I appreciate the optimistic tone, suggesting that significant improvements can be seen within a relatively short period if we take action. This is an encouraging message, especially in a time when environmental news can often be overwhelmingly negative 😅
Unfortunately it is all just smile and be happy despite the reality of severe decline all over the Earth. Big oil wants you to remain calm and driving on fossil fuels to make themselves even 'richer'. Humans are not exempt from extinction!
I appreciate the message of hope, but this is highly oversimplified. In most cases, just stopping our destructive actions will not restore biodiversity. We've destroyed too much habitat and altered ecological systems in such a way that they will require extensive restoration efforts to even make them suitable for wildlife, which is difficult and expensive. Intensive management will be needed in many cases. Even in his own example of bringing back bald eagles, banning DDT was only half the story. Hacking techniques had to be employed to reintroduce eagles. Again, difficult and expensive. And conservation is not a high priority for most governments, making funding options tough to come by. Conservation is also the least well-funded of all charity types, so public support is also low. Planting natives in your yard is a great idea, and everyone should do it, but it's not going to save the planet. Reducing or eliminating meat consumption (ranching is the biggest driver of habitat loss), voting for pro-conservation politicians, and giving a lot of money to conservation NGOs is what needs to be done.
tl;dr: I am a galaxy sized big brain. Listen to me and not the individual in the video. My BigThink series where I correct guests on other videos will be up soon.
@@TheJesusFreeke Honestly, the best sources will be journals like Conservation Biology, Restoration Ecology, Applied Ecology, etc. There are also many good trade books like Corridor Ecology and Ecological Restoration. But for the general public, I'd recommend a few pop science books like The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert and Song of the Dodo by David Quammen. There are probably some decent TH-cam videos out there, but those that are founded on sound science and not flashy, simple messages are nowhere near as popular and don't get the traction as the latter videos, so they don't pop up in anyone's feed and go unnoticed. This is really a larger issue of social media in general.
Unfortunately local ecosystems do not exist isolated on their own little planets. It's all the same planet Earth, in dire straits. Humans are not exempt from extinction.
And what is wisdom but a broadening of our narrow considerations. I believe it's about considering a fuller context, which includes longer-term thinking as well as looking at how our decisions fit into larger systems.
When you take the pressure away, living multiplies. Looking at these facts, systems should adopt this to reduce the level of loneliness, depression and anxiety.
That (litter) doesn't even acknowledge the surface of our existential conundrum. Humans are not exempt from extinction. And we're driving ourselves there fast. I hope you look a little deeper into reality.
Not throwing trash in the air should be common knowledge and etiquette too. But nonetheless, we keep on burning fossil fuels, dumping the CO2 trash in the air.
Unfortunately the rampant destruction continues day after day, non stop, 24/7. And a lot of people like their plastic lifestyle of total annihilation and comprehensive denial. Humans are not exempt from extinction.
Thank you for this. The naive and simplistic "Doom Cult" is a powerful thing these days. We need more antidotes to this addictive, anxiety-ridden ideology.
I have been collecting wildflowers from the field surrounding my house prior to their development. I have only been doing this for a handful of years. I started with a small 10 square foot section of my back yard, and every year added a little more. Last year once I was free of a dreaded trampoline, I spread it to nearly the entire yard, save my pepper garden.I have collected as much as many things as possible and spread them evenly with the idea that they will simply survive and thrive where they can in my yard. Along the way the diversity of as I like to say these days " visitors to the guest book" has exploded. I grew up in this area, in a generation that spent most of its time outside. Despite that I regularly see creatures of all types new to me . I'm simply amazed, and honored to support dozens upon dozens of pollinators, and their predators.
It’s not an ideology, it’s science. The planet is getting destroyed and CO2 is building up into our atmosphere creating rapid and drastic changes in our climate. The number of species that have disappeared and the rate with which existing ones are going extinct is not normal. You can go on. It’s not naive and simplistic, it’s actually complex and most people understand that. You choose to ignore facts, it’s a choice. Don’t call science and ideology it makes you sounds dumber than you probably are.
@bsmithhammer is prime example why this video is so stupid: all the climate change deniers and other such idiots go and say; see, we don’t have to change our ways. Someone will cycle to work or plant some carrots at communal garden. Let’s just keep dumping plastic and warming the atmospehere.
Sean insights on biodiversity and the resilience of nature are truly inspiring! His emphasis on local action reminds us that every individual effort counts towards a larger environmental impact. 🌍
And distorts the big picture. Without a comprehensive view of the totality of our destruction. Myopic. And stupid. Stop Trump. Stop Big Oil. Stop the Death Cult.
Try the Fallow Continent idea. It would take a genie with a magic lamp to get people to agree to do it, but having everyone in the world live on a single highly verticalized continent, move to the next continent every 25 years would give the remaining continents 125 years to regrow. Construction groups would be the only active members on the next continent, using the most advanced civil engineering and construction standards. During the 25 years, they'd prepare the continent for the great migration. Everyone could live together, nobody would be fleeing one nation for another. There would still be regional in-fighting, but the whole planet would have a say in what goes on where we live. Nobody would be without a home. Skyscraper greenhouses. You could still choose to preserve historic structures, but say goodbye to most of the regular buildings. Nature would reclaim and dismantle them. Say goodbye to lumber costs, as there would be tremendous regrowth. We might even get our population down to a more reasonable number (5-6 billion?)
Shallow psychopathic optimism in the current reality of mass extinction just doesn't cut it. Fossil fuel propanganda is a deadly pill... For all of us. Humans are not exempt from extinction. It looks like this movie will not have a happy ending.
They told you what you wanted to hear, apparently. How about the rest of the story? Humans are not exempt from extinction. No invisible friend will save us from ourselves. The fossil fuel industry wants you drunk on lies.
Gotta be one of the most inspiring Title Pics for a video I've seen (combined with the subject of the video). It's sayin "Fuck you fears. Fuck you all the things that are pulling us away from life to destruction. We ain't goin quietly into the night. We fighting." Sorta emotional lol
Don't be duped again by the fossil fools and their happy meals and mental diversions. Humans are not exempt from extinction. It's serious, but we are just children playing with our plastic toys.
This is awesome stuff! I mastered in Data Analytics in hopes of becoming a Data Scientist to help find trends in Earth science or medicine that could help everyone.
Dog was the first species that left the planet. A dog named Laika was the first dog to orbit the Earth, launched into space on November 3, 1957 aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2. Dogs are ahead of us. Cheers 🐕🐶
This is a very optimistic message that he's sharing, and the child in me wants to believe in it. But the more cynical side of me sees that not everyone's heart can be swayed this way. And if not enough hands turn the wheel, nothing can be set in motion.
Great video Mr. Carroll. But despite great efforts in Gorongosa N. P., the civil war has left a big residue on the elephants living there. Most of the females are now tuskless, which also affects their offspring (your can guess why, what with the the illegal ivory trade). This serves as a reminder that actions have consequences, including nature. I agree, as a biology student, nature is what keeps our planet alive, and so it’s our duty to help her heal from our mistreatments, e.g. pollution, habitat loss, poaching, etc. May your presentation be a light on our path to coexistence
“The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others.” -Teddy Roosevelt Not sure when conservatives went so far off course on this topic, they went from nature's greatest ally to nature's greatest abuser. We need American conservatives to remember who they once were.
I understand the need for monetization, but as someone who pays to avoid ads, it's very frustrating when the content begins to incorporate ads within.. WTF!
@@KertTV Two major flaws with your statement. I never asked a question nor requested your opinion or anyone else's. It's my opinion, and I'm allowed to use this public forum as I wish. Also, you don't know how anyone else's brain works, especially if they are paying for a service that is advertised as handling the issue at hand. Your advice is unwarranted and sincerely unneeded. Please go fill your need for validation and take that sense of being a Mighty keyboard warrior to another comment section. Thank you.
I argue that local initiatives are the only rational choice in the climate era we live in. A warmer atmospheric means local self sufficiency is necessary to ride over the larger scale disruptions inherent in a warmer climate. Large scale long term projects are subject to much higher frequency and magnitude of disaster. In order to navigate such a world regional (county) level organization is key. Self sufficient cities and towns linked by mutual aid will provide core resilience.
Total fantasy. The destruction is accelerating day by day. Temperature keeps rising and we keep buying fossil fuels. Humans are not exempt from extinction.
For our future, and for our children and their children as well, be the change and living hope Earth needs right now. Plant a seed and care for it, witness how just for nurturing its fragile life nature will bless you with flowers, fruits and oxygen. Take a moment to walk in your local natural ecosystems and help it grow! One by one, every individual seed of life, every piece of trash you pick up, along with a growing reverence for our sacred green earth, will flourish and become a living, breathing, healthy positive sacred earth for which we ALL can be proud and excited to be a part of. Blessed Be! 🌱🍃🌳🌊⛰️
It’s important that we remain actively hopeful (acting positively in relation to our belief in the possibility of better), but we have to remain deeply cautious that we don’t over-emphasise resilience outside of its ecological context. Many of the examples given are the result of coherent(ish) human coordination that restraints human activities. More broadly, especially if we are attuned to the nuances of the metacrisis, we seem to lack the wisdom to effectively steward our power as a custodial species. So, without something like a wisdom revolution, it seems deeply unlikely that we will find a way to bring life back within planetary boundaries while also ensuing every person on the planet has what they need to live a healthy and dignified life.
In 3-5 years, your will rebound out of life-slump as you deliberately release the constant pressure that limit you from becoming your best version of yourself.
I’d like a clearer understanding of how this process works regarding “forever chemicals” and microplastics. They have contaminated all creatures on earth cuz that “fresh, clear” water you are talking about is full of both
I think the only hope we have there is to find some way to use the plastic we currently make as it’s only recyclable if it is at all about 7 times before it’s too degraded. And then we need a way to either filter out micro and nano plastics and then burn them or we need some sort of safe bacteria that eats it. In long run I think one would evolve but we ain’t got time for that. Forever chemicals again it’s going to be filtration on some level but to my knowledge doing so either isn’t active yet or is slow to release. Best to talk with water company and ask them.
@@DaveE99How are you going to pay for it? To pay for anything takes resources too. Wild hand waving gesticulations don't help either. That's why we are trapped now. Humans are not exempt from extinction. No free pass.
Nature is great and capable of bouncing back, but the problem is that most people have no idea how important biodiversity is in their lives and therefore they have no reason to invest in improving the environment. And for politicians it would mean making unpopular policies in the game they play of who can be most popular, so they have no interest either.
Thank you for this Video ❤ hey BIG THINKERS “ Can we initiate a POLICY to BAN at least ALL PRIVATE FLIGHTS & YACHTS to reduce considerable amount of CARBON EMISSION ? “
I see the main issue is how we farm with tillage and fertilizers and poisonous herbicides. As soon as we start farming with diversity and using methods such as biomimicry, only then will we be able to make true change on a global scale. But our corporate overlords will not permit that.
Let's say human history is 20,000 years old. The earth is 4,500,000,000. That is 0.0004% of earth's history. Biodiversity is going to bounce back quickly. But probably without the capability to sustain human life as we know it.
Even if everything in the environment is returned to it's pristine condition....man will always be who he is; he will forget and....the cycle continues UNTIL duh Duh DUH
This is indeed very motivating! But something I don't understand - we saw and learned during covid what we can achieve. And we know what consequences lie ahead. So why does our world not agree on actually doing what it takes to save ourselves?! Because when it comes down to it, we aren't saving the planet, we are saving ourselves and our wellbeing (that is then by saving our planet) Biodiversity is also a wild phenomenon, right? Like it means to include and make space for all the flora and fauna, but we are also a part of this! And 8 billion homosapiens might just not exactly be that diverse, right?
All species everywhere in the universe have only three mandates. First, to recognize that they are part of a web of life and that they are inseparable from and totally dependent upon the health, well-being and survival of that ecologically-based life-support system for their own health, wellbeing and survival. Thus our economy ought to be viewed as a subset of the ecosystem designed to build up the carrying capacity of humans by enhancing the carrying capacity of the ecosystem with ecologically literate humans functioning as keystone species and reaping only the excess ecological productivity to sustain their subsistence survival. Second, they must propagate their species and their mutually codependent life-sustaining ecosystem throughout the universe where alien species have not already done so. Third, they must defend their species and their ecologically-based life-support system from all threats and hazards, both internal and external, that might cause it harm. ALL human actions including policy decisions, laws, and expenditures of resources should be held up against these three mandates. If they further these objectives, they should be done. If they don't, they should not be done. The universe functions as a high pass filter, only the moral species that follows these laws is allowed to continue to evolve and survive. All others go extinct. No gods need be evoked to punish or save, we do it to ourselves through our free will decisions. Most species, due to ignorance, insanity, criminal selfishness, stupidity or complacency, choose extinction. This explains the Fermi Paradox. Rather than foolishly trying to harness all energy and resources for ourselves (which would rob our ecologically-based life-support system of resources and hence destroy ourselves) we should aim to become a Type I ETHICAL civilization -- one that can prove that it can live sustainably, harmoniously and peacefully on its home world. And then aim to become a Type II Civilization -- one who can successfully live sustainably, harmoniously and peacefully within its home solar system. "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you and love thy neighbors as thyself" with others and neighbors defined as all living things, human and non-human everywhere in the universe. That sums up the fundamental law of the universe! Let's do it! Let's get started today! I appreciate your comments and suggestions!
Yes, CO2 is necessary for plant growth, but too much in the atmosphere can actually decrease growth. Plants, like all living things, have thermal tolerances. A warming planet will reduce the growth of many plant species. Some species (both plant and animal) may be able to migrate to higher latitudes, but that depends on whether or not they can locate corridors in our human-dominated landscapes to allow migration. Often, this is not the case. Additionally, we will see drier or wetter conditions predominate in many parts of the world, altering the vegetative communities. In some deserts, the landscape may become nearly devoid of plant life. Climate change isn't going to destroy the planet, but it will fundamentally change it, and not for the better.
Not to be pedantic, but this is incorrect. There is no way to not follow "Survival of the fittest" because by definition those that survive and reproduce are the best adapted to their circumstances. Sometimes "the fittest" are also just lucky enough to be born in a certain area or at a certain time. Take the example of these 1000 pairs of eagles. If you had two genetically identical eagle ancestors the one born in NY they probably didn't survive due to human habitat destruction, but the one born in New Mexico probably did.
I'm kind of tired of the hope/doom energy. People are putting more energy into these arguments than into solutions. Both sides want change. Both arguments lead to inaction. Try living in the solution.
I Know about Gorongosa and Philanthropist Greg Karr , Mother 🌍 🌎 Earth Does Heal Itself Fast, Once Mankind is Out of the Picture, We are All in this Together, 🎉
I'm sure the real problem we have on earth is based on a Black man speaking his mind in controversial ways... SURE.... That's what's REALLY causing harm to this planet...
@@NobodyAsked-xh8cs _"... Makes me wonder how you sleep at night ..."_ Yeah. There was a short (compared to a length of a lifetime) time period while I had troubles with that. Not just the night, but at all. But I sleep good nowadays, when I allow myself to do it. And I don't have to l@e for it. I can see what this life is, what humans are. I can see that if there is future that future will be the same sh@te, like the past was. I can see that in a universe like this the only good future is what never comes.
Stupid take. Small local areas or single species can be revived, sure. If someone cycles to work or plants some carrots at communal garden, it does not help shit to mitigate climate change. Once something is irreversible it is too late and that is what climate change is at this point.
It’s a bottom up strategy not a top down one. Tech we need both. And I would argue that cycling helps and gardens at least get you into composting typically and that reduces methane release into atmosphere. Plus if enough people do it it can reduce shipping trucks to stores. There is also a slight effect from weight of a product on gas mileage, if they are shipping 100 less carrots it would be small but it could be called by the number of people in a country doing it
I appreciate the optimistic tone, suggesting that significant improvements can be seen within a relatively short period if we take action. This is an encouraging message, especially in a time when environmental news can often be overwhelmingly negative 😅
Unfortunately it is all just smile and be happy despite the reality of severe decline all over the Earth. Big oil wants you to remain calm and driving on fossil fuels to make themselves even 'richer'. Humans are not exempt from extinction!
Yesss!
Man. That made me cry. I’m gonna make a short film about this.
I appreciate the message of hope, but this is highly oversimplified. In most cases, just stopping our destructive actions will not restore biodiversity. We've destroyed too much habitat and altered ecological systems in such a way that they will require extensive restoration efforts to even make them suitable for wildlife, which is difficult and expensive. Intensive management will be needed in many cases. Even in his own example of bringing back bald eagles, banning DDT was only half the story. Hacking techniques had to be employed to reintroduce eagles. Again, difficult and expensive. And conservation is not a high priority for most governments, making funding options tough to come by. Conservation is also the least well-funded of all charity types, so public support is also low. Planting natives in your yard is a great idea, and everyone should do it, but it's not going to save the planet. Reducing or eliminating meat consumption (ranching is the biggest driver of habitat loss), voting for pro-conservation politicians, and giving a lot of money to conservation NGOs is what needs to be done.
Excellent comprehensive reality check. Fantasy will not save humans or any other species from EXTINCTION.
They are making a small comeback in Canada, small victories
Would there be further videos or reading you would recommend?
tl;dr: I am a galaxy sized big brain. Listen to me and not the individual in the video. My BigThink series where I correct guests on other videos will be up soon.
@@TheJesusFreeke Honestly, the best sources will be journals like Conservation Biology, Restoration Ecology, Applied Ecology, etc. There are also many good trade books like Corridor Ecology and Ecological Restoration. But for the general public, I'd recommend a few pop science books like The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert and Song of the Dodo by David Quammen. There are probably some decent TH-cam videos out there, but those that are founded on sound science and not flashy, simple messages are nowhere near as popular and don't get the traction as the latter videos, so they don't pop up in anyone's feed and go unnoticed. This is really a larger issue of social media in general.
You can’t save the world but you can save your immediate environment. You can set your local ecosystem on the path to restoration in your own lifetime
Unfortunately local ecosystems do not exist isolated on their own little planets. It's all the same planet Earth, in dire straits. Humans are not exempt from extinction.
Technology without wisdom, is a death sentence.
~Me
You are great with the way of words my man
and so most tech nowdays is without wisdom so...
@@ron_lol7588not with commas though
@@LarixMontis bruh😂
And what is wisdom but a broadening of our narrow considerations. I believe it's about considering a fuller context, which includes longer-term thinking as well as looking at how our decisions fit into larger systems.
When you take the pressure away, living multiplies. Looking at these facts, systems should adopt this to reduce the level of loneliness, depression and anxiety.
Are you referring to the great economic depression?
Not throwing trash on the ground should be common knowledge and etiquette
when you throw trash in a trashcan, trash is still exist
That (litter) doesn't even acknowledge the surface of our existential conundrum. Humans are not exempt from extinction. And we're driving ourselves there fast. I hope you look a little deeper into reality.
Not throwing trash in the air should be common knowledge and etiquette too. But nonetheless, we keep on burning fossil fuels, dumping the CO2 trash in the air.
Nature thrives in our absence - that's the real message. It's not because human's "manage" nature, it's because billions of us quit destroying nature.
Unfortunately the rampant destruction continues day after day, non stop, 24/7. And a lot of people like their plastic lifestyle of total annihilation and comprehensive denial. Humans are not exempt from extinction.
Thank you for this. The naive and simplistic "Doom Cult" is a powerful thing these days. We need more antidotes to this addictive, anxiety-ridden ideology.
I have been collecting wildflowers from the field surrounding my house prior to their development. I have only been doing this for a handful of years. I started with a small 10 square foot section of my back yard, and every year added a little more. Last year once I was free of a dreaded trampoline, I spread it to nearly the entire yard, save my pepper garden.I have collected as much as many things as possible and spread them evenly with the idea that they will simply survive and thrive where they can in my yard. Along the way the diversity of as I like to say these days " visitors to the guest book" has exploded. I grew up in this area, in a generation that spent most of its time outside. Despite that I regularly see creatures of all types new to me . I'm simply amazed, and honored to support dozens upon dozens of pollinators, and their predators.
Even the video makes it pretty clear, that WE need to change a lot if we don't want to destroy nature (humans included).
The video does say that we can't be "business as usual" if we want nature to rebound.
It’s not an ideology, it’s science. The planet is getting destroyed and CO2 is building up into our atmosphere creating rapid and drastic changes in our climate. The number of species that have disappeared and the rate with which existing ones are going extinct is not normal. You can go on. It’s not naive and simplistic, it’s actually complex and most people understand that. You choose to ignore facts, it’s a choice. Don’t call science and ideology it makes you sounds dumber than you probably are.
@bsmithhammer is prime example why this video is so stupid: all the climate change deniers and other such idiots go and say; see, we don’t have to change our ways. Someone will cycle to work or plant some carrots at communal garden. Let’s just keep dumping plastic and warming the atmospehere.
Sometimes what's best for the planet is for humans to get out of the way and stand aside, watch, and learn...
And stop eating, driving, and fantasizing. Stop Trump. Stop Big Oil. Stop the Death Cult.
Sean insights on biodiversity and the resilience of nature are truly inspiring! His emphasis on local action reminds us that every individual effort counts towards a larger environmental impact. 🌍
And distorts the big picture. Without a comprehensive view of the totality of our destruction. Myopic. And stupid. Stop Trump. Stop Big Oil. Stop the Death Cult.
"We're in tough times, there is no need to make it worse for others." - Me
Try the Fallow Continent idea. It would take a genie with a magic lamp to get people to agree to do it, but having everyone in the world live on a single highly verticalized continent, move to the next continent every 25 years would give the remaining continents 125 years to regrow. Construction groups would be the only active members on the next continent, using the most advanced civil engineering and construction standards. During the 25 years, they'd prepare the continent for the great migration. Everyone could live together, nobody would be fleeing one nation for another. There would still be regional in-fighting, but the whole planet would have a say in what goes on where we live. Nobody would be without a home. Skyscraper greenhouses. You could still choose to preserve historic structures, but say goodbye to most of the regular buildings. Nature would reclaim and dismantle them. Say goodbye to lumber costs, as there would be tremendous regrowth. We might even get our population down to a more reasonable number (5-6 billion?)
That's gotta be the most stup¡d utopian pipe dream I've ever heard promoted
I'm provoked to be a better person for nature. Thank you, Sir🙌
We need this sort of message in order to keep us going, hope will propel us to a better future!
Love from Serbia!
One of the positive content that I watched after long time.
Shallow psychopathic optimism in the current reality of mass extinction just doesn't cut it. Fossil fuel propanganda is a deadly pill... For all of us. Humans are not exempt from extinction. It looks like this movie will not have a happy ending.
Now we need to take that pressure off. That is the hard part for most multinational companies / politics / etc...
Humans are not exempt from extinction. Deal with that pressure.
this gave me so much hope. thank you so much, Big Think
False hope is worse than none at all.
@@rickdworsky6457 it's unfortunate that you feel the need to respond like that.
Brilliant video, brilliant speaker.
They told you what you wanted to hear, apparently. How about the rest of the story? Humans are not exempt from extinction. No invisible friend will save us from ourselves. The fossil fuel industry wants you drunk on lies.
Gotta be one of the most inspiring Title Pics for a video I've seen (combined with the subject of the video).
It's sayin "Fuck you fears. Fuck you all the things that are pulling us away from life to destruction. We ain't goin quietly into the night. We fighting."
Sorta emotional lol
Don't be duped again by the fossil fools and their happy meals and mental diversions. Humans are not exempt from extinction. It's serious, but we are just children playing with our plastic toys.
This is awesome stuff! I mastered in Data Analytics in hopes of becoming a Data Scientist to help find trends in Earth science or medicine that could help everyone.
That ad was v long for the length of the video.
"Humans are the only species to leave the planet."
*Dogs and monkeys during the Cold War* "Am I a joke to you?"
Dog was the first species that left the planet. A dog named Laika was the first dog to orbit the Earth, launched into space on November 3, 1957 aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2. Dogs are ahead of us. Cheers 🐕🐶
This is a very optimistic message that he's sharing, and the child in me wants to believe in it. But the more cynical side of me sees that not everyone's heart can be swayed this way. And if not enough hands turn the wheel, nothing can be set in motion.
Delightfully hopeful outlook, wish for it to materialize
Great video Mr. Carroll. But despite great efforts in Gorongosa N. P., the civil war has left a big residue on the elephants living there. Most of the females are now tuskless, which also affects their offspring (your can guess why, what with the the illegal ivory trade). This serves as a reminder that actions have consequences, including nature.
I agree, as a biology student, nature is what keeps our planet alive, and so it’s our duty to help her heal from our mistreatments, e.g. pollution, habitat loss, poaching, etc. May your presentation be a light on our path to coexistence
Great short.. my second favourite Sean Carroll. 😊
“The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others.”
-Teddy Roosevelt
Not sure when conservatives went so far off course on this topic, they went from nature's greatest ally to nature's greatest abuser. We need American conservatives to remember who they once were.
really nice video, it helps with some good positive point of view in these late pessimistic times :)
Fantasy won't stop Humans from going extinct.
So many design lessons here 🙏
I understand the need for monetization, but as someone who pays to avoid ads, it's very frustrating when the content begins to incorporate ads within.. WTF!
If you understand the need for monetization, why are you asking? If it bothers you, just skip it.
@@KertTV Two major flaws with your statement. I never asked a question nor requested your opinion or anyone else's. It's my opinion, and I'm allowed to use this public forum as I wish. Also, you don't know how anyone else's brain works, especially if they are paying for a service that is advertised as handling the issue at hand. Your advice is unwarranted and sincerely unneeded. Please go fill your need for validation and take that sense of being a Mighty keyboard warrior to another comment section. Thank you.
@@K1NGW0LF I think you summed it up perfectly for yourself. 👍
The ads...find a way 😂
I argue that local initiatives are the only rational choice in the climate era we live in. A warmer atmospheric means local self sufficiency is necessary to ride over the larger scale disruptions inherent in a warmer climate. Large scale long term projects are subject to much higher frequency and magnitude of disaster. In order to navigate such a world regional (county) level organization is key. Self sufficient cities and towns linked by mutual aid will provide core resilience.
There's lots of species that have left the planet
Extinction is a one way ticket to nowhere.
Good analysis of planet revival
Total fantasy. The destruction is accelerating day by day. Temperature keeps rising and we keep buying fossil fuels. Humans are not exempt from extinction.
Fairy tales. We burn more fossil fuels every day, non stop. This guy can't see the elephant in the room.
Thank you 🙏.
Nice. Now face reality. Humans are not exempt from extinction.
Motivating it is.
We are not the only species that left the planet
"Heck, we're the only species that's left the planet." don't forget about Laika
Stfu pea brain, he didn't meant it literally
Mudwtr, eh!? Imma hafta look into them!
I like this man.
Tells you nice stories so you don't have to face reality.
For our future, and for our children and their children as well, be the change and living hope Earth needs right now. Plant a seed and care for it, witness how just for nurturing its fragile life nature will bless you with flowers, fruits and oxygen. Take a moment to walk in your local natural ecosystems and help it grow! One by one, every individual seed of life, every piece of trash you pick up, along with a growing reverence for our sacred green earth, will flourish and become a living, breathing, healthy positive sacred earth for which we ALL can be proud and excited to be a part of. Blessed Be! 🌱🍃🌳🌊⛰️
Ad in the middle of the video? Oh fuck naw
Yup. Arabica works fine.
Smarttube, youtube vanced my brother
that divergance into mud water was a little odd, but snl like
The Planet is here to stay. Human’s??? Maybe…
Great, thanks.
very interesting, thanks
It’s important that we remain actively hopeful (acting positively in relation to our belief in the possibility of better), but we have to remain deeply cautious that we don’t over-emphasise resilience outside of its ecological context. Many of the examples given are the result of coherent(ish) human coordination that restraints human activities. More broadly, especially if we are attuned to the nuances of the metacrisis, we seem to lack the wisdom to effectively steward our power as a custodial species. So, without something like a wisdom revolution, it seems deeply unlikely that we will find a way to bring life back within planetary boundaries while also ensuing every person on the planet has what they need to live a healthy and dignified life.
In 3-5 years, your will rebound out of life-slump as you deliberately release the constant pressure that limit you from becoming your best version of yourself.
I’d like a clearer understanding of how this process works regarding “forever chemicals” and microplastics. They have contaminated all creatures on earth cuz that “fresh, clear” water you are talking about is full of both
I think the only hope we have there is to find some way to use the plastic we currently make as it’s only recyclable if it is at all about 7 times before it’s too degraded. And then we need a way to either filter out micro and nano plastics and then burn them or we need some sort of safe bacteria that eats it. In long run I think one would evolve but we ain’t got time for that. Forever chemicals again it’s going to be filtration on some level but to my knowledge doing so either isn’t active yet or is slow to release. Best to talk with water company and ask them.
@@DaveE99How are you going to pay for it? To pay for anything takes resources too. Wild hand waving gesticulations don't help either. That's why we are trapped now. Humans are not exempt from extinction. No free pass.
@@rickdworsky6457 the question is how to pay for it for everybody, as rich people would want this filtered from thus water.
are there 2 Sean Carrolls?
Nature is great and capable of bouncing back, but the problem is that most people have no idea how important biodiversity is in their lives and therefore they have no reason to invest in improving the environment. And for politicians it would mean making unpopular policies in the game they play of who can be most popular, so they have no interest either.
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Won't help much with millions of fossil fueled machines still burning oil all over the planet. 24/7. Non stop. Get real.
Those were the wrong otters
Antifragility would be the better term to use. Self cleansing.
Mud water seems nice
I see the main issue is how we farm with tillage and fertilizers and poisonous herbicides. As soon as we start farming with diversity and using methods such as biomimicry, only then will we be able to make true change on a global scale. But our corporate overlords will not permit that.
nature is antifragile
Humans are not exempt from extinction.
Human have never left earth, they left the gravitational field, briefly stepped on the moon, and returned.
Fat mudwtr ad in the middle of a 9 min video is wild
Let's say human history is 20,000 years old. The earth is 4,500,000,000. That is 0.0004% of earth's history. Biodiversity is going to bounce back quickly. But probably without the capability to sustain human life as we know it.
Sure, but only if we stop our destructive practices. This video is giving fuel to the climate deniers.
The only thing that doomers are fueled by are red herrings and propaganda. Point that out and you win.
Stop Trump. Stop Big Oil. Stop the Death Cult.
Even if everything in the environment is returned to it's pristine condition....man will always be who he is; he will forget and....the cycle continues UNTIL
duh Duh DUH
*Everything that has a beginning has an end too*
Our time will come and I don't know who is going to witness (or suffer) it.
This is indeed very motivating!
But something I don't understand - we saw and learned during covid what we can achieve.
And we know what consequences lie ahead.
So why does our world not agree on actually doing what it takes to save ourselves?! Because when it comes down to it, we aren't saving the planet, we are saving ourselves and our wellbeing (that is then by saving our planet)
Biodiversity is also a wild phenomenon, right?
Like it means to include and make space for all the flora and fauna, but we are also a part of this! And 8 billion homosapiens might just not exactly be that diverse, right?
why can't we have smart and human people like that who make sense, as leaders of the world, instead of our average corrupted idiots? -___-
Did he say mudder frother?
We destroy the planet. We save the planet? Not so much.
I’m here for the Taylor Swift flight pattern comments.
figures
😊 So Malcom was right, 😊 life does find a way
Earth will be fine. Humans maybe not. Saving the planet is a simple minded concept. So much for big thinking.
Oh there is nothing that humans can do but put all their Faith and Trust in Jesus. This world is destined to perish.
All species everywhere in the universe have only three mandates. First, to recognize that they are part of a web of life and that they are inseparable from and totally dependent upon the health, well-being and survival of that ecologically-based life-support system for their own health, wellbeing and survival. Thus our economy ought to be viewed as a subset of the ecosystem designed to build up the carrying capacity of humans by enhancing the carrying capacity of the ecosystem with ecologically literate humans functioning as keystone species and reaping only the excess ecological productivity to sustain their subsistence survival. Second, they must propagate their species and their mutually codependent life-sustaining ecosystem throughout the universe where alien species have not already done so. Third, they must defend their species and their ecologically-based life-support system from all threats and hazards, both internal and external, that might cause it harm. ALL human actions including policy decisions, laws, and expenditures of resources should be held up against these three mandates. If they further these objectives, they should be done. If they don't, they should not be done. The universe functions as a high pass filter, only the moral species that follows these laws is allowed to continue to evolve and survive. All others go extinct. No gods need be evoked to punish or save, we do it to ourselves through our free will decisions. Most species, due to ignorance, insanity, criminal selfishness, stupidity or complacency, choose extinction. This explains the Fermi Paradox. Rather than foolishly trying to harness all energy and resources for ourselves (which would rob our ecologically-based life-support system of resources and hence destroy ourselves) we should aim to become a Type I ETHICAL civilization -- one that can prove that it can live sustainably, harmoniously and peacefully on its home world. And then aim to become a Type II Civilization -- one who can successfully live sustainably, harmoniously and peacefully within its home solar system. "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you and love thy neighbors as thyself" with others and neighbors defined as all living things, human and non-human everywhere in the universe. That sums up the fundamental law of the universe! Let's do it! Let's get started today! I appreciate your comments and suggestions!
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What… what do i do?? Yell “FIRST”?? F-FARTS! dammit
fighting for clean water, clean air, healthy soil... yes! fighting against a gas that is essential for plants to grow... no.
Yes, CO2 is necessary for plant growth, but too much in the atmosphere can actually decrease growth. Plants, like all living things, have thermal tolerances. A warming planet will reduce the growth of many plant species. Some species (both plant and animal) may be able to migrate to higher latitudes, but that depends on whether or not they can locate corridors in our human-dominated landscapes to allow migration. Often, this is not the case. Additionally, we will see drier or wetter conditions predominate in many parts of the world, altering the vegetative communities. In some deserts, the landscape may become nearly devoid of plant life. Climate change isn't going to destroy the planet, but it will fundamentally change it, and not for the better.
Shallow comprehension gets you into deep shit.
Stop think globally, think locally.
When you miss the big picture you get crushed. Humans are not exempt from extinction.
Think globally, act locally.
Not only we are the only specie who left the planet earth, but we're the only specie who doesn't follow the "Survival of the fittest" law of nature.
Not to be pedantic, but this is incorrect. There is no way to not follow "Survival of the fittest" because by definition those that survive and reproduce are the best adapted to their circumstances.
Sometimes "the fittest" are also just lucky enough to be born in a certain area or at a certain time. Take the example of these 1000 pairs of eagles. If you had two genetically identical eagle ancestors the one born in NY they probably didn't survive due to human habitat destruction, but the one born in New Mexico probably did.
I was hoping you would tell them that the singular of species is species😎
We can't in 20years the planet will bemuch colder a d we have not prepaird for it!
I'm kind of tired of the hope/doom energy. People are putting more energy into these arguments than into solutions. Both sides want change. Both arguments lead to inaction. Try living in the solution.
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After Human and Global Mass Extinction of perhaps ALL life on Earth... Things will never be the same again.
Can't we just pray a bit more and have God fix it for us
Humans are not exempt from extinction.
Seems like this "expert" doesn't know basic history about how we other species have been launched into space.
✅Earth is NOT our home🤏
✅Earth is our prison🤏
What the hell does this mean?
The problem is us.
By "us", you mean you kids who have nothing better to do except cry for attention, right?
By not letting Terrence Howard speak to the public? 🤣🤣🤣
4:59 So 98% lost 10%? that's not that bad.
I'm sure the real problem we have on earth is based on a Black man speaking his mind in controversial ways... SURE.... That's what's REALLY causing harm to this planet...
@@WealthTrackerhe said Terrence Howard
Yeah.
Make them believe.
Give 'em false hopes.
I hope you can sleep
good.
Makes me wonder how you sleep at night.
@@NobodyAsked-xh8cs
_"... Makes me wonder how you sleep at night ..."_
Yeah.
There was a short
(compared to a length of a lifetime)
time period while
I had troubles with that.
Not just the night,
but at all.
But I sleep good nowadays,
when I allow myself to do it.
And I don't have to l@e for it.
I can see what this life is,
what humans are.
I can see
that if there is future
that future will be the same sh@te,
like the past was.
I can see
that in a universe like this
the only good future is
what never comes.
@@gmlgml780 TL;DR.
We aren't doomed. Keep wasting time crying for likes.
@@NobodyAsked-xh8cs
_"... We aren't doomed. Keep wasting time crying for likes ..."_
Yeah.
Unfortunately,
YT doesn't let
the answer
through.
(But it's
a good one,
pointing out all
your worth,
believe me. :)
Stupid take. Small local areas or single species can be revived, sure. If someone cycles to work or plants some carrots at communal garden, it does not help shit to mitigate climate change. Once something is irreversible it is too late and that is what climate change is at this point.
It’s a bottom up strategy not a top down one. Tech we need both. And I would argue that cycling helps and gardens at least get you into composting typically and that reduces methane release into atmosphere. Plus if enough people do it it can reduce shipping trucks to stores. There is also a slight effect from weight of a product on gas mileage, if they are shipping 100 less carrots it would be small but it could be called by the number of people in a country doing it
You're literally destroying the images of this kind of experts and polarizing the opinions with this kind of clickbaits. Seriously disgusting!
Copium
Doomerium.
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!!
(we are not)
That was kindergarden level humor. Disliking.
2nd
Nature is resiliant yes but given a chance no.....
No chance.
First
Mushrooms...spores...came from outside the planet..from the vacuum. Ass.
Fantasy ain't science. It gets an 'F' on our final exam. Humans are not exempt from extinction. Big Oil? Big 'F'.
@@rickdworsky6457 don't drink the Kool aid buddy.
Second? Ha
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