The Devastating Reason They Visited Earth | You Like It Darker
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- What does the end of the world look like? In this video, we explore humanity’s long-standing fears about its own destruction. From nuclear war and climate change to cosmic forces beyond our control, we look at the ways our existence hangs by a thread. Stephen King’s story Two Talented Bastids is a haunting tale about two men who encounter something not of this world and learn a devastating truth about humanity’s future. Are we heading toward our own end, or can we break the cycle of destruction?
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Never change the intro song. 👍
It’s like taking a journey into deep space every time I hear it haha
It’s simple and it works! I hear it and I know it’s Quinn. That brand recognition 😂
agreed
@@leblanc8014 Do you often have videos start playing that you are completely unaware of? I finish a video and close that tab before the credits roll....almost every time.
I'm playing on the guitar with each video.. I mixed it with the melody from 'gravity falls' , it surprisingly matching each other
“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
― Arthur C. Clarke
I don't find it terrifying to be alone in the universe at all. I don't see why that is terrifying. We would have the entire universe to ourselves, we could spread out as much as we wanted with no competition.
When you're paranoid about everything then everything is terrifying.
Doesn't have to be terrifying
@@adrianbeckmann3778think about it for a minute, if there's no other intelligent life out there it means it's impossible for intelligent life to be out there, which makes it seem very likely that we are not long for this universe LOL
@@emoryogglethorp8180 Or we just won the ultimate lottery and no one else did. Look at glass half full vs half empty.
Hey Quinn, before the year ends just wanted to write to you.
I've been reading science fiction since I was twelve years old. Where I'm from, it's not big even in literature circles. I never had anyone to discuss these stories with so I always kept my thoughts to myself. These past few years coming across your channel and seeing it grow from a small niche youtube channel to a full fledged sci-fi content creator has been such a rewarding experience. Not only did you bring me back to the books of my childhood but introduce me to new and fascinating authors and stories. It's been a tough year but your content has kept me sane and enthusiastic.
I wish you all the love and luck in the world and I cannot wait to see you reach more people in the coming years. Live long and prosper!
Hopefully we won’t need to be ruled by a worm god-emperor for 3500 years in order to survive
I have some bad news post the 2024 US presidential election... 😑
I voted for the wormgod 🇺🇲
Bless the Maker and His Water. May His passing cleanse the World.
@@jayjeckelah yes, religion, the fact that our species cares more about its feelings than the demonstrable facts is the reason that we have less than a century LOL
*Fish speaker voice* "Just let it happen..." Most people have no idea how off the rails Frank Herbert went with god emperor of dune. Leto atreides was a monster and a half. 😂🤣😭👹🪱🏛️👑
I had not really been a fan of Steven King's newer novels but Quinn always has a way of making me wanting to pick up a book. I'd pay money for an audiobook narrated by Quinn.
Yes. His narration is quite good and allows you to get "within" his words.
Which books and how much are you willing to pay?
I have Ai tools that can literally have anyone you like, reading any book you want.
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@@Itssmial_Ovaif I send you a box of old 70s porn paperbacks can you have them narrated by Quinn? It will be a gift for a friend.
I was thinking the same thing.
It's still not a great story. King isn't good at aliens.
Quinn makes it work.
You could just….pick up a book. People not taking the time to actually hold a book, feel the pages….reading something yourself is almost like being in tandem with the author. It’s sad to me that so few people are having that experience anymore…..it’s the beginning of our very own dystopia! I remember when if you wanted to know something, you had to read books to learn it.
If there's anything that can save us, it's this: complete strangers can, and will, help each other to survive in times of crisis.
Maybe there's enough of them to matter.
The fact that the stranger's culture survived at the very least proves that the great filter isn't a foregone conclusion.
Hey Quinn, I was taking an Uber the other day and the driver brought up that he loves Scifi and asked if I was aware of the three body problem movie and book series. For the next 35 minutes or so, we got so wrapped up in discussing various scifi books, time flew by. He was fascinated, as am I, with all things Scifi, especially books. I gave him a list of my favorite titles, which happen to be almost all recommendations by you. I also told him to watch you on youtube and patreon. You've got a new fan! Fuuny thing he said was, the way I explained a book made him super excited to want to go read it. Thanks for your recommendations!
über is more evil than any taxi company or lyft.
"Either we're alone in the universe, or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." Then you have The Great Filter and The Dark Forest, two solutions to the Fermi Paradox and both of those are terrifying too! Fantastic...
You can also think of a kind of "The Great Peace" in which an intelligent species manages to solve its own problems and make life pleasant for everyone on their planet, and therefore loses interest in seeking out and contacting other intelligent species simply to avoid having their way of life destroyed, not necessarily by a military invasion, but by much simpler things like the philosophy of another intelligent species, which could create all kinds of problems in their world even unintentionally. Imagine, for example, a species where altruism is a dominant characteristic, where there are no instincts of competition for mates, and where the planet's climate provides abundant food all year round; such a species might not even have the concept of private property, something that if introduced into this world might lead to its ruin.
This wasnt my favourite story in the collection, but I always like it when king goes a bit sci-fi
I haven't read the book yet. Were there any particular stand outs for you?
Finding out that we aren't alone in the universe and neither be faced with malice nor kindness. But pity. That has to sting.
Cool vid. Will you cover Severance?
Keep being worried. Eventually, things will change. When my parents were in school people were blowing up nukes on the surface, atmosphere, under water and in the sky. When I was a kid pollution was really bad. The Great Lakes were dead and the Eagle was going to be extinct. Things do improve.
People tend to forget the environmental issues we were able to resolve. Remember acid rain? Holes in the ozone layer from cfc? We are capable of making positive changes. Haven't nuked ourselves into oblivion yet. Here's hoping we dont
icing on the cake might look good, but when the cake is poisoned it doesn't matter.
humanity is done.
@@treavorwhitlock5606 the ozone hole and cfc problem is still ongoing. keep posting on that vision board though.
Don't forget the dustbowl.
@@jesipohl6717we’ve found the special boy with all the knowledge! Congratulations on being a psychic. Is there anything else you can tell us about humanity’s future?
Perhaps civilizations are like the stars themselves, some burn brightly for billions of years, while others self destruct under their own weight. (giving rise for other intelligent species to form)
Fun fact about the Fermi paradox is the story goes Enrico Fermi at lunch one day literally just asked the question "where is everyone?" And from there the question was interpreted as a paradox despite it just being an offhand question during lunch with friends/coworkers.
This kind of thing has been weighing especially heavy on my mind for the last month or so. Texas has always had comparatively mild winters, snow being rare. But this entire month, we may have reached 32 F twice the entire time. It's been t-shirt weather otherwise. Every day. It's never been like this before.
Because of your videos, I asked for Children of Time for Christmas and got the whole Trilogy. After I finish Deepdrive by Alexander Jablokov, another book I would love to see features on the channel, I will be starting that. I began the Three Body Problem series as well because of you, so thank you for shaping my Sci-Fi diet the last few years. My mind is the richer for it.
Oh you are in for a treat, Children of Time is excellent
Children of Time is amazing, hope you enjoy. The author truly makes the reader feel the alien-ness of the other creatures viewpoints in the book, it's really delightful because it's so unique and well done.
Incredible reading, thank you! The part where the Alien mentions having an autographed picture of Juhjudi was a nice touch
Damn. Every time a new Quinn vid drops, I realize again, and again, how much I missed watching them..
The fact that the ET hearings were just another side story tells you how apathetic people have become to the constant inundation of "breaking" news...
You mean the please give us millions of dollars without oversight hearings?
I never would have guessed you'd cover this one. I like the fact that the alien woman is named from The Martian Chronicles. You see this whole thing is why I consider Colossus to have a happy ending; It effectively says "You're all a bunch of idiots so I'm running things now. Like or lump it!". Well, it didn't use those exact words but that was pretty much it...
Hey Quinn, I highly recommend checking out the Metal Gear Solid Series. Personally, I think it’s right up your alley.
0:23 anyone else wave to Quinn here? No? Just me? Cool…. 😬
When I see him wave with the voice over, I always feel like he's trying to use mental powers to project his voice into my brain like a psi ventriloquist. Too much Dune coverage maybe, lol.
Yep
I forget where it comes from, but I always think of a book I read where an alien defined a species as being mature only if you could give the power to destroy the world to every single individual without worry that anyone would come to harm.
Cool story summary. Each nation is a competing superorganism. Humanity is a colony of colonies.
Excellent examination and commentary, Quinn! Thank you for sharing this. You know, I actually _do_ like it darker! I'll have to pick this up! I haven't read King in a while. It might be time to dive back in to his voluminous body of work. 😎☮️
I listened to the You Like It Darker audiobook and one of my biggest takeaways was I wish this story had been longer. Great video!
This end has already begun.
Love this channel. Keep it up Quinn.
Dude you are inciteful yet frightening 😮
Happy Holidays, Quinn! Here's wishing you longevity & a prosperous New Year!
I was watching this show called Silo on appletv and this character “Judy meadows” made a statement that brought a tear to my eye. So basically humanity lives underground due to the surface world be uninhabitable, yeah I know so original right but this show is amazing. But she says and this this what broke me “Bernard, how did they (present day us) lose this world” won’t spoil anymore but man lines like that in times like these just make me want to cry.
What is technological development, really, when it comes at the cost of social and moral progress?
bro.. we are on the edge of our seats way too often waiting for that theme music.. I'd actually like to hear you react to like the Jersey orbs or something like that too .. Lord knows there hasn't been enough fresh Quinn's ideas
I don't know why, but this is one of my favorite videos of yours
Bro, a new Quinn drop. It's a great day 😎
You Like It Darker was such a great collection of short stories from my favorite author. Highly recommend, several stories will make it to movies no doubt.
You like it darker. We kill the flame.
I hope you got lots of books for Christmas, Quinn
Love your shows Quinn! Best Science Fiction channel on TH-cam! Thank you! Have you ever looked at Charlie Stross's book Accelerando? I'd look to learn your thoughts of it and Glass House, it's sort of sequal AND Stross's Saturn's Children.
Quinn carries the SciFy community on TH-cam for yet another year.
Ah it’s 2am, I can’t sleep and I’m greeted by my favourite TH-camr and his glorious intro music :)
Nice. Does feel as if this planet is doomed at times
Not the planet. Humans. The planet will be fine without us just like it has the previous 4 billion years...
@@cw8867our technology gets more powerful every day, especially our weapons tech, it's only a matter of time before somebody comes up with a planet buster and is crazy enough to use it
@@cw8867Not even necessarily humans, but civilization certainly.
@@cw8867 Only somewhat true. There are forces in the cosmos, that can pretty well destroy Earth. We are currently the only option for Earth, to export parts of her, to other places, that may not be impacted and this survive🤗
I'd like to think that unless something actually destroys or sterilizes the planet (like an asteroid or a GRB), there would be some pockets of survivors. And they would eventually repopulate the Earth, even if restarting the tech level from scratch. It would be ironic is Earth was reset with like hillbillies from deep Appalachia, or uncontacted tribes from the Amazon or humters/gatherers from the Congo interior.
Yes. That's what the dinosaurs thought. We will endure... 😂
Millions if not billions of species have been wiped out on planet Earth over the eons. Many that were hardier than Homo Sapiens is in base form.
Yes, we have technology. But currently we need a virtually global infrastructure to keep it working.
If civilisation fell, I'm not sure how long humans would actually survive. Particularly if there was climate change.
Hunter gatherers from the Amazon are more likely to survive.
The planet will be fine. The people are fukked.
Interestingly enough, people that live off the land as a daily necessity will be the ones most likely to survive.
Why ironic? Somebody once said that during a natural disaster, all the PhD's on the street mean nothing compared to one redneck neighbor.
Hey Quinn, I like your ideas. Some quick feedback from a low attention watcher so more don't click off the video like me (sadly).
30 seconds in before we got to the intro, a minute in and I didn't feel like I have a real hook or entrance into whatever this topic is. I've never heard of it, and I'm sure it's interesting, but I (apparently) need an entry point a little quicker to stay.
May the algorithm gods bless you.
2:55 this type of End of the world reminds me of Terminator Zero and Vivy. Both highly recommend to watch.
Love vivy! So underrated....just finished pantheon.
Vivy Flourite Eyes?
When I see a new Quinn video click on it, upvote and comment for the algorithm. I love when you explore lesser known (to me, at least) sci-fi series. Keep’em coming
Makes you wonder if these aliens would go extinct leaving collections of stuff gathered from other alien races.
13:41 it is glaringly true that when intellect surpasses emotional intelligence, we are blindsided by our own hubris. Hubris stems from overshooting our own ability, thinking emotion is of the past, of lesser creatures, and thinking that intellect is what separates us from other things, but intellect is not better than emotionality. The heads of a coin is not better than the tails of a coin. They are just two sides of the same coin. The only way for humanity to go past the great filter and have the organism like desire and movement for survival is for intellect and emotionality to meld together. Only when they are together will humanity surpass all thresholds of annihilation. That is when the desire for physical empire, the vehicle for ideological empire, will be at last put to rest.
I worry the most about those forces that want to both squelch intellect and knowledge *and* regress to rock and doo-doo-throwing immaturity, paranoia, and hate.
In some ways, perhaps the problem is how mortality itself is presented in so many thought-systems: people are in a way trained to be afraid of their own mortality in ways that mean they can't accept or really comprehend the world going on without them. An 'End of the World' is pretty tidy compared to the actual messes and misery that come from when civilization screws up, gets reactionary, and dumbs and/or burns itself down.
Just in time for my birthday! Thank you!
We basically just started looking out to the universe, ( it's just been over a 100 years now since Edward Hubble confirmed that other galaxies existed) anyway, we've just started looking out into the universe passively, that is, listening and observing, with signals sent out by say SETI and others using radio wave-technology dissipating within light-years of distance, the fact that we have not yet discovered any other species could simply be down to lack of time, advancement in science and technology (lack of what communication technology they use thus can't listen to them or talk to them) or a multitude of other reasons, we might dread either there being other advanced civilizations, or a lack of, but given we haven't really spent any substantial time trying to find other intelligent life, the question it "TBA/to be announced" (or in this case 'answered' I suppose)
My take on the Fermi Paradox is that it discounts the immeasurable vastness of space. We're looking out into the universe for evidence of life, but we barely have the resources to understand what we even see out there. It's like looking for germs in a petri dish, but without a proper microscope: of course you're not going to see anything. Only, what we're looking at is incomprehensibly big, not incomprehensibly small.
I'm thinking that things might be like Star Trek's Prime Directive. You can't interact with lower developed worlds, so that's why we haven't found anybody else. Maybe we're shielded from outside influence in some way. If there is nobody else nearby, that's scary.
I always believed that we would create our own doom one day.
People are too fickle. Too easy to anger. To easy to manipulate.
Too selfish and stupid
All too true. People act they way their predecessors acted 100 years ago or 1000 years ago, but the materials are far more dangerous and damaging than before.
@@nettewilson5926I believe our tragedy is that not all of us are stupid or short-sighted but that those drown out the voices of temperance and foresight. Have you ever tried telling a stupid person that they stupid and worth less to the super organism and people around them? It never ends well.
if he was collecting souvenirs I would empty my pockets.. that would probably give me some small satisfaction to know that these guys were putting my knife, wallet and pocket change in the museum like.. "bro this one was trippy" lol
Thank you, Quinn.
What do you think of the Strugatsky brothers work makes me sad no one discusses their novels
I rate this video, 10 of 10 🍿
Oh hell I just read this. Quinn you are a god.
Great work as always
We are too polarized. We don't talk to each other. We hate each other. We are not a good species.
We need to grow. We need to speak. We need to talk on a better level. There is too much hate in this world. We must grow, we must evolve.
Barbara Lerner Specter is that you?
@@NigelWordsworth ¿?
How very strange - I just posted a comment and it's been swallowed up and vanished... Let's try again (if I can remember what I wrote)....
Great vid, Quinn - I thought I knew where the story was going until it _didn't_ go there at all :)
One day (ie probably never), I'm going to write a short story about why aliens visit Earth: it's because, of all the species in the galaxy, humans are the only ones with religions, and the only ones that believe in ghosts, spirits and an afterlife - because _we_ create them ourselves, and aliens find that fascinating. That's also why, on the whole, they keep away: they've seen what horrors religion can bring, and don't want to be "infected" by us.
One day....
Happy Nude Year to everyone :)
Doooooo iiiit!
Agent smith from the matrix talks about this.
The human collective is not yhe human individual.
We're Doomed. 😐
Love the storyline , especially this one
For me, a miracle for humanity would be us experiencing extinction in a way in which we were not the responsible party. That means, if we survive long enough to be destroyed by an asteroid, megaquakes/tsunamis, or an alien invasion, then that would mean we have passed the test as a species.
Really? I mean, if it comes to fast, aren't we were just procrastinating too much? Thus, is it not a sing of our failure as a species, to acknowledge the fragility of peace?
"we trip on our own shoelaces trying to chance down something we'll never understand." - Me , just now- Write that down! lol
Great vid!
This is the thought that haunts me. As I watch the world ignore climate change and fall to fascism once again, one can only conclude that our intelligence will be our undoing.
It is not fascism, but feudalism, we are heading right now😉
Quinn's concept or perspective on the human race's behavior is accurate. I see it in elections and hatred towards each other.
What about the genocide that so called western “democracies” are aiding and abetting? And in our case, directly funding?
Great video, thank you!
Is the background music original to an Alien soundtrack or some remix/reimagining?
The "Superorganism" of human kind is the worst thing about it. Hierarchies always lead to corruption.
There should be a sequel to this story
How did the north American locust go extinct?
Sounds like a visit from dark Ford Prefect. I love it.
Awesome video thanks dude
Another great video.
Excellent overview and narration, as always, Quinn. We, as "cells" of humanity's superorganism, can--given enough of us care--reroute our path away from self-destruction and towards a future we can be proud of. Our nature can hinder us or help us, but our conscious mind can override our base instincts, if we allow it.
Utterly naive fantasy. More rational to follow the available evidence.
@kennethg9277 An excellent example of learned helplessness.
Look at quiuin rocking the kenticloth
If anything wipes out humanity it’ll be pure cringe.
The organism best lined up to wipe us out is... us. Humans may end up being the cringelords of the universe. Kind of funny but also quite morbid
....because humans are deplorable.
And thats why we had Steven Spielberg and Lucas saving the world 🎉😅 Movies and moves that changed the course of history ❤😂
Quinn, it's driving me nuts that I can't figure it out - which of Jamez's pieces have you used for this video? It's so captivating to listen to, I'd love to hear it on its own! But it doesn't seem to match anything he currently has on his own channel or Bandcamp. 🤔
I'm amazed that the aliens had the foresight to get an autographed picture of juhjudi several years before she even became a judge and nearly 20 before the show first aired.
Blimey, cheer up it’s Christmas
Selfishness/greed/individualism are both a blessing and a curse
I too have thought the world may be better off without humanity. We are pretty prejudiced as a group.
Humans as a super-organism?? I don’t buy it….people seem too contradicting; too tribal ; too competitive for that….maybe you could discuss further or point me to another video you did that explains further…..also love your works…so intelligent and thought provoking… 18:52
Ants have opinions as well😉 Really wild is the theory, that we are a mere function of plant live. Advanced roots, so to speak😏 All just thought out by an algorithm, so advanced, that we struggle to even read the code, written in plain sight.
I became the 666th “like”…my path is now set.
Quinn, have you watched Love, Death & Robots on Netflix yet?
I love that show! Well, most of it!
Steven King brags about meeting aliens and getting the ability to produce crazy stuff like we wouldn't notice
Unless those aliens gave him a big old bag of cocaine, I doubt they influenced his work all that much
I wish I remembered the name of the short story, but I read it a few years ago and the moral is that we humans are dramatic, self-absorbed creatures who like to think we can either reach Star Trek style utopia or completely destroy the world, but those views are utter hubris. Civilizations rise and fall, and have their ups and downs; so do species. Inevitably humans will go extinct, but it is unlikely to be by our own hand. On the flip side utopia is so filled with things that go against our very nature it would be hard to call us human still if we ever reached it. I could only think of that this whole video.
Nukes are scary, but there never has been a reason to nuke every square inch of the planet. Climate change presents a major challenge, but it cannot change the layout of the continents so hot house Earth will not return. AI are tools and gene editing is so new we can fill it with our own dark fantasies.
So basically this is like a mirrored version of Childhood's End. The aliens in that book make a museum of Earth and other worlds, but it's far more optimistic and utopian
"Unfortunately, No One Can Be Told What ‘Quinn’s Ideas’ Is. You Have To See It For Yourself."
Quinn, does this remind you a little about GALAXIA, from Foundation?
There is one problem with the story: what about the alien's own race? How did they manage to survive their own great filter? It can only mean that the great filter isn't a foregone conclusion; it's not entirely predestined. If the alien's own culture escaped their great filter, then there's a chance, however small, that we can escape ours as well.
It wasn't the things humans recognized as weapons that killed them. The machine gun scared them. The tank, airplane, chemical weapons, biological warfare, the nuclear bomb... They knew to be afraid of those. AI, quantum computing, they didn't know why, but they knew those technologies could be dangerous. No, that didn't kill them. It was when they started to create faster than they could understand. When they didn't have time to fear the next technology. That's when the weapon that killed them appeared.
Sounds like typical Star Trek episode
Quinn I would love to listen to audio books in your voice, have you ever considered?
Our ambitions far exceed our humanity
This!
As I look at the world I feel sad, as this story might not be fiction.
Well said human.
To be honest, when I consider the number of photos I have of me with celebs at ComicCons, aliens valuing a signed Judge Judy photo kind of makes sense.
I mean, if they have interstellar travel and can create rough facsimiles of humans, our technological achievements will have little value to them.
And only the "richest" (even I'd they have such a concept) could afford to acquire a pyramid or London Bridge...