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A New History for Humanity – The Human Era

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · explainer · Watch on YouTube

World historyScientific method & science communication

What it is

Kurzgesagt explains the Holocene or Human Era calendar, which adds 10,000 years to the current year to anchor dates to the start of human civilization. It argues this gives a more sensible frame for human history.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Linked whenever year numbering or the Holocene calendar comes up as the accessible introduction to the idea.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Kurtzgesagt has a really great video about the subject”

    Really great video on the Human Era calendar

    daeken, 2025-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died”

  2. “His stuff is well sourced and generally reliable.”

    Well-sourced, generally reliable videos on the topic

    doctoboggan, 2018-01 · Recommendation · in “Jawbone of Earliest Modern Human Out of Africa Discovered in Israeli Cave”

  3. “here's a good explanation of it”

    Good explanation of the Holocene calendar

    ASalazarMX, 2018-02 · Recommendation · in “Anthropocene began in 1965, according to signs left in world’s ‘loneliest tree’”

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Topics: human era, calendar, holocene, history, kurzgesagt

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