8 ways the world could suddenly end: Stephen Petranek at TEDxMidwest

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  • Опубликовано: 8 май 2024
  • Unintentional "Dark Futurist", Stephen Petranek, re-visits the subject matter of his original eleven year old TED Talk and offers the audience an extraordinarily sobering look at the eight critical issues that threaten human life on Earth.
    In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

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  • @garrettbarton5240
    @garrettbarton5240 4 года назад +5067

    Who's watching this during the corona virus?

  • @singh_mk
    @singh_mk 4 года назад +2210

    The RUclips algorithm is much more intelligent than we think

    • @waltermalin3540
      @waltermalin3540 4 года назад +9

      Mohit Singh it’s a smart phone, smart TV, Alexa, whatever you talk about the very first ad will be the last conversation you had for the last thing you looked up FYI I believe Snowden is a rockstar and after reading his books artificial intelligence is going to take over here before you know it! So they say🤷‍♂️

    • @tompain2751
      @tompain2751 4 года назад +11

      They know everything,based on your searches.We are constantly profiled!...Your phone is listening,and tracking you too.

    • @cherylruben5174
      @cherylruben5174 4 года назад +4

      @@tompain2751 But I'm sitting all alone... How the f does it read my mind lol

    • @jlj777
      @jlj777 4 года назад +2

      People program the YT servers all day every day! What is wrong with you people?

    • @tompain2751
      @tompain2751 4 года назад

      @@HunneyChan How about other Ted talks?

  • @JFTIII
    @JFTIII 2 года назад +489

    Dang. I'm only at #8 and Stephan has just described our last 2 years.

    • @juliehay
      @juliehay 2 года назад +1

      @@LittlePieceOfHeaven. yes, this extraordinary, ffs and wtf

    • @pravarsinghdadhwal6308
      @pravarsinghdadhwal6308 Год назад

      very unfortunate

    • @angiedl31
      @angiedl31 Год назад +1

      I was looking for this when this was recorded

    • @Anonymous-rp1rs
      @Anonymous-rp1rs Год назад

      The fact that we were able to see a lot of this coming, really shows how terrible we are at adapting

    • @paulferrante5192
      @paulferrante5192 Год назад

      @@angiedl31 MARCH 12, 2014...(see the description)👍

  • @jwh0122
    @jwh0122 2 года назад +278

    2:46 pandemic
    6:52 the sun brightens (unavoidable)
    9:09 we develop a new life form
    11:50 robots take over
    12:25 a lot of volcanoes go off (unavoidable)
    14:54 runaway greenhouse
    17:07 nuclear war
    18:28 asteroid

    • @suuujuuus
      @suuujuuus 2 года назад +21

      I am putting 10$ on nuclear war

    • @muhammadjunaid3650
      @muhammadjunaid3650 2 года назад +1

      @@suuujuuus you dont need to put dollar on anywhere cuz once nuclear war start, there wont be any survivor so your dollar will go unused.

    • @ThePinkBinks
      @ThePinkBinks 2 года назад +25

      2:46 Pandemic (still going through that)
      6:52 Sun flare (ooh we have weapons that can do the same thing with EMP’s)
      9:09 We develop a new life form (we have used synthetic vaccines and biological weapons are poised everywhere - oh and yes amateurs are experimenting at home! - We nearly killed all plant life a few years ago but the lab grown bacteria was cancelled from being released into the wild at the last minute)
      11:50 AI takes over (some super computers have been classified as having “partial sentience” now and if that recent declassified UFO was a war vehicle just like the last one was the Nighthawk stealth bomber it’d have to be piloted at least in part by very intelligent AI)
      12:25 Lots of volcanos go off (and we have bombs that can cause them to all go off)
      14:54 Runaway greenhouse effect (looks like that’s started and we’re too late)
      17:07 Nuclear war and or other nuclear disasters from war (ready and poised to go and we set fire to Chernobyl last month)
      18:28 Asteroid (some close calls recently)
      I’m glad I didn’t breed.

    • @sapshady8020
      @sapshady8020 2 года назад +5

      @@suuujuuus the pandemic landed a good shot tho.

    • @terrifictomm
      @terrifictomm 2 года назад +5

      Thanks for this.

  • @gabrielvandijk69
    @gabrielvandijk69 3 года назад +1772

    when this goes from a possible disaster list to a checklist.

    • @maxswainston5180
      @maxswainston5180 3 года назад +38

      2020 bingo

    • @swasome5821
      @swasome5821 3 года назад +14

      Ohh dear, I shouldn't have laughed at your joke.

    • @nerdgator1379
      @nerdgator1379 3 года назад +12

      Nobody:
      2020: Alright, we got global pandemic. Next, gamma rays...

    • @ismirdochegal4804
      @ismirdochegal4804 3 года назад +1

      Some Countries can call semselfs lucky that some guys who make the important decisions actually watched this video ahead of time.

    • @sarthurl9001
      @sarthurl9001 2 года назад +2

      Underrated

  • @ImAlanSinclair
    @ImAlanSinclair 3 года назад +2368

    Well this aged really well

  • @Kylepersonal
    @Kylepersonal 2 года назад +21

    Ah, finally something on RUclips relaxing and easy to watch.

  • @ZacD
    @ZacD Год назад +14

    I love his approach to how something went negative for him, don't hide from it, talk about it and challenge it, it's great

  • @getthisbovineoffmylawn
    @getthisbovineoffmylawn 4 года назад +2112

    This hits different in 2020.

  • @unstablefusion3
    @unstablefusion3 4 года назад +1309

    “3 different waves, pretty much about 6 months apart”
    Get ready

    • @karzygijose
      @karzygijose 4 года назад +31

      slepx first wave down lol

    • @jeyDsixx18
      @jeyDsixx18 4 года назад +20

      slepx the thing that should scare people is every person who got the flu during the second wave died....ummm how much is Elon musk selling those tickets to mars for??

    • @midimusicforever
      @midimusicforever 4 года назад +20

      Let's see. First wave slighgly starting to cool off.
      2nd wave was the super lethal one with the Spanish flue.
      I'ma buy that gas mask I think.

    • @mikefuhard1384
      @mikefuhard1384 4 года назад +2

      slepx yeah they are propaganda pandering bad

    • @midimusicforever
      @midimusicforever 3 года назад +10

      @@ewalddoornebal3832 At least I would look cool. Or silly.

  • @dianemitchell1717
    @dianemitchell1717 Год назад +5

    Now I know where the screenplay for UP came from. I am glad I am 82 but fear for the world to come for my sons and grand kids. Great, informative talk.

  • @HaileyAndTheArt
    @HaileyAndTheArt 2 года назад +29

    It's wild that this was uploaded 8 years ago. It's scary how accurate a lot of his predictions are regarding a world wide pandemic.

    • @davenorth8922
      @davenorth8922 2 года назад +2

      TED Talks put it on the "Net in 2014.

    • @alvaroq2024
      @alvaroq2024 Год назад

      Just to clarify, it’s not just one man’s prediction! He’s the messenger.

    • @jamespatton7965
      @jamespatton7965 9 месяцев назад

      Not a pandemic, but a PLANdemic!!

    • @DanielVerberne
      @DanielVerberne 6 месяцев назад

      Pandemics are a fact of life - not hard to predict.

    • @thomasmacginnes100
      @thomasmacginnes100 3 месяца назад

      Plan’s take time. . Remember ! This is Not a microbiologist and virology is among the [rainbow] sciences../

  • @wickedpissa25
    @wickedpissa25 4 года назад +739

    Every disaster starts with a politician ignoring a scientist.

    • @donthurtmyfeelingsplz
      @donthurtmyfeelingsplz 4 года назад +16

      How many movies have you watched

    • @wickedpissa25
      @wickedpissa25 4 года назад +29

      @@donthurtmyfeelingsplz All of them, I think.

    • @678friedbed
      @678friedbed 4 года назад +7

      you meant every "scientist" that is currently telling our politicians that this is a doomsday event when in reality is just slight hiccup.

    • @wickedpissa25
      @wickedpissa25 4 года назад +40

      @@678friedbed Well, if consider 230,381 deaths in just 110 days to be a "slight hiccup", then you just might be a sociopath. Sorry.

    • @678friedbed
      @678friedbed 4 года назад +9

      @@wickedpissa25 yo do realize the majority of those deaths were people already on their death bead right? you also realize that doctors are also being persuaded to write deaths down as covid even when they are not. but hey let's all jump on the fearmongering bandwagon.

  • @imsavage2449
    @imsavage2449 3 года назад +732

    2020: Nice ideas lets put them to the test

    • @paranormalabilitynetwork1434
      @paranormalabilitynetwork1434 3 года назад +12

      Made me laugh 🤣

    • @michaels4255
      @michaels4255 3 года назад +4

      When he said the second wave of the Spanish flu killed *everyone* who contracted it, I thought, "This may be the perfect bioweapon." First, you engineer it in the lab. Then you make a vaccine and vaccinate everyone in your own country. Then you unleash it on your least favorite enemy. Not advocating that, but it is something that even a small and poor country could potentially do.

    • @EarthEphemeralGems
      @EarthEphemeralGems 3 года назад +1

      You made me laugh out loud

    • @charliea4428
      @charliea4428 3 года назад +3

      Made Me cry

    • @greatwhite3512
      @greatwhite3512 3 года назад +3

      When he said "market in china" all i could do was sigh

  • @shav972
    @shav972 2 года назад +22

    the whole time i was hoping he’d play that piano

  • @AkiMatti
    @AkiMatti Год назад +24

    Here in 2022, this feels like he was too optimistic.

    • @oldsesalt8496
      @oldsesalt8496 Год назад +2

      2023 now, and the flu talk was very familiar. In 2019 I would have found it science fiction.

    • @Tk-iz2ws
      @Tk-iz2ws 3 месяца назад +1

      ​​@@oldsesalt8496
      I am here in 2024

  • @mimiccave
    @mimiccave 5 лет назад +3384

    Me: I need to reduce my anxiety
    RUclips: '8 ways the world could suddenly end'
    Me: Oh hey cool, I'll click on that

    • @djsmackz
      @djsmackz 5 лет назад +19

      💯 what just happened to me!!!haha

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 5 лет назад +40

      If the world suddenly ends, at least your anxiety will too. And mine :P

    • @fabric12345
      @fabric12345 5 лет назад +3

      @BattyMusic
      You experience anxiety? Since when?

    • @fabric12345
      @fabric12345 5 лет назад +1

      You experience anxiety? Since when?

    • @aaronrasheed9440
      @aaronrasheed9440 5 лет назад +8

      Hahaha so true brother, you nailed it! That's me as well.

  • @TheFace3701
    @TheFace3701 4 года назад +820

    2014: "Pandemic? This isn't a movie. It'll never happen."
    2020: "Pandemic! This is like a movie! I can believe this is happening!"

    • @perfectlypurepinkpompompan3467
      @perfectlypurepinkpompompan3467 3 года назад +20

      A bad, B-grade horror flick with a very erratic plot!!

    • @TheFace3701
      @TheFace3701 3 года назад +18

      @@perfectlypurepinkpompompan3467 I read that as "erotic plot". Would have been better. lol.

    • @jawadad802
      @jawadad802 3 года назад +12

      trump; "someone said movie?... I know movies, I'm the best in movies... this sounds like a comedy plot"

    • @aceplayerMusic
      @aceplayerMusic 2 года назад +5

      that's why I wouldn't be surprised if a zombie apocalypse happened.

    • @marjineptune5259
      @marjineptune5259 2 года назад +2

      @aceplayer
      The zombies don’t feel pain. Humans feel pain. It’s going to get sad to try to differentiate. It’s going to be a sad sad world. I hope Beauty will be able to be found in each individuals hearts.

  • @janettomlin950
    @janettomlin950 Месяц назад

    Keep preaching 😊 thanks very much 🎉

  • @bvashisht9283
    @bvashisht9283 3 года назад +53

    He predicted the corona, and it's place of origin!

  • @chaseblair7531
    @chaseblair7531 4 года назад +1644

    When the first thing he describes is basically the corona virus.... Uhhhh. *sweating

    • @leahmc113
      @leahmc113 4 года назад +52

      It's crazy because he did this talk so long ago!

    • @danielt.3152
      @danielt.3152 4 года назад +13

      Ever see the movie Andromeda strain?

    • @mitchy6565
      @mitchy6565 4 года назад +33

      And the second is a 'coronal' mass ejection

    • @pauldudakadanielthomson8890
      @pauldudakadanielthomson8890 4 года назад +14

      The older I get the less I like Asians. Eugenics and sneaky population reduction always comes out of Asia these days.

    • @frogwearingwellies6149
      @frogwearingwellies6149 4 года назад +2

      @Danny Scholten how much is Eugene paying you?

  • @calebmckay704
    @calebmckay704 4 года назад +151

    RUclips at 3am: "wanna see 8 ways the world could suddenly end before you go to bed?"

    • @ycrep1993
      @ycrep1993 3 года назад

      RUclips at 3am: wanna see a checklist of current affairs?

  • @HungerSTR1KE
    @HungerSTR1KE 3 года назад +18

    2021: "Why is a pandemic all the way down at #8? He nailed it in the first 5 minutes of his talk."

    • @artimess3268
      @artimess3268 2 года назад +2

      He was working up the ladder

    • @redbustourguide
      @redbustourguide Год назад

      Thats exactly what I siad. Were living in a simulation

  • @chefrafael
    @chefrafael Год назад

    He was spot on !

  • @naomic123
    @naomic123 3 года назад +224

    He's basically stating how life is going to be from 2020 onward...

    • @johnvanfloydlawson9955
      @johnvanfloydlawson9955 3 года назад +3

      Spot on naomi....

    • @introverteddawg9805
      @introverteddawg9805 2 года назад +11

      The beginning of the end. The year that destroyed any hope i had for humanity. Good people exist, but they'll never get anywhere close to power and get killed before they can make a change.

    • @wendyladybug355laurie4
      @wendyladybug355laurie4 2 года назад

      @@introverteddawg9805 Trust In Our Savior Jesus Christ. I'm Praying For ALL To Turn To Him& Open Their Hearts & SOULS!!!!May God Bless ALL PRAYERSNLUV WWG1WGA 😇😇✝️✝️

    • @costealucia5357
      @costealucia5357 2 года назад +3

      @@wendyladybug355laurie4 Just please....

    • @robertagren9360
      @robertagren9360 2 года назад

      What we need is a steady economy with smaller planets with suns and moons to spread out the risks with this investment on earth. We need planets who produce oxygen and planets with water, we need a planet with dogs and a planet with cats.

  • @coolstorybruh88
    @coolstorybruh88 3 года назад +145

    Ted Talk: These different scenarios could wipe us out 2020: Yes

  • @earthjustice01
    @earthjustice01 Год назад +4

    Great lecture, very entertaining, and prescient. I wouldn't be surprised if someone listening to this talk was inspired to write the screenplay for the movie: "Look up"

  • @mm.f262
    @mm.f262 Год назад

    this guy is a prophet! in the next 5 years we will experience all of these

  • @-MuhammadHamza
    @-MuhammadHamza 4 года назад +115

    Not a good sign that I'm being recommended this video.

    • @candiekain7621
      @candiekain7621 4 года назад +4

      Its because of your history search. It did it to me too, i look up 1 thing and all this stuff pops up.

  • @lucreziapallermo7716
    @lucreziapallermo7716 4 года назад +838

    “Last greatest pandemic”... Corona: time to shine

    • @iamdevingriffin
      @iamdevingriffin 4 года назад +14

      this worries me

    • @dilby3246
      @dilby3246 4 года назад +17

      It's not nearly as deadly as Spanish Flu

    • @c3sPAze
      @c3sPAze 4 года назад +1

      @@dilby3246 Yeah no one had any idea of viruses back then. The were still bloodletting for a cure.

    • @johnmarathoncostie8278
      @johnmarathoncostie8278 4 года назад +2

      It’s at least a 5% mortality rate

    • @potatonoodlebear8035
      @potatonoodlebear8035 4 года назад +9

      John marathon Costie the 5 % mortality rate happen when ur medical system is still working. The mortality rises drastically when u lack life supporting devices. Chronic disease also up the mortality rate. If millions gets infected, most of times, the medical system will just straight crash, and the mortality rate rises very fast.
      That is pretty much what is happening in Italy. Their medical system is quickly breaking from the pressure of so much patients. “ people dying, people crying”

  • @cozmovox
    @cozmovox 3 года назад +3

    let's enjoy the time we have left and be kind to each other.

  • @Damnsaburna
    @Damnsaburna 2 года назад +9

    For the aestroid one there’s an amazing show that shows we would come back in time to try and fix the issues and avoid the aestroid. I think the writers used this guys Ted talk. Please watch travelers. It’s soooo good.

    • @naikiklis
      @naikiklis 2 года назад +1

      How can you come back in time at exact spot. While galaxy and entire universe is expanding non stop. There is no way to calculate location at point now to later go back and there would be nothing just empty space

    • @Damnsaburna
      @Damnsaburna 2 года назад

      @@naikiklis if u watch the show I’m sure they have a science math answer for u.

  • @nomoneyrichy5227
    @nomoneyrichy5227 4 года назад +277

    Crazy how watching this 6 years later and now we have the corona virus .

    • @Asiasnow33
      @Asiasnow33 4 года назад +4

      Ricky Bando check out event 201

    • @jessiemarie636
      @jessiemarie636 4 года назад +3

      Politicians don’t listen to people like him

    • @MrDanielHawes
      @MrDanielHawes 4 года назад +4

      They have predicted things along the lines of what we are looking at now for a very long time

    • @xxxgames4458
      @xxxgames4458 4 года назад +3

      No because its man made actions. Like me saying I'm gonna die april 29th at 3pm then commit suicide, wow I was nostradamus, or wait, no I planned it. Everything is planned,everything. As if the most powerful, most ruthless, most intelligent humans and satans army would just go off randomness, everything.....

    • @MrDanielHawes
      @MrDanielHawes 4 года назад

      @@xxxgames4458 Who planned it?

  • @jamesmadden7396
    @jamesmadden7396 4 года назад +523

    Who else is watching this in 2020 as the coronavirus is breaking out

    • @SpainSpain-kr8lh
      @SpainSpain-kr8lh 4 года назад +7

      Corona virus is small potatoes compared with climate change.

    • @BCRichWarlock08
      @BCRichWarlock08 4 года назад +1

      2040

    • @michael02munrolm29
      @michael02munrolm29 4 года назад +3

      Kory Malone Climate change will bring out many sorts of viruses

    • @noobie9537
      @noobie9537 4 года назад +2

      We were unaware of all the dangers watching humanity
      Finally we imagine how small and venerable we are mo fou moi i am a big gopia

    • @damer651
      @damer651 4 года назад +1

      Me

  • @tctc440
    @tctc440 2 года назад +5

    We need an Update talk from this man ...

  • @fastestslowest1864
    @fastestslowest1864 3 года назад +1

    Your all words are coming true. sir!!!

  • @jaykay9639
    @jaykay9639 4 года назад +776

    How strange that the first thing he talks about is a killer virus and the second thing is the Suns CORONA! I'm having a twilight zone moment.

    • @chastitye2522
      @chastitye2522 4 года назад +5

      JayKay 963 I thought the same.

    • @cherylmcelveen2817
      @cherylmcelveen2817 4 года назад +22

      It's predictive programming.

    • @hahna77
      @hahna77 4 года назад

      @@cherylmcelveen2817 yessum

    • @sherya.7067
      @sherya.7067 4 года назад +1

      lol

    • @JustinaHanke
      @JustinaHanke 4 года назад +5

      Freaked me out. They put the virus out there because they know the grid will be knocked out!

  • @rosagarcia428
    @rosagarcia428 3 года назад +65

    2020: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

    • @NurseSnow2U
      @NurseSnow2U 2 года назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @danielbates7754
    @danielbates7754 Год назад +5

    I keep checking the years this was posted.

  • @pepper419
    @pepper419 Год назад

    Great talk. Thank you.

  • @samsngdevice5103
    @samsngdevice5103 4 года назад +115

    I'm hugging my toilet paper value pack.

  • @kyra7891
    @kyra7891 4 года назад +571

    Earth: **billions years old**
    also earth: **decides to kill humans just when I'm alive**
    i feel special somehow

    • @namelessperson6130
      @namelessperson6130 4 года назад +9

      exist6ence 〜 exactly lol

    • @donutviper1
      @donutviper1 4 года назад +14

      Theirs a short story called “The Egg”. I think you might find it extremely interesting. It may even change the way you view your life and it only takes a couple minutes to read. Let me know what you think ☺️

    • @kyra7891
      @kyra7891 4 года назад +8

      @@donutviper1 Hi. Well, I just read it, and it really changed me, somehow... It's a really interesting theory. Thank you for sharing with me

    • @nickhalaburda8602
      @nickhalaburda8602 4 года назад +1

      exist6ence 〜 😂

    • @teridactyl1250
      @teridactyl1250 4 года назад +2

      Donut Viper It’s an interesting take on the question of how can you know anyone but you is real

  • @jeanmank6342
    @jeanmank6342 2 года назад +3

    I'm get chills hearing about the pandemic and checking off the boxes.

  • @gangigirl1
    @gangigirl1 Год назад

    It's now 2023.
    This man is a prophet.

  • @elaboussimourad7245
    @elaboussimourad7245 4 года назад +406

    Funny when he says: when a pandemic comes, you wana know if yoh have the flu, and you won't be able to find a doctor!!

    • @MeemKhaMeemDhal--khaYaRaWawNun
      @MeemKhaMeemDhal--khaYaRaWawNun 4 года назад +11

      and immediately followed by CORONA too after that talks about pandamics !

    • @villykase6456
      @villykase6456 4 года назад +10

      @@MeemKhaMeemDhal--khaYaRaWawNun and when saying corona about the sun and how the climate will change,today while I am watching it is March 26th 2020 and its not spring-these last few days is real winter and there is snow everywhere and cold...

    • @jlink0678
      @jlink0678 4 года назад +1

      El Aboussi Mourad he predicted the future (coronavirus)

    • @peytonquinn3095
      @peytonquinn3095 4 года назад +4

      @@jlink0678 It is science that he is using that using (and quite well) to make these predictions.

    • @ZAToMsTyLee
      @ZAToMsTyLee 3 года назад

      lol where do you live? i can visit a doctor, just need an appointment now and not just go there and wait

  • @bobinthewest8559
    @bobinthewest8559 4 года назад +59

    Somewhere in a city near you, is a man holding a sign that reads, "THE END IS NEAR"...
    He has been doing this for over 50 years now...

  • @brianboswick3756
    @brianboswick3756 11 месяцев назад +1

    I can only imagine how things may be different now. I haven't listened to this individual before, however, in my opinion, incredible information...

  • @malice4422
    @malice4422 Год назад

    I was feeling really anxious earlier. I put this on and the feeling floated away a bit. Thanks

  • @winstonchang777
    @winstonchang777 4 года назад +117

    I do not mind that i died suddenly from a sudden end of the world....The problem is how it may not be SUDDENLY....

    • @frankboff1260
      @frankboff1260 4 года назад +3

      True

    • @bobinthewest8559
      @bobinthewest8559 4 года назад +5

      Yes... death of the species through attrition is definitely much more frightening.

    • @susancarolan153
      @susancarolan153 4 года назад

      Amen. SMC xxx

    • @susancarolan153
      @susancarolan153 4 года назад +1

      No one ever listens to the prophets, who are often stoned. Xxx

    • @bjulianaleo3025
      @bjulianaleo3025 4 года назад

      Matthew 24: 21 for then there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again. 22 In fact, unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the chosen ones those days will be cut short.
      Bible prophecy has been proven to have happened, or come true. Records of prophetic events, that we recorded in early scrolls or scriptures...came true hundreds of years later according to historical data discovered through archaeological findings.
      SO, if people can imagine things today as being a Futuristic event... Why not Trust that what God is relaying to us, will also come true? Matthew 24, had a two part meaning. One was for Jerusalem and it's future demise in 70 CE/AD - and one is for us today.

  • @bobsaturday4273
    @bobsaturday4273 4 года назад +90

    " computers will be smarter than us in 20 years "
    has anyone really taken a look at the level at which most people operate ate at ?

    • @shabookisunshine
      @shabookisunshine 4 года назад +17

      I know, right? They can't even properly type ype out their sentences.

    • @carpo719
      @carpo719 4 года назад +4

      @@shabookisunshine :D. Nailed it

    • @foottoast4235
      @foottoast4235 4 года назад +3

      @@shabookisunshine Chill dude, its easy to type something wrong

    • @mjw221
      @mjw221 4 года назад +1

      Haha! Spot on.

    • @davidschmidt2081
      @davidschmidt2081 4 года назад +1

      @@foottoast4235 lol of course it's easy to type something wrong, still doesn't make you look good though because it's also easy to look at your words as you type them.

  • @reubensher8144
    @reubensher8144 3 года назад +1

    No 8 is No 1 today 2020/21

  • @AmassiveOverLoad
    @AmassiveOverLoad 4 года назад +203

    It's funny how these talk have no effect on policy makers.

    • @thereGoMapo
      @thereGoMapo 4 года назад +17

      The incompetence is sickening

    • @wmdee2961
      @wmdee2961 4 года назад +3

      Government have no say in big matters.

    • @damer651
      @damer651 4 года назад +4

      Policy makers already know about these things.

    • @yankee2666
      @yankee2666 4 года назад +1

      So, someone giving a talk should influence policy matters?

    • @devnampriyapriyadarshi1331
      @devnampriyapriyadarshi1331 4 года назад +4

      @@yankee2666 Yes, if they are essentially required and helpful for our wellbeing.

  • @GoFlyFeetOnGround
    @GoFlyFeetOnGround 4 года назад +255

    8. Pandemic
    7. Sun brightens
    6. We develop a new life form
    5. Robots AI
    4. Volcanos
    3. Greenhouse/ Warming
    2. Nuclear War
    1. Asteroid
    I recommend watching full video, really helpful.

    • @tanqueray1707
      @tanqueray1707 4 года назад +22

      Helpful to increase your anxiety!

    • @Setiva
      @Setiva 4 года назад +9

      I think an asteroid hit would be the most deadly and terrifying.

    • @robertmorrison1944
      @robertmorrison1944 4 года назад +2

      @@tanqueray1707 urgency

    • @Wavewolfaroha
      @Wavewolfaroha 3 года назад +2

      Thanks for the summary!

    • @woodenspoon6001
      @woodenspoon6001 3 года назад +6

      Pandemic indeed
      Sun related indeed
      No new life form
      Robot can program itself indeed
      Super volcanos ready to blow
      Global warming indeed
      Nuclear war prob on the way
      Asteroid is the end of 2020

  • @kasperorganics-organiccott6881

    That was awesome. Thanks.

  • @TrapperAaron
    @TrapperAaron 2 года назад +7

    Here were are in 2022, 3 years into a worldwide pandemic. It's still growing strong. Spanish flu 1918, covid 2019. Everything he is saying would have put us in a much better position to handle our current pandemic situation.

    • @adambrickell6425
      @adambrickell6425 Год назад

      Maybe you are still living in a worldwide pandemic, I'm not!

  • @shantel1727
    @shantel1727 4 года назад +19

    He was pretty spot on.... living through reason 8 right now !!!!!!!!!

  • @Filmgirlphilosopher
    @Filmgirlphilosopher 4 года назад +146

    He needs to turn all 8 of these into separate dark future horror films , it will be entertaining, but also possibly the one way to make people listen 👂

    • @nejcrebolj2013
      @nejcrebolj2013 4 года назад +5

      Korenski23 there are many movies like that already 😂

    • @niceoneasfuck1
      @niceoneasfuck1 4 года назад +1

      @@nejcrebolj2013 u

    • @damer651
      @damer651 4 года назад +2

      I'll only watch them if you are playing a starring role!

    • @perfectlypurepinkpompompan3467
      @perfectlypurepinkpompompan3467 3 года назад +1

      Why not put ALL of them into the same movie? Would be far more entertaining and realistic than Sharknado, lol.

    • @MR-xv5oo
      @MR-xv5oo 2 года назад +1

      One of those movies have already come to past. Covid 19

  • @samann95014
    @samann95014 2 года назад +3

    We survived the pandemic of 2019-2022. Now we need to get ready for the other 7.

    • @dion5804
      @dion5804 Год назад

      Not the last pandemic. Be patient. Will come more.

  • @jerryspinosa5466
    @jerryspinosa5466 2 года назад +1

    Its a shame that most people do not care! We get what will happen talk is cheap, unfortunately nothing will ever get done about it.I live as sustainably as possible, hope its making a difference.

  • @laurv8370
    @laurv8370 4 года назад +88

    who is watching this in 2020? kudos!

    • @AngelaH2222
      @AngelaH2222 4 года назад +2

      The is starting to get a little too real....

  • @uhclem
    @uhclem 5 лет назад +109

    When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

    • @mayedalshamsi
      @mayedalshamsi 5 лет назад +4

      @ian sutton I don't. I prefer bad rhymes. Like kibble and asphyxiation. But I concede I probably belong to a minority.

    • @mayedalshamsi
      @mayedalshamsi 5 лет назад +3

      @ian sutton Haha! Fair enough!
      Nice rhymes, by the way.

    • @mayedalshamsi
      @mayedalshamsi 5 лет назад +1

      @ian sutton Of course! As well as 'official' and 'concerning.' How do you come up with such rhymes? 😍

    • @lonniecavenee6201
      @lonniecavenee6201 5 лет назад +1

      You stole my motto.

    • @PrivateVargas
      @PrivateVargas 5 лет назад +1

      Robert Heinlein "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls"

  • @3lAleman4
    @3lAleman4 2 года назад

    ok, worried enough for tonight... thanks for sharing / i think we are on the right way....

  • @rldavidmclaughlin1832
    @rldavidmclaughlin1832 2 года назад +2

    Anybody else here during the hard times within the world.
    🇺🇦❤️ Thought are with you.

  • @robertzammit6979
    @robertzammit6979 4 года назад +10

    Great talk, puts things in some form of perspective.

  • @andreasantoniou3481
    @andreasantoniou3481 3 года назад +6

    What a lovely positive speech!

  • @Rivanni1
    @Rivanni1 2 года назад +1

    Well said! Very well said! And right now half of the world is to busy looking down or side to side when they need to wake up and look up!

  • @tooyoungtobeold8756
    @tooyoungtobeold8756 2 года назад

    Stephen, it is now 2021 and we are living the dream.

  • @alexgoslar4057
    @alexgoslar4057 4 года назад +4

    Thanks for sharing this insight Stephen.

  • @benbovard9579
    @benbovard9579 4 года назад +78

    Oh yeah, this is great to watch at 2 am when all the lights are turned off on my room just what I need to go to sleep.

  • @littlebucks912
    @littlebucks912 2 года назад +1

    Very interesting, I wish it was longer.

  • @doggydoggywho
    @doggydoggywho 2 года назад

    Keep em coming guys.

  • @KabobHope
    @KabobHope 4 года назад +360

    On the bright side: I needn't worry about those student loans.

    • @rickwhite4137
      @rickwhite4137 4 года назад +8

      In most countries, education is free or almost free. The US has the most costly education system in the world. The republicans don't want educated people. They tend to vote for the democrats. therefore, they don't want young people to go to school.

    • @mr.h5436
      @mr.h5436 4 года назад +9

      My son graduated with 29K in debt from Cal Poly. He started work 6 weeks later. He works in machine learning for a defense contractor. Drone program. He paid off his loan in 6 months.

    • @rickwhite4137
      @rickwhite4137 4 года назад +8

      @@mr.h5436 Very good for him! But there are thousands of examples where students end up in a life long debt.

    • @mr.h5436
      @mr.h5436 4 года назад +2

      @@rickwhite4137 true. Lucky he is healthy, no accident, no injury. Personal finance though, it's not a human strength.

    • @FrodeLtvedt
      @FrodeLtvedt 4 года назад +5

      @@rickwhite4137 did you know that Russia has 4 times the number of engineers compared to the US, despite having only half the population? What made America into the land of opportunity was the incentive for highly educated people to come to America. In one of those countries you speak of a recent article talks about there being only one person left on the west cost that wants to be a painter. Hordes of cheap workers from east of Europe and other parts of the world do most of the hard, low level work, but they do not always settle, but instead move to where they can find work. In the other end of the scale you find that you need a bachelor degree to even work in a kinder garden in some areas. This creates an ENORMOUS pressure on the youth who can no longer expect to survive with a low level job.
      Truth is, you don't NEED a large number of highly educated people to create a successful nation. You only need to maximize the incentive and opportunities for those few exceptional people to come and create jobs for the rest of us.

  • @marcussssss2848
    @marcussssss2848 4 года назад +35

    Man was ahead of his time😳😳😳

    • @Carmine_Lupertazzi
      @Carmine_Lupertazzi 4 года назад +3

      Maybe cos he’s in on it and has large shares in vaccine companies, and isn’t a prophetic genius?

    • @OwlxArt
      @OwlxArt 4 года назад +5

      jakeheke Not everything is a conspiracy. We learn things about this and experts have been warning about possibility of pandemics such as this for years and you also learn it in public health classes. People don’t seem to realize this is the 7th coronavirus strain mid 1900s so it’s not something new yet we don’t prepare for the next one

    • @Carmine_Lupertazzi
      @Carmine_Lupertazzi 4 года назад +2

      Brother, this is a man-made virus. This is not a natural strain of flu. Therefore, by definition, negates your entire argument.

    • @yankee2666
      @yankee2666 4 года назад +1

      No he isn't/wasn't - you just need to get caught up.

    • @jc6226
      @jc6226 3 года назад

      @@Carmine_Lupertazzi wrong

  • @EddieMachetti
    @EddieMachetti 2 года назад +1

    My fiancé showed me the movie Contagion in 2019. The whole time she was saying “this could happen” and “this is one of my biggest fears.” Looking back at that time is wiiiild. Seems like a decade ago.

  • @sivabalan1370
    @sivabalan1370 3 года назад +18

    This man is living 100 years ahead of our time...

  • @coomcake
    @coomcake 7 лет назад +2021

    So cool of Bill Gates to make time in his busy schedule for this ted talk

    • @stuartcrossland1746
      @stuartcrossland1746 6 лет назад +59

      He took time off from his eugenics programme.

    • @DimensionC--vl6lw
      @DimensionC--vl6lw 5 лет назад +182

      You idiots, that is not even Bill Gates, that is Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

    • @alphafort
      @alphafort 5 лет назад +21

      LOL

    • @TheMenyDude
      @TheMenyDude 5 лет назад +15

      hahaha!

    • @CeeJayDee94
      @CeeJayDee94 5 лет назад +28

      you're all wrong, it's Bill's brother. Do some research next time..

  • @RalphDratman
    @RalphDratman 4 года назад +72

    I am watching this on March 7, 2020. The part of Mr. Petranek's talk that deals with possible future pandemics is so on-target and turned out to be so futile, because people do not like to consider certain kinds of hazard that might be ahead.

    • @kathypiazza4567
      @kathypiazza4567 4 года назад +6

      Ralph Dratman And too many discount anything scientists can prove. Let’s depend on 2000+ year old prophecy, superstition & mythology, hard science doesn’t allow for opinions or magical thinking so discredit the findings!

    • @RalphDratman
      @RalphDratman 4 года назад +7

      @@kathypiazza4567 Exactly right. And it is sad that people right here in the US get such poor educations that superstition still appeals to them.

    • @lucathemusician4159
      @lucathemusician4159 4 года назад +1

      Sorry Kathy but that is just not true scientist can barely prove anything they have no facts about how the earth was created they think it was created by a bang if it was then how are we able to even live so far the only thing I’ve seen a bang do is make some noise not create a whole world out of nothing

    • @RalphDratman
      @RalphDratman 4 года назад +1

      @@lucathemusician4159 You are a non-English speaking foreign troll. No one wants to hear from you,.

    • @suehowie152
      @suehowie152 2 года назад +1

      They are simply scenarios that are so horrifying that our brains can't comprehend..

  • @ArashArfaee
    @ArashArfaee 2 года назад +1

    Wisdom is a rare commodity! He has it. We all see that his first prediction came true. Are we wise enough to get ready for the rest or we just wait and observe our own demise? 🤔

  • @philipackerley5775
    @philipackerley5775 2 года назад +10

    Love it, as others have commented how well it has aged. The virus one, wow!

  • @TheAdamHawk
    @TheAdamHawk 4 года назад +103

    Yiiiiikes. Hearing him talk about the rain forest around @16:30 and knowing how bad they're screwing up in South America right now. Oof.

    • @gerampelotto
      @gerampelotto 4 года назад +7

      Actually, 2010 had more fires than now

    • @dickcastle
      @dickcastle 4 года назад

      Yeah now you can add austrailia to that .. not good

  • @simul8rduude
    @simul8rduude 3 года назад +41

    6 years from when this is posted and we're dealing with a global pandemic thats being compared to the spanish flu.
    we've done none of your tips for how to best prepare for this either.

    • @jwhippet8313
      @jwhippet8313 3 года назад

      Thank God it turned out not to be anywhere near as bad. 1918 killed 5% of all people alive at the time.

    • @simul8rduude
      @simul8rduude 3 года назад +1

      @@jwhippet8313 It's still not over yet. Even with the vaccines rolling out. Not everyone has gotten their shots, some people who have got one have been reinfected. We still have a ways to go, and while the death rate isn't super bad yet the infection rate is...and continues to climb.

    • @ronaldlogan3525
      @ronaldlogan3525 3 года назад +2

      but that would be socialism, we can't do that, no profit !

    • @hanszlh6522
      @hanszlh6522 2 года назад +1

      No , NOT TRUE - we've run down the 'Health-Sector' ( - quite thoroughly !! ) and increased desertificayshun - to stikk our heads into the sa.. ( - deeply .. ) !!

  • @somethingredblue9235
    @somethingredblue9235 Год назад +6

    I would pay for a personal conversation with him! Loved the solution at the end of problems

  • @kimberlyperrotis8962
    @kimberlyperrotis8962 Год назад

    There are so many of these existential threats that we can prevent now, but not all of them, like increases in vulcanism. Mr. Petranek is so right, why not protect ourselves from those we can?

  • @TrinityHealth215
    @TrinityHealth215 5 лет назад +73

    "This is how the world's going to end. Not with a bang, but a whimper".
    T.S. Elliot

    • @nicholasmcguire2824
      @nicholasmcguire2824 4 года назад +3

      "This is the way the world ends
      This is the way the world ends
      This is the way the world ends
      Not with a bang but a whimper."
      not trying to be a tool but you quoted it wrong

    • @fredb92
      @fredb92 4 года назад +1

      How about ending with a "Tweet!"

  • @Lilianamarie999
    @Lilianamarie999 3 года назад +8

    This is oddly comforting. Simple, straightforward. That's how I like my potential ELEs.

  • @the_rover1
    @the_rover1 3 года назад +2

    nice. I want all of them, the whole menu pack, please. at once. just to be assured we'll be well done, not just medium rare.

  • @TheJoker-qr1rx
    @TheJoker-qr1rx 2 года назад +3

    I like how his voice tone sometimes changes from normal to terrified as if he he knew this is gonna happen

  • @Badz_B34chst4r
    @Badz_B34chst4r 4 года назад +25

    In addition to an impending pandemic he says we have 10 years to drastically change the amount of C02 we emit to the atmosphere, and that was 6 years ago... =(

    • @eliasjimenez6766
      @eliasjimenez6766 2 года назад +2

      an even nuclear war seems more close to us

  • @DimachkaS
    @DimachkaS 5 лет назад +45

    Did anyone else find this video really relaxing?

    • @Ryan-eu3kp
      @Ryan-eu3kp 5 лет назад +8

      Most likely you have depression

    • @xelosilva4041
      @xelosilva4041 4 года назад +2

      @@Ryan-eu3kp not just depression, but anxiety, schizophrenia, psychopathic, bullied past 12 years, an orphan, and 6 failed suicide attempts.

    • @harrison777ify2
      @harrison777ify2 4 года назад

      Xelo Silva Jesus

    • @cynthialuv3671
      @cynthialuv3671 4 года назад

      @@xelosilva4041 Damn I thought I had issues

  • @Chanesmyname
    @Chanesmyname Год назад +7

    “It is almost incomprehensible how much CO2 we are putting into the air, if we don’t stop this within 10 years it will be too late”
    He said, 8 years ago, that’s how old this was when I saw it. Now, it really is too late and we failed to take the warning seriously, the planet is now moving to change and doing so at a pace.

  • @justamanofculture12
    @justamanofculture12 4 года назад +34

    6:18 *Once a legend said:* "In a Pandemic if you have a flu, you won't be able to find a doctor."

  • @happysoul941
    @happysoul941 4 года назад +18

    I had watched this video a year or two ago. Impressed as I was from the wisdom contained herein, it's just passed off as another "science talk".
    Watching it again today, in the Covid-19 times, shows it entirely in a different light.
    The prophecy in this video is so surreal.

    • @ajmahara32
      @ajmahara32 2 года назад

      Because it's plandemic

  • @affectionatlas
    @affectionatlas 2 года назад +1

    This is one of the greatest prophecies

  • @Celticowl4136
    @Celticowl4136 2 года назад +1

    Been looking for a cheery video to distract me. Thanks YoTube

  • @kunstwert
    @kunstwert 3 года назад +5

    06:33 "... we can build a public health system that takes care of us in a pandemic." It echoes in my mind...

  • @richc3440
    @richc3440 7 лет назад +19

    I love how this guy refers to himself as a science editor and slights anyone who disagrees with him. But he loves his MOM. He lets us know about his best talk ever, how gracious. He later refers to his greater ideas, what a great guy............

    • @woodywoodsfurd6296
      @woodywoodsfurd6296 5 лет назад

      You realize ted talks are basically just people talking about themselves mostly, like watch a random one, i bet its something about how their theory is great and their great people

    • @rokyericksonroks
      @rokyericksonroks 5 лет назад

      Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Organism.

  • @lindafontanesi501
    @lindafontanesi501 2 года назад

    Very good ! Thanks

  • @5rings16
    @5rings16 2 года назад

    It will never end!!

  • @sexobscura
    @sexobscura 4 года назад +6

    I've sat in on one of his lectures as he told an enrapt audience about the Pilgrim's landing on Fraggle Rock

  • @liberval9425
    @liberval9425 4 года назад +12

    Starts at 2:36