1 00:00:03,666 --> 00:00:05,233 [The Pied Pipers' "Dream" playing] 2 00:00:05,233 --> 00:00:09,566 ♪ Dream ♪ 3 00:00:09,566 --> 00:00:16,566 ♪ When you're feeling blue ♪ 4 00:00:16,566 --> 00:00:19,233 ♪ 5 00:00:19,233 --> 00:00:23,633 ♪ Dream ♪ 6 00:00:23,633 --> 00:00:30,466 ♪ That's the thing to do ♪ 7 00:00:30,466 --> 00:00:32,500 Ari Wallach, voice-over: The way humans make sense of the world 8 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:34,300 is through stories. 9 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:37,566 They help us figure out what happened in the past 10 00:00:37,566 --> 00:00:42,966 and give us a sense of place and community and belonging. 11 00:00:42,966 --> 00:00:44,900 It can totally expand our imagination 12 00:00:44,900 --> 00:00:46,966 and guide our future actions. 13 00:00:46,966 --> 00:00:48,800 The Pied Pipers: ♪ You'll find your... ♪ 14 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,633 Wallach: There's a reason the hippocampus, 15 00:00:50,633 --> 00:00:52,166 at the base of our brain, 16 00:00:52,166 --> 00:00:54,300 is both responsible for emotions 17 00:00:54,300 --> 00:00:56,133 and memory and images, 18 00:00:56,133 --> 00:00:58,300 because the two work hand in hand 19 00:00:58,300 --> 00:01:01,366 to help us move throughout the world. 20 00:01:01,366 --> 00:01:03,466 This has been part of who we are, 21 00:01:03,466 --> 00:01:06,633 and most importantly, how we transmit knowledge 22 00:01:06,633 --> 00:01:08,366 from generation to generation. 23 00:01:09,466 --> 00:01:10,866 Narrator: It is cold 24 00:01:10,866 --> 00:01:12,533 and growing colder 25 00:01:12,533 --> 00:01:14,866 as the world slowly dies. 26 00:01:14,866 --> 00:01:16,700 One in 12 people on the planet 27 00:01:16,700 --> 00:01:18,533 will contract the disease. 28 00:01:18,533 --> 00:01:21,366 Man: Even if they discovered the cure for infertility, 29 00:01:21,366 --> 00:01:22,400 doesn't matter. 30 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:23,566 Too late. 31 00:01:23,566 --> 00:01:25,033 [Helicopter rotors thrumming] 32 00:01:25,033 --> 00:01:26,866 Wallach: Here's the thing. 33 00:01:26,866 --> 00:01:30,033 Almost every movie that takes place in the future 34 00:01:30,033 --> 00:01:33,533 is a story about the world gone bad. 35 00:01:33,533 --> 00:01:34,866 Announcer: In the future, 36 00:01:34,866 --> 00:01:36,866 the polar ice caps have melted, 37 00:01:36,866 --> 00:01:40,200 and the Earth lies beneath a watery grave. 38 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:43,466 Wallach: There's a "Mad Max" way of thinking about tomorrow. 39 00:01:43,466 --> 00:01:48,566 Announcer: A man reduced to a single instinct--survive. 40 00:01:48,566 --> 00:01:51,200 Wallach: What happens when all we see, 41 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,533 all the stories of tomorrow, are dystopian, 42 00:01:54,533 --> 00:01:58,200 you start forgetting what it is that you actually do want. 43 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,866 Are the stories that we're putting out circumscribing, 44 00:02:01,866 --> 00:02:04,133 and in some ways, creating artificial boundaries 45 00:02:04,133 --> 00:02:05,600 in terms of what kind of futures 46 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:06,700 and worlds that we want? 47 00:02:06,700 --> 00:02:07,966 Voice: Good morning. 48 00:02:07,966 --> 00:02:10,600 This is your wake-up call. 49 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,466 [Grimes' "Oblivion" playing] 50 00:02:13,466 --> 00:02:23,266 ♪ 51 00:02:23,266 --> 00:02:26,200 [Vocalizing] 52 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:36,033 ♪ 53 00:02:36,033 --> 00:02:39,766 ♪ I never walk about after dark ♪ 54 00:02:39,766 --> 00:02:42,433 ♪ It's my point of view ♪ 55 00:02:42,433 --> 00:02:44,600 ♪ 'Cause someone could break your neck ♪ 56 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,133 ♪ Coming up behind you ♪ 57 00:02:46,133 --> 00:02:48,266 ♪ Always coming, and you'd never have a clue ♪ 58 00:02:48,266 --> 00:02:52,100 ♪ I never look behind all the time ♪ 59 00:02:52,100 --> 00:02:54,700 ♪ I will wait forever ♪ 60 00:02:54,700 --> 00:02:56,633 ♪ Always looking straight ♪ 61 00:02:56,633 --> 00:03:00,833 ♪ Thinking, counting all the hours you wait ♪ 62 00:03:05,500 --> 00:03:06,933 [Horns honking] 63 00:03:06,933 --> 00:03:16,333 ♪ 64 00:03:16,333 --> 00:03:18,433 Sharon Wallach: Just punch it in all the way. 65 00:03:18,433 --> 00:03:20,333 -Oh. -Like that. 66 00:03:20,333 --> 00:03:22,333 All right, so we're gonna spread this out 67 00:03:22,333 --> 00:03:27,500 and split it into four even pieces. 68 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:29,166 I know it's hard. 69 00:03:29,166 --> 00:03:30,833 Sharon, I feel like you're gonna have to, like-- 70 00:03:30,833 --> 00:03:32,100 -Yeah, you're gonna have to... -Help us. 71 00:03:32,100 --> 00:03:33,666 -Ha ha! -No, you--what do you mean? 72 00:03:33,666 --> 00:03:35,833 Yours is-- yours is a little fat. 73 00:03:35,833 --> 00:03:37,833 It's OK. Don't redo it too much. 74 00:03:37,833 --> 00:03:40,266 Wallach, voice-over: Our lives are a collection of stories, 75 00:03:40,266 --> 00:03:44,000 stories about who we are and where we come from, 76 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,333 stories that help us make sense of today, 77 00:03:46,333 --> 00:03:49,333 and stories about what comes next, 78 00:03:49,333 --> 00:03:53,333 but how do our stories about the past shape our future? 79 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:56,166 What stories do we need to hold on to, 80 00:03:56,166 --> 00:03:59,000 and which ones should we leave behind? 81 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,766 What stories will lead us to create better tomorrows 82 00:04:01,766 --> 00:04:03,900 for our kids and grandkids, 83 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:05,900 and which ones are simply holding us back? 84 00:04:05,900 --> 00:04:08,400 There we go. All right. 85 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,733 Wallach: Wherever I go, I always enjoy 86 00:04:10,733 --> 00:04:12,933 talking to people about the stories they love, 87 00:04:12,933 --> 00:04:15,900 and today, stopping by my son's classroom, 88 00:04:15,900 --> 00:04:17,900 I'm reminded just how foundational 89 00:04:17,900 --> 00:04:19,666 these stories really are. 90 00:04:19,666 --> 00:04:21,666 Teacher: I wanted to introduce you guys to my friend Ari. 91 00:04:21,666 --> 00:04:23,166 Girl: I love your purple shoes. 92 00:04:23,166 --> 00:04:25,066 Wallach: Oh, thank you. Girl: You're welcome. 93 00:04:25,066 --> 00:04:26,233 Wallach: Here's a question. 94 00:04:26,233 --> 00:04:28,566 Who here likes to watch movies? 95 00:04:28,566 --> 00:04:29,566 Raise your hand. 96 00:04:29,566 --> 00:04:32,066 OK. All right. 97 00:04:32,066 --> 00:04:34,733 I'm just--what's a movie that you saw lately 98 00:04:34,733 --> 00:04:36,566 that you really liked? 99 00:04:36,566 --> 00:04:38,400 "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile." 100 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:39,933 -"Lyle, Lyle Crocodile." Yeah? -"Harry Potter." 101 00:04:39,933 --> 00:04:41,066 "Harry Potter." 102 00:04:41,066 --> 00:04:42,433   Girl: Um, I watched "It." 103 00:04:42,433 --> 00:04:43,766 You watched "It"? 104 00:04:43,766 --> 00:04:45,766 -Oh, my gosh! How? -Horror movie! 105 00:04:45,766 --> 00:04:49,900 Boy: I honestly liked "Wall-E," because it shows, like, 106 00:04:49,900 --> 00:04:53,066 emotion in a robot, which is kind of like AI. 107 00:04:53,066 --> 00:04:56,166 What do you love about movies? 108 00:04:56,166 --> 00:04:59,733 -Yes? -Um, I like how they're scary. 109 00:04:59,733 --> 00:05:01,966 The actors show feelings. 110 00:05:01,966 --> 00:05:05,300 Sometimes they're very sad, and I cry. 111 00:05:05,300 --> 00:05:08,133 Wallach: What makes a great story? 112 00:05:08,133 --> 00:05:10,800 -Yes? -The emotions. 113 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:12,133 Wallach: Emotions. Yes? 114 00:05:12,133 --> 00:05:13,733 The connection to reality. 115 00:05:13,733 --> 00:05:15,133 Teacher: Charlotte? 116 00:05:15,133 --> 00:05:17,800 Charlotte: Um, like, if it has a good plot 117 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:19,133 and there are things 118 00:05:19,133 --> 00:05:21,133 that, like, change it up in the story, 119 00:05:21,133 --> 00:05:22,966 and it's not just one thing 120 00:05:22,966 --> 00:05:24,833 where you can predict what's gonna happen. 121 00:05:24,833 --> 00:05:25,966 Beautiful. 122 00:05:25,966 --> 00:05:27,566 When you think about a movie 123 00:05:27,566 --> 00:05:29,633 that takes place in the future, what does it, 124 00:05:29,633 --> 00:05:33,400 what does it have to have in it for it to be a great movie? 125 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:37,133 Um, I kind of think, if I was making a movie in the future, 126 00:05:37,133 --> 00:05:40,966 I would kind of, um, add, like, things 127 00:05:40,966 --> 00:05:44,233 that we're planning on trying to make. 128 00:05:44,233 --> 00:05:45,466 Like what? 129 00:05:45,466 --> 00:05:46,733 -Like flying cars. -Flying cars. 130 00:05:46,733 --> 00:05:48,133 [Laughter] 131 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:51,500 Get in. 132 00:05:51,500 --> 00:05:52,966 Let's play it hard. 133 00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:55,300 Pull up, Anakin! 134 00:05:55,300 --> 00:05:57,300 -Pull up! -Ha ha ha! 135 00:05:58,633 --> 00:06:00,366 Ooh! 136 00:06:00,366 --> 00:06:03,033 Nice shot, Doc! 137 00:06:03,033 --> 00:06:07,866 Man: Stories are the shortcut we use to navigate the world, 138 00:06:07,866 --> 00:06:10,966 and the world is just too complicated to understand. 139 00:06:10,966 --> 00:06:13,133 There's too much data coming at us, 140 00:06:13,133 --> 00:06:17,033 and we can't notice and process all that data. 141 00:06:17,033 --> 00:06:20,200 The human mind does not have that capacity. 142 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,466 So we need shortcuts. 143 00:06:22,466 --> 00:06:25,033 We need to be able to make leaps over the data. 144 00:06:25,033 --> 00:06:27,300 We say, "What am I broadly seeing here? 145 00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:29,700 How can I make sense of this?" 146 00:06:29,700 --> 00:06:33,366 And the story is what makes sense of it. 147 00:06:33,366 --> 00:06:35,033 Man: There's a quote by Alasdair MacIntyre, 148 00:06:35,033 --> 00:06:37,466 the great Catholic philosopher at Notre Dame University, 149 00:06:37,466 --> 00:06:41,033 who says, "I cannot tell you who I am 150 00:06:41,033 --> 00:06:43,033 "or what I'm going to do 151 00:06:43,033 --> 00:06:45,033 "until I tell you the story or stories 152 00:06:45,033 --> 00:06:47,466 that I am a part of." 153 00:06:47,466 --> 00:06:52,733 Woman: All of us believe in a certain kind of the future 154 00:06:52,733 --> 00:06:55,366 that seems almost inevitable. 155 00:06:55,366 --> 00:06:57,800 And actually, if we interrogate that, 156 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,433 if we trace that thread back, 157 00:07:00,433 --> 00:07:04,600 the origins of those are in the first few 158 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,266 very attractive, shiny images of the future 159 00:07:08,266 --> 00:07:11,633 that we witnessed, that we consumed. 160 00:07:11,633 --> 00:07:14,866 And somehow, they end up shaping the boundary 161 00:07:14,866 --> 00:07:19,100 or the contours of what we think it's going to look like. 162 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:22,766 But who owns those images of the future? 163 00:07:22,766 --> 00:07:24,366 Who shaped them? 164 00:07:24,366 --> 00:07:28,200 Who's missing from this story, and why? 165 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:33,766 ♪ 166 00:07:33,766 --> 00:07:36,033 Wallach: For years, Hollywood has attracted 167 00:07:36,033 --> 00:07:38,433 the best and brightest storytellers, 168 00:07:38,433 --> 00:07:40,533 yet only recently have we begun to understand 169 00:07:40,533 --> 00:07:43,266 just how limited our stories have been, 170 00:07:43,266 --> 00:07:45,966 in large part because of who's been able to tell them. 171 00:07:47,266 --> 00:07:49,433 But what would it look like if more people 172 00:07:49,433 --> 00:07:52,100 began to see themselves as storytellers, 173 00:07:52,100 --> 00:07:54,600 helping to shape new narratives, new futures 174 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,466 they can actually see themselves in? 175 00:07:57,466 --> 00:08:00,833 That's led me here to meet Rafael Agustin, 176 00:08:00,833 --> 00:08:04,166 an award-winning screenwriter and author focused on 177 00:08:04,166 --> 00:08:05,333 broadening the boundaries 178 00:08:05,333 --> 00:08:06,833 of what stories are told 179 00:08:06,833 --> 00:08:09,533 and who gets to tell them. 180 00:08:09,533 --> 00:08:12,100 Tell me a little bit more about you. 181 00:08:12,100 --> 00:08:13,333 It's like a first date, right? 182 00:08:13,333 --> 00:08:14,700 So, like, we just sat down. I just-- 183 00:08:14,700 --> 00:08:16,500 Scorpio. Long walks on the beach. 184 00:08:16,500 --> 00:08:18,033 Long walks--I just ordered two glasses of pinot noir, 185 00:08:18,033 --> 00:08:19,166 and we're getting to know each other. 186 00:08:19,166 --> 00:08:20,666 Please. 187 00:08:20,666 --> 00:08:23,266 All right, so born in Ecuador, South America. 188 00:08:23,266 --> 00:08:24,666 Came to the United States 189 00:08:24,666 --> 00:08:26,333 when I was, like, seven years old. 190 00:08:26,333 --> 00:08:28,333 And it wasn't until high school, 191 00:08:28,333 --> 00:08:30,333 when I applied to go to college and I applied 192 00:08:30,333 --> 00:08:32,000 to get my driver's license that I discovered 193 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,433 that we were undocumented. 194 00:08:33,433 --> 00:08:36,333 Growing up, until that point, 195 00:08:36,333 --> 00:08:37,666 did you feel different in any way? 196 00:08:37,666 --> 00:08:39,433 Did you always feel kind of aligned 197 00:08:39,433 --> 00:08:41,166 within the communities that you were in? 198 00:08:41,166 --> 00:08:43,833 Well, the funny thing is, in Ecuador, 199 00:08:43,833 --> 00:08:47,000 we watched a lot of American movies 200 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,833 and TV shows and pop culture. 201 00:08:48,833 --> 00:08:52,200 Robin: Cuidado, Batman! Joker: Ha ha ha 202 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,166 Agustin: Hollywood is the greatest export we have. 203 00:08:54,166 --> 00:08:55,600 And not only me-- 204 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,666 I think it's influenced an entire globe. 205 00:08:57,666 --> 00:08:59,666 I remember one of the first movies 206 00:08:59,666 --> 00:09:01,833 that I fell in love with was, like, this-- 207 00:09:01,833 --> 00:09:03,900 I don't want to say "bad," because I loved it, 208 00:09:03,900 --> 00:09:06,566 but it was a B action movie called "American Ninja"... 209 00:09:06,566 --> 00:09:08,100 -Yeah. -Which starred-- 210 00:09:08,100 --> 00:09:09,566 I've watched all three "American Ninjas." 211 00:09:09,566 --> 00:09:11,333 -Very influential. -So you already know 212 00:09:11,333 --> 00:09:12,666 how important this movie is. 213 00:09:12,666 --> 00:09:14,266 It's extremely important on many levels, 214 00:09:14,266 --> 00:09:15,900 but I'll let you go into why. 215 00:09:15,900 --> 00:09:17,933 Heartthrob Michael Dudikoff changed my life, 216 00:09:17,933 --> 00:09:19,733 because since that moment, 217 00:09:19,733 --> 00:09:22,733 I wanted to be only two things in my life. 218 00:09:22,733 --> 00:09:24,233 One was a ninja, 219 00:09:24,233 --> 00:09:26,066 and the other one was American. 220 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:28,833 I get to public school in the United States, 221 00:09:28,833 --> 00:09:30,666 when I show up to my first day of class, 222 00:09:30,666 --> 00:09:32,500 and I'm like, "Wait a minute. 223 00:09:32,500 --> 00:09:34,266 "What are all these, like, Asian American kids? 224 00:09:34,266 --> 00:09:35,933 "What are all these African American kids? 225 00:09:35,933 --> 00:09:38,233 "Like, this doesn't look like the movies I watch. 226 00:09:38,233 --> 00:09:39,733 This is too much diversity." 227 00:09:39,733 --> 00:09:41,900 And then I saw, like, the Mexican American 228 00:09:41,900 --> 00:09:44,000 and Central American kids and realized 229 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,600 that I look more like them than the white kids. 230 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,400 And then--so I was, like, seven years old 231 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:52,566 when I realized, "Oh, my God, I'm--I'm not white." 232 00:09:52,566 --> 00:09:54,233 Wallach: Rafael fell in love 233 00:09:54,233 --> 00:09:55,666 with storytelling at an early age, 234 00:09:55,666 --> 00:09:58,233 but after only seeing his community represented 235 00:09:58,233 --> 00:10:01,566 by cliché stereotypes, he decided to write himself 236 00:10:01,566 --> 00:10:04,066 into a future he didn't see around him, 237 00:10:04,066 --> 00:10:07,166 first as a screenwriter, and now by enabling others 238 00:10:07,166 --> 00:10:09,566 to do the same thing for themselves. 239 00:10:09,566 --> 00:10:12,766 Girl: Scene five, cat, take two. 240 00:10:12,766 --> 00:10:14,533 Agustin: Filmmaking has been around, 241 00:10:14,533 --> 00:10:17,066 so what we do is not, like, revolutionary. 242 00:10:17,066 --> 00:10:19,333 It's the age that we do it at 243 00:10:19,333 --> 00:10:21,333 and the communities that we do it at 244 00:10:21,333 --> 00:10:22,500 that is so revolutionary. 245 00:10:22,500 --> 00:10:24,066 [School bell rings] 246 00:10:24,066 --> 00:10:26,066 We essentially bring filmmaking mentors 247 00:10:26,066 --> 00:10:27,933 into the classroom twice a week 248 00:10:27,933 --> 00:10:31,233 for 90-minute blocks for an entire school year. 249 00:10:31,233 --> 00:10:34,233 So we guide the students through the filmmaking process 250 00:10:34,233 --> 00:10:36,233 from the development of a concept 251 00:10:36,233 --> 00:10:38,333 all the way until their premieres, 252 00:10:38,333 --> 00:10:41,566 and we have their premieres at the Los Angeles 253 00:10:41,566 --> 00:10:43,666 Latino International Film Festival. 254 00:10:43,666 --> 00:10:45,733 [Applause] 255 00:10:45,733 --> 00:10:48,900 If every student learns not only that 256 00:10:48,900 --> 00:10:51,900 they can tell their story, but that they should, 257 00:10:51,900 --> 00:10:56,833 what kind of self-advocacy and self-respect 258 00:10:56,833 --> 00:10:58,600 is built into them? 259 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,800 How empowered are they when they realize that 260 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,600 they can actually tell their own stories? 261 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,633 That's what's so critical about the work. 262 00:11:05,633 --> 00:11:08,066 It's the social-emotional empowerment 263 00:11:08,066 --> 00:11:10,833 that's being built. 264 00:11:10,833 --> 00:11:13,933 I went to a historically marginalized, 265 00:11:13,933 --> 00:11:15,833 low-performing school, 266 00:11:15,833 --> 00:11:18,433 and I watched 9- and 10-year-olds 267 00:11:18,433 --> 00:11:21,600 who look like me do the work that I couldn't do, 268 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:23,800 and I--I nearly started crying. 269 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,800 So tell me what it starts to look like 270 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:28,633 on the other side. 271 00:11:28,633 --> 00:11:31,800 I think the stories that we tell are gonna be limitless. 272 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:36,166 I think our imagination is gonna be even more exciting, 273 00:11:36,166 --> 00:11:39,100 because we're seeing one another for the first time, 274 00:11:39,100 --> 00:11:42,000 and we're seeing each other's humanities, finally. 275 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:48,666 ♪ 276 00:11:48,666 --> 00:11:51,000 Wallach: We have an amazing opportunity in this moment 277 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,933 to rewrite the stories that define our time, 278 00:11:53,933 --> 00:11:55,766 to be so much bigger and more inclusive 279 00:11:55,766 --> 00:11:57,733 for the world we actually live in 280 00:11:57,733 --> 00:12:00,533 and the one we want to create, 281 00:12:00,533 --> 00:12:02,700 but who wrote the stories that came before us, 282 00:12:02,700 --> 00:12:05,200 and how far back does this essential human trait 283 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:08,200 of storytelling really go? 284 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:09,900 That's led me to Spain. 285 00:12:09,900 --> 00:12:11,966 I'm here to visit the Cave of Ardales, 286 00:12:11,966 --> 00:12:13,900 where until recently it was believed 287 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:16,133 to contain some of the world's oldest recordings 288 00:12:16,133 --> 00:12:18,533 ever made by humans. 289 00:12:18,533 --> 00:12:20,800 Thanks to a new discovery here, 290 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,066 some of the markings in this cave now date back 291 00:12:23,066 --> 00:12:26,033 much, much further. 292 00:12:26,033 --> 00:12:27,533 [Speaking Spanish] 293 00:12:27,533 --> 00:12:29,700   [Speaking Spanish] 294 00:12:29,700 --> 00:12:31,200 OK. 295 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:35,033   [Speaking Spanish] 296 00:12:35,033 --> 00:12:38,400 [Speaking Spanish] 297 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:42,200 [Speaking Spanish] 298 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,900 [Speaking Spanish] 299 00:12:44,900 --> 00:12:47,366 Wallach, voice-over: Pedro led me further into the cave, 300 00:12:47,366 --> 00:12:50,700 explaining that while animal bones were discovered outside, 301 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:54,466 human bones were buried deep inside the heart of the cave. 302 00:12:54,466 --> 00:12:56,733 They believe these early burial sites were a way 303 00:12:56,733 --> 00:12:59,200 of marking this cave as belonging to a clan 304 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:03,100 and connecting them to their ancestors who came before, 305 00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:05,866 but the most amazing thing is the discovery 306 00:13:05,866 --> 00:13:07,933 of markings on the walls that point to 307 00:13:07,933 --> 00:13:10,600 the very earliest forms of communication. 308 00:13:12,766 --> 00:13:16,266 [Speaking Spanish] 309 00:13:16,266 --> 00:13:17,933 Wallach: [Speaking Spanish] 310 00:13:17,933 --> 00:13:20,966 [Speaking Spanish] 311 00:13:20,966 --> 00:13:24,966 [Speaking Spanish] 312 00:13:24,966 --> 00:13:29,100 [Speaking Spanish] 313 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:31,600 [Speaking Spanish] 314 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,100 [Speaking Spanish] 315 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:35,433 [Speaking Spanish] 316 00:13:35,433 --> 00:13:37,933 [Speaking Spanish] 317 00:13:37,933 --> 00:13:40,433 [Speaking Spanish] 318 00:13:40,433 --> 00:13:41,933 [Speaking Spanish] 319 00:13:41,933 --> 00:13:45,433 [Speaking Spanish] 320 00:13:45,433 --> 00:13:48,933 [Speaking Spanish] 321 00:13:48,933 --> 00:13:50,766   -[Speaking Spanish] -[Speaking Spanish] 322 00:13:50,766 --> 00:13:52,766 [Speaking Spanish] 323 00:13:52,766 --> 00:13:54,100 Wow. 324 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:58,933 [Speaking Spanish] 325 00:13:58,933 --> 00:14:00,866   -[Speaking Spanish] -[Speaking Spanish] 326 00:14:00,866 --> 00:14:11,666 [Speaking Spanish] 327 00:14:11,666 --> 00:14:13,166 [Speaking Spanish] 328 00:14:13,166 --> 00:14:14,833 [Speaking Spanish] 329 00:14:14,833 --> 00:14:17,166 [Speaking Spanish] 330 00:14:17,166 --> 00:14:21,666 [Speaking Spanish] 331 00:14:21,666 --> 00:14:24,166 [Speaking Spanish] 332 00:14:24,166 --> 00:14:27,866 [Speaking Spanish] 333 00:14:27,866 --> 00:14:29,500   Wallach, voice-over: What began as information, 334 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:32,266 ways to communicate threats or danger, 335 00:14:32,266 --> 00:14:35,100 soon gave way to mythmaking-- 336 00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:37,166 art, early religion, 337 00:14:37,166 --> 00:14:39,933 and the very first recorded human stories. 338 00:14:39,933 --> 00:14:50,433 ♪ 339 00:14:50,433 --> 00:14:53,000 Over the many centuries since, 340 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,933 our methods of storytelling have continued to evolve, 341 00:14:55,933 --> 00:14:57,866 but the primal importance they serve 342 00:14:57,866 --> 00:15:00,666 to our sense of knowing who we are, 343 00:15:00,666 --> 00:15:03,733 where we belong, and where we are going 344 00:15:03,733 --> 00:15:07,900 is as strong now as it's ever been. 345 00:15:07,900 --> 00:15:10,733 In Los Angeles, a team of artists and engineers 346 00:15:10,733 --> 00:15:13,833 are continuing to push these methods forward 347 00:15:13,833 --> 00:15:16,066 using AI-enhanced gaming engines 348 00:15:16,066 --> 00:15:18,733 to create the digital worlds of tomorrow. 349 00:15:18,733 --> 00:15:21,500 Man: We are at Lux. 350 00:15:21,500 --> 00:15:23,400 Lux is one of the frontrunners 351 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,566 in LED volume virtual production. 352 00:15:26,566 --> 00:15:29,400 They were early developers, early adopters 353 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,900 in this tech and this information. 354 00:15:31,900 --> 00:15:33,900 Wallach: What exactly is this? 355 00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:36,733 So this is called an "LED volume." 356 00:15:36,733 --> 00:15:37,833 These are all motion-capture 357 00:15:37,833 --> 00:15:39,733 cameras that are used to track 358 00:15:39,733 --> 00:15:42,066 that camera in 3D space. 359 00:15:42,066 --> 00:15:44,566 It's projecting in a 3D environment 360 00:15:44,566 --> 00:15:46,100 from a video-game engine. 361 00:15:46,100 --> 00:15:48,900 Give me an idea of how you actually use this. 362 00:15:48,900 --> 00:15:51,900 A good use case-- "Mandalorian" was a huge one. 363 00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:53,766 That kind of brought it to the world, 364 00:15:53,766 --> 00:15:57,233 but there's been versions of this for the last 90 years. 365 00:15:57,233 --> 00:15:58,233 [Ragtime music playing] 366 00:15:58,233 --> 00:15:59,566 Back in 1930, 367 00:15:59,566 --> 00:16:01,300 they started using rear projection. 368 00:16:01,300 --> 00:16:04,466 "Just Imagine" and "Liliom" were the big ones. 369 00:16:04,466 --> 00:16:07,500 Narrator: Just imagine the New York of 1980. 370 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:09,000 [Whistle blasting] 371 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,166 Seibert: They just started pushing it forward. 372 00:16:11,166 --> 00:16:13,133 And those were called "motion special effects" 373 00:16:13,133 --> 00:16:14,300 at that time. 374 00:16:14,300 --> 00:16:15,633 From that process, 375 00:16:15,633 --> 00:16:17,300 they kept iterating on it. 376 00:16:17,300 --> 00:16:19,966 Now, instead of shooting on a blue screen, 377 00:16:19,966 --> 00:16:22,333 you have that environment that you can see in camera. 378 00:16:22,333 --> 00:16:25,133 So it limits the compositing, it limits all of those things 379 00:16:25,133 --> 00:16:26,733 that you need to do in post-production. 380 00:16:26,733 --> 00:16:28,133 So what this does is 381 00:16:28,133 --> 00:16:29,800 you have unbelievable flexibility. 382 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:31,133 You're able to change this 383 00:16:31,133 --> 00:16:32,633 -in a matter of seconds. -Absolutely. 384 00:16:32,633 --> 00:16:33,966 We can do a time-of-day change, 385 00:16:33,966 --> 00:16:38,166 and we can make it early morning, dusk. 386 00:16:38,166 --> 00:16:39,466 And there we are. 387 00:16:39,466 --> 00:16:41,133 -So now it's dusk. -Yeah. 388 00:16:41,133 --> 00:16:44,733 You can put crews in a different location at any time. 389 00:16:44,733 --> 00:16:46,633 You can also shoot in this all day long, 390 00:16:46,633 --> 00:16:48,500 and that's the beauty of it. 391 00:16:49,966 --> 00:16:51,966 Wallach: When you were growing up, you obviously, 392 00:16:51,966 --> 00:16:53,800 you know, went to the movies, like most of us, 393 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:55,566 but then something clicked. 394 00:16:55,566 --> 00:16:57,466 What was it that-- that drew you in? 395 00:16:57,466 --> 00:16:59,800 What was the thing that caused you to kind of fall in love? 396 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,033 I was always a big fan of the underdog story. 397 00:17:02,033 --> 00:17:05,300 That was my thing, you know, "The Sandlot" and "Rudy." 398 00:17:05,300 --> 00:17:07,200 Since when are you the quitting kind? 399 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:08,800 All: Rudy! Rudy! 400 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,533 Seibert: There's something about good storytelling 401 00:17:11,533 --> 00:17:13,133 that connects with the soul. 402 00:17:13,133 --> 00:17:14,533 There's nothing that moves you as a human 403 00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:16,066 as much as storytelling, 404 00:17:16,066 --> 00:17:18,700 and it goes back in history thousands of years. 405 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:20,866 It's to help unlock and understand 406 00:17:20,866 --> 00:17:24,133 the expression of emotions, 407 00:17:24,133 --> 00:17:27,033 and those are the things that open us up as humans. 408 00:17:27,033 --> 00:17:29,366 Narrator: All day long, film races through the camera 409 00:17:29,366 --> 00:17:31,700 at 90 feet a minute in scene after scene. 410 00:17:31,700 --> 00:17:33,366 Seibert: You know, in the beginning, 411 00:17:33,366 --> 00:17:36,033 you had directors and directors of photography 412 00:17:36,033 --> 00:17:38,133 that are finding new ways to tell the story, 413 00:17:38,133 --> 00:17:41,133 finding new ways to immerse the audience. 414 00:17:41,133 --> 00:17:43,033 Stephen Spielberg: We configured the water box 415 00:17:43,033 --> 00:17:45,366 so it was easy to get the water lapping the lens. 416 00:17:45,366 --> 00:17:47,366 I really wanted this movie to be just at water level, 417 00:17:47,366 --> 00:17:50,033 the way we are when we're treading water. 418 00:17:50,033 --> 00:17:52,533 Seibert: We go from black and white to color. 419 00:17:52,533 --> 00:17:54,366 We go from no sound to sound. 420 00:17:54,366 --> 00:17:55,533 Man: If I'm a success 421 00:17:55,533 --> 00:17:56,866 in this show, 422 00:17:56,866 --> 00:17:58,200 well, we're gonna move from here. 423 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,433 We'll have to think of something else. 424 00:18:00,433 --> 00:18:02,633 Seibert: And we start to see all these things build up 425 00:18:02,633 --> 00:18:04,600 to create what we know today, 426 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:06,100 and so that's what we're seeing now, 427 00:18:06,100 --> 00:18:07,766 is all these tools are kind of working together 428 00:18:07,766 --> 00:18:12,100 and expanding this universe of content creation. 429 00:18:12,100 --> 00:18:14,133 With the adoption of game engines, 430 00:18:14,133 --> 00:18:16,600 I think there's gonna be a wide adoption 431 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,600 of the technology advances 432 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:20,433 and giving opportunities for people 433 00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:23,933 to explore these worlds, and that makes it immersive. 434 00:18:23,933 --> 00:18:27,933 How might AI change storytelling as we know it? 435 00:18:27,933 --> 00:18:32,100 I think you can look at AI in storytelling as jet fuel. 436 00:18:32,100 --> 00:18:34,100 It's something that can boost you 437 00:18:34,100 --> 00:18:36,533 to another level of creative thinking. 438 00:18:36,533 --> 00:18:38,433 It unlocks potential. 439 00:18:38,433 --> 00:18:40,266 We're now not thinking in this little box, 440 00:18:40,266 --> 00:18:42,600 but we're seeing what happens when you combine 441 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,100 all these different things that have been made over time 442 00:18:45,100 --> 00:18:46,866 and put it into your story. 443 00:18:46,866 --> 00:18:49,100 So it is actually tracking... 444 00:18:49,100 --> 00:18:51,100 Wallach, voice-over: As these tools continue to extend 445 00:18:51,100 --> 00:18:54,700 our capacity to create new worlds and immerse ourselves 446 00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:57,100 in alternate realities, the question 447 00:18:57,100 --> 00:18:59,433 of what kind of worlds we choose to build, 448 00:18:59,433 --> 00:19:02,033 what visions of tomorrow we show ourselves, 449 00:19:02,033 --> 00:19:04,500 is more important than ever 450 00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:07,666 because stories don't just entertain or inspire us. 451 00:19:07,666 --> 00:19:10,500 They create the basis for what we see as possible 452 00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:12,600 moving forward. 453 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:18,000 Bisht: The mere act of people coming together 454 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,166 and imagining the future 455 00:19:21,166 --> 00:19:23,833 that looks different from the conditions 456 00:19:23,833 --> 00:19:26,000 that they are born in 457 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,000 is a deeply political act. 458 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:34,933 It questions the inherent biases and power imbalances 459 00:19:34,933 --> 00:19:38,433 that define the systems that govern our lives. 460 00:19:38,433 --> 00:19:41,666 When you open up the future as a thing 461 00:19:41,666 --> 00:19:47,333 that we can all imagine and construct differently, 462 00:19:47,333 --> 00:19:52,333 you're essentially putting a lot of power and agency 463 00:19:52,333 --> 00:19:57,000 in the hands of people who are, in the traditional system, 464 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,266 completely left out of the equation. 465 00:19:59,266 --> 00:20:07,833 ♪ 466 00:20:07,833 --> 00:20:09,666 Wallach: One of the dangerous things 467 00:20:09,666 --> 00:20:11,333 about the stories we're born into 468 00:20:11,333 --> 00:20:14,933 is that we often don't see them as stories at all. 469 00:20:14,933 --> 00:20:18,200 Decisions people made long before we got here 470 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,833 can make the world as it is today seem certain, 471 00:20:20,833 --> 00:20:22,666 even inevitable, 472 00:20:22,666 --> 00:20:25,833 but what stories have we taken for granted today 473 00:20:25,833 --> 00:20:27,166 that are holding us back 474 00:20:27,166 --> 00:20:29,366 from building better tomorrows, 475 00:20:29,366 --> 00:20:31,500 and what does it mean to examine these stories 476 00:20:31,500 --> 00:20:34,166 from new perspectives? 477 00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:37,100 I came to Chicago to meet Ytasha Womack, 478 00:20:37,100 --> 00:20:41,666 a world-renowned author, Afrofuturist, and dancer, 479 00:20:41,666 --> 00:20:44,166 working to challenge our relationship to the past 480 00:20:44,166 --> 00:20:46,866 as well as to the futures we can create. 481 00:20:48,333 --> 00:20:50,166 Wallach: So, Ytasha, a lot of your work 482 00:20:50,166 --> 00:20:53,366 takes place in this space called "Afrofuturism." 483 00:20:53,366 --> 00:20:54,933 What does that mean? 484 00:20:54,933 --> 00:20:56,766 Afrofuturism is a way 485 00:20:56,766 --> 00:20:58,166 of looking at futures 486 00:20:58,166 --> 00:20:59,666 or alternate realities, 487 00:20:59,666 --> 00:21:01,066 but you're doing so 488 00:21:01,066 --> 00:21:03,900 through these Black cultural lenses. 489 00:21:05,066 --> 00:21:07,733 It's both an aesthetic-- you've seen a lot 490 00:21:07,733 --> 00:21:11,566 of the space imagery reflected in our architecture-- 491 00:21:11,566 --> 00:21:16,566 dance, music, storytelling, how people gather. 492 00:21:16,566 --> 00:21:19,400 It's also a perspective, 493 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:21,733 a way of knowing oneself, 494 00:21:21,733 --> 00:21:26,333 and it's, I think, a good way to facilitate healing 495 00:21:26,333 --> 00:21:29,233 for people who have issues around the imagination. 496 00:21:29,233 --> 00:21:31,433 It's very different than how we tell stories, 497 00:21:31,433 --> 00:21:33,400 like, in the West. 498 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,066 Sometimes I see stories where they act as if, 499 00:21:36,066 --> 00:21:37,566 in order to have a new beginning, 500 00:21:37,566 --> 00:21:40,566 you have to have this incredible apocalypse 501 00:21:40,566 --> 00:21:42,400 and begin anew. 502 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:45,066 A lot of Afrofuturists kind of acknowledge that 503 00:21:45,066 --> 00:21:47,566 some of those apocalyptic things have already happened. 504 00:21:47,566 --> 00:21:49,233 Hmm. 505 00:21:49,233 --> 00:21:51,233 When you think about moments like 506 00:21:51,233 --> 00:21:56,066 the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism, 507 00:21:56,066 --> 00:22:00,133 people had to think about liberating themselves 508 00:22:00,133 --> 00:22:03,000 or think about claiming their own humanity. 509 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,133 We're all kind of at an intersection 510 00:22:05,133 --> 00:22:07,333 of these histories and decisions that 511 00:22:07,333 --> 00:22:09,800 a lot of people made before we even showed up. 512 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,000 Mm-hmm. 513 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,800 There are certain philosophies 514 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,300 and ideas that shape us, 515 00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:18,633 but it's not about them. 516 00:22:18,633 --> 00:22:20,733 It's about you 517 00:22:20,733 --> 00:22:24,133 and the decisions you're gonna make now 518 00:22:24,133 --> 00:22:26,133 and the kind of future, you know, 519 00:22:26,133 --> 00:22:28,300 that you ultimately want. 520 00:22:28,300 --> 00:22:32,233 Womack: Thank you for being here and coming out today. 521 00:22:32,233 --> 00:22:38,133 The purpose of this class is to think about our futures, 522 00:22:38,133 --> 00:22:41,833 think about our relationships to dance, 523 00:22:41,833 --> 00:22:44,466 and become these joy generators. 524 00:22:44,466 --> 00:22:47,300 Wallach, voice-over: Ytasha uses the ideas of Afrofuturism 525 00:22:47,300 --> 00:22:49,400 and her love of dance 526 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,133 to help people come to see themselves 527 00:22:51,133 --> 00:22:53,333 as a part of creating better futures, 528 00:22:53,333 --> 00:22:57,466 bigger than and beyond their personal past. 529 00:22:57,466 --> 00:22:59,300 She believes that our own stories, 530 00:22:59,300 --> 00:23:02,033 often formed by the stories we are told, 531 00:23:02,033 --> 00:23:04,133 too often hold us back 532 00:23:04,133 --> 00:23:06,033 from the futures we want to see unfold. 533 00:23:06,033 --> 00:23:07,700 Womack: So what we're gonna do quickly-- 534 00:23:07,700 --> 00:23:10,200 I'm gonna give you each a sheet of paper. 535 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:13,066 I want you to think about the things 536 00:23:13,066 --> 00:23:16,700 that you want in your life, 537 00:23:16,700 --> 00:23:19,033 in your personal futures, 538 00:23:19,033 --> 00:23:21,300 and just jot them down. 539 00:23:21,300 --> 00:23:23,200 Womack, voice-over: It's fun to challenge ourselves 540 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:26,366 to think of other kinds of worlds. 541 00:23:26,366 --> 00:23:28,300 If you're a person of African descent 542 00:23:28,300 --> 00:23:30,966 and you're navigating society, 543 00:23:30,966 --> 00:23:33,400 you contend with perspectives 544 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,133 about who people feel you are. 545 00:23:36,133 --> 00:23:39,200 You contend with perspectives 546 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,066 of where they think you came from, 547 00:23:42,066 --> 00:23:44,533 perspectives of what people feel you can achieve 548 00:23:44,533 --> 00:23:47,133 or not achieve, 549 00:23:47,133 --> 00:23:49,366 where being yourself, 550 00:23:49,366 --> 00:23:53,033 you're told that that's problematic. 551 00:23:53,033 --> 00:23:56,033 There are people who turn to dance 552 00:23:56,033 --> 00:23:58,866 as that space of resilience. 553 00:23:58,866 --> 00:24:03,766 It's a little moment where you escape, 554 00:24:03,766 --> 00:24:06,766 and it shifts your perspective enough, maybe, 555 00:24:06,766 --> 00:24:09,200 to come out of it and see things a little differently. 556 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,933 [Oladapo's "Isakaba" playing] 557 00:24:10,933 --> 00:24:13,866 [Vocalizing] 558 00:24:13,866 --> 00:24:20,433 ♪ 559 00:24:20,433 --> 00:24:22,600 ♪ Isakaba yesa kasa ♪ 560 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,933 ♪ Dance like a yesa kasa ♪ 561 00:24:24,933 --> 00:24:25,933 ♪ He knows you know ♪ 562 00:24:25,933 --> 00:24:27,600 ♪ He knows I know ♪ 563 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,266 ♪ That you've been giving him on a low ♪ 564 00:24:29,266 --> 00:24:31,266 ♪ Isakaba yesa kasa ♪ 565 00:24:31,266 --> 00:24:33,433 ♪ Dance like a yesa kasa ♪ 566 00:24:33,433 --> 00:24:34,766 ♪ He knows you know ♪ 567 00:24:34,766 --> 00:24:36,266 ♪ He knows I know ♪ 568 00:24:36,266 --> 00:24:38,366 ♪ That you've been giving him on a low ♪ 569 00:24:38,366 --> 00:24:41,866 ♪ 570 00:24:41,866 --> 00:24:45,133 Wallach: What's your hope in terms of the impact? 571 00:24:45,133 --> 00:24:46,700 How does it start to change things, 572 00:24:46,700 --> 00:24:48,300 and what do you want to see it do in the world? 573 00:24:48,300 --> 00:24:50,600 There are things in our society 574 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,100 that say, "Oh, that's not a story to tell," 575 00:24:53,100 --> 00:24:55,600 or, "Oh, that story doesn't fit." 576 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,266 So I think for some people, you know, 577 00:24:58,266 --> 00:25:01,833 you have to almost reimagine a past 578 00:25:01,833 --> 00:25:05,666 to connect with the past that you hadn't been told about, 579 00:25:05,666 --> 00:25:09,000 and then you have to also imagine a future. 580 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,333 The more we engage with that, 581 00:25:11,333 --> 00:25:15,100 the more we can sort of create futures together 582 00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:17,533 that benefit humanity. 583 00:25:19,666 --> 00:25:21,833 Wallach, voice-over: Imagining a future doesn't just happen 584 00:25:21,833 --> 00:25:24,333 on an individual level, 585 00:25:24,333 --> 00:25:26,333 and what begins as simply a story 586 00:25:26,333 --> 00:25:28,033 can often go on to inform 587 00:25:28,033 --> 00:25:31,366 the kind of world we choose to create. 588 00:25:31,366 --> 00:25:34,600 [March playing] 589 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:41,500 ♪ 590 00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:45,700 Announcer: Gateway to the $155-million wonderland. 591 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:48,700 From far and near come countless visitors. 592 00:25:48,700 --> 00:25:52,500 By every mode of travel, every means of transportation, 593 00:25:52,500 --> 00:25:54,500 they arrive to view the marvels 594 00:25:54,500 --> 00:25:57,333 of the greatest exposition in history. 595 00:25:57,333 --> 00:26:00,400 Wallach: So in 1939, at the World's Fair, 596 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,433 General Motors sponsored what was probably 597 00:26:02,433 --> 00:26:04,733 the most amazing and biggest exhibit 598 00:26:04,733 --> 00:26:07,066 in World's Fair history: Futurama. 599 00:26:07,066 --> 00:26:11,500 Announcer: Outstanding exhibits by leaders of the auto industry. 600 00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:16,066 Sensational is the Futurama that projects you into 1960. 601 00:26:16,066 --> 00:26:19,000 Wallach: Now, when you went to go visit Futurama, 602 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,900 you saw scenes of the future. 603 00:26:20,900 --> 00:26:22,900 Announcer: An automobile whose body is made 604 00:26:22,900 --> 00:26:25,566 of a transparent plastic is a surefire attraction 605 00:26:25,566 --> 00:26:27,233 for the mechanically minded. 606 00:26:27,233 --> 00:26:28,766 Wallach: Of kitchens and family rooms 607 00:26:28,766 --> 00:26:31,566 and the workplace and of parks and buildings 608 00:26:31,566 --> 00:26:35,233 where they basically laid out what the future would be. 609 00:26:35,233 --> 00:26:37,733 Announcer: This world of tomorrow is a world of beauty. 610 00:26:37,733 --> 00:26:40,566 Below us lies a superb one-direction highway, 611 00:26:40,566 --> 00:26:42,733 bearing streams of traffic at varying speeds 612 00:26:42,733 --> 00:26:44,333 in separate lanes. 613 00:26:44,333 --> 00:26:46,400 Wallach: Now, there is one thing in this exhibit 614 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,566 that, in hindsight, is totally obvious. 615 00:26:48,566 --> 00:26:51,400 Everywhere you went in the Futurama exhibit, 616 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,900 there was a four- or an eight-lane highway, 617 00:26:53,900 --> 00:26:57,100 so embedded within the story of the future 618 00:26:57,100 --> 00:26:59,000 was a lot of cars. 619 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:00,800 Now, that totally made sense. 620 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,466 It was General Motors' exhibit, after all, 621 00:27:03,466 --> 00:27:06,500 but it allows us to see the power of stories 622 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:09,300 dictating what you think is a normal progress 623 00:27:09,300 --> 00:27:11,800 or a normal way of being. 624 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,966 Bisht: Unfortunately, when it comes to the future, 625 00:27:14,966 --> 00:27:18,133 I think most of the discourse and stories 626 00:27:18,133 --> 00:27:20,633 are ones that inspired fear. 627 00:27:20,633 --> 00:27:22,133 Ava! 628 00:27:22,133 --> 00:27:25,466 Bisht: And the problem with fear 629 00:27:25,466 --> 00:27:29,633 is that it prohibits transformative action, 630 00:27:29,633 --> 00:27:33,966 and so our capacity to imagine anything 631 00:27:33,966 --> 00:27:37,966 beyond what keeps us safe and what we're familiar with 632 00:27:37,966 --> 00:27:40,400 is extremely diminished. 633 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,300 It locks us in the short term. 634 00:27:43,300 --> 00:27:46,066 Hope inspires action. 635 00:27:46,066 --> 00:27:49,566 We urgently need more stories 636 00:27:49,566 --> 00:27:53,633 that can bring us to that mind space. 637 00:27:54,566 --> 00:27:57,233 Monibot: When I think of the future, 638 00:27:57,233 --> 00:27:59,133 there are so many forks in the road. 639 00:27:59,133 --> 00:28:01,233 There are so many good paths we could take, 640 00:28:01,233 --> 00:28:03,533 so many bad paths we could take. 641 00:28:03,533 --> 00:28:07,033 We could commit ourselves to extinction, 642 00:28:07,033 --> 00:28:10,966 or we could commit ourselves to an ecological civilization, 643 00:28:10,966 --> 00:28:14,700 one in which human beings can continue to thrive 644 00:28:14,700 --> 00:28:18,066 while the living planet is allowed to sustain itself, 645 00:28:18,066 --> 00:28:21,800 and we have all the tools necessary to do that. 646 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:26,700 ♪ 647 00:28:26,700 --> 00:28:29,700 Wallach: When it comes to the biggest stories of our time, 648 00:28:29,700 --> 00:28:32,200 the challenge we face is in finding ways 649 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,366 to communicate that can cut through the differences 650 00:28:34,366 --> 00:28:36,366 that divide us, 651 00:28:36,366 --> 00:28:38,533 and in a moment when these divides seem 652 00:28:38,533 --> 00:28:41,366 to only be growing, the role of storytelling 653 00:28:41,366 --> 00:28:43,533 is more important than ever. 654 00:28:43,533 --> 00:28:45,866 I came to Texas to meet Katharine Hayhoe, 655 00:28:45,866 --> 00:28:48,866 an evangelical Christian and climate scientist 656 00:28:48,866 --> 00:28:51,033 who's focused on building bridges 657 00:28:51,033 --> 00:28:53,533 to change the story around climate action 658 00:28:53,533 --> 00:28:56,133 to be a whole lot bigger and more inclusive 659 00:28:56,133 --> 00:28:58,200 than the one we've been telling. 660 00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,866 Hayhoe: According to Pew Research, 661 00:28:59,866 --> 00:29:03,266 the United States is more politically divided today 662 00:29:03,266 --> 00:29:06,600 than it's been since the Civil War. 663 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,600 Our political ideology is often the number-one predictor 664 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,600 of what we hold as our identity, 665 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,600 and in this type of divisiveness, 666 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,600 what we see is that people start to view others 667 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:19,866 who vote differently than themselves 668 00:29:19,866 --> 00:29:22,766 as not even human, as enemies, 669 00:29:22,766 --> 00:29:24,766 rather than fellow citizens. 670 00:29:24,766 --> 00:29:28,466 So how do we start bridging these divides 671 00:29:28,466 --> 00:29:30,933 that are tearing our country apart? 672 00:29:30,933 --> 00:29:33,433 Only if we start with what we have in common, 673 00:29:33,433 --> 00:29:35,433 not if we begin with what divides us, 674 00:29:35,433 --> 00:29:37,600 and storytelling is a huge part of that. 675 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,433 So neuroscientists have found that when we tell a story, 676 00:29:40,433 --> 00:29:42,766 that people's brainwaves actually synchronize 677 00:29:42,766 --> 00:29:45,266 with each other, and we empathize much more strongly, 678 00:29:45,266 --> 00:29:46,600 because we can see ourselves 679 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:48,533 in that situation, in that story. 680 00:29:48,533 --> 00:29:50,266 And I'm just trying to share this information. 681 00:29:50,266 --> 00:29:52,133 Wallach, voice-over: Katharine spends a lot of her time 682 00:29:52,133 --> 00:29:54,266 these days speaking to people who don't traditionally 683 00:29:54,266 --> 00:29:57,100 see themselves as a part of the climate movement. 684 00:29:57,100 --> 00:30:00,266 For her, it's about telling a story that people can 685 00:30:00,266 --> 00:30:02,766 actually see themselves in. 686 00:30:02,766 --> 00:30:04,966 Hayhoe: All of us--almost all of us, I should say-- 687 00:30:04,966 --> 00:30:08,100 have two big problems when it comes to climate change. 688 00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:12,433 We don't understand why it matters to me here and now, 689 00:30:12,433 --> 00:30:14,600 and we don't know what we can do to fix it, 690 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:17,533 or we think we do know, and we don't want to do it. 691 00:30:17,533 --> 00:30:19,200 There's names for these two things. 692 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,100 The first one's called "psychological distance," 693 00:30:21,100 --> 00:30:24,633 and the second one is called "solution aversion." 694 00:30:24,633 --> 00:30:27,433 "You can't eat meat. You can't drive a truck. 695 00:30:27,433 --> 00:30:29,933 "You can't travel. You can't have kids. 696 00:30:29,933 --> 00:30:32,933 Everybody has to sacrifice to fix climate change," 697 00:30:32,933 --> 00:30:34,600 and I'm like, "Well, if that's your only solution, 698 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:35,933 we're never gonna do it." 699 00:30:35,933 --> 00:30:39,266 We've been told that all climate solutions 700 00:30:39,266 --> 00:30:42,800 involve loss, sacrifice, suffering, 701 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:44,600 something being taken away from us, 702 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:46,133 rather than gaining anything, 703 00:30:46,133 --> 00:30:51,766 and our human brains are wired to be more fearful of loss 704 00:30:51,766 --> 00:30:53,600 than we appreciate gain, 705 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:57,100 and so we're working against the wiring of our brains. 706 00:30:57,100 --> 00:31:01,533 We need the best choice to also be the easiest choice 707 00:31:01,533 --> 00:31:03,500 and the most affordable choice, 708 00:31:03,500 --> 00:31:06,000 the default choice, the natural choice, 709 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:10,366 and to make that happen, we need system change. 710 00:31:10,366 --> 00:31:12,266 I was in the studio, 711 00:31:12,266 --> 00:31:14,333 recording the audio version of my book. 712 00:31:14,333 --> 00:31:15,666 So I went into the booth, 713 00:31:15,666 --> 00:31:17,000 and I recorded the first few hours, 714 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:18,666 and then I came out to take a break, 715 00:31:18,666 --> 00:31:20,166 and the sound engineer said, 716 00:31:20,166 --> 00:31:23,166 "I didn't realize your book is about climate change. 717 00:31:23,166 --> 00:31:24,500 I have some questions." 718 00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:25,666 Ha ha ha! 719 00:31:25,666 --> 00:31:27,666 So I said, "All right, here we go." 720 00:31:27,666 --> 00:31:29,166 So we sat down, 721 00:31:29,166 --> 00:31:31,333 but instead of him asking me questions, 722 00:31:31,333 --> 00:31:32,933 I started by asking him questions. 723 00:31:32,933 --> 00:31:34,333 "How long have you lived here? 724 00:31:34,333 --> 00:31:35,433 Do you have family?" 725 00:31:35,433 --> 00:31:36,766 "Yes, kids and grandchildren." 726 00:31:36,766 --> 00:31:38,100 You know, "What are the types of things 727 00:31:38,100 --> 00:31:39,666 you enjoy doing here?" 728 00:31:39,666 --> 00:31:42,666 Pretty soon, he was telling me about how he grew up 729 00:31:42,666 --> 00:31:44,166 going to this lake to go fishing, 730 00:31:44,166 --> 00:31:46,166 how he wants to take his grandchildren there, 731 00:31:46,166 --> 00:31:47,833 but how the lake has been getting warmer, 732 00:31:47,833 --> 00:31:50,000 and it's clogged with algae now, 733 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,666 and there's not nearly as many fish, 734 00:31:51,666 --> 00:31:54,000 and there's so much development around it. 735 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,500 I was listening to his experiences, 736 00:31:56,500 --> 00:31:58,833 not him listening to mine. 737 00:31:58,833 --> 00:32:00,733 And so when it got to the point where he had questions, 738 00:32:00,733 --> 00:32:02,233 at that point, his questions were, 739 00:32:02,233 --> 00:32:03,900 "Well, but what are we supposed to do about this? 740 00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:05,733 "Because the only solutions I've heard 741 00:32:05,733 --> 00:32:08,566 are these liberal solutions, and I'm not a liberal." 742 00:32:08,566 --> 00:32:10,600 So I got a chance to talk about how there are 743 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:12,733 conservative and bipartisan solutions 744 00:32:12,733 --> 00:32:14,833 that people do agree on and give him some resources 745 00:32:14,833 --> 00:32:17,833 where he could find out more about that. 746 00:32:17,833 --> 00:32:22,233 The story we're missing is that of a better future. 747 00:32:22,233 --> 00:32:25,900 Climate change stands between us and a better future. 748 00:32:25,900 --> 00:32:28,766 It's not just about avoiding the apocalypse. 749 00:32:28,766 --> 00:32:30,500 It's about implementing changes 750 00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:32,733 that will clean up our air and our water 751 00:32:32,733 --> 00:32:34,400 and give us a safer place to live 752 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,166 and ensure abundant food for all 753 00:32:36,166 --> 00:32:37,600 and improve our health 754 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,266 and give us that safe world that we all want. 755 00:32:40,266 --> 00:32:43,500 If we don't visualize and imagine and tell ourselves 756 00:32:43,500 --> 00:32:45,900 stories of what we want that world to look like, 757 00:32:45,900 --> 00:32:47,600 how are we ever gonna get there? 758 00:32:49,433 --> 00:32:51,166 Monibot: One story we tell ourselves, 759 00:32:51,166 --> 00:32:54,100 which is perhaps the biggest fairy tale of all, 760 00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:58,900 is the story of infinite growth on a finite planet, 761 00:32:58,900 --> 00:33:00,966 that we can just keep growing and growing 762 00:33:00,966 --> 00:33:03,566 and growing the economy, and somehow, 763 00:33:03,566 --> 00:33:05,500 the world will accommodate that, 764 00:33:05,500 --> 00:33:08,633 and people say, "Well, we're not asking for the Earth. 765 00:33:08,633 --> 00:33:11,233 We only want 3% growth a year." 766 00:33:11,233 --> 00:33:14,633 Well, 3% growth means a doubling 767 00:33:14,633 --> 00:33:19,833 of all economic activity every 24 years. 768 00:33:19,833 --> 00:33:22,466 So in the whole of human history, 769 00:33:22,466 --> 00:33:24,300 that then gets doubled. 770 00:33:24,300 --> 00:33:26,566 Then 24 years later, it gets doubled again 771 00:33:26,566 --> 00:33:28,900 and again and again, 772 00:33:28,900 --> 00:33:32,800 but of course, we very quickly start 773 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:36,333 to bump into environmental limits. 774 00:33:36,333 --> 00:33:42,300 ♪ 775 00:33:42,300 --> 00:33:44,500 Wallach, voice-over: These limits raise all kinds 776 00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:45,966 of questions about the stories on which 777 00:33:45,966 --> 00:33:47,900 much of the modern world has been built, 778 00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:50,466 and as it becomes clear just how unsustainable 779 00:33:50,466 --> 00:33:53,566 this all really is, what kind of alternative story 780 00:33:53,566 --> 00:33:55,966 can we begin writing in this moment? 781 00:33:55,966 --> 00:33:59,066 That's led me to London, where a former sailor 782 00:33:59,066 --> 00:34:02,033 turned economist named Ellen MacArthur 783 00:34:02,033 --> 00:34:03,866 is working to prove that a new story 784 00:34:03,866 --> 00:34:07,033 is not only needed, but possible. 785 00:34:07,033 --> 00:34:12,366 Take me on the journey from a world record-holding sailor 786 00:34:12,366 --> 00:34:13,966 to circular economics. 787 00:34:13,966 --> 00:34:16,033 How did you get to this point? 788 00:34:16,033 --> 00:34:17,366 First of all, I never thought 789 00:34:17,366 --> 00:34:18,866 I would be at this point. 790 00:34:18,866 --> 00:34:19,866 You know, when I sailed 791 00:34:19,866 --> 00:34:21,133 when I was four years old, 792 00:34:21,133 --> 00:34:22,366 that was all 793 00:34:22,366 --> 00:34:23,866 I ever wanted to do. 794 00:34:23,866 --> 00:34:25,800 I loved being at sea. I loved watching all around me. 795 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:27,533 I loved being connected to everything around me, 796 00:34:27,533 --> 00:34:28,866 and it was like a drug. 797 00:34:28,866 --> 00:34:30,866 I just wanted to do more and more, 798 00:34:30,866 --> 00:34:32,300 and that very quickly, actually, 799 00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:34,700 led me to sail around the world for the first time 800 00:34:34,700 --> 00:34:36,200 when I was 23 years old. 801 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:37,700 MacArthur, voice-over: I am looking forward 802 00:34:37,700 --> 00:34:39,233 to getting out there on my own, 803 00:34:39,233 --> 00:34:40,966 and it's been a great year racing with the crew 804 00:34:40,966 --> 00:34:42,366 and also racing on different boats, 805 00:34:42,366 --> 00:34:44,200 but no, I still love sailing on my own. 806 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:45,566 This is a massive challenge. 807 00:34:45,566 --> 00:34:47,033 This is the ultimate record, 808 00:34:47,033 --> 00:34:48,866 the fastest around the world record. 809 00:34:48,866 --> 00:34:51,033 MacArthur: When you sail around the world on a boat, 810 00:34:51,033 --> 00:34:52,233 you take with you what you need 811 00:34:52,233 --> 00:34:54,200 for your survival for three months, 812 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,533 and when you start, you watch those resources 813 00:34:56,533 --> 00:34:58,366 go down every single day. 814 00:34:58,366 --> 00:34:59,633 There is no more. 815 00:34:59,633 --> 00:35:01,433 What you have is all you have, 816 00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:03,700 and you develop this overwhelming understanding 817 00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:06,100 of what it is to have finite resources. 818 00:35:06,100 --> 00:35:09,266 You know what it means to have no more, 819 00:35:09,266 --> 00:35:11,933 and I suddenly translated that to the global economy. 820 00:35:11,933 --> 00:35:13,866 We tend to take something out of the ground, 821 00:35:13,866 --> 00:35:16,266 make something out of it, and then throw it away, 822 00:35:16,266 --> 00:35:19,766 so that needs a continuous flow of resources. 823 00:35:19,766 --> 00:35:21,100 That can't run in the long term, 824 00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:22,533 when we have a growing world population 825 00:35:22,533 --> 00:35:24,433 and a growing economy. 826 00:35:24,433 --> 00:35:25,933 The more I thought about it, 827 00:35:25,933 --> 00:35:28,100 the more I was fascinated by it. 828 00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:29,933 I asked a lot of really dumb questions 829 00:35:29,933 --> 00:35:32,600 to lots and lots of people in the early days, 830 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:33,766 just saying, "So how does this work, 831 00:35:33,766 --> 00:35:35,933 and what's the solution?" 832 00:35:35,933 --> 00:35:37,433 What place are we trying to get to? 833 00:35:37,433 --> 00:35:38,766 If we know we can't do this, 834 00:35:38,766 --> 00:35:40,033 then we need to do something different, 835 00:35:40,033 --> 00:35:41,433 so what is that thing? 836 00:35:41,433 --> 00:35:43,433 I don't think linear economics ever happened 837 00:35:43,433 --> 00:35:46,033 because people were trying to use up all our resources. 838 00:35:46,033 --> 00:35:49,433 It was a natural progression from the Industrial Revolution. 839 00:35:49,433 --> 00:35:51,766 Now we know, in order to satisfy 840 00:35:51,766 --> 00:35:54,100 the needs of ourselves today and in the future, 841 00:35:54,100 --> 00:35:56,533 the whole economy has to operate 842 00:35:56,533 --> 00:35:57,933 in that circular way. 843 00:35:57,933 --> 00:35:59,766 What is circular economics? 844 00:35:59,766 --> 00:36:02,166 If you think about that linear straight line, 845 00:36:02,166 --> 00:36:06,333 if you, by design, turn that straight line into a circle, 846 00:36:06,333 --> 00:36:09,166 then you look at eliminating waste and pollution, 847 00:36:09,166 --> 00:36:11,166 you circulate products and materials, 848 00:36:11,166 --> 00:36:12,933 and you regenerate natural systems. 849 00:36:12,933 --> 00:36:14,833 So it's not something you think about at the end, 850 00:36:14,833 --> 00:36:16,166 but as you build the economy, 851 00:36:16,166 --> 00:36:17,833 you design that into the economy 852 00:36:17,833 --> 00:36:20,000 so that it can run in the long term. 853 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:21,500 Some of the best circular examples 854 00:36:21,500 --> 00:36:23,000 are of carpet manufacturers. 855 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:26,000 They were completely tied to buying new raw materials 856 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,866 to make their carpets with, and those prices 857 00:36:27,866 --> 00:36:29,333 were going up and up and up. 858 00:36:29,333 --> 00:36:31,000 And they said, "Why do we need to buy 859 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,666 "new raw materials when we can design 860 00:36:32,666 --> 00:36:34,033 our carpets in a circular way?" 861 00:36:34,033 --> 00:36:35,833 So they redesigned the carpet. 862 00:36:35,833 --> 00:36:37,500 They designed it so the base could be 863 00:36:37,500 --> 00:36:40,166 melted down and turned into the base for the next carpet. 864 00:36:40,166 --> 00:36:42,833 The yarn could be extracted, re-spun, 865 00:36:42,833 --> 00:36:44,500 turned into the yarn of the next carpet, 866 00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:46,533 and actually, they offered it not to be sold, but leased. 867 00:36:46,533 --> 00:36:49,533 So when those trucks come in to make the carpet, 868 00:36:49,533 --> 00:36:52,033 rather than being filled with raw materials from a mine 869 00:36:52,033 --> 00:36:54,166 or from an oil well, they're your carpets 870 00:36:54,166 --> 00:36:56,000 coming back in to be reprocessed, 871 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:57,833 and you designed them, so you know what sits in them, 872 00:36:57,833 --> 00:36:59,000 and you designed them, so you know 873 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:00,400 how to get that out of it, 874 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,566 and that would be that perfect circular example. 875 00:37:02,566 --> 00:37:06,400 What are some of the challenges facing us 876 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,900 in shifting from linear to circular economics? 877 00:37:09,900 --> 00:37:11,733 I'd say one of the biggest challenges 878 00:37:11,733 --> 00:37:13,733 is mindset, because we've all come 879 00:37:13,733 --> 00:37:16,233 through a linear education system, 880 00:37:16,233 --> 00:37:19,500 and we've inherited a linear economy. 881 00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:21,566 It's easy to get buried in the problem, 882 00:37:21,566 --> 00:37:24,066 but we need to lift our heads out of the sand 883 00:37:24,066 --> 00:37:25,266 and say, "Where are we going? 884 00:37:25,266 --> 00:37:27,066 Where do we want to get to?" 885 00:37:27,066 --> 00:37:28,900 Because life is about opportunity. 886 00:37:28,900 --> 00:37:30,400 Life is about those goals. 887 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,233 You want to know what you can do, 888 00:37:32,233 --> 00:37:33,500 and you want to be part of that. 889 00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:39,400 ♪ 890 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,166 Wallach, voice-over: I really do believe we all want 891 00:37:41,166 --> 00:37:43,066 to be a part of the solution, 892 00:37:43,066 --> 00:37:44,933 but it can be hard to know where to begin, 893 00:37:44,933 --> 00:37:46,266 but what happens when we start 894 00:37:46,266 --> 00:37:48,900 to see problems as opportunities, 895 00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:51,900 old stories waiting to be rewritten? 896 00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:56,066 In San Diego, Lou Cooperhouse is using his love of seafood 897 00:37:56,066 --> 00:37:58,400 to create new forms of cell-based fish 898 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:00,900 as one way of helping to build a more sustainable 899 00:38:00,900 --> 00:38:03,633 relationship with the natural world. 900 00:38:03,633 --> 00:38:05,300 We're right on the coast, 901 00:38:05,300 --> 00:38:07,300 so in theory, we just go out in some boats 902 00:38:07,300 --> 00:38:08,966 and catch a bunch of fish and bring it in. 903 00:38:08,966 --> 00:38:10,900 Why--why do it this way? 904 00:38:10,900 --> 00:38:12,300 San Diego was actually 905 00:38:12,300 --> 00:38:13,566 considered, at one time, 906 00:38:13,566 --> 00:38:15,466 the tuna capital of the world. 907 00:38:15,466 --> 00:38:17,633 Announcer: Up out of the hold come the tuna by the crateful, 908 00:38:17,633 --> 00:38:20,966 on their way to make a lot of tasty tuna dishes. 909 00:38:20,966 --> 00:38:22,400 Cooperhouse: During the '30s and '40s, 910 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,300 much seafood was, in fact, caught off these coasts. 911 00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:27,966 What's happened in the last, you know, 100 years or so 912 00:38:27,966 --> 00:38:29,966 is the total supply chain of seafood 913 00:38:29,966 --> 00:38:31,966 has been really compromised. 914 00:38:31,966 --> 00:38:33,966 We have an issue of microplastics and toxins 915 00:38:33,966 --> 00:38:35,966 and pollutants and mercury. 916 00:38:35,966 --> 00:38:37,966 Wild-capture fisheries have been flat 917 00:38:37,966 --> 00:38:40,066 for three to four decades. 918 00:38:40,066 --> 00:38:41,966 You know, many fishing communities around the world 919 00:38:41,966 --> 00:38:43,900 really rely on fishing as a means 920 00:38:43,900 --> 00:38:46,300 of their economic growth and prosperity, 921 00:38:46,300 --> 00:38:49,300 so we need a new solution to feed the planet. 922 00:38:49,300 --> 00:38:52,233 So give me a sense of how this actually works, right? 923 00:38:52,233 --> 00:38:54,333 You're basically growing fish? 924 00:38:54,333 --> 00:38:58,400 So from an individual fish, we are isolating the muscle, 925 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,700 the fat, or the connective tissue cells, 926 00:39:00,700 --> 00:39:03,366 and we're growing those cells in large volumes 927 00:39:03,366 --> 00:39:05,533 in what looks like a stainless-steel vessel 928 00:39:05,533 --> 00:39:07,200 in a microbrewery. 929 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:10,033 Woman: Welcome to the BlueNalu labs. 930 00:39:10,033 --> 00:39:12,900 This is where we do a lot of the research. 931 00:39:12,900 --> 00:39:16,533 Wallach: So once you find, like, your--your perfect tuna cell, 932 00:39:16,533 --> 00:39:18,366 you just keep making more of them? 933 00:39:18,366 --> 00:39:21,066 Exactly. So once you have the cells, 934 00:39:21,066 --> 00:39:23,033 you don't have to go back to the animal. 935 00:39:23,033 --> 00:39:25,200 They divide continuously. 936 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:26,866 They're actually in a food-safe, 937 00:39:26,866 --> 00:39:28,533 cell-culture media, 938 00:39:28,533 --> 00:39:31,866 and we don't have to use any animal components. 939 00:39:31,866 --> 00:39:37,633 In nature, bluefin tuna has a 20% to 50% fat content. 940 00:39:37,633 --> 00:39:40,200 That really is the target for us to get that nice, 941 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:42,366 buttery mouthfeel, that melt-in-your-mouth 942 00:39:42,366 --> 00:39:46,200 texture that's very important from a sensory perspective. 943 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,200 Cooperhouse: The supply of seafood is so fragmented, 944 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,366 so fragile, so vulnerable. 945 00:39:54,366 --> 00:39:58,033 In fact, even America, we're importing 70% to 85% 946 00:39:58,033 --> 00:39:59,533 of our seafood. 947 00:39:59,533 --> 00:40:01,533 So what we're able to create in the future is 948 00:40:01,533 --> 00:40:04,866 a secure supply of seafood, made locally. 949 00:40:04,866 --> 00:40:07,200 This is just a unique opportunity 950 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:09,533 in my life, really, in anybody's life, 951 00:40:09,533 --> 00:40:11,700 to do something that's so disruptive, 952 00:40:11,700 --> 00:40:14,800 so transformative, to really create something 953 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:18,366 that can last for generations. 954 00:40:18,366 --> 00:40:20,700 -Robin, Ari. -Hey, Ari. Pleasure. 955 00:40:20,700 --> 00:40:23,866 So Chef Robin's with a sushi restaurant in downtown. 956 00:40:23,866 --> 00:40:26,700 So part of this whole process for us has been looking 957 00:40:26,700 --> 00:40:29,066 at the conventional versus our product, 958 00:40:29,066 --> 00:40:31,133 and how we could ultimately replicate it. 959 00:40:31,133 --> 00:40:32,533 So this, in fact, is 960 00:40:32,533 --> 00:40:34,200 the bluefin tuna otoro saku block. 961 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:35,966 So that saku block is something 962 00:40:35,966 --> 00:40:37,700 that the chef at the back of the house 963 00:40:37,700 --> 00:40:41,200 would actually utilize to make nigiri, sashimi, 964 00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:42,700 poke cubes, what have you. 965 00:40:42,700 --> 00:40:45,133 So this creates flexibility for the chefs 966 00:40:45,133 --> 00:40:46,900 based on whatever your needs might be. 967 00:40:46,900 --> 00:40:51,533 ♪ 968 00:40:51,533 --> 00:40:53,200 Mmm. 969 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:55,366 Wallach, voice-over: Most of us know big changes are needed 970 00:40:55,366 --> 00:40:57,033 in order to create the futures we want 971 00:40:57,033 --> 00:41:00,433 to live in and leave behind, 972 00:41:00,433 --> 00:41:03,200 but how will that change affect our own lives, 973 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:05,800 what we eat, and how we live? 974 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:09,766 Lou's work is just one example of how we can and must 975 00:41:09,766 --> 00:41:12,600 begin telling a new story about the future, 976 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,700 one defined by creativity and possibility 977 00:41:15,700 --> 00:41:18,600 rather than fear, sacrifice, and loss. 978 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:21,700 -It's otoro. -Awesome. Ha ha ha! 979 00:41:21,700 --> 00:41:23,633 Glad you enjoyed it. 980 00:41:23,633 --> 00:41:30,766 ♪ 981 00:41:30,766 --> 00:41:32,600 Wallach, voice-over: One of the most hopeful things 982 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,266 about this moment is that the natural world around us 983 00:41:35,266 --> 00:41:38,100 still contains an extraordinary capacity 984 00:41:38,100 --> 00:41:40,933 to heal itself if given the opportunity. 985 00:41:40,933 --> 00:41:44,266 That's led me to Scotland, where a small community 986 00:41:44,266 --> 00:41:45,933 is coming together to do just that 987 00:41:45,933 --> 00:41:50,266 as they rewrite a new future for themselves and this land. 988 00:41:51,933 --> 00:41:54,100 Wallach: The idea of regeneration, 989 00:41:54,100 --> 00:41:56,766 what does that mean here in this area? 990 00:41:56,766 --> 00:42:02,500 So Langholm has suffered, over the past few decades, 991 00:42:02,500 --> 00:42:05,666 a big economic decline. 992 00:42:05,666 --> 00:42:08,833 The textiles industry was the biggest employer here. 993 00:42:08,833 --> 00:42:10,600 As that industry declined, 994 00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:12,100 there's so many skilled people 995 00:42:12,100 --> 00:42:14,000 that have lost jobs, and there's been 996 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:15,433 a lot of economic heartache 997 00:42:15,433 --> 00:42:17,666 and a lot of economic difficulties. 998 00:42:17,666 --> 00:42:19,666 So there was an opportunity there 999 00:42:19,666 --> 00:42:21,166 to look at nature-based enterprises 1000 00:42:21,166 --> 00:42:23,166 and how you could support. 1001 00:42:23,166 --> 00:42:25,166 Bringing that power back into community hands 1002 00:42:25,166 --> 00:42:28,700 is an incredibly powerful symbol. 1003 00:42:28,700 --> 00:42:30,833 Wallach, voice-over: Here in Scotland, a vast amount 1004 00:42:30,833 --> 00:42:34,333 of the land is owned by a small number of wealthy families, 1005 00:42:34,333 --> 00:42:36,500 but recently when a large piece of land 1006 00:42:36,500 --> 00:42:38,866 went up for sale, the people of Langholm 1007 00:42:38,866 --> 00:42:41,333 decided to purchase it together and place it 1008 00:42:41,333 --> 00:42:43,166 under community ownership. 1009 00:42:43,166 --> 00:42:45,500 Creating a crowdfunding effort, 1010 00:42:45,500 --> 00:42:47,833 they chipped in everything they could, 1011 00:42:47,833 --> 00:42:49,533 and soon, word spread 1012 00:42:49,533 --> 00:42:52,200 as people who had never visited the town contributed, 1013 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:53,600 making it the South of Scotland's 1014 00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:56,033 largest-ever community buyout. 1015 00:42:56,033 --> 00:42:58,000 The plan is to create a nature reserve 1016 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,333 to be a center for rewilding work 1017 00:43:00,333 --> 00:43:02,566 while also creating much-needed jobs, 1018 00:43:02,566 --> 00:43:06,266 and ecotourism opportunities here, as well. 1019 00:43:06,266 --> 00:43:10,333 Wallach: Give me some idea of the size and scope. 1020 00:43:10,333 --> 00:43:13,733 -It's 10,500 acres. -Wow. 1021 00:43:13,733 --> 00:43:16,833 What's amazing about it is it's continuous. 1022 00:43:16,833 --> 00:43:21,266 We've got everything from globally important peatlands, 1023 00:43:21,266 --> 00:43:25,266 ancient woodland, open moorland, 1024 00:43:25,266 --> 00:43:27,100 and obviously, a beautiful river 1025 00:43:27,100 --> 00:43:29,733 that runs all the way through it. 1026 00:43:29,733 --> 00:43:32,733 We also have a lot that's sort of damaged, modified, 1027 00:43:32,733 --> 00:43:36,233 and needs restoration, so we've got a big job to do. 1028 00:43:38,566 --> 00:43:40,233 Wallach: So where are we now? 1029 00:43:40,233 --> 00:43:42,566 So we are at our community-run tree nursery. 1030 00:43:42,566 --> 00:43:46,066 So we have 50,000 trees, all growing in here, 1031 00:43:46,066 --> 00:43:50,066 and these will all be used to create our new woodland. 1032 00:43:50,066 --> 00:43:53,733 Why is there such a need in Scotland to plant more trees? 1033 00:43:53,733 --> 00:43:56,666 So Scotland, like the rest of the UK, 1034 00:43:56,666 --> 00:43:59,900 is one of the least-forested countries in the world 1035 00:43:59,900 --> 00:44:01,966 and one of the most nature-depleted countries 1036 00:44:01,966 --> 00:44:04,133 in the world, so we've got all the kind of stages 1037 00:44:04,133 --> 00:44:06,300 of a forest growing in here. 1038 00:44:06,300 --> 00:44:08,966 Those saplings right there quite possibly 1039 00:44:08,966 --> 00:44:10,566 could be around in the year 3000. 1040 00:44:10,566 --> 00:44:12,333 Well, let's hope they will be. 1041 00:44:12,333 --> 00:44:14,633 If we grow them properly, keep watering them, 1042 00:44:14,633 --> 00:44:16,633 and plant them in the right places, 1043 00:44:16,633 --> 00:44:19,300 then that's what we really hope. 1044 00:44:19,300 --> 00:44:21,466 Really, this project is about rewilding. 1045 00:44:21,466 --> 00:44:25,233 What does it mean to rewild something like this? 1046 00:44:25,233 --> 00:44:26,800 It's been deforested. 1047 00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:27,966 It's been drained. 1048 00:44:27,966 --> 00:44:29,300   It's been burned. 1049 00:44:29,300 --> 00:44:30,900 So what we've got an opportunity to do now 1050 00:44:30,900 --> 00:44:34,633 is rebalance our relationship with nature and show 1051 00:44:34,633 --> 00:44:37,466 that we can get all of those sort of human benefits, 1052 00:44:37,466 --> 00:44:42,066 but also give something back and heal the land, almost. 1053 00:44:42,066 --> 00:44:43,633 We're planting trees. 1054 00:44:43,633 --> 00:44:45,233 We're starting to rewet the land, 1055 00:44:45,233 --> 00:44:47,800 put wetlands in, taking out non-native species, 1056 00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:49,966 and we're already seeing nature coming back. 1057 00:44:49,966 --> 00:44:53,633 So it's kind of like giving it a helping hand. 1058 00:44:56,633 --> 00:44:58,300 Wallach, voice-over: You can't help but feel 1059 00:44:58,300 --> 00:44:59,966 the new life in this community, 1060 00:44:59,966 --> 00:45:02,866 the pride that people here feel getting to take part 1061 00:45:02,866 --> 00:45:06,033 in shaping a new story about the future of this town today, 1062 00:45:06,033 --> 00:45:09,466 tomorrow, and for generations yet to come. 1063 00:45:09,466 --> 00:45:11,700 While I was in town, I got to sit down 1064 00:45:11,700 --> 00:45:13,366 with a few of the residents, 1065 00:45:13,366 --> 00:45:15,033 who have big dreams for what this means 1066 00:45:15,033 --> 00:45:16,966 for the people of Langholm. 1067 00:45:16,966 --> 00:45:20,700 Wallach: What has the buyout meant for the community 1068 00:45:20,700 --> 00:45:23,700 and for the town, having this kind of mission, 1069 00:45:23,700 --> 00:45:26,866 right, and vision for collective ownership? 1070 00:45:26,866 --> 00:45:30,300 Woman: You get an opportunity once in a lifetime 1071 00:45:30,300 --> 00:45:34,200 to do something that is beyond yourself. 1072 00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:36,533 It's for the future, 1073 00:45:36,533 --> 00:45:40,200 and when the land came up for sale, 1074 00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:43,200 we recognized that this was 1075 00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:46,033 a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 1076 00:45:46,033 --> 00:45:47,633 What we're hoping to do 1077 00:45:47,633 --> 00:45:50,233 through the buyout of the land, 1078 00:45:50,233 --> 00:45:54,033 that will provide a different offering, 1079 00:45:54,033 --> 00:45:57,700 not only to our young people, but to people from outside 1080 00:45:57,700 --> 00:45:59,400 to come and see what we have done, 1081 00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:01,266 what we've managed to achieve. 1082 00:46:01,266 --> 00:46:05,266 We're regenerating the whole town and the whole community. 1083 00:46:05,266 --> 00:46:06,533 Everyone's galvanized. 1084 00:46:06,533 --> 00:46:08,033 There's a buzz about the town again. 1085 00:46:08,033 --> 00:46:09,933 People are starting to see results, 1086 00:46:09,933 --> 00:46:11,766 and it's all the small wins, 1087 00:46:11,766 --> 00:46:14,600 and the nature reserve's never gonna be a quick job. 1088 00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:17,600 It's a long term, but we want to secure 1089 00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:20,100 a long-term future for people like Lewis 1090 00:46:20,100 --> 00:46:21,533 that will be taking it on. 1091 00:46:21,533 --> 00:46:24,933 It gives me a lot of hope that Langholm, 1092 00:46:24,933 --> 00:46:28,266 being as strong a community as it is, it will regenerate, 1093 00:46:28,266 --> 00:46:30,600 it will open up new opportunities, 1094 00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:34,100 and in 10, 20, 30, or even 50 years' time, 1095 00:46:34,100 --> 00:46:38,100 it'll be a thriving town like it once was. 1096 00:46:38,100 --> 00:46:40,100 Wallach, voice-over: What's happening here in Scotland 1097 00:46:40,100 --> 00:46:42,766 is part of a growing movement around the world 1098 00:46:42,766 --> 00:46:45,933 as people discover the part they can play in healing 1099 00:46:45,933 --> 00:46:49,433 the natural world around them through rewilding, 1100 00:46:49,433 --> 00:46:51,100 a reminder of what's still possible 1101 00:46:51,100 --> 00:46:53,533 when we come to see ourselves as authors 1102 00:46:53,533 --> 00:46:56,100 rather than passive observers. 1103 00:46:58,266 --> 00:47:00,833 Patel: One of the things about understanding yourself 1104 00:47:00,833 --> 00:47:03,166 as part of a story, whether it's a religion 1105 00:47:03,166 --> 00:47:07,500 or a nation or a family, is you're profoundly aware 1106 00:47:07,500 --> 00:47:09,833 of what other people have done for you. 1107 00:47:09,833 --> 00:47:14,166 We should appreciate that, and we should do better. 1108 00:47:14,166 --> 00:47:15,833 For centuries, 1109 00:47:15,833 --> 00:47:18,000 a coherent ethnic group made a nation, 1110 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,500 a coherent religious group made a nation. 1111 00:47:20,500 --> 00:47:22,833 So what is an American? 1112 00:47:22,833 --> 00:47:26,600 "American" is somebody who believes in the ideals 1113 00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:28,666 that were enshrined 1114 00:47:28,666 --> 00:47:30,500 in the Declaration of Independence 1115 00:47:30,500 --> 00:47:33,166 and that believes in a nation that is working 1116 00:47:33,166 --> 00:47:34,666 to achieve those ideals. 1117 00:47:34,666 --> 00:47:37,933 And what is that? That's a story, 1118 00:47:37,933 --> 00:47:42,033 and we absorb this story from the past, 1119 00:47:42,033 --> 00:47:45,100 and we believe in it, and we work towards it. 1120 00:47:45,100 --> 00:47:48,000 We become a character in the story, 1121 00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,433 and then we teach it to our children. 1122 00:47:50,433 --> 00:47:52,600 All: Shabbat Shalom. 1123 00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:55,433 [Indistinct chatter] 1124 00:47:55,433 --> 00:47:56,866 Wallach: Who's doing the wine? 1125 00:47:56,866 --> 00:47:57,833 I will. 1126 00:47:57,833 --> 00:48:01,066 [All singing in Hebrew] 1127 00:48:03,900 --> 00:48:06,066 -Amen. -Amen. 1128 00:48:06,066 --> 00:48:10,733 Sharon: It is perfect, guys. Perfect. 1129 00:48:10,733 --> 00:48:12,400 Enjoy, everybody. 1130 00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:13,566 -How's the salad? -Perfect. 1131 00:48:13,566 --> 00:48:15,000 This is perfect. 1132 00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:16,566 Wallach, voice-over: Like a nation or a people, 1133 00:48:16,566 --> 00:48:17,833 my family has a story 1134 00:48:17,833 --> 00:48:19,400 that we're in the midst of writing, 1135 00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:21,566 and just like us all, 1136 00:48:21,566 --> 00:48:23,400 it's building on what came before 1137 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:27,000 while looking forward to what is still yet to come, 1138 00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:28,900 a daily reminder that we are all links 1139 00:48:28,900 --> 00:48:31,000 in a much larger chain, 1140 00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:34,566 people playing a part in an unfinished story. 1141 00:48:34,566 --> 00:48:35,500 Go into my room... 1142 00:48:35,500 --> 00:48:38,933 [Indistinct chatter] 1143 00:48:38,933 --> 00:48:41,666 Wallach: So when we think about the future that we want, 1144 00:48:41,666 --> 00:48:43,566 sometimes it's really difficult to think about, 1145 00:48:43,566 --> 00:48:45,066 and one of the things that I've learned 1146 00:48:45,066 --> 00:48:47,566 is we have to kind of use our imagination. 1147 00:48:47,566 --> 00:48:49,500 We have to use our artistry. 1148 00:48:49,500 --> 00:48:51,900 We have to kind of create that future, 1149 00:48:51,900 --> 00:48:56,400 drawing it or writing it down and really thinking about it. 1150 00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:58,333 Wallach, voice-over: So much of the work before us 1151 00:48:58,333 --> 00:49:00,966 in this moment is in finding ways to tell better stories 1152 00:49:00,966 --> 00:49:03,966 about the futures we want to see unfold, 1153 00:49:03,966 --> 00:49:07,166 not just those we wish to avoid 1154 00:49:07,166 --> 00:49:09,633 because while dystopian visions of tomorrow 1155 00:49:09,633 --> 00:49:11,133 can entertain, 1156 00:49:11,133 --> 00:49:14,133 they leave us feeling small, passive, 1157 00:49:14,133 --> 00:49:17,966 and powerless in the face of a darkening world up ahead. 1158 00:49:17,966 --> 00:49:21,300 The opportunity right now is in telling new stories 1159 00:49:21,300 --> 00:49:24,300 that can unlock all the hope, imagination, 1160 00:49:24,300 --> 00:49:27,966 and creativity we're going to need moving forward. 1161 00:49:29,733 --> 00:49:32,833 Agustin: I think stories give us meaning. 1162 00:49:32,833 --> 00:49:35,800 It gives us a sense of ourselves, 1163 00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:37,566 and it's building community 1164 00:49:37,566 --> 00:49:41,300 because we're all part of this race. 1165 00:49:41,300 --> 00:49:44,233 Who is getting allowed to tell the stories? 1166 00:49:44,233 --> 00:49:46,133 That's where I'm at. 1167 00:49:46,133 --> 00:49:48,633 I'm trying to fight to make sure 1168 00:49:48,633 --> 00:49:50,833 there are more creators of this American 1169 00:49:50,833 --> 00:49:54,633 and human tapestry at the table. 1170 00:49:54,633 --> 00:49:56,800 So we have to lead with the stories 1171 00:49:56,800 --> 00:50:00,800 to get behind an idea to make a change. 1172 00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:04,133 Monibot: We are among the first generations 1173 00:50:04,133 --> 00:50:08,066 to know what the consequences of our actions are, 1174 00:50:08,066 --> 00:50:10,400 and we're among the last generations 1175 00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:12,666 who can do anything about it. 1176 00:50:12,666 --> 00:50:15,000 We are called upon as no generations 1177 00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:17,800 have ever been called upon before. 1178 00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:20,000 We have heroes from previous ages, 1179 00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:22,300 the people who stood against Hitler, 1180 00:50:22,300 --> 00:50:25,966 the slave revolts, the civil rights movement, 1181 00:50:25,966 --> 00:50:27,966 the anti-apartheid movement, 1182 00:50:27,966 --> 00:50:30,300 the campaign for women's suffrage, 1183 00:50:30,300 --> 00:50:33,800 the independence movements in many parts of the world, 1184 00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:36,966 and in all these cases, people were called upon 1185 00:50:36,966 --> 00:50:40,133 to do something much bigger than themselves. 1186 00:50:40,133 --> 00:50:42,800 Now we are called upon to do something bigger 1187 00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:45,466 than any of that, 1188 00:50:45,466 --> 00:50:49,300 to prevent the collapse of our life-support systems. 1189 00:50:49,300 --> 00:50:52,633 This is a task that calls to us for the sake 1190 00:50:52,633 --> 00:50:54,900 of all future populations 1191 00:50:54,900 --> 00:50:59,466 as well as all people who are on Earth today. 1192 00:50:59,466 --> 00:51:03,466 Bisht: It's very important and urgent for all of us 1193 00:51:03,466 --> 00:51:06,866 to get quite creative about this and roll up our sleeves 1194 00:51:06,866 --> 00:51:11,866 and say, "OK, how do I apply my creativity, my intelligence, 1195 00:51:11,866 --> 00:51:14,800 "my skills, my connections, my networks 1196 00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:18,533 towards actually addressing these challenges?" 1197 00:51:18,533 --> 00:51:22,366 That is the call to action of our times. 1198 00:51:22,366 --> 00:51:25,866 Womack: We're as influenced by our ideas of the future 1199 00:51:25,866 --> 00:51:30,366 as we are influenced by our ideas of the past. 1200 00:51:30,366 --> 00:51:33,800 We all have some story as to how we got here, 1201 00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:37,366 which influences the things that we do. 1202 00:51:37,366 --> 00:51:40,366 Sometimes you have to step away from that, 1203 00:51:40,366 --> 00:51:42,366 change your story. 1204 00:51:42,366 --> 00:51:44,700 If you want to imagine new futures, 1205 00:51:44,700 --> 00:51:48,733 you have to entertain new possibilities. 1206 00:51:48,733 --> 00:51:50,200 Barlow: We always say in the office, 1207 00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:51,966 "We'll know when we've succeeded 1208 00:51:51,966 --> 00:51:53,733 "when the children that grow up here are like, 1209 00:51:53,733 --> 00:51:56,966 'This is ours, and this is ours to shape.'" 1210 00:51:56,966 --> 00:51:59,033 It's looking at a legacy for future generations. 1211 00:51:59,033 --> 00:52:02,133 It's looking beyond us. 1212 00:52:02,133 --> 00:52:05,366 Wallach, voice-over: What makes stories unbelievably powerful 1213 00:52:05,366 --> 00:52:09,200 is they have the ability to connect us with one another, 1214 00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:13,033 to connect us to the past, to connect us to the present, 1215 00:52:13,033 --> 00:52:15,466 and to connect us to the future, 1216 00:52:15,466 --> 00:52:18,366 and we have to remember that, when we tell these stories 1217 00:52:18,366 --> 00:52:22,100 about who we are and where we want to go, 1218 00:52:22,100 --> 00:52:25,100 they actually become a compass to guide our actions 1219 00:52:25,100 --> 00:52:27,466 as individuals, as members of families, 1220 00:52:27,466 --> 00:52:30,400 as nations, and as a species on planet Earth. 1221 00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:59,900 ♪