Futurism and Ancient History

An exploration of past and present futurism in a collaboration with Dr. Garrett Ryan of the youtube channel ToldInStone.

Part 1 Companion Video on ToldInStone:

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Music:

[toldinstone]

Thanks again for working with me on this collaboration. I learned quite a bit from your video!

[tribudeuno]

It seems to me that the more computer driven civilization becomes, the more ephemeral it becomes. Things like coronal mass ejections, EMP attacks, solar powered nuclear, asteroid and volcanic winters with little sunlight can wipe our knowledge, e-books, examples of our current music, every selfie, virtual museums gone in an instant. Brunelleschi could look at Roman concrete, but didn’t know how to make it. We might not be thrown back to the Stone Age, but very well to Gutenberg…

[billhart]

Mr. Godier, you have cast an intriguing amalgam of history and our potential futures. Your well scripted and spoken narratives keep us captivated no matter what the topic. A master story-teller.

[Chris.Davies]

Michael Crichton once wrote a substantial list of the technologies of the 20th century that could never have been predicted by humans in the year 1900. I wonder what that list will contain when we make it, in 2100.
The super exciting thing is that by definition there is no way we can predict what will be on it!

[Amadeu.Macedo]

Firstly, I would like that thank you for having introduced me to the Toldinstone channel, for I have absolutely adored the first episode of this mini-series. Likewise, I consider your second part one of the best videos you have made. As indicated in the part-1 comment, "for those - like me - who nearly worship 'History' and 'Cosmology, ' (both productions) should be applauded. Thanks for contributing significant material to my growing knowledge and understanding vis-a-vis the lives of our beloved ancestors in antiquity, " supplemented by your clever connection to our current era. BRAVO!
P.S. The last "two hundred years" of noticeable technological advances started indeed when Queen Victoria was born (1819). Therefore, the Victorian Age represents the "locomotive" (no pun intended) that swirled technology into its current never-ending acceleration onwards!

[dukiemoto]

That was incredibly fascinating. Love the history and sci-fi/futurism. Personally I couldn’t believe how quickly we had Star Trek tricorder. It was the 70s and I was racing home from school to watch S.T. and wishing amongst other things to have a cool communicator like Captain Kirk. Who would’ve thought 25 years later I’d have my own.

[mantistoboggan]

I absolutely did not expect JMG and toldinstone to collaborate, what an awesome surprise

[satelliteprime]

This is quite possibly my favorite video you've ever made, largely because of how few people actually talk about this. Futurism is fun, and often highly productive depending on who you are and where your ambitions lie. But there is a world of difference between theory and reality, often on scales we can't even comprehend or quantify. I think imagination plays a huge part on either side of the conversation. Just because something CAN be dreamt up and or even works theoretically doesn't necessarily mean it will be done, it's only a matter of time. And at the same time, most of what has revolutionized our world historically, was not even conceivable just a few generations prior. You couldn't even explain it to someone in humanity's past if you went back far enough, you would have absolutely nothing to compare it to and no points of reference to draw from. Go far enough into the past with the advancements of our modern world at your disposal, and you would be essentially a god, even to your fellow humans. They had a helluva lot to learn. And for that matter, so do we.

[robbabcock_]

Great collaboration! It's interesting how much of "futurism" is predicated on wishful thinking and assumptions that we never really examine.

[nebula]

1:42 - "Anyone that remembers flip-phones..." - This is exactly why my old flip-phone was my favorite. I'd even make the communicator sound when goofing off with my Trekkie friends 😅

[DollarGeneral_Is_a_Plague]

It's 230 in the afternoon and I'm watching a fresh video. Thanks.

[casstellar]

Hello, John! Found your channel through the collab with ToldInStone and I am honestly so fascinated! Thank you both for the videos, I really love this concept

[patrickmccarron]

Wow, didn’t see this collaboration coming! Love both your channels!

[kenattwood]

Mr Godier, I've been watching you videos for a long time but this is the first one that has actually frightened me.

[veryprofessionaldude]

I got to work today and saw that JMG and toldinstone have suspiciously similar video titles released only hours apart. Very cool that you two did a collaboration! Excited to watch his next

[Relicoid]

My 2 favorite things, ancient history and space ❤

[davidjohansson]

Thanks to you, now I have a bit of a worm in my brain.
I keep thinking about how photographs and technology can essentially recreate a whole person.
Makes me wonder if those people who feared cameras would steal their souls were that far off

[stricknine]

Thanks for the video, John! You have been cranking them out as of late and it's been awesome!

[JmCHd]

Your talk of future VR world tech has made think of how likely or hard would it be to create a kind of memory machine, like some kind of netflix interface for your entire life's memory. Potentially even relive your ancestors memories too (basically the animus from the Assassins Creed video games) Anyone think such technology would ever be possible?

[Zenith]

You and Told In Stone are some of my favorite creators on this platform! This collab is so cool.