The Last Human – A Glimpse Into The Far Future

This video was created in partnership with the Open Philanthropy Project

The future of humanity seems insecure. Rapid climate change, political division, our greed and failings make it hard to look at our species with a lot of optimism and so many people think our end is in sight. But humans always thought they lived in the end times. Every generation assumes they’re important enough to witness the apocalypse and then life just goes on.
This is a problem because it leads to short term thinking and prevents us from creating the best world for ourselves and our descendants. What makes this worse is that we actually may live at an extremely critical moment in human history. To understand why, let us look at the temporal window of humanity and ask:
When will the last human be born and how many people will there ever be?

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[AfterSkool]

Many of us have been conditioned to think that more humans = more problems. I appreciate the optimistic perspective presented in this video. More humans also means more progress. The first step to a brighter future is envisioning it.

[alsenior]

“Every generation assumes they are important enough to witness the apocalypse.”

Always keeping me humble, Kurzgesagt.

[haydonali]

One year later and this is still easily one of my favourite videos on the internet.

[cjdoesnothing]

I feel as if many people need this because the potential of the human species in itself is astronomical and I found this video very motivating

[Mutual_Information]

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[ilenthift]

This is probably one of the most optimistic and inspiring ones you've done yet. I needed this today, thank you.

[thestudentofficial]

It makes the saying "he who saved a person is like saving the whole humanity" makes so much sense! A person holds the potential to further save other people and have descendants.

[waxpix]

Can we just be amazed that kurzgesagt uploads with beautiful art style which might take months, planning how the animation goes and the topic. Seriously, we should all thank kurzgesagt and the other members. Thank you kurzgesagt team!

[kierankieran]

I don't believe the Kurzgesagt team really understand how much their fantastic creations can fuel in us the optimism and show a silver lining we so desperately need. Thank you a thousand times for your dedication and hard work. I feel nothing but humility when watching their content, and love for this channel.

[phantomstrider]

Imagining being at the beginning of human history rather than the end.. It's funny how that one perspective seems to foreign to me and probably many other people. But I like it.

[leedayunderwood]

This is genuinely my favourite video on the platform.
Awe inspiring, heartwarming, terrifying and beautiful.

[kenzelbryant]

This was one of the best videos I’ve watched. Expected an existential crisis but got the complete opposite. The only thing that upsets me is that we may be at the beginning and not see our full potential.

[l.k.]

“We went from humans worshipping the moon, to humans walking on it”. This is such a beautiful phrase.

[andrycraft]

0:16 "Every generation assumes they are important enough to witness the apocalypse" this sentence alone completely changed my prospective on this subject. Such a beautiful quote.
EDIT: Over 1k likes?! Thanks guys!
EDIT²: I must say that another thought crossed my mind while seeing the replies of this comment: we're possibly the only civilization that has solid proof of the apocalypse.

[karhernandezh]

Wow! This video is the most thought-provoking I've seen on this platform. Thank you very much!

[virlimbad]

Imagine the last human watching this video in future

[victorivens]

I feel like kurzgesagt is making an conscious effort to be optimistic, because it feels like that's exactly what their audience needs, to be more optimistic about the future and guide it's actions based on that. I agreed with the effort.

[spindash]

As someone who grew up being taught -- literally every single day, no exaggeration -- that I was living in the "last days", I can't tell you how much I needed to hear this. To not be at the end, but the beginning... that is such an incredible feeling.

[chihuahuainacone]

It genuinely saddens me that I will never get to see just how far humankind can go. It somehow feels lonely too, like being excluded from something great.