Challenges & Predictions for the Next 100 Years

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Every year has new challenges, every generation faces its own unique crises, and as we move into the New Year, we will look at the challenges facing us in the next century and out Top 10 Predictions for life in the year 2121.
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Challenges & Predictions for the Next 100 Years
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Episode 323, December 30, 2021
Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
Editors:
A.T. Long
Konstantin Sokerin
Yamagishi
Cover Art:
Jakub Grygier www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier
Graphics:
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Ken York / ydvisual
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound epidemicsound.com/creator

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  • @TheWebstaff
    @TheWebstaff2 жыл бұрын

    I can't wait for the review video of this 100 years from now..

  • @TheOneTrueGesta

    @TheOneTrueGesta

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ikr

  • @allanfulton8922

    @allanfulton8922

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope I am around in 100 years but 35-40 puts me past my regular life span.

  • @BI-11y_TheStormTrooper

    @BI-11y_TheStormTrooper

    2 жыл бұрын

    If KZread lasts that long .

  • @TheWebstaff

    @TheWebstaff

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BI-11y_TheStormTrooper if KZread allows us to exist that long. FTFY.

  • @InnocuousRemark

    @InnocuousRemark

    2 жыл бұрын

    Everything will be exactly the same, except all nouns will start with "cyber."

  • @Buugipopuu
    @Buugipopuu2 жыл бұрын

    The great thing about these optimistic predictions is that you can't be proven wrong. Either you're right, or everyone's either too busy fighting off radscorpions and bandits to care.

  • @isaacarthurSFIA

    @isaacarthurSFIA

    2 жыл бұрын

    A bit of win-win scenario for me then :)

  • @RevolverRez

    @RevolverRez

    2 жыл бұрын

    I feel the same way about being a pessimist. The best thing about that is sometimes you get to be wrong.

  • @effexon

    @effexon

    2 жыл бұрын

    I liked that take on AI... why make synthetic human robots when there are huge number of people on earth + lot of them likely live longer (and wiser, more experienced) than before due to advances in other mentioned sciences of medicine and gene tech.

  • @nathanielacton3768

    @nathanielacton3768

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm a pessimist +optimist together. Maybe I should just say rationalist or something. I assume 'bad things will happen' and 'if people can make money doing something stupid, doing it'll be guaranteed'. So, I built an off grid farm bought a bunch off books on self sufficiency and then spent 10 years growing a lot of our families food as the building progressed. I built it myself so I knew how everything worked, built in things like bigger pipes between buildings to pull through new cables, etc, etc. Took up martial arts and powerlifting, cooking and permaculture, 3 years dry calorie food storage, etc... Now, that said, I work in the upper end of technology and a spend all my time on the science and game development . I think humans will be just fine as a species... but a lot of us will have a hard time in the next 50-100 years. My family is mostly taken care of. So, If I'm wrong, well, this is just like insurance. COVID? If anything it made 'working from home' at the farm much easier for me. Covid helped my plans becuase I'm mroe resilient to disaster.

  • @echoecho3155

    @echoecho3155

    2 жыл бұрын

    Or things decline, technological complexity reduces, societies slow down and change, and our descendants laugh at things like fusion power and interstellar travel the same way we laugh at perpetual motion machines or flying cars. Then they get back to working on whatever matters to their civilization. Btw, if you see this as pessimistic, that's a problem with your outlook or creativity. Just because we don't have more and fancier gizmos or aren't visiting Alpha Centauri doesn't mean the future has to be hell on Earth.

  • @cannonfodder4376
    @cannonfodder43762 жыл бұрын

    In a time of social media reinforced pessimism, your clear, articulate, positive yet informed views on important matters and the future are so uplifting. It's truly remarkable how much there is for me and others to learn and how much you know yourself and your ability to teach. A fantastic video to end 2021 on Isaac and team. I look forward to 2022 and hope to still be watching and learning with you in the year 2121.

  • @HalIOfFamer

    @HalIOfFamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    World is very volotile right now, corporations and governments are trying to take away the basic freedoms of the 1st world. If they succeed, our grandchildren will live in the best timeline, because they will not know any other option. If humanity looses its shackles, reduces consumerism, fix the climate, then we will thrive as a species, in a golden era of enlightenment and freedom.

  • @TheReferrer72

    @TheReferrer72

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@HalIOfFamer Do they really want to to take these freedoms, were we really free decades ago or just naive? Are they justified to I say this because the individual/small groups have much more power to make mischief than anytime in history.

  • @harmonyspaceagency1743

    @harmonyspaceagency1743

    2 жыл бұрын

    Seconded, always a hopeful outlook.

  • @achtsekundenfurz7876

    @achtsekundenfurz7876

    2 жыл бұрын

    All of you got a point... There are quite some challenges ahead, but they arent insurmountable. But the most urgent matter right now is that Mankind isn't playing in challenge mode, but stuck in survival mode. Let's fix that first.

  • @DeathDefiant
    @DeathDefiant2 жыл бұрын

    As someone currently suffering from severe tooth loss (at a young age) I've always had the thought of "Can't wait until they can 3D print teeth so i'll never have this problem again!". If i had a choice i would volentarily replace all of them with ones that wont bio-degrade. Teeth are a useful prosthetic that could soon be improved to the point that they're better than natural ones.

  • @mirusvet

    @mirusvet

    2 жыл бұрын

    Waiting for the same thing. Probably should get my **** together and start a business trying to do just that, to accelerate that prediction >_

  • @jsn1252

    @jsn1252

    2 жыл бұрын

    You'd probably be better off in the long run if regenerative medicine matures enough to grow you new teeth. With prosthetic teeth, you have to worry about the junction between tissue and implant as well as inevitable replacement.

  • @ekscalybur

    @ekscalybur

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jsn1252 They already don't have to worry about either of those things. Current implants will last longer than the host body, by quite a LARGE margin. Implant/host interaction in this specific application is also nearly perfected, as bones almost never reject foreign objects, and gums are 'designed' for it.

  • @QT5656

    @QT5656

    2 жыл бұрын

    True, and it's going to be a long time until the neural feedback from the mechanorecptors in "real" teeth will be replicated in prosthetics.

  • @deanlawson6880

    @deanlawson6880

    2 жыл бұрын

    We sort of already have that.. I recently had a *root-canal* on a molar that had some tooth decay and became infected, and as part of the procedure, the dentist used a precision 3D laser scanner to scan my existing tooth, before grinding it all down and performing the (awful) cleanout and fill-in of the inside of the tooth (it's an awful procedure..). Then after use of a temporary "crown" for a few days, the permanent synthetic crown (made from lithium disilicate he tells me) is fitted onto the "stump" of the tooth left after the procedure. It is a digital perfect match for the original tooth. Anyway, it's all done and over and the tooth feels and looks perfectly natural, and "works" great. This synthetic tooth is supposed to last basically forever and is supposed to be immune from tooth decay.. I call that a win. Supposedly full implanted teeth are made from the same material, and completely replace the full tooth, so again, we pretty much already have this capability.

  • @Waawaaweewaa_
    @Waawaaweewaa_2 жыл бұрын

    Coming back after 2 years, missing over 100 SFWIA episodes… Your speech has improved greatly Isaac, it really is such a difference, and your videos still brighten my Thursday’s

  • @Cyberspine
    @Cyberspine2 жыл бұрын

    I am usually very optimistic about technology, but in my opinion the balance between privacy and data-enabled optimization should lean very heavily towards privacy. History teaches that any exploitable form of control *will* be exploited, if left unchecked. We have developed institutions over centuries to form a system of checks and balances, but are lacking such a system for the flood of available data in the information age.

  • @Smiley957

    @Smiley957

    2 жыл бұрын

    Personally I feel fine having no privacy as there’s nothing that I wish to keep secret and I’m not bothered by advertisements or such. If it improves my quality of life then I’m all for it.

  • @al2642

    @al2642

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Smiley957 100%with you, man. Privacy is anyway just a mammal instinct, or an appendix of society. Has no real use. What's wrong with sharing all information to find always and inevitably the best move for everyone? Especially when no one is looking at your data but the AI behind the software? Really don't get this freaking out about the violation of my privacy...

  • @realityisenough

    @realityisenough

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Smiley957 insane opinion, but good for you if you want that. Leave the rest of us out of it.

  • @awolbacon9148

    @awolbacon9148

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Smiley957 While I admire your claimed openness, the issue has little to do with how one feels unfortunately. The institutions and corrupt individuals who would exploit said data don't care whether you want to be left alone or not. Imo, the vast majority of data privacy people out there are perfectly happy with the idea of algorithms making their lives better. The problem with all technology is simply human nature screwing it up. A casual reading of history shows this.

  • @calmexit6483

    @calmexit6483

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@awolbacon9148 how would such openness be exploited for control?

  • @FesteringGhoul
    @FesteringGhoul2 жыл бұрын

    Isaac, I love you. I almost freaked out when you had that pause between “last Isaac Arthur episode” and “in 2021.” See you in 2022 man.

  • @drewskiiiiiiiii
    @drewskiiiiiiiii2 жыл бұрын

    I'm so thankful for Isaac and the whole team here. Isaac is so great at talking about complicated things in a way that I can understand and jive with. Happy new year!

  • @nenmaster5218

    @nenmaster5218

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, but what about better channels like sci show, joe scott, veritasium, hbomberguy, and so on?

  • @drewskiiiiiiiii

    @drewskiiiiiiiii

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nenmaster5218 Joe Scott and Veritasium are some of my favorites! I'll have to check out the others. Thank you!

  • @nenmaster5218

    @nenmaster5218

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@drewskiiiiiiiii Cool!

  • @DoctorMandible
    @DoctorMandible2 жыл бұрын

    DNA checks are already common in developed countries. My daughter was checked in utero for several genetic markers that indicate disease

  • @NoneYobiz.

    @NoneYobiz.

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mine as well in 2016 the problem is that at this time they are not extremely accurate with diagnosis, for instance they told us the she was going to have a problem with her 18th chromosome and implied that getting an abortion was the best for her and everyone so we took their advice and told the geneticist to go fk herself. Our daughter was born with 0 genetic or physical issues.

  • @NineSeptims

    @NineSeptims

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NoneYobiz. my moms friend was told her daughter would have chance of being disabled and reccomended abortion by the doctors. My mom told her to look after it as god wills it and if it is disabled raise it just the same as a normal kid and to never kill a child and that they dont know what will happen for sure. Turns out the baby was pefectly healthy she thanked my mom while crying for a long time.

  • @chasindigo

    @chasindigo

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NoneYobiz. the issue is it is likely your daughter has very mild case of NORD, so you can't detect any issues but the DNA test did, what percentile is your daughter in for height?

  • @NoneYobiz.

    @NoneYobiz.

    2 жыл бұрын

    She is in the 98th percentile.

  • @wilhelmw3455
    @wilhelmw34552 жыл бұрын

    The 2006 film Idiocracy will be regarded as a classic work of art long after the film industry as we know it ceases to exist.

  • @mjk9388
    @mjk93882 жыл бұрын

    Here's to another great year! Thanks to Isaac and team for putting together such wonderful content.

  • @upandready4u
    @upandready4u2 жыл бұрын

    As someone who grew up with nuclear war drills I too am optimistic about our ability to survive and overcome doomsday scenarios. Thanks for your hard work

  • @genericytprofile852

    @genericytprofile852

    2 жыл бұрын

    Exactly dude. It really infuriates me when some people complain about how the world is so shit now, or how they'd love to live in the past. When you don't get to live through the very real threat of nuclear annihilation, you tend to take alot of things for granted.

  • @stardolphin2

    @stardolphin2

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@genericytprofile852 They tend to forget about things like antibiotics, anesthesia, sanitation, electricity, indoor plumbing (and *never* assume they might be part of an oppressed group in the past)...

  • @nenmaster5218

    @nenmaster5218

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Educated public ready to tackle Problems." Yeah, no such Civilization exists in the Solar system. But if you want some people projecting their hero-need onto Elon Musk cause he paid money to his marketing-team: yeah, we can arrange that. We got that.

  • @toby-xo6rb

    @toby-xo6rb

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nenmaster5218 What marketing team? EM is famous for literally not having a marketing/PR team. Try again, this time with actual facts.

  • @pineapplepenumbra

    @pineapplepenumbra

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wasn't there something about having a duck, and that would save you from nuclear war? Wouldn't a goose be better, as they are larger?

  • @REDEYE420ERBMAN
    @REDEYE420ERBMAN2 жыл бұрын

    Here's to the next 100 years! Happy New Year everyone.

  • @mr.wookiesack
    @mr.wookiesack2 жыл бұрын

    I remember discussing addiction with a professor. We debated weather someone had a drug problem if they could easily attain it, it wasn't impacting health, and it wasn't expensive. Technically they do not have a drug problem under those conditions.

  • @cartermclaughlin2908

    @cartermclaughlin2908

    2 жыл бұрын

    The only thing that really makes heroin a problem is prohibition. It usually only kills you when you have a bad supply, or you take a break and don't realize how much your tolerance dropped. However there is also a pernicious emotional toll any mind altering substance has as it allows you to ignore your mental health until your problems become overwhelming. Heroin may not be bad for you, but it's terrible for your marriage for example.

  • @nothingnobody1454

    @nothingnobody1454

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gotta add "isn't impacting your ability to perform your responsibilities both personal and social"

  • @mr.wookiesack

    @mr.wookiesack

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nothingnobody1454 that's totally a given. If I remember correctly, an addict needed 3 traits out of the list to be considered an addict. Really weird. The dsm changes alot so it may be different now

  • @jedih8526
    @jedih85262 жыл бұрын

    Your point about AI needing to interpret what humans actually mean as opposed to doing exactly as they said, is a point I personally feel extremely connected to. Due to my Autism I have this exact issue and have had many hilarious outcomes due to it. For example, my mother (a teacher) asking me to get her the laminating pockets from the supply store room. She didn’t say how many… So I brought all the boxes.. which in total was probably several tens if not hundreds of thousands of pockets.. In hindsight I feel extremely stupid for doing so but like.. she never said how many she wanted so I got them for her like she said 😅

  • @hyrumhanson3390

    @hyrumhanson3390

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking folks with non-typical minds, Autism, adhd ect, could be an asset for developing such systems on an A.I.

  • @Yezpahr

    @Yezpahr

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm on the autism spectrum as well, but less dramatic as average. I remember my chemistry teacher asking the class "What is a solution?". And I answered: "An answer to a question." Needless to say, the class went wild, faces went purple, laughter resonated from one class to the other igniting laughter from other classrooms which could be heard in our classroom.

  • @ljftw1516

    @ljftw1516

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hyrumhanson3390 siri keeton

  • @harmonyspaceagency1743

    @harmonyspaceagency1743

    2 жыл бұрын

    If the AI existed maybe autistic people could use it, or maybe autistic people will be better catered for in our society in the future, or maybe gene editing will eliminate most of the neurodivergent people. Very weird ethical questions we'll have to answer in the future once we can do these things

  • @jedih8526

    @jedih8526

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@harmonyspaceagency1743 Indeed.

  • @bkbland1626
    @bkbland16262 жыл бұрын

    I propose that technological advance without corresponding ethical growth is a recipe for certain disaster.

  • @Bland-79

    @Bland-79

    2 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately ethical or morality is being taught as a bad thing. Loss of moral compass is why the United States is collapsing before our eyes.

  • @dsnodgrass4843

    @dsnodgrass4843

    2 жыл бұрын

    As long as capitalism rules the roost, its "ethics" will be the only ones that matter. It cannot abide any competing system and will destroy anything it must to prevent one from rising. So it's gonna depend on if you're riding the train or tied to the tracks.

  • @qam2024

    @qam2024

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dsnodgrass4843 Too funny. Totally backward. Socialism is the system that can't stand competition. Notice all Censorship and government crackdown on the opposition is coming from the left. One prediction is unfortunately easy to make. In 100 years there will still be idiots claiming all the past socialist failures were because we didn't spend enough money or that wasn't real socialism but this time it's xxxx socialism and it will surely work this time

  • @dsnodgrass4843

    @dsnodgrass4843

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@qam2024 I've watched capitalism crush way too much of my society and my heritage to buy what you're trying to sell here, man. And I didn't mention socialism at all; that has its problems too. But you can't "whatabout" these issues away, no matter how hard you try; and your opinion of me is of zero consequence. None of it will exonerate the system you refuse to fix.

  • @nothingnobody1454

    @nothingnobody1454

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@qam2024 the war of all against all sounds like a poor strategy.

  • @Versudan
    @Versudan2 жыл бұрын

    "you'll be alive in 100 years to see if this video is right" > Implying this video and KZread will still be around in 2121 > Implying we'll be able to remember it/retrieve a copy of this video in a usable format in 2121

  • @v.k.8153
    @v.k.81532 жыл бұрын

    I'm not gonna lie- the phrase: "happy when they *shouldn't* be" sounds extremely dystopian to me.

  • @MarkusAldawn
    @MarkusAldawn2 жыл бұрын

    Isaac at close of 2121, seconds after midnight, watching his email inbox explode: oh dear lord

  • @williamromine5715
    @williamromine57152 жыл бұрын

    I am 80 years old, so I won't be around much longer. Of all your predictions, number 10 is the most important one. If you are wrong, none of the others will be right. Happy New Year, and thank you.

  • @hazonku
    @hazonku2 жыл бұрын

    As someone with Lynch Syndrome I can definitely say society is going to struggle with the issue of genetic tampering & tinkering. They already struggle with genetics that we've yet to be able to tamper with. My nieces who are 6 & 9 are bummed but totally understand that uncle can't give them a new cousin because there's a good chance that cousin would get sick like uncle did. Meanwhile their grandparents still randomly ask me when I'm going to have kids despite explaining numerous times that it would be morally reprehensible & absolutely selfish for me to take a 50/50 gamble on passing down a mutation that will definitely curse any hypothetical kids with cancer in their lifetimes.

  • @nenmaster5218

    @nenmaster5218

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Educated public ready to tackle Problems." Yeah, no such Civilization exists in the Solar system. But if you want some people projecting their hero-need onto Elon Musk cause he paid money to his marketing-team: yeah, we can arrange that. We got that.

  • @renderproductions1032
    @renderproductions10322 жыл бұрын

    Now that was a great ending

  • @zemorph42
    @zemorph422 жыл бұрын

    I'm almost 50 and below the poverty line in AZ. I very much doubt I will ever be able to access any therapy necessary to get me into the 22nd century.

  • @ChannelNotFound

    @ChannelNotFound

    2 жыл бұрын

    You never know..

  • @zemorph42

    @zemorph42

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ChannelNotFound I still have hope, but I don't expect that to be fulfilled.

  • @notthemessiah9243
    @notthemessiah92432 жыл бұрын

    Imagine how good life would be with holodecks and replicators. Everyone could live in a holodeck and it could be literally any place you could think of.

  • @nenmaster5218

    @nenmaster5218

    2 жыл бұрын

    The next 100 Years will probably decide what wins: Science or Anti-Denial. To affect this, i even go so far as to ask random strangers like you: Want some recommendations? Some science-youtubers to check out, cause the Learning never ends?

  • @suprafluid3661

    @suprafluid3661

    2 жыл бұрын

    Your duaghter dates a cool anime holo boy. Family drama 9000?

  • @OniMetsuki
    @OniMetsuki2 жыл бұрын

    I think that "data" backup of all forms of life's DNA is a fantastic contingency plan also from the point of view of restoring life from natural disasters too.

  • @jaydee4397
    @jaydee43972 жыл бұрын

    I didn't say it last year, but I'm glad one of my heroes is doing what he loves and sharing the benefit of his labor. Thanks for your time, Isaac.

  • @harmonyspaceagency1743

    @harmonyspaceagency1743

    2 жыл бұрын

    seconded

  • @LaikaLycanthrope
    @LaikaLycanthrope2 жыл бұрын

    16:34 Heh, I'm old enough to remember when "test tube babies" were seen as sketchy by a generation now extinct.

  • @nothingnobody1454

    @nothingnobody1454

    2 жыл бұрын

    Brave New World beats 1984 for accuracy.

  • @Drew_McTygue
    @Drew_McTygue2 жыл бұрын

    I didn't see giant fighting robots on this list of predictions

  • @someguycalledcerberus9805
    @someguycalledcerberus98052 жыл бұрын

    If I'm not alive in 100 years I will definitely come back here and write an angry rant.

  • @thinkinaboutpolitics
    @thinkinaboutpolitics2 жыл бұрын

    As someone who exclusively makes political/legal/historical content, I think you're right about 2100. There are good days on the horizon one we get past the 21st century. A real golden age.

  • @aboynamedcharliebrown8407

    @aboynamedcharliebrown8407

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lets be honest though, turning on a camera and spouting establishment talking points doesn't require all that much "thinking" now does it. Perhaps "Bitchin' About Politics" would be a more fitting name.

  • @thinkinaboutpolitics

    @thinkinaboutpolitics

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@aboynamedcharliebrown8407 certainly agree. With the first point anyway. I don't see much use in bitching personally. Our content tries to be more informative than anything else -- but call it like you see it as we'll try to up our game.

  • @lonjohnson5161
    @lonjohnson51612 жыл бұрын

    I would love to see this kind of treatment on a look backwards. That is to say, what did we think the future would be and how did it turn out?

  • @isaacarthurSFIA

    @isaacarthurSFIA

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's tempting though many attempts at those I've seen get kinda snobby about how wrong they were or get pretty generous with handing out predictive credit. I'm not sure I wouldn't do the same and give our predecessors the proper credit and proper call outs for bad guesses.

  • @lonjohnson5161

    @lonjohnson5161

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@isaacarthurSFIA I'm not sure I agree. Near as I can tell, you seem to be fairly even handed. If you're worried about it, team up with Joe Scott and each of you can actively promote a viewpoint.

  • @dsnodgrass4843

    @dsnodgrass4843

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oddly enough, one of science fiction's first books does that, fictionally; William Bellamy's "Looking Backward", 1887. It's set in the year "2000" in his speculative world, and looks at how it got there. Fun read.

  • @tombruner9634
    @tombruner96342 жыл бұрын

    The Future. It's a veritable buffet, perhaps a smorgasbord, of mishaps, accidents, disasters, disappointments, and crushing defeat. But we're on the train, may as well enjoy the view.

  • @agalah408

    @agalah408

    2 жыл бұрын

    As Homer once said: "Life is one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Ned Flanders was dead."

  • @StonedGossard_
    @StonedGossard_2 жыл бұрын

    you sir are a treasure, thank you for your dedication and your unbridled passion which shines through in every video you post! here's to the next 100 years of SFIA 🐐

  • @hunam1464
    @hunam14642 жыл бұрын

    Why do you consider it a “slipup” by treating negative interactions no differently than a positive one? Social media companies have figured out that people will engage, and that is their incentive. They are not beholden to the consumers of data in any way, and are madly profitable from it. From their perspective, they are not slipping up, they are actively incentivized to pursue their current course of action.

  • @charlesmclain6558
    @charlesmclain65582 жыл бұрын

    Prediction 10 is fairly optimistic. Though I feel like the battle field will be in the digital realm. Something like that will still cost lives but might not be as obvious. Imagine global scale digital warfare. I makes me a bit nervous since things like this are already starting to pop up

  • @CMacK1294

    @CMacK1294

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's already happening to some degree. Fourth and Fifth generational warfare is alive and well. Infiltration of governments, disinformation campaigns by totalitarian regimes, growing Eastern Imperialism. Flooding drugs, fake IDs, counterfeit currency, suppression of certain ideas, the destruction of viable heterodox thought and discussion. Hacking, IP theft, technology drain through state programs and initiatives.

  • @dansmith1661

    @dansmith1661

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CMacK1294 Israel infiltrating White governments and undermining its cultures. Open borders and endless waves of black migration.

  • @whatwhale5888

    @whatwhale5888

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow I never thought id see racists in an Issac Arthur video, but here we are...

  • @dansmith1661

    @dansmith1661

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@whatwhale5888 Silence, zogbot.

  • @dsnodgrass4843

    @dsnodgrass4843

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@whatwhale5888 Unfortunately, these clowns are everywhere on here, bc that's all they do with their lives. "Endless waves". LMAO. Just glowing with delusions.

  • @samlosco8441
    @samlosco84412 жыл бұрын

    I'm 19 and just set my reminder for 3PM December 30th 2121. Hope to see you there Isaac, and also hope you are not a cyborg :)

  • @fugslayernominee1397
    @fugslayernominee13972 жыл бұрын

    Isaac you are such an amazing person. 2021 was a rough year for many and your videos helped me get through in toughest of times. Can't thank you enough for all the amazing content you make. I really hope you get to live a long long happy life.

  • @MarcoLandin
    @MarcoLandin2 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic as always! HAVE AN EXCELLENT 2022!!!!

  • @metagen77
    @metagen772 жыл бұрын

    It's kind of nice to live in an age where I can benefit from technology before it utterly dictates my life

  • @harmonyspaceagency1743

    @harmonyspaceagency1743

    2 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if we'll be alive when that switch happens. Hopefully it never will

  • @evil-scotsman335
    @evil-scotsman3352 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas and a Happy New future Arthur ✨

  • @brydenburnett3526
    @brydenburnett35262 жыл бұрын

    Finding your channel was one of the best things for my 2021, i've learnt so much and look forward to what i can achieve in the future because of it

  • @harmonyspaceagency1743

    @harmonyspaceagency1743

    2 жыл бұрын

    One of my favourite things he said this year was in the aging video. Immortal pets since we would test on animals first.

  • @freddyjosereginomontalvo4667
    @freddyjosereginomontalvo46672 жыл бұрын

    Excellent channel with excellent quality and content. Take care and have a great end of the year 🌍💯

  • @daverei1211
    @daverei12112 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Issac, always the optimist :-) wishing you the best for 2122

  • @jancerny3657
    @jancerny36572 жыл бұрын

    "Keep it simple, keep it dumb or you'll end up under Skynets thumb...or rendered into paperclips." - Isaac Arthur I love this quote :D

  • @Will-el5yp
    @Will-el5yp2 жыл бұрын

    Happy New Year, Issac!

  • @willemvandebeek
    @willemvandebeek2 жыл бұрын

    Healthy new year wishes to you and the company you keep, Isaac! :)

  • @dtphenom
    @dtphenom2 жыл бұрын

    Happy New Years, Isaac! Cheers to 1Mil subs in 2022

  • @donaldhobson8873
    @donaldhobson88732 жыл бұрын

    An AI that can do all that cool stuff sounds like a full super-intelligence. There is only so much AI can keep track of our lives for us without being a superintelligence, and with a superintelligence, the whole situation is different.

  • @nothingnobody1454

    @nothingnobody1454

    2 жыл бұрын

    Depends on what a person means by "intelligent". A lot of what we call artificial intelligence is just a logic engine. It's a machine built out of command scripts not a mind capable of novel decisions, only unforseen ones we didn't realize we'd programmed.

  • @MyNiftyJourney
    @MyNiftyJourney2 жыл бұрын

    Currently working on a sci-fi comic, your channel is such a great record. Thanks for the time and quality you've put in.

  • @DanielGenis5000
    @DanielGenis50002 жыл бұрын

    Happy New Year my friend! An awesome end of the year episode, as expected!

  • @jacobv3396
    @jacobv33962 жыл бұрын

    Really appreciate your optimism! It leaves me feeling hopeful.

  • @mark.fedorov
    @mark.fedorov2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this generally uplifting video. Happy New year!

  • @nenmaster5218

    @nenmaster5218

    2 жыл бұрын

    The next 100 Years will probably decide what wins: Science or Anti-Denial. To affect this, i even go so far as to ask random strangers like you: Want some recommendations? Some science-youtubers to check out, cause the Learning never ends?

  • @mark.fedorov

    @mark.fedorov

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nenmaster5218 is this an ad for Nebula + Curiosity Stream?

  • @nenmaster5218

    @nenmaster5218

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mark.fedorov XD No

  • @starblaiz1986
    @starblaiz19862 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for another great video and another great year for SFIA!

  • @abyssimus
    @abyssimus2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so, so much for this. Some other channels I watch have recently started going on some sort of weird doomspiral (not even channels that would normally be concerned with the future!), and the algorithm has decided (for whatever reason) that I'd like to see vids from preppers and WW3 predictions.

  • @prakadox
    @prakadox2 жыл бұрын

    Happy new year, Isaac and team

  • @denh0006
    @denh00062 жыл бұрын

    I may have missed it but who does that amazing artwork ?? I love your content and I can’t wait to explore more play lists !!

  • @oneworldonehome
    @oneworldonehome2 жыл бұрын

    "The seas will rise. The lands will dry. Whole cities will have to be abandoned. Whole coastlines will have to be abandoned. Not in some future century, but in this century. Not tomorrow, but it is coming. You do not prepare for this when it is about to occur, for that is too late. You do not respond when you are about to be overtaken, for that is too late. You do not build your house in the sand, on the side of a volcano, or next to a river, for then it is too late. The signs of the world are coming to you every day if you will pay attention. You must not give up or give in to fear or denial or weakness. This is what will make you strong." A quote from *The Great Turning Point from Humanity* - as received by Marshall Vian Summers on December 31, 2019.

  • @tony6795

    @tony6795

    2 жыл бұрын

    ok...

  • @alwalw9237

    @alwalw9237

    2 жыл бұрын

    I, for one, am really paying attention to the work Marshall Summer has brought into the world. It is devoted to the reality of what both the world is facing and what we as individuals are facing. Critical information that brings with it the solutions that are available to humanity if people can learn of them. Thank you for this. Much appreciated.

  • @tony6795

    @tony6795

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alwalw9237 Who?

  • @johnchapman5125

    @johnchapman5125

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Ivan.

  • @johnchapman5125

    @johnchapman5125

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tony6795 Marshall Vian Summers

  • @bigjay875
    @bigjay8752 жыл бұрын

    I truly appreciate your honest and straight forward approach to the hard subjects and your personal observations of life thanks for making these videos they truly help me from becoming overly concerned about technology and usually make me much more optimistic. Keep up the good work👍

  • @charlessmith2643
    @charlessmith26432 жыл бұрын

    I like this episode. You always manage to keep things on the bright side even if I am a natural pessimist many years ago I made some comments and you helped me get through some hard times you made my brain work you still do thanks for doing what you do I am glad you are successful

  • @harmonyspaceagency1743

    @harmonyspaceagency1743

    2 жыл бұрын

    Futurism/ Science is good for that, you'll hear the news and its all doom and gloom but they'll always be 1 science story that gives hope.

  • @hotfishdev
    @hotfishdev2 жыл бұрын

    For the baby thing, it’s *already* the case where you can get your kid dna tested before the second trimester. My wife has just entered the second, and we already know my daughter’s gender and that she’s not at risk for quite a few common genetic diseases. Plenty close to the field absolutely do find it very irresponsible to not test.

  • @christophe5756
    @christophe57562 жыл бұрын

    Happy New Year, Brother Soldier! 🎊

  • @rfak7696
    @rfak76962 жыл бұрын

    Just created my reminder for the next centure. I'm counting on you Isaac. Thanks for everything

  • @DAYBROK3
    @DAYBROK32 жыл бұрын

    they better get that life extention soon or I wont be able to pencil it in on my calendar, I am 60

  • @juanpabloc.4002
    @juanpabloc.40022 жыл бұрын

    Happy new year Isaac!

  • @Ikbeneengeit
    @Ikbeneengeit2 жыл бұрын

    This channel is one of the real gems of KZread, thanks so much for it!

  • @rhhhX
    @rhhhX2 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU ISAAC ARTHUR! HAVE A GREAT, INFINITE LIFE! ♡

  • @TransformersNibbasInDisguise54
    @TransformersNibbasInDisguise542 жыл бұрын

    Hopefully we have genetic engineering since I want to be a 6'11 muscle bound 150 iq physicist

  • @mewletter

    @mewletter

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fallout 4's Virgil will honestly frown upon such suggestion 😀

  • @spencervance8484

    @spencervance8484

    2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @spacejunk2186

    @spacejunk2186

    2 жыл бұрын

    You want that, but all you will get are furries and catgirls.

  • @spencervance8484

    @spencervance8484

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@spacejunk2186 so whats the problem? As long as we are biocompatable. Im partially joking btw

  • @bbirda1287

    @bbirda1287

    2 жыл бұрын

    150 IQ? That's got to be the median viewership of this channel, why so low? I mean, I'm no rocket scientist, and I'm mid 140s.

  • @Chad_Thundercock
    @Chad_Thundercock2 жыл бұрын

    0:29 You actually got me there for a second. Well done, sir. Well done.

  • @therodney9268
    @therodney92682 жыл бұрын

    I really like your videos, they're always interesting.

  • @michaelbawyll1574
    @michaelbawyll15742 жыл бұрын

    Prediction 11: fusion will still be 20 years away.

  • @agalah408

    @agalah408

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe it will all be a big con and it will be known as 'confusion'

  • @lukekowa
    @lukekowa2 жыл бұрын

    thanks Isaac! great way to start my day!

  • @Dawx
    @Dawx2 жыл бұрын

    Happy new year

  • @OpreanMircea
    @OpreanMircea2 жыл бұрын

    7 views, 10 likes, that's how I like it. thanks for the video!

  • @LA-vx3cf
    @LA-vx3cf2 жыл бұрын

    Why doesn't this have more views I love this channel, good luck and ty for the great content.

  • @PhoticsTV

    @PhoticsTV

    2 жыл бұрын

    The views on this video fills a football stadium. I think that's pretty good. He's not that far from a million subscribers and has several videos over a million views - very nice! 🙂 His videos have more longevity too. Just think of all the views this video will get in the year 2121. 😄

  • @Ikrist0
    @Ikrist02 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the realistic positivism about humanity and our path :)

  • @NillocsKeep
    @NillocsKeep2 жыл бұрын

    I will pray that I shall have the opportunity to contact you somehow in 2121 should we both still live. Until then I will continue to enjoy your videos and your unending enthusiasm and optimism for our future!

  • @Moepowerplant
    @Moepowerplant2 жыл бұрын

    So today is the final episode of Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur *Eh?!?!?!* for the year 2021 Btw I like your recommending a snack whilst sitting through a long video, it's a great combination; I used to lose myself in "snack-reading," and I might have went on for hours.

  • @archapmangcmg
    @archapmangcmg2 жыл бұрын

    @Isaac Arthur Seed and gene banks are already a thing in progress, which is great. AFAIK, doing a DNA databank is also. Both are works in progress but would never be truly finished, obviously.

  • @connectedhistory
    @connectedhistory2 жыл бұрын

    This is one of the best and most important channels on YT

  • @charlesjmouse
    @charlesjmouse2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent as always. Here's my roller-coaster of a prediction: The last human being alive has already been born. For myself I have no hope for the future of mankind at all. But that is not the same as thinking a bright future is impossible, or that we should stop trying.

  • @nothingnobody1454

    @nothingnobody1454

    2 жыл бұрын

    Several humans were born since you posted this comment. More incoming tomorrow

  • @EgoEroTergum
    @EgoEroTergum2 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Arthur kind of reminds me of my Dad sometimes. "Well Boy, sure there's nuclear weapons, unemployment, climate change, immortal dictators and financial decay; but moping around never fixed anything. So chin up; and let's have lunch while we plan how to tackle the problems, one piece at a time."

  • @beardmonster8051
    @beardmonster80512 жыл бұрын

    See you in a hundred years, Isaac! We could make it a centennial thing. A gathering every hundred years.

  • @Blaze6108
    @Blaze61082 жыл бұрын

    2121 wishlist: - Cheap fusion energy - Widespread supersonic transport - A successor protocol to email

  • @eclipsenow5431
    @eclipsenow54312 жыл бұрын

    Having just watched "Don't look up" (and always being interested in meteorite scenarios - especially since reading "Footfall" and "Lucifer's Hammer" back in the 80's), the idea of a DNA vault just makes sense. We might build emergency bunkers and decades of food storage to guarantee humanity's survival after a big planet killer rock hits us - but what about the whales and giraffes and all those other critters? Also - DNA vaults and printers and growth tanks would of course be amazing for future colony ships heading out into the galaxy.

  • @nenmaster5218

    @nenmaster5218

    2 жыл бұрын

    The next 100 Years will probably decide what wins: Science or Anti-Denial. To affect this, i even go so far as to ask random strangers like you: Want some recommendations? Some science-youtubers to check out, cause the Learning never ends?

  • @shubhamkumar6689
    @shubhamkumar66892 жыл бұрын

    Loved your positive predictions.

  • @josephlight349
    @josephlight3492 жыл бұрын

    i would argue that big data can and is being used to a much further degree than you give them credit for, the example i always give is the magician who through a few choice words and slights of hand will get you to pick a number, colour and time of day all of his choosing..... this is an age old trick and i simply refuse to believe that in current times people are not able to 100x time this

  • @michaelgoff4504
    @michaelgoff45042 жыл бұрын

    I would note that there are already some regulations on video game/computer usage, such as China's recent ban on kids playing video games on school days. I understand what they are trying to accomplish with this policy, but I don't see it working out very well. Unfortunately, that's another prediction we can count on for 2121: there will continue to be bad laws.

  • @Lukegear
    @Lukegear2 жыл бұрын

    Quite a welcome video for the ending of the year

  • @Monkey-fv2km
    @Monkey-fv2km2 жыл бұрын

    Its interesting to try and predict technology of the future, and I think you can do so with some small accuracy for up to about 10 years, but looking more than 20 years and you're in the realm of pure guesswork. I suspect this is the main reason we don't see evidence of ET civilization.

  • @quantumhorizon7514
    @quantumhorizon75142 жыл бұрын

    Another incredible video. I just wanted to point out that on all your videos you seem to massively underestimate the current state of virtual reality. In the last 3 years, VR technology has exploded and now it has come to a point that (just to illustrate an example) someone like me who has never before played table tennis in real life can play table tennis in VR for a month or two and then beat most of their friends in table tennis in real life. Some people have even asked me if I play for a club.

  • @nothingnobody1454

    @nothingnobody1454

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wii bowling changed the sport.

  • @jeholloway2
    @jeholloway22 жыл бұрын

    Good work Isaac.

  • @jeremypace249
    @jeremypace2492 жыл бұрын

    I have heard the statement that every new technology, even theoretical, is carefully chosen and metagamed to determine if it will increase a corporation's profit line or advance a country's totalitarian agenda. If it does not, if the technology will instead free people or give them more individuality, it is shelved or weaponized instead. Even then, prototypes in the laboratory can take 20-40 years to make it to the marketplace. So "new" technologies may not be as "new" as you might think, but carefully brought out, presented, and promoted for an agenda. An agenda that is most often not in the common good.

  • @CatsRock11000

    @CatsRock11000

    2 жыл бұрын

    One imagines what would have happened if they had not shelved thorium reactors.

  • @thekaxmax

    @thekaxmax

    2 жыл бұрын

    this does not explain smartphones and the apps you can put on them.

  • @xXx_Regulus_xXx

    @xXx_Regulus_xXx

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thekaxmax actually I'd say it does explain smartphones. A little computer with a microphone, camera, and location tracker that everyone carries around basically all the time benefits governments and corporations.

  • @Nathouuuutheone
    @Nathouuuutheone2 жыл бұрын

    I have a question about humanity's future: What will calendars look like? Keeping track of time without the straightforwardness of earth's orbit, what will our reference point be? What kind of new time scales will become culturally relevant?

  • @NIO4LIFE

    @NIO4LIFE

    2 жыл бұрын

    Start counting lightyear light minutes or second from the exact start of the big bang

  • @mashokaise6881
    @mashokaise68812 жыл бұрын

    That extensive list from minute 3 to minute 4 is just a list from an evil god! If I didn't feel nervous beforehand, then I definitely do now. Still, thanks Isaac, listening all the way from Taipei.

  • @exvala2323

    @exvala2323

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rejj 🙂😖🥳🦘🐃

  • @NullElemental
    @NullElemental2 жыл бұрын

    i find I meet more people online than I do in person, if you look at it as a time money situation, spending time travelling or paying to get from a to b is just counterproductive.

  • @mikeellery3336
    @mikeellery33362 жыл бұрын

    One of the overlooked problems with keeping your information online and electronic instead of imprint, is the ease with which it can be manipulated and changed. How easily history can be erased if there is no hard copy

  • @harmonyspaceagency1743

    @harmonyspaceagency1743

    2 жыл бұрын

    gonna be hiding my hard drives in asteroids and the bottom of ocean trenches to keep records.

  • @ozeiburganie9335
    @ozeiburganie93352 жыл бұрын

    Funny how i just got recamended ur chanel from a all tommorows video so i just searched ur chanel andsu bed and bam a notification XDD

  • @richardgreen7225
    @richardgreen72252 жыл бұрын

    Our greatest challenge in this century will be achieving general (individual and social) SANITY. Not that achieving sanity would be difficult in terms of knowledge or logistics, but because huge fortunes rely on preserving a lack of sanity in the populace. We already have the knowledge and the logistics is a minor matter of evolving our P.A. to provide cognitive therapy suggestions. However, I expect the idea to be met with strong resistance and much disinformation.

  • @toby-xo6rb

    @toby-xo6rb

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sadly no - our greatest challenge is somehow finding a way to block the chinese CCP from taking over most of the planet. If they succeed, we're all screwed (as in, work camps and torture, just like they do right now).

  • @BATCHARRO
    @BATCHARRO2 жыл бұрын

    Funny you should mention scheduling posts for the future. I have a series on my blog called "The Future is Stupid" where I post at the given dates scifi is set in and joke around asking them if they built Sentinels already. Some of them are set for within our lifetimes, but many are actually set for future dates I won't likely see. I can't be sure Google will still be maintaining the servers that have my Blog in an actual 100 years, but I'm taking a message in a bottle approach to it. So, you know, if you do make it to that far flung future, do expect to get a shout out

  • @Casedilla73
    @Casedilla732 жыл бұрын

    Can you think about doing a video on something like a spaceship race? Like the Kessel Run or a modern-day Formula 1 but with spaceships? How would that work? I’m mainly just interested in audience based games including sci-fi technology, like the roller skate ball game from Alita: Battle Angel.