Recording Ourselves

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  • In Egypt's sandy silence, all alone,
    Stands a gigantic Leg, which far off throws
    The only shadow that the Desert knows:-
    "I am great OZYMANDIAS," saith the stone,
    "The King of Kings; this mighty City shows
    "The wonders of my hand."- The City's gone,-
    Nought but the Leg remaining to disclose
    The site of this forgotten Babylon.
    We wonder,-and some Hunter may express
    Wonder like ours, when thro' the wilderness
    Where London stood, holding the Wolf in chace,
    He meets some fragment huge, and stops to guess
    What powerful but unrecorded race
    Once dwelt in that annihilated place.
    -Horace Smith's Ozymandias
    CORRECTIONS
    7:33 - World Population figure should be 0.27%
    8:08 - Digital Voice Recorder should be Sony PCM
    ***** LINKS AND SOURCES ******
    BOOKS
    A Brief History Of Diaries by Alexandra Johnson
    goo.gl/gEaxcQ
    Documenting Individual Identity by Caplan and Torpey
    goo.gl/1e68Wi
    LINKS
    Humai - Human Resurrection Through AI
    humaitech.com
    Christopher Columbus XX
    www.thepanamadigest.com/2010/0...
    www.bbc.com/news/magazine-1528...
    articles.latimes.com/1991-10-0...
    www.ejercito.mde.es/gl/unidade...
    Cylinder Seals In Mesopotamia
    goo.gl/0Ly7oH
    goo.gl/f3j1zx
    goo.gl/ztFP7I
    goo.gl/8Ewf88
    goo.gl/ylVr2D
    Cylinder Seal of Ibni-Sharrum by Denis Pitzsalis
    goo.gl/hyBqIF
    Social Group Size Predicts the Evolution Of Identity
    goo.gl/yzSdMq
    Seikilos Epitaph Performed by Marcus Harvey
    goo.gl/A7QQiT
    Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
    goo.gl/c3jRLG
    Literacy - Our World In Data
    goo.gl/isb4A6
    Probate Records
    goo.gl/FDhT4I
    Diaries
    goo.gl/V09l6
    Venus Tan-Tan & Berekhat Ram
    goo.gl/u0rt7
    Paul Revere Probate Record
    goo.gl/97z89K
    Alexander Graham Bell’s Ear Phonautograph
    goo.gl/jAHFHb
    goo.gl/xghDYu
    Luca Landucci
    goo.gl/hTnI0l
    On The Execution Of Friar Girolamo Savonarola
    goo.gl/WHq8um
    Marcus Aurelius - The Meditations
    goo.gl/7aQs6
    American Indian Oral Tradition Painting
    Buffalo Bill Center of the West / The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY
    The Republic Of Letters
    goo.gl/jPidq
    goo.gl/M39odJ
    Library Of Congress
    goo.gl/xgRHHV
    *************************************
    Vsauce2 Links
    Twitter: / vsaucetwo
    Facebook: / vsaucetwo
    Website: www.vsauce.com
    Written, Produced, Edited and Hosted by Kevin Lieber
    Instagram: / kevlieber
    Twitter: / kevinlieber
    Website: kevinlieber.com
    Contributing Editor Matthew Tabor, Koala Fight Media
    koala.fm/
    VFX by Eric Langlay
    • Video
    Additional Animation by Lulu Jiang
    www.lulujiang.com/
    Production Assistant Michael Watson
    / michaeldwatson1
    Sound Design by Jay Pellizzi and Jared Tuttle
    hothead.tv/
    jaypellizzi.com/
    Outro Song: Block Out The Sun by Paul Russel
    Special Thanks To Ryan Bond, Noah Tesch, Kathleen Kuiper And The Folks At Encyclopedia Britannica
    www.britannica.com/
    Special Thanks To The Morgan Library & Museum
    www.themorgan.org/
    Special Thanks To Chris From Zanzibar Land For Creating The Vsauce Cylinder Seal
    www.etsy.com/shop/ZanzibarLand
    / zanzibar_land
    Special Thanks To Expert Mesopotamia Joshua J. Mark
    www.ancient.eu/user/JPryst/
    Special Thanks To You.

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  • @UntitledGameShow
    @UntitledGameShow 8 ปีที่แล้ว +940

    the music at the end of the video is amazing

    • @abobchicken
      @abobchicken 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Untitledgameshow Yeah lol, know what it's called? Couldn't find it in the links D:

    • @ggh799
      @ggh799 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Untitledgameshow I need to know too

    • @user-je4xf5fj7y
      @user-je4xf5fj7y 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Untitledgameshow tried soundclud but still no name :S

    • @eXess1
      @eXess1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't know what it is, but it sounds similar to some of marilyn Manson's stuff.

    • @UntitledGameShow
      @UntitledGameShow 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      abobchicken
      Tyler Miller I could not find a link to the song it as well :-(, Maybe he will see this post and update the description. Hopefully?

  • @itaybron
    @itaybron 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1364

    it's so weird being human

    • @MEGAF00T
      @MEGAF00T 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Dogs sniff butts, I think we're ok compared to that.

    • @dragons10000
      @dragons10000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      +MEGAF00T humans lick genitals, I think dogs are ok with that...

    • @ShinyGoldBacon
      @ShinyGoldBacon 8 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      +MEGAF00T Dogs probably think we are odd for NOT sniffing butts, though.

    • @AnstonMusic
      @AnstonMusic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      +ShinyGoldBacon
      I think some people do sniff butts. Just throwing it out there.

    • @Expllosaoriginal
      @Expllosaoriginal 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      +MEGAF00T Some people lick butts, or stick everything they can find in them. Why do you think its weird for a dog to sniff some? It *is* weird being human

  • @TheSucread
    @TheSucread 8 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Posting here, just to not be forgotten.

    • @WellBeSerious12
      @WellBeSerious12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who are you? And how did you get into my house?

    • @Paulog2003
      @Paulog2003 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      TheSucread same

    • @xoxo-sf1zg
      @xoxo-sf1zg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was here

    • @CanClub
      @CanClub 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I won’t forget you

    • @Joppersss
      @Joppersss 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi from 2020

  • @TaiStar42
    @TaiStar42 6 ปีที่แล้ว +464

    imagine researching 100 year old youtube videos for history class

    • @than217
      @than217 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      "Gather round everyone. A carrier pigeon just arrived with a rather funny image of a man looking toward a woman walking away while another woman looks at him angrily. The woman walking away's face says "free market capitalism" and the angry woman's face says "Marxism". I shall compose a telegram reply to tell Abraham how funny this image is: L. O. L. STOP..."

    • @monstergelo1072
      @monstergelo1072 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      perfect work doesn't ex...

    • @blue9139
      @blue9139 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Someone just finds a picture of doge and starts laughing for some reason and dies

    • @xoxo-sf1zg
      @xoxo-sf1zg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@blue9139 it is called snapchat and instagram filters.

    • @blue9139
      @blue9139 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      xo xo
      Yed

  • @DanielRenardAnimation
    @DanielRenardAnimation 8 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    My mother is currently sifting through old photographs.
    She lost her father (my grandfather) around dinner time yesterday due to a heart attack.
    Now comes the time for her, where she can no longer _know who he is,_ but instead simply _remember who he was._

    • @matthewtabor3375
      @matthewtabor3375 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      +Daniel Renard Sorry for your and your mother's loss, Danel -- all those old photographs and documents, and forcing us to remember what we can, is an amazing opportunity to think about a life and how who someone was transfers into who the next generation is.

    • @DanielRenardAnimation
      @DanielRenardAnimation 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Matthew Tabor
      Thanks. It may sound cold of me, but I was personally never all that close to him, nor were my two sisters.
      It of course saddens me to know a family member has passed away and I do support my mother who was of course, very close to her father.
      My grandfather just had ideals that were incompatible with the times of my youth. For example, he was greatly disappointed in me, even as a pre-teen, for not knowing how to fix a flat bike tire; I either had my parents tell me they would do it for me and bike wheels in general, were built sturdier back then, than they were in the 1940's/50's when he was a kid, so there was no need for me to having learned that at such an age. I DO know how to fix one, today at least.
      He and his wife _(not my grandmother)_ nearly never invited family over and often declined invitations. The invitations he did accept, he would just sit in a corner with his wife, smoke cigarettes and drink to the point where drunken arguments would ensue with other relatives and/or their loved ones, until they would finally be kicked out and sent home, so... nope. Wasn't all that close.
      My fondest and probably only positive memory I have of him, is where he drew me a locomotive with a common blue ink pen, on a piece of graph paper, when I was a child _(I loved locomotives back then.)_ ...but he kept it. - Wait a minute... that memory *sucked* too! D:

    • @DanielRenardAnimation
      @DanielRenardAnimation 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      *****
      Who, my mom? She has a old Nokia that still uses midi sounds and just barely displays colors; I'd love to see her even try that.

    • @kenite7980
      @kenite7980 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LOL

    • @alejosssdo
      @alejosssdo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +Daniel Renard I wish there could be a form to record my life from MY perspective so that people not only remember me from their eyes, but also from mine, they'd know then who I really was

  • @AndrewBrownK
    @AndrewBrownK 8 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    Supposedly we are making history in this comments section. Will future historians read this comment? Are you a historian from the future? Hello you. What year is it? Am I still alive?

    • @NoirRaven
      @NoirRaven 8 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      +Andrew Brown Hi. It's still 2015 but 30 minutes or so from when you posted this. I assume you're still alive but have no real way of knowing. Not really a concern of mine anyway. I just wanted to let you know that your existence, will only last as long the power does. If there's a country wide black out then your existence is erased. Pleasant dreams. :D

    • @DyslexicGamer
      @DyslexicGamer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      +NoirRaven If I unplug a server does it lose it memory, the answer is no. The servers would have to be destroyed or possibly hit with an EMP and the information may still be recoverable the EMP may just temporarily shut down the servers.

    • @NoirRaven
      @NoirRaven 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      DyslexicGamer Yes but if there's no power to power the servers, then the data might as well _be_ erased.

    • @ChazEvansdale
      @ChazEvansdale 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      +Andrew Brown Hello Andrew, I'm a historian from 2 hours in the future. I can still read your comment at 3:54am EST, 12 Dec 2015. If you can read mine reply to record that you're still in fact alive.

    • @IbakonFerba
      @IbakonFerba 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is 2015 and probably you are still alive :P

  • @BearsThatCare
    @BearsThatCare 8 ปีที่แล้ว +783

    GOD I CAN"T WAIT FOR THE FUTURE!!!
    Person 1: "How big is the internet??"
    Person 2: "A few HELLAbytes!" :D

    • @Mathkinz
      @Mathkinz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Haha! Good one. 😄

    • @emperorSbraz
      @emperorSbraz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      +Bear McBear MC
      hellabytes needs to happen! XD

    • @bangbudi644
      @bangbudi644 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      bear mc bear strike again, this account not the one that featured on sourcefed comment commentary, right?

    • @BearsThatCare
      @BearsThatCare 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      bang budi Tell me which episode, stopped watching after it moved.

    • @bangbudi644
      @bangbudi644 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Bear McBear MC it's Comment Commentary 97!!!
      th-cam.com/video/ameXUWBu12M/w-d-xo.html

  • @LnPPersonified
    @LnPPersonified 8 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I don't know why, but this episode made me really happy. Maybe it's the realization that we're not so different even across eons of time, or that we all want to be remembered in some way, and that unites us. Either way, puts a smile on my face.

    • @matthewtabor3375
      @matthewtabor3375 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Pokerface It's pretty interesting that humanity largely has a core tendency to do the same things, just a little differently and a little better as time passes. IMO, that's what makes the societies that *don't* do something so interesting.

  • @bosslevel8
    @bosslevel8 8 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    A severed ear?? Well we can't un-know that now can we. :P

    • @Neceros
      @Neceros 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      +BossLevel8 Biology perfects things. Hard to compete.

    • @Superbouncybubble
      @Superbouncybubble 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Where'd he even get one of those?

    • @bosslevel8
      @bosslevel8 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Neceros that's true. Imagine if the technology never advanced. :P

    • @Erigorn
      @Erigorn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      +Superbouncybubble Santa Claus decided he was a good boy that year!

    • @bosslevel8
      @bosslevel8 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      +Superbouncybubble Van Gogh?

  • @speedydog45
    @speedydog45 8 ปีที่แล้ว +269

    I'm gonna name my kid lamppost, that will make him be remembered

    • @militantpacifist4087
      @militantpacifist4087 8 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Name him bacon so he can be both remembered and loved.

    • @lolamerest3519
      @lolamerest3519 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +A Pacing Goose Omg I think I remember you... You saw the Holtzclaw verdict didn't you! You said, "The people in the comments are worse than him".

    • @TheGoldengamerpro
      @TheGoldengamerpro 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +BobinsonPlayz WHO'S SHAUN!!!!

    • @ShaunJon
      @ShaunJon 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +GoldenGamerPro 👀

    • @island-wind
      @island-wind 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +SittingMoose Shaman what the heck are you talking about?

  • @Millermacs
    @Millermacs 8 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    0:55
    *Nationality - Chinese*
    *Height - 6'2"*
    *Hair Color - Blonde*
    What kind of freak of nature are we talking about here?

    • @beargryllsfan007
      @beargryllsfan007 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      A blonde jeremy lin

    • @nexzaros7951
      @nexzaros7951 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      +Millermacs A blond female 6'2" chinese 14 year old nurse is a bit far fetched.

    • @Sensiav703
      @Sensiav703 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      An anime character, obviously. =P

    • @helper_bot
      @helper_bot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      *Age: 14*
      *Occupation: Nurse*

    • @JamesJamesW
      @JamesJamesW 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      190 pounds

  • @UFOgamers
    @UFOgamers 8 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Just imagine how many dead people are subscribed to your channel, i'm even sure the'll come a day where i'll be dead and still subscribed in this channel !

  • @xoblyxanier
    @xoblyxanier 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    nice touch with the cylinder seal at the end

    • @drabberfrog
      @drabberfrog 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah that was pretty cool

  • @goldecc
    @goldecc 8 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    Why do these videos make me feel so small and worthless at the end?

    • @militantpacifist4087
      @militantpacifist4087 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Probably because of the many things that one doesn't really know, just like we're just a mere speck in the vast universe and probably multiverse.

    • @a2aaron
      @a2aaron 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It's not that a person is small, it's that the world is so big that the person is small by comparison.
      The Earth holds every city and mountain we have climbed, every great book and painting.
      Jupiter could fit over 1000 earths. Does that make earth small?

    • @Neiot
      @Neiot 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      +Goldec HD On the contrary, these videos make me feel empowered and human by the end of them. You, yourself, probably feel small because you're in a world that is vast and seemingly unending. Take pride in feeling small, because even the smallest things can make the biggest differences.

    • @TheHigherVoltage
      @TheHigherVoltage 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Goldec HD Mostly because of conditioning.

    • @ToledoJay
      @ToledoJay 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ll fz

  • @TroutOfOrder
    @TroutOfOrder 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I just realized that every single Vsauce video, wether it be 1 2 or 3 would be terrible if they didn't pick great music, do their research, and explain it in a way that everyone can understand. I'd never realized why I love Vsauce so much.

  • @paulsampson6286
    @paulsampson6286 7 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    Hang on... You just glossed over the fact that AGB used a SEVERED HUMAN INNER EAR to make the first audio recording. What?

    • @nikoandroman
      @nikoandroman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Paul Sampson wow

    • @TheMidnightdemon
      @TheMidnightdemon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Paul Sampson Disturbing, right? XD

    • @mollywillo
      @mollywillo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I KNOW I WAS LIKE WTF they don't teach u this in school

  • @BiteSizedBits
    @BiteSizedBits 8 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    Good job in TH-cam Rewind 2015 Kevin!

    • @tyguyrocks
      @tyguyrocks 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Where does he show up in the video?

    • @4xdblack
      @4xdblack 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +Boggles at first I thought that was a clever comment about this video.. then I realized that Kevin actually was in this year's TH-cam Rewind..

    • @HelenaRedgrave
      @HelenaRedgrave 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Boggles I watched the whole thing waiting for him to show up, I had to search for him after that, and I only saw him for a split second with like other 10 people in the frame, am I missing something here? D:

    • @SamsUndertale
      @SamsUndertale 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Aakash Manapat 2:31 top right corner for like one second (I think that's him)

    • @sciblastofficial9833
      @sciblastofficial9833 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I found him in TH-cam Rewind 2017
      (Eclipse glasses scene, on the very very left)

  • @AngryDemonBowser
    @AngryDemonBowser 8 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    man this video kind of made me sad.
    Like knowing no one will care about your death unless you did something incredible and never done before, and even then, you will be mentioned as a ''name'' rather than a person.
    But hey we didn't cry when our ancestors died as of today because they died of an arrow to the face, a sword in the stomach, a stone against your temple or drowned.
    Come to think of it: many people died, and we know not even half of their names.

    • @quackymoo9135
      @quackymoo9135 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      We don't even know a one hundredth of the people who have died

    • @morbuskid1720
      @morbuskid1720 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +AngryDemonBowser Ours got cut down by machine guns, tanks, muskets, cannons, aircraft, warships, calvary, banzai charges, bayonets, mines, bombs, artillery, starvation, sickness, fatal wounds, barbed wire, gas, and so on.

    • @mrobusto1010
      @mrobusto1010 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      +AngryDemonBowser According to a 2013 study, the average American knows about 600 people. Of course, this number will surely increase as we become ever more connected through various social media platforms. Comparatively, approximately 106 billion people have ever existed. About 7 billion people are currently alive. Given those numbers, any given individual only knows 5.66x10^-7% of the entire historical, global population.
      An equally crazy thought is how many people never had a chance to be known. According to UN statistics, the current global infant mortality rate is 49.4 deaths per 1000 births. I couldn't find exact statistics on global infant mortality rates a century ago, but rates in some cities were around 30%. Just 100 years ago, 30% of all people born were likely to die before they had a chance to be "known."
      It's kind of daunting--how few people we know on the grand scale of thing. Perhaps it doesn't matter. What is the difference between having 1 friend and 1000 friend?. Happiness and fulfillment are all subjective.
      If it makes you feel any better, what does individual impact matter anyway on a universal scale? When the inevitable heat death of the universe occurs, there will be no one left to remember anyone, or anything for that matter.

    • @hillhue1256
      @hillhue1256 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I feel good knowing I'm not the only one going through an existential crisis after watching this XD

    • @i3e5l4
      @i3e5l4 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's is amazing to realize that everyone who has ever both lived and died are underneath us right now. We are only >1% of the entire human ancestry currently above ground.

  • @Toastmaster_5000
    @Toastmaster_5000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    It's amazing to me how accurate it is too have immortality because of mummification and documentation. There are so many ancient societies that would have been lost to history without it, and it really gets you to wonder how much more amazing history there is that was either not documented, or if the documentation was destroyed.

    • @matthewtabor3375
      @matthewtabor3375 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Peter Schmidt It's the same thing with inventions -- just think how many times a particular thing was discovered, like the proper ratio of copper and tin to make bronze, that was lost before it was recorded. That's part of discovery, really -- not only coming up with something, but recording that discovery in such a way as to allow others to remember and use it.

    • @shadesilverwing0
      @shadesilverwing0 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Peter Schmidt I often wonder what life was like for our archaic ancestors 15,000+ years ago. Imagine what they could've told us.

    • @i3e5l4
      @i3e5l4 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wonder how many civilizations existed tht we don't know about because they didn't come up with mummification or just didn't have the means and technology available to preserve things...

  • @benbrown8363
    @benbrown8363 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    that has got to be the best vsauce2 video you've ever made. well done Kevin and thanks for all the amazing hardwork!

  • @EClaire.1073
    @EClaire.1073 8 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I can get behind the idea of a "Hellabyte."

  • @matthewmf3514
    @matthewmf3514 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I guess you could say...
    You just got saved.
    *YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*

  • @Shezmen88
    @Shezmen88 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This is amazing and should be on the main channel. Awesome work Kevin!

    • @TRBenjiSwiss
      @TRBenjiSwiss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      im pretty sure nowadays that the 3 vsauces are for the 3 people that run vsauce

  • @SimplyMayaBeauty
    @SimplyMayaBeauty 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I LOVE all the Vsauce channels, and this video is another in the long line of excellence. Loved it!

  • @jkhpiano2904
    @jkhpiano2904 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I figured out a long time ago that I will have no impact on the world, really.
    That my actions don't matter.
    And that living is NOT about being remembered, but experiencing the world while you can. Not caring if people know or care about you.
    Once I realized that, I was happy.

    • @Alexandra-ip2by
      @Alexandra-ip2by 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yesterday was history
      Tommorow is a mystery
      But today is a gift
      That’s why it’s called the present

    • @lifeexpands3695
      @lifeexpands3695 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'd add to that... I think it's about leaving things in a better state than how you found them. For the benefit of the next person. For the benefit of next generation. For the benefit of other species - animal, plant, for who and whatever.
      It's not about the value you can extract from your experiences on earth while you're alive... That's still - sadly - quite an inward and self-orientated perspective.
      Instead, shift your perspective around. You're not just you. You're part of a collective.
      I reckon it's about continually trying to leave something better than when you found it... both on a small, day-to-day basis and the biggie, how you leave things after you pop your clogs, kick the bucket, shuffle off this mortal coil, you know.
      Apply that to everything, everyone, the planet, where you live etc, and you'll be ok.

    • @SrValeriolete
      @SrValeriolete 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Life Expands. Really loved this comment. Would like to make a quote of part of it and share in my social media, can I? I can credit you if you want, just give me a name. (I'm in my boyfriend's account)

    • @lifeexpands3695
      @lifeexpands3695 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi there, of course you can quote which ever part you like. It's really nice that you agree with the sentiment - please do share. No need to credit me personally, I prefer anonymity in any case. You can credit my screen name if you like, but it doesn't matter (the screen name is part of a quote).

  • @redwelcomer
    @redwelcomer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Epic, brought a tear to my eye. That may seem strange to some, but this video really touched me. The human experience is hard to put into words because words are a part of that experience so can't describe it, just like the color of my shirt can't tell you what a shirt is. I don't know, but I really enjoyed this one, well done.

  • @WPTUNED
    @WPTUNED 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    And as always, my mind is blown!

  • @xxjoexboixx
    @xxjoexboixx 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All those amazing videos we see everyday on youtube are just a fraction of what is possible in the world. Amazing feats have been done throughout history but only now are we able to display them for one another to see. Imagine if we had video recording 200 years ago, what a different world we'd be in.

  • @masterdave912
    @masterdave912 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is honestly one of the most interesting and thought provoking videos I've watched for some time, the outro music is really powerful and hits home, great video!

  • @andrewb1870
    @andrewb1870 8 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Wait, a real vsauce video on vsauce 2?

    • @lexrogan2207
      @lexrogan2207 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Define real

    • @bluzingtin
      @bluzingtin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      But how much does it weigh

  • @boohoowho1132
    @boohoowho1132 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "We may have eliminated the land of no return, without realizing it."
    That was deep.

  • @MasterFive94
    @MasterFive94 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    My friend passed not to long ago. In 2 days it'll be a month since hes passed. I put the only song he ever recorded on soundcloud for the purpose to make him immortal. Even after I pass, our friends pass or even his family he'll live forever through that song. Being able to be heard after years of being gone. The internet is a great place!

  • @amyharris8801
    @amyharris8801 8 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    A 14 year old Chinese high schooler nurse who is 6'2" and blonde.

    • @corruptedminds5679
      @corruptedminds5679 8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      +Amy Harris 
      Sounds like an anime character :)

    • @amyharris8801
      @amyharris8801 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      +Richard England You're... You're not wrong.

    • @mpaquin
      @mpaquin 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sounds fine to me

    • @aaronalvarado5657
      @aaronalvarado5657 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm 5'8 and 12 years old and im starting to be a coder/programmer

    • @finwoolfson3842
      @finwoolfson3842 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Aaron Alvarado congratulations. welcome to this wonderful world, where everyone gets on with their own thing.

  • @20hiter
    @20hiter 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This video is a perfect example of why i love Vsauce

  • @hiddens2346
    @hiddens2346 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW! Just wow!! Thanks a lot Kevin, for conveying this message so beautifully!!! Very clearly conveyed, and gives a new insight into who I WILL be, tomorrow, my legacy.

  • @jtwithstyle
    @jtwithstyle 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such a great video, so much work went into it finding the material and editing, and the story telling and connecting the dots... pure talent

  • @bigfishex
    @bigfishex 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the vsauce channels keep impressing me and have done so for a while now, this was no exception. I commend you, great work.

  • @MayurBharali
    @MayurBharali 8 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    my comments are being recorded

    • @Totalinternalerection
      @Totalinternalerection 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Mayur Bharali #worldunderwatchNSA2K15

    • @matthewtabor3375
      @matthewtabor3375 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Mayur Bharali Yep, they are -- and it's going to be interesting to see how historians use information on the internet as primary documents decades from now. Imagine all the content a historian would have to sift through... 100 years ago, it was just reading a diary or letters, maybe some photos and newspaper articles.

    • @lazyboy1060
      @lazyboy1060 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Matthew Tabor A LOT of pointless rubbish

    • @lazyboy1060
      @lazyboy1060 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +21st Century Just like this

    • @lazyboy1060
      @lazyboy1060 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +21st Century Or this

  • @Saif_theFox
    @Saif_theFox 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He should make documentary's or short films, Kevin's way of story telling about things makes you think and wonder, great video

  • @HunterCrim4767
    @HunterCrim4767 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The videos keep getting better and better. Such an accomplished channel!

  • @TheGeckoNinja
    @TheGeckoNinja 8 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    there you have it folks, thanks to the internet we wont go to hell :D

    • @kjkane1409
      @kjkane1409 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +TheGeckoNinja For me I think it's the other way around.

    • @Gadget622
      @Gadget622 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +That Kid KJ Thanks to hell we won't need to go to the internet? :P

    • @icywinterof88
      @icywinterof88 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +TheGeckoNinja Take that religion!

    • @morbuskid1720
      @morbuskid1720 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +TheGeckoNinja No, thanks to the internet we won't be forgotten, which means no Purgatory.

  • @AndreaMGC
    @AndreaMGC 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Possibly the greatest vsauce I've ever seen

    • @matthewtabor3375
      @matthewtabor3375 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +AndreaMGC Thanks, Andrea -- definitely making sure Kevin sees your comment!

  • @katharinahaffner8343
    @katharinahaffner8343 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for your amazing work!

  • @vermilliontoaster3063
    @vermilliontoaster3063 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have always loved the music and the messages of Vsauce. They always leave pondering your life and future, as well as other peoples. I love these channels, and the people who help make them a reality. Thank you Vsauce 1-3, and continue your amazing work.

  • @weignerg
    @weignerg 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great video. Videos like this are what I subscribed for. :)

    • @matthewtabor3375
      @matthewtabor3375 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Greg Weigner Thanks, Greg! Really glad to hear that you liked it -- these comments mean a lot more to Vsaucers than people realize.

  • @themasstermwahahahah
    @themasstermwahahahah 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A step up from the normal video, well done

  • @lonelylucifer5301
    @lonelylucifer5301 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That last part is exactly the lore behind the Mexican day of the dead.
    Also, I'm going to start recording myself talking about things I'm interested in for my kids. My father was a singer and died suddenly 2 yrs ago. I have countless recordings of him singing and it makes me so happy to hear them. I want my kids to have something like that in case something happens to me.

  • @maxhawkblues1723
    @maxhawkblues1723 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Utterly fantastic. I love the style of your videos and how informative they are!!

  • @RicePinger
    @RicePinger 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was magical

  • @Bonobo3D
    @Bonobo3D 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Brilliant, thank you!
    Subscribing.

  • @skram1000
    @skram1000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i love these, i really like the music too. and what great quotes, you do us all a great service

  • @quaimaboylan5175
    @quaimaboylan5175 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoyed this video! It's stuff like this I think about all the time and enjoy learning about. For Centuries, humans have been trying to record some type of record of themselves. Today, we have the technology to record mundane things , that back then no one even thought about. It really puts into perspective how much life has changed and evolved over the years.

  • @dash4u746
    @dash4u746 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    sooo deep man 10/10

  • @swurviie
    @swurviie 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    My last name's McDonald
    glad i got that out there

  • @Drockzoids
    @Drockzoids 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pretty awesome video! Not many videos can actually grasp my attention the entire time with the same level of curiosity. Thank you for this.

  • @FromAshToPhoenix
    @FromAshToPhoenix 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Moving, emotional...timeless. Great Video!

  • @murdocniccals2624
    @murdocniccals2624 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I hope "Hellabytes" becomes a thing

  • @chaoticchris8924
    @chaoticchris8924 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    If I name my kid "remembered". He will be remembered. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA kill me

  • @FefeElChat
    @FefeElChat 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    love your more serious style, Kevin
    really nice that you're renewing it

  • @MrAtrayitti
    @MrAtrayitti 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video Kevin! I love these longer, more introspective vids. Keep up the great work, thank you for doing what you do!

  • @Immajeanyus
    @Immajeanyus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I'm not looking forward to my kids reading my tweets and looking at all my social media. :|

    • @rafaeldiaz2829
      @rafaeldiaz2829 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Then don't have kids.

    • @renatonovis
      @renatonovis 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Little M - K Chan me too!

    • @_MaxHeadroom_
      @_MaxHeadroom_ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just delete your old profile and make a new one?

    • @michaelh.1262
      @michaelh.1262 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Jack Ripper You don't say???

    • @DattBoiiT
      @DattBoiiT 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      We meet again...

  • @CarefulAtheist
    @CarefulAtheist 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    14 dislikes because people heard "Isis" singing midway through the video. ;)

  • @bhattkishan9
    @bhattkishan9 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the way that you connect everything!

  • @TheRealFaceyNeck
    @TheRealFaceyNeck 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kevin, I've been watching your videos for years. I wanted to say that: you've greatly developed into your own style in your videos. Good work. I can really see a progression of 'coming into your own' over these past years since this channel was started.
    And as always; thanks for reading.

  • @zdecfzdcvz
    @zdecfzdcvz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So we've been recording our own voice, our own fashion sense, our own personality so that someday after our death, a man stumbles on our recordings and recognizes us just like the other 7 billion humans who are doing the same thing.
    And we've been doing this since the dawn of our existence.
    Humanity is so pathetic...

    • @zdecfzdcvz
      @zdecfzdcvz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      When aliens are going to look on our past.
      I hope they don't stumble into my search history...

  • @sayten5038
    @sayten5038 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Giza pyramid isn't a tomb, the pharaoh's were buried in the valley of kings.

  • @xxkoumori
    @xxkoumori 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    always wonderful to see something from you kevin!

  • @adriancrisandy6953
    @adriancrisandy6953 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the most touching video if ever seen, thank you Kevin

  • @TheoneandonlyEETFUK
    @TheoneandonlyEETFUK 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    So this comment is on the Internet forever?

    • @snes3351
      @snes3351 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +EETFUK until someone pulls the plug

    • @jonyijoe
      @jonyijoe 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Jonas Olsson even then it will still persist.

    • @snes3351
      @snes3351 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      forever? no, and the question specified"on the internet"

    • @matthewtabor3375
      @matthewtabor3375 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +EETFUK It would be incredibly difficult to wipe out all data storage worldwide -- it just isn't practical. But access *to* that data could certainly be disrupted.

    • @noahwilliams8996
      @noahwilliams8996 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +EETFUK Just took a screenshot of your comment, if I upload it somewhere else then it will last for a very long time, but nothing is truly permanent. The comment will die when the Internet dies.

  • @PhotonKingShark77
    @PhotonKingShark77 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Give that man some wine

  • @alfiowo
    @alfiowo 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how you and everyone on vsauce manage to keep me interested and entertained when I'm watching your videos, thank you!

  • @bloodiaper
    @bloodiaper 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    love it when you do these deep ones Kevin. keep it up. great work.

  • @rgkong8783
    @rgkong8783 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm making history right now. 😉

    • @ZiCell
      @ZiCell 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +RGkong prove it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @RT-oy7mu
      @RT-oy7mu 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +ZiCell He just did... and so did I.... And you too!

  • @baums5808
    @baums5808 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    are you Frankie Muniz?

  • @eyros2k
    @eyros2k 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Superb production, Kevin. My favorite so far.

  • @MrPersona94
    @MrPersona94 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was an amazing video. Really hit home.

  • @kakuka25
    @kakuka25 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome video!
    It's 0.27% and not 2.7% for the 1995 figure.

    • @matthewtabor3375
      @matthewtabor3375 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +kakuka25 Yep, that was a typo -- correction has been added to the video description!

  • @pilotwinebrenner5102
    @pilotwinebrenner5102 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He looks a little bit like Jesse Pinkman from breaking bad

    • @nikoandroman
      @nikoandroman 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pilot Winebrenner yeah he kinda does tbh

  • @the_spade32
    @the_spade32 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video, Kevin, thank you!

  • @nozrep
    @nozrep 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    simply delightful

  • @kidwsagg
    @kidwsagg 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My birthday is today, what are the odds. Hopefully I'm remembered

    • @ariss3304
      @ariss3304 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I will never forget you

    • @XxRedRyderxX
      @XxRedRyderxX 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      The odds are somewhere around 1/365

    • @DyslexicGamer
      @DyslexicGamer 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Jose Flores It doesn't matter if you're remembered it's what actions you take. Because your actions will have an effect that will last forever

    • @dark-ambition
      @dark-ambition 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +DyslexicGamer Hopefully not catastrophic. Knowing my luck though, every time I masturbate, a future president dies.

    • @DyslexicGamer
      @DyslexicGamer 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well considering just how awful the last couple of presidents have been you may want to keep on keeping on if you know what I mean Byor Darconis

  • @22222Sandman22222
    @22222Sandman22222 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Pristine content!!

    • @androidphone8130
      @androidphone8130 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Henry Lehtovirta I agree, 2 year old commenter.

  • @lightandcrispier
    @lightandcrispier 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    it's been a while since I've had a new favorite video-but this undoubtedly is a superior video worthy of accolades and esteem. the narrative was written so smoothly and the content so deliciously researched. I love this video. bravo!

  • @Koreaniam
    @Koreaniam 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome work Kevin! And all the other people and teams behind this video! Keep the knowledge and information coming!
    Peace!

  • @contoliananon1054
    @contoliananon1054 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    at 7:32 the video said
    "In 1995, 16 million people were connected via the internet [2.7% world population] "
    Actually, 16 million out of the 5.7 Billion people in 1995 means that approximately 0.28% of the world population were connected to the internet in 1995, not 2.7%.

    • @jack157y
      @jack157y 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe they meant 160 million?

  • @netmediocre
    @netmediocre 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oldest song: yolo

  • @Electronic424
    @Electronic424 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Someone from the very far future is reading this comment.

  • @alisadcoable
    @alisadcoable 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    MEMES WILL LIVE FOREVER!

  • @jadeprinces
    @jadeprinces 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    And as always thanks for making awesome videos.

  • @laJoschi
    @laJoschi 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    And as always: thanks for making this video and recording yourself!

  • @loverrlee
    @loverrlee 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Only being able to give one thumbs up to this video doesn't seem sufficient. Very inspirational! Thank you!! :)

  • @kevinocta9716
    @kevinocta9716 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for making this video. I loved it.

  • @V_P_Music
    @V_P_Music 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please more on form videos like this! So informative, I love it!

  • @FilippoVitaleIT
    @FilippoVitaleIT 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done Kevin to you and your team for crafting this awesome video!

  • @Chorillian
    @Chorillian 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You guys always make such great videos. Putting in such effort. Thanks Vsauces!

  • @RisqueBisquet
    @RisqueBisquet 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Vsauce! You're always great for my morning feel-goods.

  • @MerpSquirrel
    @MerpSquirrel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    VSAUCE!!!!! WHY MUST YOU ALWAYS BLOW MY MIND, MAKE ME FEEL SO SMALL, YET SO AMAZING IN JUST 12 MINUTES!!!!

  • @lefterismagkoutas4430
    @lefterismagkoutas4430 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those videos are just so good.

  • @diabolotutorials
    @diabolotutorials 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant! Thanks again for your amazing videos. I love the way you paint a story that includes the past, compared to the present :)

  • @MovieMaker1040
    @MovieMaker1040 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating as always.