The Future is an Empty Room

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Thanks to Nickolai Boulton for VFX work: https://bsky.app/profile/nickolaiboulton.com
Thanks to Mantron for additional footage of Death Stranding 2: https://www.youtube.com/@yesmantron
Thanks to Jsco Music for providing covers of Bo Burnham’s “All Eyes on Me” and “Goodbye”: https://www.youtube.com/@JscoMusic

“All Eyes On Me - Orchestral” by Jsco Music: https://youtu.be/s02zfnW_vaI?si=fJwLc3wTXaY8BeNM
“Goodbye - Orchestral” by Jsco Music: https://youtu.be/Rc9h1s4CCRo?si=_d9ieKlqhC6DYuwy

Media Shown: Death Stranding, Death Stranding 2, The Twilight Zone, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Aliens (deleted scenes), Prometheus, Sunshine, Inside, What., Make Happy, The Ray Bradbury Theater - The Veldt (1989), BFA Educational Media - The Veldt (1973)

Music (Chronologically): Abandoning Sendai (John Barzetti), Principal (1000xRESIST), Alone We Have No Future (Death Stranding), The Man on the Other End (Death Stranding 2), Should We Have Connected (Death Stranding 2), Execution (1000xRESIST), Piano Practice (1000xRESIST), The Occupants (1000xRESIST), The Timefall (Death Stranding), Are You There (Death Stranding 2), Year Unknown (1000xRESIST), All Eyes on Me - Orchestral (Bo Burnham cover by Jsco Music), Piano Practice (1000xRESIST), They Dream by Day (Mellifera), All Eyes on Me - Orchestral (Bo Burnham cover by Jsco Music), Smooth Talking (Nocturnal Spirits), Goodbye - Orchestral (Bo Burnham cover by Jsco Music)

Additional Music by Epidemic Sound
Additional Footage by Getty Images and Storyblocks

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