead's history fascinates me. We used it for piping and paint for thousands of years but it was never connected to anything until recently. Some roman authors even said that painted lead plates made food taste better.

[@concon9107]

Lead was even used as a sweetener in some parts of the ancient world, although there are tales of artists and hatters going mad in fits of what we now know to be lead poisoning. Edit: hatters were mercury, sweeteners and white paint for much of history were lead.

[@radioanon4535]

It was known to be dangerous to an extent back into the middle of the alchemical days, but it was so cheap that it was thought that the benefit outweighed the risk.

[@rumble1925]

I've read that they knew it had toxic effects. I guess they continued using it for the same reason we put lead in gasoline; it solved an immediate problem.

[@duffman18]

​@@concon9107 hatters went mad due to mercury, not lead. Mercury was used for the fabric of hats. Basically they'd use animal fur, and they'd soak the fur in mercury to make it much easier and quicker to separate it from the skin. It'd basically automatically turn it into a fabric. It was pretty dumb. But anything companies can do to cut costs, they'll do, even when it destroys their entire employee base because they all go mad or dead from it. Same thing happened with stuff like the radium girls. There were better, safer ways to apply the radium to watch dials, but they were more expensive. The companies literally knew how dangerous it was, all the men employed at the factories would wear huge amounts of protective equipment and clothing when handling the radium, but they didn't tell the women working there about the dangers, and so they would lick the paintbrushes that they'd just dipped in radium in order to create a fine point for the precise painting work they were doing, and that's why all their jaws fell off.

[@VLF7200]

Makes a lotta sense when you see how insane some of the (actual baby boomers) are in their older age. Guess we all just assumed that everyone would go senile as they age, but hopefully the commonality of it will severely drop.

[@deedumdim]

I genuinely think this is one of the most well put together videos I've ever seen. Pacing, editing, content, audio, topic flow, everything. Absolutely incredible work, homie.

[@ElmosDaddy23]

I second this

[@Sir_Opus]

These videos are honestly so incredible. The quality not only of the video itself but also the masterful storytelling, hopping from one topic to the next in such a natural way. Emp is truly a blessing to this world.

[@jameswright8923]

Thank you for mentioning the invasive species problem that humans have created. I have studied this problem extensively, and it is terrifying. The worst part is that little is done about this problem and no one is talking about it. I envision a future of no biodiversity, mass native exction, and an ecosystem filled with monoculture non-native, plants if nothing is said or done. I would love to see a video talking about this topic but I know your busy :) Love the video!!!

[@JohnyAnderson-hk2nj]

Gosh that is what's scary and most likely will be our doom freaking r3tards today are more worried about social media and there following then anything else idk I just thing we are the last gen that's done the final middle finger to the earth and continue to I don't see us stopping anything sadly

[@SoulDevoured]

What bothers me is how much could be done if property owners were educated about the property. A simple education campaign coul have a massive impact. Far bigger than the few volunteers making small attempts on public lands.

[@OakNuggins]

I wish you mentioned Clair Patterson when it came to the section about lead. He was a scientist who basically discovered and brought awareness to lead poisoning the air, and fought hard against oil companies who lobbied to keep making it with lead (apparently that lead fuel was really good stuff though.) Clair saved the US and potentially the entire world from certain doom if things continued the way they were going. He's literally a hero to me. He also helped discover the age of the Earth, as well as unknowingly helped produce the uranium for the first nuclear weapons that would be dropped on Japan. Bring some awareness to him!

[@Killerunchie]

I am an isotope geochemistry graduate student and one of my professors was a student of patterson’s. The work he did is truly remarkable, and this field of study has provided us with an incredible amount of knowledge about the history of our planet and universe, yet very few are aware of its story.

[@Jasper3478]

Lead was put in gasoline because it's a lubricant. It reduced wear on the piston rings and valves in the engine. In its natural state you can use Lead as a dry lubricant.

[@vinniehatcher664]

@@Jasper3478 Lead is an element of ruin. Its dwindling presence in civilized society is not unwelcomed by me.

[@RJS2003]

As it would seem the actions of most heroes either just aren't all that known or would rather go unsung. We may have a lot of legends about real great heroes from eras past but we'll never truly know them all, who knows, perhaps we've already forgotten plenty. Even so, maybe we don't need to know who they were. Instead we should appreciate what their actions and sacrifices have provided us with today and hope the echoes of their victories carry on with us into the uncertain future that is to come.

[@mrmaniac3]

You just did 👍

[@afeathereddinosaur]

Humanity as a species is specialized at taking risks. We evolved to think about what risks to take for the possibility of a benefit. We try new things out since our birth, limits are taught to us by life and the words of many who have hit said limits before and yet there are still those who will try to go beyond them. Opening the Pandora Box is not much of a tale about we creating an unsalvageable situation knowingly, it is simply the most modest of lessons passed to us by those who can't give them to us directly. The Pandora Box, and other tales are the lesson every caveman who ate the wrong berry, every starved mountain climber, every overly tyrannical emperor, every unwise tamer, every unlucky metalworker, every submarine company CEO, every ex-risktaker, every daring person who paid the price would teach their successors should they be able to. The lesson that if you play with fire and ignore the risks and signs of danger, you will get burned, and many times that burn won't simply heal completely. It is in a way an Ode to Unluck, a Memento of Failure. Of course, it's existence also proves the contrary in a way. For every person getting burned discovering the practical uses of fire, another learnt how to cook meat with it after watching their peer get cooked themselves. For every known failure we get to learn and progress beyond it. That is why Hope is all that remains inside the box in many retellings of the story. The Pandora Box story comes with two lessons inherent to it: The first is to not take risks, not let yourself do something dangerous simply because you feel like it or someone tempts you to. The second one is that should you actually do it - open the Pandora Box and go against all common sense - and should it really be as bad as it was described, that you go ahead and try your best to get something out of it, for it is all you can do and letting the chance go means allowing that loss to forever remain one.

[@mcspider9953]

Reading that was great

[@Sno_White_N]

A brilliant perspective, thank you for sharing this. 🙏🏻

[@scan8501]

“If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not recognise it when it arrives.” - Heraclitus of Ephesus

[@hazzardgaming405]

Awesome as usual thanks

[@benb.8550]

Ending the video on "Redesign Your Logo" was a genius choice. We've been raw-dawging Earth so hard that its become a competitve industry.

[@fartgarfunkeljr]

Everything's connected

[@VectorKappa]

We know what we're doing

[@garage-doors]

We live in the future

[@nerusaru]

Everyone will see it Every demographic If they fail to see it Are they even human?

[@Crabmaster]

The instrumental version really does have that Downward Spiral energy to it, doesn't it? Hm. A Downward Spiral of Ants.

[@Bosierman]

Emp is the GOAT of video essays on KZbin. No one else can take an unknown topic or idea and bring it to life in video format like emp does

[@Hexstream]

There will never ever be another video essayist like EmpLemon!

[@Sejikan]

Solar sands is better

[@lonron5018]

Vsauce goated, solar sands is trash

[@chloroplast8611]

I think hes schizophrenic

[@ZaLewdWarudo]

@@lonron5018 vsauce is normie trash

[@PsRohrbaugh]

Thanks for another great video

[@Treeeop]

This is the rawest, most fitting and understandable while still being surprising ending of an EmpLemon video ever. Awesome work as always.

[@diddykong2143]

EmpLemon cooks so hard with these videos fr

[@OhioanOrganDonor]

just wanna say that i really respect your effort to include your sources and references for these videos. there are many essayists who aren't willing to go the extra mile like you.

[@nolan5746]

this dude gotta be the most well rounded youtuber in a long time, definitely a huge inspiration to me and probably many others. nowadays you’re stuck in a box stuck doing the thing that made you blow up, but not channels like this. y’all are the backbone of content creation and personal growth

[@IgneousExtrusive]

Reminds me of SolarSands, he used to make basic deviantart cringe videos and now he makes high quality video essays. Many of them still centered on art critique but with different subject matter and tone.

[@thatonerotom8999]

And to think he started out making nonsensical (yet hilarious) youtube poops.

[@CreatureNamedGrace]

Antibiotic resistant bacteria are no joke. My great aunt got an infection in her foot from a small blister that antibiotics had a hard time treating, and the infection spread up her leg and into the bone. Thankfully, she survived, but her left leg up to the knee had to be amputated to save her. Antibiotic resistant bacteria are already here, and the consequences are deadly. Edit: fixed grammatical mistakes

[@WhaleManMan]

Bacteriophage could be the solution

[@mint_1018]

I've heard there is hope, the using of bacteriophages to fight bacteria has already entered human trials and that bacteria will never be able to become resistant to antibiotics and bacteriophages. This disaster may be avoided before it becomes a real problem.

[@trevor0245]

While we have a solution to bacterial infections with the possibility of bacteriophages, is there an alternative solution for viral resistance?

[@mint_1018]

@@trevor0245 The only new thing that I know of to combat viral infections would be antibody injection, although vaccinations are the best weapon we have. Also viruses naturally evolve to become less harmful but more contagious. The only doomsday that could happen from viruses would from something made in a lab.

[@ambatuBUHSURK]

@@trevor0245 vaccines and they're the best and also the most effective. No alternatives required for most viral infections in humans.

[@JennaEmbers]

Such a wild coincidence that you uploaded this because I have been thinking about this very subject every day. It’s been weighing on my mind quite heavily. This inevitable feeling, not just of my own unavoidable passing, but of mankind as a whole barreling through time toward our own unavoidable demise.

[@HaloBro003]

While it is important to be aware of our mortality, and to try to not rush to it, it's also important to remember that people are also working towards solutions, and that things aren't necessarily doomed. This video is fascinating, and frightening, but let's not fall to fatalism and nihilism, and let's remember that life is also filled with opportunity and beauty! :)

[@theKashConnoisseur]

Life always goes on. At one point this entire planet was a molten sphere with a toxic atmosphere. It's been hit by space rocks so hard that the debris cloud blocked out the sun and made it winter everywhere. Volcanic explosions so immense that they covered continent-sized areas of land in lava. And still, life finds a way.

[@Winckypoo]

Every emplemon release is an event for me lmao

[@clunkster]

same

[@TurkeyTheChinese]

Omg same

[@neongamer3137]

true

[@Pekara121]

He’s like the internet historian 😂

[@kevinzhu6417]

him and solar sands are great at these types of existential and "making random topics interesting" videos.

[@David-sc7zk]

You and Lemmino make by far the most engaging, satisfying and addicting essays/documenteries i have ever watched. Better than 90% of the mass media documentaries I have seen. I really am glad you make them, no matter what they are about.

[@austinthesan-antonian3932]

I went down a Lemmino relapse binge a week and a half ago and I have to strongly agree. Their shit needs to be put on public access television at the least.

[@thedrewbinator]

Makes me sad lemmino doesn’t ever upload like he used to

[@archermadsen7744]

Lemmino hasn’t uploaded in over a year. I wonder if his channel over. I hope not, because he’s one of KZbin’s best creators.

[@willgander]

@@archermadsen7744 I am like 90% sure he is just working on a big video. I saw someone say that somewhere. I think the comments in his last video mention that.

[@jam-etc]

@@thedrewbinator when you're a creative making these videos, you want to get better and better and improve and deliver the best things you can but that takes more and more time and the money just doesn't there, so instead of settling for less polish, it just takes a long time to do things. It's the fate of every successful channel

[@bobstevenson3130]

Your videos never fail to entertain, thanks for the great content my man

[@Alex-vm6ef]

Probably one of the best KZbin videos of all time, with everything including the message taken into consideration. The final product brings together all the elements perfectly toward an experience for the viewer that isn't just images on a screen or words from the speakers

[@helloitsme4388]

I figured some people would want to know the music at some points in the video especially that last song (it's a banger) so i timestamped all of them and used emp's pastbin of the song titles to create this list. 00:00 Uncut Gems Soundtrack - Uncut Gems 01:17 Emerson Lake & Palmer - Tarkus 01:35 LA Noire Soundtrack - J.J. 02:32 Firewatch Soundtrack - North Backcountry 03:34 Firewatch Soundtrack - Shoshone Overlook 04:35 C418 - Wait 05:11 Amynedd - Boulder Zone 06:06 Klaus Veen - Dial Hop 06:49 Butthole Surfers - Pepper (Instrumental Cover) 08:41 Persona 5 Soundtrack - Freedom and Security 09:54 Joshua Morse - Vampire Snap 11:11 NYSE - gross2 11:24 NYSE - HGTV 13:14 Dewey Dellay - Gramps Remembers 14:16 glue70 - Fake Idea 16:11 Uncut Gems Soundtrack - The Ballad of Howie Bling 18:00 Bad Dudes - Super Dodgeball - abstractions of rain (Versus) 19:30 Gorillaz - Saturnz Barz (Instrumental Cover) 21:00 Brian Ellis - World Peace 22:35 Nine Inch Nails - Closer (Synthwave Cover by Marc Bower) 27:00 Xenosaga Ep. 1 Soundtrack - U.M.N. Mode 28:31 Jimmy Durante - Smile (Instumental Cover) 29:14 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun (Mario 64 MIDI Cover) 30:29 Lemon Demon - Redesign Your Logo (Instrumental)

[@maxl_2034]

Amazing! Thank you!

[@joshmay2944]

Doing the lords work, thank you friend!

[@seronymus]

How did you recognize all them!???

[@duffman18]

​@@seronymus he didn't. He literally said, he used Emplemon's paste bin link in the description of the video. Emplemon always posts the list of songs he uses, for every single video he makes, in the description in a pastebin link (he does that instead of just listing the songs in the description itself because if you write out the names of songs and artists in the description, KZbin's content ID bots are way more likely to take down your video or stop you from earning any money from ads on the video, but if you just write them down on a pastebin post then the KZbin bots won't know)

[@gabrieloro4258]

Fucking legend

[@basserman]

I still remember throwing on your old rants about the KZbin rewind for whichever year when I would get back from class in highschool. Now I'm heading into another year of university, sitting down while eating dinner to watch another one of your videos. To see how far you've come in your content, it's truly a blessing. Love you man, keep up the good work.

[@devjock]

That final peek inside the box showing the downward spiral. Absolute chefs' kiss. Awesome video mate. Thank you so much!

[@warriner1290]

Emplemon is a brilliant storyteller. Keep doing your thing, my man

[@dinoflame9696]

Pandora's box is an allegory for knowledge, the more you are aware of -- the more evils you see.

[@sixe9095]

I hate to break it to you, but it's actually about how women are more in touch with nature and therefore more chaotic, which leads to pandora opening the box against all reason. According to ancient greeks anyway

[@dikasmusha6194]

@@sixe9095 basado

[@supertrollfaxnoprinter3329]

classic psuedo intellectual

[@sixe9095]

@@supertrollfaxnoprinter3329 ancient Greeks have more in common with Islamic states today in terms of how they treated women, maybe you should pick up a book or do a Google search

[@JL-ql2jo]

Scripture says “with much knowledge comes much sorrow”

[@fossposs6408]

yo you’re really nailing the transitions between different topics in a single video

[@WhyTrashEarth]

Never thought of tying Pandora's Box and Envrionmentalism together... Absolutely brilliant. Cheers to you EmpLemon

[@blazingsilver7218]

31:15 is such a perfect clip and I’m so thankful someone so big has at least clipped Stuck in Sound. What a brilliant and beautiful music video, with its own message that fits so well with your video. It adds another layer, as if you seen the video, knowing the man has no part in the earth blowing up, he still squandered his relationships to achieve his goals. He open his own Pandora’s box and suffered for it. And now learning that hope is sometimes seen as another evil leaving the box, so too does the astronaut have his own hope seemingly become evil, as he thinks there’s a female astronaut in another space station. But when he arrives he is understandably angry that it’s just another guy with long flowing hair. The parallels you can push and pull to in your videos is always astounding and I can only hope that never changes.

[@theoppwhoshallnotbenamed3550]

I’m currently halfway through college and this video basically summed up all my dread about continuing school despite all that’s going on.

[@PsRohrbaugh]

Eh, we'll probably be OK. That said I just bought 200 acres in the middle of the woods to become self sufficient.

[@igortasovac848]

Listen son, I know things might look scary and bad right now, but truth is... They gonna get a lot worse.

[@NoName......]

Don't focus on things you can't control. Focus on the community around you. When you try to help everyone, you help no one.

[@rampantmutt9119]

@@PsRohrbaugh Everything is connected. Living in the woods does not prevent one's self from experiencing the effects of ecological collapse, ocean acidification, wildfires, and wet-bulb temperatures that exceed survivability.

[@j.2512]

@@PsRohrbaugh ah yes, just be a millionarie bro

[@arrowtongue]

The way you branch between topics to amend to the greater theme is reaching Vsaucean levels of brilliance, keep up the good work.

[@bmkbbk123]

Currently studying horticulture in college. To hear one of my favorite KZbinrs talk about the exact thing I'm going to school to learn about was awesome. People truly don't understand how dangerous invasive plants are. glad you are talking about it. also, no other youtube can make a video that has me contemplating and digesting what was said for days after. you really are one of the best out there.

[@pelago_]

You really smashed it with this one. For a Monday morning I’m tapping out half way through but this was a great effort.

[@havingabrainisoverrated6214]

The moment she opened it, everyone on earth heard an echoing “it’s never ogre”

[@rayz0101]

I never realized how iconic Animatrix is in my mind. I can rarely remember exact scenes but that small clip at the start just brought back a flood of memories.

[@ellpoyohlokoh]

Amazing musical selections as always, redesign your logo has always felt like a genuine horror song about expansion at any means, and it fits the premise and end of this video flawlessly.

[@JobiWanKenobi804]

One of the greatest videos on this platform, i have rewatched it almost 25 times. I love your work.

[@reno9821]

Perhaps one of the most haunting videos you've made, and yet it had plenty of moments that made me chuckle from the sheer unforseen devastation we have caused upon ourselves. It sometimes feels so absurd, that it almost makes me wonder whether this is not the point, or punchline, to some grand story of our existence. Problably not the best video to watch before going to sleep, and I imagine the haunting feeling I'm left with will be even more amplified after seeing Oppenheimer in a few days. Pretty perfect timing to release the video though, intentional or not.

[@nardinyouryard]

Only EmpLemon can make a perfectly paced and well transitioned video about several seemingly unrelated ways to end the world

[@treycotter]

You’re very popular at this point but continue to be one of the most underrated KZbinrs out there. These videos are insanely well done.

[@knight2988]

I have watched all of your videos of the last few years and this has been the best. The way you write, edit and narrate is absolutely incredible. Thank you.

[@cameronb7161]

Thank you, Emp. I was beginning to feel ok today, but you managed to put the crippling anxiety, depression, and urge to simply give up back into me. Much appreciated.

[@ttvPseuderity]

Every time I watch an Emp video I actually learn something new and that can't be said for most KZbinrs out there. I didn't expect Kudzu to get attention but as someone who lived in the South for most of my life I can tell you it's a seriously persistent plant! Most places have given up trying to get rid of it. Great video!

[@Smytjf11]

There has got to be a way to make it valuable enough that people will want to go grab it. Then we harvest the crap out of it, and boom, problem solved? Carbon sink?

[@oogaboogabe3464]

The scariest part is that there isn't really a lot a single person can do about any of these. We have to trust those in power with doing whats best. And they don't seem to have a very good track record

[@bjzaba]

It’s not enough just to trust as individuals that they will do what is right - we need to hold those in power accountable through collective organising, even as they continue to try to prevent us from doing so. The challenge is immense and there is little hope… but that isn’t an excuse to do nothing.

[@sumkindacheeto]

You're all being too hopeful of the coming ages. You should stop that. Attempt to be the much needed change instead of thinking someone, something else will come in to save you. They will not.

[@lambda653]

At the very least, intellectual experts can try their best to warn the public of potential irreversible dangers present with certain technologies, but yeah it usually doesn't work. Almost every time, scientists' curiosity and obsession overpowers their common sense and they wind up pushing the technology farther than reasonable. The demon core is a good example of this. Hopefully Robert Miles, Eliezer Yudkowsky, and other AI safety advocates can convince governments to start funding much more intensive alignment research because I suspect that if humanity opens a pandora's box with respect to AGI then that will be the last ever pandora's box to open.

[@Beyfreak321]

@@sumkindacheeto Yea just try your best and you'll have no regrets

[@lizardthatwillbiteyourball3280]

​@bjzaba unionising, voting and workplace democracy seem to be some good non revolutionary method to move towards holding those in power accountable

[@Jalreal]

Your blend if writing, music choice, and editing all make your videos really stand out. When watching, one never knows where you will go next, but knows that somehow, you will tie it all together, even if thia is the first video of yours that one has seen. You have proven that many topics that one might not find interesting can be made so. That is rare- excellent job!

[@carbonation1031]

I love that the downward spiral is inside of the box. This whole video was done masterfully

[@nobodyspecial4100]

How Netflix or Hulu or someone hasn't scooped you up to make documentaries for them is mind boggling. One of my, if not my favorite long form creator on KZbin.

[@imgladnotu9527]

because those entities, they glow harder than the moon's entire visible circumference at any given time its visible to us, whilst at the same time are as soulless as a rock that cares not for the consequences of its actions.

[@magsec5]

yeah no. then he wont have creative control.

[@thejunkman]

Not enough mass appeal. This is one of those hidden gems of a channel. Most people don't want to think or contemplate that hard and Netflix/Hulu knows their base wants spoon fed mush into those consumeristic impressionable brains. The goal is to sell advertising in product placements within content.

[@bananieldiamonds1921]

Thank you for Making me laugh in my youth, and pontificate in my adulthood. You speak truthfully and with purpose. Your videos are well constructed and remind me of simpler times of childhood.

[@acceptablecasualty5319]

Love how instead of overproduced Documentary music in the Background, we get a a Disco Remix of "Vampire Killer" as EMP describes Mercury poisoning