What If You Were the Last Child Born on Earth?

[Music] there have been 108 billion homo sapiens born on earth but you are the very last one with no other babies being born after you you would be the end of the human race and its legacy what would your life be like would the whole world be your parents and how long would you live this is what if and here's what would happen if you were the last child born on earth the world has stopped having babies it could be a conscious choice driven by anti-natalism the philosophy that humans should stop having children and gradually go extinct it might be an unforeseen consequence of prolonging human life or a nasty consequence of environmental pollution whatever the cause the human population has slowly stopped having children you are the last to be born and the whole world knows it your life would be completely different than it is today from day one you'd be a celebrity the whole world would be fascinated with your life as you grow up and you wouldn't always welcome the attention you'd be like an uber reality star with cameras documenting your every move people who wish they could have had kids would be concerned about your health and well-being and they would feel a lot of joy by watching you grow you know the saying it takes a village to raise a child yeah well you'd be raised by the whole world everything would be provided to you food toys clothing but your lack of want would come at a high price your life would be completely controlled including your schedule what you eat and where you go we're talking helicopter parenting times a billion yikes now because of your high profile you'd have a security detail protecting you from any suspicious packages poison food and shady strangers you'd never be alone this constant control would harm your emotional well-being as you grow up children need opportunities to grow and learn on their own without chances to make your own mistakes you could lack some basic skills like managing your emotions or dealing with challenges and you'd be facing a lot of challenges and while it would seem like you're never alone you would have a very lonely existence you wouldn't get the chance to play with other kids your age as you grew up this would damage your mental and emotional health even more playing is an important part of growing up that helps children develop their mental physical and emotional well-being since you wouldn't be allowed to play with other kids you develop depression and feel lonely hopefully you'd have some animal companions to provide some of that love and connection because your childhood would be difficult and to add to this you'd have to be gearing up for the future you wouldn't go to a normal school instead you'd be taught a rigorous curriculum that covers every skill you'd be learning all kinds of things from sewing and agriculture to engineering and metalwork why well as earth's human population begins to dwindle the systems that support our society would start to collapse there wouldn't be enough people to maintain our complicated food energy and communication systems eventually you'd have to fend for yourself at least you'd have a long time to master all of these things prolonging human life is not science fiction anymore sounds like you'll need to be in prime physical shape i rely on fitbot to keep me motivated when i've got tough fitness goals like that one time when i wanted to ace a headstand well fitbot designed a dynamic program that learned from my past workouts and adjusted with me and you could get stronger too with 25 off a fitbot membership if you sign up now fitbot makes me excited about working out i love their easy instructions the personalization and the way it balances out all my muscle groups for total body fitness and you don't even need equipment fitbot has body weight routines if you're looking to get fit at home or on the go fitbot creates a program based on your unique body experience and environment so what are you waiting for build the momentum to carry your fitness journey throughout the rest of the year with fitbot get 25 off a membership when you sign up now at fitbad.me what if that's 25 off your membership at fitbot.me what if researchers have already developed ways to extend the lives of mice by up to 40 percent and one of the world's top aging scientists dr aubry de gray thinks that the first person to reach 1 000 years old has already been born so you'd have centuries to master all the skills you need and centuries to adjust to the slowly dwindling population but if life prolonging technology exists you wouldn't be the only one with a super long lifespan there could be other people alive for quite a while and they'd traveled to live near you creating the last human community eventually this community would get smaller and smaller until at the end of your life you would be alone you started your life under the gaze of billions and you'd ended as the last human on earth what would you do with no one else around well that's a story for another what if you

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Length: 7min 4sec (424 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 05 2021