If you have over an hour—precisely 1 hour and 3 minutes—to spare for some captivating content, I’ve got just the thing for you.
The creators of Kurzgesagt, who need no introduction, have produced an animation that spans over 4.5 billion years of Earth’s history. This video is mind-blowing because it’s presented in ‘proportional time.’ This means that the duration you witness on screen accurately reflects the chronological scale of events in real life.
Every second of this film corresponds to approximately a million years of our planet’s evolution. It’s ideal for playing in the background while attending to other tasks, offering a tranquil backdrop that allows you to unwind and contemplate our fleeting existence as a species on Earth.
However, the irony lies in that our human existence may soon reach its conclusion. Our leaders, and not only them, seem indifferent to nature and climate, likely because they’ll be enjoying their final years on a beach in Portugal and seemingly unconcerned about the impending consequences. After me, the deluge
