- These four dangers could end our world | Jared Diamond | SVT/TV 2/Skavlan

Geographer, historian, anthropologist and author Jared Diamond explains what he sees as the biggest threats to the world as we know it in this Coronavirus special series, «SKAVLAN + 1».
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[@erinpowell941]

First read Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond and was impressed by his work. So much to unpack in that interview, but every time I hear an intellectual like Jared Diamond speak, I feel a little bit better about humans - and a little worse.

[@user-wy2iw5vy5u]

did it and i recommend John Caseys Dark winter.

[@erinpowell941]

@@user-wy2iw5vy5u Thanks, i will check it out! :)

[@robertcece6972]

Have you read his book Upheaval? I couldn't get past page 40 cause he was still introducing the topic... after 40 pages. And I got mad & put the book down. I hope Guns, Germs & Steel is written better. Though I may get Status Anxiety from Alain De Botton I'm still not sure!

[@erinpowell941]

@@robertcece6972 No, but i did order Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. Someone recommended it, so i thought, what the hell, why not just immerse myself in the dark well of reality. Hasn't arrived by mail yet but i have hope it is better than some of his others, though it is hard to beat Guns, Germs and Steel. Guess that's why he earned a Pulitzer for it.

[@user-wy2iw5vy5u]

@@robertcece6972he details about things that are referenced from experiences. I ve read alot but running computers are a week link to my knowledge base. He made a movie on DVD... national geographic. Watch it from a library..

[@aurigaable]

Oh my word what another quality interview - thank you Skavlan. So informative and thought provoking. The added bonus was Mr Diamond's analysis on Finland's approach during the war. As a Finn I was proud to be listening to him bringing it up to the wider audience. Can't wait for the next brilliant Skavlan interview. All the best from Ina

[@teresahildebrandt2390]

Honestly, Skavlan is my go to KZbin channel. I wish more than anything it was available on USA TV. The quality of programming (look here is Jared Diamond) is exceptional! It’s learned and in-depth, not silly or useless. Thank you.

[@jenster29]

The reasons you love are the same reasons it's not on US TV. It wasn't always that way, there used to be great journalists programmes on.

[@rumplestilskinsmum5094]

Are you a pessimist? No, I am a realist. And this Man is talking reality. After listening more then once to this interview, the tree example is explanation enough. For me.

[@charlescoryn9614]

@buzz magister ....Not if Guy McPherson is right! Soon the arctic ice will be gone, let's see what happens......

[@charlescoryn9614]

@buzz magister ....... Looks to me that when the arctic ice melts, which apparently will be soon, a year or two or three, and the underground methane in Russia is released, we'll be caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Overpopulation too...... population growth is exponential while food supply hardly increases arithmetically........

[@davidwilliams7552]

Geography has so much to contribute with its focus on how people interact with their environment and each other.

[@dumbfounded298]

An apt description of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. I will myself to keep from being terrified and to use the time I have on this planet to better myself and those around me.

[@ashleypresley]

Especially the nuclear war and the sky going black, reminds me of the same scripture describing it.

[@djonfonsteen6331]

@Phil Weatherley such passion should be passed on... but we can change.. individually, most people are very intelligent and deserve more respect... yet, as a whole we still accept this comfortable slavery. There must be almost 6 billion loving humans who demand change.. 6 billion vs a small percentage?? Why cant we change?

[@higreentj]

Rising sea level of three meters or ten foot over the next hundred years is our main concern but building a global infrastructure of storing more water on land, especially drought stricken areas would reduce that threat. Producing meat from stem cells and hopefully ending the domestic and wildlife meat trade is something we need to do. It is the speed of transmission via air travel that we need to control. The common cold virus emerged from birds to camels but took hundreds of years to reach North America.

[@joestrat2723]

When I read about Easter Island in "Collapse" I realized we're doing the same damn thing, only this time on a global scale. We're racing against each other to cut down the last tree.

[@holaadios72]

The collapse of Easter Island population was due to the diseases brought in by Europeans, I though this was already an established fact and was shocked to hear from Jared Diamond this ancient "tale". Again, saying that a pandemic cannot cause the collapse of civilizations is ignoring the history of pandemics.

[@jeremymenning56]

People look at me funny when I describe to them "last tree theory". It's as if they don't get it or don't care and probably means both.

[@sandal_thong8631]

We've been playing "follow the leader" for so long, it's difficult for people to unite and say "no" to authority, especially when it means they have to pay more in taxes and fuel costs in the short term. Just look at Americans whining about gas prices above $4/gallon when Europeans have had that for ages. Meanwhile it's like 50ȼ/gallon-equivalent to charge an electric car.

[@dougg1075]

Now at 51 I’m extremely cautious and have done some crazy shit in my youth.

[@TheYanbibiya]

Big deal. You are getting vulnerable not wise Soon you'll be a drain to others. Get the vision back. This guy really is both paranoid and can't assess risk

[@jeffa6780]

Jared is a brilliant man who finds "reality" through his researches. I read all of his books more than once. Seems like a real nice man, too. I liked your show and subscribed with the "ringing" bell!

[@whataheapofpish]

Skvalan is top class Cracking work Mr S And Jared is a multi-genius

[@nealgrey6485]

I was camping near Twisp, WA, and I heard a loud sound. I looked up, and I saw the branch of an evergreen tree waving in the air. This was not very interesting, but I thought that I might check it out. To my unbelief, a large evergreen tree had just toppled over. The base was just a foot and a half high, where the tree had separated itself from it’s base. The rest of the tree was on the ground. About 50 feet of it. All I know is that there was a lot of red in the stump of that tree. It was a totally calm day. No wind at all. I could not believe it. I looked, and to be sure, small bushes were crushed under the newly fallen tree. Take from this what you will, I am still puzzling about it.

[@mollydooker9636]

Jared Diamond has a fascinating viewpoint on history and geography. I’ve read all his books , this is the first time I’ve seen him interviewed. It was great, thank you.

[@lucylou5766]

I enjoyed this conversation with the great Prof Diamond. Would have loved to hear more!

[@SkavlanTV]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@peterlynnsperspective8402]

The blind leading the blind! 😆

[@Steampunkkids]

As a fellow Los Angeleno, I’d love to hear more about his bunker. We can’t use generators in high density residential areas. So, is he using a Tesla solar battery to power the bunker? Storing enough water to sustain two people for two months (with a 20+ year shelf-life) that is affordable to hard to find. What brand and type of container did he choose to use? How does he secure and cool his bunker? Air conditioning would require at least one Tesla solar battery dedicated just to that alone. With the “big one” on the horizon, we can never be prepared enough

[@camycondon]

Excellent

[@camycondon]

OK

[@artmcteagle]

Well it all only buys time, after two months then what? Also, what's not to say that you happen to be far, far away from your bunker when Kim Jong-un drops a fat one.

[@higreentj]

Plans to become a multi planetary species is the best survival strategy.

[@danbev8542]

His book subjects are fascinating, imo. Enjoyed the interview. Thank you.

[@stevemartin4249]

Japan resident of 37 years (from the U.S.) and former 'eclectic' Associate Professor speaking here. I am a fan or Jared Diamond, and bought both the paperback version and Kindle version of 'Collapse'. A couple of points regarding the talk here: 1 - Risks to humanity as a species ... nuclear, climate, resource depletion, inequality ... as Prof. Diamond correctly pointed put, are all limited to our self-destructive potential. But 'cautious optimism,' because we face none of the threats that caused extinction of species in the past such as super-volcanoes, astroids, sudden polar shift, etc.? I'm just wondering what makes our second of the geological time scale so exceptional? 2 - Although I often refer to Prof. Diamond's great final paragraph about the failed Norse Greenland colony in 'Collapse', if I am not mistaken, one distinction I did not see in the book were dysfunctions of societies directly correlated with scale. Three socio-psychological constructs that I've found useful in understanding our self-destructive tendency includes 'Dunbar's Number' ... the correlation between prefrontal cortex size and the number of people we can relate to as unique individuals, the roots of morality as being grounded in empathy between social species (Frans de Waal), and the consistent, small, but salient percentage of 'dark-triad' personality types in any population ... the narcissists, machiavellian opportunists, and morphologically defined psychopaths. Although we all fall somewhere on a spectrum of behaviors associated with those traits, a few people are genetically predisposed to behave more consistently on that end of the spectrum ... rather than more nurturing or altruistic behavior. Just a guess, but in triangulating between those three above variables, population size might be directly correlated with corruption due to the increased opportunity niches for the steady percentage of 'dark triad' personality types in any population. I am guessing the greater the empire, the harder the fall ... and as a species, we may have already reached a tipping point ... not unlike that failed Norse colony in Greenland.

[@landonhall46]

I grew up in the early forties shortly after World War II ended. I am living in 20/20 and never thought I would think my childhood years now seem like a dream and I.appreciate and so miss those times that today my children can’t even imagine the difference and describing it to them, they find it quite boring which was not the case in those years at all!!! I now realize how fortunate I was!!!

[@michaelhester1328]

The problem arises when your "neighbors" come knocking on your bunker door.

[@djonfonsteen6331]

Unfortunately, highlighting such disasters.. no bunker will help. When you finally emerge to witness the damage you may find yourself worse off than the dead pilled up at the bunker door... 😝,🤔📖🔬🔍📑🙏🌍❤

[@bentrider]

No one who ever existed or who exists now has ever truly been free.Thàt is because no one consulted us before being placed in this thing called life. Also, most of what happens to us in life is out of our control. I do not worry about those things. One of the few things that we DO control is our reaction to the things that happen to us. Thus, my reaction to this video is simply not to worry about it.

[@djonfonsteen6331]

I like that view.. but some effot has to take place for us all to share similar attitudes. Then this is about understanding, which in turn comes from information being passed down. We then find a problem. Some information is either a secret, only to be passed down through inheritance or a school you're not allowed to join 🤔 and this is privilege! Part of the core issue in my view. We are surrounded by divisions in many complex forms. Psychological and physical segregation isn't really needed when / if we all shared the same understanding of truth. Imagine a world like that? A world of continued culture, self fulfilment, respect, exploration and above all, the very best education for all. We can build robots that clean, drive, unblock sewers etc... all those jobs nobody wants. Leaving a calm society of people on a path of self improvement. All sports open to all. All arts open to be explored. Space exploitation. Im sorry but this isn't sifi anymore. What we have now IS a horror. I prefer sifi anyway... especially when we all have leading roles. 🌍❤🤔🤔

[@bentrider]

@Phil Weatherley lol.ok. doesn't really matter to me if you understand my comment or not. Have a nice day.

[@djonfonsteen6331]

@@bentrider a nice day? One day maybe, when we're as clear headed as you? 🤔👏👏 well in Sam, enjoy your very short retirement, if you manage to get there

[@alanmcrae8594]

My wife & I both read "Guns, Germs and Steel" and "Collapse", and we learned a ton of important things from this wise intellect. Glad to hear that he has a bunker and has given some thought to the threats to life & limb that his environment contains. Once upon a time, both Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts learned a thing or two about always being prepared. Preparedness is just an intelligent response in anticipation of what is essential to have on hand during a future crisis or emergency. Dumb people and pre-occupied people are the ones who probably could have prepared for emergencies but were either too oblivious or too distracted to take any proactive precautions. My wife & I each have an N95 mask, surgical gloves and even a homemade UVC Sterilizer because we prepared for the probability of a future pandemic years ago. It doesn't really take a degree in epidemiology to know that the conditions for pandemic outbreaks are rampant in many regions of the world, and, sooner or later, modern transportation will bring the contagion right to your front door. How could people be so cavalier with their lives that they won't use their God-given intelligence to make even the most basic emergency preparations? Do they think that manna & N95 masks will simply fall from Heaven when they desperately need them...

[@Anteroization]

that is what i told a friend today over the phone, if you are so afraid , why don't you built a bunker ? he is a pessimist, I am optimist. walking around now with my third pacemaker for 20 years.....

[@michelestewart4152]

...you GO dude.

[@njosborne6152]

I live on a boat, with 4 other guys on the dock. I Always keep 20 to 30 gallons of potable water, Accessible. Anytime I need to leave, I leave. No questions asked.

[@heide-raquelfuss5580]

In Belgium...boats, who were not for professional reasons, where not allowed to move. So even with a boat..., your not lucky. And wich country wants to let you anker on their waters for food, water, supplies and so on...? Everything can be tricky... I think..., the only ones who have generally more luck are the living off grid people, who have years of experience doing this. When they live very secluded and away from people. Bless you

[@arjuncv5277]

Thank you Skavlan.. absolutely brilliant interviews..so much informative

[@patdiggin7053]

Ropes,clothing etc. Can be made out of hemp,even henry ford had made a car out of hemp and was going to mass produce when American President Roosevelt said build me airplane bombers instead, which he did.a man recently built a one off hemp car,he had to send to China for hemp fabric. Completely sustainable.

[@Symbolsysteme]

Interesting that he talks about contructive paranoia! Dalí wrote an essay about critical paranoia. It's a very helpful concept.

[@poesypoet]

If money makes the world go around Take a lesson from the meek Keep your money don't go to town Their love for money makes them weak Don't want pipelines Don't want oil Take a Lesson from the meek Buy a horse to till your soil Their love for money makes them weak Don't want gmo's or fake food take a lesson from the meek Grow your own you know what's good Their love for money makes them weak Don't like the stuff they teach at school Take a lesson from the meek Home education is a useful tool Their love for money makes them weak Don't like conflict and don't like wars Take a lesson from the meek Refrain at home and do your chores Their love for money makes them weak Don't want corruption or tyranny Take a lesson from the meek The answer seems so clear to me Their love for money makes them weak Hey now gold and riches We're not your bitches Or is it just me Rich or poor They all want more Their love for money makes them weak I want this and I want that Your love for money makes you weak Your a consumer and that's a fact Your the problem so to speak Your ego's bruised oh boo hoo Your love for laziness makes you weak You're the perfect corporate fool And your still protesting no not cool

[@ocevicheband502]

Is it the end beautiful friend?.........😏

[@poesypoet]

@@ocevicheband502 It's just the beginning of the end

[@ocevicheband502]

@@poesypoet Raggedy bones rattlin ' There be them priests We all know ' bout em now Doin' there cornuto thing, drowning lovers in a Dry canal Me n' my sweetheart ain't drown'n there We shimmy shine shakin' always lookin' to boogy Any alley any town Raggedy bones in that alley rattlin' Me n' my baby we listen to the stardust fall'n from The lips of a singer any singer,any alley any time, raggedy old bones In the alley.

[@ashleypresley]

O Ceviche Band I love poetry, people don’t appreciate it as much as they should.

[@ocevicheband502]

@@ashleypresley Jesus wept,so do I. A lot more than usual lately.

[@helengrives8834]

Constructive paranoia - what a nice wording.

[@andrewmallory3854]

I'd phrase it as positive pessimism. The human race needs both optimists and pessimists. Too pessimistic and we'd never have left the caves to search for food and died out. Too optimistic and we would have been killed trying to take down mammoths with a hand axe!

[@norvinvilla2642]

Jared insights, again, are amazing and helpful. The interviewer should improve his delivery of questions.

[@caikej]

Usually a crisis is for most people, opportunity only for a few, in China as elsewhere. The Japanese invasion and occupation of China during WW2 was a bloody crisis for the Chinese people, but opportunity for the Chinese Communist Party, which gained power after the war, as Mao himself reportedly admitted.

[@markcampbell8158]

Mao let the Chinese Nationalist fight the Japanese. He kept out of the fight for the most part. Mao was saving bullets and future soldiers for the next fight. You are right.

[@davidj4662]

After the Japanese troops surrendered, Chiang Kai Shek was given command of them by the Americans, to fight the Chinese people who were fighting to take their country back from foreigners and their lackeys. Fortunately they were successful despite having all their sovereign wealth stolen by the Americans and Nationalists and taken to Taiwan.

[@markcampbell8158]

David J look cut through the communist crap. Mao cared about Mao. He was emperor of China . At least 60 million died under his failed leadership. The country did better after he died. China is communist to control the public only. They only worship cash today.

[@rembeadgc]

Whether something is a "crisis" or an "opportunity" is dependent on the point of view of the participant.

[@djonfonsteen6331]

True 🤔.. 📖🔍📑🔬 America and a few others did well.. who sold aviation fuel to the Nazi regime? (We could have saved Berlin and London but no, profit came before life, as it does now🤔) and who took a handpicked group of scientist back to the states for knowledge and pardons. Who then used the spoils of this war to create instability and nearly eighty years of more genocide, war and murder in the middle east, Africa and now Venezuela??

[@michaelhester1328]

Facinating! I love this stuff! Diamond is genius.

[@ttmallard]

Please, the Rapa Nui DIDN'T clear timber to move Moai, they used 3 ropes to "walk" them & had a remnant park built with them at Contact, the Europeans let the Pacific Rat finish the job, rats ate their seed pods why they became scarce. The long talk; 32:29; kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKbXYmljdsuir6M

[@djonfonsteen6331]

Questions... great site... love the discussions. Please notice, these identified, so called crisis and risks, are part of an economy that has always and still is, being privately manipulated. Countries don't just decided to put themselves at risk... its forced upon them (in most cases) its because they're being targetted for minerals, precious metals or fossil fuels that another country needs economically. Divisions of education have been systematically delivered to enable years of economic manipulation, like in Africa, middle east and Venezuela. All these divisions, such as differing education, the building of walls, media control, religion etc etc... these are what cause hatred and economic disaster that we see as nuclear war, viruses, civil unrest etc etc. My question is... we have put our security and trust in people that are supposed to be THE best educated people on the planet... yet we find ourseves here, today, in this nightmare, why? Is it not time to identify the core parts of the economy that breeds distrust, hatred and above all shellfish corruption and wealth consolidation leading to genocide, social risk and war. 30 million Africans have died unnecessarily, over the last 20 years? War, bombs and bullets have been flying since 1945, why? Is this Dunning Kruger or just immoral use of power for a very small percentage of the population. Why does this continue? Its my view that if we ALL worshiped the planet instead of the sky, heaven would be here now on earyh for all to enjoy. At the moment, due to thoughts of ignorance, some cultures feel they are intrinsically better humans than others due to religion and education. This is THE root of the problem. Ignore this and we continue to be at risk... FEAR!! the great controller. Its utterly repugnant. Unity is key, No?

[@michelestewart4152]

....brilliant.

[@djonfonsteen6331]

@@michelestewart4152 isn't it amazing how logic, love and truth is ignored by some people? Thats because there is no defence anymore.. this is where the paranoia lies. Soon, EVERYONE will be asking the same questions and DEMAND change.

[@ftakenouchi1464]

Is that a landline and an electronic pencil sharpener I see on the side table there...?

[@gracefulvintage]

Oh leave him alone, really. That’s all you got out of the video?

[@dougg1075]

Haha

[@dougg1075]

gracefulvintage oh come on.

[@Queenie-the-genie]

What a treat!

[@jenster29]

Inequality always existed. It was 'sustainable 50 years ago'? Because people in poor countries didn't know? It was because NOBODY knew how rich the rich actually are and how poor the poor are. It wasn't sustainable then and it isn't now. Moving the extremely poor into the richer countries will just make all the countries poor The poor coming in won't become as 'rich' as those already there. The ones already there will just have less too. The actual rich will stay rich and the rest of us will be spreading the crumbs amongst us.

[@Dancestar1981]

Our governments have ruined Australia by doing this

[@carolro6673]

Your argument that the rich/poor populations are a static fixture that hasn’t changed and won’t ever change is flawed. Historically people have moved to countries for more opportunity and a better life and have achieved this. It is true that there is a choke hold on the many by the super rich, but your assertion that it will never change does not hold up. It has changed. Not fast enough, I agree. You only have to read the history on how bad it was to see this.

[@jenster29]

@@carolro6673 I never said it was static yes there had always been movement but at this moment people are flooding into the richer countries at a higher rate than ever before. You can already see the changes that have to be made to accommodate them.

[@damianrhea8875]

Carol Ro Dream on...

[@tenderheart7530]

We must add overpopulation to this mix. ☮️

[@BradKaellner]

But Jared, how many of your neighbors know about your bunker now? Some things are better left unpublicized ;)

[@kengartner204]

An Electromagnetic Pulse (from a hostile power OR from a solar event) would fry a lot of the electrical grid. It seems that a whole society could collapse if 10-20% of the population dies soon after and cannot be resurrected for a long period (for example, electrical power plant transformers take a very long time to deliver under the best of circumstances). I am curious why this doesn't make Mr. Diamond's top 4 list.

[@kristinaabc3751]

Trusting paranoia = trusting your intuition and gut feeling.

[@jimsanderson4180]

kristina abc trust your knowledge base & intelligence. Your gut is pure feeling, uninformed by logic.

[@santiagobenites]

Paranoia is a loss of rational thought process. Trust your rational thought process instead.

[@oliviam7226]

Perfect Paranoia = Perfect Awareness

[@henrybrowne7248]

I finished Collapse~ a short time ago. One of the best damn books I've ever read, and I read lots of different stuff. Diamond can make it interesting, like a mystery or adventure . . There is so much in that book that we need to get through our heads, collectively I mean, and we're running out of time.

[@robbenvanpersie1562]

Why are we running out of time?

[@henrybrowne7248]

@@robbenvanpersie1562 Sorry this took so long. I'm still learning how to use YT. So you aren't aware of the melting Arctic? That's what I meant. When that thing goes, it's going to change into a completely new, rather hostile, planet.

[@patdiggin7053]

"Sustainable" is an interesting concept.

[@bonitajane4501]

Potable water. Water is life. Wasting water, how can we keep up with what is wasted!

[@dorisaccardi2348]

I’m with Jared, I have constructed paranoia. It has served me well. And of course I get laughed out and made fun of about the fact that people think I’m negative. But I think a lot more about things then a lot of people do.

[@helenndow1101]

Experience is the greatest teacher.

[@stephenvanwoert2447]

An excellent program, along with the interview with Greta Thunberg last September. She accomplished in 2019 what is forbidden in 2020. What is it with the Swedes that I feel close to them as an American for centuries?

[@leahculberson9360]

Lovely !

[@klee88029]

Remember, in many of our lives issues, there are really no "One Size Fits All" answers. Our Creator gave us individuality, common sense and 'free will' for a reason; To USE it, in hopes of leading each of us to OUR Highest Good. And COVID-19 is an Opportunity to bring out either the best, or the worst, most selfish parts of us. Also, KNOW that COVID-19 which is also known as SARS-CoV-2; WILL eventually be followed by SARS-CoV-3; so maybe we should be looking at this as a warning, a time to practice, become more self and other responsible, accountable, reliable; a time to prepare for even worse future viral pandemics.

[@djonfonsteen6331]

Our creator gave us "free will". Agreed. This is why billions is spent on media and advertisements. Find a child that has free will these days? You are buying them items from adverts. Or they're being moulded into paranoid, fearful kids via all forms of educational division. Free-will only comes through awareness, acceptance and yoga practice. Lots of practice. 🙏❤🌍

[@JR-zm2yu]

pjp88029 klee Much bigger than what we've been led to believe! 🙏

[@globetwig4401]

I've just realised that we need to develop and cultivate free will as well, through the ways that you've suggested.

[@klee88029]

@@globetwig4401 Yes, we do. For each of us, the journey is one of "Who Am I", each step of the way, when we make our decisions that affect our and/or others' lives. And hopefully, ech of us will evolve to become better people, the longer we get to travel on our journeys'.

[@barbarajohnson1442]

Excellent!!! Thank you!!!!

[@Zeroing.]

The term “crisis”, when written in Chinese, is 危機. 危 means danger, 機 means opportunity. The typical Chinese thinking is danger and opportunity always go hand in hand.

[@djonfonsteen6331]

That is whats totally wrong with the global economy...

[@carolineflanagan6855]

inequality needs to be nearer the top of the list

[@helenavaskio-madsen1968]

Loved his book Upheaval.

[@lance8080]

Red China focus on that crisis their out detroying the world and your not even mentioning that.

[@heide-raquelfuss5580]

It is scary, that china is the black sheep. You forget america does the same. The middle- east too. Basically we are all predators destroying animals, plants, rivers, seas, and humans. It allready starts in kindergarten, where bullies are in play. It goes true all the school years until you end in an elderly home. We are a dangerous human species after all. Only a few people are gentle, friendly, nobel, humble human, morally strong beings. Correct me, if i am wrong.

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

Opportunity really only exists where accurate knowledge is present and where critical thinking gets a warm welcome. In the Middle Ages and through much of early modern western history, new ideas tiptoed on thin ice. Today, in certain pockets of a given population, critical thinking gets the cold shoulder. Hard questions meet only with suspicion and so again, opportunity seems only to have a chance in the light of open minds.

[@longboarderanonymous5718]

Sounds like we are in a global crisis and work together as one or we will have major consequences.

[@ashaj7095]

Unfortunately, Trump can't grasp the value of cooperation preferring to point fingers at others to provoke tensions.

[@pstolee]

The tree also is an unnecessary risk. Why sleep under a tree when there are other options. On the other hand, activities like parachuting are leisure activities for most and unnecessary, but they are the goal of the activity. They are the activity.

[@sandal_thong8631]

It's sleeping under a _DEAD_ tree that's the problem. If it's 1/1000 and you do it 1000 times that comes out to be 1-(999/1000)^1000 or 63% chance of the tree falling. Not 99 or 100%, but still not a good deal.

[@camycondon]

Helpful thinking

[@livondiramerian5467]

People have the power to change.

[@984francis]

Only if one, they realise it and two, they want it.

[@readytogo8679]

leaving God out, not repenting, lust, sin, and not loving one another. Exodus 15:26 God speak about it Exodus 9:14 plague of Egypt 2 Esdras 16:37-43 scriptures telling all. Matthew 24:7 warned us pestilence

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

Sure, a book has records man's sins, but since the inception of human life, we've gone as far as we want without intervention. So, why should anyone fear a god who thinks a book will change the world for the better? The book didn't save Europe and Britain from religious tension and subsequently war and they had plenty of religious leaders with their own copy of the bible. Therefore, the warnings mean nothing, b/c they've been heard to long without follow up. It's like threatening a small child and never acting upon the threat. No reason to trust. No reason to believe.

[@thewordkeeper7417]

@@gaslitworldf.melissab2897 I agree, that book cannot save us, but the Man from Nazareth in that book can set YOU free. DONT IGNORE... PLEASE READ ON. One day you'll die and you will hope that you clung to the saviour whilst your temporary stay on Earth. You are LOVED, in fact, you are AWESOME and VALUABLE in God's eyes. I'm not asking you to follow a religion, I encourage you to follow JESUS and become like a little child. God does not hate you, He is waiting for you to come to the end of yourself and believe in His Son that He sent so that you will have eternal life. Now I did not think of sending a long message but maybe just maybe today could be your salvation and God is using me to tell you that He never left you, even if you cannot see him or feel him, He is there. You are truly LOVED. You might roll your eyes for this comment or tell me that God doesn't exist and that Jesus is a myth etc. Just know that I'm not looking for a fight, I don't know you but I do know one thing... and it is that you are human, you have feelings too. you make mistakes, you've been hurt and you've hurt others as well. Also, i cannot force you to Love JESUS because then your love for Him will not be sincere BUT i can tell you... Try everything in life to satisfy your soul, but in the darkest if days when nothing works out at least try JESUS... i wouldn't hurt if you tried. I don't know your name, I'm assuming its Melissa. Know that I'll be praying for you. Please do take care and stay safe. Kinds regards.

[@donrayjay]

Wide words on risk and life learning a pleasure to listen to. But I’m not convinced that pandemics are a bagatelle, precisely because the fallout of a pandemic may be to bring on conflict that leads to nuclear exchange

[@helpimlost.62]

We can all contribute to making this world a better place we don't have to wait for the government or supermarkets or big franchises to tell what to or when to make the changes. We are responsible for our own actions and the impact it has on the world good or bad. Humans are supposed to be intelligent. We know we are causing suffering and damage to animals/environment. There is enough information out there to educate us, but the real question is, do we care enough and are we willing to make those changes.

[@Kumtuks]

Interesting did not mention what has caused the great extinctions, meteor strike and major volcanism.

[@gogamaras1329]

Yes, very interesting

[@deaddoll1361]

Considering the history of meteor strike, it's hardly a likely occurrence by any stretch of the imagination, and neither is major volcanism. The human caused threats are all much more likely to occur, as some are occuring now, and the nuclear threat is constant.

[@fixedstarsrise]

This is an interesting video, but it may actually be true that some societies DO choose to commit suicide. This subject is discussed in greater depth in the video entitled "The Ecstasy of Carbon: The Description of the End of Empire."

[@annkastura1849]

The circumstances of the quarantine have really gotten to both of you 🤣. We are all being forced to “shop our stash”, which is a rare positive ➕ outcome of this historic time❗️

[@icometotalkstory6185]

Thank You! Very nice, kara

[@someguy2135]

This pandemic, and many earlier epidemics were caused by animal exploitation. This is one more reason to follow the advice of the expert panel of the UN that concluded that we need to switch to a plant based diet to avoid irreversible climate change. They also found that animal agriculture contributes more to climate change than all transportation combined! Animal agriculture is also a major waste of fresh water, which was mentioned by Mr. Diamond as one of the dangers he was talking about.

[@aleksandralempart8305]

Well said

[@someguy2135]

@@aleksandralempart8305 Thanks. I didn't mention that factory farmed animal products use a huge amount of antibiotics which means it's only a matter of time before a pathogen mutates to be antibiotic resistant. That could make this current crisis seem tame.

[@ricknelsonm]

I think not the UN is full of SHIT

[@rossvaneldik3562]

@@someguy2135 Ya, it's all the fault of animal farming. Sure thing, veggie man. You're just Some Guy who agrees with some tripe that others say.😉

[@someguy2135]

@@rossvaneldik3562 It seems to me that you are just some Ross vanEldik who resorts to sarcasm instead of addressing the specific points I made. I can provide links to facts that support all of my points. You think I didn't consciously decide to use "Some Guy" to refer to the fact that I am just some guy who is commenting on the web? So are you. The difference is that I can provide facts to back up what I say.

[@Monkeybongoes]

I do not understand how anyone today can be informed, objective and realistic, and be anything but pessimistic.

[@carbon1479]

10:45 - That doesn't make sense to me. If we survive we won't be asking how late 20th and early 21st century capitalism and supply chain optimization with no stockpiling, or lipservice only to global warming, I don't think we'll be asking how people were so blind and stupid - we'll have an immediate response - we weren't taking game theory and its interactions with the commons seriously enough and for historical reasons too many of us had sacred objects in areas where game theory operated, thus it was a taboo topic and thus we just had to run faster and faster at what we were doing wrong to keep up with whoever was the most ruthless, had the most blatant disregard, and who'd conquer us or put us out of business if we didn't. I like the way Daniel Schmachtenberger put it recently about whaling, that it's a tragedy if certain whale species are ready to go extinct and fishermen/whalers are taking up the last few dozen of that species for oil, fat, meat, and other products but there's an understanding along with that - if a given whaler doesn't get that whale and have a hand in making that species go extinct that whale still won't stay on the ocean, it'll just be someone else's resource prosperity, the more scrupulous whaler's loss, and the species will still go extinct. It's a bit like we need some means to clean up undesirable / harmful arms races over the commons and if we're still alive as a species in 200 years that's something they'll be able to look back on our time and say some people are clued into it but most people found it a controversial concept.

[@terminator3199]

Two hundred years from now there won't be one human on this planet ...

[@michaelpartridge1381]

I'm sure there will be more than one human on this planet 😕😀

[@michaelpartridge1381]

In 200 years 😀

[@twilighttime952]

I'm surprised he didn't mention the effect on society if we lose pollinating insects such as bees. That will mean the loss of many crops & the subsequent loss of species that feed on them. Including us!

[@AnotherGlenn]

I, for one, am sick of living as someone else's property while being conditioned to think otherwise. I see the dominance hierarchy in this species, and academia plays a large role in it. Edward Bernays, Sigmund Freud's double nephew, bragged about how manipulable the masses are in a book called Propaganda (1928). My main concern is not asteroids or volcanism or diseases or anything else the universe might do. My main concern is the increasingly deceptive practices being implemented by shadowy people in the dominance hierarchy of this species. The news media, an artifact of academia, is making a psychological war against the masses. Is everyone aware that the birth certificate is copyrighted and that the name on it is not yours? The BC I use is claimed to be the intellectual property of Her Majesty in accordance with section 12 of Canada's copyright act. Why would law need to be complicated? Why are the fundamentals of law not taught to the young? Why is Jesus alleged to have said. "Woe unto you, Lawyers!"? Why are people naive enough to think presidents and prime ministers are stupid and that we suffer due to their mistakes? I'm not aware of chimps voting for the one they want to be the alpha male. The masses need to learn about themselves as the apes we are and then shine a light on the hierarchy. I don't see this happening, though. I think the shadowy people will continue to divide the rest of us against each other, successfully. We think of chimps as living a brutal existence, but they know how they are governed. We don't. The dominance hierarchy in our species is camouflaged. What we think of as government is their front. We're supposed to focus on that and keep our eyes off the folks that pretend to have no power, although they have great wealth and produce nothing of value.

[@djonfonsteen6331]

Without doubt. Academia a? 🤔 is this not the sharing of good practice? The search for truth... science is supposed to be the search for ultimate truths. So, we look at all the scientists arguing about the virus' danger, herd immunity and whether masks work, ffs! All those years of education only to become a government "rent a professor"!! Such waste. Since the 80s in the UK, we have had Punch and Judy shows in parliament. Seriously!! Its nothing other than a public pantomime. Look at Brexit (sorry , i know😝) we had no oposition. At all!! A political leper called Corbyn, was allowed to rise to power, knowing full well, there wasn't a risk of him taking over as prime minister. This is horrifically like America now!? All children deserve much better than the future they have been presented with now. The elderly, who have paid so much tax, worked to make their world somewhat secure and comfortable and the thanks is what? Now, its an early grave... no long retirements of freedom. I know im jumping topics, but its all tied together in one repugnant economy. We can stop this ride, get off for a while and demamd a new set of drivers. I for one, dont intend to allow this to continue. I can only improve what I have and be sincere with people. I love this planet and everything on it... and i mean every thing, creature, person, animal, trees, even golfers. We cant afford to sit and allow our planet to be used this way. We have a beautiful planet, possibly the only one occupied at the moment. We have a God like duty to keep it all safe, no? Please, everyone, try!! ❤🌍🎇

[@texasRoofDoctor]

I did enjoy his book "Collapse" but "Guns, germs, and steel" REALLY has some holes in it. Why was the wheel not invented and widely used in the New Word, ditto iron working, and many other things that have nothing to do with grains, animals, and such being limiting factors. There is a much stronger argument based upon latitude: people in northern climates had a shorter growing season and were forced to be more inventive to survive. This is a far better explanation for the technological differences between the Nahuatl (Aztecs) and Europeans upon contact. The Nahuatl and Maya had very high technology in many fields: astronomy, architecture, agriculture, etc. Diamond's ideas sound more like some sort of PC apologetics piece vs scientific thought. He is right about LA though- it is doomed.

[@rebekahfowler2958]

Society making bad choices, people voting for Brexit comes to mind.

[@djonfonsteen6331]

🤣🤣🤣 brexit 😝

[@djonfonsteen6331]

The problem is, our decisions are mostly not really our own! 🤔

[@starprice7389]

Such a pleasure 💜❤️🧡💚💛💋

[@lomgshorts3]

Jared, These foreigners can get as angry and envious they want at our lifestyle and traditions, but rather than migrate they can make their homes where they were born a garden. The technology and knowledge is there for the asking (or thievery as in Communist China). I see no reason for anybody to try to migrate to the U.S.A. when there is so much room going to waste in their original countries. If there is a tyranny in their country, then they eliminate it and choose the style of government that suits them. At great cost, we eliminated tyranny in 1775-1783, 1859-1865 and probably will have to do it again. I find the division inside our present government offensive, and plan to eliminate it before I die. Many will ask: what can one man do? I say: a lot if he picks his words carefully. This is where the past can help me change my words to heal the divisive elements in our Government. This is where a man who wants no fame, no fortune, no victory, can excel. I have always been like this, working behind people and letting someone else claim their time of fame. Whether we have a bloody victory, or a peaceful consolidation is up to the circumstances of the times. I fear it will be a bloody victory, as this Country has been too lazy in their actions to gather peacefully to solve the problems we face today. We have no real outside oppressors to rally against at this time, so the changes have to be made from inside, and that can be a bloodletting we haven't seen since the "war of Northern Agression" as they still call it here. Time will tell.

[@juliewilliams7129]

This stuff will blow your mind if you've just smoked weed. I just subscribed.

[@victorialeif9266]

Jared Diamond is a pinball wizard! Hay-ho!

[@TyroneBeiron]

Jared Diamond regards his opinion and perception of events and facts as important, because they are his. In his books, his historical analyses reveal his deep anti-religious bigotry, and he only accepts a version of things if it mirrors his opinion. But because he is a best selling author, his opinions are well sought. This doesn't mean to say what he has out together is nonsensical - on the contrary. Like all other authors, read then intelligently but beware their biases. What could be a mass extinction event for humans in an instant, can actually be a pandemic. And he is still concerned about nuclear fall out... 🤦🏻‍♂️ Inequality being a fourth disaster: hello, inequality, Dr Socialist, has been around throughout almost all of human history... As for Easter Islanders, that's a best hypothesis, not a fact. Disease and other factors could have contributed to the end of that society, not just the 'cutting down of trees'. It's unfortunate people don't question through his 'thinking'. His application of the probability of 1/1000 is also incorrect. If ten trees crash each night in New Guinea, it won't take 1000 nights of sleeping under one to arrive at the probable event... it also disregards the wide spread of trees in the forest. Just saying. Do not take his word for it. He confuses 'risk analysis' with 'constructive paranoia', no matter how novel his label 🏷 is. 🙏🏼

[@scottdavid9688]

If the US had almost any other president, an international coalition would have been established to combat Covid 19, this may have built relationships could have then helped to tackle climate change. Unfortunately, Trump.

[@pj3998]

scott david You are correct sir!

[@urwokeness4490]

Oh you mean, if he/they, (all countries), would've found out as soon as china did? I agree :)

[@Lily-flying]

Unfortunately you are wrong. The best President we have had in modern history is our only hope right now. I’m smart enough not to be a follower of fake news. First, the Cabal is behind setting this virus out on the world. How do I know this? Read Dr. Judy Mikovits and Dr. Rashid Buttar. This virus is not an animal virus. It is a group of lab generated viruses. The Cabal built the lab in Wuhan. The virus was made in a lab in North Carolina and transferred over to the Wuhan lab then it was set out on the wet market in Wuhan to make it look like that’s where in started. Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx are Cabal. So is Bill Gates. The international coalition you speak of was never investigated for being for being crooked by the Obummer administration or any before it. I’m speaking of the CDC and the WHO. They work for the Cabal. Look it up. You can’t fix climate change. It’s financially impossible.

[@BetwixtDandD]

Every day the world ends for about 150 000 people. And everybody's world sooner or later ends...

[@poesypoet]

My plea to the people of this planet I don't know how to make myself more clear We are at a turning point in earths history And where we are heading Is my worst fear Division of the people so we're far apart No not social distancing that's not what I mean I'm talking about physical distance between our hearts To block a connection that cannot be seen Affairs of the heart I'm talking about love I'm talking about when you meet someone They personally fit you like a glove I'm not saying sex although that can be fun I'm saying energy felt when you first meet Some how you know this persons unique You know in your gut or maybe your heart That something is wrong right from the start Or something is right if you know what I mean Some how you know without being seen You can't ignore it it's right in your face A certain vibration you get from the place Your gut starts to tighten or maybe it's calm Some how it tells you if you belong This unseen vibration or feeling you got Tells you to listen it tells you a lot But do we listen when it sounds the alarm To keep us safe and away from the harm That is currently threatening humanity That could potentially kill our civility Snitching on neighbors for dollars you owe Government payouts for online trolls Contact tracing to follow who knows Hiding the truth their lies it does show Our bodies are capable of hidden insight And what has been hidden or maybe just lost If we don't tune in and use it our future it may cost When making decisions that just don't feel right When something seems stupid and obvious to me And on this point you might disagree Isolate the healthy quarantined in your home Told When you can leave and where you can rome Booze and pot are essential they state Elective surgery will just have to wait Colored pictures of virus they tell you exist Electron microscopes a fact they might miss Only take images in black and white Something is fishy something ain't right My bullshit meter just gave me the sign My body screaming Will you listen this time I'm no one special or gifted or different than you I'm sure you've felt it like a slow turning screw A tightening of your inner core Do I have to tell you more We have to realize Mainstream media full of lies Use your heart not just your head Or you could wind up more than dead So stop and give humanity a hand Stop vaccinations while we still can Bill he's no doctor he's just a gate Help stop this now before it's to late

[@georgehalbert7914]

Soviet Union in 1939? Why does everyone get this wrong? I would expect a man of his age and intelligence to know the “ SOVIET UNION “ was formed after they carved up Europe in the mid to late forties.

[@garyha2650]

220,000 new people on earth every day, and that's taking deaths into account. Offering people $300 for voluntary sterilizations should help stave off all four dangers. Can humans start talking about this?

[@maryphillipps9889]

thanks from N.Z. in lock down

[@dontoews6754]

The lesson that might be learned and if applied would change medical care around the world, making care much cheaper with better outcomes. Whitamin C, IVC is being used by doctors all over the world and USA too to treat cv19

[@evygil]

Is that a phone to his right? hahahaha

[@osharedayz3762]

The 4 dangers: 1. Nuclear risks, 2. Global warming, 3. Resource depletion (esp. water), 4. Global inequality

[@goof_yo]

Bruh, I watched this guys war germs and steel documentary in AP World History

[@mikemorris5944]

I love it..."I'm not a pessimist I'm a cautious optimist". So in short he could simply just call himself a realist. "Constructive Paranoia" I love it. Us old farts can learn allot from those older farts. 😍

[@romlyn99]

People that repeat the mistake - In Chinese the word "crisis" is a combination of two charaters danger and opportunity - only shows that they don't really know Chinese. The Chinese word for "crisis" is 危機 wēijī - made up of critical & machine. Danger is 危險 - critical + risk. And Opportunity is 機會 - machine + meeting. So you could say - in Chinese you can take the first characters of danger and opportunity - and combine them to mean crisis. But there are plenty of other words that start with those two characters... It is just a internet mistake - told over and over - to the point you have someone trying to appear smart using this mistake. I wish people would stop saying this - as it is not true. But a critial machine is def a crisis.

[@CoolBreezeAnthony]

Shared.

[@justjohnny05]

People, people, people and people, there thats the four.

[@noelcampbell3925]

Very good

[@letsif]

Does the good professor also keep a shotgun in his bunker?

[@dorisberlin4972]

Wow what an intellect🎓🎓🎓 and $23 for a Chinese face mask compared to 60 cents, 6 months ago. #shit#times#for#amazing#people.💔💔💔

[@michelestewart4152]

!!!!!!!

[@higreentj]

The face mask would stop the virus spreading but in my experience with the common cold I have always caught it from my hands. I have been on trains and planes where everyone seemed to have a cold and this was before covid 19 so no one was wearing a mask. Once I got off the plane I washed my hands. It is when I eat something without washing my hands that I have ended up with a cold.

[@tamarastikes4319]

Климат изменить ,,что Вы имеете ввиду ???? Климат меняется каждые 25 лет ,не зависимо от нашей человеческой деятельности ,,,Да мы можем что-то подчистить,,особенно человеческое сознание того ,что земля это наш дом ,каторый мы не можем построить новым ,,..мы ГОСТИ НА НЕЙ ДО ВРЕМЕНИ УХОДА,,,НАША ЖИЗНЬ ---ВСЕГО ЛИШЬ ДЫХАНИЕ ,,, (БИБЛИЯ )И ПОТОМУ ТОЛЬКО СОЗДАТЕЛЬ ЕЕ МОЖЕТ ИЗМЕНИТЬ ЭТО КЛИМАТ,,,о катором так стали беспокоиться некоторые политики ,,,чтобы опять таки навести на людей жуткий страх ,,,....

[@des_astresofficiel]

Mr Diamond for Nobel Prize! Racism is a plague, as we have seen until recently, and it arises from a condescending look on the other. This is why I am launching a petition to propose Jared Diamond to the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. His books restore their dignity to a number of civilizations, including the last hunter-gatherers still existing, which he frequented for years. One of his books particularly "kills" racism: "Inequality among men". I suggest that you sign this petition on @t @t

[@dinahsoar6982]

Have you, Mr. Diamond, quit riding in motorized vehicles?? Might I ask, how do you protect your bunker and its contents?

[@jackie6786]

Please dont cut diamond off

[@Isagine]

Not in French too!😢

[@raginald7mars408]

The Bronze Age Collapse - study this. We are right there again....

[@kappa420]

9 months and boom?