How to rebuild the world from scratch | Lewis Dartnell

Time for a thought experiment: Imagine for a moment that global catastrophe struck and you needed to rebuild everything. How would you do it? It’s a topic astrobiologist Lewis Dartnell has been pondering for some time, and in this talk he shares some findings related to three key areas that foster the development of civilization: food, fire and science.
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Enjoy this unedited talk by Lewis Dartnell.
Filmed at TED in 2015.

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  • @itstetravaal506
    @itstetravaal5065 жыл бұрын

    "We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology." Sagan

  • @martiddy
    @martiddy2 жыл бұрын

    This guy watched the first season Dr. stone and said: "Man!, I gotta make a TED talk out of this!."

  • @Prometheus7272

    @Prometheus7272

    Ай бұрын

    😂 Funny reference thanks for that

  • @MagicBiber
    @MagicBiber6 жыл бұрын

    Cool, bought his book, amazing read and information! =)

  • @DrLewisDartnell
    @DrLewisDartnell7 жыл бұрын

    You can find out more about this 'What If...' thought experiment on restarting everything from scratch at: the-knowledge.org

  • @romonshakra9381

    @romonshakra9381

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same results of megalomania crazies.

  • @cptnflipflopssdk3958
    @cptnflipflopssdk39587 жыл бұрын

    This guy did his research.

  • @Rw3DANC3R

    @Rw3DANC3R

    6 жыл бұрын

    Resilience- open source ecology

  • @cvspvr

    @cvspvr

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@Rw3DANC3Ropen source ecology sounds like the most hipster way to say survival

  • @Realist968
    @Realist9685 жыл бұрын

    If I left you in the woods with a hatchet, how long before you can send me an email. - Joe Rogan

  • @enigmaseth
    @enigmaseth5 жыл бұрын

    One of the things Lewis does not mention as essential for the rebooting of civilization are teachers. I am a Clinical Laboratory Scientist, I find it difficult to give my knowlege to others, even when it is desperately needed. Teachers can take the "black boxes" of things like medicine, electronics, mathmatics, authority, ecconomics, libraries and agriculture, and make them accessible, understandable and indeed desirable and necessary. Being able to read, and wanting to read is essential.

  • @marpolek

    @marpolek

    5 жыл бұрын

    I believe it fits within "knowledge" :)

  • @alexanderchenf1

    @alexanderchenf1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Seth Malovany Teachers are too busy teaching Marxism these days

  • @AetherXIV
    @AetherXIV3 жыл бұрын

    here after watching the anime "Dr. Stone"

  • @zenolachance1181
    @zenolachance11812 жыл бұрын

    I had this exact conversation with someone and they asked after an apocalypse they would be thousands of cars but no gasoline I said lucky for you I can distill gasoline from crude oil with just a 55-gallon drum and a copper coil

  • @parthsalat

    @parthsalat

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's cool! Can u please elaborate for humanity's sake?

  • @muhamadhelmi7949

    @muhamadhelmi7949

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@parthsalat agreed!

  • @freyathewanderer6359
    @freyathewanderer6359 Жыл бұрын

    One way to help rebuild civilization is construct a Knowledge Ark. Stock it with not just how-to books, but also great literature, drama and poetry. Gather great music in various genres, and DVDs of classic movies and TV shows.

  • @gregorflopinski9016
    @gregorflopinski90165 жыл бұрын

    We’re so safe in our modern society, that we want the hard dangerous kind

  • @hdixkowmskwm

    @hdixkowmskwm

    3 жыл бұрын

    thank you for your insight, pink guy

  • @DaveWard-xc7vd
    @DaveWard-xc7vd5 жыл бұрын

    Priority #1. Raid the libraries for usefull books. Priority #2. Fuel. Get the generators back on line, get the vehicles moving again.

  • @bearcatben4762

    @bearcatben4762

    4 жыл бұрын

    and you can use the useless books for fuel and use the fuel to make useful books

  • @DaveWard-xc7vd

    @DaveWard-xc7vd

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bearcatben4762 We may need the useless books to keep the useless people entertained.

  • @bearcatben4762

    @bearcatben4762

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DaveWard-xc7vd use them for fuel too

  • @krispyboi2519

    @krispyboi2519

    4 жыл бұрын

    S e e d s

  • @Prometheus7272

    @Prometheus7272

    Ай бұрын

    Sounds like the main villain in mad max

  • @harishrathee5863
    @harishrathee58634 жыл бұрын

    Dr stone

  • @kulia3163
    @kulia31634 жыл бұрын

    Consumption, Energy, and Knowledge.

  • @kovona
    @kovona5 жыл бұрын

    How To Make a Pencil: Take wood, pyrolyze into charcoal. Take charcoal, fire it in kiln at above 900'C to carburize into crude graphite. Take crude graphite, crush and mix with wetted clay. Form graphite/clay into pencil lead. Allow to dry, and then fire it in kiln again to harden the lead. Take a straight branch, split along grain. Cut recess sized for lead. Put lead into recess, and glue the two halves of the branch together again. Carve or turn the branch body into final dimensions. You now have a pencil (without the eraser).

  • @DontarrestmePLZ

    @DontarrestmePLZ

    4 жыл бұрын

    You can also just use a burnt stick. That was a really stupid point. His point, not yours.

  • @shlecko

    @shlecko

    4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome, now I can save humanity

  • @MarkFilipAnthony

    @MarkFilipAnthony

    2 жыл бұрын

    where do you get the glue from?

  • @kovona

    @kovona

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MarkFilipAnthony Resin glue from the sap of conifer trees. Hide glue from boiling animal hide in water. Fish glue from fish bladders.

  • @ferfleur
    @ferfleur4 жыл бұрын

    So, COVID-19, hu? How are we preparing for 2022?

  • @gokaired6594
    @gokaired65944 жыл бұрын

    😂 Dr.stone

  • @galahad9995

    @galahad9995

    3 жыл бұрын

    I got you

  • @zeroweight8932

    @zeroweight8932

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kinda same

  • @r3i01

    @r3i01

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂

  • @rage_2000

    @rage_2000

    3 жыл бұрын

    ohayou sekai good morning world!

  • @DMM-cv5fh
    @DMM-cv5fh5 жыл бұрын

    The iPencil video is amazing! Great lecture!

  • @octaviusgalacticus2253
    @octaviusgalacticus22534 жыл бұрын

    ENCREDIBLE

  • @tyroslayed5729
    @tyroslayed57295 жыл бұрын

    oh my god it was my dream to do this I'm so glad I found you before I did this is so cool

  • @harishrathee5863

    @harishrathee5863

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same here

  • @jennhill8708
    @jennhill87085 жыл бұрын

    I just ordered the book. This has been quite interesting, esp. the part on how to make glass & grind lenses to improve vision. It would devastate me to be unable to read.

  • @DontarrestmePLZ

    @DontarrestmePLZ

    4 жыл бұрын

    So how was the book?

  • @yourfriendlyneighborhoodhomos
    @yourfriendlyneighborhoodhomos3 жыл бұрын

    I’ve always wanted to know how to make the materials like plastic, rubber, etc. we use to craft our modern day devices. It’s sad that not enough engineering jobs really teach them HOW to make the materials they use when building but instead how to put them together

  • @silver3766

    @silver3766

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dr. Stone

  • @johnking9387

    @johnking9387

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you want to know how look at material engineers as they are the engineers that create/research the material that engineers use

  • @zenolachance1181

    @zenolachance1181

    2 жыл бұрын

    You can learn this on KZread , that's where I learned to distill gasoline from crude oil with just a 55-gallon drum very dangerous but doable

  • @davidgomez5116
    @davidgomez51169 ай бұрын

    Find the amish survivors treat them like kings, extract knowledge, meanwhile Recreate the best weapons of offense and defense for self and your own army. Take over earth. And watch as history repeats itself again and again.

  • @thaliagraichen8312
    @thaliagraichen83123 жыл бұрын

    I literally search this and... found it

  • @tarasyonka6462
    @tarasyonka64622 жыл бұрын

    GOD I HOPE SO, I DON'T GRIEVE AT FUNERALS, NEVER HAVE...HOWEVER, I ENVY DEATH AND DYING TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE THIS LOUSY EARTH!!!

  • @elizabethford7263
    @elizabethford72632 жыл бұрын

    There's a single episode of Apocalypse 101 on Curiosity Stream. Where can I find more episodes?

  • @iamoutofideas13
    @iamoutofideas13 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting how much of that artwork came from The Last of Us.

  • @ozymandiusthegreat9454
    @ozymandiusthegreat94543 жыл бұрын

    Interesting.

  • @juliemillward1966
    @juliemillward19669 ай бұрын

    Schools should be taught self sustainability, if a zombie apocalypse should (he words not mine) on national geographical for kids), even CDC zombie preparedness.

  • @alish2001
    @alish20016 жыл бұрын

    The lady at the end sounded so disinterested lol

  • @thomasfalcon6350

    @thomasfalcon6350

    5 жыл бұрын

    typical of femoids

  • @diegosmith3534

    @diegosmith3534

    4 жыл бұрын

    The bitch was rude as well.

  • @AkshayDhargave
    @AkshayDhargave7 жыл бұрын

    "a part of you.. you lot in the back, you die."

  • @rage_2000
    @rage_20003 жыл бұрын

    What about soap and antiseptics?

  • @Terranova0
    @Terranova02 жыл бұрын

    Infomercial?

  • @rage_2000
    @rage_20003 жыл бұрын

    Well, first you have to make a town center

  • @sammcewan9544
    @sammcewan95446 жыл бұрын

    So much effort from 11:30 onwards to film anything but the ash in his hair hahahaha

  • @RobotAnimals
    @RobotAnimals5 жыл бұрын

    Small amount of comments

  • @earlofrednecks9533
    @earlofrednecks95334 жыл бұрын

    With a couple cases of Redbull... 2 weeks to rebuild civilization.

  • @tedmitten8832
    @tedmitten88322 жыл бұрын

    One of the few good things that came from globalism, is the standardization of technology across the world. So even if the planet is plunged into global anarchy and strife, there is very likely will be a few peaceful beacons where our modern knowledge will remain and develop, awaiting its moment to lit up the darkened planet

  • @ryuk5709
    @ryuk57092 жыл бұрын

    He is just explaining minecraft

  • @Mr74kaveh
    @Mr74kaveh5 ай бұрын

    You should read history befre u talk..I stopped when u talk about roman wheel.. What do u think they did before that?

  • @marshalkrieg2664
    @marshalkrieg26649 ай бұрын

    Doomsday is upon us right now. Buckle up.

  • @juliemillward1966

    @juliemillward1966

    9 ай бұрын

    Censored but yep. NeuroSWARM3 ⚠️

  • @axilchanlin7718
    @axilchanlin77185 жыл бұрын

    Great content, boring presentation style. The way he talks is just so repetitive.