A closer look
Over five hundred hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every single minute of every day, which means humanity is producing content at a rate drastically faster than anyone could possibly consume it. If you tried to watch every video uploaded today, you would die of old age before getting through a fraction of the Minecraft Let's Plays and conspiracy theory rants. We have built the most advanced data storage infrastructure in the history of the universe primarily to archive shaky smartphone footage of concerts no one will ever rewatch and apology videos from influencers who clearly read from a script. The sheer volume of server space dedicated to storing failed vlog attempts and unboxing videos is a staggering reminder that giving everybody a broadcasting platform was either a triumph of democracy or the greatest mistake of the digital age
