What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared? - Dan Kwartler

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    Human beings are everywhere. With settlements on every continent, we can be found in the most isolated corners of Earth’s jungles, oceans and tundras. Our impact is so profound, most scientists believe humanity has left a permanent mark on Earth’s geological record. So what would happen if suddenly, every human on Earth disappeared? Dan Kwartler investigates.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 9 тис.

  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  5 років тому +2000

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    • @HariprashadRavikumar
      @HariprashadRavikumar 5 років тому +15

      This title is not currently available for purchase

    • @JK_JK_JK_JK
      @JK_JK_JK_JK 5 років тому +19

      The World Without Trump! 😏

    • @realsandeep
      @realsandeep 5 років тому +4

      +TED-Ed , Create 'How do alcahol affect the body?' just like you guys did in the very last video 'How do cigarettes affect the body? '. I am waiting for it.

    • @niharteraho6954
      @niharteraho6954 5 років тому +1

      I was always thinking about this but still I was survived

    • @shevonabrahamsamuel2683
      @shevonabrahamsamuel2683 5 років тому +9

      TED-Ed What about nuclear power plants??

  • @bernie9728
    @bernie9728 4 роки тому +10096

    My guess is that crimes rates would go down dramatically.

    • @kellyphillips9743
      @kellyphillips9743 4 роки тому +550

      No, because video games would still exist

    • @hyphenated-name881
      @hyphenated-name881 4 роки тому +32

      It's gonna go down if they're no humans.

    • @moonlitm3285
      @moonlitm3285 4 роки тому +254

      @@hyphenated-name881 R/woooosh

    • @ra_alf9467
      @ra_alf9467 4 роки тому +23

      My guess is Fallout 77 wouldn't exist

    • @realprisec
      @realprisec 4 роки тому +13

      @@kellyphillips9743 ikr, videogames and gamers are pathetic shits

  • @jordansamson6071
    @jordansamson6071 4 роки тому +3964

    Somehow, some way, your abandoned cell phone would still get annoying calls about your car's extended warranty expiring.

    • @AN-ou6qu
      @AN-ou6qu 4 роки тому +17

      Maria Isabelle Villacorte except the battery would run out

    • @addust
      @addust 4 роки тому +4

      Only if they're automated.

    • @wigglyfruit4708
      @wigglyfruit4708 4 роки тому +2

      Yea robo calls

    • @illumi9044
      @illumi9044 4 роки тому +2

      YES

    • @jj6148
      @jj6148 4 роки тому +8

      What if you left your phone on a charger?

  • @babyspice945
    @babyspice945 2 роки тому +1344

    “The world can survive without us, but we can’t survive without the world”

  • @LuxSmash
    @LuxSmash 2 роки тому +967

    "Domestic animals wouldn't be able to survive without us"
    - Human extintion cancelled -

    • @aishwariyasweety2433
      @aishwariyasweety2433 2 роки тому +59

      Exactly! That's the only part where I wanted this event to stop.

    • @sexysadie2901
      @sexysadie2901 2 роки тому +22

      Many of them would adapt.

    • @missyouwish88
      @missyouwish88 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah, we didn't need to be reminded of that part 😔

    • @guitarrobot9056
      @guitarrobot9056 2 роки тому +19

      Well they are not supposed to exist in the first place

    • @T0mtoma
      @T0mtoma 2 роки тому

      @@guitarrobot9056 true

  • @beckanthony7788
    @beckanthony7788 4 роки тому +8298

    Humans : disappear
    Plants : hippity hoppity this is now my property

    • @erikagabz
      @erikagabz 4 роки тому +41

      omg this needs more likes

    • @zub4516
      @zub4516 4 роки тому +26

      Underrated comment spotted!!!

    • @samruddhi7262
      @samruddhi7262 4 роки тому +5

      Tiikkkk tokkkk

    • @piepost6327
      @piepost6327 4 роки тому +7

      it is tho 😳

    • @cheese5207
      @cheese5207 4 роки тому +5

      beck Anthony
      Humans : disappear
      Thanos : hippity hoppity the Earth is now my country

  • @thickbmo3108
    @thickbmo3108 5 років тому +4661

    So many phones would hit the ground

    • @anown315
      @anown315 5 років тому +321

      it produce global earthquake

    • @gene4438
      @gene4438 5 років тому +135

      And McDonald's hamburgers 😂

    • @InvitedRhino683
      @InvitedRhino683 5 років тому +27

      @Cheryl 🅱️ o i

    • @alenjacob1003
      @alenjacob1003 5 років тому +126

      @Cheryl Ok Cheryl we get it you're vegan

    • @bambino7133
      @bambino7133 5 років тому +26

      @Cheryl i've been eating chicken and im still lovin it, never regretted eating animals, ty slaughterhouse-chan for giving me the nicest of keat :)

  • @luckycharm1
    @luckycharm1 2 роки тому +136

    I guess I need to start making bronze sculptures of myself so I can be remembered for 10 million years.

    • @aleinad34
      @aleinad34 Рік тому

      lmso nice one xD maybe i should make ones as well

    • @furrycircuitry2378
      @furrycircuitry2378 Рік тому +1

      Bronze rots away easily exposed its heavy and expensive opt for solid plastic sculpture of yourself it's easy to get easy to make and will withstand the test of time for minimum 1000 years I've been wanting to make a 1:1 solid plastic bust of myself but haven't had the resources or time yet maybe you can and maybe when someone finds our sculptures they'll stop and think about these two crazy people and their wacky ideas and smile :)

    • @Kunbeeb
      @Kunbeeb 2 місяці тому

      ​@@furrycircuitry2378 or maybe 10,000 years later their find your comment from digital archives instead and have a hard time decoding it with all that grammatical mess. :D

  • @chrisnotap
    @chrisnotap 2 роки тому +932

    And don't forget about the 443 nuclear plants on the planet that would simultaneously go into nuclear meltdown.

    • @MrKlausbaudelaire
      @MrKlausbaudelaire 2 роки тому +267

      the large majority of nuclear generators have safety switches that will shut things down, so in reality, they would all silently "die".

    • @vitoscalita
      @vitoscalita 2 роки тому +21

      @@MrKlausbaudelaire what about nuclear bombs and warheads ?

    • @MrKlausbaudelaire
      @MrKlausbaudelaire 2 роки тому +218

      @@vitoscalita considering they are kept in very secure silos, once left untouched, the radioactive components inside of them (and inside nuclear powerplants as well) will all decay and lose radioactivity over time. Uranium, for example, takes 4.5 billion years to become lead.

    • @alexdavis-mann8513
      @alexdavis-mann8513 2 роки тому +15

      @@MrKlausbaudelaire except that the fuel rödd need to be in water , if no water being pumped in then it will eventually go boom

    • @MrKlausbaudelaire
      @MrKlausbaudelaire 2 роки тому +100

      @@alexdavis-mann8513 if I recall, the cooling system of a reactor automaticaly triggers, "killing" the head of the rod. A nuclear reactor is using fission, but fission isn't something ENTIRELY self-sustainable, it needs to be triggered every once in a while to cause the rod to head up, essentialy making a nuclear reactor able to "cool down" and stop working.
      For instance, Chernobyl, its still radioactive, sealed inside a huge lead "tomb" after they managed to drain the water that could've leaked into the superheated reactor and cause an explosive expansion.
      Nuclear powerplants nowadays are designed to never go BOOM, worst-case scenario is a meltdown that causes a leak of radioactivity, and I think even that have its own killswitch. Hence decades later all we had was Fukushima because of an earthquake that killed the cooling system. Meltdown ensued, no Boom.

  • @drag0nerd
    @drag0nerd 4 роки тому +4671

    2018: haha as if
    2020: *sweats profusely*

    • @waspman7775
      @waspman7775 3 роки тому +76

      I dunno man I think earth has had enough of humans and decided 2020 would be the year to kill of all humans so it can heal, honestly I could go with or without life on earth

    • @xavdior
      @xavdior 3 роки тому +15

      EmeryDuhGamerz you good?

    • @waspman7775
      @waspman7775 3 роки тому +27

      @Xavdior no I am not please help me

    • @gettingshotsomeonesgonnapa8635
      @gettingshotsomeonesgonnapa8635 3 роки тому +5

      @@waspman7775 agreed

    • @rishikapaul4740
      @rishikapaul4740 3 роки тому +4

      @@waspman7775 true.

  • @ishak_hassan
    @ishak_hassan 5 років тому +16100

    And then all the Nokia 3310s will go from 100% to 99%.

  • @Im_hungry.
    @Im_hungry. 2 роки тому +49

    "The goes dark for the first time in centuries" this line gave me goosebumps

  • @Valir_Gordoma
    @Valir_Gordoma Рік тому +61

    I remember watching this video a few years ago and immediately sitting down and writing out a story. It’s so inspiring to see what would happen to the earth without us.

    • @sirn5551
      @sirn5551 4 місяці тому +1

      Did you ever get to finish it

  • @danier21
    @danier21 5 років тому +13725

    Alright, but seriously, how is no one talking about how beautiful this art-style is?

    • @screamingcat142
      @screamingcat142 5 років тому +43

      Ik right

    • @weirdo6821
      @weirdo6821 5 років тому +20

      It’s a company

    • @anshuman6243
      @anshuman6243 5 років тому +11

      starry figs
      But you did

    • @j_cannot_type
      @j_cannot_type 5 років тому +1

      You're right!

    • @cv4809
      @cv4809 5 років тому +17

      Literally in every video people are constantly commenting about the art style

  • @lukewiratama
    @lukewiratama 4 роки тому +3035

    "The cocroaches will eventually died out"
    .
    .
    .
    Now I can rest peacefuly

  • @TrimonLeip
    @TrimonLeip 2 роки тому +37

    "within 75 years suburban houses..." - maybe in the US, not in europe, though, where almost all of them are made of stone and concrete.

  • @Bristol92
    @Bristol92 2 роки тому +15

    *Humans disappear*
    Earth: Good, they were starting to get on my nerves

  • @rigzmoviediaries654
    @rigzmoviediaries654 4 роки тому +6244

    Imagine being an alien flying to Earth after humans went extinct, and then discovering Mount Rushmore.

    • @OscarBoscar889
      @OscarBoscar889 3 роки тому +817

      ha imagine one day finding humans, and being like "OMG WE FOUND LIFE!" then travel back home to get more of your alien friends, but when you come back the humans are all gone.

    • @waspman7775
      @waspman7775 3 роки тому +80

      @Name honestly the aliens would probably still think humans were there tho since statues Mount Rushmore

    • @cerridianempire1653
      @cerridianempire1653 3 роки тому +105

      @@waspman7775 well they now know what our heads looked like

    • @blueberrychclate5109
      @blueberrychclate5109 3 роки тому +38

      Imagine Mt. Everest, there are tons of rubbish there-

    • @jeremywj
      @jeremywj 3 роки тому +114

      Interesting thought. To make it a bit more interesting, if they discovered Mount Rushmore, or any other remnants of intelligent life that remains, but they discover long enough after we are gone that it is clear no intelligent life has been present for hundreds of thousands of years, they would have to consider the fact that possibly the "aliens" have moved on to some other planet. They would have to consider the possibility that "we" never truly resided here but discovered earth, played around a bit, and moved on. In other words, just like them.

  • @icantcomeupwithagoodusername
    @icantcomeupwithagoodusername 2 роки тому +4346

    This scenario would be truly terrible for the economy!

    • @bruhbobent
      @bruhbobent 2 роки тому +429

      NOOO NOT THE ECONOMY

    • @Ultramanchan
      @Ultramanchan 2 роки тому +264

      Let’s hope I’d still have my job

    • @bellamckinnon8655
      @bellamckinnon8655 2 роки тому +90

      This is what would happen if you voted for the left!!!
      EDIT: sarcasm

    • @jkifgjf2173
      @jkifgjf2173 2 роки тому +37

      Your username's sentence is the reason why I have this username

    • @HelTra91
      @HelTra91 2 роки тому +7

      @@HangingDGrunt sarcasm dear

  • @heihei2697
    @heihei2697 2 роки тому +17

    Whenever I get down in the dumps, I just watch this. It reminds me that nothing matters, and the world will forget us eventually

  • @kurisktan
    @kurisktan Рік тому +2

    Why does this make me cry? I feel a certain level of peace watching this.

  • @confucius2616
    @confucius2616 2 роки тому +2725

    I’d finally be able to make a left turn in downtown LA

  • @day7372
    @day7372 5 років тому +1859

    Thanks for making me feel like more of a parasite on the earth

  • @lollieandpop2895
    @lollieandpop2895 Рік тому +2

    I don't know if this sounds weird, but this is the most comforting thing I've heard this month.

  • @sen0440
    @sen0440 2 роки тому +5

    "humanity hasn't always been here, and we won't be here forever"

  • @crisis688
    @crisis688 4 роки тому +7835

    Imagine, how cool it would be to explore a world like this, structures made by us covered in plants. Wow, it would look pretty cool

  • @chanelhanson9944
    @chanelhanson9944 5 років тому +8446

    Damn sounds like Earth is living her best life without us😂😂💀

    • @slvrrgld9
      @slvrrgld9 5 років тому +36

      Uh.. No

    • @itsmeak7693
      @itsmeak7693 5 років тому +556

      @@slvrrgld9 uh yes

    • @night-v5258
      @night-v5258 5 років тому +244

      definitely... which makes me sad

    • @sophiegerlofs4611
      @sophiegerlofs4611 5 років тому +46

      Dogs and cats have a struggle and things that eat humans would have a struggle

    • @neajar9649
      @neajar9649 5 років тому +24

      She is.

  • @saa6673
    @saa6673 2 роки тому +2

    And Earth weeps tears of joy in our absence.

  • @LA2047
    @LA2047 2 роки тому +12

    The most heartbreaking part about this is knowing all the family pets who would perish from starvation and thirst, locked inside dwellings, scared and wondering why they'd been abandoned by their owners.

  • @nadiabouk8712
    @nadiabouk8712 4 роки тому +2789

    “If all insects die, life will fail...
    If all humans die, life will prosper.”

    • @clockworkdave9850
      @clockworkdave9850 4 роки тому +32

      Correct..

    • @cargill200
      @cargill200 4 роки тому +32

      And nuclear meltdown is assured. 😅

    • @my88110
      @my88110 4 роки тому +6

      we are the locust

    • @arlarl5122
      @arlarl5122 4 роки тому +12

      You are a bacterial infection. Congratulations.

    • @anonjan82
      @anonjan82 4 роки тому +15

      I think neither proposition is true

  • @sterlingstauffer2915
    @sterlingstauffer2915 2 роки тому +4864

    Humans: disappear off earth entirely
    Earth: literally breaths a breath of fresh air

    • @sheridan5175
      @sheridan5175 2 роки тому +243

      And nearly chokes to death on nuclear meltdowns lol

    • @RealSupaHotFireVEVO
      @RealSupaHotFireVEVO 2 роки тому +29

      Earth would be much worse without humans.

    • @CelVini
      @CelVini 2 роки тому +159

      @@RealSupaHotFireVEVO Nah

    • @beatleslover8519
      @beatleslover8519 2 роки тому +26

      @@RealSupaHotFireVEVO Okay can you please explain that??

    • @ibelziiinatorf1387
      @ibelziiinatorf1387 2 роки тому +76

      @@beatleslover8519 there Are thousands of nuclear reactors worldwide. They all can’t cooled down without humans so we would have thousands of nuclear meltdowns. This means that there would be an unbelievable amount of radiation worldwide. Any type of animal can’t survive this dose of radiation. So basically the earth needs humans at the moment ;)

  • @archer2624
    @archer2624 Рік тому +1

    This video is poetry. I keep coming back to it ❤

  • @feffermickel
    @feffermickel 2 роки тому +1

    Gorgeous video. Post-human environments, especially the underwater city are my favourite

  • @plushy2865
    @plushy2865 4 роки тому +1947

    The earth doesn’t need us, we need it.

  • @Kee010893
    @Kee010893 3 роки тому +3362

    This was oddly comforting and I’m not really sure why.

    • @celinechien8598
      @celinechien8598 3 роки тому +47

      wow really? this made me sad

    • @ridaali8545
      @ridaali8545 2 роки тому +341

      yeah, the thought that life would still go on for animals and plants after we all die was strangely comforting to me too

    • @lavenderhuman
      @lavenderhuman 2 роки тому +170

      @@ridaali8545 yeah, It’s nice to think how strong our planet is that it can reverse all the effects we’ve made

    • @mazeknox
      @mazeknox 2 роки тому +69

      Hopefully we all disappear/die out before we destroy the earth 🤔

    • @mazeknox
      @mazeknox 2 роки тому +34

      @@ghrndez lol 😁

  • @jeremiahjohnson7515
    @jeremiahjohnson7515 2 роки тому +6

    A unique look into a possible future. I was interested in the 'urban rivers' and how they would provide current archaeologists proof of previous civilizations.

  • @saymynameice-zen-berg511
    @saymynameice-zen-berg511 2 роки тому +10

    One of my favourite books is, ‘The World Without Us, I highly recommend it’. Also I recommend one of my favourites tv shows the documentary series, ‘Life After People’. Because it’s very interesting to find out what things would be like without us. I also enjoyed that NATGEO special, ‘Aftermath: Population Zero’.

  • @lydiabrowning7240
    @lydiabrowning7240 4 роки тому +1257

    “and we won’t be here forever” my anxiety: 📈

    • @Yohannai
      @Yohannai 4 роки тому +42

      To be fair, it would be so much worse if we were here forever. Both in a personal sense (if you're immortal, I can bet that you would be wishing for the sweet, sweet release of death at least a few lifetimes after you would normally have died, let alone millions of years more) and just for humanity to last forever, to war forever, to pollute forever, and to destroy everything forever... It would be awful.
      But yeah, my anxiety spiked a bit too, hahah

    • @user-rc2gy5ik5n
      @user-rc2gy5ik5n 4 роки тому +9

      @@Yohannai not being on earth forever doesn't necessarily mean that humanity ended. The only possible scenario is if a huge climate change happens ,only like this we can completely disappear and still it's not completely sure. If an asteroid hits earth it needs to be huge enough to end humans everywhere ,but in this case it would end earth too,same goes with nuclear war ,if it can kill every single human then it would destroy earth completely,so in both cases earth dies with us. What is more possible is that humans will destroy earth and not the humans dying before earth, unless we die together!

    • @XandriaRavenheart
      @XandriaRavenheart 4 роки тому +7

      Shiro I don,t think a nuclear war would destroy Earth completely. It would kill our eco-system. But earth has always been there even when it was full of molten volcanos and explosions, life might not, but the Earth will exist.

    • @WideAwake-bl7gw
      @WideAwake-bl7gw 4 роки тому +4

      Um, you won't be here in less than a hundred years. Most of us won't be.

    • @afan2326
      @afan2326 4 роки тому +9

      Actually mine went 📉

  • @Alexjust2bomb
    @Alexjust2bomb 2 роки тому +3042

    There’s no way we let this happen! There can’t be a world where the mosquitoes win

    • @apaloosa01
      @apaloosa01 2 роки тому +78

      There's a comics called "mosquito wars" about that...

    • @zombos_9989
      @zombos_9989 2 роки тому +129

      Humans shall become immortal to stop mosquitos

    • @hi-sn1pw
      @hi-sn1pw 2 роки тому +6

      @@apaloosa01 isn't it in webtoon

    • @ekerslithery5955
      @ekerslithery5955 2 роки тому +31

      They might decrease a bit because they rely a lot on human blood for reproduction

    • @flygod.
      @flygod. 2 роки тому +3

      @@apaloosa01 Theres a manga or manwha that is terrifying

  • @Apple_Teck
    @Apple_Teck 2 роки тому +6

    The entire planet would let out a big sigh of relief, then live on in paradise.
    The End.

  • @yanaray5334
    @yanaray5334 2 роки тому +2

    Life after People...great series.

  • @thenobody3225
    @thenobody3225 4 роки тому +1798

    “domestic pets will not survive"
    that crushed my heart :(

    • @beepbeepcasucha
      @beepbeepcasucha 4 роки тому +168

      Actually, domesticated cats will be able to survive! Their hunting and defensive instincts are still very much in tact and used. Not sure about dogs though

    • @macon8638
      @macon8638 4 роки тому +35

      hob that’s if they can find a way out of your house

    • @seankauder9721
      @seankauder9721 4 роки тому +84

      I actually think cats would do extremely well. Our buildings and food stores would become breeding grounds for rodents, which would support a large cat population.

    • @oxiw.608
      @oxiw.608 4 роки тому +45

      @@seankauder9721 only if they can escape your house.. that's the sad part

    • @seankauder9721
      @seankauder9721 4 роки тому +45

      @@oxiw.608 Yeah indoor cats would be in some hot water if there wasn't an open window or a cat door they could escape through. They can drink from toilets, so water's probably not an issue, but they only have about one to two weeks to escape and find food before starving (except for the cats whose owners dissapeared while preparing, cooking, or eating meat or with an open cat food container).

  • @jjwang7597
    @jjwang7597 5 років тому +2504

    I’m like: hey this all sounds pretty good . . . OH GOD NO THE MOSQUITOES NO PLEASE

    • @netraeng8676
      @netraeng8676 5 років тому +9

      NOOOO!!!

    • @kiwicat2345
      @kiwicat2345 5 років тому +51

      Well at least we don't have to deal with them since we're all gone :D

    • @tealty
      @tealty 5 років тому +7

      My goodness I swear mosquitoes are the worst

    • @shirosocool2938
      @shirosocool2938 5 років тому +12

      The mosquito bois can go comm8t non live

    • @blacklotus2533
      @blacklotus2533 5 років тому +6

      Me too but then he said mosquito and since i played Fall out I SUDDENLY REMEMBER THOSE ANNOYING BIG MUTATED MOSQUITOS ackk.

  • @kmetz878
    @kmetz878 Рік тому +1

    I thought that's what this was! It was required reading for me when I was a freshman in college (I went to an environmental college). Really fascinating read, I would highly recommend!

  • @mikemcconeghy4658
    @mikemcconeghy4658 2 роки тому +5

    Ancient man carried the animals and plants he liked, as well as some he didn't like, all over the world. It would have been a very different place without us.

  • @vienlussac
    @vienlussac 4 роки тому +1506

    Why is this on my recommended when there is a Corona Outbreak

    • @Sahandfaghihi
      @Sahandfaghihi 4 роки тому +55

      "...And we won't be here forever"

    • @OHYS
      @OHYS 4 роки тому +8

      Lol how will that kill everyone?

    • @alipercapita
      @alipercapita 4 роки тому +24

      Come on. With 2% mortality corona virus may have a horrible impact on a lot of people, but it won't wipe out humanity.

    • @janekay4147
      @janekay4147 4 роки тому +14

      Same... Google has a strange sense of humour

    • @badimaaa4a548
      @badimaaa4a548 4 роки тому +12

      can't wait for the Vodka outbreak

  • @anni_ie991
    @anni_ie991 4 роки тому +3450

    *"the earth goes dark for the first time in centuries"*
    Night: am I a joke to you?

    • @darkcomet1607
      @darkcomet1607 4 роки тому +32

      Joke aside, can someone tell my why earth would go dark just because we humans disappear?

    • @anni_ie991
      @anni_ie991 4 роки тому +72

      @@darkcomet1607 maybe because of the ashes/ gaseous waste

    • @kuku8846
      @kuku8846 4 роки тому +294

      Night: Am I joke to you?
      Humans, while holding a light switch: Yeah, sort of.
      Jokes aside, I’m guessing they’re referring to light pollution. If every human disappeared, every light would eventually be turned off.
      Right now, even during the night, cities can be seen glowing from space. And even if an entire city in one country is shut down without electricity, there’ll be other countries in a different time zone with their lights still on.
      So when humans disappear, light bulbs will run out and the Earth will “finally go dark.”

    • @darkcomet1607
      @darkcomet1607 4 роки тому +8

      Thanks that makes sense

    • @emme3734
      @emme3734 4 роки тому +54

      ....lights in cities. There will be no more electricity to power the lights at night..so earth will be completely dark beside moonlight.

  • @petersavieri
    @petersavieri 2 роки тому +2

    Why was that so relaxing..? (as I start planning a bronze statue of myself)

  • @Anthro777
    @Anthro777 2 роки тому +4

    There was a whole TV series about this, it was really interesting.

  • @reymarksacedon
    @reymarksacedon 5 років тому +2723

    If thanos claps

  • @macchiatodimila7907
    @macchiatodimila7907 4 роки тому +1654

    Every depressed person who clicked on this video: oh, would you look at that; the world is a better place without me

  • @robertohoyos545
    @robertohoyos545 Рік тому

    Great for the book recommendation. Excellent read.

  • @heyman10987654321
    @heyman10987654321 Рік тому +1

    there was a show a while ago called Life After People that explores this exact concept in more detail, I very much recommend

  • @scptime1188
    @scptime1188 4 роки тому +2542

    The best way to solve climate change: *d i e*

    • @user-rc2gy5ik5n
      @user-rc2gy5ik5n 4 роки тому +48

      Then nuclear powerplants fails,explodes and melts down and Boom you solved climate change by ending earth completely.

    • @scptime1188
      @scptime1188 4 роки тому +98

      @@user-rc2gy5ik5n i guess no earth = no climate change

    • @user-rc2gy5ik5n
      @user-rc2gy5ik5n 4 роки тому +24

      @@scptime1188 well ,you have a point.

    • @annoyingcat6980
      @annoyingcat6980 4 роки тому +2

      Reminds me of that onion video

    • @savenetneutralityanti-repu7029
      @savenetneutralityanti-repu7029 4 роки тому +18

      The most efficient way to control our unsustainable population of nearly 8 billion without ruining the environment would be to release a plague. Release a superbug that is resistant to vaccines and everything. The bubonic plague wiped out over 2/3 of Europe's population. The world's population would be sustainable again if a new plague killed 2/3 of the world indiscriminately.

  • @guyguy3345
    @guyguy3345 4 роки тому +1072

    "Domestic animals wont survive"
    *shows a picture of the skeleton of what i assume is the same dog in the picture frame*

    • @Ghostfrog
      @Ghostfrog 3 роки тому +83

      That made me so sad😭

    • @kaykovuskerteus90
      @kaykovuskerteus90 3 роки тому +18

      He should have say "probably "

    • @irelynbever2960
      @irelynbever2960 3 роки тому +1

      😭😭

    • @cookiecakeeater6340
      @cookiecakeeater6340 3 роки тому +31

      @@kaykovuskerteus90 it’s not probably, do you have a pet? I’d assume so based on what you said, and they don’t know how to fend for themself. The whole point of having a pet is to have a companion to care for

    • @ALROD
      @ALROD 3 роки тому +1

      My poor cockatiels

  • @goose7676
    @goose7676 2 роки тому

    this is my comfort video i love it sm

  • @namlyxuan6511
    @namlyxuan6511 2 роки тому +1

    “A handful of resourceful pigs, dogs, and house cats”
    *flashbacks to animal farm*

  • @coreykelly2107
    @coreykelly2107 4 роки тому +416

    There's an entire series called "Life After People."

    • @drswag0076
      @drswag0076 4 роки тому +12

      i saw that many times. i love it.

    • @geeselmrm9864
      @geeselmrm9864 3 роки тому +3

      Where can I watch it?

    • @hyowon6522
      @hyowon6522 3 роки тому +3

      Where can I watch it?

    • @jgaming7003
      @jgaming7003 3 роки тому

      hyowon, search it up

    • @Ad_Astraz
      @Ad_Astraz 3 роки тому +1

      Life After People is one of the best documentaries and series I’ve ever watched.

  • @kalaiaras3658
    @kalaiaras3658 2 роки тому +1699

    Hearing things like this makes u humble and let's us look at life from a different perspective

    • @ViggoSkath
      @ViggoSkath 2 роки тому +13

      A few thousand years of human civilisation, and the earth will need millions of years to reverse our work. That sure doesn't make me very humble. Humans are incredible.

    • @hamzamahmood9565
      @hamzamahmood9565 2 роки тому +27

      @@ViggoSkath What's a few million years for Earth? It's been around for 4.5 billion years in a universe that's much older than itself. Our existence is insignificant in every way imaginable.

    • @SahilSingh-xq7do
      @SahilSingh-xq7do 2 роки тому

      yes

    • @Li_Trey
      @Li_Trey 2 роки тому +3

      @@ViggoSkath HUMANS MESSED THIS PLANET UP WE WERE BETTER NOT EXISTING

    • @Droid6689
      @Droid6689 2 роки тому +7

      @@hamzamahmood9565 Our existence is the only thing that gives the universe significance in the first place.

  • @victorw5796
    @victorw5796 2 роки тому

    That is really scary how detailed this is :S

  • @nicolenecsefor7912
    @nicolenecsefor7912 2 роки тому +1

    This is beautiful.

  • @cadunkus
    @cadunkus 5 років тому +2076

    Everyone in the comments: "Hey Earth would be better."
    Me: "NOT DOGGOS!"

    • @slvrrgld9
      @slvrrgld9 5 років тому +31

      I don't think they have watched the whole video, since all the Oil Refineries will kill most animals

    • @danielwalshh1640
      @danielwalshh1640 5 років тому +29

      a lot of Dogs from country's that don't have as much human city's and life everywhere: South America, New Zealand and Australia just to name a few or places that have feral dogs: India, some of Australia and third world country's, dogs will thrive and become pretty dominant predators!

    • @ashwen337
      @ashwen337 5 років тому +12

      It''s not doggo it's dog get it right

    • @slvrrgld9
      @slvrrgld9 5 років тому +45

      @@ashwen337
      _that's a way of saying dog in a more joke way_
      Get your humour right

    • @cadunkus
      @cadunkus 5 років тому +3

      gary merasty no u

  • @mrbyorself
    @mrbyorself 3 роки тому +1231

    A.I.: What is my purpose?
    Human: Save our environment!
    A.I.:

    • @user-fy7hx9gd6u
      @user-fy7hx9gd6u 3 роки тому +36

      That'd be a sick idea for a movie or a book ngl

    • @mrbyorself
      @mrbyorself 3 роки тому +24

      @@user-fy7hx9gd6u The Mass Effect series is kind of like that. An AI tasked with preventing intelligent species from destroying themselves, decides the best option is to "harvest" intelligent species every 50k years and preserve them in new AI constructs.

    • @justaguywhocomments4795
      @justaguywhocomments4795 3 роки тому +5

      Or...
      A.I.: What is my purpose
      Humans: Save the environment and keep us alive!!!
      A.I.: Yes Master

    • @kyuhyeonkim9314
      @kyuhyeonkim9314 3 роки тому +2

      @@justaguywhocomments4795
      A.I: Skynet is online

    • @justaguywhocomments4795
      @justaguywhocomments4795 3 роки тому

      @@kyuhyeonkim9314 what

  • @dannybenhur6123
    @dannybenhur6123 2 роки тому +2

    Now I want a movie about Post Human Earth.

  • @midnightflare9879
    @midnightflare9879 2 роки тому +3

    This is exhilarating!

  • @MyPeanutButtersHairy
    @MyPeanutButtersHairy 5 років тому +754

    The only thing that will survive forever that humans made is the nokia 3210

  • @methmemelab8819
    @methmemelab8819 4 роки тому +1056

    So basically Earth would be just like it's shown in Wall E

    • @johnpangarakis396
      @johnpangarakis396 4 роки тому +53

      Meth Meme Lab except their would still be life on earth

    • @summer460
      @summer460 4 роки тому +34

      @@johnpangarakis396 True! in Wall E we destroyed everything before we go
      But if we dissapear now Earth will be saved

    • @goke1528
      @goke1528 4 роки тому +3

      Meth Meme Lab more like dr stone

    • @bobababy6089
      @bobababy6089 4 роки тому +2

      Eva!

    • @akagrimreaper6702
      @akagrimreaper6702 4 роки тому

      Deb San Eve*

  • @praveshshrestha4052
    @praveshshrestha4052 9 днів тому

    my favourite ted video I seem to come back to this video time to time when being overwhelmed in life 😉

  • @Laura-sg6ss
    @Laura-sg6ss 2 роки тому +2

    3:45 that was tooo real😭😭😂 I flinched SOO HARD

  • @ggspring8913
    @ggspring8913 4 роки тому +444

    out of all of this the saddest thing i could think of is that my dog will be trapped in the house until it dies

    • @samst.germain6488
      @samst.germain6488 4 роки тому +6

      :(

    • @ballisticbee6001
      @ballisticbee6001 4 роки тому +37

      And the cats, along with birds, reptiles, and amphibians locked in cages with no food source

    • @ballisticbee6001
      @ballisticbee6001 4 роки тому +9

      It wouldn’t be just dogs

    • @Zone10Permaculture
      @Zone10Permaculture 4 роки тому +7

      It all depends how we die, because maybe they will die right along with us.

    • @realosc1710
      @realosc1710 4 роки тому +3

      Ballistic Bee my guinea pigs tho

  • @millianarakuzen
    @millianarakuzen 5 років тому +1888

    From this video I learned that human's disapearence is a good thing

    • @minhha8981
      @minhha8981 5 років тому +70

      Milliana Rakuzen unfortunately, Mother Nature lacks any degrees to deal those Nuclear Reactors lying around the globe....

    • @minhha8981
      @minhha8981 5 років тому +65

      Camryn Tompkins why do people always blame US? Yet last time I checked, folks from developing countries kept dragging their butts at Sammy’s front door... if they don’t like US, stop coming here for fortune seeking.
      NOTE: Other tough cookies like China, Russia, and even India also do have Nuke reactors

    • @lieberte
      @lieberte 5 років тому +10

      Um, no it wouldn't

    • @acertainpigeonman9064
      @acertainpigeonman9064 5 років тому +74

      Matija “we can’t live without nature, but nature can live without us”

    • @ryx4992
      @ryx4992 5 років тому

      It is but their are nuclear reactors in quite a number of nations such as a lot in the u.s,China,France,Russia,Japan,india and 2 in Pakistan

  • @kaerusan777
    @kaerusan777 2 роки тому +1

    This is beautiful

  • @CraigLumpyLemke
    @CraigLumpyLemke 11 місяців тому

    I would enjoy looking through the bibliography for this piece. The facts behind the show.

  • @TommoCarroll
    @TommoCarroll 5 років тому +1667

    "Life ...uh....Finds a Way" - Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic Park (AKA the best film ever made?)

    • @JK_JK_JK_JK
      @JK_JK_JK_JK 5 років тому +4

      😎

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 5 років тому +18

      Unbreakable Patches Ohhh you've got to defend that statement now! Dinosaurs (kind of): check. Jeff Goldblum: check. A T-Rex running after a jeep, seen in a mirror that says "objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear": check! What more could you want!?

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 5 років тому +3

      Jay Kay I like your style

    • @VidzOnComputer
      @VidzOnComputer 5 років тому +9

      John, the kind of control you're attempting simply is... it's not
      possible. If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us it's that life will not be contained. Life breaks free, it expands to new territories and crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously, but, uh... well, there it is.

    • @VidzOnComputer
      @VidzOnComputer 5 років тому +10

      "No. I'm, I'm simply saying that life, uh... finds a way" - Dr. Ian Malcolm.

  • @thesisterlycousins1428
    @thesisterlycousins1428 4 роки тому +570

    I can imagine the poor dogs being like: wheres master? ;-;

    • @marte-asbjrn8521
      @marte-asbjrn8521 4 роки тому +23

      i cri evertime

    • @noah-gs2rn
      @noah-gs2rn 4 роки тому +42

      Apolgy for bad english
      Were were you when master die
      I was at home chasing my tail when howl
      “Master is kil”
      “No”

    • @mauz791
      @mauz791 4 роки тому +5

      @@noah-gs2rn 😔

    • @WillowLiv
      @WillowLiv 4 роки тому +11

      So basically all my minecraft dogs I ended up abandoning when I stopped playing.
      I miss you ;-;

    • @hugo57k91
      @hugo57k91 4 роки тому +4

      God damn you I'm sad now

  • @ALxdCr4ftPlays
    @ALxdCr4ftPlays Рік тому +1

    I would love it!!* No people, just nature, no traffic. Freedom. *For a time.

  • @Duo_20
    @Duo_20 2 роки тому

    What a beautiful story

  • @user-xh5by6lc6d
    @user-xh5by6lc6d 5 років тому +3626

    May be a new species superior than us arise and hunt for human fossils in the future.

    • @mortarpestle.4267
      @mortarpestle.4267 5 років тому +78

      Humans actually formed in the sweet spot of ambient radiation to produce sentient life in the Earth's lifespan, no human-like creatures beyond ayys for us

    • @realsandeep
      @realsandeep 5 років тому +50

      Samsayamilla. Maybe the entire humanity will be destroyed just like how dinosaurs went extinct

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 5 років тому +76

      To be honest, this could totally happen. Just simple evolution over a long period of time. It doesn't _have to_ happen, by any means - just look at how long dinosaurs were around and how intelligent they didn't become - but it could.

    • @lorenzo_br5803
      @lorenzo_br5803 5 років тому +10

      Raccoons, baby!

    • @lice7897
      @lice7897 5 років тому +1

      dolphins

  • @noahgreer1497
    @noahgreer1497 5 років тому +402

    I love speculating about ideas like this, wish this were more explored in scifi

    • @sedna16
      @sedna16 5 років тому +4

      Read Dr. Stone manga. It has the same story setting.

    • @rodrigoborges3876
      @rodrigoborges3876 5 років тому +8

      If you own or happen to know someone who owns a PS4, give horizon zero dawn a playthrough. You'll love it

    • @ignatiamaya5785
      @ignatiamaya5785 5 років тому +1

      if you like japanese comics you should check out dr.stone

    • @MooChooAdoo
      @MooChooAdoo 5 років тому +1

      Try 'The Earth Abides' by George R. Stewart.

    • @BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n
      @BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n 5 років тому +1

      so everyone here is an Otaku ?

  • @billmcgorrigan5624
    @billmcgorrigan5624 11 місяців тому +1

    makes it sad and shocking to realise the terrible impact we have on our earth and nature

  • @PiaRxxxx
    @PiaRxxxx Рік тому

    This reminds me of the intro of the movie "The 10th Kingdom" (which always fascinated me)

  • @Cainmak
    @Cainmak 5 років тому +130

    That's why when explaining environmental protection, we need to stop talking about how we're destroying our planet, but how we're screwing ourselves.

    • @nestoriantumaob5255
      @nestoriantumaob5255 5 років тому +1

      👌

    • @xFirebird925x
      @xFirebird925x 5 років тому +1

      Well both are important, but some people needs emphasis on one or the other to be convinced (sadly)

    • @alexrowe7063
      @alexrowe7063 5 років тому

      Exactly finally some words that make sense

  • @xbo1025
    @xbo1025 5 років тому +534

    Who else flinched when hearing the mosquitoes. lol

    • @JesusMartinez-rr2ry
      @JesusMartinez-rr2ry 5 років тому +6

      I hate mosquitoes.

    • @joseoku6946
      @joseoku6946 4 роки тому +13

      Lmao Ikr... Everything else was peaceful till I heard mosquitoes

    • @baharsabet2895
      @baharsabet2895 4 роки тому +3

      I READ THIS COMMENT LITERALLY STRAIGHT AFTER I FLINCHED SO HARD😂😂😂

    • @IamINERT
      @IamINERT 4 роки тому

      Wouldn't mind mosquitoes disappear

    • @ashgarden5863
      @ashgarden5863 4 роки тому

      MOSQUITOES WILL BE THE NEXT DOMINANT SPECIES. HAHAHAH

  • @ramboshreesh
    @ramboshreesh 2 роки тому

    Why is it getting calmer hearing this out

  • @spydersoup8447
    @spydersoup8447 2 роки тому

    This actually reminds me of this game called Tokyo Jungle where it follows this same "What if" question and the parts it goes into is mostly the same as here.

  • @almightygeck4121
    @almightygeck4121 3 роки тому +193

    At the start I was thinking it would be cool to explore the earth like this but then they mentioned the mosquitos and I changed my mind

    • @Sonicbro-xx6sg
      @Sonicbro-xx6sg 2 роки тому +1

      Why? No wifi, no good entertainment, no other people. Just you. Won't you get lonely?

    • @AlphaNinjaFTW1
      @AlphaNinjaFTW1 2 роки тому +21

      @@Sonicbro-xx6sg explore doesn't mean live there

    • @XD-nv9ey
      @XD-nv9ey 2 роки тому +6

      Some species deserve to be gone with us. Like roaches and mosquitoes

    • @AlphaNinjaFTW1
      @AlphaNinjaFTW1 2 роки тому +7

      @@XD-nv9ey mosquitos are actually a vital food source for some animals such as bats. Roaches only bother humans becuase we are extremely controlling of our environment compared to other animals.

    • @Ikajo
      @Ikajo 2 роки тому +1

      There is a few animes that explore this concept. Doctor Stone to a degree. Seven Seeds is another. The latter is on Netflix.

  • @PuzzlesExplained
    @PuzzlesExplained 5 років тому +758

    I like how you guys used present-tense in this one, fits well. Awesome animation as always!

  • @ChrisAsh21
    @ChrisAsh21 Рік тому +1

    I'd LOVE to see these in those post-apocalyptic movies and stuff where they usually just show overgrown plants and no electricity

  • @ellaeadig263
    @ellaeadig263 2 роки тому

    There is also a fantastic show called Life Without People that covers all these different facets in way more detail.

  • @leomaso7894
    @leomaso7894 5 років тому +780

    You’re an alien: your people have just landed on a new planet inhabited with strange unintelligent life forms and rich plant life! You’ve been issued a new life on this planet, and have decided to explore this strange new alien world. After a while of hiking, climbing, and exploring, you finally find something that sends a chill down your spine. A towering structure, a mass carving of four beings you don’t understand. They’ve been worn, eroded, etc. and you realize, maybe you aren’t alone here.

    • @netraeng8676
      @netraeng8676 5 років тому +99

      Sounds like an interesting film idea!

    • @Anna-zp1ok
      @Anna-zp1ok 5 років тому +70

      You sir need to make a book/movie out of this.

    • @danyagha5654
      @danyagha5654 5 років тому +5

      Not Today…

    • @lazyskull7949
      @lazyskull7949 5 років тому +41

      that gave me goosebumps. definitely needs to be a film idea.

    • @Katerina-kqkq
      @Katerina-kqkq 5 років тому +24

      MAKE A FANFIC

  • @Nitrinoxus
    @Nitrinoxus 4 роки тому +946

    What's funny is, the world's currently seeing the answer to a similar question: *"What would happen if every human had to stay indoors for three months?"* The outcome hasn't been quite so mind-blowing as the projections in this video, but it's been kinda fascinating to see nature beginning to recover in our absence.

    • @srijanumesh5355
      @srijanumesh5355 4 роки тому +108

      U know in Northern India the air has cleared up enough to see the Himalayas from a place where they were not visible for the past few centuries due to pollution

    • @Nitrinoxus
      @Nitrinoxus 4 роки тому +73

      @@srijanumesh5355 And I know that waterfowl, fish and dolphins have been sighted in the canals in and around Venice, now that the boat traffic has vanished. It really goes to show just how big an impact we humans have on the world, and how much we can change if we all work together.

    • @srijanumesh5355
      @srijanumesh5355 4 роки тому +37

      @@Nitrinoxus ikr it has just been 3 months! Imagine the magnitude of pollution to be removed if out of every year, 3 months are self quarantine imposed by government
      We have a solution here

    • @Nitrinoxus
      @Nitrinoxus 4 роки тому +46

      @@srijanumesh5355 It's just a matter of persuading people to agree to such a solution. Humans are a stubborn bunch, unfortunately.

    • @srijanumesh5355
      @srijanumesh5355 4 роки тому +12

      @@Nitrinoxus Well....... We *are* humans.......... We could be stubborn too

  • @CaptPanOfSteel
    @CaptPanOfSteel 2 роки тому

    this will be good for fishing season

  • @NigelMarston
    @NigelMarston 2 роки тому +3

    There was a great TV series called Life Without People which explored various elements of this per episode. The main take-away for me is how the nuclear powerplants are left. The actual reactors should be safe enough as they will go into safe-mode but the cooling pools where the spent rods are stored will evaporate and this will lead to a meltdown resulting in water tables becoming unsafe for animals. There aren't many corners of the globe where nuclear powerplants don't exist.

  • @Vedrajrm
    @Vedrajrm 5 років тому +890

    What if the humans reappear after disappearing for centuries?

  • @claireis
    @claireis 2 роки тому +603

    “humanity won’t be here forever” that’s such a strange thought

    • @annapratico2838
      @annapratico2838 2 роки тому +56

      It rly is. Like we are kind of the most successful species ever (I think)? I feel like our demise would be self-caused. Idrk it’s so weird to think about millions of years in the future. It’s possible we could move to a different planet, but I’m not sure it’s a really creepy thought.

    • @r3trobananas33
      @r3trobananas33 2 роки тому +2

      ikr were awesome

    • @maxwybranski1413
      @maxwybranski1413 2 роки тому +17

      @@annapratico2838 our demise will definitely be global warming. not in our lifetimes, but definitely in our kids/grandkids’ lifetimes. i doubt humans will survive another 200 years.

    • @shahaffiq5860
      @shahaffiq5860 2 роки тому +4

      Our universe will die soon so yes what's strange about it?

    • @RealSupaHotFireVEVO
      @RealSupaHotFireVEVO 2 роки тому +2

      @@maxwybranski1413 Global warming is a hoax. But even if it is, humanity is doing everything to combat it, so I highly doubt it'll be the cause of our demise even if it was the real deal.

  • @Dripxo
    @Dripxo 2 роки тому

    i got into a conversation with a friend about what would happen if we were the last ones on earth. i guess i gotta send him this video now.

  • @thekingofcool2105
    @thekingofcool2105 5 років тому +184

    And as he attempts to kill himself, the last man on earth heard a knock on his door

    • @sebastianelytron8450
      @sebastianelytron8450 5 років тому +3

      Funniest comment ever lmao

    • @dropperknot
      @dropperknot 5 років тому +49

      the king of cool --- Bloody ''Jehovahs Witnesses'' again./

    • @phoebegilliland8897
      @phoebegilliland8897 5 років тому +43

      The door swung open. "Hello, I'm the Doctor! Now put down your weapon of self-destruction and come with me. We've got all of humanity to save."

    • @queensaharaice7376
      @queensaharaice7376 5 років тому +2

      I love this reply!

    • @vincentxu8217
      @vincentxu8217 5 років тому +14

      The shortest fiction/thriller novel ever written

  • @SyriusStarMultimedia
    @SyriusStarMultimedia 4 роки тому +283

    Humans: We are important
    Angler Fish: What’s a human?

  • @spybubbble
    @spybubbble 2 роки тому

    I love the background music.

  • @KurtMcGowan
    @KurtMcGowan 2 роки тому

    It would be cool to travel forward in time to see what’s left.