Something to consider: You are a decedent of *ALL* of these terrible years. Your ancestors lived through them all, even when most of the people around them were dying.

@briankane3905

Жыл бұрын

So true!!

@francesbernard2445

Жыл бұрын

The question I like to ask is how did some of my ancestors live through a lot? Since the trait of having an upper set of teeth which start erupting more from the upper jaw when not having a corresponding a lower jaw set of teeth wn is it possible that one of our ancestors in Europe when small escaped the Vampire pagan trials in Europe. Whoever may have escaped that sort of thing would have spent some time in France before arriving in North America during the 1700's during the fur trade.

@seitanbeatsyourmeat666

Жыл бұрын

I recently looked up the rate of autoimmune diseases in todays population because it seems EVERYONE has something (I have at least 2, a third is being diagnosed but they’re not sure what it is yet. Yay). It’s weird. Anyway, my suspicions were correct, the rates are rising at an alarming rate and one medical theory is that it’s from the bubonic plague. People that survived had strong immune systems, passed it down and a strong immune system tends to attack everything, including it’s own host. Add into the mix the hyper hygienic society we have today (antibacterial soap anyone??) and it’s a given the rates will rise since the immune system has even fewer outside “enemies” to fight People are living longer today, so we’re witnessing and suffering the effects of our immune systems, whereas in the past we died pretty young from heart disease or farming accidents, childbirth, etc. but the ages that autoimmune diseases is showing up is getting younger Anyway, food for thought

@alonealien1474

Жыл бұрын

Yes, speaking from a very personal viewpoint, I would say we (me and my family) are pretty strong people to have survived this long. But we are also privileged. For example, if I look at my ancestors, my dad's side is full of educated, rather elite people (say, barristers and doctors) and my mom's side had a lot of landed, titled people. I think both sides had at least some insulation against socio-political upheavals and natural disasters. That is probably why I am here today.

@chilledclarity2302

Жыл бұрын

@@seitanbeatsyourmeat666 there’s also the fact that despite our population, we don’t have great genetic diversity. There’s a theory out there that humans went through a genetic bottle neck, or got close to extinction and due to the lack of genetic diversity we now have lots of health problems.

How about a video about what the "Best Year to be Alive"? It would be an interesting and maybe thought provoking to contrast the two,

@AmyDaisy69

2 жыл бұрын

That is as subjective as the worst year to be alive.

@foreverfreebird27

2 жыл бұрын

I agree maybe the best time and place?

@CaedenV

2 жыл бұрын

The problem with history is like the problem with the news... When times are genuinely good, nobody talks about it. So there may be a year that was amazing... Lost to history because people just enjoyed it for what it was. But seriously, the closest analog to covid was the Spanish flu, which killed ~2% of the population who caught it. Covid has realistically infected about 57% of the world's population, was likely deadlier than the Spanish flu in the first few strains, and has only killed an estimated 5.8 million people, for a death rate of about 0.12% Now, I don't mean to belittle the people who died, or the sacrifices made. But the cost of some rough times, and some high inflation is a small price to pay compared to having lost 1-3% of the population had we shut our eyes and done nothing. It doesn't feel like victory, but victory rarely feels good outside of stories and video games. I guess all that to say that things are far from perfect in the here and now, but in spite of our feelings and experience of the matter, times have quite literally never been better. Instead of viewing 100 years of progress as saving some 80-90% of people who would have died, we are much more focused on the 5.8 million of people who died, and navigating a world with less certain shipping infrastructure and higher inflation than we have seen in a while. Not about to say things are good. The world has lots of room for improvement on many levels. But at the same time let's at least acknowledge just how much better our problems are today compared to the problems we would have faced at any point in history. And I'll include the future in that as well. Yeah, an automation revolution, and global warming are huge issues that are about to rock our world... But at the same time, these are going to coincide with short and long term solutions that will allow the vast majority to live through these cricies in even more comfort than we have available today rather than less... Which is super weird to think about, because I'm not expecting it to be a walk in the park. And the future beyond that will have its own problems, but still an even better life for a greater majority of people than today. Not saying we ever get to a perfect utipian world... But first world problems will become ever more widespread, allowing us to be bothered by ever smaller issues that can wreck our day. It is the raised expectations (and demand for those expectations) that make us as a whole feel like times are darker than they have ever been, not the actual statistics of real life day to day living compared to any previous point in history. I guess what I am trying to say is that there is likely a time in history where the world population was happier and more satisfied on average, but if we tried to live in those times we would be absolutely horrified by what people felt were "good times". But who knows, maybe 2019 was peak humanity and I just haven't caught on the the fact that it is all down hill from here as society unwravles until we are all lost naked in the woods wondering where it all went wrong. But looking back at history gives me a lot of encouragement that we have not seen the best of times yet. Short of a major asteroid defacing a land mass, or a supervolcano going off, or an alian invasian of the mean human enslaving sort, there really isn't much that holds much threat to the everyday life of the majority of humanity. Global warming will suck... But we will also have air conditioning and indoor farming available to secure food and comfort for the worst of it. And it will be realistically fully mitigated within 200 years (the optomist in me is hoping for 100 years). Compare that to a volcano going off somewhere in the world that you have no way to know about and it up ending life for 100 years... That is a very different level of problem that poses very little threat to modern humanity. The future isn't good. But it will be a heck of a lot better than it is today.

@tronowolf

2 жыл бұрын

1995

@bounce2100

2 жыл бұрын

Probably like the 50s in a new suburban neighborhood in industrial america

I've also heard of 1942 as a strong contender for worst year ever. Bataan happened that year, as did most of the horrors at Stalingrad, and the fall of Shanghai. The Final Solution was agreed upon that year and death camps started opening up, executive order 9066 was signed in the US, the Manhattan project really got going, Guadalcanal was fought... WWII was overall pretty shitty, but 1942 has a lot of major hallmarks.

@qazsedcft2162

Жыл бұрын

The first thing I thought when I saw this video was 1942. And also 1933 with Hitler's rise to power, and Holodomor, and the ongoing Chinese civil war. With so many bad years the 20th century was really the worst century ever.

@lolaldanee2743

Жыл бұрын

Yea pretty much the first year that came to mind reading the title Mass murder both all over japanese territories and the eastern front, add to that the killing of 6 million Yews alone. Heavy shit

@brianthesnail3815

Жыл бұрын

@@qazsedcft2162 Thats because we invented industrial warfare. Our capacity to kill one another went exponential.

@RS-ls7mm

Жыл бұрын

Should have stopped at the death camps. How can you seriously compare 9066 with the Black Death? The Manhattan project resulted in the end of major wars and paradoxically resulting in far more people than usual being alive.

@marcespinoyt

Жыл бұрын

Im from bataan and my lolo (grandfather) is one of the lucky few who escaped the death march

I have been telling coworkers for years- it isn’t that “things have gotten worse” it is that they have access to information about a crime or event that happened on the other side of the globe about 5 minutes after it occurred. A huge part of it is simply access to information. Bad things have always happened- all around the world. We are simply more connected than ever before. Doesn’t mean things aren’t bad- but it is so important to keep that in perspective.

@maxbracegirdle9990

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, SA and r*pe, kidnapping, and murder are all on the decline around most parts of the world, but because we hear about it 24/7, it just seems like it's happening more often so we take more steps to combat it. I had a friend who was scared to let her kids scooter the literal block to school when they had phones and were constantly connected

@electricay

7 ай бұрын

Is it possible part of it is age? I'm only 15 so I don't have any experience in being in the olden days but it feels like some people think things were better in the good old days but they were just happy because they were 4

@jimmym3352

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I found myself bombarded with the horrors of Oct 7, even though realistically it doesn't affect me in the least bit. And then being bombarded by the news of the conditions in Gaza. And now an Earthquake and plane crash in Japan. It never ends.

Mao: "Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed" Joe: "War is spicy politics"

@joescott

2 жыл бұрын

I get compared to Mao a lot.

@potatofuryy

2 жыл бұрын

@@joescott What an honour

@ungoyone

2 жыл бұрын

@@joescott It's the esthetics.

@dionh70

2 жыл бұрын

I've also heard it said "Diplomacy is war without bloodshed" etc

@davidanderson2357

2 жыл бұрын

More like salty politics.

“The Year of Hell" was the name that was given to the events taking place in 2374 by the crew of the USS Voyager, specifically a series of conflicts with the Krenim Imperium.

@ModernEphemera

2 жыл бұрын

Which was immediately retconned with time travel shenanigans. The whole series should have been like that episode though, would have been a lot more interesting

@HermanVonPetri

2 жыл бұрын

@@ModernEphemera It's no coincidence that screenwriter Ronald D. Moore, who was working on Deep Space 9, barely worked on Voyager but instead created the reboot of "Battlestar Galactica" which is spiritually what Voyager should have been like.

@RRW359

2 жыл бұрын

I thought that never happened. Also NX-01 didn't exactally have the greatest time in the Expance either.

@Three_Random_Words

2 жыл бұрын

@@RRW359 You mean expants... The year with no pants.

@rabbidninja79

2 жыл бұрын

@@ModernEphemera I fully agree. Voyager had the potential to be a good and gritty series. But, alas it wasnt. I still liked it as it helped me create a ttrpg campaign.

Apparently, we're living through the most stable, peaceful times in history. It's hard to see it that way when you're living in those times but our ancestors had to go through much worse! However, I feel like the fact they didn't know what was going on in the World was a huge blessing...

@aakkosharyph

7 ай бұрын

@@julied7546relatively good

@jimmym3352

4 ай бұрын

@@julied7546 No we aren't. Why is everyone so negative? At least where I live, we have a very low unemployment rate. Yeah people are struggling to stay ahead, but they aren't dying. They are still using Iphones for Christ's sake. I get sick of the complaining.

@andrechapetta

Ай бұрын

​@@jimmym3352In Syria they are not. There is a world beyond Europe/USA.

Your presentation using humor even on the touchiest of subjects is refreshing and enlightening. Keep up the great work

I literally laughed out loud when you said ‘Picture it! It was Sicily…’ and you put a picture of Sophia from the Golden Girls! It was just a perfect moment!

@ryandavis4448

2 жыл бұрын

Same...first thing I thought of.

@JessicaOrban3606

2 жыл бұрын

Lol I was going to say the same!

@kentarouification

2 жыл бұрын

@@JessicaOrban3606 where is that exactly? I rewatch it and still couldn find it.

@andrewm.grossm.d.8002

2 жыл бұрын

@@kentarouification 2:45 is when it happens

@StevenBanks123

2 жыл бұрын

I was confused. Good catch!

Thank you for starting the video this way. I am a 5-time cancer survivor and what you described there is exactly how people feel when they are diagnosed. These things like "new normal" are told to all patients who end up with a new life altering dianosis. The point I am trying to make here is that we all have experienced a collective trauma. This uniting event should provide the backdrop for some incredible conversations. Recall when our politicians were screaming about how bad the mental effects of the lockdowns and mask wearing etc. This is the time to have conversations about mental health, depression and anxiety. We need to talk about addiction, abuse, and so many other society shattering epidemics that hit all of us, no matter your race or political belief. In the last 15 years i have had cancer 5-times and there were 4 different types. I have lost scores of friends to addiction, depression, and most of all cancer. I know I am not the only one. Love you all

@johndor7793

2 жыл бұрын

@@nenmaster5218 no

@nenmaster5218

2 жыл бұрын

@@johndor7793 Oh. Well, now you know about its existence.

@nenmaster5218

2 жыл бұрын

@@johndor7793 Got some Watch-Suggests for me too?

@johndor7793

2 жыл бұрын

@@nenmaster5218 I dont watch stuff thats recommended much unless someone explains why its worth watching.

@nenmaster5218

2 жыл бұрын

@@johndor7793 Ok. But i dont know how much explanation you expect. I mean, it's a Science-KZreadr, just like Joe Scott.

You always crack me up Joe. I can't imagine the internet without your channel. Been following you since you had 20k subs. Even the sponsor time is fun to watch

I just found this channel and it's fantastic! I LOVE history and science and your delivery and humor 🤣! I'm a fan!

"Surely if you put all your 20 something junior writers in a room with a bottle of whiskey and a bag of edibles" had me rolling. Hats of to you sir. That was some speech craft if ever I've heard it!

I felt that intro in my soul. It's honestly infuriating to hear the same announcement about covid every 5 minutes in the grocery store.

I am so glad to see as an archeologist that you are not jumping on clonclusions as most youtubers do to appear more "flashy" Love what you do

Joe your storytelling is top notch, love the journey you take your viewers on in every video. And sometimes the most seemingly random square block you fit into a round hole.

I think calling it “Spanish flu” is such a cool piece of history in that Spain get credit for being able to report on it almost exclusively. I’m sure their reporting likely saved lives elsewhere in the world.

@DrinkTheKoolAid62

2 жыл бұрын

My understanding is that the Spanish flu was so named because the Spanish King at the time (Alfonso XIII) was one of the first famous people to contract it

@ohheyemmi

Жыл бұрын

@@DrinkTheKoolAid62 Partially, but the main reason was the turmoil happening outside of Spain. A VERY basic/reductive run through is this. Spanish Influenza broke out in 1918, which was around the end of WW1. Spain was neutral during the war, so while places like Germany and Britain and Italy had media that was highly censored and centered around the war. Other countries had cases of the Spanish Flu, but none of them were willing to openly admit to it. Maybe they didn't want to be seen as weak or vulnerable, but it was largely to boost morale as the chemical warfare and trench warfare in WW1 was devastating and horrific. Spain's neutrality allowed its news media to cover the pandemic extensively, which was kicked off when King Alfonso XIII became ill. Newspapers started speculating and rumors spread rapidly. He was the first known Spaniard to contract the illness. So its a combination of both. Spains neutrality and lack of censorship allowed it to speculate on the Kings illness and later became one of the only countries actually reporting on it, thus creating the illusion it began in Spain. Experts have a few different ideas on where it actually started- a hospital camp in France was said to be the center of the outbreak, but the first *reported* case (according to this historian in the early 00s) was a small town in Kansas. Edit: Haskell County, Kansas in January 1918. The historian was called Alfred W Crosby and he wrote this in 2003/2004.

@1purapericulo

9 ай бұрын

Yes and it also sounds exotic. El flu española.. olè!! 😂

@icarusbinns3156

7 ай бұрын

I heard a theory that the H1N1 (yeah. It was that flu) Spanish Flu was traced to US soldiers in… Kansas? To swine, naturally, but still.

@StrikeTeam0316

2 ай бұрын

And people were offended President Trump 🇺🇸 called Covid the China 🇨🇳 virus 🦠 😂

'Fun Fact' I remember reading about the Empress of Ireland. One of the reasons she was forgotten is the death toll was comprised of more crew than passengers. The crew had stayed at the posts as long as possible, enabling more passengers to survive. There are tales of crew taking off their own life jackets to passengers. Stewards stayed at their posts trying to close water tight doors to buy time for people on the decks above them, most of those assigned to the water tight doors drowned.

@marlonmoncrieffe0728

2 жыл бұрын

What caused the sinking? And why does the Titanic get so much more attention?

@ptonpc

2 жыл бұрын

@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 She was accidently rammed by a collier on the Saint Lawrence River in Canada. The impact damaged the bulkhead between her engine and boiler rooms. Added to that, the portholes on her lower cabins hadn't been closed yet so when she started listing to starboard, the water poured in through the portholes, drowning many in their cabins. After a few minutes she lost all power while her crew tried to steer her to shore. She went down in 15 minutes. She did have more than enough lifeboats and rafts for everyone but many were unusable due to her list. As to why she is forgotten? My personal view is, she wasn't the most glamourous ship and it wasn't her maiden voyage. While there were a few famous and rich people on her, fewer of them died than on the Titanic. She sank on 29 May 1914 and WW1 started on 28th of July, 1914. The sinking just became one of the bad things that happened in that year.

Super interesting and entertaining as usual. One of the best channels on KZread.

I absolutely adore your work ! Live long and prosper, we need more of you !

I quite often talk with my friend about how lucky we are that we are born today. I really do feel grateful to be alive at this moment.

@goblin3810

2 жыл бұрын

What, at the brink of the end?

@hmp01

2 жыл бұрын

​@@goblin3810 100 years ago you and I would prob be dead by 30 years old. Doctors did not wash hands until like 100 years ago, there was no anaesthesia. etc.. these are only two examples on top of my head. I am from Serbia, in WW1 we lost a very sad amount of men's population, I am almost certain I would have not lived long if I was born around that time. What was before WW1? Wild West? Victorian Age? Witches? Otoman Empire? Yes, I feel very very lucky.

@artdonovandesign

2 жыл бұрын

@@goblin3810 When are things not "at the brink of the end"?

@conexant51

2 жыл бұрын

Careful now... you'll get all the conspiracy theorists and doomsday'ers started. Oh, too late!

@Rob-eg8qc

2 жыл бұрын

Don't speak to soon .

"did they know they were living through the worst year ever?" - considering they most likely wouldn't have known much about the past and obviously nothing about the future, i'd say yes, they kinda knew. maybe they were like in that meme where bart says: "This is the worst year ever!" and homer smiles at him and corrects him: "This is the worst year SO FAR!"

@BOTGRINDER

2 жыл бұрын

"The worst year SO FAR"

@meh.7640

2 жыл бұрын

@@BOTGRINDER ah, dammit! i'll edit that xD

@FablestoneSeries

2 жыл бұрын

chinese records from this year were impressive. They recorded all the major weather events and their harvests and we know it was a volcano from their records which also say they could hear a massive boom sound from the east. This led researchers to suppose the volcano was in Java, however records showed while there was an eruption there that century it might not be the one they are looking for. If it turns out that the boom came from central america, that is some mighty big boom. After tong-hunga volcano earlier this year I started to wonder, what if the volcano we are looking for can't be found cause its submerged now.

@autohmae

2 жыл бұрын

This is how I feel about the last few years, their is a lot more coming. Climate change in the coming years, this decade could cause a lot of problems. And our dependence on experts/factories/producers/specialists half way around the world is a huge problem.

@FablestoneSeries

2 жыл бұрын

@@autohmae i was laughing last night while watching John Oliver poke fun at Doctor Oz who was claiming he could solve the high gas price problem... As if world wide gas prices aren't going to continue to steadily increase for the rest of the century no matter what any single politician does.

1988 was the worst year in human history....my brother was born.

@marcoturan99

Ай бұрын

😂

Very interesting as always and I even watched the whole advertorial at the end because you made that interesting too. Can’t wait for your exposé on the price mark-up of disposable razors.

This episode was a really deep wake up call. In some of these examples, my ancestors WERE impacted, the "year without a summer" had to have. Not to mention all the others that made it through the "plages, famine, and floods".

'Post Decency Years' for the win! I literally laughed out loud.

@adrianrocha49

2 жыл бұрын

In almost every way, especially in politics. Politicians don't have any decency or respect anymore, sad.

What i love about this channel, is the objectivity, diversity and ability to make you see things differently and from multiply sides and think. Where do you find that in mainstream media these days.

@thegrayman69

Жыл бұрын

Like when he tried to shit on ivermectin as a sheep dewormer when it’s been used in modern medicine for humans for decades ?

@firstjayjay

Жыл бұрын

@@thegrayman69 I actually don't know about that. But is that the only complaint you have to invalidate my comment about his diversity and objectivity?

@thegrayman69

Жыл бұрын

@@firstjayjay yes it means it repeats CNN talking points vs actually doing objective research

@firstjayjay

Жыл бұрын

@@thegrayman69 so your would argue that 1 will invalidate everything

@thegrayman69

Жыл бұрын

@@firstjayjay absolutely

Your awesome dude. !! I love your content and I have never been so interested in history as I am today thanks in part my you . I love your delivery and your humor. I would love to have you on my team when the shit hits the fan.

I love how Joe always ends his videos on such a positive note. What a guy

Dear Joe, I am happy with your choice of sponsor's hardware. I've been a proponent for double edge safety razors. When I was in my early 20s I bought 3 boxes, for like 35$, of these kinds of blades and it's almost two decades later and I don't think I've even opened the second box. I joke I have purchased all the razors I'll ever need.

The start of this video is just so phenomenally funny & perfect. Thanks for brightening my day, Joe. 😎😎

This was truly inspirational! Thank you!

Knowing that there were much worse times in history and everything worked out is in fact the only thing that gets me through THESE times

@miketomlin6040

2 жыл бұрын

Worked out?

@AceManning18

2 жыл бұрын

Lord these times are not even that bad chill your jets dramatic person

@trstmeimadctr

2 жыл бұрын

@@AceManning18 I literally just said that there were worse times. Do I have to break it down to a ten point scale and rank every era so as to not upset you with the possibility that I've over estimated its iniquity?

@aarongarcia5667

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but things don't work out without people dying. You might die

what you say about at 14:00 is so true. Social media and internet brings constant bad news and anxiety

@artdonovandesign

2 жыл бұрын

And you didn't realize this until Joe mentioned it?

@HiCZoK

2 жыл бұрын

@@artdonovandesign I did... ?! what's the point of asking me that ? You looking for someone to attack ?

And deep into the 1800s parents could expect something like 1/2 their children would die before reaching adulthood. Not the worst year but horrible nonetheless.

@cleo5090

Жыл бұрын

and that’s in the developed countries. not long ago in i think it was bangladesh, parent could expect 1/5 children to live

Love your content!

As a full blooded Navajo I cam confirm we don't celebrate Columbus Day. In fact many tribes are trying to change the day into National Native Heritage Day. Here in New Mexico we not only changed it but now have a whole week celebrating Native Americans. Also Columbus didn't discovered Us, We discovered him lost at sea. 😂

@obrecht72

2 жыл бұрын

I for one stand up for a National Native Heritage Day.

@icarusbinns3156

2 жыл бұрын

Are we all gonna just forget about the Vikings? Or… do they not count because they stayed and it was in what is now Canada? Don’t recall where they first landed…

@CaptainYokkiller

2 жыл бұрын

That's a change I can get behind.

@anthrobug

2 жыл бұрын

That would be a wonderful change and hopefully by raising awareness, we can start teaching actual history instead of fantasy to our children.

@ericlotze7724

2 жыл бұрын

Native Day is neat, although i think a whole week/month is better due to the sheer amount of cultures and people to go over! “Explorer’s Day” could be a neat in my opinion. Essentially just cover humans desire to explore. From the first “Out of Africa” Migrations, to Crossing the Bearing Straight land bridge, to Polynesians navigating between tiny dots in the sea, all the way to astronauts exploring space!

Very informative. Thank you. I have actually studied these "years", and yes, they are all really bad. I think 1177 bc and 536 ad as the worse. I tend to put 1177bc as second. Eventhough 1177 triggered the Bronze Age collaps, these were still empires with infrastructures and institutes in place to try to "help" their people. Many of the empires collapsed, but there was help. 536 ad didn't have that. Yes there was the Byzantine Empire, but little else. Most of Western Europe was still suffering from the collaps of the Roman Empire. And then BAMB!!! death, desease, destruction...

@MiIIiIIion

2 жыл бұрын

IIRC, there is no single year that can be pointed to as the start of the Bronze Age collapse, and we don't really know specific years for many of the things that happened.

@historybuff7491

2 жыл бұрын

@@MiIIiIIion Agreed, but I like the lecture on it (using 1177 date) that was streamed...hummm about 2 years ago, I think.

@MiIIiIIion

2 жыл бұрын

@@historybuff7491 Presumably by Eric Cline? He's got a few videos on 1177 and even wrote the book. One of his videos details why the book is called 1177 despite it not being all that accurate.

@chrisgriffith1573

2 жыл бұрын

yup, beat me to it...1177 BC civilization came to a screeching halt, trade collapsed, and many people outright starved to death, in the 10's of thousands per nation state, from Greece to Iraq and everywhere in between. Rome hit hard times. Egyptian empire fell, Myceneans disappeared...

@henrythegreatamerican8136

2 жыл бұрын

The worst day in human history is when man created religion.

Great show dude, thanks; subscribed after that 'spices' video. Thanks again!

I’ve actually been wanting an old school razor like that! Thanks, my dude!

Thank you for changing our perspective and for trying to encourage everyone

Very interesting, i was actually expecting some older pre-historic examples for the contender of 'worst' year ever, of like very early human history, back when we sere still hunter gatherer nomads. Like if i remember correctly wasn't there a point where humans almost went extinct? like only a few thousand or so humans left? Granted this would have been like very early on in human history, but you know technically it still could be considered as worst 'year' human history.

@bartolomeothesatyr

2 жыл бұрын

We don't know for sure, but genetic studies do suggest our species faced exactly that sort of severe population bottleneck at least twice and possibly several times in its evolutionary history. There is also evidence of a more recent (~7,000 years ago, +/-) genetic bottleneck affecting only the Y chromosome, which is suggestive of hierarchical social structures that forcibly prevented low-status males from reproducing. For more information, see: Amos, W., & Hoffman, J. I. (2010). Evidence that two main bottleneck events shaped modern human genetic diversity. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 277(1678), 131-137. and: Zeng, T.C., Aw, A.J. & Feldman, M.W. (2018). Cultural hitchhiking and competition between patrilineal kin groups explain the post-Neolithic Y-chromosome bottleneck. Nature Communications volume 9, Article number: 2077.

@AJPemberton

2 жыл бұрын

I can recall seeing an article with a very nice animated graphic showing the expansion of humans around the globe. Ice ages had a pretty severe impact. More than a bad year, it was a bad few millennia with only a few isolated small, populations remaining. Most of the animations I could find now though seem to hurry over the deep time scales and only really focus non the last few thousand years.

@Wodz30

2 жыл бұрын

Yet again ANOTHER volcanic event, this time the Toba Supervolcanic eruption - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20genetic%20bottleneck%20theory%2C%20between%2050%2C000,human%20populations%20sharply%20decreased%20to%203%2C000%E2%80%9310%2C000%20surviving%20individuals.

@noneck3099

2 жыл бұрын

The examples you talk of are speculative....these are recorded events.

@worldprops333

2 жыл бұрын

taupo supervolcano 23,000 BC?

Whoa I wanted to thank you Joe for picking such a great sponsor. My Henson arrived today (through a local reseller, didn't want to wait for shipping) and I have to say it's a complete game changer. For the first time in my life, shaving is actually easy, enjoyable and in general not a hassle. In case someone is wondering - it works great with private parts. I shaved a lot today and not a single cut, not a single skin irritation - didn't even have to use shaving cream.

Thank you for taking the content seriously, yet livening the mood with niche jokes. Ma’s Sicily story time reference was a subtle but hilarious foreshadowing of the dark content ahead.

Thank you Joe, This was well needed. 🙏🏾

That deluge of tradedy is why I've largely stepped back from social media. I catch up on twitter about once a week usually, and facebook once every few weeks. It helps a lot.

I love this intro! Easily one of your top 3 in the past 3 years.

I love the razor plug from a guy with a full beard...lol...Love your channel and "everyday-guy" approach to science with a smattering of history and it's affect on current events. Thank you for what you do and having a razor company sponsor a bearded guy is awesome!

“In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.” Douglas Adams

13:08 What?!? I’ve never heard about this! I want to see that video of how ancient silver mining leaves enough traces in the atmosphere that it can be detected in ice cores!

Found the content to be quite interesting. As for the shaving, I've been using a single blade for years. So much cheaper and does work as good or better. I actually did buy a Henson but haven't used it yet. It's my Christmas present this year so it's still in the box. Looking forward to trying it out.

Best advertisement I’ve seen in a long time lol. Been using a safety razor for 11 years now and I can’t go back. I love it! Def gunna check out Henson now!

Oh Joe just when I thought you weren't going to come up with an intro that hits the nail more squarely on the head you surprise me lol Bravo 🙂

Great video. I always wondered what it would be like to live through something truly historic. I don't want to know anymore! And I'd be all for a razor video. Or maybe over on TMI. I used to get terrible razor burn from cartridge razors and electric razors. I switched to safety razors and it's been life changing. I don't understand why we ever switched. Cheaper and better. Only challenge is when I travel.

@milesrout

2 жыл бұрын

COVID will be a footnote in history to be honest. Much less historically relevant than the Spanish Flu...

@sarahallegra6239

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a REALLY fantastic historical fiction book about 1347 called Domesday Book by Connie Willis if you’re interested! It’s not a cheery book, but so well written. Supposedly it took her 7 years to properly research the medieval daily life, and I’d believe it! It follows a time-traveling historian who’s going back to research the Middle Ages. While she’s back dealing with that, the “present” day (unstated slightly future time) is dealing with it’s own pandemic and all sorts of problems about trying to bring the historian back. It’s fantastic!

@annajane7860

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of things you've lived through is historic. The pandemic is the most obvious, but also the entirety of the 2016-2020 election was pretty unprecedented. Also a bunch of firsts in terms of representation as more women and POC get elected to government

@Gersberms

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't it so that certain medicine cabinets had a slot for used razor blades, and they would just drop into the wall? That was nuts. Oh right, here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nWyEqpKLhJPfcc4.html

@nedanother9382

2 жыл бұрын

you are currently living through the end of human history......thats pretty big. That you don't even know it makes what I'm saying even more true. The phone and the internet were our downfall and we failed miserably. I don't blow smoke like the idiots talking about global warming or that think they have any impact on the outcome of this planet at all....there is no fix. There is a single branch of human evolution that we have followed and its a freaking dead end....we are at the tip...there is no reverse for evolution...thats why we'll never grow wings. I long ago gave up the notion of a god and things that somehow leave us feeling like we're so special...F we're so not special I can't even think of anything that will become extinct at a faster pace than humans...I guess that does make us a little special. Try to see a bigger picture...it's tough when you're so close to the matrix

Great video always enjoys them. However I had to comment on your sponsor plug.. I myself use a German brand from Solingen shavers but your shaving "ad" was THE BEST shaving ad plug ever. Great humour... .

Joe! I think it would be so cool if you were able to do a video on the sea peoples and what their origins might be. Also, I love this video and all of your videos, this one in particular gives great perspective on how far we’ve come, and where we need to head.

As a recently sick, I can feel the pain in your voice. Hope you'll get well soon

"Don't judge my journey" I adore your style! You are THE MAN!

Thanks Joe! I feel SOOO much better now! Perception is everything right?

Thanks for the video.. as for the shaver, I had no idea that type of blades that were around when I was a teenager, are still around... I like it...

According to my KZread feed its this year: “In 2018, medieval scholar Michael McCormick nominated 536 as "the worst year to be alive" because of the extreme weather events probably caused by a volcanic eruption early in the year, causing average temperatures in Europe and China to decline and resulting in crop failures and famine for well over a year.”

@davescott7680

2 жыл бұрын

I like the idea that your KZread feed is just pure doom and gloom

@cjmassino

2 жыл бұрын

1914 arguably resulted in a series of unresolved conflicts including the current Russian invasion of Ukraine.

@sertaki

2 жыл бұрын

@@cjmassino The Ukraine invasion is based on lots of ripple effects from Russian history. One could argue that Muskovy's sacking and conquest of Novgorod in 1477 could be to blame just as much as 1914. History is complicated.

@notbill08

2 жыл бұрын

Which is thought to have also resulted in the plague of Justinian in 541.

@jasonlarsen4945

2 жыл бұрын

Did you watch the video?

Awesome! Informative and entertaining. Your ability to discuss a downer topic with such a positive and educational delivery is a perfect recipe. Bravo ol'chap!

@joescott

2 жыл бұрын

Thankie!

thank you for this absolute enlightening presentation 👍👍

Even your commercial for the razor was interesting. I usually skip them but I listened to your ad section.

I try to watch your advertisements all the way through so that you can get the most out of it, keep up the great work.

I think it's useful to think about these past struggles because it helps us realize that, put into context, our current times aren't all that bad.

@nenmaster5218

2 жыл бұрын

But lots of bad stuff is literally re-emerging right now, like Science-Denial.

@kinjiru731

2 жыл бұрын

@@nenmaster5218 Oh sure, and we know that some people will always fail to learn from history and repeat mistakes of the past. Still, nothing we're currently going through compares to any of the items Joe listed IMO.

@nenmaster5218

2 жыл бұрын

@@kinjiru731 Well, that's a bit relative. Takig Steps back as a Society is proven to be possible, lemme just note that. So please goand watch Science-KZreadrs and Atheist-KZreadrs warn of Anti-Science being like literal ACID.

@kinjiru731

2 жыл бұрын

@@nenmaster5218 I'm an atheist and critical thinker. If I had a dollar for every video about the topic of anti-science rhetoric and legal maneuvering I've watched, I'd be quite wealthy. Pardon the phrasing, but you're preaching to the choir. It's not that I am discounting this very important issue, it's that our current times and year pale compare to those in the video. Now, if we're talking long term effects instead of a 'year', then the anti-science effects of climate change denial might end up being the worst thing to happen to mankind. But that's outside the cope of a year, obviously, so I am treating it accordingly despite its grave consequences.

@ribertfranhanreagen9821

Жыл бұрын

so these so called "anti-science" is promoting using science product??? internet, social media,??? lol anyone saying anti science and using science product is hypocrite. go back to jungle with nothing, remember even spear axe tools is result of science. live in cave with natural rock as weapon to survive than i beleve they are anti science. if none they just trying to use a banner for personal interest

This episode did help to put things into perspective a bit.

The concept of the Henson razor intrigues me. Before the demo, I didn’t know why those types of old school razors were better.

I was dwelling on this general topic recently, actually triggered by reading updates on Ukraine. I was thinking about how it must feel as though this is never going to end for them, how excruciating the days must be. That then led me to think about Yemen, and places where unimaginable suffering has been going on for so long. I thought about the first and second world wars, when Europe was left a shell. I just can't imagine that in those moments, you'd be able to think about a future in which this experience is referred to as "that year" or "that decade." Its just survival. I think having friends from Ukraine, that personal connection has made it even harder to look away from the news, and it does really feel like every day is an age. So these periods of history in which there were civilisation ending events are mind boggling.

@GODDAMNLETMEJOIN

Жыл бұрын

And just think; there are people alive in Ukraine for whom this is only the second worst war they've lived through

Joe: A Henson shaver gives me a really smooth shave! Me (looking at Joe's week-old whiskers): And just what the hell, exactly, are you shaving, Joe?

@MorbidEel

2 жыл бұрын

Legs?

@jdeveau

2 жыл бұрын

His neck. Maybe other covered parts.

@samdherring

Жыл бұрын

The wang

Best intro ever...Joe stealing words from my mind and probably many others. Also best advertising for a sponsor. If every KZreadr made them as entertaining as you do, I would watch them every time. And yes, that was a comment from, yet, another hairy dude XD

I am Italian living in spain and I really like you! You are doing great!

I want to add a clarification. The map at 8:37, as its caption says, represents the military defensive alliance at the beginning of 1914. But Italy actually fought WW1 on the same side as France and UK, because before the war it was promised contested territories of Austria Hungary

@digitalninja5941

Жыл бұрын

Didn't Italy get screwed over on the territories that was promised?

@lorenzoal2732

Жыл бұрын

@@digitalninja5941 Exactly, Italy after WW1 received less territories than it was promised, this is one of the reasons (with post war economic crisis and other) that led to the popularity of the fascist party

I believe I remember that the spanish flu actually originated with the US Army mobilizing for WWI.. loading all the troops up into train cars and shipping them around the US for training and mobility to move overseas.

@cynvision

2 жыл бұрын

There's a Ted Talk out there that it started just earlier in horses in the midwest and Canada. Interesting theory tracing the genetics in the talk.

@wtffrank

2 жыл бұрын

At the US Army germ warfare research station in Kansas ~ what a coincidence

@squirlmy

2 жыл бұрын

No that's the story that American media tried to present, the reason that the name "Spanish Flu" stuck, because it was reported as mainly or even only effecting army veterans returning from Europe. That was not the real source, it just happened Spanish media reported it when the rest of Europe's (and America's) media was under tight military-led censorship. Supposedly tying the illness to returning veterans would prevent panic. Unusually for a contagion, the young and those with strong immune systems were just as susceptible as groups with compromised immunity. The army story is a propaganda victory, not a reliable account of the global spread of the disease.

So this is where everyone is having fun. It's a beautiful thing to laugh out loud ..and learn something cool.

Joe, I am happy for you!, your subscribers keep going up!!! I advertise your channel to my friends so you can keep going…I am selfish, I need you on my weekly youtube binge so I want you to grow to get more!!!

I've watched until the end of video, including the sponsor, and the patreons (something I don't usually do with every video on YT), because I wanted to show my support. You make an intelligent channel that is also entertaining, and you sir, deserve all that attention so more companies would sponsor, and pay for your videos. PS: I do like the razor, but why not a razor with 3 blades? (yes is more cumbersome to replace them, and probably harder to manufacture, but it would be a great direct competition with the current market ones) ^_^

Yeah... every time one of my younger colleques (in their early 20's) complains about that the last two years are the worst in history, I just think "have you EVER consumed ANY kind of Media that was made before you were born???" They wouldn't survive an hour in victorian London. And that's comparebly recent History

@icarusbinns3156

2 жыл бұрын

Considering the utter differences in modern vs. Victorian mindsets.. yeah. Your colleagues would be hauled off to Newgate Prison or the Bedlam Sanitarium in an hour! IF they were very, very lucky. My personal worst year was definitely 2018. Also the most expensive that I can remember… because US healthcare is completely borked and hospitals are pricey

@squirlmy

2 жыл бұрын

@@icarusbinns3156 yet the American public nearly killed the baby-steps towards better healthcare that Obamacare was. But that's very much only America. I'm sure the Chinese feel quite differently about 2018.

@icarusbinns3156

2 жыл бұрын

@@squirlmy I said it was my personal worst year. I do realize that a lot was and is still happening

@philasopherr

Жыл бұрын

Man right? Im around that age and what people had to say about covid was so…. ignorant of human history. Even recent history. Weve been through so much worse, and now in 2023 with no official ending quarantine is just forgotten 😐.

Thanks for the video. Great info. Just can you use one set of date abbreviation (CE or BCE) instead of sometimes AD and some CE in a video?

How is he so wholesome throughout every chapter of this video 🙏

i was so expecting you to say, "Allow me to make some recommendations. Instead of 'unprecedented times,' perhaps don't say anything at all." maybe i'm just sick of my every waking moment being bombarded by reminders of corporate greed and late stage capitalism

@AmberAmber

2 жыл бұрын

You've taken the words outta my mind. Thank you for "getting" it. 💗💗🫂🫂💔💔

You can pick pretty much any time in history and it was a nightmare compared to the cake walk we have had in the last 40 years

@digitalfootballer9032

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah pretty much... unless you were an aristocrat or member of a royal family you basically toiled in hard labour you entire life just to feed your family and then died in your 30's or 40's...if you didn't get offed first by a plague or raiding army of berserkers.

@icarusbinns3156

2 жыл бұрын

@@i.b.640 the past was *interesting* We may think it was terrible but… was it all terrible? No. No, it most certainly was not. Sure, it has some bad spots. But that’s just humans being humans. *Humans* suck.

@Ryan-pz4dh

2 жыл бұрын

@@i.b.640 you’re right, humans can suck and be terrible but for the most part we don’t because unlike all other apex predators we have developed morality. We also have the ability to learn from our own history to prevent atrocities against one another. No other creature on this planet has done that, not even the ones who can compete with us for intelligence such as chimps and orcas.

@icarusbinns3156

2 жыл бұрын

@@i.b.640 good for you. I’d have died before I was one without the medical know-how of today. A diagnosis of diabetes used to be a death sentence. People were forced to starve to death. But mostly… humans still suck

@icarusbinns3156

2 жыл бұрын

@@i.b.640 I prefer animals. Birds especially. Did you know that magpies snore? And it’s the cutest thing ever

Amazing intro Joe. It gave me a good laugh. 🤣

Very insightful, Great video 👍👍

i am confident that humans find a way to truly reach a new era of "unprecedented times". just give us a little more time joe. ^_^°

I do think context is everything. I say this because the list is a bit Euro-centric. That history is the most accessible so it makes some sense. Though I wonder if one were to go through the history available from the many cultures of Africa, Aboriginal Australian history. the Inuit, the Pacific Islanders, the countless civilizations in East Asia and Southeast Asia or other peoples across the planet. Some of these events(volcanic Eruptions) would have effected them, but others may have been the best of times where they were.

@sidneybutler8007

6 ай бұрын

That’s what’s so interesting about 536 in particular because it’s so global. It’s a shame we have lost so many records to concur with it but what we DO have archaeologically, historically and existing in the natural world is wild. I wish we could have known the more in depth consequences in the Americas for instance tho. What is known is still little but we know SOME things happened.

@thecellulontriptometer4166

6 ай бұрын

@@sidneybutler8007 I agree it is sad that so much of human history has been lost. It is even more sad that so much of that history was destroyed on purpose by empires that took over, burned and discarded the history in order to instill their culture. The America's from Greenland to Argentina are I believe the worst of this. The dismissal of Native American culture and history as primitive is.... so frustrating.

I disagree with you on a great deal, but you are so clever and thought-provoking that I can't stop watching. Keep it up. The edibles comment was pure gold. Green gold.

Look into the metallurgy of shaving blades, Joe. I've got a suspicion that something was added to increase rigidity/sharpness that was also much more soluble. Blades would have then become jagged at the smallest levels. Forcing customers to buy new ones or plane their face in interesting ways. Guessing that would have been late 19th, early 20th century.

In line with this video...Their is a growing assertion that population growth will top out at 9 billion by 2050 and that after that human population will begin an almost precipitous drop just based on replacement value not famine or disease. I think it would be a cool video to address this topic. Joe- As always I really appreciate your work. Thank you for your fidelity to science and history.

I'm in the 84% Also, yes, do a video on that razor price, I've always thought "it can't cost that much to make disposable blade cartridges. "

Fantastic video Joe as always, one small correction though, Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s wife was named Sophie, not Maria.

Honestly the best sponsor segment I've seen yet

Careful Joe, few more of these and you'll be fighting with Kurzgesagt for the title of leading existential threat and general anxiety inducing nightmares channel. Thankfully your positive tone and optimistic perspective have saved you... THIS TIME.

@nenmaster5218

2 жыл бұрын

All bad Years had Science-Denial in common. Makes me legit wonder: Joe Scott Fans, have you all seen the Video about the Discovery Institute of 'Professor Dave Explains'?

@tomislavhoman4338

2 жыл бұрын

Last Kurzgesagt was actually optimistic

@jimsimpson2820

2 жыл бұрын

Not 1 bit scared of COVID or pandemics, climate collapse, asteroids, solar flares, gamma ray bursts, wars, famines etc etc.

@Villain_in_Glasses

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomislavhoman4338 well sure I'll give you that, but it's definitely an exception rather than the rule.

@chobai9996

2 жыл бұрын

Eh, I don't watch Kurzgesagt anymore, it's a really politically biased channel that inserts public hysteria into what should be just pure science and gets things wrong as a result. It is VERY narrow in how it presents things and disregards everything else as being wrong.

What an unprecedented video! Thanks for reviewing history and providing context Joe

3:19 Poland so strong, so healthy.

So awesome, I loved the intro to 1492AD ;)

I love your content and I want to draw attention to the 16% that isn’t hairy hairy dudes 😂. This video was really interesting and I hope v you do more historical content like this !

I find it fascinating that 84% of your viewers are men. I absolutely love your videos. You’re one of my favorite content creators, and I recommend your channel to my friends whenever I can.

5:43 is the greatest moment of this video. Well done… from a 36yr old Def Leppard fan.

Thank you. I agree 100% with this post. I said some of the same during 2020 to blank ears.