I'm sitting in my hospital bed at the moment, finished with my first round of chemo. I'm hoping to be discharged and allowed to go home today. Thanks for more reasons to smile, Isaac!

@isaacarthurSFIA

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, always good to be able to go home especially for this day, good luck on the treatments.

@MinecraftxFan1995

Жыл бұрын

@@isaacarthurSFIA thanks, Isaac! It's looking good. Have a happy Thanksgiving!

@zarnell

Жыл бұрын

Stage 4 Terminal Cancer Survivor here 5 years official! You can do it!

@sjsomething4936

Жыл бұрын

Amazing! Very good news story, and further evidence of exactly what Isaac suggests in this narrative, that things are indeed improving every day, including the medical front. A very Happy Thanksgiving to you and to Isaac and all of his followers.

@slawekwojtowicz

Жыл бұрын

Have you heard about the Chrism oil that is supposed to cure all? Check out Exodus 30, 22-33. Be careful, very careful! It’s a very powerful medicine.

“On the one hand, we should be grateful to live in an era of such prosperity and technological might, standing on the shoulders of many billions who have lived harder lives in the past to help us get to this point.” That made me stop and relisten. As always keep up the amazing work, I really do look forward to these videos

@fii_89639

Жыл бұрын

Even more than that, some day, our future sons and daughters will look back on us and say "our ancestors worked hard to give us the easy life we had today" while also feeling like everything is going to hell... >.>

@l33tninja1

6 ай бұрын

Sadly I think we want to fat on alot of tech and it's going to ruin the future because there aren't enough jobs that pay a living wage and soon the majority of humanity will suffer as badly or worse than our ancestors while the elites only prosper more when they already have more than they will ever need.

It's below zero, the air in my town is thick with smog as people are burning whatever they can to keep warm, and there's a war raging 5 miles away. So thanks for this, it's important to feel optimistic.

@isaacarthurSFIA

Жыл бұрын

Stay warm, stay safe, take care :)

That line about the dirt under our feet being a mountain deep pile of ruin that's been built up and blown away leaving us the only ones standing is honestly beautiful.

@garethbaus5471

Жыл бұрын

It probably also contains literal pulverized mountains, the past was an extremely brutal time, you have to be a fairly tough species to make it to this time.

@gives_bad_advice

Жыл бұрын

honestly?

@Soken50

Жыл бұрын

@@gives_bad_advice I live in Normandy, which is an almost island in the North of France with some small hills that used to be a mighty mountain chain ground down by subsequent glaciers on the edge of getting submerged like the rest of Doggerlands by the end of this Ice Age

@gives_bad_advice

Жыл бұрын

@@Soken50 i've been to bayeux. had crepes and bought stamps at the post office. then on to the beaches and the American memorial.

@HadzabadZa

Жыл бұрын

There's also another conclusion - we're next

Two mottos I tend to live by are "Hope for the best, prepare for the worst" and "It's darkest before the dawn". While Humanity has and still does have many trials and tribulations. Through these crucibles Humanity does indeed have the potential for a bright future.

Times I get pessimistic about our future but Isaac’s videos help keep me feeling positive! Thank you so much for you content, you help me dream of the possibilities❤️

@isaacarthurSFIA

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kobe :) Happy Thanksgiving!

@kobebarka8633

Жыл бұрын

@@isaacarthurSFIA Happy Thanksgiving!

@ulisirius9027

Жыл бұрын

Globalistswants enforce totalitarianOrwellianism

@InquisitorMatthewAshcraft

Жыл бұрын

@@isaacarthurSFIA Happy Thanksgiving to you, your wife, and the kids too 😁

@ronaldmasterbud1551

Жыл бұрын

I Agree, Both Isaac, and the Canadian Russian Are So Dam Positive, You Have No Other Choice Than Be Positive Too. 👍🇺🇲🇨🇦

I’m thankful for your technological optimism. Seriously, if it wasn’t for you, I’d still be in r/collapse mired in despair. The Civilizations at the end of time series was mind blowing, and I’m astounded with your consistent quality over the years!

@goldenfloof5469

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes I'll go on r/collapse just to make fun of people being pessimistic idiots. Like who in their right mind genuinely believes that a few nuclear reactors going kablooey could take out *ALL* life on earth?

@bobinthewest8559

Жыл бұрын

The best formula for balancing your optimism with your pessimism, is an oldie but a goody… “Hope for the best…. But plan for the worst.”

You know the situation and the human species overall mental state is extremely bad when great scientists started to say ' cheer up gentlemen!'

@isaacarthurSFIA

Жыл бұрын

:) True

@thedoruk6324

Жыл бұрын

@@isaacarthurSFIA big sad moment for human species though give it a 20 years maybe something will improve I always trust on technology :]

@isaacarthurSFIA

Жыл бұрын

@@thedoruk6324 I try to view rough times as getting warmed up in the fire for future forging... though that generally implies hammer and anvil time is approaching too, so that's either a very good or very bad analogy. :)

@KateeAngel

Жыл бұрын

It was always bad. Civilisation was always more destructive than constructive thing. At least for 99% of species in the world and for biosphere and biodiversity it was, it is and it will be destructive

@thedoruk6324

Жыл бұрын

@@KateeAngel until we master the cloning dna recreation and space colonizing that is

Spending life surrounded by nihilism and the popular thought that we are going to be extinct next Tuesday or something, Isaac Arthur's video's are just a breath of fresh air. It's really nice to know for sure that I am not the only one who thinks humans are going to be sitting around billions of years from now discussing the history of the age we are living in right now. Perhaps we will be remembered as the builders who made the foundations that carried us across the galaxy and beyond, or perhaps not but a guy can dream can't he.

@jaylucas8352

7 ай бұрын

In many ways nihilism is a lazy mental exercise really.

@jaylucas8352

7 ай бұрын

Even if 99.99% of the human race was eliminated that would leave 8 million humans who still have access to advanced technology. Humanity is hard to eradicate at this point. Even the most catastrophic events would have a tiny probability of eliminating more than 50% of the population and that includes nuclear war.

I think one of the best things I ever heard was the line "A better world is possible, and it's possible today". I often think of those words and look at the world today, with all it's capable hands and tools at our disposal, and I feel hope for tomorrow. My friends think I'm too optimistic, but I stand by it.

A perfectly timed video. We face a lot of challenges, but we're constantly optimistic about the future - especially when it comes to thoughtful technology that can help us overcome those challenges. If you have any questions about Ground News and how it works, feel free to drop them in the comments.

@UpliftedCapybara

Жыл бұрын

How do you evaluate the factuality of news sources? It’d be nice to have universally agreed upon sources for factual information, but it seems like people can’t agree on what’s factual.

@gives_bad_advice

Жыл бұрын

wtf is ground news and who cares

@7heHorror

Жыл бұрын

I was skeptical (labeling war propagandists CNN and NYT as "left" is suspicious), but I actually found a Grazyzone article debunking the OPCW cover-up in Syria. I am impressed, Ground News!

@fatjellyfish9478

Жыл бұрын

@@UpliftedCapybara all I got is try your best to look past the bullshit. Don't let narrative be your guiding light. Also generally speaking far right and right wing news sources tend to spew more bullshit. It's just statistical and true.

@ground_news

Жыл бұрын

@@UpliftedCapybara You hit the nail on the head. It's very hard to evaluate factuality because any fact can become a piece of misinformation without enough context. It's also impossible to fact-check effectively in real time and at scale. Our approach is to give people the tools to easily compare coverage so they can spot discrepancies and discern the truth. The factuality ratings on our site reflect the reporting practices of the news outlet - not the article itself. They are calculated based on ratings from three independent news monitoring organizations. These organizations look at the credibility of sources used, the speed at which the publication issues corrections, and whether the language retains context.

Congratulations on becoming parents. My wife and I adopted a few months ago and it is a game changer. I'm sure you will provide a warm, loving and optimistic home for these children. Best of luck!

"problems are good things" reminds me of a Slavoj Zizek quote that has really helped me both in my personal struggles and feeling optimistic abiut humanity, "Don't worry, there will be new problems". Its unambiguously hopeful, its like saying nothing is finality, history doesn't end, our struggle master ourselves and our environment is eternal as a matter of our species, and we should move forward with this vigor and confidence that whatever comes our way, we will come out of it.

I was nearly suicidal when you posted this. Thank you sir.

@isaacarthurSFIA

Жыл бұрын

Winter can be a rough time, I hope the show helps a bit, thank you for watching :) Take care

It’s important to stay positive because anyone can be scared about the future. Especially that the new media can over exaggerated about war, climate change, pandemics just to name a few about the coming future.

@xXx_Regulus_xXx

Жыл бұрын

the trouble with media is they know they get more attention by playing on our negative emotions, it's a hard-wired cognitive bias

@veemie8148

Жыл бұрын

Bury your head in the sand. Ignore the obvious problems staring us in the face. Replace solutions for blind optimism. Technology alone will not save us. It will not be put to use for the good of all if it is in the hands of those who have sentenced us all to our fate.

Isaac is obviously a mind reader lol. Or at least a comment reader! Thank you Isaac, all your videos usually help me be more optimistic, but a specialized one certainly won't hurt 😁👍 Edit: happy belated birthday!

@isaacarthurSFIA

Жыл бұрын

Thanks :) And an intermittent comment reader, back in the day I used to read and reply to every single one, but after about 10,000 subscribers it started getting unmanageable, so now it's hit and miss, happy thanksgiving!

@revenevan11

Жыл бұрын

@@isaacarthurSFIA that's completely understandable, I hope you've had a great Thanksgiving!

Something I think people should also consider concerning the future, when they feel it might be weird, scary, or alien to them - Humans really stay very consistent in terms of personality, in the things we desire. An example of this: Sci fi prediction, 1950: in the future we will all live in homes made of metal or plastic, assembled in spherical or very geometric shapes (ex, Disneyland's house of the future). Reality: people still live in normal looking homes. Taste in architecture has changed, and homes aren't always built of the same materials, but they're often built to look similar. I feel confident that if we were to jump to the year 2072, we would find that many things are different. Revolutions in material science, energy, transportation... we'd see crazy advancements in medicine, and changes in society at large - But in the end, if we looked into someone's home, in their day to day life, we'd still find familiarity. We would find families spending Thanksgiving together, having probably a lot of the same food. I'm not afraid of the future, as long as it's a future with people in it.

Happy Thanksgiving to all those celebrating, and best wishes to everyone everywhere. May all our futures be bright.

I really liked where you spoke about needing diverse sources of power. I am fond of solar, wind, water, biomass gasification for powering my homestead.

@isaacarthurSFIA

Жыл бұрын

Yes I still need to put some solar in here, given that's its northeast Ohio I've not really been motivated to rush to grab those 'savings' our weather occasionally might permit, but I like diverse power grids

@FQuainton

Жыл бұрын

@Isaac Arthur I am only a few hours from you, I am in southern Michigan. While solar can be good, I have noticed that residential sized wind is a good investment as well. For power storage, I suggest looking into server rack batteries for computer servers. If you gasify wood, then you can run a generator off that. KZread has some good videos on wood gas.

This is exactly what I needed right now. I've been having a major depressive episode these last few days. Thank you Isaac.

We have big structural problems that need bold solutions. I am optimistic about the future in the long term but so many still struggle to get by day by day. One eye on the ground, one of the horizon!

I wish I could have half of your positivity. I very rarely get to see the good side from others, and am well past the age to actively make any difference in their or my own life. My dreams were thoroughly dashed early in my adulthood so all I am able to do is try to not make anybody else's lives harder. While think being just optimistic is a huge waste of time, I prefer to call it being be hopeful - preparing for the worst, but working for the best.

@JKTProductionzIncNCo

Жыл бұрын

Agreed.

As a huge fan of futurism, the World Fairs, and Tomorrowland (the film more than the section of Disney, which sadly has not been remodeled to look similar, which was influenced by both), I love the idea of reviving the World's Fair. I feel that too much of society has lost the sense of imagination, inspiration, and optimism for a better future that existed in the 60s (in spite of the threat of nuclear annihilation). I want less talk about the problems we are facing, and how we are going to solve them, and improve our quality of life, AND live in harmony with nature. I dare say that development projects like Marina Bay in Singapore show that we already have a template to work with regards to architecture and landscaping (or architect-scaping?), for example.

As a student of history- just look, 100 years ago even the richest people didn't have virtually anything electric, anti biotic , or digital.... just think how far we will go in the next 100...

We are living in the best era in history, with unbelievable potential in the future... And yet pessimism and nihilism (the pessimistic nihilism) is so prevalent, its sad. For most of my life now, I have allways been optimistic about our future and have allways felt like I was isolated with an ocean of pessimism. Thats why I am so greatful for this video. We need more optimism (grounded optimism, backed with facts), especially during (yet another) chaotic times.

It is so easy to be blackpilled these days. With insane politics, the fear of climate change, inflation, war, pandemics, there is so much to be afraid about, it always feels like a welcome fresh breath of air to not be blasted with doom and gloom, but with hope. Roll up our sleeves and lets make a better future!

@isaacarthurSFIA

Жыл бұрын

Very true, and I think I might borrow the term 'black-pilled'

@xXx_Regulus_xXx

Жыл бұрын

@@isaacarthurSFIA the internet has expanded on the red pill/blue pill metaphor a bit in the past few years, black pills are reasons to despair at a situation, and white pills are of course their opposite. thanks for the white pills 👍

@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623

Жыл бұрын

@@isaacarthurSFIA You're welcome to it. It gets used a lot though. So many pills around, a veritable pharmacy.

@isaacarthurSFIA

Жыл бұрын

@@xXx_Regulus_xXx I always wonder how many memes I'm barely catching these days, I still think of the scene from the Matrix. :)

“What do you think the dirt under your feet is made of?” Best quote ever!

So excited to find this. A unexpected Thanksgiving gift from my favorite KZreadr. The optimism is contagious.

I am very optimistic. I'm certain I am part of the last generation of drug-free university graduates with a military background forced to sleep on the streets of America or in cockroach infested slum apartments. I truly believe that the next generation onwards will be allowed to use their military experience and university education to improve their community while still being allowed to live in a safe and clean home.

"Humanity sits on a throne atop a mountain-high pyramid of skulls and catastrophes" -Isaac Arthur, from his uplifting and inspiring Thanksgiving episode 😂 More seriously, congratulations on the kids! What a wonderful thing to add to the list of reasons to be optimistic about the future! You'll be celebrating "Gotcha Day" for the rest of your natural life. Finally, as I listened to the episode, I kept thinking of the song "Perpetual" by VNV Nation. It's my all-time favorite song, and perfectly captures the theme of this week's episode.

Just coming out(?) of a see-saw lockdown where I live. It's good to see videos like yours at this time. As someone originally born in New Zealand, I always viewed Thanksgiving as 'an American thing.' Living as an expat in a place where many locals looked at me and thought, "You speak English, therefore you celebrate thanksgiving." didn't help things. Even so, I'm thankful for the optimistic tone of your videos.

"Well that's where we are. You say we're on the brink of destruction and you're right. But it's only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve." - Professor Barnhardt : The Day The Earth Stood Still Happy Thanksgiving I'm grateful for SFIA

I'm generating A.I. Art that I hope can be used in SFIA videos. Not knowing which video to start with, I googled "Isaac Arthur's most optimistic video" and discovered that this one arrived 11 minutes ago. that's a reason to be optimistic.

@isaacarthurSFIA

Жыл бұрын

Neat, if any of it looks nice feel free to email me direct at isaac.arthur.utube@gmail.com

Its REALLY refreshing to see someone actually happy for the future especially the future, it gets tired fast when every future in a game/movie/book is were humanity is struggling either because it caused it or not

@mattmorehouse9685

Жыл бұрын

I think a future where humanity or sapients are struggling or in conflict is more common due to drama coming from conflict. If you have a setting where intelligent benevolent societies are the norm, than there is a lot less potential for interesting drama. That and most sci fi where humanity has gotten outside of Sol tend to either have a frontier where law and order haven't really gotten to, or have war and politics involved (think Star Trek, or Star Wars). That sort of thing naturally leads to futures where you've got plenty of political backstabbing or warfare going on, or the frontier is pretty rough and tumble. Hell, I think Star Trek (from my limited knowledge of it) had the Federation look a lot less utopian once we started spending time in it, mainly because they could get more drama out of it than small personal struggles. At least that's my explanation.

@saunshilu

Жыл бұрын

@@mattmorehouse9685 i was referencing the thought of human future societies not ones meant for stories

Hi Isaac! Haven't seen this video yet but thank you for making one on this topic. A breath of fresh air from the common media theme of doom and gloom. Humans are beautiful! Our progress from the early days of life is beautiful and I only have high hopes for where we will end :)

@ivoryas1696

Жыл бұрын

Yasha "Haven't seen this video yet but thank you" I feel that.

@jocylinfrancis930

Жыл бұрын

But there’s a long way to go until we reach the End, a stable position. I hope to see you there!

Thank you for the technological optimism; it's really helped address one aspect of future-anxiety. I was especially touched by the section about self-image; I can only hope society as a whole can one day make it normal, or even expected, to change even fundamentals about one's own body, as the topic hits home with me in particular.

In case you haven't heard of it there is a 3rd generation anti histamine which was approved for humans in the late 90's and is becoming widely available enough to even be sold over the counter here in the UK. It's called fexofenidine hydrochloride (usually comes in 120mg and 180mg doses) and it pretty much changed my life when i started taking it about a decade ago as i get year round rhinitis.

@HighLatencyEmu

Жыл бұрын

I was prescribed this when I was 15 for hayfever as everything else stopped working and the other alternative was steroids It genuinely helps me through the hayfever season

Optimism! Onwards and upwards. Keep going.

I don’t know if you get to read text messages, Isaac, but I am someone who struggles with the desire to end my existence a lot. You are one of maybe a dozen people in this world that really gives me hope. There aren’t too many people that can ignite the world to live in me. The fire in Me doesn’t last long and goes out again and my thoughts turn dark, but the fact that you can even start that flame up, even for a short time, says a lot about you as a person the fire in me doesn’t last long and goes out again, and my thoughts turn dark, but the fact that you can even start that flame up, even for a short time, Says a lot about you as a person and as a spokes person for knowledge. Like Neil Degrasse Tyson, and meet your Kaku, you yourself are one of the greats Isaac. Thanks for all you do. I am truly says a lot about you as a person and as a spokes person for knowledge. Like Neil Degrasse Tyson, and meet your Kaku, you yourself are one of the greats Isaac. Thanks for all you do. I am truly grateful for all you do, and all you are as a person and as a science communicator. Stay amazing Isaac. I look forward to your next video.

There's a lot of people in the world that suffer with some form of dysphoria or dysmorphia, so new and improved body modding will likely help alleviate a lot of pain and problems in that regard. Plus there's the whole avenue of radical self actualization in ways that would make a garden variety transhumanist blush, but that's a different story. :)

@fireofenergy

Жыл бұрын

The body modding caused state of happiness will soon wear off beneath skin deep.

@veemie8148

Жыл бұрын

@@fireofenergy doesn't really matter if it can remove the negative effects of dysmorohia and dysphoria

There are no technical, physical or economical reasons for why humanities future shouldn't be bright, but that doesn't mean it's automatically guaranteed. Indeed today our society works in such a way that a few people profit from the necessary steps not being taken, and technological progress alone will not fix that. It's crucial to keep that in mind.

Hope is the fertilizer of optimism. Optimism is the tree from which curiosity fruits. Curiousity, plucked at the peak of sweetness, is rendered via learning into knowledge. Knowledge enables ability and craft. Innovation is the result. Men and women free from oppression are able to fulfill the innovation stack. This is why societies that enforce, protect and foster Individual Freedom generate and maintain innovation more consistently and at higher levels. As imperfect as America and its Western compatriots maybe... This is worthy of being thankful. Happy Thanksgiving

I haven't even seen the video yet, but just the title of this video made me smile. I'm going to watch the video now. Thank you Isaac Arthur, I'm glad I'm subscribed to your channel. I am Pure Consciousness, which is infinite and eternal, experiencing life in a temporary human form. 😊

Thank you so very much Isaac! Futurism is the fuel that keeps me going on a day-to-day basis and it is people like you who help society care about it.

Holy shit! I just thought of visiting this channel after almost a year hoping to find something that shows humanity's future in a positive light and found that this video was just uploaded.

Another amazing video! Happy Thanksgiving to you, your team & the subscribers!

Love what I've seen so far as always Issac. Sure it'll be another great video. Just posting to help the algorithim and I'll watch the rest in the morning!

As we are closing out another year that has given us many reasons to be grim, this arrived as a welcome tonic to the downcast mood of the day. We are close, we are getting closer. Keep going. Keep pushing. Keep on keeping on. We can do this. Together. Forever.

The title of this video spoke to me on a deeper level. When all hope is lost.. You pray for the energy to go on. Thank you Isaac, you are God's instrument for me today. I'm starting the video now.

As for 19:50, raw honey supposedly does wonders for people with allergies, especially the spring-time one. Which is also why beekeeping is underrated.

@xXx_Regulus_xXx

Жыл бұрын

moreso if the honey is local, it's a way to basically just expose yourself to allergens from plants in the area in a controlled way, plus the other benefits of raw honey

@stinkybirdhouse

Жыл бұрын

@@xXx_Regulus_xXx indeed! :D

I think it’s important to keep a healthy dose of optimism about our ability to avert crises, adapt, and make the world a better place, but we definitely can’t look to technology as a crutch. Human action is the key to a bright future, not future technological fixes.

@veemie8148

Жыл бұрын

This, 100%

Notification squad!!!! When I see a new SFIA I’m always excited!

A wonderful video. Thank yall. Happy Thanksgiving and this was a great topic.

Congratulations on the adoption! Wish you and the new family all the best! You’ll make an amazing father with your immense intellect and charming personality. 😊

I appreciate the positive video. I agree lots of great things to look forward to in the future, but we must be vigilant against ignorance from every side. People from all sides crave power over wisdom and knowledge. Thank you for your enlightened thinking.

I used to get sick (cold, flu, etc) several times a year... One I stopped smoking I rarely ever get sick. It's crazy how bad it can be for my health. Been clean for 9 years now ♥️

@isaacarthurSFIA

Жыл бұрын

Congrats! I passed my two year mark back when I wrote today's episode, and I would say it really cut down on my constant colds, as it certainly did, but air filters in the house, allergy shots, and a robot vac also played a big role.

I'm not from the US, but given that it's thanksgiving, I suppose i could say that I'm thankful for, well, you and your work. Watching your channel, and seeing everything that we can do as a species, how far we can go, gives me hope in a way I cannot properly put into words. My faith in humanity has always been the most important thing that keeps me going, and your work has helped me immensely in that regard (I've been crying a bit thoughout the video, haha), specially with the things I've been going through for a while now. So, I wish you and your loved ones all the happiness you deserve, and, genuinely, from the bottom of my heart, _thank you._

Yes! Despite anything, humans not only persist themselves, they slowly learn how to push lesser species up. Hopefully we will find the way to restore things we accidentally destroyed during our childhood as species. Had been optimistic since some time, but this video expresses it in the right words.

I find it so hard to be hopeful of the future with how things are now, but this video did inspire some of it in me

I take my cues on optimism about the future from a line in The Terminator: "In a hundred years, nobody will care."

Happy birthday Arthur. I am thankful for you. I am glad to see you in a happy marriage with a very nice wife, she is such a sweet gal. She seems to be happy as well. May God bless both of you

Thank you for your great work!

Thanks for a video outlining how good the future will be. I have always been optimistic even during the Cold War. As always thanks for all your hard work.

Happy Birthday Isaac. Let's keep 'em going.

Isaac really knows how to put his point of view into perspective for me. Thank you sir, much appreciated

I've been at my lowest recently in terms of pessimism, just seeing disaster after act-of-violence after systemic-corruption. I've felt more unsafe now then I ever have been in my life, as a man dating a man in particular. This video made me smile and feel better in every way. It helped me see that, no matter how bad things get, good people will always be there to do the right thing, even if only a few of them do. Thank you for this Thanksgiving gift, and I hope you feel good having given this gift to us.

Thanks Isaac. Happy Thanksgiving

Thank you for this, Mr Arthur.

I’m a firm proponent of “onward and upward” so I generally prefer the more how-to videos. That sad it’s good to see positivity. There may be many a person or faction trying to stifle innovation for a (limited and likely feature) sense of control but eventually even the most subtle lies told to drive support from fear have to break down in front of a verifiable truth that humanity prevails over hardship.

Happy Thanksgiving Arthur!

Happy belated birthday. This feels like a great episode for today.

Happy birthday with delay Isaac! You are amazing and I've been following you for years.

Thank you Isaac, you reinforce my positivity for the future with this video! 😊

Thank you for the positive, hopeful episode!

Were thankful for YOU isaac for these wonderful videos, always the chillest moments of each week

For the medium to long term future I am very optimistic. The coming next years will be very bad though.

@veemie8148

Жыл бұрын

It's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. I think we as a civilization will have to face the full effects of climate collapse before the powers that be enact solutions that have been available for decades.

"We can walk and chew bubblegum at the same time." As an individual, that's a statement. As a species, that's a perspective. What a wonderful statement to conclude a wonderful point about our progression as a species!

Happy Arthursday!

"There is no fate but what we make for ourselves" - Terminator

This is something we all needed badly. Thanks, Isaac.

Congratulations on your growing family. You will be amazing parents!

So, by 2050, 10% of the population will live to be 90. Now, as it happens, 2050 is the year I turn 90. I'm not sure whether I should be optimistic about that or not. I've always wanted to see the year 2100. (I think that's because Arthur C. Clarke once said that, after that year, it was pretty much impossible to predict anything.) On the downside, the percentage of people living to be 140 is now zero. On the upside, if you do make it to 2100-well who knows?

@alexandruianu8432

Жыл бұрын

Watch what happens with longevity research. It's quite likely that biological immortality would be a thing by 2050, or on it's way and reachable thanks to longevity escape velocity.

@26:27 "It's full of stars"! 😁

Thank you for this, it's a struggle to keep this perspective on the future sometimes.

Put my baby right to sleep 😢, was hoping to finish this episode but a mix of your calming voice and the music knocked him out quick! Lol happy thanksgiving

Congratulations Issac! You are an amazing person. I know you two will be amazing parents

Happy Thanksgiving Isaac! Happy for you adopting also sir.

Thank you for this much-needed episode. I think we are living in a time of transition, where we have to recognize that with the power to reshape our planet comes the responsibility to preserve it, because no one else will do it for us, and manage its resources on a global level. And that responsibility is a heavy burden to be sure, and it scares many people. But, odd as it may seem, it also means we are coming into our power as a species. It is a stage we need to reach, a task we must become used to, if we want to be more. It is of course not assured that we will survive, but I prefer to see the current turmoil as growth pangs. And if we fall, well, as you said, it is unlikely that everyone will die, and there will be another chance.

Incredibly inspirational! Thank you so much.

Thank you Isaac I am thankful for this channel and you and the Missus.

@isaacarthurSFIA

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Our pleasure!

One interesting piece of technology I've seen brought up recently is some kind of microwave drill for creating deep geothermal bore holes that would allow us to reasonably create geothermal powerplants anywhere we want.

the part about "catastrophes that could wipe mountains away but leave us behind" reminds me of an islamic story about human being leaders of earth and all creation. God asked all things that He had created if they would carry the burden of leadership, and when he asked the mountains, the mountains literally crumbled under the weight. Yet that same weight was what we're _designed_ to carry.

Thank you. I needed to hear this today.

Your content gives me the optimism to think positive about humanity, our creativity is the only thing that can save or destroy us 🇺🇸 happy Birthday belated, and happy turkey day!!! Lol 🍻 stay safe out there Aloha's

I will always be excited about the future of science even if we'll never see 99.999% of the amazing things our species will discover.

Happy Thanksgiving and happy belated birthday

I have a lot more pessimism about the near future due to the political inertia to doing what's required at this moment in history, but I am heartened by the possibility of a robot assisted inventory of life on Earth.

Great idea for a vid. This channel makes me excited for the future and that is in short supply lately.

It's honestly kinda strange, but also sensible, that despite loving science I've always been an escapist. Looking to science fiction and many other types for fun, being disillusioned with the real world, but assuming that in the future I'd learn enough to change it. Despite some decently fundamental changes to my worldview, I've actually kept this with me to some extent, although, one if the biggest changes was me going from a starry-eyed kid fascinated with science, to a lesserly-starry-eyed adult *actually **_learning_* the science. I feels like every time I learn a big enough new concept in math. physics, and/or psychology, I look upon the world with new eyes... or at least fresh ones. I see changes around, for better or worse, but lately it seems like so many have reached a state of either defeatism (which is probably the less common one, or at least less than you might think) or some form of absolutism. In any case, they seem to look upon the future as either being there's or worse, even doomed. To say that I've not understood why would be untrue, but I've also, rarely ever felt the same, because the future isn't made, and because we still stand. The people who realize this aren't looking at, or even for a Utopia, but simply looking at what they see to be a legitimately plausible, or at worst possible outcome, and seeing Issac and these followers here really reminds me of how lost things _aren't._ That there are people that realize that we are actually getting better in more ways than we're getting worse. It reminds me of a segment of a video I saw from another KZreadr: kzread.info/dash/bejne/goV1uaSedtHRl5s.html, something that reminds me that oftentimes just as much as blind optimism or even more so at times, _pessimism_ can be immature and short-sighted. I'll step off the soapbox and say that I've been following this channel for (I've lost track, tbh 😅) over a year after finding it from Up and Atom's Boltzmann brain video and, considering that this is one of the only channel's I've gone through and re-watched multiple videos after sifting through over 100 videos and content that came from before I had a KZread account, I have been quite enamored most-all of this time. I thank Isaac and his team, and his closer fans (especially the one that reminded him he sounded just fine in the earlier days) for all the great ideas and times... And wish you all a great year's end. 😌

With desalinization, one of the concerns I hear about is that our current methods filter out part of the water, leaving an incredibly salinated brine, which can be ecologically hazardous. How would future desalinzation technologies offset or deal with this? What could we do with all that excess salt?

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Typically you either dump it down an empty salt mine, sell it, or just let it back in the ocean, the sheer quantity of saltwater there would barely notice even a billion tons of salt, and the water desalinated from it is going to return at some point, rain or runoff.

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@@isaacarthurSFIABrine can still cause local changes in salinity.