Exploring Dubai’s Empty $13 Billion Man-Made Islands
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The World Islands. A collection of 300 man-made islands built off the coast of Dubai to resemble an outline of the EARTH FROM THE SKY… Yet, after $13 billion was spent to complete them they’ve mostly been sitting there empty... I couldn’t believe this place actually existed.
So as a first stop on my trip I flew to Dubai to understand what happened and what their future holds… What are your thoughts? Amazing or too crazy of an idea?
Thank you to @MyDubai and @VisitDubai for helping us get in touch with the creators of these islands and for letting us go out to see the restricted areas.
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Yes Theory3 kuukautta sitten
Hey there, thank you for watching :) I've really missed making videos consistently so I'm very happy to be back. I'm sure this year has had so many ups and downs for all of you as well so I hope to share some positivity through these stories I've captured. This is the first one out of my trip and I've got plenty more coming your way. Let me know what you think in the comments and I'll see you again soon
Brian Marshall14 päivää sitten
Thanks for the insight, looking forward to catching up on your other videos .
coralmc 1616 päivää sitten
You guys should really get on TED!!
knottedthread22 päivää sitten
@Cookie Monster Thanks for this comment. I found this channel a few days ago and was watching some older videos, now watching this it just makes me feel so uncomfortable.
Younghead24 päivää sitten
Imagine that this guy traveled so many places and can’t even say Giro properly. I learned that when I was 8. 😂
Kaushik GundaUukausi sitten
Ŕŕ
Mike Hunt2 tuntia sitten
Make a seek discomfort shirt that is uncomfortable
really reasso2 tuntia sitten
The grouchy acoustic untypically destroy because john dolly shop between a crabby cook. boiling, learned difference
Kenneth Arnold12 tuntia sitten
You: "I had no idea there were islands built out, out here." I think you may have been disingenuous, as I would find it had to believe you didn't explore the World Islands on Google Earth.
iam_Feezee Music18 tuntia sitten
This is awesome didn't know this existed in Dubai.
Awesome Stuff18 tuntia sitten
*9:46** Bumboo Villa, Mallu Guy Spotted* 😄😄✌️
Hammaad BapuPäivä sitten
If David dobrik went here it wouldn’t even be in the title of the vid
Technical RishyPäivä sitten
awesome great
scumbag supremePäivä sitten
Damn Dubai is Rich
Josh ZPäivä sitten
Those islands are slowly sinking back into the sea.
Al MazinPäivä sitten
This can change the future of our countries especially during global warming
FGIPPäivä sitten
What is that thing on the water at the middle left 7:14
ben müllerPäivä sitten
Why aren’t you commenting about how many slaves died building those islands?
KodeyPäivä sitten
is the entire yes theory crew all gay or what????
Adrian's AquaticsPäivä sitten
not bad
X-CE-KLICKZ2 päivää sitten
U look Italian no offence
T Barr2 päivää sitten
If he was a hot chick this would be the setup would be the start of a bad horror movie.
VDH2 päivää sitten
who tf wanna live in that shith0le tbh....
melloxmello2 päivää sitten
When I first saw the island my first thought was that's how the future is gonna look after all the continents sink
Amber Kluga2 päivää sitten
"Seek Discomfort" and plug for low-impact organic merch... then flying half way around the world to the most luxury-excess city in the world to visit private islands to create a 15 minute hotel commercial for a billionaire. cute guy though
Djeddozo2 päivää sitten
"Nobody ever built or reclaimed islands the way we did. Nobody even tried". Flevoland: am I a joke to you?
Rob Brunswick3 päivää sitten
Where is the power coming from?
Slinky Josh3 päivää sitten
These islands are going to be 10x as surreal when they're fully built out and then the sea level rises and covers them
Silver Glen3 päivää sitten
The are empty and will be empty for another 100 years. Don't worry how they done it? They used modern day slavery, paying peanuts for the real labourers and make them live in squalid conditions.
Silver Glen3 päivää sitten
They are in the process of making ghost islands. Well done guys, easy comes easy goes.
muslihat kedua3 päivää sitten
the hotel is really gergeous!.
Miriam Black3 päivää sitten
The broad undershirt conclusively mark because waterfall consquentially clip including a wary letter. quirky, swanky meeting
Clifton Bowers4 päivää sitten
Actually they sit longer will help more of a solid ground to build on...much was for investors from Greece Turkey and US but due to economy
Carter The Beta5 päivää sitten
dope mask bro! just go to a different country and make them unsafe! especially since you are from la lmao
Ptiertop5 päivää sitten
How are you able to just go to other countries that you don't speak the language? I always thought it would be really difficult to get around.
Grayson5 päivää sitten
The chairman seems so wholesome and smart and passionate about what’s he’s doing it’s so cute
Grayson5 päivää sitten
Sooo cool the dude seems so nice
Pugss CoD5 päivää sitten
If you dont know youtube official channel was realized 51 years ago. You could check it out when youtube commented in comments.
RonRon's World5 päivää sitten
China built military islands.
Shawn Gallivant6 päivää sitten
What’s the chancellor’s name?
Gladys Mwihaki6 päivää sitten
its these dudes expressing love for each other with so much ease i can get used to this from my friends
Mia Abdallah6 päivää sitten
WHAT i didn't know you were in Dubai 3 MONTHS AGO, i really would have wanted to see u
lee m6 päivää sitten
One would think someone so concerned with the environment would know the impact a project like this has on it
Thesortvokter6 päivää sitten
"Seek discomfort" lol, what fucking BULL!!!
R Visions6 päivää sitten
“Dubai is lit”
matt kong6 päivää sitten
The awake play supposedly cycle because freeze problematically boil notwithstanding a green grey grieving toilet. combative, highfalutin production
Owen T - FTFaB6 päivää sitten
Go and spend some time in the labor camps of the workers used to build these islands. You’ll SEEK DISCOMFORT in a whole new level.
Stefan Bachrodt7 päivää sitten
The chairman is without doubt my kind of people, waste nothing. Wonder if he's aware of the transformation of plastic waste to fuel in the form of gas and oil. No need to ship it off then
Nils7 päivää sitten
plot twist *when he leaves there like that will be $13Billion dollars*
Nils7 päivää sitten
I would love to live on that island the villas were so nice
Willy Rich8 päivää sitten
they were probably like "oh he's american just give him pizza and hamburgers" LMAO
Centric Spy9 tuntia sitten
Lol
Cecy Ortiz8 päivää sitten
The graceful peru qualitatively analyse because beauty thirdly bow an a red sideboard. squalid, wonderful blood
sbstin8 päivää sitten
Comment 7600: World doesen't need that.
Ron Scarpa8 päivää sitten
Amazing ... thanks for this video. The developer is a genius - all self sustaining once developed. RON (Las Vegas)
Rafael Collado8 päivää sitten
how many sustainable shirts must you sell only to compensate for the huge carbon footprint you got moving to Dubai? (jet plane, motor boats, gyrocopter etc.....) your ecological disguise is simply ridiculous!
John Sharman8 päivää sitten
Hi guys I started watching your vlogs at 0630 this morning and at 1240 I'm still watching. What an amazing find Dubai's $13 Billion Man-Made Islands now they have to be the most wildest idea of the 21st century and probably the best having listened to the Chairman describe how the recycling of every resource is ploughed back into the island's hence which it came. Just imagine if every island took a little better idea into this idea it could/would Help save our World. Another enjoyable vlog of yours sincerely enjoyed. I'm John from the UK And I just love watching everything you guys are doing. 👌👍😁
Tommie Ragsdale9 päivää sitten
"Go Pound sand" js
Dylan Hummel9 päivää sitten
You’re just trying to profit off this
Jason B9 päivää sitten
4:49, noice runway shot
Dianna Hemmings9 päivää sitten
The hypocrisy in these comments is astounding. Did y'all want him to swim from venice to Dubai? Starting an environmentally friendly brand does not mean they can go 100% off the bat like that. None of the major environmentalist of the world walk, run or swim to where they need to go. Use common sense. And also, y'all having a problem with the seek discomfort shirt and the luxury he experienced. Y'all gonna hate a guy for wearing his own merch? Furthermore, did that title sound like discomfort?? Go watch some of the old vids if you wanna see real discomfort or stfu. When they are helping people with student loans and housing and shit, is that seeking discomfort? Stop blowing shit outta proportion.
J P9 päivää sitten
Great topic. Always wondered what became of that project?
Lisa Hoffer9 päivää sitten
But Billy goat Gates said there needs to be a depopulation because theres no room now for all these people
Steve Tsagaris9 päivää sitten
this gave me the travel feels
Tesco’sOwn9 päivää sitten
yes theory - talks about his brand being more environmentally friendly. Also flies out to Dubai to check out some islands...
Caner Tasci9 päivää sitten
Dafuq hes supposed to do? Walk? Cycle?
DEVAULT'S VAULT * Rick Devault9 päivää sitten
Awesome video you did man. Bravo ( I think the music could be 1 or 2 db lower for enjoyable sonic balance.) Did you get a chance to go on top of Burj K ?
qwertyuiopasdfghj00110 päivää sitten
emirates are ethno-states
Mark Battersby10 päivää sitten
It's built by idiots for idiots to stay
Melissa McKnight Health Care Advocate10 päivää sitten
Mr. Seek Discomfort seeks "eerie"
Mike Wittig10 päivää sitten
What a great video. This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
liamwalsh7510 päivää sitten
Wow.... Looks amazing !!
Mark Kightlinger10 päivää sitten
Cool beans 😎
SeedPlanter10 päivää sitten
Mute this and watch then unmute and watch. ITS a eye opener..fititle.info/one/videot/rHK5hK6zkbRkrqw.html
Rob Deso10 päivää sitten
It’s pretty obvious why they’re empty, just look at the abandon cars in the airport and research why they were abandoned.
Anton Krupski10 päivää sitten
So no Word about the source of electricity or the impact on the environment
Bbadass10 päivää sitten
COVID-19 is a LIE!!
Bbadass10 päivää sitten
I guess idiots all over the world are wearing masks....
RUSH11 päivää sitten
Wow these people are unspoken legends. The Chairman 🤟🔥 the explanation of how they calibrate water and garbage
Hristina Trajkovska Trajkovska11 päivää sitten
Just 20 minutes ago I watched documentary about Republic of Kiribati (an island) and how that big Island disappears under the water from climate change. I don't understand how come this small Islands will someone buy them and live over there to be flooded overnight and drown entire family until they sleep. Because many familys in Kiribati are drowning in the middle of the night. Why so many billionaires live on the coastline or close to the water when everybody spoke about climate change and how is dangerous.
OLERMO CH11 päivää sitten
Prof nice camera, videos money money
gotany111 päivää sitten
Anybody think he is a relation to Ted Cruez?.
IQ Logic11 päivää sitten
Wow, Amazing. An island by yourself. Where the girls???
Drake11 päivää sitten
The islands being built are ALMOST as confusing as when Rose decided to not share the enormous door she was on with Jack and let him die. I'll never get over Rose's lack of action.
Hainero200111 päivää sitten
All the "sustainability" is all well and good. But how does it keep up when all of those islands are packed with thousands of visitors? It's a sincere question. There have to be challenges that will pop up as a result of more people there.
Deplorable Dave12 päivää sitten
Dubai knows how to build NICE looking edifices!
joe daccache12 päivää sitten
Even lebanon island was always lit and partying and now its devastated 💔🇱🇧
Meerah12 päivää sitten
Im from dubai and i never knew about these islands lolll
badinstinctsYoutube12 päivää sitten
Why does this guy have 6M subs?
tenderlovingcoolness12 päivää sitten
Quite funny that he is wearing a 'Sikh Discomfort' shirt in a country of many seeks...
Spam Spam12 päivää sitten
I’m not convinced that Dubai is a creative world and they have no limits
Wingborg12 päivää sitten
Dubai uses slave labor
Jessi Brader12 päivää sitten
This is so wrong on so many levels..horrible for the environment and such a waste of money when there’s people starving
loren salazar12 päivää sitten
An arrogant, monumental building & engineering failure of epic proportions. Most of these artificial sand 'islands' are sinking, abandoned & stopped development in stagnant waters. ~ When the gas runs dry, so will Dubai. .
Tinship13 päivää sitten
The lack of mask wearing is disturbing. edit- just started watching the other videos and it seems the same, sorry, but we're covid-free where we are right now because we wore masks when told to. it's a bit sad that we can't get rid of this virus because people only think about themselves.
AY Evans13 päivää sitten
This seems like a backdoor effort (Dubai-sponsored infomercial)to regenerate interest in investing in those sand masses. This pandemic has taken a bite out of revenue(Dubai Expo has been postponed until this October, they have a lot of expensive jumbo planes not operating at full capacity). Gotta get that 13 billion back some kind of way.
Jade S13 päivää sitten
Somebody is going to be lucky to have Thomas as a grandfather
Jax Wylde13 päivää sitten
I guess these guys haven't seen all the other videos of places like Jakarta, Bangkok, Samoa Islands, etc. being slowly swallowed-up by the sea (due to rising sea levels). Buying one of these properties will ensure that in a few decades you won't just have a beach in your backyard, you'll have it in your living room.
Javnutee Gaming13 päivää sitten
I envy you
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Sa Ah13 päivää sitten
Reminds me of the 1400 year old prophecy of Muhammad (saas) when he was asked when Judgment Day would happen and he replied ".. when you see (the descendents of formerly impoverished shepherds) barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds competing in constructing tall buildings." 😳 These are vanity projects heralding the final days
Sa Ah13 päivää sitten
Reminds me of the 1400 year old prophecy of Muhammad (saas) when he was asked when Judgment Day would happen and he replied ".. when you see (the descendents of formerly impoverished shepherds) barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds competing in constructing tall buildings." 😳 These are vanity projects heralding the final days
Moaiad Aljamal14 päivää sitten
These man-made Islands: exist Global Warming: let me introduce myself...
Drathgore2 päivää sitten
@Captain Bob Hartzell how are you going to add more sand after theres already buildings, once its built on thats pretty much the end of the story
Captain Bob Hartzell10 päivää sitten
100 years later they add 6 inches of sand to mitigate the 2 inch sea level rise...
Satevo14 päivää sitten
How much did they pay you for this little piece of propaganda? Ain't being a fake ass influencer great!!!
Satevo14 päivää sitten
Nothing makes me happier than fossil fuel capitalists failing miserably, especially when they destroy their own environment for their own greedy short term gains. If you support Dubai with your tourist dollars, you are part of the problem. Power to the People. Peace.
KingIntox12 päivää sitten
Yeah except in like a decade or 2 this place is going to have made back everything they spent on it, if not more
lee jones12 päivää sitten
Stfu with that bs.
Ivan Garcia13 päivää sitten
Wtf
DEVILISH IRV14 päivää sitten
Yes theory really aged well
Kevin14 päivää sitten
11:13 I love that you appreciate the work they put in, not just the end result. So rare. 15:20 You found comfort in seeking discomfort