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By joseph deogratiasPublished 11 months ago 94 min read
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if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

[Music]

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely

[Music]

in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water

[Music]

in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

[Music]

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story

for another what if

you

if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

[Music]

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely

[Music]

in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water

[Music]

in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

[Music]

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a storyif you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

[Music]

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely

[Music]

in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water

[Music]

in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

[Music]

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story

for another what if

you

if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

[Music]

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely

[Music]

in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water

[Music]

in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

[Music]

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a storyif you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

[Music]

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story

for another what if

you

if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely

[Music]

in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water

in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

[Music]

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

[Music]

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story

for another what if

you

if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely

[Music]

in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water

in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

[Music]

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

[Music]

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story

for another what if

you

if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely

[Music]

in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water

in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

[Music]

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

[Music]

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story

for another what if

you

if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely

[Music]

in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water

in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

[Music]

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

[Music]

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story

for another what if

you

if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely

[Music]

in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water

in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

[Music]

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

[Music]

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story

for another what if

you

if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely

[Music]

in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water

in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

[Music]

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

[Music]

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story

for another what if

you

if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely

[Music]

in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water

in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

[Music]

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

[Music]

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story

for another what if

you

if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely

[Music]

in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water

in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

[Music]

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

[Music]

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story

for another what if

you

if you traveled

10 000 years into the future what

would planet earth look like

would most of its surface be covered in

volcanoes

or would it be frozen in ice

what if you traveled even further to

one million years in the future would

all of the oceans have evaporated or

would it have become one giant water

world

okay now what about 1 billion years

would there be any humans left

or would they have settled in other

parts of the galaxy

this is what if and here's what would

happen

if you traveled 1 billion years into the

future

let's face it the chances of any humans

being around to greet you when you

arrive 1 billion years into the future

are

pretty low several

key existential threats face the human

race and

if we want to be around in one billion

years we'll need to endure them all

we've seen how much we've struggled to

come together just to survive a global

pandemic

so how do we have any chance of enduring

the threats of climate change

overpopulation global nuclear war killer

asteroids and comets natural ice ages

and

the sun getting a whole lot hotter

well let's take a look into the future

and find out

just under ten thousand years from now

we're going to run into a

big problem called the deca millennium

bug

in the year ten thousand ad software

encoding the ad calendar year

won't encode dates with more than four

decimals

remember y2k yeah it's just like that

except hopefully we won't panic as much

this time around

on the bright side in 10 000 years

genetic differences and traits between

humans

will no longer be regional traits like

skin and hair color

will be evenly distributed around the

world

maybe that will help us all get along

finally

twenty thousand years into the future

none of the current languages will be

recognizable

future languages will only contain one

percent of the core vocabulary words of

their

present day counterparts fifty thousand

years from now

will mark a new glacial period for the

earth

which will start a new ice age

niagara falls will have eroded into lake

erie completely

and interestingly a full day on earth

will also

increase by one second at this point in

time

so much more time for activities

in 250 000 years the loihi volcano

will rise above the water to form a new

island in hawaii

and in 500 000 years it's likely that

an asteroid with a diameter greater than

one kilometer will hit

earth unless we can prevent it

the resulting crater will be no less

than 400 kilometers across

it will start fires all over the planet

and make the air

unbreathable so there's something to

look forward to

and in case that's not enough in 1

million years

we'll likely have another super volcano

eruption

large enough to spew out 3 200 cubic

kilometers of ash

it would produce enough lava to fill 75

of the grand canyon this would be

similar to the toba eruption that

almost wiped out humanity 70 000 years

ago

oh and the nearby star beetlejuice

will have exploded into a supernova by

this time

making it visible from earth even during

the daytime

in 2 million a.d humanity will have

settlements throughout the solar system

this also means that if populations on

different planets have remained separate

humans may have evolved into other

species

adapted to their specific world

in 10 million years a huge part of

eastern africa will break off

forming a new ocean basin

in 50 million years africa will collide

with

eurasia closing off the mediterranean

sea

and a new mountain range will form

between the two land masses

this mountain range may include a

mountain taller than mount everest

out in space mars will collide with its

moon

resulting in it developing a ring system

like saturn's

in 60 million years the canadian and

american rockies

will have eroded entirely

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in 80 million years all hawaiian islands

will be below the water

in 100 million years an asteroid similar

to the one that killed the dinosaurs

66 million years ago will likely hit

earth

one that is 10 kilometers wide

in 250 million years all of earth's

continents will be

fused together like pangaea except this

time

it will be called pangaea ultima but

don't get too attached to it because in

400 to 500 million years

pangaea ultima will separate again

in 500 to 600 million years a gamma ray

burst will likely occur

within 6 500 light years from earth

if it strikes earth it could damage the

ozone layer

and trigger a mass extinction

600 million years from now the moon will

be so far from earth

that total solar eclipses will no longer

be possible

and the sun's increasing luminosity will

have raised temperatures

on earth so much that it could halt

plate tectonics movement

in 800 million years carbon dioxide

levels will drop

dramatically and photosynthesis will no

longer be possible

free oxygen and ozone will disappear

from the atmosphere

and complex life on earth will die

and finally in 1 billion years

the sun's luminosity will have increased

by 10 percent

and the average temperature on earth

will be 47 degrees celsius

our atmosphere will feel like a damp

greenhouse and

our oceans will evaporate leaving just

pockets of water at each of the poles

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when you arrive here in your time

machine

be mentally prepared to take in a planet

earth that looks

nothing like the one you remember

the human race will be gone

hopefully living its best life on some

other far-off planet

because of the intense heat lack of

water and

lack of breathable air earth will be

uninhabitable

so you probably shouldn't stay too low

instead

you should head out to see the rest of

the solar system

maybe you'll find your fellow humans

there or

some other form of intelligent life but

that's a story

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