Earth's 4.5 Billion Years in One Hour
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · Explainer · 1 h 4 min · 2023 · YouTube title: 4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour
Why it's here
HN commenters recommend it for the sense of perspective it gives on deep time and how brief human history is.
What it covers
Kurzgesagt's hour-long animated film that compresses Earth's 4.5 billion year history into one hour, roughly a million years per second. It follows the evolution of life through to humanity's tiny final stretch.