How to Build a Dyson Sphere - The Ultimate Megastructure

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  • Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2024

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  • @kurzgesagt
    @kurzgesagt  5 лет назад +6996

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  • @ianroach8119
    @ianroach8119 4 года назад +20555

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

    • @ulisesdover9124
      @ulisesdover9124 4 года назад +1868

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

    • @memes4life118
      @memes4life118 4 года назад +660

      WHAT DID YOU DO TO MERCURY

    • @ashleighdavies7009
      @ashleighdavies7009 4 года назад +346

      I come back to this video sometimes just for this comment

    • @xluisg18
      @xluisg18 4 года назад +166

      RIP mercury

    • @Angryconsumernerd
      @Angryconsumernerd 4 года назад +75

      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 .

  • @hazri8758
    @hazri8758 5 лет назад +26344

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

  • @tengojuevos907
    @tengojuevos907 5 лет назад +2021

    Sounds easy
    I'll help out this weekend

    • @skinna9126
      @skinna9126 5 лет назад +86

      bro i dont think Dyson is hiring rn

    • @alwinchacko7018
      @alwinchacko7018 5 лет назад +48

      skinna I got my resume ready just in case

    • @41-Haiku
      @41-Haiku 5 лет назад +28

      ​@@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 +26

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

  • @ThinkAmMe
    @ThinkAmMe Год назад +1632

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

    • @zoobadad3584
      @zoobadad3584 Год назад +19

      Lol

    • @flein2519
      @flein2519 Год назад +12

      lmfao

    • @sassymcsassy2953
      @sassymcsassy2953 Год назад +39

      That's why the power bill dropped okay thanks bro

    • @Imagine_Beyond
      @Imagine_Beyond Год назад +29

      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 Год назад +12

      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.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 года назад +12923

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

  • @uros.u.novakovic
    @uros.u.novakovic 5 лет назад +9438

    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 +1251

      Stellaris 😎

    • @uros.u.novakovic
      @uros.u.novakovic 5 лет назад +279

      @@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 +177

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

    • @kosmosstormstrike3438
      @kosmosstormstrike3438 5 лет назад +24

      Star trek online XD

    • @redi8229
      @redi8229 5 лет назад +76

      Try Terraforming Mars, a game which is a boardgame that has a digital version, and it's about... well... terraforming mars

  • @StrangeLittleGarden
    @StrangeLittleGarden 5 лет назад +2605

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

    • @sarvashaktimaan7106
      @sarvashaktimaan7106 5 лет назад +33

      That one hit where it hurts.

    • @LocalRando_
      @LocalRando_ 5 лет назад +3

      @@sarvashaktimaan7106 XD

    • @AlexA-bn2rf
      @AlexA-bn2rf 5 лет назад +6

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

    • @adipratama15januari
      @adipratama15januari 5 лет назад +1

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

    • @shebahammy
      @shebahammy 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @oxydra
    @oxydra 8 месяцев назад +521

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

    • @divinedragon17
      @divinedragon17 7 месяцев назад +8

      hi hope my descendant see my comment here

    • @AnonAnon-bm2sl
      @AnonAnon-bm2sl 6 месяцев назад +5

      Hi oxydra from 3000 years in the future!

    • @Phlox_In_A_Nutshell
      @Phlox_In_A_Nutshell 6 месяцев назад +5

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

    • @Draconicfish2679
      @Draconicfish2679 6 месяцев назад +2

      Wow! Can’t believe it only took us 3000 years to figure it out! What’s Humanity going for next?

    • @AnonAnon-bm2sl
      @AnonAnon-bm2sl 6 месяцев назад +1

      WHAT THE(_______ ____)

  • @Bellumbeck271
    @Bellumbeck271 3 года назад +5907

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

  • @EVRLYNMedia
    @EVRLYNMedia 5 лет назад +521

    thanks for the tutorial ill definitely use this

  • @thesenate9564
    @thesenate9564 3 года назад +2201

    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 3 года назад +135

      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

  • @redact7577
    @redact7577 Год назад +350

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

  • @L0CK3EDIN
    @L0CK3EDIN 5 лет назад +603

    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 +21

      @@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

    • @L0CK3EDIN
      @L0CK3EDIN 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.

  • @littlestewart
    @littlestewart 2 года назад +1005

    “Our attention is too often focused on short-term political gains and conflicts that will not matter in the long run” this one hits hard, when we know how much there’s to explore but instead of improving we just keep fighting ourselves

    • @spectralassassin6030
      @spectralassassin6030 Год назад +46

      Blame the power hungry and greedy. They desire nothing but their own advancement at the expense of other people and progress.

    • @TurtleShroom3
      @TurtleShroom3 Год назад

      Ah, but you see, that competition is EXACTLY what will bring about ALL of the necessary technology to do this.
      A competition, if not a space war of shattering mirrors, would be behind this. Ultimately, each nation would have portions of the Dyson Swarm and try to dominate the others' mirrors.
      This is superior to a One World Government, for two reasons.
      1. A true NWO, where all the earth is under one body, would be totalitarian and its politicians would be permanently unaccountable simply because of the sheer size of the earth and its population. It is not possible, and never will be possible, to subjugate eight billion souls (let alone trillions) under one global polity without enslaving them. This is doubly so if man wanted to use a Dyson Swarm as one unit instead of a divided access among squabbling nations.
      2. For the world to end, the earth will either unite and THE Antichrist will take charge eventually, or THE Antichrist will do the uniting.
      Once the earth is united, man's temporal existence will be ticking down to the end of all things.

    • @TurtleShroom3
      @TurtleShroom3 Год назад

      ​@@spectralassassin6030
      You think the unification lfthe earth under one polity would be better? No, of course not.
      A civilization of that side would have no choice but to be totalitarian.

    • @spectralassassin6030
      @spectralassassin6030 Год назад +13

      @@TurtleShroom3 Many governments we have in the world today could actually work if not for a few people being pieces of shit that stomp on those they believe beneath them. That's what I'm saying.

    • @Ironbeast10
      @Ironbeast10 Год назад

      Kalki Ironman type 7 and 8 after 2026 😎
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      Kalki Avatar (Murtaza) 11th satguru 13th imam cousin of Moula mahdhi a.s. 12th imam (muhammad) 😎
      Prophet Moula mahdhi is raja shashidhuvj (the mighty one) born less then 1200 years ago 😎
      Prophet Moula Isa a.s. will kill dajjal cause dajjal is going to kill Kalki Avatar 😏
      Kalki Avatar will follow orders from 2 religious king Moula mahdhi a.s. and Moula Isa a.s. 😎
      Kalki Avatar going to have 2 swords and ring of moula sulaiman a.s. and staff of moula musa a.s. (iron rod) Staff of moula musa a.s. is like omintrix can transform into anything and can transform others into anything And stone in the ring of moula sulaiman a.s. is also known as kastav mani and it's more powerful than all 6 infinite stones combined 😇
      Cuz Kalki is ironman batman super saiya-jin superman ben10 saitama optimus prime shaktimaan and every super heroes combined after 2026 😎
      This staff will transforms into white horses with wings,weapons,iron-man,cloud etc or can do imagination into reality 😎
      *Ratn sru sword of lord Adam (miri)😇
      *Ratn varu (zulfakar) sword of Moula Ali (piri) 😇
      miri piri 😇
      Kalki Ironman after 2026 😎
      Satyug (sunrise from West) 2038 😏
      Sambal is hospital 😏
      Gzwa e hind 2029 😎
      Khalistan and Azad Kashmir after 2026 by Ironman 😎
      99% Hadith u heard is not about imam Mahdi it’s about Kalki avatar (the main character) that person momin vs dajjal prove me wrong if u can 😏😏

  • @yooberz
    @yooberz 2 года назад +2204

    For anyone saying there should be a game like this, there literally already is, it's called Dyson Sphere Program and it's amazing

  • @bettercalldelta
    @bettercalldelta Год назад +56

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

  • @darknessburns2237
    @darknessburns2237 4 года назад +721

    these animations must take ages. they have such high detail and the fps is at least 60fps. amazing. thumbs up

  • @unclejiraiya3582
    @unclejiraiya3582 5 лет назад +107

    Can we give props to the editor of this video, it was clean af👌🏼

  • @doubleoof7907
    @doubleoof7907 4 года назад +1796

    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 +140

      Wait for the steam sale it's all good

    • @seebloxfun4530
      @seebloxfun4530 4 года назад +75

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

    • @Raii_Chu
      @Raii_Chu 4 года назад +50

      Earth: Buys DLC with Jupiter’s credit card

    • @willoliver9036
      @willoliver9036 4 года назад +3

      **dies**
      Game is copyright EA

    • @doubleoof7907
      @doubleoof7907 4 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.

  • @livinglettuce1545
    @livinglettuce1545 Год назад +41

    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!

  • @isaacarthurSFIA
    @isaacarthurSFIA 5 лет назад +1694

    That was truly stellar episode! Great job :)

    • @soulphur9647
      @soulphur9647 5 лет назад +19

      I was expecting this comment

    • @johannesvonkleist6647
      @johannesvonkleist6647 5 лет назад +12

      Oh man, your official channel in the wild! Your Santa Claus machine video was great, thanks for all the great content you've provided over the years.

    • @someperson3601
      @someperson3601 5 лет назад +5

      Hahah a stellaris joke ;)

    • @Jacktrack7
      @Jacktrack7 5 лет назад +2

      I love your channel man.

    • @darusus457
      @darusus457 5 лет назад +9

      Am I the only one who would love a cooperation between the two?

  • @pizzatime7433
    @pizzatime7433 Год назад +2404

    Whoever does the animation for these videos definitely deserves a raise

    • @Poverty_Welder
      @Poverty_Welder Год назад +70

      Definitely a team.

    • @thomasp506
      @thomasp506 Год назад +8

      I like how those are very clearly Nebulon-B's in the space bits

    • @caredits5305
      @caredits5305 Год назад +6

      He doesn't deserve a raise..
      Because then who would make the animations..?

    • @caredits5305
      @caredits5305 Год назад

      XD

    • @thomasp506
      @thomasp506 Год назад +30

      @@caredits5305 Getting a raise means getting paid more, not promoted into a new position.

  • @JarrodsTech
    @JarrodsTech 5 лет назад +439

    Finally, the instructions I need to get building!

    • @sahinyasar9119
      @sahinyasar9119 5 лет назад

      Why earth still dont have a rail gun space launcher?
      And is anyone have a name for this?
      electromagnetic rail gun space launcher is too long for write

    • @JarrodsTech
      @JarrodsTech 5 лет назад

      @@benlin7426 I'm all over 😎

    • @reddimus11
      @reddimus11 5 лет назад

      satellite slide

    • @EctoMorpheus
      @EctoMorpheus 5 лет назад

      @@sahinyasar9119 probably because our atmosphere is too thick and the speed required to launch things would burn them up I guess

    • @davidtitanium22
      @davidtitanium22 5 лет назад

      @@sahinyasar9119 1. earth gravity is stronger than mercury
      2. The atmosphere is also thicker
      3. Launching stuff to space with such a scheme would take a crazy high starting velocity since the acceleration is lost the moment the ship left the gun.
      4. it would take a really long rail gun or large amount of energy to achieve such starting velocity, not to mention how the ship will survive such velocity

  • @ThatOneGuy-lv2kw
    @ThatOneGuy-lv2kw Год назад +221

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

    • @NicoTheTrapper7
      @NicoTheTrapper7 9 месяцев назад +2

      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.

    • @toadallyocean4986
      @toadallyocean4986 3 месяца назад

      2 comments now.

  • @2809JK
    @2809JK 4 года назад +5872

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

  • @PyreeMincer
    @PyreeMincer 5 лет назад +603

    the animation at 4:00 is incredible

    • @noobo569
      @noobo569 5 лет назад +21

      That really trippy

    • @rjabrogar3492
      @rjabrogar3492 5 лет назад +3

      Ikr

    • @camo_tnt
      @camo_tnt 5 лет назад +26

      I imagine they used 3d animation on that part. It's way too smooth otherwise.

    • @Boomchacle
      @Boomchacle 5 лет назад

      if it was drawn by hand it would be insane but they probably used 3d models.

    • @charleswang_
      @charleswang_ 5 лет назад +40

      Do you mean the animation from 0:00 to 9:23?

  • @abe10alpha
    @abe10alpha 4 года назад +500

    This is seriously like one of my favorite videos ever.

    • @waffuxx2770
      @waffuxx2770 4 года назад +9

      i think i have watched it like 5 times now

    • @abe10alpha
      @abe10alpha 4 года назад +5

      WaffuxX I’ve shared it with pretty much everyone I know.

    • @waffuxx2770
      @waffuxx2770 4 года назад +4

      @@abe10alpha Same, i even watched it with the parents of my girlfriend haha

    • @rea280
      @rea280 4 года назад

      WaffuxX ummmmmm

    • @fad2774
      @fad2774 4 года назад +1

      @@waffuxx2770 What about 50 times ! I did

  • @smokescreen100
    @smokescreen100 Год назад +181

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

  • @StevenGoris
    @StevenGoris 3 года назад +1775

    It’s almost as is Mercury was placed there on purpose, it’s so perfect…

    • @AlexanderPR2
      @AlexanderPR2 3 года назад +163

      Coincidence? I think not.

    • @rogerm567
      @rogerm567 3 года назад +18

      Yeah great fought so we can become a 1.9 civilization in the next few hundred years

    • @rogerm567
      @rogerm567 3 года назад +15

      What do I mean by a type civilization well on the kardashev scale you can go from 1 to 4 type 1 civilization's control their whole planet type II civilization control there star and their whole planetary system type 3 civilization control their whole galaxy and all of its black holes except the super massive black hole at the center Type 4 civilization can control multiple galaxies some scientists think there are type 5 civilization's that control galaxy clusters or superclusters or their whole Cosmic backyard ultimately there might be a type Omega civilization that controls the whole universe and possibly this type of civilization might be the creators of this universe for reasons beyond our own comprehension maybe they were bored this experiment has been telling us interesting things it's what we think of civilizations is sort of correct there Arno civilizations of type 3 and Beyond near the Milky Way and this is something pretty interesting knowledge that you can chew on if you read this whole thing so you got a little bit smarter from reading this reply

    • @rogerm567
      @rogerm567 3 года назад +8

      @@AlexanderPR2 okay but why don't you look at my replies

    • @ziggyzoggin
      @ziggyzoggin 3 года назад +19

      spooky

  • @insanityking5008
    @insanityking5008 3 года назад +2274

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

    • @BlueEngland
      @BlueEngland 3 года назад +241

      We should promote Pluto so we still have 8 planets

    • @cosmichorizon3273
      @cosmichorizon3273 3 года назад +96

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

    • @CosmicNexus_
      @CosmicNexus_ 3 года назад +268

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

    • @maxgoose1994
      @maxgoose1994 3 года назад +120

      @@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 +66

      @@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

  • @poopoo8748
    @poopoo8748 3 года назад +3797

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

  • @spregged7231
    @spregged7231 Год назад +71

    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!

    • @Draconicfish2679
      @Draconicfish2679 6 месяцев назад +7

      I mean, I think it would still be an original idea, because you came up with it on your own. Sure, somebody came up with it before you, but you weren’t copying them, you just happened to have the same idea.

    • @3volution636
      @3volution636 5 месяцев назад +5

      @Draconicfish2679
      Agreed, as the saying goes. Great minds, think alike.

  • @spaceaidsman4535
    @spaceaidsman4535 5 лет назад +355

    Thanks man I was really struggling on how you build a Dyson sphere

    • @syndan9245
      @syndan9245 5 лет назад +13

      step #14,540,202 was a really tough one

    • @cdz3210
      @cdz3210 5 лет назад

      Tamarak maybe a polar orbit?

  • @syn5570
    @syn5570 2 года назад +2674

    i can imagine building the dyson sphere would be much easier than resolving conflicts we have right now.

    • @sw1tch327
      @sw1tch327 2 года назад +25

      What technological limitations can you think of that prevents us from creating some type of partial Dyson swarm from mining with robots mercury and launching satellites/collectors to beam down energy and accelerate the process?

    • @Unethical.FandubsGames
      @Unethical.FandubsGames 2 года назад +95

      @@sw1tch327 The abysmal efficiency, recyclability, and maintenance of solar panels and the difficulties we would also have with capacity when it comes to storing that power.
      On the one side. We might not need huge capacity if we can solve the problems with Solar energy. Solar Panels lose efficiency as they heat up and their efficiency is rather shit to begin with. But if we could develop solar technology that would allow us to control how much energy we take-in, whenever we need it. Then we wouldn't need to have an incredibly advanced energy infrastructure.
      That said. Without that advancement. We need a good way to direct as much solar energy into the energy grid for storage for when it's needed. Batteries are essentially already at their best efficiency that we can actually get them. There's pretty much a chemical limit. So we can't just make a super-grid of batteries. They're expensive, volatile, inefficient for our purpose etc.
      Super capacitors have the problem of having even less efficiency than batteries but they can output charge much faster. Not really fit for purpose.
      Perhaps we'd find ways to use any excess energy that we harvest when it's not needed and pump it into a mechanical system that would allow us to convert later on.
      I'm spitballing here but yeah. There's a boatload of issues with just receiving the energy. Let alone setting up the infrastructure that builds the thing.

    • @sw1tch327
      @sw1tch327 2 года назад +8

      ​@@Unethical.FandubsGames Well if you watched the video it covered that when it said to use mirrors. With that much power we can use kugleblitz batteries (maybe). And we can just not store whatever energy we don't need and use what we can and then we have a very high demand for energy storage

    • @Andrewtr6
      @Andrewtr6 2 года назад +8

      Honestly, most people would rather focus on space travel than current problems because it's easier and more interesting. There's a reason there are hundreds of sci-fi shows but none about feeding the homeless.

    • @scepts
      @scepts 2 года назад +5

      @@sw1tch327 sorry to necro here, but my concert is he said mirrors to direct to a place. If that place is on earth then we are going to fry the earth before the end. Even if we dont, if the mirrors have a glitch that much energy focused in one place could demolish any city (magnifying glass and ant). So we focus on an object in orbit, how do we get that energy here? We don't have a way to efficiently transmit energy across space. Right now the only way they can think of is lasers, and again with that much energy a bad actor could demolish a city. There is also a massive amount of energy lost to the atmosphere and then again with solar. The mirrors have to be able to direct in unison to a point. How are we going to do that? Not to mention it has to get into orbit, but the mirrors will act as solar sails. If we use the force of those to keep it in orbit then we run into the issue of sun spots. Then how do we rotate the mirrors to remain focused on earth? Can't be gas we would run out on the mirrors before long. Maybe some gyroscope, but we would have to have billions of satellites working in unison

  • @KebabS
    @KebabS 5 лет назад +550

    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

  • @hamzamotara4304
    @hamzamotara4304 Год назад +11

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

  • @vex4360
    @vex4360 4 года назад +425

    I like how the whole video was animated like a civilization building game.

    • @darcyfitzgerald1441
      @darcyfitzgerald1441 4 года назад +28

      if this was an actual game i would 100% play it

    • @mrnobody6577
      @mrnobody6577 4 года назад +16

      @@darcyfitzgerald1441 stellaris is pretty much like this

    • @monkeydigs6696
      @monkeydigs6696 4 года назад +1

      oh looks its you again

    • @aharanr
      @aharanr 4 года назад

      yup they made it look so charming in a very creative and appealing way!

    • @dipanwitamandal7289
      @dipanwitamandal7289 4 года назад +3

      ERROR : Dyson Sphere requires : [DYSON SPHERE]

  • @sonam9881
    @sonam9881 5 лет назад +406

    *Don't know about y'all but I really need a game made by kurzgesagt with that type of stunning animation*

  • @TheAdvertisement
    @TheAdvertisement 5 лет назад +1994

    I love how the video is portrayed as some kind of town creator game. XD

    • @shiviste7611
      @shiviste7611 5 лет назад +49

      Awfully similar to spore

    • @ratbat1072
      @ratbat1072 5 лет назад +25

      Or your generic clicker tycoon

    • @vladimirirkhin
      @vladimirirkhin 5 лет назад +8

      There were some references to starcaft II too!

    • @kc-lz8gs
      @kc-lz8gs 5 лет назад

      that's the point but ok

    • @GravitySpec
      @GravitySpec 5 лет назад +12

      Go check out Factorio. See you in a few months. :D

  • @subemelaradio3027
    @subemelaradio3027 Год назад +18

    "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

    • @Had-r9f
      @Had-r9f Год назад

      Sexy...🗿🗿

  • @lasttarrasque6223
    @lasttarrasque6223 3 года назад +1390

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

  • @Kaliphate
    @Kaliphate 4 года назад +1352

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

  • @Grandflea02
    @Grandflea02 3 года назад +1196

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

    • @Т1000-м1и
      @Т1000-м1и 3 года назад +28

      Elon mUsk:

    • @starplatinum9451
      @starplatinum9451 3 года назад +39

      200000000: 5
      Meanwhile Elon musk: nooooooooo I can’t colonise mars

    • @Snusnu2977
      @Snusnu2977 3 года назад +2

      😂😂😂

    • @ulyseeme2760
      @ulyseeme2760 3 года назад +4

      999999999999999999999999: -999999

    • @GHOST-nv6yy
      @GHOST-nv6yy 3 года назад +3

      69696969: 69

  • @M3dicayne
    @M3dicayne 10 месяцев назад +11

    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 9 месяцев 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.

  • @kyobomusudv2249
    @kyobomusudv2249 5 лет назад +217

    4:00 Seriously you guys always have some really beautiful graphics but the animation and attention to detail on those solar panels is absolutely breath-taking and incredible. Great job guys! :

    • @rinku3332
      @rinku3332 5 лет назад +2

      It is surely well animated but I don't think that scene require much effort. It is essentially just copy pasting.

    • @kyobomusudv2249
      @kyobomusudv2249 5 лет назад +2

      @@rinku3332 Still as steve said, getting the perspective animation to be that good is really hard

  • @Vivlur
    @Vivlur 5 лет назад +640

    04:07 is probably the coolest visual Kurzgesagt ever did

  •  5 лет назад +376

    Congratulations! The editing skill of your team chnged from level "Master" to level "Godlike".
    No seriously. The animations were already perfect and beautiful. But this now is a whole new dimension. I thought long ago that it can't get better but yet, I am proven wrong.
    Also, I really like the idea of video game mechanics to show off such topics. It's the combination of two of my favourite things. Gaming and science.
    What I also want to say: I know it is not necessary in times where the internet is aviable everywhere. But it would be really nice if there would be an Bluray with the Kurzgesagt videos in English and German :D

    • @Kovi_99
      @Kovi_99 5 лет назад +3

      Luca Dario Bützberger
      Master to challenger 🙃

    • @ryanrising2237
      @ryanrising2237 5 лет назад +3

      Ha, a whole new dimension, literally! I’m sure there have been little instances of 3D in there before but that flyby blew me away

    • @antonberglund117
      @antonberglund117 5 лет назад +3

      Don´t forget subtitles😉.

    • @maksedits933
      @maksedits933 5 лет назад +3

      Yep, before it was like in fortnite season 6 and now it’s like season 20 of the animations. Sooo good. It’s making me happy in every moment the view changes

  • @xazii
    @xazii Год назад +9

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

  • @fulcrum-118
    @fulcrum-118 3 года назад +4165

    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 +137

      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 +30

      I can smell a potential Jojo reference

    • @fulcrum-118
      @fulcrum-118 3 года назад +108

      @@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 +75

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

  • @MelodieOctavia
    @MelodieOctavia 5 лет назад +1066

    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 +10

      We just want earth, and probably mars

    • @96ace96
      @96ace96 5 лет назад +107

      @@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 +12

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

    • @VorganBlackheart
      @VorganBlackheart 5 лет назад +67

      > Be Mercury
      > Sweat profusely

  • @zaronwriter4891
    @zaronwriter4891 4 года назад +14852

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

    • @marcelcarlito844
      @marcelcarlito844 4 года назад +500

      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 +200

      Wee need Robotic engineers

    • @RegularFish2
      @RegularFish2 4 года назад +229

      Those poor designers

    • @randomrandomness4193
      @randomrandomness4193 4 года назад +432

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

    • @arakemi1080
      @arakemi1080 4 года назад +216

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

  • @mistadomino
    @mistadomino 10 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @li8ning453
    @li8ning453 4 года назад +2283

    I wish I could live long enough to see humans build a dyson sphere

    • @lthereader5670
      @lthereader5670 4 года назад +122

      Maybe you will?

    • @unknowneclipsepiller8204
      @unknowneclipsepiller8204 4 года назад +24

      That doesn't seem like a good idea

    • @unknowneclipsepiller8204
      @unknowneclipsepiller8204 4 года назад +61

      Immortality I mean it isn't a good idea

    • @lmlmd2714
      @lmlmd2714 4 года назад +36

      So did a lot of the creatures building the dyson sphere in the vid.... *splat*

    • @willmartin2552
      @willmartin2552 4 года назад +174

      Too late to explore the earth; too early to explore space; just in time to fix all of the problems

  • @spyseand6353
    @spyseand6353 5 лет назад +197

    the music and the animations are way too satisfying

  • @infiniteaseem6523
    @infiniteaseem6523 5 лет назад +229

    I don't know if you guys are gonna read this, but I've been watching Kurzgesagt for quite a while now and I just wanted to sincerely thank you, the entire Kurzgesagt team, for all the efforts you put into these videos! The animation quality is off the charts! Keep up the good work guys!

    • @Cutie_Oni
      @Cutie_Oni 5 лет назад +1

      Have you seen their first video tho?

    • @progamefixers
      @progamefixers 5 лет назад +1

      I am watching them since 1st video but no one cares😅

    • @andrer.1033
      @andrer.1033 5 лет назад

      Super agree 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

    • @Cutie_Oni
      @Cutie_Oni 5 лет назад +1

      @@progamefixers ah, i see you are the OG viewer as well

    • @jsveterans6949
      @jsveterans6949 5 лет назад

      Agreed! Though, the "like" killed your compliment a bit :( . Like, you know what I like mean? Like, nice comment regardless... I liked it....

  • @Phirebirdphoenix
    @Phirebirdphoenix Год 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

    • @jessemorris6417
      @jessemorris6417 2 месяца назад

      Me too. Something about it keeps me coming back every few years to watch it again.

  • @cadenmckinney8551
    @cadenmckinney8551 4 года назад +245

    This infographic should honestly be an actual game, plz make it

    • @blasagna5945
      @blasagna5945 4 года назад +1

      G809 link it please i want it

    • @blasagna5945
      @blasagna5945 4 года назад

      G809 so it is stellaris

    • @colincmx5583
      @colincmx5583 4 года назад

      You can try Spore, it’s similar

    • @itsdab2763
      @itsdab2763 4 года назад

      Yasssssss

    • @johiahdoesstuff1614
      @johiahdoesstuff1614 4 года назад +1

      I want a mostly scientifically accurate version of stellaris, with ecm, hunter killer drones, newtonian motion within solar systems, megastructures, etc

  • @FrizzleLamb
    @FrizzleLamb 4 года назад +2413

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

  • @SolarFlairYT
    @SolarFlairYT 5 лет назад +355

    You guys should seriously make a video about ring worlds

    • @boyishgoyish9613
      @boyishgoyish9613 5 лет назад +9

      Halo!

    • @SolarFlairYT
      @SolarFlairYT 5 лет назад +6

      xXx_spaghettilord420_xXx why would I read a book about it when I can just watch a video from the best youtube channel in our star cluster?

    • @tiagotozo811
      @tiagotozo811 5 лет назад

      @@SolarFlairYT why not both?

    • @gigamesh780
      @gigamesh780 5 лет назад

      Halo speaks about ringworld, but in the books, it's speak about dyson sphere, ringworld, etc...

    • @Geologese
      @Geologese 5 лет назад +2

      @@boyishgoyish9613 have none of you guys heard of the novels Ringworld... older and better than halo.

  • @Neridian_
    @Neridian_ 2 месяца назад +2

    I refuse to believe this majestic video, which I saw when released, is 5 years old. I miss 2019 so much, and I wish that this world was as good as Kurzgesagt had said we should have tried to make.

  • @just_about_everything
    @just_about_everything 3 года назад +14967

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

    • @terrarian7910
      @terrarian7910 3 года назад +1341

      impossible... how does he speak the future

    • @Dannybythebanana
      @Dannybythebanana 3 года назад +3118

      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 3 года назад +672

      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 3 года назад +764

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

    • @terrarian7910
      @terrarian7910 3 года назад +56

      lmao

  • @kingkjoy3955
    @kingkjoy3955 3 года назад +1192

    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

  • @oris9329
    @oris9329 5 лет назад +879

    7:03 "It's such a simple process."
    *whoa whoa whoa hold it right there buddy*

    • @flerfbuster7993
      @flerfbuster7993 5 лет назад +140

      *brb gonna build a dyson sphere in my backyard*

    • @thegoose1005
      @thegoose1005 5 лет назад +9

      @@James-le8gd just wait until the redditors come to this comment section. Get ready for your notifications to break because of the amount of R/woosh replies.

    • @denpaguy3495
      @denpaguy3495 5 лет назад

      @@thegoose1005 We can only wait...

    • @Monochromicornicopia
      @Monochromicornicopia 5 лет назад +1

      @Oriana Shi
      He meant "simple [to understand]"

    • @thanhphucnguyen8436
      @thanhphucnguyen8436 5 лет назад +1

      I think they need money to make it
      (Sr, my english so bad)

  • @masterofdoots5965
    @masterofdoots5965 8 месяцев назад +4

    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

  • @alexdighton8738
    @alexdighton8738 3 года назад +1441

    I can imagine in billions of years time if we are still around there will be a 5 minute tutorial on how top build one of these.

    • @roninalpha9424
      @roninalpha9424 3 года назад +25

      More like 5 million years tutorial

    • @randomname9798
      @randomname9798 3 года назад +79

      It's the ultimate DIY project

    • @georgeousthegorgeous
      @georgeousthegorgeous 3 года назад +130

      @@roninalpha9424 maybe we will have godlike powers and everybody will be like awwww this kid just built his first diy dyson sphere. How cute, let's hang it on the wall. Don't forget to do it carefully, or the star system will collapse.

    • @cooltjh4
      @cooltjh4 3 года назад +51

      life hacks, how to harvest a galaxies energy for your self in 6 easy steps.

    • @roninalpha9424
      @roninalpha9424 2 года назад +4

      @@georgeousthegorgeous wouldnt people need a lot of resources to build that? if people only main goal is to build a dyson sphere or stellar engine then it will be easier to gather a huge amount of resources

  • @seangilmore_
    @seangilmore_ 5 лет назад +1075

    Are you sure you want to turn on Minecraft creative mode?

  • @POPDG00
    @POPDG00 5 лет назад +759

    The title makes it seem like a DIY guide

    • @DiaJasin
      @DiaJasin 5 лет назад +17

      @J H Elon musk

    • @cumsucker616
      @cumsucker616 5 лет назад +2

      J H Elon Musk

    • @cerulean22b69
      @cerulean22b69 5 лет назад +11

      well it is, it will be very useful for my interstellar science fair project, wish me luck.

    • @cumsucker616
      @cumsucker616 5 лет назад +2

      Kryssie Mango good luck!!

    • @plant5875
      @plant5875 5 лет назад +1

      wow im the 100 like

  • @seanarmstrong5684
    @seanarmstrong5684 7 месяцев назад +8

    Mercury: they're behind me, aren't they?
    Earth:Hee hee

  • @VarsVerum
    @VarsVerum 5 лет назад +863

    Yay no talks about apocalypse xD

    • @briandiehl9257
      @briandiehl9257 5 лет назад +4

      That's what I was thinking

    • @wokeupina
      @wokeupina 5 лет назад

      is it happening near future?

    • @artificialgravitas8954
      @artificialgravitas8954 5 лет назад

      It is the Apocalypse for Astronomers

    • @sertaki
      @sertaki 5 лет назад +1

      You could easily hijack a dyson sphere to burn any planet to a crisp.
      Just saying ;)

    • @nerdstark9002
      @nerdstark9002 5 лет назад

      The movie? Cause the sun goes dark?

  • @ninja250r2008
    @ninja250r2008 5 лет назад +792

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

    • @sudonim7552
      @sudonim7552 5 лет назад +129

      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

  • @wikipediadotorg
    @wikipediadotorg 5 лет назад +426

    Step one: make a dyson sphere
    Step two: make a wormhole
    Step three: make more Dyson spheres at other stars
    Step four: unlimited power

    • @godusopp1797
      @godusopp1797 5 лет назад +81

      Step one: Take a corded powerboard
      Step two: Take cord of powerboard and plug it into itself
      Step three: *true* unlimited power

    • @minoreror9961
      @minoreror9961 5 лет назад +23

      UNLIMITED POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @samuelo6826
      @samuelo6826 5 лет назад +7

      Over the course of millions of earth years thats possible. The physics goes like this basically "you enter wormhole to a location 1 light year away. It takes 1 minute for you to be there but the rest of the universe around you lives through that 1 year." Now add that up for locations 10 million light years away and you should be able to see the problem here

    • @wikipediadotorg
      @wikipediadotorg 5 лет назад +5

      DarkSpectriality dude you gotta be real dumb to think i was making a genuine suggestion

    • @7shinta7
      @7shinta7 5 лет назад +1

      Step five: profit

  • @Nighthawk-5
    @Nighthawk-5 Год назад +2

    4:47 "humans are expensive to keep alive, and are very vulnerable to the environment"
    True

  • @ekremslayer3389
    @ekremslayer3389 3 года назад +440

    I always love watching these videos to just imagine the stuff humanity could do if we ever got our shit together

    • @mony8935
      @mony8935 3 года назад +19

      I personally watch it to zone out and forget about all my shit :)

    • @chunkfrog
      @chunkfrog 3 года назад +10

      no, no hes got a point

    • @sundaysyndrome_
      @sundaysyndrome_ 3 года назад +2

      @@mony8935 Who tf vents in a RUclips comment section

    • @scriptedjava265
      @scriptedjava265 3 года назад +14

      @@sundaysyndrome_ who tf told you he was venting

    • @Wasserkaktus
      @Wasserkaktus 3 года назад +9

      One big step would be abandoning our bodies and virtually uploading our minds/conscience into new personal vessels which could hypothetically grant us near immortality, and could do other things like link all minds to a central network which would allow us to grab any piece of information we would ever need, without ever having to "memorize" it. The potential is almost limitless.

  • @Mr_BB_Man
    @Mr_BB_Man 3 года назад +205

    this channel is so useful for me as a sci-fi screenwriter. i get so many ideas watching your theories and thought experiments, thank you so much for putting all of this knowledge together!!!

    • @WonkelDee
      @WonkelDee 3 года назад +6

      Watch Isaac Arthur, he goes into way more detail on way more topics

    • @americawheredidyougo1994
      @americawheredidyougo1994 2 года назад +4

      The stellar engine video, itself, brings about a whole slew of sci-fi potentials in the imaginations delight. Have with the writing. Appreciation into your steps. God Bless, John German.

  • @hadenwilson7924
    @hadenwilson7924 3 года назад +688

    If your watching this is 2021, a new game just came out named “Dyson Sphere Program.” If a Dyson sphere interest you at all, look it up. Def one of the best Space games I’ve ever played. It’s on steam too.

    • @Ravenclaw-ql6kk
      @Ravenclaw-ql6kk 3 года назад +13

      I discovered it after watching this video, looking forward to buying it.

    • @hadenwilson7924
      @hadenwilson7924 3 года назад +26

      @@Ravenclaw-ql6kk I just hit the 30 hour mark today. Can’t recommend it enough! It should be on sale right now.

    • @EmbracingAwkward
      @EmbracingAwkward 3 года назад +24

      I can't help but think they saw this video and it's video game aesthetic and thought "I'ma make that"...

    • @GuiSmith
      @GuiSmith 3 года назад +18

      @@EmbracingAwkward There was actually another game called Stellaris that has some megastructure mods which I think it’s more directly inspired by. However, for what isn’t from Civ or Stellaris, a lot of the UI appears to take design ideas from this video in addition to more focus on a Dyson Swarm for a while over just the rigid sphere that I think is the endgame. It’s also really incredible that the game also takes the Dyson Sphere’s Kardeshev Type II civilisation of harvesting energy from the entire star system and brings it into Type III on the galactic scale. Dyson Sphere Program is just a fantastic game :D

    • @EmbracingAwkward
      @EmbracingAwkward 3 года назад +1

      @@GuiSmith I got after watching this video and have already poured way too much time into it. It's great!

  • @asilver50
    @asilver50 9 дней назад +1

    The best thing about Dyson spheres is that they never lose suction.

  • @P4intNoBleChannel
    @P4intNoBleChannel 5 лет назад +259

    Can you make a video about terraforming please ?

    • @thomkok12
      @thomkok12 5 лет назад +3

      Hell yes! Terraforming indeed.

    • @GMPStudios
      @GMPStudios 5 лет назад +1

      There is a terraforming moon video on this channel

    • @Caedus696
      @Caedus696 5 лет назад +2

      We can't even get rid of the excess CO2 in our own planet, think we are a long way from terraforming.

    • @emilianofranco847
      @emilianofranco847 5 лет назад +1

      Möbius strip?

    • @flinchous5228
      @flinchous5228 5 лет назад +1

      @@Caedus696 you can get rid of it, we are just making more than we can dispose of

  • @strawwagen
    @strawwagen 5 лет назад +492

    so, to create a dyson sphere we basically need to play factorio on mercury?

    • @nate_creates
      @nate_creates 5 лет назад +28

      Essentially, yes.

    • @Mechamule
      @Mechamule 5 лет назад +17

      About time someone mentions factorio. Factorio has huge potential as long as the devs add stuff. Like expanding from the rocket launch at the end and going on from there.

    • @auail5594
      @auail5594 5 лет назад +14

      First, you have to play diplomacy on Earth.

    • @dandywizard1843
      @dandywizard1843 5 лет назад +3

      Well as long as the developers are still alive 10 to 50 years in the future. We’ll have that kind of stuff. That’s also assuming they continue development that long. Same kind of thing with dwarf fortress.

    • @MannBilimoria
      @MannBilimoria 5 лет назад +1

      I NEEDED THIS COMMENT HERE!

  • @foliagedcloud8096
    @foliagedcloud8096 5 лет назад +310

    Explaining a Megastructure like a Dyson Sphere using game mechanics is brilliant and fun to watch. Also I don't know about you but I feel like the animation on this video is really stepped it up a notch. Sorry if my english is bad :P

    • @edwardcullen3251
      @edwardcullen3251 5 лет назад +5

      I was thinking its explained game like too

    • @themachinehead4421
      @themachinehead4421 5 лет назад +1

      Their animation gets better for each video.

    • @OriginalRoguePanda
      @OriginalRoguePanda 5 лет назад +4

      Your English is great! Don’t worry

    • @asparrow9876
      @asparrow9876 5 лет назад +5

      You noticed that too huh? I was particularly impressed with literally everything in this episode. As if every aspect was cranked up to 11. Even the creativity of using game explanations was perfect.

    • @Baconomics101
      @Baconomics101 5 лет назад +1

      TierZoo is another channel that makes videos in the same vein. Biology/Zoology as though Life was an MMO, pretty great videos.

  • @iamstonebone
    @iamstonebone Год назад +4

    thanks for the tut. it worked for me! 10/10 explanation! :D

  • @exoMaster94
    @exoMaster94 3 года назад +554

    this was a great tutorial, worked perfectly

    • @greymatters6244
      @greymatters6244 2 года назад +12

      One of the first legit tutorials

    • @themyconidwitch
      @themyconidwitch 2 года назад +8

      worked for me too!

    • @KindaStupid.
      @KindaStupid. 2 года назад +2

      😳

    • @jajalacson1717
      @jajalacson1717 2 года назад +6

      damm it worked for you maybe i did it wrong

    • @EYX6437
      @EYX6437 2 года назад +7

      Omg it actually works!! Now I don't have to pay electricity tax anymore

  • @CanadianDan854
    @CanadianDan854 5 лет назад +3144

    _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

  • @TalynCo
    @TalynCo 5 лет назад +1735

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

  • @angyboi7969
    @angyboi7969 Год назад +1

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

    • @paulelderson934
      @paulelderson934 9 месяцев 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.

  • @Chobittsu
    @Chobittsu 4 года назад +474

    Freeman Dyson, 1923 - 2020
    A complete madlad who dared to dream the impossible

  • @MrErdkamp
    @MrErdkamp 5 лет назад +720

    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

  • @ignestr
    @ignestr 3 года назад +5059

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

    • @camdynmitchell37
      @camdynmitchell37 3 года назад +22

      Lol

    • @krio1267
      @krio1267 3 года назад +122

      and tommorow everybody goes to proxima centauri

    • @lunaticranger6532
      @lunaticranger6532 3 года назад +70

      But where is Perry.

    • @victorhuerta4600
      @victorhuerta4600 3 года назад +143

      @@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.

    • @casussy
      @casussy 3 года назад +13

      underrated comment

  • @eodkiel
    @eodkiel 8 месяцев назад +2

    My D&D campaign bouta go crazy!

  • @famouscryp4130
    @famouscryp4130 4 года назад +820

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

    • @steampunkastronaut7081
      @steampunkastronaut7081 4 года назад +18

      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

  • @yrburd
    @yrburd 2 года назад +2208

    At the start: "But building it won't be easy"
    At the end: "This is not just possible, but easy"
    Me: *"So, which is it? Easy or not easy?"*

    • @TheRealEncy
      @TheRealEncy 2 года назад +270

      Kurzgesagt : *"I'm On Both Side So That I Will Always On Top"*

    • @JimedBro
      @JimedBro 2 года назад +28

      Yes

    • @Lordash2000
      @Lordash2000 2 года назад +129

      Starts off hard, gets easier with time once you build up space infrastructure and technology developes.

    • @neoloanderson6676
      @neoloanderson6676 2 года назад +20

      Both, at the start hard, by the end easy 😄

    • @Max-if5zp
      @Max-if5zp 2 года назад +17

      easy'nt

  • @eppssilon
    @eppssilon 3 года назад +1658

    I would spend hundreds if not thousands of hours on a game made by Kurzgesagt

  • @martinp3169
    @martinp3169 9 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @BlackWing117
    @BlackWing117 5 лет назад +437

    Oh man, i've got so hyped about this, got up from my chair and screamed *Ok, Let's do this!* . But then i remembered it's 2018 and i will be long dead until someone starts building this thing.
    Now I'm back in my chair and depressed...
    Merry Christmas everyone.

    • @Xesmuclana
      @Xesmuclana 5 лет назад +40

      then take over the world, enslave humanity, and build the damn thing. c'mon man, if you got the plans, i got your back.

    • @1creeperbomb
      @1creeperbomb 5 лет назад +6

      But hey at least you might get to visit the moon or mars!

    • @muppet9284
      @muppet9284 5 лет назад +3

      Darn it Nihilus get out of here! We're trying to harvest the planets, not eat them!

    • @LG-xg8fw
      @LG-xg8fw 5 лет назад +8

      I'm counting on anti-ageing cream that works.

    • @yimoawanardo
      @yimoawanardo 5 лет назад +2

      L Guo None works. And if you know biology, You will die means you will die. No escape.

  • @FergusGriggs
    @FergusGriggs 5 лет назад +424

    Damn, I wish I could be alive for that

    • @srivatsajoshi4028
      @srivatsajoshi4028 5 лет назад +59

      If we invent the technology of immortality before you die, your dream may still come true

    • @cantu7214
      @cantu7214 5 лет назад +20

      @@Rahul-cb4jb yeah bro, lemme just got get a couple billion dollars right quick, I'll be right back, should be no biggie

    • @alexalex4041
      @alexalex4041 5 лет назад +15

      @@Rahul-cb4jb Work hard and your CEO will make a couple extra billions

    • @glowish-gaming4701
      @glowish-gaming4701 5 лет назад

      If it makes you feel better nobody will.

    • @dentonkyle5155
      @dentonkyle5155 5 лет назад

      @@alexalex4041 Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime. That's why I poop on company time.

  • @justaperson4854
    @justaperson4854 4 года назад +768

    “Simple” Oh god, it’s Mumbo all over again.

    • @kumarakom491
      @kumarakom491 4 года назад +28

      Lol I can totally relate cause every time he does a red stone contraption, he goes like,it's not gonna be THAT hard,Is it?

    • @justaperson4854
      @justaperson4854 4 года назад +12

      @@kumarakom491 Coughs* It's SiMpLE.

    • @scp0535
      @scp0535 4 года назад +1

      It's really not that hard

    • @renno2679
      @renno2679 4 года назад +4

      Yea its literally a step by step tutorial. They aren't that difficult. He pretty much holds your hands and even tries to explain how certain parts work lol

    • @catmagedsproductions1998
      @catmagedsproductions1998 4 года назад

      Builds piston and a lot of stuff and makes it fly:Its simPLE

  • @DotKom01
    @DotKom01 10 месяцев 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!

  • @ash64181
    @ash64181 5 лет назад +182

    This is probably the best-animated video so far, I know you guys used 3D models for a few zooms around the sun.
    You guys keep one up-ing each video and somehow you're posting higher quality videos each month, why don't you have more subs!!!!

    • @VanillaCracker
      @VanillaCracker 5 лет назад +6

      They do, they're at 7.5 mil bra

    • @BenjaminBjornsen
      @BenjaminBjornsen 5 лет назад +1

      To compare, I live in a nation inhabited by 5.3 million ppl :p

    • @jakebrown5967
      @jakebrown5967 5 лет назад

      @Iodyzer yeah they're good too

    • @ash64181
      @ash64181 5 лет назад +1

      @@VanillaCracker THEY NEED MOOOORORRE

  • @mickeydiesel4556
    @mickeydiesel4556 5 лет назад +188

    I really want a Kurzgegagt “build a Dyson sphere” video game

    • @filipskrzypczak3197
      @filipskrzypczak3197 5 лет назад +6

      Me Too It Would Be *GREAT*

    • @kurzgesagt
      @kurzgesagt  5 лет назад +46

      ok.

    • @qbatar7427
      @qbatar7427 5 лет назад +1

      @@kurzgesagt That would be nice!

    • @endergrad42
      @endergrad42 5 лет назад

      @@kurzgesagt I'm gonna write a sci-fi horror comic book series that will have dyson spheres, wormholes, and strange planets. I'm sure you'll love it! I hope I'll be setting a new standard for sci-fi.

    • @mickeydiesel4556
      @mickeydiesel4556 5 лет назад +1

      Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell lol😂😂😂

  • @somni001
    @somni001 2 года назад +201

    Thanks for the tutorial! I did it this morning and my energy bills went down a TON! Thank you!

    • @lemonke5341
      @lemonke5341 Год назад +1

      Went down a ton? You mean free if you watched it properly

    • @powerhousepcsalesteam9600
      @powerhousepcsalesteam9600 Год назад

      Wait…..

    • @MarloTheBlueberry
      @MarloTheBlueberry Год назад

      Uhhh ruining the 69 klike!

    • @IronReef77
      @IronReef77 Год назад +4

      ​@@lemonke5341Nah our government found a way to tax even this source of energy 😂😖

    • @hector4913
      @hector4913 11 месяцев назад +3

      True 😆😆😆@@IronReef77
      Politicians would suck..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................forever !!!