人类大历史（2013）

Big History S01E17

Part 9 March 29, 2021, 2:04 p.m.

甚至整个宇宙
even the entire universe...
会终结吗
come to an end?
人类大历史已经揭秘了八个重要性时刻
Big history has revealed how a series of eight giant thresholds
最终产生
ultimately lead to the advanced civilization
当下我们身边先进的文明
that surrounds us today.
但未来突破点的意义在哪里呢
But What thresholds lie in the future?
在人类大历史中
To be considered a threshold
要被认为是一个跨越性时刻
in big history,
那个活动必须彻底的改变事物
an event has to alter things fundamentally...
进而不可逆的改变我们的当代世界
irreversibly changing our modern World.
那么即将来临的转折点是什么
So What thresholds lie ahead?
第九个会是什么
What Will the ninth be?
有个可能的候选--
One possible candidate-
当人类开始住在类似火星的别的星球上的时候
the point When humans begin to live on other planets like Mars.
另外一种可能是技术取代了人类
Another possibility- the moment our own technology overtakes us.
还有其他可能
Still, another possible threshold...
比如发现别的星球上的智能生物
Would be discovering intelligent creatures from other planets...
或者我们被他们发现了
or being discovered by them.
但我们也发现跨越性时刻
But we've also seen that threshold moments
都是出现在大灾难之后的
can occur in the aftermath of catastrophe.
就像宇宙碰撞
Like a cosmic collision.
地球周围
There are still sort of rogue asteroids
还是有很多凶猛的小行星
wandering around our Earth.
科学家计算出六英里宽的行星如果撞击地球
Scientists calculate that an asteroid six miles Wide...
就可能消灭人类
could Wipe out humanity...
就和六千五百万年前
just as a similar impact
使恐龙灭绝的影响力差不多
Wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
附近星体的爆♥炸♥
The explosion of a nearby star-
同样会引起一颗行星的灾难
could also cause a planet Wide cataclysm.
但灾难不仅来自太空
But disaster doesn't only come from space.
拿地球来说下一次转折点
Here on Earth, the next threshold
也许发生在世界范围的自然灾害之后
might follow a Worldwide natural disaster.
就像新的冰河时代的开端
Like the dawn of a new Ice Age.
或者是超大规模的火山喷发出剧毒
Or the toxic blast of a super-massive volcano.
再者像来自我们自己的发明--
And even a cataclysm of our own invention-
热核战争
from thermonuclear War...
最终导致环境破坏
to environmental destruction.
但另一方面
But on the other hand...
人类创新的故事
the story of human innovation...
还是难以置信的奇特
is fantastically creative.
我的意思是虽然艰难但是我们在创造
I mean, we are staggeringly creative.
我们聪明的运用了集体学习的优势
We are so clever as a result of collective learning...
也就是如果人类都不能解决这些问题
that if our species can't solve these problems...
我不知道谁还可以
I have no idea who can.
人类大历史以不同的方式
Big history is about looking at our World...
观看了我们的世界和未来
and our future in different Ways.
几十亿年来以天文学的角度
On an astronomical scale across billions of years...
我们的命运变得更清晰了
our fate is much more clear.
我们把简单变复杂的故事
Our story of moving
只是短暂的
from simplicity to complexity is only temporary.
从今以后的几十亿年
Billions of years from noW,
太阳依旧会膨胀并照耀大地
the sun Will expand and sterilize the Earth.
海水会蒸发
All the seas will boil away...
然后太阳会收缩
and the sun will shrink and contract
最终变成白矮星
and then end up as a white dwarf...
最后是黑矮星没有能量
and then a black dwarf- no energy,
只有毫无生机的物体在太空中漂浮
just this dead lifeless object floating in space.
如今我们的宇宙外面
Out in the universe already today...
90%组成新星体的原料已经被用完了
90% of the material to make new stars has been used up...
越来越少的星体会被组成
so fewer Will be formed.
我们宇宙的故事
The story of the universe...
那些把我们带入今天的转折点
this series of thresholds that led to our World today...
将开始倒♥退♥
Will begin to reverse.
事物反而会越变越简单
Instead of becoming more complex, things Will become more simple.
星体会停止形成它们会停止产生新元素
Stars will stop forming. They will stop creating new elements.
如果宇宙一直膨胀下去
Eventually, if the universe expands forever...
所有地方都会归零
it'll cool down to essentially absolute zero everywhere.
人类大历史的故事将在毫无生机的宇宙中
The story of big history Will come to an end...
就此终结
in a darkened cosmos Where nothing Will be created.
在遥远的未来
And in the far distant future...
宇宙将再次回归简单
the universe is going to be extraordinarily simple again...
它不再有能力创造复杂事物
and it will cease to be able to create complex things.
这意味着我们现在生活的时代
So that means something quite magical
一定程度上是奇特的
about the time we live in.
我们生活在宇宙的上升期
We live in the springtime of our universe.
这是个宇宙有
That's a time when our universe
能力创造美好事物的时期
was capable of creating beautiful things...
就像蜂鸟红杉树你还有我
like hummingbirds or redwoods or you and me.
但这也是需要人类进行深远探索的时期
And it's also the time When mankind undertakes a profound quest
去描绘巨大的蓝图
to understand the big picture...
去在时间长河中找到我们的位置
to find our place in the grand continuum of time.
壮丽的开篇安静的结束
Our infinite link to the brilliant beginnings...
奇幻宇宙的转换性力量
the quiet end...
都能引发无限关联
and the transformative power of this mysterious universe.
这个篇章我们称之为 "人类大历史"
The story We call big history.