How to Build a Dyson Sphere - The Ultimate Megastructure

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  • Опубликовано: 19 дек 2018
  • If humans want to expand into space, it will take us incredible amounts of energy. How do we do that? Easy: we will just use the sun’s energy by realizing the most ambitious construction project in history. This is how it works.
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Комментарии • 40 тыс.

  • @kurzgesagt
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  • @ianroach8119
    @ianroach8119 3 года назад +19217

    "did you do it?"
    "Yes"
    "What did it cost?"
    "Mercury"

    • @ulisesdover9124
      @ulisesdover9124 3 года назад +1776

      Earth: Mercury may die, but it's a sacrifice... _I_ am willing to make.

    • @memes4life118
      @memes4life118 3 года назад +632

      WHAT DID YOU DO TO MERCURY

    • @ashleighdavies7009
      @ashleighdavies7009 3 года назад +329

      I come back to this video sometimes just for this comment

    • @Luis1597Fatal
      @Luis1597Fatal 3 года назад +160

      RIP mercury

    • @Angryconsumernerd
      @Angryconsumernerd 3 года назад +71

      Sometimes Kurzgesagt make the dumbest videos like this one . No civilization would go to the trouble of making a dyson sphere when you can just make a computer to simulate the universe and the simulated occupants of said universe would never grow old , be sick or die ...that is why we don't detect Aliens because they shed biology long ago .

  • @Bellumbeck271
    @Bellumbeck271 3 года назад +5095

    "Where is Mercury?"
    "Gone. Reduced to mirrors."

  • @oxydra
    @oxydra 2 месяца назад +142

    Hi guys! I am from the year 5024 and this tutorial helped me build the dyson sphere. It works

    • @divinedragon17
      @divinedragon17 26 дней назад +1

      hi hope my descendant see my comment here

    • @AnonAnon-bm2sl
      @AnonAnon-bm2sl 25 дней назад +1

      Hi oxydra from 3000 years in the future!

    • @Whitehatstudios
      @Whitehatstudios 21 день назад +2

      Hey, did my indie animation ever become a real thing??? Please tell me! I’m gonna start animating soon!

  • @ThinkAmMe
    @ThinkAmMe 11 месяцев назад +1011

    Great tutorial! Been having trouble building these recently. I think ive got the hang of it now

    • @zoobadad3584
      @zoobadad3584 10 месяцев назад +15

      Lol

    • @flein2519
      @flein2519 9 месяцев назад +9

      lmfao

    • @sassymcsassy2953
      @sassymcsassy2953 9 месяцев назад +26

      That's why the power bill dropped okay thanks bro

    • @Imagine_Beyond
      @Imagine_Beyond 9 месяцев назад +21

      When I was building one at home, I had an issue with transporting the energy produced over long distances. No need to worry, this video was a great tutorial explaining how mirrors could be used to reflect the sun light to the collectors. It is a great school project. I fully recommend it. lol

    • @Concrete-df4vv
      @Concrete-df4vv 8 месяцев назад +11

      Wow I just suck at building one than. Got a D for the project. I was able to explain the process but I was not being 247% efficient with my power.

  • @hazri8758
    @hazri8758 4 года назад +25300

    I think Kurzgesagt are a group of time travelers from the future and they've been telling us how to survive.

  • @2809JK
    @2809JK 3 года назад +5405

    "Hey Grandma. What happened to the 8th planet?"
    "We strip mined it out of existence"

  • @erjavi2948
    @erjavi2948 Год назад +69

    7:26 "our attention is too often focused on short-term political gains and conflicts that will not matter in the long run"
    THIS phrase is why I think humanity should be leaded by scientist and intellectuals, people that is actually interested in progress and see the big picture

    • @Mr.Sprockets
      @Mr.Sprockets День назад

      The most passive agressive way I've ever seen anyone protest war and strive for peace😂

  • @ThatOneGuy-lv2kw
    @ThatOneGuy-lv2kw Год назад +41

    Mercury: "I'm scared of nothing."
    "But that thing..."
    *Dyson Sphere*
    *_"It scares me."_*

    • @NicoTheTrapper7
      @NicoTheTrapper7 3 месяца назад

      1 like and no comments? Not anymore
      Mighty impressive that Mercury wouldn't be afraid of the sun... but the Dyson Sphere?
      It better be praying.

  • @fulcrum-118
    @fulcrum-118 3 года назад +3901

    Kurzgesagt : Do you wanna know how to build a Dyson Sphere?
    Me, a teenager, eating boiled potatoes with ketchup and Mountain Dew at 3am : Yes, I do.

    • @daf6332
      @daf6332 3 года назад +128

      I'm supposed to be doing gcse chemistry work, so I guess I'm not too off topic, right?

    • @bevvy.bee9
      @bevvy.bee9 3 года назад +28

      I can smell a potential Jojo reference

    • @fulcrum-118
      @fulcrum-118 3 года назад +109

      @@bevvy.bee9 Get the fuck off my lawn.

    • @Dockboy-ie4yu
      @Dockboy-ie4yu 3 года назад +19

      You boiled potatoes at 3am

    • @fulcrum-118
      @fulcrum-118 3 года назад +72

      @@Dockboy-ie4yu Boiled them twice, because I was stupid enough to cut them partially raw, and had to boil them AGAIN.

  • @zaronwriter4891
    @zaronwriter4891 4 года назад +14629

    theoretical physicists: its not just possible, its easy
    engineers: am i a joke to you

    • @marcelcarlito844
      @marcelcarlito844 4 года назад +492

      Maybe building it is easy but you have to safe the energy you can just put it into a power grid

    • @namakuraihan3382
      @namakuraihan3382 4 года назад +195

      Wee need Robotic engineers

    • @RegularFish2
      @RegularFish2 4 года назад +225

      Those poor designers

    • @randomrandomness4193
      @randomrandomness4193 4 года назад +425

      Getting the attention of big companies for funding megastructures. That is the hardest part

    • @arakemi1080
      @arakemi1080 4 года назад +214

      Saving resources from being wasted on bombs that the higher ups use to destroy eachother

  • @spregged7231
    @spregged7231 6 месяцев назад +40

    When I was a little boy and I learned about solar power I often would think about how pointless it was to have solar collectors on the ground when we could just have them in space! Even better if we could have them around the sun itself! I never had a word for describing this until I was in high school when I came across the idea of Dyson spheres I got disappointed it wasn’t an original idea but also super happy someone else thought of it too and became super curious about far-future technologies ever since! Dyson spheres are my favorite!

  • @redact7577
    @redact7577 Год назад +271

    Thank you for this guide! I made my own at home and the results have been very positive so far!

  • @DanielSambar
    @DanielSambar 5 лет назад +3133

    _Sponsored by Dyson_

    • @agnieszkaneumann8903
      @agnieszkaneumann8903 5 лет назад +46

      When you had a good comment idea but then someone took it...

    • @icecream6256
      @icecream6256 5 лет назад +11

      One day, it will

    • @lorax6001
      @lorax6001 5 лет назад +4

      Why are you following me

    • @obionedogan
      @obionedogan 5 лет назад +22

      The Tyson Sphere! Sponsored by Mike Tyson. Get inside and have the shit beaten out of you! If you order in the next 5 minutes you get 2 for the price of one!

    • @coolhorsey9253
      @coolhorsey9253 5 лет назад +3

      I wanted to use that joke xd
      Saw u on Pyrocynical's channel

  • @StrangeLittleGarden
    @StrangeLittleGarden 4 года назад +2447

    "If we don't destroy ourselves.."
    gotta love the honesty

    • @sarvashaktimaan7106
      @sarvashaktimaan7106 4 года назад +29

      That one hit where it hurts.

    • @LocalRando_
      @LocalRando_ 4 года назад +3

      @@sarvashaktimaan7106 XD

    • @AlexA-bn2rf
      @AlexA-bn2rf 4 года назад +4

      That's where the video stops. We all know that's gonna happen :D

    • @adipratama15januari
      @adipratama15januari 4 года назад +1

      Yes, if we don't commit such world war iii

    • @shebahammy
      @shebahammy 4 года назад +1

      HandMade By Holly I just herd it when I looked at this

  • @smokescreen100
    @smokescreen100 8 месяцев назад +151

    As a time traveler, this video is absolutely correct. Very impressive

    • @TarrareyoutubeOF
      @TarrareyoutubeOF 5 месяцев назад +3

      No

    • @wooper259
      @wooper259 5 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@TarrareyoutubeOFyes

    • @mikemoore9092
      @mikemoore9092 2 месяца назад +2

      Have mars and venus been terraformed

    • @smokescreen100
      @smokescreen100 2 месяца назад +7

      @@mikemoore9092 Eh, sort of. We destroyed them for natural resources and transfered them to habitable planets

    • @seanarmstrong5684
      @seanarmstrong5684 26 дней назад +1

      how can I time travel?:)

  • @livinglettuce1545
    @livinglettuce1545 Год назад +21

    I remember a couple years ago I had a paper due for a paper in English class. It had to be about something that doesn’t exist yet but one day could. I remembered watching this video before and was immediately inspired to write about a Dyson sphere. 100% on the paper - thanks Kurzgesagt!

  • @insanityking5008
    @insanityking5008 3 года назад +2019

    “Grandpa! We learned about all 7 planets today!”
    *Me on the verge of tears* “Good for you grandson.”

    • @BlueEngland
      @BlueEngland 3 года назад +218

      We should promote Pluto so we still have 8 planets

    • @cosmichorizon3273
      @cosmichorizon3273 3 года назад +92

      @@BlueEngland sadly pluto does not pass the test of becoming a planet

    • @CosmicNexus_
      @CosmicNexus_ 3 года назад +246

      @@cosmichorizon3273 then let’s add mass to it lmao

    • @maxgoose1994
      @maxgoose1994 3 года назад +109

      @@CosmicNexus_ haha asteriod go boom, oh look now Pluto has a larger mass and it's big enough to be a planet instead of a dwarf!

    • @cosmichorizon3273
      @cosmichorizon3273 3 года назад +64

      @@CosmicNexus_ smart boy, but we’ll need to be a type two civilization to do that. So lets wait for a hundred thousand years for that,hell maybe a million due to politicians

  • @just_about_everything
    @just_about_everything 2 года назад +14192

    I can just imagine people protesting the Dyson Structure to save mercury lmao

    • @terrarian7910
      @terrarian7910 2 года назад +1215

      impossible... how does he speak the future

    • @Dannybythebanana
      @Dannybythebanana 2 года назад +2908

      I legit saw a comment complaining that removing Mercury would "fuck up astrology and mess up our star signs and zodiac readings"

    • @Rose-yx6jq
      @Rose-yx6jq 2 года назад +620

      I came from the future just to let you know you are completely right. But they were out voted and it is very similar to this. But that really old show Star Trek is a very good representation of what we do in the 24th century.

    • @BIB247
      @BIB247 2 года назад +714

      @@Dannybythebanana ahh yes The zodiac readings definitely rely on mercury

    • @terrarian7910
      @terrarian7910 2 года назад +51

      lmao

  • @ampoulgon8716
    @ampoulgon8716 Год назад +136

    Its insane to think back to when I first saw this and was blown away by some of these pretty shots of the swarm, only to come back now and see it as almost unprofessional compared to what they make now. Insane. Lovely video, keep up the amazing work. :)

    • @josho7138
      @josho7138 9 месяцев назад +5

      Imagine what this channel will look like in ten years

    • @What_A_Great_Dude
      @What_A_Great_Dude 3 месяца назад

      ​@@josho7138Imagine what this channel will look like after we built a Dyson Sphere.

  • @bettercalldelta
    @bettercalldelta Год назад +37

    Thanks! Finally a useful and fun DIY project. Power bills have been getting more expensive lately and this seems like a perfect solution.

  • @FrizzleLamb
    @FrizzleLamb 4 года назад +2334

    **teleports behind Mercury**
    Earth: Nothing personal, kid.

  • @hitzcritz
    @hitzcritz 5 лет назад +12211

    Just tell the US that there's oil there, easy.

    • @matthiasburtrum9524
      @matthiasburtrum9524 5 лет назад +647

      That was an excellent joke

    • @aureavita8653
      @aureavita8653 5 лет назад +1022

      Guess they need some... DEMOCRACY

    • @flo8720
      @flo8720 5 лет назад +155

      Exactly.

    • @dekoldrick
      @dekoldrick 5 лет назад +602

      Sounds like space needs some freedom!

    • @OutSideTheBoxFormat
      @OutSideTheBoxFormat 5 лет назад +73

      Wow there's no shortage of ignorance in the comments. US has more oil than the middle east.
      Educate yourself so you won't look so foolish on a public forum.

  • @subemelaradio3027
    @subemelaradio3027 8 месяцев назад +10

    "if you're like us and enjoy using the power of science to determine absurd ways to destroy stuff you might want to hear how you can come up with something like that yourself" truly awesome quote

  • @M3dicayne
    @M3dicayne 4 месяца назад +7

    Played it through already! Was big fun and still is. But my Dyson Swarm was a bit short-lived and the solar sails vanished after approx. 30 Minutes. So I used them to create a sphere.
    Thank god, I have the resources of not only a planet but a whole galaxy to exploit.
    But the Dark Fog seems pretty interested in my doing as well... Nasty little buggers.

    • @boomer150
      @boomer150 3 месяца назад

      Amen brother, keeping the swarm off my resource outposts gets annoying. I am currently constructing a HUGE Dyson sphere around a type O star (blue super giant) I got the frame in place but making and launching the millions and millions of mirrors are going to take forever.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 года назад +12824

    We were born just in time to speculate whether or not humanity can achieve this level of technology

  • @Grandflea02
    @Grandflea02 3 года назад +1120

    Planets in the solar system:
    1980: 9
    2020: 8
    3020: 7

  • @h.a.9880
    @h.a.9880 Год назад +58

    I wonder, would it be possible to use such mirrors to focus more sunlight on, say, Mars to heat it up and thus helping to terraform it? Kinda like a huge magnifying glass.
    I mean, we'd only need to set up some sort of protection against radiation and solar storms, somehow create an atmosphere and get enough water on Mars to make it habitable...

    • @wannabewumpus1167
      @wannabewumpus1167 10 месяцев назад +6

      ooh ooh! laser mars until it has a molten core to make a magnetic field, (i think that’s why it doesn’t idk i’m not doing research rn) and then radiation isn’t an issue :D
      obviously this is a joke but it’s funny to think about

    • @DecimatorVideos
      @DecimatorVideos 8 месяцев назад +3

      Kurgesztat has a video on your idea, sort of

    • @Pablo-yd6gc
      @Pablo-yd6gc 5 месяцев назад +1

      You're just repeating the info from a different kurzgesagt video, pretending like it's an original idea to get likes

    • @h.a.9880
      @h.a.9880 5 месяцев назад

      @@Pablo-yd6gc No one with half a brain gives a shit about likes.

    • @calebquintana5724
      @calebquintana5724 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@Pablo-yd6gcyour just throwing out assumptions for absolutely no reason

  • @TurtleShroom3
    @TurtleShroom3 Год назад +26

    As one man once noted, the problem to building a Dyson Sphere is two-fold:
    1. If it doesn't spin, the slightest nudge will imbalance it and it will collapse.
    2. Spinning it stops the problem of imbalance. However, centrifugal force for something the size of the sun will apart.

    • @o2Hayden
      @o2Hayden 7 месяцев назад +8

      But the whole video focused on a Dyson Swarm, not a Dyson Sphere. If its a swarm, then it doesnt need to spin, it would simply need to orbit which we know how to do. So you couldn't "nudge" a Dyson Swarm because its not a single object.

    • @babatundepopoola7184
      @babatundepopoola7184 6 месяцев назад +1

      it's main focus was on dyson swarms not an entire structure. he already explained what would happen if it was a dyson sphere stucture.

  • @risdorc
    @risdorc 2 года назад +4969

    "MOM, PHINEAS AND PHERB ARE SENDING GIANT MIRRORS TO THE SUN!"

    • @camdynmitchell37
      @camdynmitchell37 2 года назад +22

      Lol

    • @krio1267
      @krio1267 2 года назад +118

      and tommorow everybody goes to proxima centauri

    • @lunaticranger6532
      @lunaticranger6532 2 года назад +69

      But where is Perry.

    • @victorhuerta4600
      @victorhuerta4600 2 года назад +135

      @@lunaticranger6532 Meanwhile, Perry the Platypus is off trying to stop Dr. Doofenschmirtz from siphoning the solar energy to power his inators so he never has to go to the store to buy batteries ever again. Mua-ha-ha-ha.

    • @casus9837
      @casus9837 2 года назад +13

      underrated comment

  • @amirhassan7887
    @amirhassan7887 5 лет назад +4470

    Elon Musk : *watches video*
    Also Elon : *im buying mercury*

    • @TheMaster5059
      @TheMaster5059 5 лет назад +117

      Kevin Godec honestly would be amazing and he would be the man to want to get something like this started lul. Love ya Elon

    • @Jcknight7996
      @Jcknight7996 5 лет назад +108

      Not gonna lie really wish he'd do this. It could be the start of all this epic shit

    • @anomalocaristheabnormalshr3248
      @anomalocaristheabnormalshr3248 5 лет назад +9

      *dies* oops, wrong one.

    • @sakshamjain7984
      @sakshamjain7984 5 лет назад +46

      But who is the seller 😂

    • @syndan9245
      @syndan9245 5 лет назад +29

      @@sakshamjain7984 god

  • @johngao2485
    @johngao2485 Год назад +4

    6:45 great detail that mercury got partially destroyed rip

  • @GreatFernicus
    @GreatFernicus Год назад +7

    Anyone who finds these sorts of things fascinating and likes factory-automation style games absolutely must play Dyson Sphere Program, it’s a gorgeous game and illustrates so many of these principles well

  • @poopoo8748
    @poopoo8748 2 года назад +3741

    You ever realize how amazing a kurzgesagt style survival game would be

  • @uros.u.novakovic
    @uros.u.novakovic 5 лет назад +9293

    Now I have a huge desire to play a space themed strategy/resource management game.
    EDIT: 3 Years later and this comment is still getting replies haha. I've played DSP and it's great.

    • @nikolaia.9573
      @nikolaia.9573 5 лет назад +1238

      Stellaris 😎

    • @uros.u.novakovic
      @uros.u.novakovic 5 лет назад +273

      @@nikolaia.9573 I always wanted to try Stellaris but that game looks way too complicated. So many DLCs are out by now I'm scared I'd be completely lost at this point if I started now. Every time I started a 'gameplay' on RUclips to see what's it about I was overwhelmed by the amount of things the game offers.

    • @nicolascontreras1090
      @nicolascontreras1090 5 лет назад +174

      @@uros.u.novakovic Try it, its amazing. Factorio is also good.

    • @danielcalliess6164
      @danielcalliess6164 5 лет назад +34

      please try factorio dude youll love it ;) @@uros.u.novakovic

    • @kosmosstormstrike3438
      @kosmosstormstrike3438 5 лет назад +24

      Star trek online XD

  • @neithandartsculpture
    @neithandartsculpture 7 месяцев назад +5

    I would totally play a game with this style and music and Kurzgesagt graphics including all these things like black hole bombs tethers stellar engines and Venus and Mars terrraforming. The music designer also needs a raise it’s god tier

    • @SilverIV
      @SilverIV 5 месяцев назад +1

      There’s another comment mentioning a game called “Dyson Sphere Program”. It’s about building a Dyson sphere (shockingly). I don’t know if there’s other stuff like tethers or black hole bombs or anything about it really, but I thought to mention it anyway.

  • @hamzamotara4304
    @hamzamotara4304 8 месяцев назад +7

    I just want to thank your entire team for making informative and entertaining videos. I truly support your mission.

  • @TalynCo
    @TalynCo 4 года назад +1726

    Congratulations!
    You've reached "Atomic Age"
    Energy +500
    Likelihood of Annihilation +35%
    Anyone else actually want this game? Someone should make it.

  • @tengojuevos907
    @tengojuevos907 5 лет назад +1876

    Sounds easy
    I'll help out this weekend

    • @skinna9126
      @skinna9126 5 лет назад +78

      bro i dont think Dyson is hiring rn

    • @alwinchacko7018
      @alwinchacko7018 5 лет назад +46

      skinna I got my resume ready just in case

    • @41-Haiku
      @41-Haiku 5 лет назад +26

      ​@@skinna9126 Damn, imagine if Dyson actually helped create a Dyson sphere. I mean, they're making a car, and no one expected that.

    • @RedshiftRiderrs
      @RedshiftRiderrs 5 лет назад +7

      ahh gees...this weekend?? i got this.....thing.....i cant make it

    • @zal9706
      @zal9706 5 лет назад +25

      I’m in! My father is hitting up Venus tho, I’ll see if I can stop by Mercury to set my bag down

  • @sjstudiosrobloxvideos5182
    @sjstudiosrobloxvideos5182 Год назад +9

    2:57
    A bird dies
    "Nah, we'll not care about it!"

    • @xirate7091
      @xirate7091 Год назад +1

      thats precisely whats going to happen :)

  • @Phirebirdphoenix
    @Phirebirdphoenix 10 месяцев назад +2

    this is possibly my favorite video on the internet. I keep coming back to watch it again. it's like a fairytale for the future

  • @Kaliphate
    @Kaliphate 4 года назад +1294

    Earth giving a speech to all the planets
    "some of you may die, (eyes mercury) but that's a risk im willing to take"

  • @MelodieOctavia
    @MelodieOctavia 5 лет назад +1023

    How to build a Dyson swarm.
    First, you're gonna need a planet you don't want...

    • @ExEBoss
      @ExEBoss 5 лет назад +59

      Or a whole bunch of asteroids.

    • @bukanchannel8365
      @bukanchannel8365 5 лет назад +8

      We just want earth, and probably mars

    • @96ace96
      @96ace96 5 лет назад +104

      @@ExEBoss Nope. Mercury is many orders of magnitude more massive than all the astroids in the solar system. There isn't enough astroids to make a full Dyson swarm, and they're too far away regardless. Mercury really is the best solution.

    • @Seedzification
      @Seedzification 5 лет назад +11

      @@bukanchannel8365 ya know that jupiter and saturne protect us from stray asteroids

    • @VorganBlackheart
      @VorganBlackheart 5 лет назад +67

      > Be Mercury
      > Sweat profusely

  • @mong145
    @mong145 Год назад +4

    4:00 hexagon is the bestagon

  • @xazii
    @xazii 11 месяцев назад +5

    Thanks for this quick tutorial. I'm excited to get started with this fun project.

  • @Alpha-xi9oz
    @Alpha-xi9oz 3 года назад +1038

    Kurzgezagt: Milk is complicated
    Also Kurzgezagt: Building a Dyson Sphere is easy!

    • @secretunknown2782
      @secretunknown2782 2 года назад +40

      Also kursegast : terraforming Venus is easy

    • @arthpatil3619
      @arthpatil3619 2 года назад +15

      Better word might be simple

    • @itzzausty
      @itzzausty 2 года назад +19

      Yeah, but have you SEEN milk though? WHat the hell even is that stuff! I say we add a type 4 civilization and the criteria for the is to understand and harness the true power of... M I L K

    • @secretunknown2782
      @secretunknown2782 2 года назад

      Why we don’t put solar panels on mercury instead of destroying mercury to build dyson sphere

    • @BlitzsieLDiscoLSnow
      @BlitzsieLDiscoLSnow 2 года назад +5

      @@secretunknown2782 Because solar panels are very short-lived compared to the timespan it will take us to harnes all the energy needed for interstellar space travel. Solar panels are not as efficient as we think :) They're still heaps better than fossil fuels at not destroying our planet, but it's still not good enough for very, very big energy generation. I've got my sights set on nuclear fusion, but that needs to be properly funded and isn't really at the moment.

  • @zgnily_rzurekyt830
    @zgnily_rzurekyt830 3 года назад +2769

    Plot twist: he’s an alien giving us a tutorial

  • @licnex
    @licnex 8 месяцев назад +3

    Bro be out here lecturing type 2 civilisations

  • @Total_Blackout
    @Total_Blackout 8 месяцев назад +3

    Ferb, I know what we’re gonna do today.

  • @genuine8879
    @genuine8879 5 лет назад +2314

    Girlfriend - He's probably thinking about other hot girls
    Me- _How to build a Dyson sphere, that collects all the Sun's energy_ .

    • @donald_doe
      @donald_doe 5 лет назад +246

      Girlfriend - He's probably thinking about how to build a dyson sphere, that collects all of the sun's energy
      Me - h o t g i r l s

    • @jmarch_503
      @jmarch_503 5 лет назад +78

      Why you guy kidding yourselves you know you guys don't got girlfriends lol

    • @jmarch_503
      @jmarch_503 5 лет назад +1

      @bloxAloofTvgaming yeah

    • @uraveragehoovy
      @uraveragehoovy 5 лет назад +6

      *OTHER* hot girls? Hahahahaha she’s hot, that’s funny.(SARCASM)

    • @sensibleGamer
      @sensibleGamer 5 лет назад +11

      Seriously though! The fact that this is actually POSSIBLE in my lifetime has my brain wracked with thinking about how we can make it happen ever since I first saw this video

  • @doubleoof7907
    @doubleoof7907 4 года назад +1732

    imagine if humans in the future try to build a dyson sphere, the sunspots on the Sun combine to form the words:
    “You need the *Utopia DLC* in order to perform this action.”

    • @johnlikestables
      @johnlikestables 4 года назад +138

      Wait for the steam sale it's all good

    • @seebloxfun4530
      @seebloxfun4530 4 года назад +74

      Lol a Stellaris Player .............They have to unlock the megastructure perk too

    • @bChuraful
      @bChuraful 4 года назад +50

      Earth: Buys DLC with Jupiter’s credit card

    • @willoliver9036
      @willoliver9036 3 года назад +3

      **dies**
      Game is copyright EA

    • @doubleoof7907
      @doubleoof7907 3 года назад +4

      Emily Hart assuming you built 1 each second, it would take you more than 31,709,791,983,764,586,496 years.
      EDIT: You mentioned _10_ octillion instead of 1, so the real answer is 3.17097919837645832e+20 years.

  • @mistadomino
    @mistadomino 4 месяца назад +3

    Truly loved this episode!
    More on how we might build mega structures please!

  • @DotKom01
    @DotKom01 4 месяца назад +1

    Thanks for the tutorial! Every step is very throughly described and easy to follow. Just finished my ringworld so I'm excited to start powering it!

  • @getschwifty3614
    @getschwifty3614 4 года назад +722

    People: Mercury will be destroyed if we build a Dyson sphere.
    Scientists: a small price for salvation

    • @mechanicpluto2430
      @mechanicpluto2430 4 года назад +45

      Did you build a Dyson Sphere?
      *Yes.*
      What did it cost?
      *Mercury.*

    • @yellowghost5199
      @yellowghost5199 4 года назад +1

      MechanicPluto24 lol

    • @howdydoody6057
      @howdydoody6057 4 года назад +34

      I mean how many of us would actually be bothered if the planet was completely mined to the core to the point where it's unrecognizable? I mean obviously if it had life it would be a different story, but if the planet itself is dead then it truly is a small price to pay.

    • @thamasteroneill
      @thamasteroneill 4 года назад +22

      @@howdydoody6057 It's just sitting there, screwing up Newtonian physics.... I as a classical Newtonian definitely think we should get rid of Mercury.

    • @howdydoody6057
      @howdydoody6057 4 года назад +5

      @@thamasteroneill Never heard of that but it adds another reason to get rid of it! More then worth it for unlimited energy.

  • @Horny_Fruit_Flies
    @Horny_Fruit_Flies 5 лет назад +794

    The bird death rate in this particular video is exceptionally high.

    • @czajkowski2352
      @czajkowski2352 5 лет назад +6

      lol

    • @pyeitme508
      @pyeitme508 5 лет назад +6

      Agree!

    • @Victor-mi2py
      @Victor-mi2py 5 лет назад +1

      there is supposed to be only 1 reply here

    • @SirDiamondNips
      @SirDiamondNips 4 года назад +1

      It's all in the name of progress...

    • @leoui1085
      @leoui1085 4 года назад +1

      What about all of the atomic bombs going of in ever other video?

  • @debadityanath4398
    @debadityanath4398 Год назад +1

    this is the first video i am watching on your channel, and absolute hats off to the animation and explanation

  • @eodkiel
    @eodkiel 2 месяца назад +2

    My D&D campaign bouta go crazy!

  • @MrC0MPUT3R
    @MrC0MPUT3R 5 лет назад +586

    *YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS*

  • @Jeremy-oz2yo
    @Jeremy-oz2yo 5 лет назад +2092

    Teachers of students in a 1,000 years: analysis this historic video from the 21 century. Is this accurate to today’s Dyson spheres? Explain why or why not. LOL

    • @302big5
      @302big5 5 лет назад +89

      Damn, right on the nose

    • @gingerinajacket8519
      @gingerinajacket8519 5 лет назад +232

      Student: While the initial idea was best for the time, we quickly grew into a more viable method by allowing such a task to be done by the Supercomputer Alliance of Milky Way (SAMW) in exchange for an entire loop of the Milky Way for them to colonize and prosper from. Fortunately, the Galactic Unity of the Many Species (GUMS) that regulates trade between species enforced the contract with minimal conflict. At this moment, SAMW has developed the optimal methodology for this design and has exported it to the other belts, each inhabited by their own species. While the primitive Dyson sphere allowed for about 25% of a star's energy to be harvested and refined into about 5%, modern quantum technology allows for 75% with a 5% failure rate and the refinement of the energy is increased to approximately 40%, ensuing a 24 times increase for a tradeoff of 1/20 swarms not working and easily replaced. Considering the amount of resources nesseccarry nowadays to create one, I would argue that a cost to efficiency in construction, we gain much more than is lost.

    • @JoyFerret
      @JoyFerret 5 лет назад +144

      Hello students of the year 3019

    • @theartst7992
      @theartst7992 5 лет назад +57

      We may think that but what if they are deeper into the pits of memes and sh-t posting rather than progressing.

    • @omarasfari4974
      @omarasfari4974 5 лет назад +4

      That's exactly what I think of when I watch this sort of video

  • @martinp3169
    @martinp3169 3 месяца назад +3

    Back in my day, we had a sun: a big glowing ball flying above the earth

  • @jacobtorrey1317
    @jacobtorrey1317 Год назад +2

    This is so entertaining that I’ve probably watched this over 50 times over 3yrs

  • @aaaaastr0man584
    @aaaaastr0man584 3 года назад +922

    Congratulations!
    You reached "Atomic Age"
    Energy +500
    *Likelihood of Annihilation +35%*
    Oof.

    • @thesandwich7151
      @thesandwich7151 3 года назад +15

      Thats gold, heres a like. Least I can do

    • @onebowlofRicey
      @onebowlofRicey 3 года назад +3

      Wow. Don't tell me this entire city is gonna blow.

    • @kennethmclean2408
      @kennethmclean2408 3 года назад +5

      I wonder what happens at 100% likelihood of annihilation

    • @thesandwich7151
      @thesandwich7151 3 года назад +7

      @@kennethmclean2408 I don't actually know, maybe total nuclear annihalition? Black hole experiment gone wrong. Extinction?

    • @Calvinioli
      @Calvinioli 3 года назад +1

      @@kennethmclean2408 To expand the likelyhood of annihilation we would be expanding our technology and expanding the populations to different planets, galaxies, etc. making 100% likelyhood near impossible, but if something happened at a large enough scale it could be plausible.

  • @thestudentofficial5483
    @thestudentofficial5483 5 лет назад +921

    Lv1 Coal
    Lv35 Nuclear
    Lv99 Dyson sphere

    • @llanfairpwlgwyngyll7331
      @llanfairpwlgwyngyll7331 5 лет назад +110

      Id say more like this.
      Lv1 Muscles
      Lv10 Fire
      Lv15 Coal and oil
      Lv23 Nuclear reactor
      Lv35 Renewable power (Modern Humans)
      Lv50 Fusion reactor
      Lv99 Dyson sphere (Green aliens)
      Lv999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999,999 Black hole furnace (Probably what Google is using)
      Lv-1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 "The earth is flat"

    • @isthatjay4724
      @isthatjay4724 5 лет назад +11

      this number doesnt make me feel good

    • @muzmi1234
      @muzmi1234 5 лет назад +66

      That's how mafia work

    • @slavetrader1489
      @slavetrader1489 5 лет назад +8

      No Lvl 75 is the sphere that can harvest the power of an entire galaxy. And Lvl99 is where you can harvest the power of an entire universe.

    • @hitfromcs
      @hitfromcs 5 лет назад +21

      Thats how humanity works

  • @NightShade2901
    @NightShade2901 8 месяцев назад +1

    Kurzgesagt should make a mobile game in which you could play through time as humanity and develop new technology and resources. These videos could be a sort of tutorial on how to do some things efficiently.

  • @evihofkens9530
    @evihofkens9530 8 месяцев назад +1

    This can be THE solution to our problems here on Earth - no more wars over energy, endless energy without building big metal things that move only if there is wind etc...

  • @kingkjoy3955
    @kingkjoy3955 3 года назад +1142

    Mars: Hey Earth, have you seen Mercury? I didn't see him in his last orbit.
    Earth: What about Mercury? Oh he's just... orbiting a bit closer...

    • @pauleire2523
      @pauleire2523 3 года назад +7

      😅

    • @r.jguerra5526
      @r.jguerra5526 3 года назад +5

      🐒

    • @jagadishgospat2548
      @jagadishgospat2548 3 года назад +9

      Underrated comment.

    • @Wasserkaktus
      @Wasserkaktus 3 года назад +11

      I think harvesting asteroids would be probably better, but then again, Mercury has an immense, undisputed "advantage" in terms of proximity.

    • @kingkjoy3955
      @kingkjoy3955 3 года назад +4

      @@Wasserkaktus Proximity and ease of access, mining astroids would require many different calculations each time and are much harder to her considering they even come close enough

  • @tusharrr26
    @tusharrr26 5 лет назад +1223

    Mercury : Am i a joke to you?

    • @user-yi5ik6kv1n
      @user-yi5ik6kv1n 5 лет назад +28

      People : Yup!

    • @ToxicFlight
      @ToxicFlight 5 лет назад +2

      Of course not

    • @skinchen
      @skinchen 5 лет назад +4

      @SatanicBeige [SB] lol

    • @Tech_Traveler
      @Tech_Traveler 5 лет назад +38

      Your sacrifice will be remembered and your legend will be told for eons. Nao die.

    • @dasstigma
      @dasstigma 5 лет назад +21

      Humanity: Nope, a serious stepping stone.

  • @Altitude-Gaming-ld9mf
    @Altitude-Gaming-ld9mf Год назад +3

    0:16 I laughed so hard when I saw the +35% Likelihood of Annihilation

    • @NicoTheTrapper7
      @NicoTheTrapper7 3 месяца назад

      Hehe! Yeah me too. Honestly, it should've been higher.

  • @El.Duder-ino
    @El.Duder-ino 4 месяца назад +1

    This is truly and amazing channel & project, thank u folks!

  • @ninaa4192
    @ninaa4192 4 года назад +1184

    Kurzgesagt: This is how to build a Dyson Sphere
    Scientists: Alright we're ready.
    Kurzgesagt: You need to dissasemble an entire planet.
    Scientists: *u wot*

    • @GwahirW
      @GwahirW 4 года назад +86

      You got it backwards.
      Kurzgesagt: How do we build a Dyson sphere?
      Scientists: You need to disassemble an entire planet.
      Kurzgesagt: Cool!

    • @axelpierce9422
      @axelpierce9422 4 года назад +8

      Or you could just say reverse uno to make it a meme

    • @Speedyghost-yu3ur
      @Speedyghost-yu3ur 4 года назад

      Nina a s

    • @demon_xd_
      @demon_xd_ 4 года назад +10

      **slowly enchants everything with efficiency 32k**

    • @idontevenknow5984
      @idontevenknow5984 4 года назад +2

      The uae: *note that down! Note that down!*

  • @famouscryp4130
    @famouscryp4130 4 года назад +811

    Humans: Exist
    Poor Mercury: Why do I hear boss music

    • @steampunkastronaut7081
      @steampunkastronaut7081 4 года назад +17

      I think you mean "Metal-rich Mercury" B)

    • @putrarwa7759
      @putrarwa7759 4 года назад +5

      Looks like they need some... freedom :)

    • @franky8340
      @franky8340 4 года назад +7

      We will miss you mercury

    • @ADMICKEY
      @ADMICKEY 4 года назад +1

      @@franky8340 the planet or the element

    • @HITMAN.No.61
      @HITMAN.No.61 4 года назад +1

      It's just Mercury, no one's gonna realize it's gone if they don't get told

  • @mtndew5394
    @mtndew5394 Год назад

    Ahhh to be able to live long enough to see something like this accomplished.... what a dream.

  • @dustyarain
    @dustyarain 10 месяцев назад

    Aaaah! thanks mate. All i needed was this how to guide. I will get on to start building my dyson sphere...

  • @opoc_x37
    @opoc_x37 5 лет назад +8360

    "Did you do it ?"
    "Yes".
    "What did it cost ?"
    *"M E R C U R Y"*
    (Edit :0 this comment blew up)

    • @tejasbhandare251
      @tejasbhandare251 4 года назад +407

      I'm sorry little one

    • @leonbrey6749
      @leonbrey6749 4 года назад +202

      @@tejasbhandare251 *Tell me you didn't do it.*

    • @Al-ok1lj
      @Al-ok1lj 4 года назад +294

      “You should have aimed for Mars.”

    • @tejasbhandare251
      @tejasbhandare251 4 года назад +143

      @@Al-ok1lj no i dont think i will

    • @massineben7198
      @massineben7198 4 года назад +19

      Why doesn't the comment and the replies have more likes 😂😂

  • @capncoop
    @capncoop 2 года назад +2680

    Neil deGrasse Tyson: "if mankind harvested two percent of Earth's renewable energy, we could power the entire world."
    Kurzgesagt: "BRING ME THE SUN"

    • @sterredijksterhuis8547
      @sterredijksterhuis8547 2 года назад +33

      I’m dead 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @bobbysworld281995
      @bobbysworld281995 2 года назад +9

      @@sterredijksterhuis8547 the hard and slow method it seems.

    • @mpirron1
      @mpirron1 2 года назад +7

      Believe anything an actor tells you, especially when he's acting, and your kind of asking to be fooled, no?

    • @Feja2503
      @Feja2503 2 года назад +46

      @@mpirron1 You know he is an actual scientist right? Your comment seems kinda random.

    • @mpirron1
      @mpirron1 2 года назад

      @@Feja2503So I know he wrote a couple of books under his own name death by black hole and astrophysics for busy people or something like that, I didn't read them you know but one time in the airport I read the back cover of the black hole one and there was a mention of dark matter so I put it right back. I know he talk up every Astro- ... -ist he could about removing Pluto as a planet until he got enough consensus to say it was true so he might quit bugging them about it only to be I don't know what do you call that ah debunked or whatever. I guess it didn't really look good for NASA to be sending a multi-gazillion dollar probe to a non-planet. So that didn't work out for him but it got him a job as the Director of the Hayden planetarium I guess yeah but when my kid went there he said he said the guide said he wasn't there so musta just missed him. I suppose he's done some sciencey stuff outside of all that cuz when he went to a lot of schools, gets to be called Dr. and wins a lot of sciency-sounding awards so he must have been doing something but I haven't really found anything I would say groundbreaking. On the other hand he has written two books and answered a magazine column under the pen name of Merlin, so he's known to act under psuedonym, he's narrated all kinds of Discovery Channel and PBS stuff like Morgan Freeman, he hosts and participates in panels with other scientists if there's a camera, I know that. I've seen him acting on The Big Bang Theory and Stargate Atlantis, he's been in a couple of dozen or so other shows, cartoon character voice overs, and an animated films. He was on Epic Rap Battles of History and has dropped the mic on some suckas recycles his own jokes on Twitter so so he's got some comedic talent. I saw him on Joe Rogan and he really made me laugh when he said that the Earth is a pear-shaped spheroid that is sticker around the middle because it's spinning real fast like a pizza, and and if there's no way the moon landing could have been a hoax because it would have been it would have been way more difficult to fake than was to actually going. I think that's what really did it for me though because anybody who's able to say that with the straight face is one hell of an actor. But no I do not know he's an actual scientist, but I do know some actual scientists and none of them have IMDB pages, they prove shit, they don't talk shit how about you?

  • @robertbuetow6245
    @robertbuetow6245 27 дней назад +1

    This really puts into perspective how much humanity could achieve if only we worked together.

  • @HaddleMCgaggle1weeee
    @HaddleMCgaggle1weeee 7 месяцев назад

    I’m impressed with the style of the video making it look like a real game

  • @Polandball1138
    @Polandball1138 4 года назад +1860

    Mercury: exists
    Elon Musk: *It's free real estate*

  • @lasttarrasque6223
    @lasttarrasque6223 3 года назад +1364

    "not some of it, ALL OF IT!"
    thats the most human statement in existence

  • @angyboi7969
    @angyboi7969 Год назад +1

    Dude the Dyson swarm not only solves problems listed but also the complete obstruction of all sunlight

    • @paulelderson934
      @paulelderson934 3 месяца назад

      You only block it out if you use 100% of the star's energy.
      A Dyson swarm wouldn't block out the sun. A tiny fraction of the sun's energy would likely be enough until we can expand to other stars.

  • @anppu
    @anppu 2 дня назад +1

    Thank you sir, I was just about to start building one. Now I have this useful knowledge

  • @MrErdkamp
    @MrErdkamp 5 лет назад +716

    RUclips DIY tutorials are always way too complex 🙄

    • @NXE212
      @NXE212 5 лет назад +5

      Uhhh
      This is tutorial explaining video

    • @joshertosher5278
      @joshertosher5278 5 лет назад +19

      R/whoosh

    • @4ltrz555
      @4ltrz555 5 лет назад +4

      @@NXE212 I played myself. I wooooshed you cuz I saw the other guy woooosh you.x

    • @NXE212
      @NXE212 5 лет назад

      @@4ltrz555 well i see you remove you r/wooosh reply so i remove mine too

    • @NXE212
      @NXE212 5 лет назад

      @@joshertosher5278 no u

  • @typhoonzebra
    @typhoonzebra 5 лет назад +1942

    Why is this channel dead set on making me feel shit for being born too early?

    • @nathanvanderriet209
      @nathanvanderriet209 5 лет назад +498

      If you were born 100 years ago and kurzgesagt was broadcasting to you about the 21st century over the radio you'd feel the same. The exciting part is building the future, not living it

    • @ls200076
      @ls200076 5 лет назад +46

      oh shit, we got another one.

    • @Budderdino21
      @Budderdino21 5 лет назад +9

      Oh sshoooot

    • @justinluzroque6640
      @justinluzroque6640 5 лет назад +125

      @@nathanvanderriet209 That's soooo true. As long as humanity exists, there will always be envy of the future.

    • @jonahhembach7765
      @jonahhembach7765 5 лет назад +5

      just Freeze yourself, even if we cant bring you back right now, someday humanity or ist decendats will be able to bring you back.

  • @TheL.L
    @TheL.L Год назад +2

    I love this channel sooooo much I'm a die hard fan I really enjoy the style and I'm building a space civilization in lego while watching

  • @adhamabuirtaimeh7410
    @adhamabuirtaimeh7410 Год назад +5

    I'd like to see a civilization type game with kurzgegasts graphics with all these gameplay elements they talked about like Dyson spheres Terra forming and things like that

  • @thesenate9564
    @thesenate9564 2 года назад +2163

    I love how they presented it like a civilization strategy game. I would love it if they made one, with most of their scientific teachings as occurences in the game, like after getting enough resources you could build a dyson swarm, etc. Kinda like Spore.

    • @dogwaffles
      @dogwaffles 2 года назад +134

      Check out Dyson Sphere Program. It's pretty much this video as an automation game.

    • @ardasoydan9394
      @ardasoydan9394 2 года назад +67

      not the same but in stellaris you can build a dyson sphere and do much more, its a fun game

    • @AdmiralKarelia
      @AdmiralKarelia 2 года назад +26

      @@ardasoydan9394 matter decompressor + foundry ecum = fleets for days

    • @ekremaslan8068
      @ekremaslan8068 2 года назад +19

      It could be a game based on how fast we can destroy the given universe(s) starting as life forms comparable to bacterias

    • @thestancissmith2818
      @thestancissmith2818 2 года назад +16

      Stellaris

  • @durdleduc8520
    @durdleduc8520 5 лет назад +1484

    *_Congratulations! You reached “Atomic Age”_*
    _Energy +500_
    _Likelihood of Annihilation +35%_
    edit: holy shit thats a lot of likes

    • @nosuuddo456
      @nosuuddo456 5 лет назад +49

      Congratulations you can read

    • @skywarslord4680
      @skywarslord4680 5 лет назад

      Lol

    • @brainnuke5450
      @brainnuke5450 5 лет назад +8

      *DESTRUCTION 100* IN A NUTSHELL

    • @gajusz4372
      @gajusz4372 5 лет назад +3

      reched year 2077 Likelihood of Annihilation in this year +100%

    • @williamlu5834
      @williamlu5834 5 лет назад

      Congratz new weapon NUKE is buildable!

  • @pAO29Ex
    @pAO29Ex 2 месяца назад

    7:26 hilarious that "fighting for pokémon magikarp" is the example of conflicts that will not matter in the long run 😂

  • @masterofdoots5965
    @masterofdoots5965 2 месяца назад +1

    I want a Kurzgesagt game about developing humanity from the beginning of history up to stuff like creating a Dyson swarm, terraforming Mars and Venus, and creating a stellar engine, and even beyond!
    And it should be styled just like this

  • @herculesatan4514
    @herculesatan4514 4 года назад +1126

    Mercury: *Exists.*
    Earth: “Hippity hoppity, you’re now my property.”

  • @ninja250r2008
    @ninja250r2008 5 лет назад +787

    Step 1 - Convince all govermnents that the sun has nuclear weapons and isn't afraid to use them.

    • @sudonim7552
      @sudonim7552 5 лет назад +128

      Just tell the United States that there's oil on the sun.

    • @fine1298
      @fine1298 5 лет назад +58

      @Proger13 10just tell europe there are muslim immigrants in the sun

    • @brandonvelde5774
      @brandonvelde5774 5 лет назад +38

      @Proger13 10 *Just tell Australia there is Vegemite in the Sun*

    • @dh4817
      @dh4817 5 лет назад +4

      HAHAHAHAHA I love this

    • @mapopi-mm
      @mapopi-mm 5 лет назад +13

      Just tell Brasil there is soccer in the sun

  • @telluri5199
    @telluri5199 Год назад

    oh my god, thank you soo much, I finally finished my dyson sphere, your a life saver!

  • @Thepolargameryt
    @Thepolargameryt 7 месяцев назад

    Bro I’ve been waiting for this tutorial forever!

  • @edoardopaulin5533
    @edoardopaulin5533 4 года назад +484

    Mercury: exists
    Earth: I diagnose you with dead

    • @Mark-hg6vc
      @Mark-hg6vc 4 года назад +5

      Earths phrase was pretty funny

    • @maxwellmegagamer8535
      @maxwellmegagamer8535 4 года назад +7

      Mercury: exists.
      Earth: only you can prevent, RAPE

  • @thevibe2985
    @thevibe2985 5 лет назад +589

    The animation on this video was absolutely amazing.

    • @hamza-chaudhry
      @hamza-chaudhry 5 лет назад +16

      When is it not?

    • @vukvidanovic8276
      @vukvidanovic8276 5 лет назад +10

      It's always like that are you new to the channel?

    • @Sargitarius100
      @Sargitarius100 5 лет назад +22

      @@hamza-chaudhry I think he's talking about this specific video. I've been watching for 2 years and as far as I remember the animations on this one were the best of all the videos I've seen

    • @thevibe2985
      @thevibe2985 5 лет назад +1

      Vuk Vidanovic well if you've been watching since the beginning you'd know how much they have to spend on animation and because they have a bigger budget now, the animation is also better. It seems like you have not been watching since the beginning.

  • @FF12500
    @FF12500 8 месяцев назад +1

    thanks now ill make a dyson sphere step by step

  • @jetstreamsam3020
    @jetstreamsam3020 11 месяцев назад +2

    if these guys were world leaders some crazy advancements would be made

    • @Riciliz
      @Riciliz 7 месяцев назад

      German world order
      (Kurzgesagt is German)

  • @TheAdvertisement
    @TheAdvertisement 5 лет назад +1961

    *ENDLESS MODE ACHIEVED*
    Humanity: Yay
    *Detecting another endless mode player.
    Aliens: Oh hi there.
    Humanity: :0

    • @zaaya7719
      @zaaya7719 5 лет назад +41

      :0

    • @sebastianm538
      @sebastianm538 5 лет назад +36

      :o

    • @DodgeWatt
      @DodgeWatt 5 лет назад +30

      Aliens: XD

    • @apurvakedia1023
      @apurvakedia1023 5 лет назад +44

      pikachu meme

    • @Noctazar
      @Noctazar 5 лет назад +83

      This "hi there" got me thinking...
      Endless Mode Aliens: *playing with time and space*
      Humanity: *jumps down* "Hello there!"
      Endless Mode Aliens: "General Kenobi!"

  • @KebabS
    @KebabS 5 лет назад +548

    Only DIY channel i like to watch

    • @zombiechibixd
      @zombiechibixd 5 лет назад +6

      DIY?
      DIY?
      More of science xD

    • @fev4
      @fev4 5 лет назад +6

      You are god damn right. Let's make a DIY Dyson Sphere

    • @lavenderriven3050
      @lavenderriven3050 5 лет назад +2

      @@zombiechibixd r/wooosh

    • @yonitik9931
      @yonitik9931 5 лет назад

      kebabımız bilimdemi severdi?

    • @shade5554
      @shade5554 5 лет назад

      @@zombiechibixd r/whooosh

  • @planet32
    @planet32 5 месяцев назад +2

    Birds: Hey, uh, Houston? We need another friend here.
    Houston: Why?
    Birds: Jim died.
    Houston: Why?
    Birds: *He got ran over by a truck drone.* ( 4:58 )

    • @NicoTheTrapper7
      @NicoTheTrapper7 3 месяца назад +1

      😂😂that got me cracking up, I was not prepared for it!
      edit: the part in the vid