THE HUMAN FUTURE: A Case for Optimism

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Soundtrack: https://melodysheep.bandcamp.com/album/the-human-future-original-soundtrack Patreon: http://patreon.com/melodysheep Change is coming. Humanity is entering a turbulent new era, unprecedented in both Earth and Human history. To survive the coming centuries and fulfill our potential as a species, we will have to overcome the biggest challenges we have ever faced, from extreme climate change, to rogue A.I., to the inevitable death of the sun itself. The headlines make our chances look bleak. But when you look at our history and our tenacity, it's clear that humanity is uniquely empowered to rise to the challenges we face. If we succeed, our potential is cosmic in scale. Incredible prosperity is within our reach. Being optimistic is not only justified, it's a powerful weapon in the fight for a higher future. ----- Story, visual effects, music & Sound by melodysheep (John D. Boswell) Narrated by Will Crowley Soundtrack coming soon to all major music platforms. Thank you to Protocol Labs for sponsoring this video: protocol.ai ADDITIONAL VISUALS & MODELING BY Unknown Dino Cyriel Chd Samuel Krug SUPPORTERS Juan Benet James Upsher Naomi Augustine Morrison Waud Matthew Brown Tabloid A Angela Kilic-Cave SPECIAL THANKS TO Juan Benet Alex Herz Holly Boswell Oliver Wieting ChaosPenguin Samuel Krug Shrewmadeit Malte Wegmann Special thanks to my $50+ Patreon Supporters: Fabricio Bloisi Romain Gilliot Frank Buschmann Brenden Dearie Kimi Ushida Bluetifulangel David Rovira Fabio Vizeet Saurav Anthony Rodio (and daughter Zoey) Mackenzie Moore Alexander Koch Robert Leiper David August Jeremiah Tims Joan Meier David Balland Michael Denny JM_Borg Caleb Levesque Jose Contreras Derick Yan Brandon Sanders And my $10+ supporters, too numerous to list here! Full list: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8mymbmzjm7jvfpgbvkgbh/THFSupporters1.rtf?rlkey=dv5riiri5gn39udpffyewqkls&dl=0 Academic Sources for: THE HUMAN FUTURE: A Case for Optimism Bedyński, Wojciech. “LIMINALITY: BLACK DEATH 700 YEARS LATER. WHAT LESSONS ARE FOR US FROM THE MEDIEVAL PANDEMIC?” Society Register, vol. 4, no. 3, Apr. 2020, pp. 129–44. Semantic Scholar, https://doi.org/10.14746/sr.2020.4.3.07. Jiang, Jonathan H., et al. “Avoiding the Great Filter: Predicting the Timeline for Humanity to Reach Kardashev Type I Civilization.” Galaxies, vol. 10, no. 3, May 2022, p. 68. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies10030068. Lenton, Timothy M., et al. “Quantifying the Human Cost of Global Warming.” Nature Sustainability, vol. 6, no. 10, Oct. 2023, pp. 1237–47. www.nature.com, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01132-6. Lunine, J. I. “Titan as an Analog of Earth’s Past and Future.” The European Physical Journal Conferences, vol. 1, 2009, pp. 267–74. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1140/epjconf/e2009-00926-7. Ord, Toby. The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity. Bloomsbury academic, 2020. Rampino, Michael R., et al. “A 27.5-My Underlying Periodicity Detected in Extinction Episodes of Non-Marine Tetrapods.” Historical Biology, vol. 33, no. 11, Nov. 2021, pp. 3084–90. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2020.1849178. Roser, Max. “The Future Is Vast – What Does This Mean for Our Own Life?” Our World in Data, Mar. 2024. ourworldindata.org, https://ourworldindata.org/the-future-is-vast. SIPRI Yearbook 2022: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security - Summary [EN/UK] - World | ReliefWeb. 13 June 2022, https://reliefweb.int/report/world/sipri- yearbook-2022-armaments-disarmament-and-international-security-summary-enuk. Xia, Lili, et al. “Global Food Insecurity and Famine from Reduced Crop, Marine Fishery and Livestock Production Due to Climate Disruption from Nuclear War Soot Injection.” Nature Food, vol. 3, no. 8, Aug. 2022, pp. 586–96. www.nature.com, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00573-0.