The Last Human – A Glimpse Into The Far Future

Summary by Krater

This video examines human history, population growth over time, and potential future scenarios for humanity, concluding that the unborn outnumber the living and our actions today affect trillions of future lives.

From the video

Answers: How many humans have ever lived and how many will ever be born?

• human population history
• world population growth over time
• agricultural revolution
• industrial revolution
• future human population scenarios
• space colonization potential

What it concludes

• About 117 billion humans have been born throughout history, meaning roughly 7% of all humans that ever lived are alive right now.
• Under a conservative scenario where humans stay on Earth for 1 million years, there are roughly 100 trillion humans waiting to be born.
• If humanity survives for millions of years by expanding into space, the number of potential future lives reaches into the tredecillions.
• The unborn represent by far the largest group of people and are deeply dependent on the actions of humans today.