The Map of Doom | Apocalypses Ranked

This follows my journey to find and rank all of the biggest threats to humanity. Grab yourself the Map of Doom poster here: store.dftba.com/collections/d...
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This year was the first experience we’ve had of a global disaster affecting every single person on Earth. And also how unprepared society was to deal with it, despite plenty of people giving warnings that this was going to happen at some stage.
But in the midst of all the doom I started to wonder, what other things could threaten humanity, that we are not thinking about? So I made the Map of Doom to list all the threats to humanity in one place.
But just finding them all is not enough. I wanted to find a way of comparing the risks of all of these disaster scenarios. So this video follows my attempt at doing that, and I think I’ve hit on a great way to visually compare all these dangers, which I haven’t seen anyone do before, so hopefully by the end of the video you’ll have a better idea about what the biggest threats are, and how they compare to this pandemic.
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Thanks to Kurtis Baute for climate change info: www.kurtisbaute.com / scopeofscience
[1] 10 ways the world is most likely to end, explained by scientists bit.ly/3fPiZK9
[2] Fifth of countries at risk of ecosystem collapse, analysis finds
bit.ly/3qfpGKc
[3] Global Catastrophic Risk
bit.ly/2VgwusX
[4] Human Extinction
bit.ly/3ocAcjP
[5] Global Challenges Foundation (pdf)
bit.ly/3mqo9Pi
[6] Deadliest Earthquake
bit.ly/2ViLaYo
[7] If all the plankton died
bit.ly/2HVX5IQ
[8] Gamma ray burst
bit.ly/37cMilS
bbc.in/39t11w6
[9] Asteroid Impacts Death Risk
bit.ly/3fP4ciP
[10] West coast US earthquake probabilities
on.doi.gov/2VegasL
[11] How many people die of earthquakes per year?
bbc.in/3obBjQP
on.natgeo.com/36hvGdF
[12] Most deadly Earthquakes in history
bit.ly/2JnLliN
[13] Asteroid Impact Frequency and Risks
bit.ly/36hfGIx
bit.ly/3mgoVyh
[14] Supervolcanoes
bit.ly/3o4iJtN
[15] Average frequency of supervolcanoes
bbc.in/36lFB1M
[16] Climate change deaths per year
bit.ly/36hvZoP
bit.ly/2Vg6u0H
bit.ly/3mp9mEG
[17] Deaths due to climate change
bit.ly/39sOhVV
[18] Global Carbon Emissions Per Year
on.doi.gov/3ob3hMe
[19] Estimating Future Death Tolls
bit.ly/3fQbqCR
[20] Frequency of Pandemics
bit.ly/2JqQrKS
[21] Worst pandemics in history
bit.ly/36kVPZe
[22] Climate Tipping Points
bit.ly/39uAazw
[23] The richest 1% carbon emissions
bit.ly/3mmMdCL
[24] People killed by asteroids bit.ly/39vrI31
[25] The London Beer Flood
bit.ly/3fNjRyZ
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[@domainofscience]

Hey everyone who's come over from Veritasium's channel. Welcome! I've been a big fan of Derek's videos for ages, like seven or eight years, so it was really cool to do a crossover with him. His videos are really good aren't they? I've learned a lot from watching them.

[@nimmernomma8830]

absolutely

[@oliver_siegel]

Good video, also the one from Derek. You asked what makes me feel better? I try to be incentive and see what I can do to help. Currently I'm working on an app called enolve.io

[@tracewallace23]

Great video 👍 Our star is (unfortunately) a much greater risk to us than you summarized in this video. I would ask you to check out a channel called SuspiciousObservers on YT. He dives very deep into this subject including citations and proofs. I'd love to hear your thoughts afterwards. Keep up the great work 👍☺️ Get a cup of tea ready though😕

[@quadq6598]

Yep, Veri sent me, new sub, you owe that man a drink or whatever he likes!!!!!

[@thisguyisyummy]

hey can you make a map of logic? id buy it.

[@aaronpescasio]

Ah yes, the best branch of Science: Doom.

[@Lianpe98]

Lol

[@anthonydeltoro-]

Ngl, Id take a class called doom science. Or at least something called EXTREME GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE!

[@dcfromthev]

More of a genre really hehe \m/.

[@BryonStice]

Apocalypology.

[@ErebosGR]

Doomslayer: "I'm something of a scientist myself."

[@valzugg]

I love the uncomfortably long pauses at the end of each segment

[@dcore64]

Bad editing. lol

[@SirEggscellent]

@@dcore64 No, he does this intentionally to draw eye contract with the viewer and really connect after discussing a serious matter. We are all in this together my friend.

[@dcore64]

@az-bob... I was pretty sure the ... ... ... lol kinda gave you a clue to my humor? Hey thanks for clearing that ... ... up guys. The world was getting ready to ... .,.. ... spin off its axis and fling us all into... ... (long pause) ... (Wait for it) ... ... (Cause I'm British) ... ... Yyyeah... ... ... Pfft .... ..... The nearest wall at 800 mph! Kilometers anyone? Jesus! Be sure and give us the exact speed so we can all ... ... ... Sleep. Hahaa

[@efiisee]

Shit 😐

[@smallone2351]

@@dcore64 You just have short attention span

[@randomrant0]

1. Most likely to kill the human race: The human race (Like someone didnt know this)

[@Skaldewolf]

Yeah, we're pretty much the only thing responsible for the 'this will totally screw us over'-quadrant of the chart.

[@erixs5520]

@@Skaldewolf With great power comes great responsibility.. I need more hob-nobbs.

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

@@erixs5520 get gobblin nobblin

[@erixs5520]

@@seiyuokamihimura5082 masaka

[@Cepheidvariable]

Some people think the earth is flat.

[@AlexpxThreeTen]

I feel better knowing we’re protected from the robot apocalypse by “I am not a robot” capchas

[@kidkangaroo5213]

except those can now be solved more consistently by A.I. than by humans

[@nathanrucker4987]

I thought captchas were just there to teach AIs

[@skepticalscientist4203]

Did you know those captchas are actually used to train AI?

[@tonyman1106]

i guess once doom slayer got finish with hell he moved on to robots.

[@williemerilson3112]

long before we may ever be under threat from an AI that might desire to destroy humanity, we should be more worried about the many people who would like to take over the world using robot warfare that would be more than happy to pretend that those robots are autonomous. every year we see millions fooled into believing something is autonomous that is purely acting within the robust parameters it was given via programming.

[@lalumierenoire296]

Can we take a moment how beautiful this video is; i mean no annoying background songs, very calm, informative, intuitive with these illustrations... etc Love it, from France.

[@BruceNitroxpro]

Jean, We ALL cannot be lucky enough to eat French food and watch videos!

[@sgtcaco]

And he didn’t demand you to like or subscribe. Well done

[@paffomi5110]

His name is Jean, he’s from France, perhaps you could be... The alternate reality version of Jean Pierre Polnareff?

[@G1Joe]

@@sgtcaco I subscribed just because he told me I didn't have to. I find that so annoying in most videos. "Don't forget to like and subscribe!" "I'll do what I want, thank you"

[@sgtcaco]

@@G1Joe couldn’t agree more.

[@FloozieOne]

I came over here on a link from Veritasium and I'm very glad I did. Nice, well-presented scenarios with no wailing and scary music or shouted warnings. You and Derek are very similar in temperament it seems and also in your integrity. You have a new subscriber.

[@justindantonio2561]

You've literally applied Safety Engineering at a global scale. Awesome.

[@ninefox344]

*I survived 2020 sticker exists* Optimistic are we? There's still a month left.

[@michaelcox7603]

Brilliant!

[@Lambda_Ovine]

Also, what if 2021 is worse?

[@yurangudo6919]

Who's to say next year will be better?

[@zentrobi1548]

Ahh yes, next year if you look at a trend curve then it dosn't look bright

[@THEMATT222]

Lol

[@DDKolt]

Dom: “There are ways of deflecting an asteroid.” Derek: “So basically, if a big asteroid is coming right ar us we’re screwed” Me: nice 👍🏻

[@paulmillcamp]

On paper, deflecting an asteroid works quite well, but let's hope we get a couple more decades/centuries to perfect our engineering techniques too ;D

[@livethefuture2492]

If we see one with only a few days warning, then there's not much we can do at all. with maybe 10-15 years of headway, we could theoretically do something about it if we put in all our efforts into it. but presently in the moment, we wouldn't be able to do much.

[@Cythil]

It is all down to the size and when you detect it. The lager it is the harder it is to deflect. The early you detect it the easier it is to get out there and nudge it as you need less effort to do so. Personally I think that a Gravity tractor is the best option. But that really relays on you finding and getting there early. A gravity tractor is when you place a probe close to the asteroid and try to change it orbit with it gravitational pull. Since most asteroid are gravel and spin it hard just to go out there and push or trying to blow it up as shown in the Dereks video. Even covering it with foil might not help if it spins to much.

[@brianbethea3069]

@@livethefuture2492 >"we could theoretically do something about it _if we put in all our efforts into it."_ And therein lies the problem. Think of all the political deadlock that would be caused by an attempt to spend the resources necessary to undertake that action. It wouldn't be as bad as global warming, since fixing that directly damages industries that already exist, but still, even just a few years of politicians squabbling over how many trillions of dollars to spend on this project and trying to exert their personal wills over it in order to gain political capital would be the end of us. Honestly, with how humans behave in general, I think easily preventable disasters that will take long-term effort to prevent are far more dangerous than short-term disasters that take Herculean, but short-term effort to prevent.

[@demoncloud6147]

Me: nice too Humans are monsters, they deserve to get screwed up ! Keep up the terrible works my fellow demons

17:51 The soldier on videogame artwork Doom (1993)... couldn't be more appropiate!

[@herbbuckland9223]

I think this is a marvelous presentation. And I agree with your final comments. One aspect of doom scenario(s) presentations is that they do not include a circumstance in which several events take place at the same time. For example, multiple earthquakes, social revolutions, forest fires, drought, pandemics, etc...

[@elonmusk8245]

It's KZbin channels like DoS, Kurzgesagt, and minutephysics that make science attractive to young people. and remember, the youth is the future. Thank you Dominic!

[@nahulseyon54]

I watch them all, along with many others including Veritasium!

[@srilemobitelsrile8809]

Others are: Up and Atom, The Science Asylum

[@zyansheep]

Oh you like education channels? Name every one: 3Blue1Brown CGP Grey LegalEagle CrashCourse Jake Tran Brew The Hated One NileRed/Blue Stuff Made Here Vox minutephysics colinfurze Computerphile Simply Explained LiveOverflow Sabrina Techquickie zefrank1 Technology Connections MinuteEarth SciShow bill wurtz (kinda) Numberphile exurb1a TED-Ed Two Minute Papers You Suck at Cooking LockPickingLawyer Real Science Kraut Sam O'Nella Academy Vsauce carykh Primitive Technology Code Bullet Blender Guru Medlife Crisis DigiDigger Cody'sLab Coffee Break Captain Disillusion TierZoo The 8-Bit Guy Mark Rober Bisqwit Verge Science Michael Reeves Sam Hogan SmarterEveryDay Game Maker's Toolkit The Coding Train CG Geek Kurzgesagt Meme Insider Primer Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky Real Engineering Sebastian Lague CodeParade IanHubert Tapakapa Steve Mould Zach Star Vihart Ilyx LastWeekTonight Stand-up Maths Veritasium brain4breakfast (rip) Dream Tech Lex Fridman OverSimplified ElectroBoom The Cherno CNLohr Its OK To Be Smart Braincraft and of course DoS - Domain of Science

[@nahulseyon54]

@nox vacuum The meme creating AI

[@nahulseyon54]

@nox vacuum Do you watch it? It is funny!

[@thomasvandijk87]

This type of content is the reason yt totally beats television for me. Impressively researched and communicated. I would have loved to learn about this kind of stuff in high school.

[@Vilvaran]

Dude. This is television; on demand.

[@silverwolfzs7601]

Okay “VT” your clearly just a… “TV” fan

[@Vilvaran]

@@silverwolfzs7601 What sounds funny in your head does not necessarily equate to a good joke.

[@Demian1]

Agreed

[@moosey7165]

the amount of unintentional charisma you have is insane

[@diegozimmerman8261]

THANK YOU! While i like being informed, I love your DELIVERY of the information, it seems as though I am having a talk with a friend. It allows me to transfer the information to others.

[@NATESOR]

would love to see a third variable considered. "what can we do about it?" So we can focus on the things that are the most likely, most dangerous, and most easy to change.

[@andrewgreenwood9068]

he is factoring that into probability

[@KJTUSKJTUS]

Hate to be "that guy" but there is no stopping it. There are too many people on this planet, it's inevitable. At the end of the day it's just rolling the dice on the event that destroys humanity. Live everyday like it's your last, this world is a crazy place 😳

[@yannrobert5482]

@@KJTUSKJTUS 🤣😅😐😶🤫 Yeah, it is crazy, when you think about it but let's not run toward the wall. There is hope. I believe into the Universe, existence, non-existence. Nous transfèrons la sommes de nos êtres au confin de l'espace/temps, par delà l'hologramme. 2D. Prêt pour la renaissance.

[@InservioLetum]

What can we do about it? Well the replicators would require a stargate to get the whole schpiel rolling. Can I suggest checking Antarctica and Egypt? Maybe a little warehouse in Russia with an unexplainably powerful EM field floating over it?

[@bennobrueck9610]

he kind of did that by splitting things in worst and best case

[@noahve]

Woah, the pandemic one seems dangerous. We should definitely try to prevent that!

[@marymacdonald8277]

'good idea', she says through her mask

[@globby4396]

🤣

[@I_know_it_I_sew_it_I_grow_it]

Ha ha ha! Kills 0.00001% of people. Not worth worrying about.

[@princeps5260]

@@I_know_it_I_sew_it_I_grow_it Ah, yes. It doesn't kill very many people who get it. Who cares about all the people who will die anyway! Ha ha ha hah. Also they were joking, and know the world won't end.

[@StrawberrySoul77]

More like a Plandemic.

[@long0tail]

Very well done. Great appreciation to the makers of this video. This video deserves an award.

[@Spikeba11]

The graph would be a cool poster in of itself. Or printed on the backside of the map of doom, double sided posters are a thing.

[@engrenage]

I like the graph most. The poster itself? Not so informative.

[@bradhayes4380]

Yes most definitely. I want the graph a lot more than I want the map.

[@TheTiffer123]

When I'm consumed by dread, I like to watch the ISS live feed here on KZbin. Perspective from the space station is very humbling.

I grok.

[@kruler-westoz-nauman3638]

Still think sadly that they have to change the ISS's name, as I first read the post I was like "Err why"? Then went "OH the space station". Surprising amount of organizations had a variation ISIS or ISS, almost as if that fact was researched and during the Terrorist Family fun day and naming committee, they thought "Oh this will cause many issues and many number of organizations having to rename, reorder letter heads, oh it will hurt"...........

[@nvmffs]

The earth is flat so I'm sorry to burst your bubble

[@diyimprover6887]

I also enjoy using a tracking app and pop outside to watch it pass over.

[@whydoiexist9913]

@@nvmffs bruh it’s not, there are so many articles stating that it’s not and there are pictures taken by astronauts proving its round. Also, if earth is flat, are every other planet also flat? If so tell me on gods name how. How did the gases from the Big Bang form the planets as a fucking plate. Tell me.

[@kapricantus]

Love the short silent moments every time he finishes talking.

[@bombomos]

Gives what he says a chance to sink in

[@internos5050]

especially: "...if we've survived that long, we've done well..." 20:15

[@jasonfrost2487]

@@bombomos Like a Coca-Cola... "The Pause that Refreshes""

[@gmilligcanada2293]

I'm from Derek's video, teehee. It is an astonishing map that allows me to think about where I am and that I am in a TOTAL DISASTER ZONE. I also enjoy my favourite snack when you took a little bit of break in the middle of the video with my yummy Tokyo banana and black coffee.

[@seancampbell5751]

I am so happy to see someone putting reference numbers in a video!

[@HaziqBinAzman]

me: trying to be calm DoS: here's Map of Doom. Have a great day! me: ok, im going to watch it then ;-)

[@livethefuture2492]

well think about it like this, if the universe ended tomorrow, you wouldn't have to worry about going to school/work, or really worry about life at all, you could do whatever you want! sometimes i realize how much of a hassle living really is, i mean all the effort into just keeping your life going on, sometime you just hope its all worth something in the end. oh well, hopefully, I'll be able to contribute to our scientific progress in some way till the end of my life.

[@Demian1]

._.

[@olmocap5548]

human: Exists The universe: So you have chosen death

[@MaFd0n]

Thanks for stating the obvious once again, Cpt. Obvious.

[@islacsilva854]

That's true for any form of life

[@sebastianjost]

@@islacsilva854 it's even true for lifeless objects like stars, asteroids, planets or black holes. It seems permanent things are just not probable.

[@amjadalbudres7546]

@@MaFd0n If there is no death, that means there is no life, so yeah we definitely live to die.

[@johnbee7729]

Yup - the moment we was born, death as the only ultimate outcome

[@Baliken100]

this is currently my favorite channel on KZbin. just discovered it last week

[@All_Loves_Lost]

I found this video from watching the Veritasium video on asteroids ☄️ it was a great video, as is this one-! Glad I found you both-!!

[@dogeimations9255]

"If that seems depressing, it's because this video was brought to you by EXISTENTIAL DREAD!"

[@ijemand5672]

exisetential*

[@minetruly]

@@ijemand5672 Existential was right.

[@ijemand5672]

@@minetruly yeah but that's not how ot was written in the video

[@itznotmytube]

Ah, the DoS / Exurbia crossover we've all been waiting for! (not really lol)

[@Vishal-xu1mz]

Here from Veritasium, just watched how an Astroid can hit me anytime anywhere and now I am here to watch more possible ways I can get killed. So Exciting 😄.

[@drgru2633]

The luffy pfp matches so we'll with this comment

[@Vishal-xu1mz]

@@drgru2633 😁

[@t.s.4091]

Great video! I feel a lot happier now. There is actually a way of how to avoid everything on that list. We need to conquer space!

[@IHudson]

Great video! I would have also included rogue stars/planets as well as zombie apocalypses (which the pentagon actually has a plan for) on your list of "Total Disaster (but unlikely)" scenario.

[@PabloGnesutta]

Zombies is a stretch

[@IHudson]

@@PabloGnesutta Yes, you’re right. I only suggested it because I heard the pentagon had a scenario to deal with them, but after further research, it appears to be a fictional training scenario for students and is not actually a plan of action.

[@mariaflips1882]

@@IHudson also resources like water or gas n stuff, which are limited and essential for humans

[@Bye-Bye-hf3yw]

Ummm actually there's a star moving towards the solar system 🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@patrickhill8494]

I also really appreciate that this video includes the long-term certainty of the sun becoming a red giant 🤣. It gets forgotten all the time just because it will happen so far in the future. About time it gets some love.

[@shreyasjv4877]

Dude, good job. Seriously, well done.

[@domainofscience]

Glad you liked it!

[@Tobias-et1xt]

21:02 The amount of respect I got for you at that moment made me instantly subscribe

[@mrloverman82]

Sipping coffee, staring into the abbiss. Nice vid bro 🙏

[@RelativisticAstrophysicist]

I love how the video is titled "The map of Doom" and in the rogue AI section he put the iconic pose of the doom slayer. Great video overall.

[@shoaibakhtar4389]

He forgot to mention automation taking all the jobs.

[@Eira_]

@@shoaibakhtar4389 if no body had to work anymore that would be a utopia not an apocalypse

[@shoaibakhtar4389]

@@Eira_ 😅 first go and watch cgp Grey's 'human need not to apply' or kurtzgesagt video on 'automation' or read yuval noah harrahi's second book. Then you will understand what problem i am talking about.

[@shoaibakhtar4389]

@@Eira_ We are heading towards a mass unemployed and super unequal society.

[@olipolygon]

@@shoaibakhtar4389 capitalism's the big fault for automation being a threat. automating should be a good thing. it gives us the ability to put our resources elsewhere. but businesses see it, rationally so, as a superior alternative to workers. you don't need to provide wages and healthcare to a machine. this leads to a lot of unemployment and giving people less places to turn to as a result. in socialism, automation is a benefit. in capitalism, automation is a threat to the working class.

[@jimmystranger89]

Awesome video! I can die in peace knowing that the "Doom" guy made it on the map (long live Doom 95)! Also really liked your presentation style.

[@Sumirevins]

Ikr I clicked on thr vid Thing that lmao

[@theinsertnameherechannel2432]

I was looking for maps for the doom games, but this was still a nice find

[@KristopherNoronha]

Just type IDBEHOLDA and then press tab :D

[@ensoyaya]

Fantastic! I love the bit on antibiotic resistance. I work in urgent care, and antibiotic resistance is a daily conversation. 😞 I'd love to see an occasional update.

[@oliverchmell2855]

Your graph needs a third axis: Preventability. Asteroid collision: completely out of our control. Nuclear war: completely preventable.

Not necessarily. Currently there is a space mission heading towards an asteroid to hit it and see how it moves, so we have the basics to design hitting asteroid devices and avoid the dinosaurs' fate. On the other hand, just watched a video from Voices of the Past about the Japanese diplomat who was negotiating peace with USA while his country's high command was planning Pearl Harbor behind his back. War is an issue of human pride, short-sightedness, greed and stupidity, which are way more abundant than killer asteroids. (Also watched Dr. Strangelove for the first time a few nights ago. Was it supposed to be a comedy?)

[@SM16Basketball]

@ fax

[@sevdev9844]

Yes, but even more: Survivability by small groups of humans, and warning time for every increase in severity. As a bonus maye the estimate when we will be safe from something bc e.g. space colonies. I think asteroids and maybe super volcanoes remain the biggest thread of extreme mass mortality in developed countries. Climate related weather extremes might be second (partially dependent on geography and wealth).

[@sefirotsama]

preventable by who and what means?

[@sebastianjost]

@ prevent ability can change over time. Currently, we have absolutely no way to stop a 10km asteroid that's on collision course with earth but in a few decades that can be different.

[@keeganbarboza207]

Your videos have truly helped me make maps and graphs and truly learn things efficiently. I really want to thank you for that. I hope you never stop posting and disappear, because I've recommended your channel to many of my friends. You will gain a million subscribers soon for sure.👍

[@lex33122]

This was masterfully done!

[@xfinite1043]

Death line for earthquakes: short Him: “now unfortunately…”

[@GalileoCap]

"This video was brought to you by EXISTENTIAL DREAD" I'm still laughing about it

[@Sableagle]

EXISETENTIAL DREAD with an extra E, according to the screenshot I grabbed.

[@Imnothere59]

Make a way ! Veritasium gang coming through.

[@melloone611]

For all the doom and gloom you have the most relaxed voice ☺️ New subscriber! Edit: I came over from the asteroid ☄️ dude.

[@orazha]

Excellent. Note that global deaths from the pandemic have doubled since you did this video. And resistance by the human population to do anything about it has become incredibly high. I'm interested in that part of disasters and potential disasters. The psychological issues. How would that affect your chart?

[@stretchlindsay3547]

Resistance, I like to think that chemical resistance is pretty much silly. When he let us know that there maybe a chance of antibiotic resistance. Natural human antibodies I thought would be better.

[@DavidBadilloMusic]

"Please remember to vote. Here's a picture of a kitten..." LOL! Genius!

[@Tassie-Devil]

We were close to the end when you finally touched on the sun (so to speak). I had been wondering if I had missed a mention of solar flares, particularly in the context of induced currents wiping out power and communication systems. Then suddenly, it was over. A friend of mine was working (quite hush-hush) on developing a risk-assessment, WCS & BCS, and dealing strategies. He died in 2012, so I was never able to pump him over drinks for more information, but it was his only job, and he was very well paid. Without straying into foil-hat territory, there appears to be good reason to suppose that we are not being exposed to an up to date risk assessment of this threat.

[@beenaturalinc]

I just watched this video today. I thought the same thing as you did- He had an illustration of the sun with Coronal Mass Ejection written out on the Doom Poster, but didn't mention that specifically

[@julicz666]

it's cause it's happening. and the government doesn't want people to know! so the government paid solar scientists to fake their deaths!

[@markncl100]

Dominic, you are such a beautiful man. Merely hearing your voice while watching you on the screen never fails to make me feel less lonesome.

[@FTWIchigo]

I`m here for a Veritasium vid, thanks for the amazing video DoSs. Grats from Perú.

[@ketsuekikumori9145]

Speaking of Great Beer Flood, there was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston. Killed 21 people and injured 150.

[@williamwalker1264]

Doom by foodstuffs. I'm reminded of the worker who was accidentally cooked to death in an industrial autoclave used to process cans of tunafish.

[@NeoEureka]

We should make a game about this called Doom... Oh wait..

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

Funnily enough, that particular doomsday scenario has a likelihood of 0. Cos demons don't exist ... as far as we know...

[@valervan]

@@ArawnOfAnnwn you don't need to take it literally, but the theme of humanity finding some obscure source of energy and using it without realising the extends of impact it will have on an environment and safety is somewhat more real and threatening.

[@williamwalker1264]

@@ArawnOfAnnwn You hope.

[@tr33m00nk]

WELL DONE! Masterful graphic presentation of data with clear explanations. No annoying/loud ‘music’ or annoying/distracting ’tricks’ such as ‘cell phone screen’ sized video over same-video-as-background. I’m a graphic designer/scientist, so I know good work when I find it. ’Social Inequality’ is possibly the greatest ‘multiplier’ of these events/effects, for sure - especially if you include ‘political inertia’ and manipulation of political ‘will’ by money. I do agree with some other comments that suggest that more attention should have been given to the timing and consequences of Coronal Mass Ejections because other sources are warning that such solar events are probable within 40 yrs.

[@FossilMusic]

Really well explained and researched. Thanks.

[@environmentalchemist1812]

Correcting a mistake: The most recent supervolcano was not Toba, it was the Oruanui eruption that formed Lake Taupo in New Zealand, around 27,000 years ago. "Once every 100,000 years or so" might be a bit of an underestimate. Perhaps this would be more like once every 50,000 years or so.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Biological warfare? Coronavirus conspiracy theorists: Write that down!

[@raiqaariz4711]

ay man thought i lost u

[@devillif311]

Just remember that a mass pandemic was a conspiracy theory before it actually happened

[@luism5514]

Its a conspiracy to dismiss that possibility as a conspiracy.

[@bobs7295]

Perhaps a mustache should be considered.

[@savsmaster4183]

That conspiracy is one of the conspiracies that might have merit.

[@AlmaDeEspartano]

well done mate! excellent work

[@rfh12341]

This was excellent. Any plans on doing a very similar best case scenario utopian future? I'd love to have both perspectives to balance out the conversation.

[@TJohnsonLLC]

Nice one. I for one am optimistic that the planet will be saved by virtue of the extinction of the human race. And we really shouldn't feel so special as we're talking about the 6th one. Although humans will be the first species to self extinguish, and in record time. So utopia is just off the chart (to the right).

[@alexis2012fulvlogs]

I remember writing an essay in all thing that could end humanity in 6 grade. Everyone was so terrified of me xD

[@dannyhall3561]

Pure genius. I loved the understated delivery and clear explanations making it easy to follow and kept me engaged and entertained all the way through. Well done.

[@Mementomori6666]

Very informative and cool video, I actually found it very funny the way was presented

[@mishaelfernandez1]

This is awesome. Thank you!

[@teegee615]

This is one of the best videos ive come across. Data backed, genuine and well balanced ! thank you for making this !

[@ErebosGR]

This is too depressing... "Alexa, play Rip & Tear."

[@todalio9238]

Fascinating video, loved it!

[@weskerclaire4ever]

really well explained and easy to understand! well done !

[@lenardbasinga6955]

I gagged at the poster ad. 😂 "The Map of Doom will take your mind off the pandemic when you realize how many other things you should be worried about."

[@thomasewing2656]

But pandemics was close to the top! Lack of resources and overpopulation are right up there. Don't have kids!

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

@@thomasewing2656 no, you just don't have kids.. And everyone that actually listens to you. Problem is too many people like you having them.

[@globby4396]

Yes and let's not forget he gave us tjmhe pic of the kitty. Lol

[@Cyberlord_Blaze]

Thank you DoS for this amazing video. You covered some pretty big things in this video and presented them in a “good” way. One thing I was a little surprised about was that even though you had it on the map of doom you didn’t actually talk about the ‘coronal mass ejection’. The reason why it is surprising to me is because I think that it is something that would directly impact people in the current way of living and even more so if we become more dependant on technology. And as far as I know the likely hood of having a highly active CME seems to be reasonably high. Anyway, thanks for the video.

[@prongs4137]

Aren't we going through a Solar minimum right now? And isn't the likelihood of a "severe" disruptive solar storm happening at any given year like 1.9%? Also, as someone from a country with less that 28% population depending upon the tech n comms, that a CME will disrupt, to survive, meh. All the richest troublemakers ruining my country's economy n environment and worsening the social inequity on purpose are a part of that 28% as am I. Even plane crashes are unlikely to happen in the areas the exploited rural 72% reside in. So I dunno... You balance out the long term pros n cons n it doesn't sound like much of a disaster for us(us as in my country's marginalised folk that have built it, not me, I'll perish). Low likelihood n the death toll seems low compared to the other disasters. Despite the world becoming a global village n all that tech, a HUGE population has been living and already dying without access to it. Not much of a difference to them. Even our distribution systems n channels for essential resources for survival depend v little upon the tech the CMEs could disrupt once you count the vast underdeveloped but over exploited areas. Only the urban supply chains depend on that. We have the capitalist imperialist expantionaist warmongering global north(not geography, an expression) countries to thank for keeping our nations that way. N those countries perishing n giving us a much needed breather doesn't sound like a bad thing. We might make the most of the few days of the boot off our necks n level the inequity a little bit. Or it may also not go that optimistically because covid was initially a pandemic of the rich and the urban n a portal to better systems n the rich n the urban still managed to kill more of the marginalised n then go back to the shitty systems. Our oligarch bootlicking govt. never wastes a good crisis. So... Anything could happen. Depends upon what humans do with it. If big enough CMEs do happen, the likelihood of which are v low.

[@beenaturalinc]

I agree with you. What I have learned about any CME direct hit the magnitude of the Carrington Event would throw us into a situation worse than the pandemic, easily. At least we wouldn't have to pay our cell phone bills anymore. 3-4 Trillion dollars or more and half a decade to fix the fried grid, electric transmissions on the tractor trailers, replace satellites etc.

[@jimbryce6982]

I also was surprised at no mention of CMEs. The last fairly big one, Carrington, was about 150 years ago and caused havoc with developing tech such as telegraph at the time. With our tech deeply dependent on electronics that would be destroyed by such an event, and that includes transportation, we will be in a major bind when the next one happens. I recall we just missed one by a few days three or four years ago. I still have a lot of hot electron field effect based devices (HEFED) available for communications, but they don't control planes, trains, automobiles, banks, etc. these daze. Of course the loss probably would be helpful to the billions of folks exploited by the "first world', but the costs would be far beyond economic. (PS: HEFED = valves for Brits. The meaning for others is left as an exercise.)

[@williamchristie7365]

Well done! Very much enjoyed your presentation.

[@captainmoretokin2172]

Im here because of the video mentioned here that you recommend . And that video recommended to come here and check out ways we could die. gloom and doom grabs my attention lately. I figure our main threat , and reason we all die is , Governments.

[@hypergraphic]

The way you say T O T A L N U C L E A R W A R, made me think of "Do you want to play a game?".

[@piteoswaldo]

I lost the game.

[@lukaswenzl6749]

The log-log plot is a great tool to compare the different scenarios, it is great to see it used in an outreach context! Since you asked for feedback on visualization: As an astrophysicist, I usually find log-log plots the best and only way to communicate any information :D great video

[@jamesmarshall3696]

What makes me feel good/safe/better when I'm down or staring down an unknown threat isn't a calming cuppa and a bickie but a warm, prolonged and tight cuddle/hug from any of the people I hold close to my heart

[@Zhixalom]

What made me feel better at this particular moment was working on my best insane laugh while watching someone nibbling at hobnobs and drinking tea... too dark? - well, ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? 🤪😄😁😆😂🤣

[@globby4396]

When he said "what do you do when your dreading the future." Instanously I thought what future?

[@SirEggscellent]

* instantaneously

[@Cepheidvariable]

I am almost feeling instanously, almost.

[@ExOAte]

love the added comedic parts

[@MKhoshahang]

That was a great map and an informative video. To make it better, you could add social, or human-made disasters which we have access to a vast amount of data about them. For example, we know the frequency of big wars (for the last 50 years ME wars, before that two WWs and...) and we can calculate the percentage of the human population dying by them, as the human population grows, casualties of such disasters will grow (Justified genocides and ... could be calculated similarly). Or we know everything about inequalities (Poverty + Hunger + medical inequality +...), their distribution, their trend, and the casualties. There is no need to include indirect deaths, direct losses are significant enough. ** Even the overpopulation effects or the fertility rate prediction (for example average fertility rate below 1.3 could erase half of the human population in the course of 50 years and it is not unlikely in a near future. it is not a bad thing at all, but it could happen) could be somehow added to the doom chart as the shadow eradicators.

[@mikhailfranco]

CMEs deserve more attention: - We have one modern example - Carrington Event. - They could be absolutely catastrophic for modern civilization. - They are hard to identify in the geologic/fossil record. - We can watch solar weather and improve forecasts. - We can do real-time monitoring and give a few hours warning. - We can do simple upgrades to protect our electrical grid and electronics against modest events.

[@saswotlamichhane5862]

It's 2Am, You are trying to sleep, then you find a video about map of Doom- Ah Yes, I need to find out immediately!

[@shirleybennett8335]

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[@galaxicore4851]

That.. that is literally what is happening to me right now, its 2 AM for me and i was trying to go to sleep but found this video.. lmao

[@rostislavsvoboda7013]

Your clock is broken. Mine says 3 a.m. exactly. Really!

[@30indrayudhdas28]

4:18 "Unfortunately this line cannot be extended further". Unfortunately?????🙄🙄🙄

[@domainofscience]

"and fortunately" I definitely said "and fortunately". At least that was what I was trying to say :)

[@30indrayudhdas28]

@@domainofscience oooh!!!! Calm 😂😂😂 I heard that wrong then

[@enginsci8307]

I doubt your playback speed is 2X 😅

[@JLchevz]

Reading, learning, focusing on the present makes me feel better.

[@thomaskositzki9424]

Watching "Map Men" always cheers me up. ^^

[@victorycoffee92]

Thank you for making 2020's December finale very exciting to speculate

[@The_RetroManiac]

i went from "I'M SCARED" to "hmmm, quite interesting"

[@stevenwild39]

I'm also sitting down with a cup of tea while watching this, so I'm feeling very calm about our inevitable demise.

[@skakdosmer]

What makes me feel better? Well, a cup of tea is always good. And thinking of one of my favourite quotes from Winnie-the-Pooh. (It’s from chapter VIII of The House at Pooh Corner. Pooh & Piglet are out walking in very high winds, Piglet saying:) “Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?” “Supposing it didn’t”, said Pooh after careful thought.

[@Kellsdeeko]

Thank you veritasium for bringing me here!!

[@tungtungtuak9025]

17:51 I see doomguy just doing his daily activity.

[@kyoshikozan1712]

You, my dear Sir, are amazing

[@Articulate99]

Interesting and thought provoking, thank you.

[@bluemeannie]

17:56 I like the GLaDOS easter egg

[@domainofscience]

You're the first to notice GLaDOS 👍

[@olipolygon]

HAL 9000 is also in there

[@millinden]

This video deserves so much more attention

[@chrisl9067]

You are saving the world from the biggest threat of all- OPTIMISM! Being afraid helps us assess threats and prepare for them. Despite what a famous politician said, we shouldn't be afraid of fear (unless that fear becomes obsessive). If you meditate enough to analyze fear you can understand that it can be useful. Overpopulation is something that many people seem to be in denial about. That's the scary aspect of that doom scenario. Showing people proof that overpopulation has negative impacts is one way to curb the effects. Thanks for the video 👍

[@dl2839]

Global warming is fabricated.

[@Spatial_Computer]

While that is depressing, it is some very important information. Good reason to appreciate the time/life we have.

[@simonduran515]

A Map of Hope would be cooler. All the good things that can happen and we can accomplish :).

[@Sableagle]

I got a packet of 500 of those from an office supply shop.

[@anthonythomas1735]

I have Titanium rods screwed to the entire length of my spine, after my first operation of which I have had 5 in total, three of those ops were trying to get rid of something mentioned in this video - "Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria" or more commonly known as MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) so, in addition to being in shed-loads of pain I had the bacteria making the wound refusing to heal and for good measure, on a daily basis I was being pumped full of antibiotics that made me feel nauseous and praying for a quick death. I wouldn't have wished this experience on my worst enemy.

[@jeffhidalgo198]

Nice work Mate!

[@dloman77]

Noticed GLADOS in the pile the Doom Guy was standing on. That alone was worth a sub, not to mention the rest of the video ;)