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00:00 Imagine you had the power to travel anywhere on Earth in an instant.

00:04 You'd be able to witness breathtaking landscapes, walk through every town or city in existence,

00:10 explore all the hidden wonders of the world, and experience every single culture and community

00:15 on the planet.

00:17 It would make you the ultimate globetrotter, free to roam wherever you pleased at will.

00:21 But, of course, around Christmas time, there is one legendary figure who does all of that

00:26 and more.

00:27 This is Unveiled, and today we're answering the extraordinary question; what if you visited

00:32 everyone alive in 24 hours?

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00:45 Everyone knows the incredible tales of Santa Claus, aka Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, Papa

00:51 Noel, Grandfather Frost, or Father Christmas.

00:55 There are variations on the theme, but in general it's said that Santa miraculously

01:00 visits every home on Earth in a single night, usually on Christmas Eve.

01:05 Now, clearly there is only one Santa, so we'll leave the wholesale, manic global delivery

01:10 of presents everywhere to the big man.

01:13 But what if, instead of dropping off gifts specifically, you embarked on a journey simply

01:17 to meet every living person within 24 hours?

01:20 What if you channelled the spirit of Santa, but into another, separate, exhilarating adventure

01:25 that goes way beyond the holiday season?

01:28 To start, there are some key and pretty mind-bending facts to set the scene.

01:33 In November 2022, the estimated world population ticked past 8 billion people for the first

01:39 time ever.

01:40 Today, we're all one of a truly massive and widespread species.

01:44 So, although it's physically impossible, picture yourself standing in a room with all

01:49 of the people on Earth, each representing a unique story, perspective, life, and timeline.

01:55 And now imagine connecting with every individual in that room.

02:00 You could spend many, many lifetimes completing that task.

02:04 But in today's hypothetical, everyone isn't gathered inside one single room - unless the

02:08 room is Earth itself - and you don't have countless lifetimes to mingle in.

02:12 Rather, you only have one day - a measly 24 hours.

02:17 In real time, that gives you approximately one one-hundred-thousandth of a second per

02:22 person.

02:23 This actually means that you would have considerably less than the blink of an eye in the company

02:27 of everyone you meet, for so long as time passed at the usual rate.

02:31 Even the most charismatic of people would struggle to make an impression in such a brief

02:35 window.

02:36 Meanwhile, how far would you have to travel?

02:38 The circumference of Earth is almost 25,000 miles.

02:41 Meaning that whilst visiting everyone alive for your one one-hundred-thousandth of a second

02:46 meet and greet, you'd also need to be travelling at more than one thousand miles per hour,

02:50 all the time.

02:51 Except, not even that would be anywhere near enough.

02:54 Because obviously, not everyone lives along the same circumferential line.

02:58 In reality, we're all scattered across the entirety of Earth, with the surface of our

03:02 planet commanding a total area of just less than two hundred million square miles.

03:07 You're going to need one hell of a sat-nav to complete that trip.

03:11 Clearly, we're going to have to bend the rules a little bit here.

03:14 To have any hope of reaching our mission goal, we'll need to equip ourselves with the power

03:18 to control time to a limitless and epic degree.

03:22 Imagine you have the capability to pause time whenever you need to.

03:26 Now, while you still have literally millions of miles to travel, you can at least extend

03:31 your one one-hundred-thousandth of a second into something much more substantial.

03:35 Into whole moments, hours, or even days.

03:38 Many of the logistical challenges vanish, and the seemingly impossible moves to within

03:43 reach.

03:44 The world becomes your playground, and you, frozen in time, have forever to enjoy it.

03:49 So long as your pausing of time also allows you to pause your own ageing.

03:53 But let's just imagine that it does.

03:56 Under these new conditions, how would your journey play out?

03:59 What would you learn?

04:00 And how would you end up feeling?

04:02 Clearly, you would quickly transcend to become the most informed, knowledgeable and experienced

04:07 being around.

04:09 You'd become someone that's almost laden with wisdom, after even just a tiny fraction

04:14 of your overall trip.

04:16 Estimates vary, but it's said that the average person - i.e. one who can't control time,

04:21 live forever, or endlessly travel millions of miles - will meet somewhere between ten

04:26 thousand and one hundred thousand people during their lifetime.

04:29 But even at the top end of those figures, that means that ordinarily you will only get

04:34 to meet about 0.00125% of the global population.

04:39 Even the most well-connected people on Earth only ever connect with a tiny, tiny amount

04:44 of everyone there is.

04:46 Meanwhile, and to shorten our possibilities even further, we have what's known as "Dunbar's

04:51 Number".

04:52 Created by the British anthropologist Robin Dunbar, this is an estimated limit to the

04:56 number of stable, significant and meaningful relationships any one person can even handle.

05:02 There is some debate about the final figure, but it generally comes out at just 150 - or

05:08 just 0.000001% - of everyone alive.

05:15 If you were in this hypothetical scenario, then, you would have the opportunity to learn

05:19 and experience drastically more than anyone else ever could.

05:23 You'd undoubtedly gain a new, never-before-seen appreciation for the richness of human existence.

05:29 You'd encounter every single language that's currently spoken or written.

05:33 You'd see the inner workings of every single culture.

05:36 You'd have a level of understanding about every single tradition - not just the few

05:41 that any one person ever usually becomes aware of.

05:45 Your own incredible life would morph into something of a tapestry, documenting - or

05:50 at least influenced by - everything that humankind has to offer.

05:54 This journey would shatter stereotypes, prejudice and preconceptions.

05:58 It would remove all the real-world difficulties of borders, politics, fighting and war.

06:04 Throughout your trip, you would learn about the struggles and triumphs that shape every

06:08 individual story.

06:10 There would be some trade-offs, however.

06:12 Embarking on such an audacious adventure would also guarantee you worldwide fame, for better

06:17 or worse.

06:18 Visit everyone alive in 24 hours and you will become a global sensation.

06:23 You'd more than break the internet, you'd kind of be the internet.

06:26 Indiscriminately connecting literally everyone under the same shared experience of having

06:31 met you.

06:33 Everyone would know your face, your voice.

06:35 You'd be the subject of the most shared hashtag of all time.

06:39 You'd be more than a generational figure, you'd be a species phenomenon.

06:43 If this were you, then how would you feel about that?

06:46 Let us know in the comments how you'd cope with such an incomparably high public profile…

06:51 and with such immeasurably massive amounts of influence and responsibility.

06:56 Feel such time as we can pause time, then clearly this is a hypothetical that won't

07:00 come to pass in the real world.

07:02 Not unless we manage to tap into the magic of Santa Claus and use it for ourselves.

07:07 But as a thought experiment, it does serve to highlight just how limited our worldview

07:12 always is, even when we believe that it isn't.

07:15 Again, even the most socially connected people will only ever meet far, far less than one

07:20 percent of all of the people alive, and with the global population set to continually rise,

07:26 that percentage is only going to get smaller and smaller in the future.

07:30 Nevertheless, if it were possible, then this would be the ultimate journey to make.

07:34 The shared moments, the diverse stories, and the collective human experience that you'd

07:39 encounter would surely change you forever, instilling within you a profound sense of

07:44 what it really means to be human.

07:46 And if you actually did manage it all within just a day in real time, then perhaps your

07:51 next question would be… why stop there?

07:54 Having met everybody once, wouldn't you want to do it all again?

07:58 And again?

07:59 It might even turn out that you'd become an ever-present in their lives, just as they

08:03 would be in yours.

08:04 The person that everybody knows.

08:06 The friend that everyone remembers.

08:09 What would happen next?

08:10 Well, that's a question for another video.

08:13 But finally, and if nothing else, we can now all see precisely what Santa Claus has waiting

08:18 for them every single year.

08:20 True, we never really get to meet Santa, but even so, those reindeer have every right to

08:27 be seriously tired.

08:29 Because that's what would happen if you could visit everyone alive in 24 hours.

08:34 What do you think?

08:35 Is there anything we missed?

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