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[gentle music]
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♪ All around me
are familiar faces ♪
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♪ Worn out places
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♪ Worn out faces
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♪ Bright and early
for their daily races ♪
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♪ Going nowhere, going nowhere
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♪ Their tears are filling up
their glasses ♪
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♪ No expression, no expression
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♪ Hide my head
I want to drown my sorrow ♪
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♪ No tomorrow, no tomorrow
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♪ And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad ♪
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♪ The dreams in which I'm dying
are the best I've ever had ♪
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♪ I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take ♪
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♪ When people run in circles
it's a very, very... ♪
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♪ Mad world
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♪ Mad world
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♪ Children waiting for the day
they feel good ♪
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♪ Happy birthday
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♪ Happy birthday
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♪ Made to feel the way
that every child should ♪
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♪ Sit and listen
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♪ Sit and listen
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♪ Went to school
and I was very nervous ♪
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♪ No one knew me
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♪ No one knew me
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♪ Hello teacher
tell me what's my lesson ♪
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♪ Look right through me
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♪ Look right through me
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♪ And I find it kind of funny
and I find it kind of sad ♪
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♪ The dreams in which I'm dying
are the best I've ever had ♪
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♪ I find it hard to tell you
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♪ I find it hard to take
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♪ When people run in circles
it's a very, very... ♪
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♪ Mad world
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♪ Mad world
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♪ Mad world
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♪ Mad world
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[muffled explosion]
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[wind blowing]
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[music fades]
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[increasing
high-pitched ringing]
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[propeller
increasingly rumbling]
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[helicopter whirring]
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[muffled helicopter rumbling]
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[ominous music]
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[increasing dramatic music]
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[dramatic upbeat music]
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What I call the World Game
now is an exercise
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that I have been following
through for a great many years.
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Can you hear me
in the back alright?
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And it started with my being
in the United States Navy.
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The time of World War One.
At that time,
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the Navy's represented
investment of all the science,
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all the chemistry, all the
physics, all the mathematics
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known about our universe.
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And I was shocked
that it was only going
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in this negative thing
of killing.
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[dramatic orchestral music]
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[Buckminster]
We have this extraordinary
technology.
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Men would not doing anything
with that kind of accuracy
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on the land in relation to try
to make man a success.
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It became very quickly
apparent that the fundamental
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raison d'etre in all
of our state craft
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was based on Thomas Malthus.
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Now Thomas Malthus
was the scientific servant
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of the masters
of the earth of the time.
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He the first economist in
the history of man to receive
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the total Vital Statistics
from around the spherical earth
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and in 1800,
he wrote his first book,
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which he said apparently man
was reproducing himself
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much more rapidly than producing
good to support himself.
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Therefore, very sad, but man
is supposed to be a failure.
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[dramatic orchestral music]
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Shall we inform the whole world,
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the whole world
of that time being
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more than 90% illiterate
and unable to then even read
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any information
if it was sent to them.
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Should we try to inform the
whole world? There is nowhere
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nearly enough to go around.
If we divide up evenly
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all die slowly together.
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And that, that, that,
that didn't seem logical
to them at all.
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They said, "What we can do
is a following:
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all these people out here are
ignorant of what we know about
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and because they're ignorant,
they think they have some hope.
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And we know they don't
have hope most of them.
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Why, why eliminate their hope?
They're going to die
poor characters,
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and might as well
let them die in ignorance."
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Ignorance and hope.
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This is the kindest thing to do.
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And that's exactly
what they did do.
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[dramatic music]
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[computer beeping]
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[gentle piano music]
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How's it going?
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Everything seems to be on pace.
But, you know,
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there's only so much we can be
sure of since its theoretical.
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-Think it's going to work?
-I have no idea.
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-Hey, any word about John yet?
-Glad you asked,
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actually, yes,
John just made the evening news.
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[computer beeping]
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And it appears Simon
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wants to gloat about it.
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[headline hisses]
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[gentle cybernetic music]
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They call themselves Concordia,
after the ancient Roman
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goddess of harmony.
The pro-revolution hacktivist
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group world famous after
a decade of subversion
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suffered a major blow this week.
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With the capture
of leader John Taylor.
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Once a high-ranking
military engineer,
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Taylor is being held
in an undisclosed location
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by the UN's
Global Security Agency.
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And with us to discuss
is GSA director,
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General Simon Devoe.
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-Simon, thanks for being here.
-My pleasure.
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So let's step back
if you don't mind.
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Who are these people
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and how have they operated
with such impunity
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after all these years?
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Concordia was formed
by a group of cyber warfare
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experts that defected
from their military positions
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around 2050.
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And in the process,
a great deal
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of classified information
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and advanced technologies
were stolen.
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What kind of technologies?
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Mostly communications,
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cloaking, encryption,
surveillance.
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Hence why they remain
so elusive.
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But the GSA's core concern
is the theft of some highly
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experimental warfare technology.
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Advancements in biochemistry
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and molecular science
that have dramatic potential
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-for large-scale harm.
-Aside from all the hacks,
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leaks and other things
that have made them so famous.
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[Simon]
Yes, they certainly
enjoy being disruptive.
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Disruptive indeed. Just last
year they breached the accounts
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of the world's richest
CEOs extracting almost
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two trillion dollars,
moving that money
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into virtually traceless
charity donations worldwide.
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Hmm! I tell you
the warm fuzzy feeling I got
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from that one
has yet to go away.
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Delicious.
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Before that were
the notorious email leaks
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revealing major Wall Street
firms had lobbied CIA,
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MI9 and Mossad to help
gain monopoly control
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of rare earth metals in Asia.
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Yeah, too bad I didn't
do a damn thing.
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Corporate terrorism
just gets worse.
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Exposure media does
very little these days.
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It just sets a tone.
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And in 2054
they jammed both Chinese
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and American defense systems
during the Saudi Annex Crisis
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disabling thousands of warheads.
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A move Concordian
sympathizers claim
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might have stopped
World War III.
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And speaking of sympathizers,
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what do you make of the support?
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Legions of followers worldwide.
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Troubling, but I get it.
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Lots of problems out there.
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The food, water crisis.
Refugee migration.
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Automation-driven unemployment,
serious ecological decline.
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I get it
and it's natural to be angry,
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but anger doesn't solve problems
or justify unlawful acts.
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This Robin Hood savior appeal
of Concordia
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-is just an immature fad.
-A passing trend?
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I think so. As cinematic
as the idea is of Concordia,
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the radical
yet benevolent protagonist,
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fighting for their
utopian revolution
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against the evil establishment,
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last I checked this is
reality not a movie.
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[eerie music]
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Seems that way.
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So I encourage people to regain
trust in our time-tested
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institutions
and democratic process.
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Not tear it all down
as Concordia
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would like to see.
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Now, in regards to John Taylor.
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I understand
you once worked together.
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Starting in Special Forces, yes.
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I even considered him
a good friend at one time.
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Have you had contact with him
since his capture?
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Not yet.
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But I must say I am very much
looking forward
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to speaking
with my old associate.
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So are we, Simon.
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Well, I wish I could be
a fly on the wall for that.
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Thanks for being here, Simon,
always a pleasure.
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[dramatic news music]
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[director]
So, can I get you anything
before we get started?
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[Malikan]
I think I'm good.
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[director]
Alright,
feel free to take a seat.
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How we doing on tech?
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-[tech] Almost there?
-[director] All right.
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Well, let's, let's go ahead
and roll for basic info
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and we'll, uh, we'll just,
we'll tweak it as we go.
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-Sound.
-[man] Speed.
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[tech]
And rolling.
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[director]
All right, so,
please go ahead
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and introduce yourself
and state your work.
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My name is Malikan Soyenka
and I'm a professor of history
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at Columbia University.
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My specialty of interest
surrounds what most historians
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call today the Great Transition.
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That period of time
between the 21st
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and early 22nd century
where global society
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underwent a rather spectacular
social revolution.
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[chuckles]
That's a good question.
I guess time will tell.
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[director]
All right.
Let's, let's inch into this.
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Please state your name,
vocation and how you found
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interest in economics.
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I'm Cynthia Floris
and I received
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an interdisciplinary degree
in systems ecology and economics
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from the University of Cape
Town, where I also now teach.
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I guess I would start by saying
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that I can't think of anything
more relevant to the character
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of society
than its economic foundation.
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Hello, I'm Aleniya Demir
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and I teach epidemiology
at the University of Istanbul.
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Epidemiology is the study
of public well-being
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or what one could call
population level phenomena,
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specifically the distribution
of physical
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and mental health
across society.
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With respect your documentary
I would say
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the period before
the Great Transition
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likely marked the most unhealthy
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and unstable period
in human history.
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-So am I looking
at you or the camera?
-[director] At me.
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-Got it.
-[director]
Whenever you're ready.
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I'm Vivian Marcella and I'm
a socio-cultural biologists.
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Which simply means I try
to better understand
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the synergies
that mold human behavior,
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and by extension culture.
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I joined the Center
for Behavioral Studies
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in Oslo in 2115,
and I continue to try
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to make sense of this lovable
mess we call humanity.
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[somber music]
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There's an exercise that I often
do with my first-year students.
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I have them research mainstream
economic publications
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from the 16th
to the 21st century,
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trying to find any mention of
basic sustainability principles.
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And each year the students
come back stunned
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by how this period
gave no priority
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to even the most obvious
regenerative science.
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Let alone anything
related to public health.
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Such things were
considered external
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to this contrived,
competitive game
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they called business.
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Here you had
an entire global civilization
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powering itself through
the mechanism of consuming.
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That's literally what drove
their economy as absurd
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as that sounds.
And the more people bought
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and consumed,
the more demand for jobs.
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Hence more circulating
purchasing power
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to again be spent on consuming.
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Endlessly and viciously
repeating.
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That was the economic
system back then.
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And to think any part
of that would be workable
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in the long run, on a finite
planet, is pure lunacy.
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To make matters worse,
the system was rooted
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in strategic human exploitation,
which structurally ensured
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large wealth and power
differences between groups,
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and the long term
cultural result was
very poor social integrity.
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Racism, xenophobia, sexism
and other forms of bigotry
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were an inevitable side effect
of this kind of social system
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ultimately rooted
in class stratification,
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otherwise known
as socio-economic inequality.
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And when you put
it all together,
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you realize a deep
social pathology.
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A pathology that not only
severely limited human
potential,
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actually bringing out
the worst of our biological
and social nature,
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but one that was blindly pushing
civilization toward oblivion,
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due to accelerating
ecological decline
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and systemic human conflict.
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[Aleniya]
By the time we reached
the 21st century
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the consequences
of all this weren't subtle.
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We're talking massive global
inequity and poverty,
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relentless worldwide conflict,
endless power abuses
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and systematic oppression,
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not to mention
the near irreversible
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decline of all life
support systems.
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And while it seems
obvious to us today,
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you have to understand
the kind of indoctrination
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that occurred back then.
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The culture was so conditioned
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by the dominant worldview,
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they just couldn't recognize
the flaws inherent
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to the structure
of their society.
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So by force of this,
they engaged in very
superficial activism
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centered around political
institutions that really were
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just a parody of themselves.
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[Malikan]
Attempts at social change
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were deeply fragmented in focus
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because people's understanding
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of cause and effect
was so shallow.
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So the whole thing
just became a spectacle.
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And endless blame game
between groups.
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Their so-called
democratic process
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centered not on actual policy,
but around these political
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institutions that seemed to
vaguely represent such policy.
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A true democracy as we now know
allows for public consensus
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on actual issues
not the appointment
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of representatives to make
those decisions for them.
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That's not
really democracy at all.
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That's simply a watered-down
version of authoritarianism,
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voting for kings and queens.
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[Cynthia]
And to add insult to injury,
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because society was rooted
in this business system
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of property and trade
everything was for sale.
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People loved to argue
about moral lines and ethics,
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but the fact was politicians,
and hence policy,
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was just another commodity
to be bought and sold.
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So inevitably those who did
end up with true social power
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were the ones
with the most wealth.
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That wasn't a corruption,
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that was simply
the nature of the system.
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And needless to say this
business power subculture
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was certainly the least
likely to want to change
the very system
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that had so disproportionately
rewarded them.
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And as science and technology
increased efficiency
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creating higher material
standards of living in general
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the lack of human rights
progress and the anti-democratic
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nature of society
became increasingly masked.
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People's dignity
and integrity were bought off
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by gadgets and toys
and addictions.
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Feeding a materialist fetish
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that so distracted
the minds of many.
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[Vivian]
And you know,
I often ponder all this,
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trying to put myself
in the shoes
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of the average person back then,
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especially in the more affluent
and highly unequal regions,
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such as
the United States of America,
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and it really makes me shudder.
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People stuck in traffic,
piling into these office prisons
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to push paper around,
engaging meaningless occupations
337
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that wasted far more energy
and wealth than they created
338
00:21:01,693 --> 00:21:04,529
so they can continue buying
these things they don't need,
339
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elevating their artificial
status and so on.
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It's like a bad horror movie.
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[somber music]
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[high speed steps humming]
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[muffled phone ringing]
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[muffled phone ringing]
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[phone ringing]
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[white noise]
347
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[clock ticking]
348
00:22:17,102 --> 00:22:18,804
[phone continues ringing]
349
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[high speed steps
continue humming]
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[music stops]
351
00:22:50,969 --> 00:22:53,905
[rain puttering]
352
00:22:59,945 --> 00:23:04,049
[ominous musical sting]
353
00:23:04,082 --> 00:23:06,952
[muffled footsteps]
354
00:23:16,928 --> 00:23:19,564
[chains rattling]
355
00:23:36,948 --> 00:23:38,550
[gun clicks and fires]
356
00:23:38,583 --> 00:23:39,851
[body thuds]
357
00:23:39,885 --> 00:23:43,021
[ominous music]
358
00:24:02,574 --> 00:24:03,975
[gun clicks and fires]
359
00:24:04,009 --> 00:24:05,210
[body thuds]
360
00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:29,801
-[gun fires]
-[body thuds]
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00:24:49,354 --> 00:24:50,722
[ominous music stops]
362
00:24:50,755 --> 00:24:52,891
[muffled robotic voice]
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00:24:56,328 --> 00:24:58,763
[people chattering]
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[Malikan]
If there's any historical
through-line that reveals
365
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how important a system-based
worldview is,
366
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both in understanding society
and knowing how to change it,
367
00:25:15,981 --> 00:25:18,984
it's a long history of slavery
and human exploitation.
368
00:25:19,017 --> 00:25:22,187
You can't have a society that's
based upon hierarchical power
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and specialized labor,
where people are seen
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as economic tools to be used
371
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strategically
for another's differential gain,
372
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and ever expect
high moral integrity.
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[Cynthia]
Consider the function
of cost efficiency.
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Cost efficiency is about trying
to save money on production
375
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in order to maximize profit
upon final sale.
376
00:25:42,073 --> 00:25:44,609
It's at the core
of the basic gaming strategy
377
00:25:44,643 --> 00:25:46,778
that's required
in market economics.
378
00:25:46,811 --> 00:25:50,382
And that simple incentive, the
principle of seeking to reduce
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input costs to maximize
output gains is at the root
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of thousands of years of human
slavery in one form or another.
381
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Whether indentured servitude,
bonded labor,
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00:26:01,893 --> 00:26:05,130
chattel slavery in earlier
times to human trafficking
383
00:26:05,163 --> 00:26:08,199
and debt driven wage slavery
in more modern times.
384
00:26:09,134 --> 00:26:12,037
And the point to make here
is that this kind of framework
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00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:15,173
was so normalized
by the turn of the 21st century,
386
00:26:15,206 --> 00:26:18,777
a period, by the way, that had
more slaves in absolute numbers
387
00:26:18,810 --> 00:26:20,645
than any time in human history.
388
00:26:20,679 --> 00:26:23,315
The average person still
didn't see the connection.
389
00:26:23,348 --> 00:26:27,118
They had been conditioned by
these mythical free market ideas
390
00:26:27,152 --> 00:26:29,654
arguing that because
people could now choose
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00:26:29,688 --> 00:26:32,123
which area of the economy
to submit their labor to,
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00:26:32,157 --> 00:26:35,760
choose which company
to be subordinated,
or perhaps get the capital
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00:26:35,794 --> 00:26:38,730
and start their own company
and then choose who to exploit
394
00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:40,365
for their own personal
advantage.
395
00:26:40,398 --> 00:26:43,001
Somehow coercion
just no longer existed.
396
00:26:43,034 --> 00:26:44,803
That was the illusion.
397
00:26:44,836 --> 00:26:48,306
And any advanced technological
society that evolves
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not to organize an effort
to provide basic life support
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00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:55,213
to its citizens allowing them
to pursue their own interest
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00:26:55,246 --> 00:26:58,817
on their own terms,
instead structurally forcing
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00:26:58,850 --> 00:27:02,420
everyone to fight with
each other for basic survival,
402
00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:04,823
for not defendable
reason mind you,
403
00:27:04,856 --> 00:27:07,225
is not a free society at all.
404
00:27:07,258 --> 00:27:09,694
It's a system
of violence and oppression
405
00:27:09,728 --> 00:27:13,331
regardless of how materially
wealthy that society may appear.
406
00:27:14,232 --> 00:27:17,402
[fading]
Now, all that said,
it's important to consider...
407
00:27:23,274 --> 00:27:26,911
[gentle piano music]
408
00:27:28,046 --> 00:27:30,248
[audience applauding]
409
00:27:55,874 --> 00:27:57,308
[knocking on door]
410
00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:04,716
[doorbell buzzing]
411
00:28:10,121 --> 00:28:12,023
[chains rattling]
412
00:28:50,428 --> 00:28:51,496
[handcuffs clicking]
413
00:29:07,979 --> 00:29:09,147
[glass thuds]
414
00:29:27,165 --> 00:29:29,434
You have meddled
with the primal forces
415
00:29:29,467 --> 00:29:31,236
of nature, Mr. Beale.
416
00:29:34,205 --> 00:29:38,109
And you will atone.
417
00:29:41,579 --> 00:29:43,047
It's been a long time, Simon.
418
00:29:43,081 --> 00:29:44,582
So, the reason
you're here with me
419
00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:47,418
and not in some vassal
state being tortured
420
00:29:47,452 --> 00:29:50,321
is because the GSA
needs your help.
421
00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:53,324
We're being overrun by a group
of hackers and they appear to be
422
00:29:53,358 --> 00:29:56,261
advancing their abilities
faster than we can counter.
423
00:29:56,294 --> 00:29:57,395
[John]
Orion.
424
00:29:58,997 --> 00:30:00,999
That's right. Orion.
425
00:30:01,032 --> 00:30:02,867
We have been tracking them
for years.
426
00:30:02,901 --> 00:30:04,169
Luddite anarchists.
427
00:30:04,202 --> 00:30:05,436
They want to return civilization
428
00:30:05,470 --> 00:30:07,338
to the Stone Age.
429
00:30:07,372 --> 00:30:09,607
We figure if they continue
their rate of progress,
430
00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:12,443
we only have a few weeks
before they breach.
431
00:30:12,477 --> 00:30:15,113
-Taking control of our systems.
-That'd be bad.
432
00:30:15,146 --> 00:30:18,249
Hence our priorities.
As aggravating as your little
433
00:30:18,283 --> 00:30:22,220
Concordia project has been,
you were never this distasteful.
434
00:30:23,288 --> 00:30:26,191
You do realize
that even if Orion is stopped,
435
00:30:26,224 --> 00:30:28,193
another insurgency,
likely more malicious,
436
00:30:28,226 --> 00:30:29,894
is just around the corner,
right?
437
00:30:31,429 --> 00:30:33,164
-Your point?
-My point
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00:30:33,198 --> 00:30:35,366
is one way to measure
the integrity of a society
439
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,435
is by how many outliers
it creates.
440
00:30:37,468 --> 00:30:40,505
Violent criminals, inner-city
gangs, serial killers,
441
00:30:40,538 --> 00:30:42,340
mass murderers, terrorists,
442
00:30:42,373 --> 00:30:45,944
to now this lovely hacker
dystopia you've inspired.
443
00:30:45,977 --> 00:30:47,912
You have a systemic problem,
Simon,
444
00:30:47,946 --> 00:30:49,414
and it's only going to grow.
445
00:30:50,615 --> 00:30:52,650
You're looking
through the wrong lens, John.
446
00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:54,919
And unlike the past,
the outliers now
447
00:30:54,953 --> 00:30:56,955
have exponentially
advancing technology.
448
00:30:56,988 --> 00:31:00,325
Some disgruntled kid fashioning
a Molotov cocktail years ago,
449
00:31:00,358 --> 00:31:03,494
can now create weapons
of mass destruction,
or in this case weapons
450
00:31:03,528 --> 00:31:05,597
of mass disturbance
with little more effort.
451
00:31:06,664 --> 00:31:10,401
Again, you're looking
through the wrong lens.
452
00:31:10,435 --> 00:31:13,071
No one ever said
the natural course of humanity
453
00:31:13,104 --> 00:31:14,439
was going to be pretty.
454
00:31:14,472 --> 00:31:16,074
So it's natural
for humanity to flirt
455
00:31:16,107 --> 00:31:19,077
with its own destruction?
And increasingly so?
456
00:31:19,110 --> 00:31:20,912
Because that's
where all this leads.
457
00:31:21,746 --> 00:31:25,450
Since the dawn of civilization,
those with the most advanced
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00:31:25,483 --> 00:31:28,253
tools are the ones
who set the stage.
459
00:31:28,286 --> 00:31:31,623
From the rock, to the sword,
to the gun, to the bomb,
460
00:31:31,656 --> 00:31:35,326
to AI,
a sociological law of nature
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00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,429
rooted in our evolutionary
psychology.
462
00:31:38,463 --> 00:31:41,666
And if this race happens
to lead to destruction,
463
00:31:41,699 --> 00:31:45,403
well,
such is the natural course.
464
00:31:46,437 --> 00:31:49,540
Only human conceit
assumes otherwise.
465
00:31:54,045 --> 00:31:56,214
I see you haven't lost
that charming nihilism.
466
00:31:57,181 --> 00:31:58,616
-Drink?
-No.
467
00:32:00,318 --> 00:32:04,088
And it's not nihilism, John,
it's realism.
468
00:32:05,223 --> 00:32:08,226
Conflict is what makes
the world go round.
469
00:32:09,460 --> 00:32:12,964
And whomever wins
defines the course.
470
00:32:23,241 --> 00:32:24,676
-So what's the deal?
-The deal is
471
00:32:24,709 --> 00:32:27,278
you help us tame the barbarians
at the gate
472
00:32:27,312 --> 00:32:30,281
along with anything else we ask.
473
00:32:30,315 --> 00:32:32,116
In return,
474
00:32:32,150 --> 00:32:35,086
you'll be granted
a decent life here.
475
00:32:35,119 --> 00:32:36,754
This ship might be
a place of work,
476
00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:39,590
but it's also
a self-contained city.
477
00:32:40,658 --> 00:32:45,063
We go back a long way, John,
and despite our differences,
478
00:32:45,096 --> 00:32:47,732
I would hate to see
that genius go to waste.
479
00:32:47,765 --> 00:32:48,766
And if I don't?
480
00:32:50,268 --> 00:32:52,603
You know the answer to that.
481
00:32:52,637 --> 00:32:55,740
Aside from this possible
Orion catastrophe,
482
00:32:55,773 --> 00:32:58,509
which I doubt
your humanist ego would allow,
483
00:32:59,677 --> 00:33:02,513
you'll be turned over
to interrogation
484
00:33:02,547 --> 00:33:05,216
and it won't be cinematic.
485
00:33:06,317 --> 00:33:10,054
Either way,
you're not leaving this ship.
486
00:33:12,557 --> 00:33:15,460
Okay, Simon,
but I have one condition.
487
00:33:16,527 --> 00:33:19,063
I want you to put an end
to program UX83.
488
00:33:20,531 --> 00:33:22,633
Otherwise known
as the Malthusian Mandate.
489
00:33:28,339 --> 00:33:30,475
If you knew about the Mandate,
490
00:33:30,508 --> 00:33:32,510
why hasn't Concordia leaked it?
491
00:33:32,543 --> 00:33:34,512
Never had a complete picture.
492
00:33:34,545 --> 00:33:37,582
-And what do you think
you're missing?
-Good question.
493
00:33:37,615 --> 00:33:39,617
We find a cryptically
mentioned in documents
494
00:33:39,650 --> 00:33:41,753
related to the GSA's
control programs.
495
00:33:42,653 --> 00:33:44,555
It appears the Mandate
was employed in the death
496
00:33:44,589 --> 00:33:47,358
of at least 20 million
last year alone.
497
00:33:47,392 --> 00:33:49,660
How this is occurring
and why is not clear.
498
00:33:50,795 --> 00:33:52,330
So why don't you enlighten me?
499
00:33:54,565 --> 00:33:57,168
[soft music]
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00:34:50,555 --> 00:34:53,224
[eerie music]
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00:35:07,538 --> 00:35:10,475
[eerie music increasing]
502
00:35:12,743 --> 00:35:14,579
[robotic hissing]
503
00:35:18,483 --> 00:35:20,718
[robotic echoed crunching]
504
00:35:29,527 --> 00:35:31,395
[ominous music]
505
00:35:52,283 --> 00:35:54,185
[light hissing]
506
00:35:59,524 --> 00:36:00,825
[light loudly hissing]
507
00:36:00,858 --> 00:36:03,227
[dramatic cybernetic music]
508
00:36:05,730 --> 00:36:07,365
[music abruptly stops]
509
00:36:08,799 --> 00:36:11,302
[birds chirping]
510
00:36:19,510 --> 00:36:22,780
[director]
So you wrote a book called
The Neolithic Maladaptation
511
00:36:22,813 --> 00:36:25,249
which focuses
on the nature of culture
512
00:36:25,283 --> 00:36:27,952
before the Great Transition.
513
00:36:27,985 --> 00:36:31,656
Can you clarify
what you meant by this title?
514
00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:35,760
Sure. So I think the defining
question of civilization
515
00:36:35,793 --> 00:36:39,463
is what characteristics
enable us to survive and prosper
516
00:36:39,497 --> 00:36:42,366
sustainably and peacefully
over generational time.
517
00:36:43,434 --> 00:36:46,404
Thousands of years ago,
upon the advent of agriculture,
518
00:36:46,437 --> 00:36:49,373
the Neolithic Revolution,
we found ourselves
519
00:36:49,407 --> 00:36:52,310
in a new social arrangement,
a new structure,
520
00:36:52,343 --> 00:36:55,513
one that would later prove
to be highly incompatible.
521
00:36:55,546 --> 00:36:57,715
Not only incompatible
with the habitat,
522
00:36:57,748 --> 00:36:59,750
inherently unsustainable
since the economy
523
00:36:59,784 --> 00:37:02,286
literally required
consumption and growth,
524
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:05,556
but also incompatible
with our very social nature.
525
00:37:05,590 --> 00:37:09,760
And, long story short, humans
are simply not meant to exist
526
00:37:09,794 --> 00:37:12,330
in an economically
stratified society
527
00:37:12,363 --> 00:37:15,566
if the expectation is high
levels of public health
528
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,401
and peaceful coexistence.
529
00:37:17,435 --> 00:37:19,570
It's always interesting
to review the work
530
00:37:19,604 --> 00:37:22,640
of mainstream scientists
at the turn of the 21st century
531
00:37:22,673 --> 00:37:24,976
as they desperately try
to convince themselves
532
00:37:25,009 --> 00:37:26,911
that a competitive,
exploitative,
533
00:37:26,944 --> 00:37:30,448
vainly status seeking mindset
was an inalterable expression
534
00:37:30,481 --> 00:37:33,484
of human nature,
when the fact is our genes,
535
00:37:33,517 --> 00:37:35,987
our biology and how
the environment interacts
536
00:37:36,020 --> 00:37:40,524
with our evolved selves allows
for a vast range of orientations
537
00:37:40,558 --> 00:37:44,629
with narrow self-interest,
greed, merely part
of that range.
538
00:37:44,662 --> 00:37:47,932
If we've proven to be anything,
it's adaptable.
539
00:37:47,965 --> 00:37:49,900
There's certainly
no blank slate.
540
00:37:49,934 --> 00:37:52,603
We're not infinitely malleable,
541
00:37:52,637 --> 00:37:55,039
but it has been grossly
underestimated historically
542
00:37:55,072 --> 00:37:57,575
just how wide
our range of adaptive
543
00:37:57,608 --> 00:38:00,678
potential really is.
And what most determines
544
00:38:00,711 --> 00:38:04,115
which behavioral traits
will define a society's culture
545
00:38:04,148 --> 00:38:06,083
is its social structure.
546
00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:10,121
Or more specifically,
that structure's economic basis.
547
00:38:10,154 --> 00:38:13,057
The method
by which we must survive.
548
00:38:13,090 --> 00:38:15,960
[Cynthia]
If that structure rewards
competition, dominance,
549
00:38:15,993 --> 00:38:18,429
and narrow self-interest,
then the culture
550
00:38:18,462 --> 00:38:20,998
will predominantly
express those values.
551
00:38:21,032 --> 00:38:25,369
If it rewards collaboration,
empathy and pro-social concern,
552
00:38:25,403 --> 00:38:29,674
the resulting culture
will predominantly express
those values.
553
00:38:29,707 --> 00:38:31,609
For the majority
of human history,
554
00:38:31,642 --> 00:38:33,811
before the advent
of agriculture,
555
00:38:33,844 --> 00:38:35,646
We lived in non-hierarchical,
556
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:37,782
non-competitive
social arrangements.
557
00:38:37,815 --> 00:38:40,685
Why? Because the economic
basis of survival
558
00:38:40,718 --> 00:38:42,620
actually incentivized
559
00:38:42,653 --> 00:38:45,356
sharing and collaboration,
and not the opposite.
560
00:38:46,457 --> 00:38:49,560
So what I mean by maladaptation
is while humanity
561
00:38:49,593 --> 00:38:52,029
did successfully adapt
to the survival requisites
562
00:38:52,063 --> 00:38:53,864
born from
the Neolithic Revolution,
563
00:38:53,898 --> 00:38:55,633
the resulting social structure,
564
00:38:55,666 --> 00:38:58,803
the system that became codified,
proved maladapted.
565
00:38:58,836 --> 00:39:01,639
[Cynthia]
The economic system
was simply incompatible
566
00:39:01,672 --> 00:39:05,743
with what was required
for humanity to be sustainable
in the long-term.
567
00:39:05,776 --> 00:39:08,779
Failing our need to integrate
properly with the ecosystem
568
00:39:08,813 --> 00:39:12,983
while limiting our ability
to coexist peacefully
with each other.
569
00:39:13,017 --> 00:39:15,653
[Vivian]
And by the time
of the Industrial Revolution
570
00:39:15,686 --> 00:39:18,022
in the 19th century,
these flaws were rapidly
571
00:39:18,055 --> 00:39:19,857
coming to the surface.
572
00:39:19,890 --> 00:39:22,460
Conditions had changed and
if it wasn't for our dramatic
573
00:39:22,493 --> 00:39:24,729
transformation to break out
of that system,
574
00:39:24,762 --> 00:39:27,698
there is little question,
society would have seen total
575
00:39:27,732 --> 00:39:31,001
ecologically collapse combined
with catastrophic global war.
576
00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:35,639
[director]
So it must be difficult
to look back
577
00:39:35,673 --> 00:39:37,775
at that time given
what we know now.
578
00:39:37,808 --> 00:39:40,478
It seems like things should have
changed much sooner, right?
579
00:39:40,511 --> 00:39:43,547
Sure, but it reveals
that as much as we'd like
580
00:39:43,581 --> 00:39:46,083
to believe we're rational,
objective beings,
581
00:39:46,117 --> 00:39:49,954
we're actually bound
by deep social vulnerability.
582
00:39:49,987 --> 00:39:53,524
We are social beings first
and intellectual beings second.
583
00:39:54,225 --> 00:39:57,194
What you see back then
is a kind of mass hypnosis
584
00:39:57,228 --> 00:39:59,063
that paralyzed society,
585
00:39:59,096 --> 00:40:01,565
keeping people short-sighted
and fearful,
586
00:40:01,599 --> 00:40:04,034
prone to conform to the values
and practices of those
587
00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:07,538
who happen to be winning
in the contrived economic game.
588
00:40:07,571 --> 00:40:10,708
One glance at the media from
back then gives it all away.
589
00:40:10,741 --> 00:40:13,244
Status posturing,
people obsessed with appearing
590
00:40:13,277 --> 00:40:17,148
affluent, accomplished, loved,
famous, beautiful.
591
00:40:17,181 --> 00:40:20,751
All a kind of pathological
emulation of those of high
592
00:40:20,785 --> 00:40:25,122
socioeconomic status,
billionaires, celebrities.
593
00:40:25,156 --> 00:40:27,658
As one notable philosopher
stated long ago,
594
00:40:34,231 --> 00:40:36,967
So once again
it all begs the question,
595
00:40:37,001 --> 00:40:40,037
what actually defines success
in the human condition?
596
00:40:40,070 --> 00:40:43,207
What kind of culture is most
optimized to sustain itself
597
00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:46,577
over time while, of course,
being happy and stable?
598
00:40:46,610 --> 00:40:48,179
And while there's
plenty to learn,
599
00:40:48,212 --> 00:40:50,614
we do know
what doesn't define it:
600
00:40:50,648 --> 00:40:53,984
the excessive materialistic
wealth and status
driven neurosis
601
00:40:54,018 --> 00:40:57,221
so characteristic back then
has literally zero
602
00:40:57,254 --> 00:40:59,690
positive relationship
to long-term species
603
00:40:59,723 --> 00:41:02,927
sustainability and optimized
public health.
604
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,830
In short,
the values were dead wrong.
605
00:41:05,863 --> 00:41:08,966
And not to sound mean, but
if I were to resort to derisive
606
00:41:08,999 --> 00:41:11,735
status labeling,
common to that period of time,
607
00:41:11,769 --> 00:41:14,705
there's no question
that the greatest failures
608
00:41:14,738 --> 00:41:18,008
were the ones who own mansions,
drove over priced cars,
609
00:41:18,042 --> 00:41:21,779
wore luxury jewelry,
maintained extremely lucrative
610
00:41:21,812 --> 00:41:24,048
yet completely
meaningless occupations
611
00:41:24,081 --> 00:41:26,217
while hoarding great wealth.
612
00:41:26,250 --> 00:41:27,985
What kind of sad,
insecure creature
613
00:41:28,018 --> 00:41:29,887
needs to flaunt such excess
614
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:33,624
clearly signaling opposition
to other people's well-being?
615
00:41:33,657 --> 00:41:37,294
True success is reinforcing
harmony, balance.
616
00:41:37,328 --> 00:41:40,030
The goal is not necessarily
to become something,
617
00:41:40,064 --> 00:41:43,133
but to find out who
and what you truly are.
618
00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:45,169
And how you fit
inside the ecosystem
619
00:41:45,202 --> 00:41:47,271
of nature
that gave birth to you.
620
00:41:47,304 --> 00:41:50,341
The most successful people,
the true winners,
621
00:41:50,374 --> 00:41:54,979
are never the ones striving for
celebrity and material excess,
622
00:41:55,012 --> 00:41:58,849
they are the humble minimalists
valuing how they can contribute
623
00:41:58,883 --> 00:42:01,919
to the well-being
and health of everything,
624
00:42:01,952 --> 00:42:04,889
realizing the world
is one system,
625
00:42:04,922 --> 00:42:07,358
and the more they optimize
that contribution,
626
00:42:07,391 --> 00:42:11,095
the more truly successful
they actually become.
627
00:42:13,664 --> 00:42:15,966
[Cynthia]
When I look back on all this,
628
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,035
I think what I find most tragic
629
00:42:18,068 --> 00:42:20,938
is the spiritual loss
of the individual.
630
00:42:20,971 --> 00:42:25,109
How people were fundamentally
alienated from themselves
631
00:42:25,142 --> 00:42:29,146
their identities hijacked
by competitive insecurity,
632
00:42:29,179 --> 00:42:32,182
trying to conform
to some acceptable profile
633
00:42:32,216 --> 00:42:34,718
that would serve
their advantage best,
634
00:42:34,752 --> 00:42:36,287
not who they actually are,
635
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,923
but what the system
requires them to become.
636
00:43:07,117 --> 00:43:09,753
[traffic humming]
637
00:43:19,763 --> 00:43:22,266
[muffled people chattering]
638
00:43:25,069 --> 00:43:27,871
[fast speed hissing]
639
00:43:34,244 --> 00:43:36,213
[muffled beeping]
640
00:43:36,246 --> 00:43:38,949
[robotic humming]
641
00:44:07,344 --> 00:44:10,481
[with robotic voice]
The soul selects
her own society.
642
00:44:10,514 --> 00:44:13,917
Then shuts the door
to her divine majority.
643
00:44:13,951 --> 00:44:17,254
Present no more. Unmoved.
644
00:44:17,287 --> 00:44:21,025
She notes the chariots
pausing at her low gate.
645
00:44:21,058 --> 00:44:24,328
Unmoved. An emperor
be kneeling upon her mat.
646
00:44:24,361 --> 00:44:29,299
I've known her from
an ample nation. Choose one.
647
00:44:29,333 --> 00:44:33,337
Then close the valves
of her attention. Like stone.
648
00:44:33,370 --> 00:44:35,406
[high-pitched whirring]
649
00:44:41,078 --> 00:44:43,781
[traffic humming]
650
00:45:25,022 --> 00:45:26,857
[humming stops]
651
00:45:26,890 --> 00:45:29,226
[humming resumes]
652
00:45:29,259 --> 00:45:31,228
[humming stops]
653
00:45:31,261 --> 00:45:33,163
[dramatic musical sting]
654
00:46:16,540 --> 00:46:18,909
-[robotic clicking]
-[humming resumes]
655
00:46:18,942 --> 00:46:21,178
[sirens wailing]
656
00:46:53,177 --> 00:46:54,545
[Simon]
Let me ask you, John.
657
00:46:55,479 --> 00:46:57,181
What do you think
the greatest form
658
00:46:57,214 --> 00:47:01,318
of social control is? Law? Debt?
659
00:47:01,351 --> 00:47:03,520
[scoffs] Religion.
660
00:47:03,554 --> 00:47:06,523
And this has what to do
with the Malthusian Mandate?
661
00:47:06,557 --> 00:47:09,927
-Humor me.
-I don't know.
662
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:13,163
How about socialization?
People policing each other.
663
00:47:13,197 --> 00:47:16,934
A properly tuned culture
does regulate itself, yes.
664
00:47:16,967 --> 00:47:18,535
We've had the same training,
Simon.
665
00:47:18,569 --> 00:47:20,637
I'm just as aware of what
shapes psychology as you are.
666
00:47:20,671 --> 00:47:23,473
Yeah, see, I'm not so sure.
667
00:47:23,507 --> 00:47:25,375
I don't think we'd be
in this situation
668
00:47:25,409 --> 00:47:27,311
-if that was really the case.
-You mean because I actually
669
00:47:27,344 --> 00:47:28,445
believe the world can change?
670
00:47:33,083 --> 00:47:35,686
A child's born
biologically programmed
671
00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:38,055
to adapt to its environment.
672
00:47:38,088 --> 00:47:40,357
It grows,
inching through formative years,
673
00:47:40,390 --> 00:47:43,293
shaped by the traditions
and beliefs of culture.
674
00:47:43,327 --> 00:47:46,063
Institutional education
introduces structure
675
00:47:46,096 --> 00:47:50,133
creating comfort with authority,
regimentation, status.
676
00:47:50,167 --> 00:47:53,537
-Nurturing social schema.
-And a fundamental insecurity
677
00:47:53,570 --> 00:47:56,306
forged
by a deeply unequal world,
678
00:47:56,340 --> 00:47:58,175
a world of sanctioned
indifference,
679
00:47:58,208 --> 00:47:59,476
where compassion is weakness
680
00:47:59,509 --> 00:48:01,545
and domination is virtuous.
681
00:48:01,578 --> 00:48:04,014
What survival requires.
682
00:48:04,748 --> 00:48:07,184
In the current arrangement,
sure.
683
00:48:07,217 --> 00:48:09,953
And this early sense of
insecurity has a unique effect.
684
00:48:09,987 --> 00:48:13,290
Once childish tendencies
we humans are supposed
to grow out of:
685
00:48:13,323 --> 00:48:16,960
attention-seeking, spoiled
self-interest, manipulativeness,
686
00:48:16,994 --> 00:48:20,030
bullying,
competition become ingrained.
687
00:48:20,063 --> 00:48:21,732
Maturity stunted.
688
00:48:21,765 --> 00:48:23,700
Setting the stage
for yet another disciple
689
00:48:23,734 --> 00:48:26,136
in the cult of narcissistic
individualism.
690
00:48:26,169 --> 00:48:28,639
[chuckles] Poetic.
691
00:48:29,773 --> 00:48:31,642
[John]
By the time higher
education is reached,
692
00:48:31,675 --> 00:48:35,012
formalized academia,
the stronghold of
the status quo,
693
00:48:35,045 --> 00:48:36,980
what natural curiosity
may remain
694
00:48:37,014 --> 00:48:39,583
is now further constrained
by socialization.
695
00:48:39,616 --> 00:48:43,453
Myopic focus, detached
from the pursuit of knowledge,
696
00:48:43,487 --> 00:48:46,590
existing only for the sake
of commercial utility.
697
00:48:46,623 --> 00:48:50,661
-To define their product.
-And ultimately their identity.
698
00:48:50,694 --> 00:48:53,130
Becoming little more than
yet another agent of trade.
699
00:48:53,163 --> 00:48:56,366
A civilization reduced to
the goal of endless striving.
700
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:58,402
To sell something
to someone else.
701
00:49:00,737 --> 00:49:03,607
The world is a business,
Mr. Beale.
702
00:49:05,242 --> 00:49:06,343
[John]
So the cog turns.
703
00:49:07,711 --> 00:49:10,580
While in those fleeting moments
economic stress does subside,
704
00:49:10,614 --> 00:49:12,482
when the shackles do come off,
705
00:49:12,516 --> 00:49:14,651
existential turbulence blooms,
706
00:49:14,685 --> 00:49:17,154
as they desperately search
for some kind of deeper meaning
707
00:49:17,187 --> 00:49:20,057
in the daily grind.
And this emotional void,
708
00:49:20,090 --> 00:49:23,260
this state of loss, leads
the pathological escapism.
709
00:49:23,293 --> 00:49:25,595
Distraction and self-medication
become the hobby.
710
00:49:26,630 --> 00:49:28,765
[Simon]
So they turn to their screens
711
00:49:28,799 --> 00:49:32,235
windows of projected normality
equating freedom
712
00:49:32,269 --> 00:49:34,438
with the unattainable delusions
713
00:49:34,471 --> 00:49:36,473
of wealth, fame, honor.
714
00:49:36,506 --> 00:49:38,275
[John]
While constantly being
reminded that they are
715
00:49:38,308 --> 00:49:40,177
the authors of their own misery
716
00:49:40,210 --> 00:49:43,347
and success can only be a matter
of winning versus losing.
717
00:49:43,380 --> 00:49:47,150
Since the vast majority
will no doubt lose,
they live vicariously.
718
00:49:47,184 --> 00:49:50,220
If their sports team wins
the game, so do they.
719
00:49:50,253 --> 00:49:51,788
If their country goes to war,
720
00:49:51,822 --> 00:49:54,324
they wave their flags
as if they were at war.
721
00:49:54,358 --> 00:49:56,493
While following
their celebrity heroes,
722
00:49:56,526 --> 00:50:00,063
feeling as though somehow
that success mirrors their own.
723
00:50:00,097 --> 00:50:02,666
[Simon]
And when that doesn't work,
they move inward,
724
00:50:02,699 --> 00:50:07,270
seeking self-help retreats,
therapy, medication,
illicit drugs.
725
00:50:07,304 --> 00:50:09,339
[John]
Anything to avoid
the identity crisis.
726
00:50:09,373 --> 00:50:11,575
[gentle music]
727
00:50:11,608 --> 00:50:14,578
That the society they mirror
just might be deeply flawed.
728
00:50:15,779 --> 00:50:17,714
So the masses remain complacent,
729
00:50:17,748 --> 00:50:20,250
short-sighted, bigoted,
730
00:50:20,283 --> 00:50:22,285
primitive, delusional.
731
00:50:23,186 --> 00:50:24,087
Manageable.
732
00:50:28,225 --> 00:50:30,460
No conspiracy required.
733
00:50:31,495 --> 00:50:34,431
Viable systems
regulate themselves.
734
00:50:34,464 --> 00:50:37,667
Viable? [scoffs]
You see all this as sustainable.
735
00:50:38,602 --> 00:50:41,271
[Simon]
No conspiracy required.
736
00:50:41,304 --> 00:50:44,408
-Viable systems regulate them--
-We just picked up the signal.
737
00:50:48,678 --> 00:50:52,783
Now there's one thing you missed
in your monologue there.
738
00:50:54,818 --> 00:50:58,555
Aside from primal provocation,
keeping people half-conscious,
739
00:50:58,588 --> 00:51:01,758
trapped in lower brain
fight or flight mode.
740
00:51:01,792 --> 00:51:04,694
Aside from the cultural hegemony
where people's values
741
00:51:04,728 --> 00:51:08,532
and envies mirror
those of wealth and power,
742
00:51:08,565 --> 00:51:10,534
reinforcing social order.
743
00:51:11,668 --> 00:51:14,538
And aside
from the climate of opinion
744
00:51:14,571 --> 00:51:17,707
fostered by the acclaimed
intelligentsia
745
00:51:17,741 --> 00:51:21,344
deciding the limits
by which truth must conform
746
00:51:21,378 --> 00:51:23,780
the most critical mechanism here
747
00:51:23,814 --> 00:51:26,516
is that of social inclusion.
748
00:51:26,550 --> 00:51:29,352
Nature wired us
with a strong tendency
749
00:51:29,386 --> 00:51:32,622
to override rational thought
in favor of group acceptance.
750
00:51:32,656 --> 00:51:35,292
Part of our evolutionary
fitness.
751
00:51:35,325 --> 00:51:37,894
And when people
violate consensus
752
00:51:37,928 --> 00:51:40,597
the nervous system seeks
to correct the behavior
753
00:51:40,630 --> 00:51:43,233
with pain and fear,
as there's little more
754
00:51:43,266 --> 00:51:47,237
psychologically damaging
than social exclusion.
755
00:51:49,206 --> 00:51:51,875
To be ostracized.
Ridicule, stigma,
756
00:51:51,908 --> 00:51:55,712
loss of reputation which could
also mean loss of employment,
757
00:51:55,745 --> 00:51:58,281
income, lost and survival.
758
00:51:58,315 --> 00:52:01,184
Yet there's a long history
of people who have moved
against that tendency.
759
00:52:01,218 --> 00:52:03,553
A long history
of very few people
760
00:52:03,587 --> 00:52:06,556
who inevitably turn
into mere righteous symbols
761
00:52:06,590 --> 00:52:09,493
put on T-shirts rather
than forces of revolution.
762
00:52:09,526 --> 00:52:12,496
So this Orion problem of yours
isn't indicative of anything?
763
00:52:12,529 --> 00:52:15,732
Orion appears to be
a fringe group of extremists
764
00:52:15,765 --> 00:52:18,301
with no public support.
765
00:52:18,335 --> 00:52:23,240
This is about normative culture,
and my point, John,
766
00:52:24,241 --> 00:52:26,877
is that given our social nature,
767
00:52:26,910 --> 00:52:30,580
the stronger force here
is not on the side of reason,
768
00:52:30,614 --> 00:52:34,551
it's on the side of inclusion
and conformity,
769
00:52:34,584 --> 00:52:39,723
and that, my friend, is the
greatest form of social control
770
00:52:39,756 --> 00:52:42,559
and why the masses
will never break out
771
00:52:42,592 --> 00:52:45,395
of its self-perpetuated
oppression.
772
00:52:46,997 --> 00:52:48,398
[elevator rings]
773
00:53:14,424 --> 00:53:16,693
[gentle jazz music]
774
00:53:59,703 --> 00:54:01,338
[slow motion buzz]
775
00:54:01,371 --> 00:54:03,940
[clock ticking]
776
00:54:12,115 --> 00:54:14,618
[robotic squeaking]
777
00:54:21,658 --> 00:54:24,761
[circus music]
778
00:54:29,866 --> 00:54:32,902
[upbeat music]
779
00:55:20,483 --> 00:55:22,819
[dramatic musical sting]
780
00:55:23,853 --> 00:55:25,889
♪ Twenty-three I see
come with me my dear ♪
781
00:55:25,922 --> 00:55:28,458
♪ It's time we re-examine
this reality ♪
782
00:55:58,855 --> 00:56:00,557
[music stops]
783
00:56:36,159 --> 00:56:37,794
♪ Be ready
784
00:56:37,827 --> 00:56:41,931
♪ Welcome
to the Freakshow, baby ♪
785
00:56:41,965 --> 00:56:45,101
♪ This is what it is
786
00:57:12,195 --> 00:57:14,597
♪ So you see, 23
787
00:57:42,826 --> 00:57:44,761
♪ And the cast
is currently stocked ♪
788
00:57:44,794 --> 00:57:46,729
♪ But we'll let you know
if we need another floor ♪
789
00:57:46,763 --> 00:57:48,131
♪ To be mopped
790
00:57:55,738 --> 00:57:58,174
[director]
So earlier something
was said to the effect
791
00:57:58,208 --> 00:58:00,243
that humans
are not designed to exist
792
00:58:00,276 --> 00:58:03,880
in an economically
stratified society.
793
00:58:03,913 --> 00:58:05,748
So to speak, yes.
794
00:58:05,782 --> 00:58:08,985
A stratified society is far
more unhealthy and unstable
795
00:58:09,018 --> 00:58:11,120
when compared
to an egalitarian one.
796
00:58:11,154 --> 00:58:13,656
[director]
That seems like
a pretty bold conclusion.
797
00:58:13,690 --> 00:58:16,326
-Can you elaborate?
-Sure.
798
00:58:16,359 --> 00:58:20,296
Consider our biology,
specifically the human brain.
799
00:58:20,330 --> 00:58:23,099
We're profoundly wired
for social response.
800
00:58:23,132 --> 00:58:25,869
For instance, the same
brain centers that react
801
00:58:25,902 --> 00:58:28,872
to physical pain also
react to emotional pain,
802
00:58:28,905 --> 00:58:32,675
such as feeling rejected,
excluded or shamed.
803
00:58:32,709 --> 00:58:35,311
In early life,
socially isolated infants,
804
00:58:35,345 --> 00:58:37,580
not receiving proper
affection will fail
805
00:58:37,614 --> 00:58:39,816
to produce critical
growth hormones,
806
00:58:39,849 --> 00:58:41,317
harming development.
807
00:58:41,351 --> 00:58:44,687
While in adulthood
similar effects occur.
808
00:58:44,721 --> 00:58:47,991
For example, there were
these dehumanizing institutions
809
00:58:48,024 --> 00:58:50,059
called prisons
and they practiced
810
00:58:50,093 --> 00:58:53,596
solitary confinement,
severe social isolation,
811
00:58:53,630 --> 00:58:56,266
and that practice literally
caused brain damage.
812
00:58:57,233 --> 00:58:59,903
Now, what do these
examples have in common?
813
00:58:59,936 --> 00:59:03,907
They are negative responses
to social related stress.
814
00:59:03,940 --> 00:59:06,042
And when you review
the past 200 years,
815
00:59:06,075 --> 00:59:08,678
of epidemiological study
on the issue,
816
00:59:08,711 --> 00:59:11,748
you realize that an economically
stratified society
817
00:59:11,781 --> 00:59:14,384
is one of the most toxically
stressful conditions
818
00:59:14,417 --> 00:59:17,120
you could ever impose
upon the human species.
819
00:59:18,021 --> 00:59:20,723
We've all learned about
the horrors of abject poverty.
820
00:59:20,757 --> 00:59:22,358
A condition that
affected a billion people
821
00:59:22,392 --> 00:59:24,360
at the turn of the 21st century,
822
00:59:24,394 --> 00:59:27,163
causing literally millions
of deaths each year.
823
00:59:27,196 --> 00:59:30,233
But the negative effects
of economic stratification
824
00:59:30,266 --> 00:59:32,235
aren't limited
to the distinctly poor.
825
00:59:32,268 --> 00:59:34,704
Inequality harms
just about everyone.
826
00:59:34,737 --> 00:59:38,107
A kind of social pollution and
the lower one finds themselves
827
00:59:38,141 --> 00:59:42,045
on the stratified ladder,
the worse their health
becomes on average.
828
00:59:42,078 --> 00:59:43,947
[Cynthia]
Consider a lower class mother
829
00:59:43,980 --> 00:59:47,417
working two jobs, in debt,
can't afford a car,
830
00:59:47,450 --> 00:59:49,719
living paycheck to paycheck
831
00:59:49,752 --> 00:59:51,988
while trying to take care
of her young child.
832
00:59:52,021 --> 00:59:54,824
They may not be homeless,
starving or even poor
833
00:59:54,857 --> 00:59:56,259
by legal standards,
834
00:59:56,292 --> 00:59:57,827
but every day is still
835
00:59:57,860 --> 00:59:59,762
a battle to make ends meet.
836
00:59:59,796 --> 01:00:03,232
This is known as relative
poverty or more formally
837
01:00:03,266 --> 01:00:06,035
low socioeconomic status.
838
01:00:06,069 --> 01:00:09,038
And a defining characteristic
of this condition
839
01:00:09,072 --> 01:00:12,342
on average
is high psychosocial stress,
840
01:00:12,375 --> 01:00:15,011
meaning stress related
to social factors.
841
01:00:15,044 --> 01:00:18,748
This stress includes not only
feelings of general insecurity,
842
01:00:18,781 --> 01:00:20,783
such as worrying
about paying your bills,
843
01:00:20,817 --> 01:00:24,854
affording your child's next
doctor visit or losing your job,
844
01:00:24,887 --> 01:00:27,890
but also the stress
of social status itself.
845
01:00:27,924 --> 01:00:31,728
How one feels about themselves
compared to others.
846
01:00:31,761 --> 01:00:34,397
And while that particular
aspect may seem trivial,
847
01:00:34,430 --> 01:00:37,400
the fact is our brains
have evolved to react
848
01:00:37,433 --> 01:00:39,869
in profoundly specific
ways when it comes
849
01:00:39,902 --> 01:00:42,338
to how we think others see us.
850
01:00:42,372 --> 01:00:46,843
We have an acute sensitivity
to our perceived social status.
851
01:00:46,876 --> 01:00:48,878
In other words,
it's not just about the stress
852
01:00:48,911 --> 01:00:51,047
of endless worry
and the technical difficulty
853
01:00:51,080 --> 01:00:53,216
of being poor that's toxic.
854
01:00:53,249 --> 01:00:56,953
It's equally if not
more about the stress
of feeling poor.
855
01:00:56,986 --> 01:01:00,256
For example, studies have shown
if you take people with the same
856
01:01:00,289 --> 01:01:01,858
equal access
to free health care,
857
01:01:01,891 --> 01:01:03,860
controlling
for lifestyle factors,
858
01:01:03,893 --> 01:01:05,862
you will still see,
as you inch down
859
01:01:05,895 --> 01:01:08,331
the ladder of income and wealth,
people's health getting
860
01:01:08,364 --> 01:01:10,800
progressively worse on average.
861
01:01:10,833 --> 01:01:13,036
The lower they are
in the class hierarchy
862
01:01:13,069 --> 01:01:15,204
the sicker they become.
863
01:01:15,238 --> 01:01:16,839
One mechanism for this
864
01:01:16,873 --> 01:01:18,875
is that high
psychological stress
865
01:01:18,908 --> 01:01:21,244
leads to a state
of chronic inflammation
866
01:01:21,277 --> 01:01:24,480
and what's called
an allostatic overload.
867
01:01:24,514 --> 01:01:27,917
Allostasis means your body's
trying to recover from something
868
01:01:27,950 --> 01:01:30,486
working to return
to a more balanced state.
869
01:01:30,520 --> 01:01:32,455
But it can't. And this causes
870
01:01:32,488 --> 01:01:35,458
the body and the mind
to wear down rapidly.
871
01:01:35,491 --> 01:01:39,262
Living in relative poverty
in all its day-to-day insecurity
872
01:01:39,295 --> 01:01:41,431
and feelings of low self-worth,
873
01:01:41,464 --> 01:01:45,134
keeps people psychologically
locked in a stressful state.
874
01:01:45,168 --> 01:01:48,104
Ravaging mental
and physical health.
875
01:01:48,137 --> 01:01:51,274
[Vivian]
Consider heart disease.
low socioeconomic status
876
01:01:51,307 --> 01:01:54,444
creates a 50% greater chance
of its development.
877
01:01:54,477 --> 01:01:57,447
and not just because people
may have poor lifestyle habits,
878
01:01:57,480 --> 01:02:00,383
but due to psychosocial
stress itself,
879
01:02:00,416 --> 01:02:03,486
which increases the hormone
cortisol, damaging arteries
880
01:02:03,519 --> 01:02:06,155
fostering strokes
and heart attacks.
881
01:02:06,189 --> 01:02:09,392
Low socioeconomic status
is a heart disease risk factor
882
01:02:09,425 --> 01:02:12,962
on its own,
similar for diabetes and cancer
883
01:02:12,995 --> 01:02:16,065
with far higher rates
for those relatively poor.
884
01:02:16,099 --> 01:02:20,570
As one study put it,
"Poverty itself is
a carcinogen."
885
01:02:20,603 --> 01:02:23,206
And given that heart disease
diabetes and cancer
886
01:02:23,239 --> 01:02:26,075
were some of the leading causes
of death in that highly unequal
887
01:02:26,109 --> 01:02:28,544
global society
of the early 21st century,
888
01:02:28,578 --> 01:02:31,547
these facts help explain
why life span gaps
889
01:02:31,581 --> 01:02:34,383
between the rich and the poor
were shockingly wide.
890
01:02:34,417 --> 01:02:38,187
Ranging from 15 to 40 years
depending on region.
891
01:02:38,221 --> 01:02:39,956
And then you have mental health.
892
01:02:39,989 --> 01:02:43,326
Low socioeconomic status
fuels much higher instances
893
01:02:43,359 --> 01:02:45,862
of depression,
anxiety disorders,
894
01:02:45,895 --> 01:02:48,131
schizophrenia, suicide,
895
01:02:48,164 --> 01:02:51,400
not to mention violence,
including child abuse.
896
01:02:51,434 --> 01:02:53,936
The condition of poverty
was found to be the leading
897
01:02:53,970 --> 01:02:57,240
predictor of child abuse,
which is particularly troubling
898
01:02:57,273 --> 01:03:00,276
since such abuse often
leads to adult disorders
899
01:03:00,309 --> 01:03:03,212
such as addictions,
antisocial behavior,
900
01:03:03,246 --> 01:03:07,049
immune system problems,
cognitive impairment.
901
01:03:07,083 --> 01:03:09,385
In fact, it was found
that children simply living
902
01:03:09,418 --> 01:03:12,488
in the condition of poverty
correlated to large decreases
903
01:03:12,522 --> 01:03:15,224
in IQ,
decreased brain development,
904
01:03:15,258 --> 01:03:17,860
and worst overall, health
throughout the life cycle.
905
01:03:17,894 --> 01:03:19,562
Personally, I would argue that
906
01:03:19,595 --> 01:03:22,298
if child abuse is
about negligence and harm,
907
01:03:22,331 --> 01:03:25,635
any society that tolerates
the existence of poverty
908
01:03:25,668 --> 01:03:27,870
when it has the means to end it,
909
01:03:27,904 --> 01:03:30,873
is a society that is
fundamentally abusive
to children.
910
01:03:32,441 --> 01:03:37,313
Now, as far as behavioral
violence in general,
it's no surprise.
911
01:03:37,346 --> 01:03:40,283
The pre-transition period
was saturated in it.
912
01:03:40,316 --> 01:03:44,086
The emotional pathogen behind
most acts of violence is shame
913
01:03:44,120 --> 01:03:48,090
and inequality produces shame
like a finely tuned machine.
914
01:03:48,124 --> 01:03:51,327
Shootings, gang violence,
terrorism,
915
01:03:51,360 --> 01:03:55,198
domestic violence, all highly
correlated to inequality,
916
01:03:55,231 --> 01:03:58,568
like a toxic cloud hovering
over civilization.
917
01:03:58,601 --> 01:04:01,137
The more economically
unequal a society,
918
01:04:01,170 --> 01:04:03,539
the more violent it tended
to be on average.
919
01:04:03,573 --> 01:04:07,910
And that goes for most
everything in terms of negative
public health outcomes.
920
01:04:07,944 --> 01:04:11,447
With higher incidences
of disease, crime, obesity,
921
01:04:11,480 --> 01:04:15,218
infant mortality, homicides,
teen birth, mental illness,
922
01:04:15,251 --> 01:04:18,054
poor education, conflict,
domestic abuse,
923
01:04:18,087 --> 01:04:20,957
illiteracy, suicide,
premature mortality,
924
01:04:20,990 --> 01:04:24,293
overall mistrust and much more.
925
01:04:25,294 --> 01:04:29,599
There is no viable defense
of its existence on any level
926
01:04:29,632 --> 01:04:31,367
and it's certainly
not representative
927
01:04:31,400 --> 01:04:33,502
of a fixed human nature.
928
01:04:33,536 --> 01:04:37,607
Humans are basically allergic to
socio-economic stratification.
929
01:04:38,541 --> 01:04:40,643
[ominous music]
930
01:05:01,330 --> 01:05:02,298
[lights buzzing]
931
01:05:12,275 --> 01:05:13,676
[lights buzzing]
932
01:05:33,329 --> 01:05:35,498
[muffled steps]
933
01:06:05,661 --> 01:06:08,097
[muffled chattering]
934
01:06:14,837 --> 01:06:16,605
[door creaking and thudding]
935
01:06:41,564 --> 01:06:44,266
[ominous music increasing]
936
01:06:50,139 --> 01:06:52,074
[dramatic musical sting]
937
01:06:52,108 --> 01:06:54,143
What are you doing? Come on!
938
01:06:54,176 --> 01:06:56,212
[siren wailing]
939
01:06:56,245 --> 01:06:58,147
[gunshots in distance]
940
01:07:11,360 --> 01:07:12,361
[lock rattling]
941
01:07:12,395 --> 01:07:13,562
[door creaking]
942
01:07:19,835 --> 01:07:22,304
[ominous music]
943
01:08:01,477 --> 01:08:03,879
[muffled white noise]
944
01:09:35,971 --> 01:09:37,540
[ominous hissing]
945
01:09:37,573 --> 01:09:39,275
[gun clicks]
946
01:09:42,478 --> 01:09:43,879
[beeping]
947
01:09:53,722 --> 01:09:56,425
So how's this supposed
to happen exactly?
948
01:09:56,458 --> 01:09:57,927
I'm not sure.
949
01:09:57,960 --> 01:10:00,963
The satellite details
we need are very specific.
950
01:10:00,996 --> 01:10:04,366
How John pulls this off
is going to be interesting.
951
01:10:07,803 --> 01:10:10,005
Hey, where did
you get the popcorn?
952
01:10:10,039 --> 01:10:11,874
Oh, I don't know.
It was just here.
953
01:10:14,376 --> 01:10:15,544
Right.
954
01:10:17,313 --> 01:10:19,315
Are they still in debate mode?
955
01:10:19,348 --> 01:10:20,482
Listen for yourself.
956
01:10:23,986 --> 01:10:25,955
Hope you went to college.
957
01:10:25,988 --> 01:10:28,691
...and why the masses
will never break out
958
01:10:28,724 --> 01:10:31,860
of its self-perpetuated
oppression.
959
01:10:33,662 --> 01:10:37,466
Historically observable.
Biologically sound.
960
01:10:37,499 --> 01:10:39,602
And grossly exaggerated.
961
01:10:39,635 --> 01:10:43,005
While most may indeed be
stuck in lower brain,
limbic system reflexes,
962
01:10:43,038 --> 01:10:45,808
you underestimate
the prefrontal cortex.
963
01:10:45,841 --> 01:10:48,477
Our ability to transcend
primitive reactions.
964
01:10:48,510 --> 01:10:50,446
Whether you believe it
or not, Simon,
965
01:10:50,479 --> 01:10:52,982
the activists of the world
are slowly becoming more aware,
966
01:10:53,015 --> 01:10:56,418
-more focused.
-Focused on what?
967
01:10:56,452 --> 01:10:57,853
The system?
968
01:10:57,886 --> 01:10:59,922
The origin of the social
psychology that keeps
969
01:10:59,955 --> 01:11:01,624
those feedback loops
of oppression going.
970
01:11:03,459 --> 01:11:06,528
Ah, so threat to the money God?
971
01:11:07,563 --> 01:11:09,365
If you want to be
spooky about it, sure.
972
01:11:10,132 --> 01:11:13,369
The money God is eventually
going to be overthrown.
973
01:11:13,402 --> 01:11:15,371
This age-old march
toward increased the quality
974
01:11:15,404 --> 01:11:17,973
and human rights is now
accelerating into new territory.
975
01:11:19,041 --> 01:11:21,510
And one way or another it's
eventually going to arrive
976
01:11:21,543 --> 01:11:23,712
at the doorstep of the economy.
977
01:11:23,746 --> 01:11:25,481
And then what?
978
01:11:25,514 --> 01:11:28,817
You seem to be suffering
from a kind of amnesia, John.
979
01:11:28,851 --> 01:11:30,886
That moment's long past.
980
01:11:30,919 --> 01:11:34,423
Immortalized by the failed
Soviet experiment,
981
01:11:34,456 --> 01:11:36,925
a memory that's fostered
an enduring boogeyman.
982
01:11:38,927 --> 01:11:43,365
Anyone today daring
to suggest economic equality,
983
01:11:43,399 --> 01:11:45,668
which is what I assume
you are getting at,
984
01:11:45,701 --> 01:11:48,804
as some final stage
of human rights progress,
985
01:11:48,837 --> 01:11:52,474
will quickly be condemned
as a freedom-hating socialist.
986
01:11:52,508 --> 01:11:56,512
Propaganda may be strong,
but so are the mounting
problems,
987
01:11:56,545 --> 01:11:58,947
problems that have
no in system solution,
988
01:11:58,981 --> 01:12:02,384
-forcing people
to think differently.
-Such as?
989
01:12:02,418 --> 01:12:04,553
How about the collective insult
that one percent of the world's
990
01:12:04,586 --> 01:12:07,122
population now owns
80% of the wealth?
991
01:12:07,156 --> 01:12:09,992
Or more importantly,
that every life support system
992
01:12:10,025 --> 01:12:14,063
continues to be in decline
with now millions dislocated.
993
01:12:14,096 --> 01:12:16,899
Famines, wars, growing poverty.
994
01:12:16,932 --> 01:12:20,703
People will eventually
realize the economic
mechanisms behind this.
995
01:12:20,736 --> 01:12:24,807
Further opening the gate.
Same for technological
unemployment.
996
01:12:24,840 --> 01:12:27,576
Half of all jobs have
already been automated.
997
01:12:27,609 --> 01:12:30,679
And while nations
have compensated
by giving basic income,
998
01:12:30,713 --> 01:12:32,715
the system contradiction
is still clear.
999
01:12:32,748 --> 01:12:35,517
What happens when people realize
this welfare program is really
1000
01:12:35,551 --> 01:12:38,787
just an excuse to keep
the labor system in place?
1001
01:12:38,821 --> 01:12:41,390
Hence keeping
the ruling class in place.
1002
01:12:42,624 --> 01:12:44,660
You assume too much, John.
1003
01:12:44,693 --> 01:12:46,929
Three-quarters of the people
on that planet,
1004
01:12:46,962 --> 01:12:50,199
believe in supernatural
beings that live in the sky
1005
01:12:50,232 --> 01:12:52,201
affecting their lives.
1006
01:12:52,234 --> 01:12:54,570
You're projecting
your rare intelligence
1007
01:12:54,603 --> 01:12:57,139
upon a sea of glorified savages.
1008
01:12:57,172 --> 01:13:00,175
And if you think the activist
community has anything
1009
01:13:00,209 --> 01:13:04,580
in their toolkit to even
approach system level change,
1010
01:13:04,613 --> 01:13:06,849
you're not paying attention
to their ignorance.
1011
01:13:06,882 --> 01:13:08,851
You mean the spectacle?
1012
01:13:08,884 --> 01:13:10,953
People piling
into free speech zones,
1013
01:13:10,986 --> 01:13:13,188
holding up signs,
yelling at buildings,
1014
01:13:13,222 --> 01:13:16,692
ranting on social media,
creating political art,
1015
01:13:16,725 --> 01:13:18,794
poetry, writing books...
1016
01:13:20,195 --> 01:13:22,064
making movies.
1017
01:13:22,097 --> 01:13:23,799
I agree it's mostly catharsis.
1018
01:13:23,832 --> 01:13:25,734
It's a pressure release valve,
1019
01:13:25,768 --> 01:13:27,703
easing periodic tension,
1020
01:13:27,736 --> 01:13:30,572
making people feel like they're
actually doing something.
1021
01:13:31,607 --> 01:13:34,543
Aside, of course,
from helping the economy,
1022
01:13:34,576 --> 01:13:35,978
the anti-establishment market
1023
01:13:36,011 --> 01:13:37,813
has been increasingly
profitable.
1024
01:13:37,846 --> 01:13:40,482
[chuckles] Yes.
1025
01:13:40,516 --> 01:13:42,918
The anger dollar.
If only such outrage
1026
01:13:42,951 --> 01:13:45,020
could be packaged and traded
on Wall Street, right?
1027
01:13:45,053 --> 01:13:49,591
[chuckles] And then social
change might have a chance.
1028
01:13:49,625 --> 01:13:51,226
[both laugh hysterically]
1029
01:13:59,134 --> 01:14:03,972
But catharsis aside, John,
the real issue is hope.
1030
01:14:04,006 --> 01:14:07,209
Activism today
is a hope industry.
1031
01:14:08,243 --> 01:14:10,913
Take Concordia.
It's been irritating
1032
01:14:10,946 --> 01:14:13,682
and I'm certainly bothered
by the technology you have,
1033
01:14:13,715 --> 01:14:16,819
but your actions have posed
no true threat.
1034
01:14:16,852 --> 01:14:20,989
What you do is give
your millions of fans hope.
1035
01:14:21,023 --> 01:14:24,560
And hope is a drug that subdues.
1036
01:14:24,593 --> 01:14:27,563
So the long history of rights
progress is meaningless?
1037
01:14:27,596 --> 01:14:30,899
The abolition of slavery,
women's liberation,
1038
01:14:30,933 --> 01:14:35,037
child labor laws, unions,
indigenous restitution,
1039
01:14:35,070 --> 01:14:39,908
global decrees, LGBTQ equality,
disability acts?
1040
01:14:39,942 --> 01:14:42,711
All adaptations
and accommodations.
1041
01:14:42,744 --> 01:14:45,113
No threat to the system itself.
1042
01:14:45,147 --> 01:14:47,082
Take abject slavery:
1043
01:14:47,115 --> 01:14:48,784
the origins are clear.
1044
01:14:48,817 --> 01:14:50,853
It was never about racism.
1045
01:14:50,886 --> 01:14:52,554
It was about economic
exploitation.
1046
01:14:52,588 --> 01:14:54,790
Hence business as usual.
1047
01:14:54,823 --> 01:14:57,259
And yet racism took the heat.
1048
01:14:57,292 --> 01:15:00,062
The system connection
goes unrecognized.
1049
01:15:00,095 --> 01:15:02,264
Limits of debate.
People have been conditioned
1050
01:15:02,297 --> 01:15:04,867
to seek moral causes
rather than structural ones.
1051
01:15:04,900 --> 01:15:08,804
Which is exactly my point,
they don't have the vocabulary.
1052
01:15:08,837 --> 01:15:10,939
Nothing
in their experience offers it.
1053
01:15:10,973 --> 01:15:14,109
The average person engages
six hours of media a day
1054
01:15:14,142 --> 01:15:17,212
much of that news constantly
reinforcing the status quo.
1055
01:15:17,246 --> 01:15:21,083
I'm glad you brought that up.
News is a business.
1056
01:15:21,116 --> 01:15:24,253
And do you think that any
for-profit institution is ever
1057
01:15:24,286 --> 01:15:28,090
going to tolerate ideas that
move against how it survives?
1058
01:15:29,791 --> 01:15:31,860
The odds are stacked, John.
1059
01:15:31,894 --> 01:15:34,763
The system protects
itself on every level
1060
01:15:34,796 --> 01:15:37,566
almost as if it were
a living organism.
1061
01:15:39,234 --> 01:15:42,104
But for argument's sake,
1062
01:15:42,137 --> 01:15:45,674
let's assume a formidable
movement existed.
1063
01:15:45,707 --> 01:15:48,844
A united front to change
the social structure.
1064
01:15:48,877 --> 01:15:50,145
Then what?
1065
01:15:50,178 --> 01:15:51,914
Does it play out on the stage
1066
01:15:51,947 --> 01:15:53,382
of political theater?
1067
01:15:53,415 --> 01:15:56,852
A stage owned and operated
by business power?
1068
01:15:56,885 --> 01:16:00,022
Part of the awakening.
People are realizing
their elected officials
1069
01:16:00,055 --> 01:16:02,224
are structurally
corrupted by default,
1070
01:16:02,257 --> 01:16:03,926
regardless of intent.
1071
01:16:03,959 --> 01:16:06,295
-Approaches will shift.
-To what?
1072
01:16:06,328 --> 01:16:09,264
Insurrection, violence,
overthrow?
1073
01:16:09,298 --> 01:16:11,033
A French Revolution?
1074
01:16:11,066 --> 01:16:13,001
Possible,
but certainly not inevitable.
1075
01:16:13,035 --> 01:16:14,903
A critical mass large
enough to stop
1076
01:16:14,937 --> 01:16:16,838
the machine in its tracks is
really all that it's needed.
1077
01:16:16,872 --> 01:16:18,373
You remember George Orwell?
1078
01:16:18,407 --> 01:16:20,776
-Of course.
-He observed something
1079
01:16:20,809 --> 01:16:22,844
interesting
in this endless battle
1080
01:16:22,878 --> 01:16:26,114
between the haves
and the have nots.
1081
01:16:26,148 --> 01:16:27,950
If it's true as you say,
1082
01:16:27,983 --> 01:16:30,786
the masses are beginning
to understand the system.
1083
01:16:30,819 --> 01:16:32,187
Building force against it.
1084
01:16:32,220 --> 01:16:34,423
You should also recognize
1085
01:16:34,456 --> 01:16:36,858
that there's a natural
counter-movement.
1086
01:16:36,892 --> 01:16:39,761
The system defending
itself once again.
1087
01:16:40,462 --> 01:16:42,898
And every threat
to its integrity,
1088
01:16:42,931 --> 01:16:45,100
what you see as progress,
1089
01:16:45,133 --> 01:16:47,970
will be twisted around
and presented to the public
1090
01:16:48,003 --> 01:16:50,372
as an attack
on their way of life.
1091
01:16:51,707 --> 01:16:54,142
Those outliers
that you spoke of,
1092
01:16:54,176 --> 01:16:57,412
the terrorists, gangs,
criminals, mass murderers,
1093
01:16:57,446 --> 01:17:00,916
insurgencies, hackers,
the Orions.
1094
01:17:00,949 --> 01:17:02,918
The Concordias.
1095
01:17:02,951 --> 01:17:05,954
All empower
the system in the end
1096
01:17:05,988 --> 01:17:09,358
providing excuses
to further tighten things down.
1097
01:17:09,391 --> 01:17:11,927
More police, more prisons,
1098
01:17:11,960 --> 01:17:15,063
more laws, more bombs,
more surveillance.
1099
01:17:16,164 --> 01:17:17,866
More control.
1100
01:17:19,234 --> 01:17:23,939
Again, no conspiracy required.
1101
01:17:24,840 --> 01:17:28,110
It's the masses themselves
that push for this,
1102
01:17:28,143 --> 01:17:31,246
willfully exchanging
their freedom for security.
1103
01:17:32,180 --> 01:17:37,019
So they can comfortably
return to their workstations
1104
01:17:37,052 --> 01:17:41,156
and continue pulling
levers on the machine
1105
01:17:41,189 --> 01:17:44,726
just as a money God ordained.
1106
01:17:49,531 --> 01:17:51,967
[train honking]
1107
01:18:10,118 --> 01:18:12,954
[dramatic music]
1108
01:18:16,425 --> 01:18:19,127
[steam hissing]
1109
01:18:33,909 --> 01:18:36,445
[upbeat music]
1110
01:18:45,287 --> 01:18:47,456
[levers rattling]
1111
01:19:09,244 --> 01:19:10,846
[light blaring]
1112
01:19:10,879 --> 01:19:12,013
[coin clinking]
1113
01:19:20,622 --> 01:19:22,057
[machine rattling and dinging]
1114
01:19:45,914 --> 01:19:48,116
[wheels rattling]
1115
01:19:49,918 --> 01:19:51,453
[lights blaring]
1116
01:19:51,486 --> 01:19:53,588
[coins clinking]
1117
01:19:59,928 --> 01:20:02,197
[machine dinging]
1118
01:20:45,640 --> 01:20:47,943
[wheels rattling]
1119
01:20:59,955 --> 01:21:02,290
[spray hissing]
1120
01:21:13,468 --> 01:21:16,071
[slow motion buzzing]
1121
01:21:16,104 --> 01:21:17,639
[music resumes]
1122
01:21:22,711 --> 01:21:25,180
[toy rattling]
1123
01:21:27,482 --> 01:21:30,118
[seagulls cawing]
1124
01:21:36,024 --> 01:21:38,326
[Malikan]
In the end, it wasn't
the so-called communist,
1125
01:21:38,360 --> 01:21:41,396
socialists, anarchists or
whatever counterculture group
1126
01:21:41,429 --> 01:21:45,033
that posed the most serious
argument for the Great
Transition.
1127
01:21:45,066 --> 01:21:47,068
It was the environmental
scientist.
1128
01:21:47,102 --> 01:21:49,437
One could debate
the ins and outs of morality,
1129
01:21:49,471 --> 01:21:51,373
public health and human rights,
1130
01:21:51,406 --> 01:21:54,709
but if the habitat goes
all that becomes moot.
1131
01:21:54,743 --> 01:21:56,611
And at the turn
of the 21st century
1132
01:21:56,645 --> 01:22:00,448
our ecological negligence
was pretty embarrassing.
1133
01:22:00,482 --> 01:22:02,250
With great inefficiency
we were using
1134
01:22:02,284 --> 01:22:04,419
far more resources each year
1135
01:22:04,452 --> 01:22:06,254
than the planet produced.
1136
01:22:06,288 --> 01:22:08,723
Had destroyed vast realms
of biodiversity,
1137
01:22:08,757 --> 01:22:11,726
polluted the air, the soil,
the water,
1138
01:22:11,760 --> 01:22:14,729
not only destabilizing
the entire global ecosystem
1139
01:22:14,763 --> 01:22:17,999
but by extension society itself.
1140
01:22:18,033 --> 01:22:22,337
The most common question I get
when teaching this history is,
1141
01:22:22,370 --> 01:22:25,640
"How is it even possible
things could get so bad?
1142
01:22:25,674 --> 01:22:28,209
How could everyone just keep
blindly pulling levers
1143
01:22:28,243 --> 01:22:30,312
on that destructive
economic machine
1144
01:22:30,345 --> 01:22:32,280
and not see what was happening?"
1145
01:22:32,314 --> 01:22:36,084
And it comes down to a kind
of faith-based conditioning,
1146
01:22:36,117 --> 01:22:38,086
a religious pathology
taking the form
1147
01:22:38,119 --> 01:22:40,088
of mass economic behavior.
1148
01:22:40,121 --> 01:22:43,658
The doctrine was
that of universal scarcity.
1149
01:22:43,692 --> 01:22:46,261
People had been taught
to believe that at no time,
1150
01:22:46,294 --> 01:22:49,597
under no circumstance,
can economic balance exist.
1151
01:22:49,631 --> 01:22:52,801
[Aleniya]
The very idea an economy
could be organized
1152
01:22:52,834 --> 01:22:56,271
to efficiently provide
for everyone while also being
1153
01:22:56,304 --> 01:23:00,041
in balance with the habitat
was a sacrilegious taboo.
1154
01:23:00,075 --> 01:23:03,111
The cult of scarcity and
consumption wasn't having it.
1155
01:23:03,144 --> 01:23:05,213
They considered it
utopian thinking.
1156
01:23:05,246 --> 01:23:08,149
Supporting the myth
that people had infinite wants
1157
01:23:08,183 --> 01:23:11,086
and were accusatively
insatiable.
1158
01:23:11,119 --> 01:23:14,422
Hence, the poor had to exist
and if anything was the problem,
1159
01:23:14,456 --> 01:23:17,292
it must be population
not the system.
1160
01:23:18,259 --> 01:23:22,564
That was the prevailing dogma.
There must be too many people.
1161
01:23:22,597 --> 01:23:25,166
You can't have ecological
balance in a system
1162
01:23:25,200 --> 01:23:28,269
that requires constant
consumer activity to work.
1163
01:23:28,303 --> 01:23:30,505
It's one thing to consume
based on need.
1164
01:23:30,538 --> 01:23:33,775
It's another to consume
because the system demands it.
1165
01:23:33,808 --> 01:23:35,844
And the market system
of economics needed
1166
01:23:35,877 --> 01:23:39,114
constant turnover of goods
to keep and create jobs,
1167
01:23:39,147 --> 01:23:42,083
providing workers, which
of course were also consumers,
1168
01:23:42,117 --> 01:23:44,652
with income to spend back
into the system,
1169
01:23:44,686 --> 01:23:48,089
endlessly repeating the cycle
of cyclical consumption.
1170
01:23:48,123 --> 01:23:50,225
If it didn't repeat
fast enough or slowed,
1171
01:23:50,258 --> 01:23:51,760
the economy contracted.
1172
01:23:51,793 --> 01:23:53,828
Purchasing power
wasn't circulating
1173
01:23:53,862 --> 01:23:56,664
and the society
proceeded to shut down.
1174
01:23:56,698 --> 01:24:00,602
[Cynthia] A very unique
historical moment occurred
in the early 20th century
1175
01:24:00,635 --> 01:24:05,273
when it was realized
that technology was now
creating a good surplus
1176
01:24:05,306 --> 01:24:07,642
and great confusion ensued.
1177
01:24:07,675 --> 01:24:10,779
The problem was this newfound
productive efficiency
1178
01:24:10,812 --> 01:24:13,681
was not being met by people
buying more stuff.
1179
01:24:13,715 --> 01:24:16,117
So two competing
perspectives emerged:
1180
01:24:16,151 --> 01:24:19,754
on one side you had idealists,
envisioning a new era.
1181
01:24:19,788 --> 01:24:22,557
If we can produce
an overall good surplus,
1182
01:24:22,590 --> 01:24:25,560
why not lower the cost
of goods respectively
1183
01:24:25,593 --> 01:24:28,396
reducing work hours and
increased pay in proportion?
1184
01:24:28,430 --> 01:24:31,866
So you can now have say a person
working only two days a week
1185
01:24:31,900 --> 01:24:33,735
without losing
their standard of living
1186
01:24:33,768 --> 01:24:36,438
since the market value
of labor and goods adjusted
1187
01:24:36,471 --> 01:24:38,640
to compensate
for the increased efficiency.
1188
01:24:38,673 --> 01:24:40,842
This logic makes perfect
sense when it comes
1189
01:24:40,875 --> 01:24:43,611
to the basic principle
of supply and demand.
1190
01:24:43,645 --> 01:24:46,848
Suddenly people have more
free time, not buried in debt.
1191
01:24:46,881 --> 01:24:49,617
They can enrich their social
life, family life,
1192
01:24:49,651 --> 01:24:51,686
and pursue the things
that have true meaning.
1193
01:24:52,687 --> 01:24:55,723
Well, that's not
the way it played out
1194
01:24:55,757 --> 01:24:57,525
nor would it ever.
1195
01:24:57,559 --> 01:25:00,528
Which brings us to
the system level perspective
1196
01:25:00,562 --> 01:25:03,598
since the system itself simply
isn't designed inherently
1197
01:25:03,631 --> 01:25:05,767
for steady state equilibrium.
1198
01:25:05,800 --> 01:25:09,504
Market economics is predicated
on a more is better ethic.
1199
01:25:09,537 --> 01:25:11,573
To be competitive in the quest
for market share.
1200
01:25:11,606 --> 01:25:13,641
That's what's incentivized.
1201
01:25:13,675 --> 01:25:16,377
More growth, more sales,
more employees,
1202
01:25:16,411 --> 01:25:21,282
more capital accumulation,
more profit, constant expansion.
1203
01:25:21,316 --> 01:25:23,418
So what happened
was to be expected,
1204
01:25:23,451 --> 01:25:24,953
fortifying a new industry,
1205
01:25:24,986 --> 01:25:26,788
commercial advertising.
1206
01:25:26,821 --> 01:25:28,556
What was once
a simple media service,
1207
01:25:28,590 --> 01:25:31,292
notifying people
of new goods they may need,
1208
01:25:31,326 --> 01:25:34,662
turned into a powerful form
of manipulative propaganda.
1209
01:25:34,696 --> 01:25:38,266
In the later stages, companies
spent more money on advertising
1210
01:25:38,299 --> 01:25:40,735
than they did on research
and development.
1211
01:25:40,768 --> 01:25:44,339
What advertising does is
abuse our social nature
1212
01:25:44,372 --> 01:25:46,774
by making people feel
like they're missing out.
1213
01:25:46,808 --> 01:25:48,710
They're not good
enough without this,
1214
01:25:48,743 --> 01:25:50,945
they're lower in status
without that.
1215
01:25:50,979 --> 01:25:54,716
They feel excluded from others
if they don't own something.
1216
01:25:54,749 --> 01:25:57,218
And as pathetic as
all that sounds it had
1217
01:25:57,252 --> 01:26:00,688
a profound effect on society
with everyone keeping up
1218
01:26:00,722 --> 01:26:04,592
with the Joneses
in a hideous feedback loop.
1219
01:26:04,626 --> 01:26:07,295
And the result
as industrial productivity
1220
01:26:07,328 --> 01:26:10,732
still continued to rise,
people worked more than ever,
1221
01:26:10,765 --> 01:26:13,968
had less free time, were
in staggering amounts of debt,
1222
01:26:14,002 --> 01:26:16,738
and arguably had a lower
standard of living
1223
01:26:16,771 --> 01:26:18,907
when you actually account
for human happiness
1224
01:26:18,940 --> 01:26:21,342
and the level
of stress people endured.
1225
01:26:21,376 --> 01:26:23,645
All to keep
the economic machine moving.
1226
01:26:24,579 --> 01:26:26,981
[Vivian]
One thing that's really
interesting in all this,
1227
01:26:27,015 --> 01:26:28,750
is that the economic
system back then
1228
01:26:28,783 --> 01:26:31,953
embraced a fantastic paradox.
1229
01:26:31,986 --> 01:26:33,588
So here you had a model
1230
01:26:33,621 --> 01:26:35,390
that defended itself
by the assumption
1231
01:26:35,423 --> 01:26:38,560
of universal scarcity.
Forcing competition,
1232
01:26:38,593 --> 01:26:40,828
oppression, exploitation,
1233
01:26:40,862 --> 01:26:43,765
poverty and so on,
while at the same time
1234
01:26:43,798 --> 01:26:47,835
the entire machine needed
infinite consumption to work.
1235
01:26:47,869 --> 01:26:49,804
Think about that for a moment.
1236
01:26:49,837 --> 01:26:53,408
How do you justify these harsh
outcomes of assumed scarcity
1237
01:26:53,441 --> 01:26:56,511
when the system itself
disregards the idea entirely
1238
01:26:56,544 --> 01:26:59,280
when it comes to the very
mechanics that make it work?
1239
01:26:59,314 --> 01:27:02,350
And the bottom line is
this wasn't an economy at all
1240
01:27:02,383 --> 01:27:05,553
by definition,
it was an anti-economy,
1241
01:27:05,587 --> 01:27:08,623
with human beings functioning
like cancer cells
1242
01:27:08,656 --> 01:27:10,592
eating the Earth alive.
1243
01:27:10,625 --> 01:27:14,395
In systems theory this is known
as a positive feedback loop.
1244
01:27:14,429 --> 01:27:16,464
Don't let that word, positive,
confuse you
1245
01:27:16,497 --> 01:27:18,666
as there's nothing
positive about it.
1246
01:27:18,700 --> 01:27:21,903
It means there's nothing working
to balance system behavior
1247
01:27:21,936 --> 01:27:23,972
to its regulatory environment.
1248
01:27:24,005 --> 01:27:26,407
That environment
in the case of Economics
1249
01:27:26,441 --> 01:27:29,811
is a finite planet
with a delicate ecosystem.
1250
01:27:29,844 --> 01:27:32,880
If respect for scarcity
was taken seriously,
1251
01:27:32,914 --> 01:27:35,483
the goal would be
to focus on efficiency,
1252
01:27:35,516 --> 01:27:37,885
working to reduce resource use,
reduce waste
1253
01:27:37,919 --> 01:27:40,054
in the process
of meeting human needs.
1254
01:27:40,088 --> 01:27:43,024
Manifesting of course a culture
that's mature enough
1255
01:27:43,057 --> 01:27:45,793
to understand the boundaries
of its own existence.
1256
01:27:46,728 --> 01:27:48,696
[Malikan]
Truly positive economic metrics
1257
01:27:48,730 --> 01:27:51,065
are the opposite of what
was sought back then.
1258
01:27:51,099 --> 01:27:53,635
Degrowth, so to speak,
would be the goal.
1259
01:27:53,668 --> 01:27:56,404
Doing more with less
and needing less.
1260
01:27:56,437 --> 01:27:59,107
People would go on TV
to give an economic report
1261
01:27:59,140 --> 01:28:02,510
and say something like,
"Great metrics
for the economy this month.
1262
01:28:02,543 --> 01:28:05,980
We reduced our use
of energy and raw materials
by another three percent.
1263
01:28:06,014 --> 01:28:09,684
Lowering sales once again with
less need for human employment,
1264
01:28:09,717 --> 01:28:12,587
Increasing overall efficiency
by a factor of two.
1265
01:28:12,620 --> 01:28:15,423
We continue to be in homeostatic
balance with the planet
1266
01:28:15,456 --> 01:28:18,993
for yet another year
and humanity has more
free time than ever."
1267
01:28:19,027 --> 01:28:20,528
Here's Tom with the weather.
1268
01:28:20,561 --> 01:28:21,696
"Well, it's clear skies
1269
01:28:21,729 --> 01:28:23,064
across the hemispheres.
1270
01:28:23,097 --> 01:28:24,932
The Amazon rainforest
isn't on fire.
1271
01:28:24,966 --> 01:28:27,535
We aren't clogging
the atmosphere with CO2,
1272
01:28:27,568 --> 01:28:29,771
and we haven't seen swarms
of refugees cascading
1273
01:28:29,804 --> 01:28:32,840
across continents in search
of food for some time.
1274
01:28:32,874 --> 01:28:34,776
And the fog of billionaire
douchebaggery
1275
01:28:34,809 --> 01:28:37,745
seems to have cleared a bit.
We do expect some precipitation
1276
01:28:37,779 --> 01:28:40,682
adding to our already
abundant fresh water supply
1277
01:28:40,715 --> 01:28:43,885
further improving topsoil
while global abundance measures
1278
01:28:43,918 --> 01:28:46,921
has everyone sitting pretty
for the foreseeable future."
1279
01:28:48,890 --> 01:28:53,795
Yeah, you would never hear
anything like that,
instead the opposite.
1280
01:28:53,828 --> 01:28:57,031
Some dickhead PhD ivy league
market economist
1281
01:28:57,065 --> 01:28:59,133
religious fanatic who literally
1282
01:28:59,167 --> 01:29:02,170
has no clue what the word
economy even means,
1283
01:29:02,203 --> 01:29:04,739
would come on and say,
"Quarterly earnings
1284
01:29:04,772 --> 01:29:07,909
were down last month
in most sectors as GDP slows.
1285
01:29:07,942 --> 01:29:09,911
We're seeing an increasing
in unemployment
1286
01:29:09,944 --> 01:29:11,913
due to the contraction,
but hopefully
1287
01:29:11,946 --> 01:29:14,749
the coming Christmas season
will spark new consumer demand
1288
01:29:14,782 --> 01:29:16,951
while it's anticipated
that the central bank
1289
01:29:16,984 --> 01:29:19,754
will lower interest
rates and buy more bonds
1290
01:29:19,787 --> 01:29:22,724
to increase liquidity
to ease the credit crunch.
1291
01:29:22,757 --> 01:29:25,727
Hopefully this will
improve consumer confidence
1292
01:29:25,760 --> 01:29:28,730
inspiring investors
to reallocate capital
1293
01:29:28,763 --> 01:29:31,065
into da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da."
1294
01:29:31,099 --> 01:29:35,603
Translated this means,
"We need you people
to take on more loans,
1295
01:29:35,636 --> 01:29:39,540
go into more debt to buy more
things to create more jobs
1296
01:29:39,574 --> 01:29:42,543
so we can sell more things
and use more of the Earth's
1297
01:29:42,577 --> 01:29:45,646
resources. If we're lucky
industry will improve
1298
01:29:45,680 --> 01:29:48,683
on shortening good life spans
through planned obsolescence.
1299
01:29:48,716 --> 01:29:50,651
Make things impossible
to repair.
1300
01:29:50,685 --> 01:29:53,221
Hopefully more single-use
goods will become the norm
1301
01:29:53,254 --> 01:29:56,657
so people can buy and throw away
at an ever increasing rate
1302
01:29:56,691 --> 01:29:58,126
keeping this shit show going."
1303
01:29:58,159 --> 01:29:59,193
[clicking]
1304
01:29:59,227 --> 01:30:01,929
[gentle music]
1305
01:30:13,007 --> 01:30:15,042
[director]
So I want to shift
gears here a bit
1306
01:30:15,076 --> 01:30:18,246
and ask you about your
work in group identity.
1307
01:30:18,279 --> 01:30:21,149
Specifically how it relates
to economic conditions.
1308
01:30:22,583 --> 01:30:25,787
Well, like everything
is complex.
1309
01:30:25,820 --> 01:30:28,189
As we talked about earlier
our social nature
1310
01:30:28,222 --> 01:30:30,958
can get the best of us
and we have some
1311
01:30:30,992 --> 01:30:34,595
interesting evolutionary
wiring when it comes to groups.
1312
01:30:34,629 --> 01:30:37,031
Us and them,
in groups and out groups,
1313
01:30:37,064 --> 01:30:39,867
and perhaps what's
most unique is
1314
01:30:39,901 --> 01:30:42,970
what defines an us
and what defines a them
1315
01:30:43,004 --> 01:30:46,007
is subjective
and culturally dependent.
1316
01:30:46,040 --> 01:30:48,042
If you grow up only being
exposed to people who look
1317
01:30:48,075 --> 01:30:51,078
like you and then you're exposed
to those that don't,
1318
01:30:51,112 --> 01:30:54,081
your brain tends
to fire with apprehension.
1319
01:30:54,115 --> 01:30:57,618
But the same thing also occurs
with something even more trivial
1320
01:30:57,652 --> 01:31:00,254
like baseball caps.
You show people who like
1321
01:31:00,288 --> 01:31:03,791
a certain team photos of that
team and then throw in a photo
1322
01:31:03,825 --> 01:31:07,094
of an opposing team member,
the same thing occurs.
1323
01:31:07,128 --> 01:31:09,096
So for whatever
evolutionary reason,
1324
01:31:09,130 --> 01:31:13,634
we have a propensity to divide
society up and make judgments.
1325
01:31:13,668 --> 01:31:15,870
And there is no value
in it whatsoever.
1326
01:31:15,903 --> 01:31:19,040
It's just dangerous baggage.
1327
01:31:19,073 --> 01:31:20,808
And before the Great Transition,
1328
01:31:20,842 --> 01:31:23,277
because the economy
was fundamentally divisive
1329
01:31:23,311 --> 01:31:25,213
due to its competitive nature,
1330
01:31:25,246 --> 01:31:28,683
bigotry and group oppression
was a huge problem.
1331
01:31:28,716 --> 01:31:31,052
So you have the human species
developing in pockets
1332
01:31:31,085 --> 01:31:34,288
around the world with different
environmental exposures.
1333
01:31:34,322 --> 01:31:36,958
Not only shaping appearance
such as color of skin,
1334
01:31:36,991 --> 01:31:39,961
but also setting in motion
cultural differences
1335
01:31:39,994 --> 01:31:43,197
and as these groups began
to mix it got very messy,
1336
01:31:43,231 --> 01:31:46,067
which is why you see,
especially by the 20th century,
1337
01:31:46,100 --> 01:31:48,903
strong social movements
by people trying to stop
1338
01:31:48,936 --> 01:31:51,906
group oppression,
at least on the legal
and political level.
1339
01:31:51,939 --> 01:31:55,042
The demand for gender, ethnic,
sexual orientation,
1340
01:31:55,076 --> 01:31:57,178
and creed equality was constant
1341
01:31:57,211 --> 01:32:00,314
with modest success given
the fact society was still stuck
1342
01:32:00,348 --> 01:32:03,818
in an economic mode
based upon mutual exploitation
1343
01:32:03,851 --> 01:32:06,754
amplifying the tendency
for group antagonism.
1344
01:32:06,787 --> 01:32:09,023
But there was a side
effect to all of this:
1345
01:32:09,056 --> 01:32:11,192
rather than seeking
equality to neutralize
1346
01:32:11,225 --> 01:32:14,762
the group identity problem,
many chose to embrace it.
1347
01:32:14,795 --> 01:32:18,232
They took what was an artificial
construct imposed upon them
1348
01:32:18,266 --> 01:32:19,967
and defined themselves by it.
1349
01:32:20,868 --> 01:32:23,037
For example, someone descended
1350
01:32:23,070 --> 01:32:25,306
from the African slave
trade in America
1351
01:32:25,339 --> 01:32:29,343
is only a black person via the
construct of being called so.
1352
01:32:29,377 --> 01:32:31,879
There is no such thing
as a black person
1353
01:32:31,913 --> 01:32:34,081
just as there's no
such thing as a grey person,
1354
01:32:34,115 --> 01:32:37,184
just as there is no
such thing as a white person.
1355
01:32:37,218 --> 01:32:39,153
These are all social constructs
1356
01:32:39,186 --> 01:32:42,189
that have invented to
artificially categorize people.
1357
01:32:43,190 --> 01:32:44,792
And the same applies to culture,
1358
01:32:44,825 --> 01:32:47,094
just as there is no such
thing as a white person,
1359
01:32:47,128 --> 01:32:49,630
there is no such thing
as an Italian person
1360
01:32:49,664 --> 01:32:53,034
or a Buddhist person or an Irish
person or a Jewish person.
1361
01:32:53,067 --> 01:32:56,771
[Cynthia]
It is one thing to have
a valued practice, meditation,
1362
01:32:56,804 --> 01:33:00,775
or sense of philosophy
that inspires you
and educates you.
1363
01:33:00,808 --> 01:33:05,279
History is rich with beautiful
traditions across
many belief systems.
1364
01:33:05,313 --> 01:33:08,883
Dogma aside religion itself
helps to serve as a kind
1365
01:33:08,916 --> 01:33:12,820
of gateway into our spiritual
and intellectual evolution.
1366
01:33:12,853 --> 01:33:14,989
[Malikan]
Finding meaning in meditation,
1367
01:33:15,022 --> 01:33:17,825
or putting up a Christmas tree
or lighting the menorah
1368
01:33:17,858 --> 01:33:22,063
creates ritualistic
connection that can have
great personal meeting.
1369
01:33:22,096 --> 01:33:25,199
But engaging Buddhist practice
doesn't make you Buddhist.
1370
01:33:25,232 --> 01:33:28,135
Being born from a bloodline
in Italy doesn't mean
you're an Italian
1371
01:33:28,169 --> 01:33:31,072
and going to church
doesn't mean you're Christian.
1372
01:33:31,105 --> 01:33:33,240
The moment you go
from a person that enjoys
1373
01:33:33,274 --> 01:33:35,676
the practice
of something to saying,
1374
01:33:35,710 --> 01:33:37,678
"I am this or that,"
1375
01:33:37,712 --> 01:33:41,215
is the moment you draw dangerous
lines through the species.
1376
01:33:41,248 --> 01:33:43,117
Taking such pride
in your ethnic,
1377
01:33:43,150 --> 01:33:44,986
religious,
or regional background
1378
01:33:45,019 --> 01:33:47,888
creates an identity
with the group by label
1379
01:33:47,922 --> 01:33:51,192
and it is fundamentally
elitist and bigoted by nature.
1380
01:33:52,159 --> 01:33:54,895
There is only one race,
the human race.
1381
01:33:54,929 --> 01:33:56,964
And within the confines
of that fact
1382
01:33:56,998 --> 01:33:59,066
to separate yourself any further
1383
01:33:59,100 --> 01:34:01,435
leads to absolutely
nothing positive.
1384
01:34:01,469 --> 01:34:04,705
[gentle music fading]
1385
01:34:06,440 --> 01:34:09,343
[slow motion buzzing]
1386
01:34:18,419 --> 01:34:19,720
[notification beeps]
1387
01:34:29,797 --> 01:34:31,265
[ominous music]
1388
01:35:12,073 --> 01:35:14,508
[ominous music increasing]
1389
01:35:29,457 --> 01:35:30,357
[with robotic voice]
Kike.
1390
01:35:31,826 --> 01:35:33,861
No, looks more like a wop.
1391
01:35:33,894 --> 01:35:36,230
Yeah greaseball dago to be sure.
1392
01:35:36,263 --> 01:35:38,099
Just another Eurotrash wetback.
1393
01:35:38,132 --> 01:35:40,034
Cracker guinea freeloader.
1394
01:35:40,067 --> 01:35:42,103
[chuckles]
And look at those clothes.
1395
01:35:42,136 --> 01:35:44,472
A Nancy Drew Becky
wanna be Stacy.
1396
01:35:44,505 --> 01:35:46,941
Looking for her chad
that never comes.
1397
01:35:46,974 --> 01:35:49,910
No doubt, a tree hugging,
dirt worshipping feminazi.
1398
01:35:49,944 --> 01:35:52,246
Soy boy beta cuck magnet.
1399
01:35:52,279 --> 01:35:56,584
A card-carrying purple haired,
muff diving, spook loving.
1400
01:35:56,617 --> 01:35:58,853
Self-righteous socialist pinko.
1401
01:35:58,886 --> 01:36:01,455
Coloring in her little
book with her junglebunny.
1402
01:36:01,489 --> 01:36:03,824
Towelhead libtard comrades.
1403
01:36:03,858 --> 01:36:07,962
Just a sea of bleeding-heart
social justice warrior
welfare queens.
1404
01:36:07,995 --> 01:36:13,100
Bootlicking, anti-freedom
globalist, vegan red zombie.
1405
01:36:13,134 --> 01:36:15,302
A communist snowflake
cumdumpster.
1406
01:36:15,336 --> 01:36:18,906
So just move back to Cuba
with all the other crybaby.
1407
01:36:18,939 --> 01:36:20,374
Regressive, leftist.
1408
01:36:20,407 --> 01:36:22,143
Marxist, Antifa.
1409
01:36:22,176 --> 01:36:23,444
Utopianists.
1410
01:36:23,477 --> 01:36:26,313
[audience booing]
1411
01:36:34,355 --> 01:36:37,191
[muffled booing]
1412
01:36:53,174 --> 01:36:54,375
[muffled thudding]
1413
01:37:10,224 --> 01:37:12,860
[ominous music]
1414
01:37:50,598 --> 01:37:52,266
[music stops]
1415
01:38:20,394 --> 01:38:25,466
-[man] Break time.
-Yeah, I need to zone out
for a bit.
1416
01:38:26,533 --> 01:38:29,503
This final programming
is melting my brain.
1417
01:38:32,039 --> 01:38:35,476
-What's this?
-Good question.
1418
01:38:35,509 --> 01:38:38,412
Some old film
by this guy, Joseph.
1419
01:38:38,445 --> 01:38:41,215
It's like an abstract
social commentary.
1420
01:38:41,248 --> 01:38:42,683
I haven't quite figured it out.
1421
01:38:45,019 --> 01:38:46,220
Looks pretentious.
1422
01:38:48,555 --> 01:38:50,024
How's the great debate?
1423
01:38:50,057 --> 01:38:51,692
That's what I'm going
to find out.
1424
01:38:54,361 --> 01:38:56,130
I'm sorry.
1425
01:38:56,163 --> 01:38:58,766
I thought we were
trying to save the world.
1426
01:38:58,799 --> 01:39:00,601
Everything's ahead of schedule.
1427
01:39:00,634 --> 01:39:03,370
And I can't do much more without
the satellite coordinates.
1428
01:39:03,404 --> 01:39:05,639
-Plus this is getting good.
-Hm-mm.
1429
01:39:05,673 --> 01:39:07,775
According to the script, looks
like John's about to school
1430
01:39:07,808 --> 01:39:09,576
Simon on the nature
of hierarchy.
1431
01:39:11,745 --> 01:39:14,748
[woman 1]
Wait, how is it we're seeing
both in the shot at once.
1432
01:39:14,782 --> 01:39:16,717
The camera links to his eye.
1433
01:39:16,750 --> 01:39:20,321
[women 2]
Shh. Audiences don't usually
notice things like that.
1434
01:39:20,354 --> 01:39:24,658
And besides where do you see
equality in the animal kingdom?
1435
01:39:24,692 --> 01:39:26,360
No one's equal, John.
1436
01:39:26,393 --> 01:39:29,029
And it would be painfully
boring if they were.
1437
01:39:29,063 --> 01:39:30,631
Humans are diverse.
1438
01:39:30,664 --> 01:39:32,533
Everyone has
different capabilities,
1439
01:39:32,566 --> 01:39:35,469
strengths, weaknesses, talents.
1440
01:39:35,502 --> 01:39:37,471
The push for social equality
and human rights
1441
01:39:37,504 --> 01:39:39,606
is about how that diversity
is understood.
1442
01:39:40,541 --> 01:39:42,276
And you've seemed to think
people should only be valued
1443
01:39:42,309 --> 01:39:44,311
by how well they compete
in the business game
1444
01:39:44,345 --> 01:39:46,680
as if the violence spread
between the rich and the poor
1445
01:39:46,714 --> 01:39:48,615
reflects objective human worth.
1446
01:39:48,649 --> 01:39:52,186
John,
I amuse myself with the notion
1447
01:39:52,219 --> 01:39:55,289
of the money God because
it isn't far from the truth.
1448
01:39:55,322 --> 01:39:59,326
Some system has to exist
to divide up a scarce world
1449
01:39:59,360 --> 01:40:03,330
and nature has spoken as
to what that system must be.
1450
01:40:03,364 --> 01:40:06,500
Those who reach the top
of the pyramid deserve it,
1451
01:40:06,533 --> 01:40:09,169
not because you
or I think it's right,
1452
01:40:09,203 --> 01:40:12,473
but because that's
what nature is selecting for.
1453
01:40:12,506 --> 01:40:14,641
So nature prefers sociopaths
and psychopaths
1454
01:40:14,675 --> 01:40:17,111
to guide the species?
Because those are the dominating
1455
01:40:17,144 --> 01:40:18,746
traits
of the ruling class today.
1456
01:40:18,779 --> 01:40:21,815
The system is
as the system does.
1457
01:40:21,849 --> 01:40:24,218
Is that what the Malthusian
Mandate is about?
1458
01:40:24,251 --> 01:40:26,320
To then select out
the poor and weak.
1459
01:40:27,388 --> 01:40:29,256
We'll get to the mandate
in a moment.
1460
01:40:30,724 --> 01:40:33,394
I'm still bothered
by your denial of the fact
1461
01:40:33,427 --> 01:40:37,297
our social system reflects
our true biological nature.
1462
01:40:37,331 --> 01:40:41,135
And if this revolution you
speak of did magically occur,
1463
01:40:41,168 --> 01:40:43,504
it would just be a matter
of time before the innate
1464
01:40:43,537 --> 01:40:48,175
compulsion towards social
dominance prevailed yet again.
1465
01:40:48,208 --> 01:40:52,246
Deep down, John, the slaves
don't want to be free.
1466
01:40:52,279 --> 01:40:54,548
They want to be slave owners.
1467
01:40:55,883 --> 01:40:56,750
Nice one.
1468
01:40:58,318 --> 01:41:00,187
Too bad history paints
a different picture.
1469
01:41:01,288 --> 01:41:02,823
Our hierarchies have remained
1470
01:41:02,856 --> 01:41:05,592
constant throughout
recorded civilization.
1471
01:41:05,626 --> 01:41:08,529
For perhaps the last
12,000 years, sure.
1472
01:41:08,562 --> 01:41:10,330
But you know as well as I do,
before the discovery
1473
01:41:10,364 --> 01:41:12,766
of agriculture,
there was no such thing.
1474
01:41:12,800 --> 01:41:15,335
Ninety-nine percent of human
history has been egalitarian.
1475
01:41:15,369 --> 01:41:18,172
I said civilization, John.
1476
01:41:18,205 --> 01:41:20,641
Meandering
hunter-gatherer tribes
1477
01:41:20,674 --> 01:41:24,878
chucking spears and eating
grubs isn't civilization.
1478
01:41:24,912 --> 01:41:26,580
How contemporacist of you.
1479
01:41:27,581 --> 01:41:31,218
Yet 20th century study of
numerous hunter-gatherer tribes,
1480
01:41:31,251 --> 01:41:34,221
those still surviving in
remote areas just as they did
1481
01:41:34,254 --> 01:41:36,790
thousands of years prior,
actually show socially
1482
01:41:36,824 --> 01:41:40,928
rich cultures. Adult life
spans not far from ours.
1483
01:41:40,961 --> 01:41:43,597
Relatively peaceful
in balance with nature.
1484
01:41:43,630 --> 01:41:48,235
No leaders, no group hierarchy,
no inequality.
1485
01:41:48,268 --> 01:41:52,406
To argue today's society
is somehow more civilized
is dubious at best.
1486
01:41:52,439 --> 01:41:54,641
Well, then perhaps
you can encourage
1487
01:41:54,675 --> 01:41:56,543
all your enlightened followers
1488
01:41:56,577 --> 01:41:58,846
to come together
and live out their utopian
1489
01:41:58,879 --> 01:42:00,781
fantasy in the Amazon jungle.
1490
01:42:00,814 --> 01:42:03,517
You mean what's left of it?
What hasn't been destroyed
1491
01:42:03,550 --> 01:42:05,752
by the supposedly advanced
culture that's ravaged
1492
01:42:05,786 --> 01:42:07,921
the natural world
into total decline
1493
01:42:07,955 --> 01:42:11,892
in the name of infinite
consumption and economic growth?
1494
01:42:11,925 --> 01:42:14,728
And the point here, Simon,
is hunter-gatherer cultures
1495
01:42:14,761 --> 01:42:16,864
are evidence of human
variability.
1496
01:42:16,897 --> 01:42:19,967
variability which contradicts
your vague biological
determinism.
1497
01:42:20,000 --> 01:42:22,503
John, just because history shows
1498
01:42:22,536 --> 01:42:25,906
a range of behaviors across
time doesn't prove anything.
1499
01:42:25,939 --> 01:42:29,209
The introduction
of agriculture indeed changed
1500
01:42:29,243 --> 01:42:33,447
the human condition because
it triggered a dormant trait
1501
01:42:33,480 --> 01:42:35,883
in our evolutionary psychology.
1502
01:42:35,916 --> 01:42:38,652
A trait that wasn't
expressed before.
1503
01:42:38,685 --> 01:42:39,720
How?
1504
01:42:39,753 --> 01:42:41,355
By the advent
1505
01:42:41,388 --> 01:42:43,323
of economic surplus.
1506
01:42:43,357 --> 01:42:44,925
[scoffs] Economic surplus.
1507
01:42:44,958 --> 01:42:48,462
Resources and goods
that could be stored,
1508
01:42:48,495 --> 01:42:50,931
hoarded, stockpiled, owned,
1509
01:42:50,964 --> 01:42:54,601
traded, controlled,
leveraged for personal gain.
1510
01:42:54,635 --> 01:42:58,972
A phenomenon that was impossible
in a hunter-gatherer reality.
1511
01:42:59,006 --> 01:43:02,576
And it was that realization
that sparked our now
1512
01:43:02,609 --> 01:43:05,979
omnipresent drive toward
dominance and hierarchy.
1513
01:43:09,383 --> 01:43:10,350
I didn't know that.
1514
01:43:11,351 --> 01:43:14,955
Genetic dormancy
of an evolutionary expression.
1515
01:43:14,988 --> 01:43:17,391
Needed an environmental trigger,
1516
01:43:17,424 --> 01:43:20,460
psychological drive,
but then morphs into complex
1517
01:43:20,494 --> 01:43:22,863
oppressive institutions
and structures.
1518
01:43:23,797 --> 01:43:27,467
Compelling. Intuitive.
Plausible.
1519
01:43:28,902 --> 01:43:30,571
Too bad it's total bullshit.
1520
01:43:30,604 --> 01:43:32,806
All simpleton, pedestrian,
bio-deterministic
1521
01:43:32,839 --> 01:43:35,542
conclusions that are nothing
more than elitist projections.
1522
01:43:35,576 --> 01:43:39,513
You think it's wise to insult me
given this circumstance, John.
1523
01:43:40,581 --> 01:43:41,481
And listen.
1524
01:43:41,515 --> 01:43:44,518
[phone ringing]
1525
01:44:00,033 --> 01:44:01,034
[phone ringing stops]
1526
01:44:12,479 --> 01:44:14,681
Agriculture did change
everything.
1527
01:44:14,715 --> 01:44:16,883
But not because of someone's
dormant psychological
1528
01:44:16,917 --> 01:44:19,820
drive magically triggered
by economic surplus.
1529
01:44:19,853 --> 01:44:22,756
It was about what such a society
technically required,
1530
01:44:22,789 --> 01:44:26,960
dramatically shifting
incentives and very nature
of human relationships.
1531
01:44:26,994 --> 01:44:30,330
Think about it.
First you need the proper land,
1532
01:44:30,364 --> 01:44:32,532
water,
the right conditions to farm,
1533
01:44:32,566 --> 01:44:34,635
then creating settlements
around those fruitful areas
1534
01:44:34,668 --> 01:44:36,603
as opposed to foraging.
1535
01:44:36,637 --> 01:44:39,573
And since land quality varies
some settlements will prosper
1536
01:44:39,606 --> 01:44:42,442
due to their geography
and some will falter.
1537
01:44:42,476 --> 01:44:44,945
So what happens when a group
finds itself with failed crops
1538
01:44:44,978 --> 01:44:46,980
and no way
to survive the winter?
1539
01:44:47,014 --> 01:44:48,582
They may trade
with other groups,
1540
01:44:48,615 --> 01:44:50,584
building out
what we call a market today,
1541
01:44:50,617 --> 01:44:53,654
giving way to the idea
of property and so on.
1542
01:44:53,687 --> 01:44:55,822
Or if they have
nothing to trade, desperate,
1543
01:44:55,856 --> 01:44:59,726
they may invade, they may steal,
compete,
1544
01:44:59,760 --> 01:45:03,130
establishing the need
for protection, laws, armies,
1545
01:45:03,163 --> 01:45:04,898
the state institution itself.
1546
01:45:05,866 --> 01:45:08,502
At the same time people
begin to notice the imbalance
1547
01:45:08,535 --> 01:45:10,871
and power
of this new propertied reality,
1548
01:45:10,904 --> 01:45:14,508
rationalizing the hoarding
of wealth for the sake
of future security.
1549
01:45:15,409 --> 01:45:19,880
Hence the birth of inequity,
poverty, socio-economic class.
1550
01:45:20,814 --> 01:45:24,885
Simon, every major structural
aspect of society today,
1551
01:45:24,918 --> 01:45:27,954
from ownership to trade,
to nation states
1552
01:45:27,988 --> 01:45:31,024
to institutional warfare
at the competitive ethic
1553
01:45:31,058 --> 01:45:36,163
to vast economic inequality and
power hierarchy was predictable.
1554
01:45:36,196 --> 01:45:37,631
Snowballing ever since.
1555
01:45:38,799 --> 01:45:43,770
So your theory is if you change
the structure of society
1556
01:45:43,804 --> 01:45:45,772
you change the human condition?
1557
01:45:47,174 --> 01:45:50,677
-There's no going back, John.
-No one's going back.
1558
01:45:50,711 --> 01:45:52,145
We're going forward.
1559
01:45:52,179 --> 01:45:54,481
Humanity has been trapped
in this immature stage
1560
01:45:54,514 --> 01:45:56,883
for too long, not to mention
the sickness manifest
1561
01:45:56,917 --> 01:46:00,587
by this endless striving towards
social status is palpable.
1562
01:46:00,620 --> 01:46:02,456
Children,
when who asked what they want
1563
01:46:02,489 --> 01:46:06,059
to be when they grow up say,
"Rich and famous."
1564
01:46:06,093 --> 01:46:08,962
How the most wealthy nations,
those beacons of supposed
1565
01:46:08,995 --> 01:46:12,632
success are by far
the most mentally ill.
1566
01:46:12,666 --> 01:46:16,203
People don't know who they are,
where they're going
1567
01:46:16,236 --> 01:46:17,704
and what they're doing.
1568
01:46:17,738 --> 01:46:19,973
Lost in a perversion
of social image.
1569
01:46:20,874 --> 01:46:24,111
A spectacle that no longer
has any relationship
1570
01:46:24,144 --> 01:46:25,579
to anything real.
1571
01:46:28,215 --> 01:46:30,150
[door creaking]
1572
01:46:37,691 --> 01:46:38,892
[door thuds]
1573
01:46:43,263 --> 01:46:44,965
[white noise]
1574
01:46:46,733 --> 01:46:49,136
[gentle rock music]
1575
01:47:22,936 --> 01:47:24,137
[dinging]
1576
01:47:25,172 --> 01:47:27,040
[high-pitched whirring]
1577
01:47:55,035 --> 01:47:56,870
[dinging]
1578
01:47:56,903 --> 01:47:58,972
[high-pitched whirring]
1579
01:48:21,595 --> 01:48:23,496
[rock music continues]
1580
01:48:27,367 --> 01:48:28,335
[dinging]
1581
01:48:28,368 --> 01:48:29,970
[high-pitched whirring]
1582
01:48:44,251 --> 01:48:45,619
[dinging]
1583
01:48:45,652 --> 01:48:47,287
[high-pitched whirring]
1584
01:49:17,417 --> 01:49:18,785
[dinging]
1585
01:49:18,818 --> 01:49:21,321
[rock music intensifies]
1586
01:49:48,982 --> 01:49:51,084
[rock music continues
increasing]
1587
01:50:05,899 --> 01:50:07,400
[rock music abruptly stops]
1588
01:50:11,771 --> 01:50:13,974
[white noise]
1589
01:50:25,852 --> 01:50:28,121
[gentle music]
1590
01:50:39,899 --> 01:50:42,268
[director]
So I'd like to go back
to the subject of inequality.
1591
01:50:42,302 --> 01:50:44,437
But this time
to understand the mechanics
1592
01:50:44,471 --> 01:50:47,707
of the oppression how the
hierarchy was kept in place?
1593
01:50:47,741 --> 01:50:49,709
Okay, let's start with money.
1594
01:50:49,743 --> 01:50:51,945
[gentle music]
1595
01:50:51,978 --> 01:50:54,814
Money was the infrastructure
of the market economy
1596
01:50:54,848 --> 01:50:56,883
and how it was created
and moved around
1597
01:50:56,916 --> 01:50:59,819
was instrumental
to lower class oppression.
1598
01:50:59,853 --> 01:51:03,189
[Malikan]
So you had these things
called banks and they had
1599
01:51:03,223 --> 01:51:07,027
the ungodly power to make
abstract value out of nothing.
1600
01:51:07,060 --> 01:51:11,031
If a person needed money
for a home or car or business,
1601
01:51:11,064 --> 01:51:14,200
they went to their local bank
and applied for a loan,
1602
01:51:14,234 --> 01:51:16,803
and if approved
the person signed a contract
1603
01:51:16,836 --> 01:51:20,807
binding them to return
that loaned money
at a future date.
1604
01:51:20,840 --> 01:51:23,009
Though, it's not really a lone
1605
01:51:23,043 --> 01:51:26,279
in the sense of somebody lending
out what they already owned.
1606
01:51:26,312 --> 01:51:28,948
Contrary to what most assumed
banks didn't loan out money
1607
01:51:28,982 --> 01:51:32,252
they actually had,
they instead created new money
1608
01:51:32,285 --> 01:51:35,455
in the form of credit
backed by debt.
1609
01:51:35,488 --> 01:51:37,957
So on one side money represented
1610
01:51:37,991 --> 01:51:40,260
a store of value
people could spend,
1611
01:51:40,293 --> 01:51:43,930
while on the other it was
a liability made out of debt.
1612
01:51:43,963 --> 01:51:46,332
In other words,
for every dollar that existed,
1613
01:51:46,366 --> 01:51:48,468
there was also
a debt of a dollar
1614
01:51:48,501 --> 01:51:50,904
owed to some bank somewhere.
1615
01:51:50,937 --> 01:51:53,273
That was how money was
brought into existence
1616
01:51:53,306 --> 01:51:57,811
and when someone repaid the loan
debt the money then disappeared.
1617
01:51:57,844 --> 01:52:01,014
That understood any
kind of service in that economy
1618
01:52:01,047 --> 01:52:03,783
sought a profit,
and in the case of a loan,
1619
01:52:03,817 --> 01:52:06,853
that came in the form
of a fee called interest.
1620
01:52:06,886 --> 01:52:10,190
So the borrower not only had
to eventually repay the loan
1621
01:52:10,223 --> 01:52:12,992
but also the interest
charged as well.
1622
01:52:14,027 --> 01:52:16,296
[Aleniya]
Imagine an island
of a hundred people,
1623
01:52:16,329 --> 01:52:19,866
they decide to organize
themselves through
market economy.
1624
01:52:19,899 --> 01:52:22,368
They plop a bank down
and each of them take a loan
1625
01:52:22,402 --> 01:52:25,905
for 100 credits of money
at ten percent interest.
1626
01:52:25,939 --> 01:52:28,541
So they all now have
10,000 credits total
1627
01:52:28,575 --> 01:52:31,211
in their money supply
and they begin to work
1628
01:52:31,244 --> 01:52:34,180
in exchange creating
economic activity.
1629
01:52:34,214 --> 01:52:36,416
When the time comes
to pay back the loan,
1630
01:52:36,449 --> 01:52:40,086
they realized they owe
not only the 100 credits,
1631
01:52:40,120 --> 01:52:43,957
but the ten percent interest,
so 110 credits.
1632
01:52:43,990 --> 01:52:46,025
Same for the whole society,
1633
01:52:46,059 --> 01:52:49,062
in total everyone on
the island now owes the bank
1634
01:52:49,095 --> 01:52:51,064
11,000 credits.
1635
01:52:51,097 --> 01:52:55,301
But yet, only 10,000 actually
exist in the money supply.
1636
01:52:55,335 --> 01:53:00,140
There is now more depth
owed than money in existence
1637
01:53:00,173 --> 01:53:02,008
due to the interest charged.
1638
01:53:02,041 --> 01:53:04,944
So three things can happen:
one, those short
1639
01:53:04,978 --> 01:53:07,213
can take on more loans
to temporarily cover
1640
01:53:07,247 --> 01:53:09,382
the old ones postponing
the problem.
1641
01:53:09,415 --> 01:53:12,252
Two, people could ramp up
competitive trade
1642
01:53:12,285 --> 01:53:14,320
increasing economic activity
1643
01:53:14,354 --> 01:53:17,023
to try to get enough
from others to cover the debt,
1644
01:53:17,056 --> 01:53:20,860
displacing the debt
responsibility like
a game of musical chairs.
1645
01:53:20,894 --> 01:53:24,264
Or three, the bank comes in
and takes real property
1646
01:53:24,297 --> 01:53:26,399
to compensate
for the outstanding debt,
1647
01:53:26,432 --> 01:53:30,203
which is inevitably what happens
somewhere down the line anyway.
1648
01:53:30,236 --> 01:53:31,938
[director]
Wait, that,
that can't be right.
1649
01:53:31,971 --> 01:53:34,340
That would just be a system
of organized theft.
1650
01:53:34,374 --> 01:53:38,878
Yes, banks were vehicles
of creation on one side,
1651
01:53:38,912 --> 01:53:40,213
and a system of organized theft
1652
01:53:40,246 --> 01:53:42,115
and class oppression
on the other.
1653
01:53:42,148 --> 01:53:45,185
But in a large complex
global society, one based
1654
01:53:45,218 --> 01:53:48,154
on economic growth,
money moves so rapidly
1655
01:53:48,188 --> 01:53:50,990
it was very hard
for the mechanics of this
to be recognized.
1656
01:53:51,024 --> 01:53:53,626
Obscured by things
like the boom-and-bust cycle,
1657
01:53:53,660 --> 01:53:56,129
monetary expansion
and contraction.
1658
01:53:57,030 --> 01:54:00,033
-[director] Mm, please continue.
-So back to our island again.
1659
01:54:01,334 --> 01:54:03,670
But this time
for the sake of simplicity,
1660
01:54:03,703 --> 01:54:06,506
let's remove the interest
fee from the equation,
1661
01:54:06,539 --> 01:54:10,543
and focus only on the outcomes
of competitive trade itself.
1662
01:54:10,577 --> 01:54:13,646
[Aleniya]
So the 10,000 credits
of money has been moving around
1663
01:54:13,680 --> 01:54:15,982
through trade, labor investment,
1664
01:54:16,015 --> 01:54:18,418
starting businesses,
hiring employees,
1665
01:54:18,451 --> 01:54:20,987
and as is inevitable
to the game,
1666
01:54:21,020 --> 01:54:24,490
some businesses will outperform
winning disproportion income,
1667
01:54:24,524 --> 01:54:27,493
while others will fall
behind losing income.
1668
01:54:27,527 --> 01:54:29,963
And naturally
those with more money
1669
01:54:29,996 --> 01:54:32,966
can then increase
their gaming advantage becoming
1670
01:54:32,999 --> 01:54:37,403
ever more competitive
and of course more prone
to keep winning.
1671
01:54:37,437 --> 01:54:40,039
As the old adage went,
the rich get richer
1672
01:54:40,073 --> 01:54:41,708
and the poor get poorer.
1673
01:54:41,741 --> 01:54:44,377
A small business with limited
means simply can't compete
1674
01:54:44,410 --> 01:54:47,714
with a larger one
that can outperform them
in the same service
1675
01:54:47,747 --> 01:54:50,683
due to having more
resources to work with.
1676
01:54:50,717 --> 01:54:53,453
[Cynthia]
So on our Island,
we see an inevitable
1677
01:54:53,486 --> 01:54:56,556
point in time where say ten
percent of that population
1678
01:54:56,589 --> 01:54:59,525
managed to acquire
90% of the island's wealth
1679
01:54:59,559 --> 01:55:01,427
while the other
90% of the population
1680
01:55:01,461 --> 01:55:03,563
now has only ten percent.
1681
01:55:03,596 --> 01:55:06,699
By the way, this isn't
some arbitrary assumption,
1682
01:55:06,733 --> 01:55:08,968
this can be modeled
mathematically.
1683
01:55:09,002 --> 01:55:12,071
The dynamics of mass
competitive trade in any society
1684
01:55:12,105 --> 01:55:15,008
always moves toward
disequilibrium.
1685
01:55:15,041 --> 01:55:17,710
So back to my point,
when you put this together
1686
01:55:17,744 --> 01:55:21,547
a displaced debt burden
and the application of interest,
1687
01:55:21,581 --> 01:55:24,417
you can begin to see
the insidiousness.
1688
01:55:24,450 --> 01:55:27,553
An economic process based upon
competitive advantage and trade
1689
01:55:27,587 --> 01:55:31,224
that inevitably consolidates
wealth increasing
that advantage.
1690
01:55:31,257 --> 01:55:33,526
Coupled with a financial
system that is charging
1691
01:55:33,559 --> 01:55:36,763
interest on loans that can
never be fully repaid.
1692
01:55:36,796 --> 01:55:39,732
So it's no surprise
that in the early 21st century
1693
01:55:39,766 --> 01:55:43,102
the global economy had
about 200 trillion in debt
1694
01:55:43,136 --> 01:55:45,638
and only 80 trillion
in outstanding currency.
1695
01:55:45,672 --> 01:55:47,573
While in the United States,
then considered
1696
01:55:47,607 --> 01:55:49,542
the richest nation
on the planet,
1697
01:55:49,575 --> 01:55:53,379
half of the population had less
than 1,000 dollars in savings
1698
01:55:53,413 --> 01:55:56,716
while also spending more each
year than they actually earned.
1699
01:55:56,749 --> 01:55:58,418
Just trying to keep up.
1700
01:55:59,585 --> 01:56:02,055
While on the global level
in nearly 50 percent
1701
01:56:02,088 --> 01:56:04,390
of the population lived
in poverty on less
1702
01:56:04,424 --> 01:56:08,528
than $5.50 a day
as roughly 30 individuals.
1703
01:56:08,561 --> 01:56:14,233
Yes, 30, owned more wealth than
the bottom half, 3.6 billion.
1704
01:56:15,268 --> 01:56:17,770
Now, there are plenty
of other intermitted things
1705
01:56:17,804 --> 01:56:19,539
that contribute
to this disparity.
1706
01:56:20,440 --> 01:56:22,608
Offshore tax havens
for the rich.
1707
01:56:22,642 --> 01:56:26,079
The mythology of trickle-down
economics were government favors
1708
01:56:26,112 --> 01:56:29,515
business over the public's
well-being, gaming strategies
1709
01:56:29,549 --> 01:56:32,819
to restrict the power
of unions and keep wages low,
1710
01:56:32,852 --> 01:56:35,088
various shenanigans
related to this thing
1711
01:56:35,121 --> 01:56:37,323
called the stock market,
1712
01:56:37,357 --> 01:56:41,060
but the financial system
and its use of depth is really
1713
01:56:41,094 --> 01:56:42,562
the foundation of it all.
1714
01:56:42,595 --> 01:56:44,297
[director]
Wow, you, you,
1715
01:56:44,330 --> 01:56:46,299
you would expect riots
in the streets if people
1716
01:56:46,332 --> 01:56:49,168
-really understood that.
-Well, there eventually were.
1717
01:56:49,202 --> 01:56:51,571
But again, at the time,
people just couldn't see it.
1718
01:56:51,604 --> 01:56:55,241
But, no, it wasn't until
the complete abolition of debt
1719
01:56:55,274 --> 01:56:58,678
on all levels that human slavery
finally ended on this planet.
1720
01:56:59,846 --> 01:57:02,548
[director]
Speaking of awareness
I'd like to talk
1721
01:57:02,582 --> 01:57:05,218
a little about
how the awakening started.
1722
01:57:05,251 --> 01:57:07,186
I know Concordia
was instrumental
1723
01:57:07,220 --> 01:57:10,223
to technical change later on,
but what about before that
1724
01:57:10,256 --> 01:57:12,825
perhaps starting
in 20th century?
1725
01:57:12,859 --> 01:57:14,861
Well, it's sporadic.
1726
01:57:14,894 --> 01:57:16,662
The largest move
against this system was
1727
01:57:16,696 --> 01:57:19,599
the Bolshevik Revolution
in Russia inspired by a man
1728
01:57:19,632 --> 01:57:22,602
named Karl Marx, that brought
about the Soviet Union
1729
01:57:22,635 --> 01:57:24,771
which existed
for a couple decades.
1730
01:57:24,804 --> 01:57:27,273
And it employed a top-down
regulation system
1731
01:57:27,306 --> 01:57:29,442
they called communism
but it proved to be
1732
01:57:29,475 --> 01:57:31,377
inefficient and oppressive.
1733
01:57:31,411 --> 01:57:34,380
It was also wildly opposed
by Western capitalist powers,
1734
01:57:34,414 --> 01:57:38,284
which sought to destroy it
by any means necessary.
1735
01:57:38,317 --> 01:57:41,821
Criticism was generally infused
with civil rights movements.
1736
01:57:41,854 --> 01:57:44,857
For example, Mahatma Gandhi,
who helped liberate India
1737
01:57:44,891 --> 01:57:48,227
from Colonial rule,
was notably against the system
1738
01:57:48,261 --> 01:57:50,663
recognizing
its creation of poverty.
1739
01:57:50,696 --> 01:57:54,901
Once saying that "poverty was
the worst form of violence."
1740
01:57:54,934 --> 01:57:56,602
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,
1741
01:57:56,636 --> 01:57:59,172
was also steadfast
against capitalism,
1742
01:57:59,205 --> 01:58:01,808
seeing it as a part
of a system of oppression
1743
01:58:01,841 --> 01:58:05,445
fueling racism.
Same for the Black Panther Party
1744
01:58:05,478 --> 01:58:08,548
that had chapters all over
the world in the 1960s.
1745
01:58:08,581 --> 01:58:11,417
You also had more academic
minded organizations
1746
01:58:11,451 --> 01:58:13,319
like the technocracy movement
1747
01:58:13,352 --> 01:58:16,489
largely inspired by famous
economist, Thorstein Veblen,
1748
01:58:16,522 --> 01:58:18,257
who recognize that a society
1749
01:58:18,291 --> 01:58:21,160
run by business people
was a very bad idea.
1750
01:58:21,928 --> 01:58:26,299
[Aleniya]
And by the 21st century when
economic inequality was reaching
1751
01:58:26,332 --> 01:58:30,503
unprecedented extremes coupled
with a growing ecological crisis
1752
01:58:30,536 --> 01:58:33,306
many more were realizing
something had to be done.
1753
01:58:34,774 --> 01:58:38,478
But there is one that sticks
out to me in the context
1754
01:58:38,511 --> 01:58:41,414
of the value system disorder
present at the time.
1755
01:58:41,447 --> 01:58:44,217
An iconic speech given
by a man named Omar Padillo.
1756
01:58:44,984 --> 01:58:48,221
Omar was born in poverty
in Los Angeles, California.
1757
01:58:48,254 --> 01:58:50,223
And as a young man,
he just happened to win
1758
01:58:50,256 --> 01:58:54,360
the largest state lottery
ever in 2037 and he decided
1759
01:58:54,393 --> 01:58:58,464
to use that money to solve
the vast homeless crisis
in his hometown.
1760
01:58:58,498 --> 01:59:02,235
He funded non-profits,
established housing
treatment centers.
1761
01:59:02,268 --> 01:59:03,870
Not only getting people
off the streets,
1762
01:59:03,903 --> 01:59:06,472
but really helping them
recover and acclimate.
1763
01:59:06,506 --> 01:59:08,641
Something that hadn't
been done before.
1764
01:59:08,674 --> 01:59:11,410
And they gave him
a Nobel Peace Prize for it.
1765
01:59:11,444 --> 01:59:13,880
But what he had
to say during his speech
1766
01:59:13,913 --> 01:59:15,848
wasn't exactly
what they expected.
1767
01:59:23,723 --> 01:59:26,492
[audience applauding]
1768
01:59:26,526 --> 01:59:28,761
[solemn music]
1769
01:59:39,005 --> 01:59:40,439
Thank you.
1770
01:59:40,473 --> 01:59:41,741
And while I'm happy for those
1771
01:59:41,774 --> 01:59:43,743
we have helped
over the past few years,
1772
01:59:43,776 --> 01:59:47,747
taking about 75,000 homeless
off the Los Angeles streets,
1773
01:59:47,780 --> 01:59:50,416
I must say that the problem
1774
01:59:50,449 --> 01:59:52,885
at hand runs much deeper
than the poverty
1775
01:59:52,919 --> 01:59:56,422
we see around us.
When I created this program,
1776
01:59:56,455 --> 01:59:59,859
focusing on just
this one regional crises,
1777
01:59:59,892 --> 02:00:02,662
my long-term hope was that
it would set a new precedent.
1778
02:00:02,695 --> 02:00:04,697
That those
who disproportionately benefit
1779
02:00:04,730 --> 02:00:08,334
in this world would be inspired,
step up
1780
02:00:08,367 --> 02:00:11,304
and help take responsibility
for the plight
1781
02:00:11,337 --> 02:00:12,872
of the less fortunate.
1782
02:00:12,905 --> 02:00:15,274
After all, what I have done here
1783
02:00:15,308 --> 02:00:17,777
is merely a patch
that can only help a few.
1784
02:00:17,810 --> 02:00:20,413
For the true source of poverty,
1785
02:00:20,446 --> 02:00:23,649
our social system,
continues to go unaddressed.
1786
02:00:24,650 --> 02:00:27,420
We live in a world
of stories and myths.
1787
02:00:27,453 --> 02:00:30,323
And we've been told that
the vast inequities that we see
1788
02:00:30,356 --> 02:00:33,893
is the price we must pay
for innovation and progress.
1789
02:00:33,926 --> 02:00:35,795
Well, innovation to what end
1790
02:00:35,828 --> 02:00:38,931
and how do we define
this notion of progress?
1791
02:00:38,965 --> 02:00:43,302
For if progress is about
how much one can own,
the availability of jobs
1792
02:00:43,336 --> 02:00:46,906
the state of a nation's GDP,
the rise of the stock market,
1793
02:00:46,939 --> 02:00:50,409
or the development of some
gadget to entertain
and distract you,
1794
02:00:50,443 --> 02:00:53,679
then we face a serious
existential crisis.
1795
02:00:53,713 --> 02:00:57,583
I submit that true progress can
only be measured in the health,
1796
02:00:57,617 --> 02:01:02,321
stability, integrity
and responsible freedom
of a civilization.
1797
02:01:02,355 --> 02:01:05,925
Responsible to ourselves,
responsible to each other
1798
02:01:05,958 --> 02:01:09,528
and responsible to their earthly
habitat we all share.
1799
02:01:09,562 --> 02:01:11,831
And by those measures,
my friends,
1800
02:01:11,864 --> 02:01:14,400
there is now little
progress to be found.
1801
02:01:14,433 --> 02:01:16,836
As we all sit idly by,
presupposing
1802
02:01:16,869 --> 02:01:19,772
that the way society works
is the only way it ever could.
1803
02:01:20,706 --> 02:01:23,876
That said, if it's true
that we must persist
1804
02:01:23,909 --> 02:01:26,512
in this inhumane economic order,
1805
02:01:26,545 --> 02:01:29,515
an order that has proven
it can only create affluence
1806
02:01:29,548 --> 02:01:33,419
for a minority at the cost
of destitution for the majority,
1807
02:01:34,720 --> 02:01:37,923
then our only choice
is to seek a new level
1808
02:01:37,957 --> 02:01:40,526
of humanitarian effort.
1809
02:01:40,559 --> 02:01:42,762
Today, three people
have more wealth
1810
02:01:42,795 --> 02:01:46,465
than the bottom 75%
of the world's population,
1811
02:01:46,499 --> 02:01:48,401
six billion people,
1812
02:01:48,434 --> 02:01:51,737
the total wealth of the 4,000
billionaires out there
1813
02:01:51,771 --> 02:01:55,675
have the means to end global
poverty a hundred times over,
1814
02:01:55,708 --> 02:01:59,378
and yet if you study
their philanthropy,
1815
02:01:59,412 --> 02:02:02,114
it is clear that they are
far more concerned
1816
02:02:02,148 --> 02:02:04,850
with their own interests,
their own comforts,
1817
02:02:04,884 --> 02:02:07,853
than working to counter this
ongoing structural violence.
1818
02:02:09,922 --> 02:02:13,125
You see there's a deeper
kind of poverty here.
1819
02:02:14,560 --> 02:02:18,564
A spiritual poverty,
a poverty that grows a culture
1820
02:02:18,597 --> 02:02:22,435
of sociopaths and the more
they have, the more they want,
1821
02:02:22,468 --> 02:02:24,136
and the less they seem
to care otherwise.
1822
02:02:24,170 --> 02:02:28,474
Moral bankruptcy hiding
behind this age-old story
1823
02:02:28,507 --> 02:02:31,777
that one can have a billion
dollars in the bank
while others starve
1824
02:02:31,811 --> 02:02:34,847
is somehow natural
to the human condition.
1825
02:02:38,184 --> 02:02:40,653
In a number of months
my program will end
1826
02:02:41,554 --> 02:02:44,090
as the funds will be gone.
1827
02:02:44,123 --> 02:02:48,928
And to date not one wealthy,
so-called philanthropist
1828
02:02:48,961 --> 02:02:51,130
has offered to help keep
the program running.
1829
02:02:54,033 --> 02:02:57,169
Now I know this event
is about peace,
1830
02:02:57,203 --> 02:03:00,639
but it must be understood
that the wealthy of this world,
1831
02:03:00,673 --> 02:03:05,678
those at the root of true
political power are sick.
1832
02:03:05,711 --> 02:03:09,448
Their priorities have nothing
to do with true progress.
1833
02:03:09,482 --> 02:03:12,084
And the time
for tolerance is over.
1834
02:03:13,719 --> 02:03:17,623
The billionaire's of this world
are not symbols of success.
1835
02:03:17,656 --> 02:03:20,659
They are symbols of violence.
1836
02:03:25,097 --> 02:03:26,999
And until that violence ends,
1837
02:03:29,702 --> 02:03:32,238
there will be no peace
on this planet.
1838
02:03:32,271 --> 02:03:34,940
[somber music]
1839
02:03:56,729 --> 02:03:57,696
[sighs]
1840
02:04:06,739 --> 02:04:08,974
I am sorry, Peter. Can we cut?
1841
02:04:09,942 --> 02:04:11,010
[Peter]
Cut!
1842
02:04:13,179 --> 02:04:15,247
Well, it's, you know,
it's this opening section.
1843
02:04:15,281 --> 02:04:19,618
I'm-- I'm still not getting it.
I know we've been through it
but, uh,
1844
02:04:19,652 --> 02:04:21,854
-it's just not landing for me.
-[Peter] I'm just going
to keep rolling here.
1845
02:04:21,887 --> 02:04:23,789
Can you grab that
color swatch for me?
1846
02:04:23,823 --> 02:04:25,925
You have to think about
the interpretation in reference
1847
02:04:25,958 --> 02:04:27,960
-to the--
-[Simon] All right. Thank you.
1848
02:04:30,129 --> 02:04:32,565
This tripod head is toilet.
1849
02:04:35,568 --> 02:04:37,670
You know,
my latte was cold this morning.
1850
02:04:37,703 --> 02:04:39,605
And that's my problem because?
1851
02:04:39,638 --> 02:04:42,708
Okay, okay, I, I think I got it.
1852
02:04:42,741 --> 02:04:44,610
-Thanks.
-[Peter] No problem. All right
1853
02:04:44,643 --> 02:04:46,145
-everybody, let's move.
-[sighs]
1854
02:04:46,178 --> 02:04:49,315
Jesus, take a screenwriting
class for Christ's sake.
1855
02:04:49,348 --> 02:04:52,284
No one's going to understand
any of this shit.
1856
02:04:52,318 --> 02:04:53,786
-[Peter] Camera?
-[man] Rolling.
1857
02:04:53,819 --> 02:04:55,754
-[Peter] Audio?
-[woman] Speeding.
1858
02:04:55,788 --> 02:04:57,056
[man 2]
Slate.
1859
02:04:57,089 --> 02:04:59,325
[man 3]
Scene 37, take 23.
1860
02:04:59,358 --> 02:05:00,626
[clicks]
1861
02:05:01,760 --> 02:05:03,295
[playful music]
1862
02:05:03,329 --> 02:05:06,031
[audience applauding]
1863
02:05:08,100 --> 02:05:10,870
What if I told you, John,
what many see
1864
02:05:10,903 --> 02:05:15,274
as problems in the world
are actually solutions
in transition.
1865
02:05:15,307 --> 02:05:16,809
Is that some kind
of Taoist riddle?
1866
02:05:16,842 --> 02:05:18,677
[audience laughing]
1867
02:05:20,145 --> 02:05:23,315
Poverty, crime, war, disease,
even the ongoing
1868
02:05:23,349 --> 02:05:25,317
destruction of the habitat.
1869
02:05:25,351 --> 02:05:28,087
What if they were
actually productive forces
1870
02:05:28,120 --> 02:05:29,922
assisting a larger end?
1871
02:05:31,023 --> 02:05:32,992
I'd suggest you lighten up
on the Nietzsche.
1872
02:05:33,025 --> 02:05:34,860
[audience laughing]
1873
02:05:37,329 --> 02:05:40,633
What separate us from
the rest of the animal kingdom
1874
02:05:40,666 --> 02:05:44,103
is that we have
no natural predators.
1875
02:05:44,136 --> 02:05:47,973
Nothing out there to snatch us
up for an afternoon snack.
1876
02:05:48,007 --> 02:05:52,711
We're also uniquely aware of
our own mortality and fight it
1877
02:05:52,745 --> 02:05:56,749
with hospitals, medicine,
inoculations.
1878
02:05:56,782 --> 02:05:59,785
Little stopping us
from reproducing
1879
02:05:59,818 --> 02:06:02,321
to the very limit of our host,
1880
02:06:02,354 --> 02:06:04,290
at least not externally.
1881
02:06:04,323 --> 02:06:08,227
Evolution had to do something
a bit different with us.
1882
02:06:09,295 --> 02:06:13,999
So, instead,
we
{end-italic} are our own predators.
1883
02:06:15,100 --> 02:06:17,336
Predator and prey in one.
1884
02:06:19,338 --> 02:06:20,372
How convenient.
1885
02:06:20,406 --> 02:06:23,142
[audience laughing]
1886
02:06:23,175 --> 02:06:26,345
Which explains not only
why humans murder each other
1887
02:06:26,378 --> 02:06:30,115
at a rate unparalleled
by any other species,
1888
02:06:30,149 --> 02:06:34,219
but also why we've generated
a social structure
1889
02:06:34,253 --> 02:06:39,892
that by systemic force further
ensures a consistent rate
1890
02:06:39,925 --> 02:06:41,827
of premature mortality.
1891
02:06:43,162 --> 02:06:47,066
-You mean structural violence.
-Embedded into the very design
1892
02:06:47,099 --> 02:06:48,968
of civilization itself.
1893
02:06:50,302 --> 02:06:52,972
So that is what
the Malthusian Mandate does,
1894
02:06:53,005 --> 02:06:54,873
regulate
how to kill off the week.
1895
02:06:55,874 --> 02:06:59,445
No, the Mandate
isn't a policy of action.
1896
02:06:59,478 --> 02:07:02,748
It's a policy of inaction,
a commitment
1897
02:07:02,781 --> 02:07:05,884
not to interfere with the
natural course of the system.
1898
02:07:07,186 --> 02:07:09,855
So the invisible hand
of the market has a machete.
1899
02:07:09,888 --> 02:07:11,924
[audience laughing]
1900
02:07:16,362 --> 02:07:18,230
I don't expect
to win you over, John.
1901
02:07:18,263 --> 02:07:20,199
I'm just telling you
the way it is.
1902
02:07:20,232 --> 02:07:21,800
I agree it's ugly.
1903
02:07:21,834 --> 02:07:23,702
But without the premature death
1904
02:07:23,736 --> 02:07:26,772
that capitalism brings
in the form of inequality
1905
02:07:26,805 --> 02:07:30,075
that planet would have flown
off its access long ago.
1906
02:07:32,878 --> 02:07:33,946
As you know,
1907
02:07:34,947 --> 02:07:37,282
the Industrial Revolution
set in motion
1908
02:07:37,316 --> 02:07:40,719
population growth
that was hyperbolic.
1909
02:07:40,753 --> 02:07:43,789
And out of the 70 million
who now die each year
1910
02:07:43,822 --> 02:07:46,759
30 million do so
because of unequal conditions.
1911
02:07:47,526 --> 02:07:49,194
So 40 percent
of all global deaths
1912
02:07:49,228 --> 02:07:50,763
are structurally inflicted,
1913
02:07:50,796 --> 02:07:52,431
you know,
there's a word for that, Simon.
1914
02:07:52,464 --> 02:07:54,133
Oh, don't be dramatic.
1915
02:07:54,166 --> 02:07:57,236
Again, this is system-level
behavior, John.
1916
02:07:57,269 --> 02:08:00,172
Not some nefarious conspiracy.
1917
02:08:00,205 --> 02:08:02,341
You want to know
what the population would be
1918
02:08:02,374 --> 02:08:03,909
if this wasn't the case?
1919
02:08:03,942 --> 02:08:06,879
If we removed inequality
driven mortality
1920
02:08:06,912 --> 02:08:10,215
for the last 100 years
accounting for fertility,
1921
02:08:10,249 --> 02:08:12,418
about 16 billion
would be sucking up
1922
02:08:12,451 --> 02:08:14,820
resources on that planet today
1923
02:08:14,853 --> 02:08:18,891
with a carrying capacity
still at only ten billion.
1924
02:08:18,924 --> 02:08:20,993
And you think
things are messing now.
1925
02:08:22,327 --> 02:08:24,296
First of all, Simon.
1926
02:08:24,329 --> 02:08:26,965
When the great Reverend
Thomas Malthus decided
1927
02:08:26,999 --> 02:08:29,835
population would forever
outpace resources,
1928
02:08:29,868 --> 02:08:31,503
only one billion existed.
1929
02:08:31,537 --> 02:08:34,873
We're almost ten times that
now despite his projections.
1930
02:08:34,907 --> 02:08:36,208
Second, in the modern era,
1931
02:08:36,241 --> 02:08:37,543
the greatest predictor
of regional
1932
02:08:37,576 --> 02:08:40,012
overpopulation
is poverty itself.
1933
02:08:40,045 --> 02:08:42,881
If the world ever did abolish
it, increasing education,
1934
02:08:42,915 --> 02:08:45,184
population growth
would dramatically slow
1935
02:08:45,217 --> 02:08:47,920
likely approaching equilibrium.
1936
02:08:47,953 --> 02:08:50,389
Your 16 billion number
doesn't account for that.
1937
02:08:50,422 --> 02:08:52,424
And third,
you're completely disregarding
1938
02:08:52,458 --> 02:08:54,460
what the Fullerian study
proved long ago,
1939
02:08:54,493 --> 02:08:56,562
a study sanctioned
by your own department.
1940
02:08:56,595 --> 02:08:59,965
The Fullerian study
was purely theoretical, John.
1941
02:08:59,998 --> 02:09:03,168
A model only possible
if humans magically conform
1942
02:09:03,202 --> 02:09:06,839
to strict sustainability
and efficiency principles.
1943
02:09:06,872 --> 02:09:09,541
It required
a completely egalitarian
1944
02:09:09,575 --> 02:09:12,244
structure
without money and markets.
1945
02:09:12,277 --> 02:09:16,548
A fantasy given once again
the reality of human nature.
1946
02:09:16,582 --> 02:09:19,118
Fantasy or not,
the study was clear.
1947
02:09:19,151 --> 02:09:21,820
Not only can the Earth
hold upwards of 30 billion,
1948
02:09:21,854 --> 02:09:24,256
it can do so with each having
a standard of living equivalent
1949
02:09:24,289 --> 02:09:26,058
to today's upper-middle-class.
1950
02:09:26,091 --> 02:09:29,027
Yeah, again,
assuming equal distribution,
1951
02:09:29,061 --> 02:09:30,529
which is absurd.
1952
02:09:30,562 --> 02:09:32,531
Humans have infinite wants.
1953
02:09:32,564 --> 02:09:35,167
No... they don't.
1954
02:09:35,200 --> 02:09:37,970
Infinite wants
is a value disorder,
1955
02:09:38,003 --> 02:09:41,039
inspired by an economy
that needs infinite
consumption to work.
1956
02:09:41,073 --> 02:09:44,143
People are just as prone
to be minimalist as
they are materialist.
1957
02:09:44,176 --> 02:09:46,278
Comes down
to the social condition.
1958
02:09:46,311 --> 02:09:49,014
Today, if people didn't have
highly acquisitive values,
1959
02:09:50,015 --> 02:09:51,617
the entire economy
would collapse.
1960
02:09:51,650 --> 02:09:53,952
Fine, believe what you want,
John.
1961
02:09:53,986 --> 02:09:56,021
It's all moot anyway.
1962
02:09:56,054 --> 02:09:58,056
You asked me
what the Malthusian Mandate
1963
02:09:58,090 --> 02:09:59,992
was and I'm telling you.
1964
02:10:00,025 --> 02:10:01,260
Whether you like it or not,
1965
02:10:01,293 --> 02:10:04,229
this is the reality
of things today.
1966
02:10:05,264 --> 02:10:06,398
[buzzing]
1967
02:10:09,368 --> 02:10:10,969
We got Mandate metadata,
1968
02:10:11,003 --> 02:10:12,271
please tell me
this is recording.
1969
02:10:12,304 --> 02:10:13,272
It certainly is.
1970
02:10:14,540 --> 02:10:16,441
Looks like John
got his subterfuge.
1971
02:10:17,543 --> 02:10:19,411
So how's this organized then?
1972
02:10:19,444 --> 02:10:22,948
-Tracking demographics
and mechanisms?
-[Simon] We are.
1973
02:10:22,981 --> 02:10:25,184
As you'll notice conditions
related to absolute
1974
02:10:25,217 --> 02:10:27,452
poverty in the third world
countries account
1975
02:10:27,486 --> 02:10:30,289
for about 40 percent
of all premature deaths.
1976
02:10:30,322 --> 02:10:32,324
And I see you're also tracking
poverty related illness
1977
02:10:32,357 --> 02:10:34,459
and violence
in the industrialized nations.
1978
02:10:34,493 --> 02:10:37,563
With heart diseases,
cancer and diabetes
1979
02:10:37,596 --> 02:10:39,164
remaining at the top,
1980
02:10:39,198 --> 02:10:41,333
while suicide,
inner-city gang warfare
1981
02:10:41,366 --> 02:10:44,269
and drug overdoses
coming a close second.
1982
02:10:44,303 --> 02:10:46,405
What about deep
stomach relationships?
1983
02:10:46,438 --> 02:10:48,006
Lack of education,
childhood stress?
1984
02:10:48,040 --> 02:10:50,075
Correlated as well.
1985
02:10:50,108 --> 02:10:52,311
Actually, very consistent.
1986
02:10:52,344 --> 02:10:56,315
Regional cycles of deprivation
are like clockwork.
1987
02:10:56,348 --> 02:11:00,085
Poor families continue
to produce more poor families,
1988
02:11:00,118 --> 02:11:03,222
-even in the richest states.
-And the mechanisms?
1989
02:11:03,255 --> 02:11:06,325
Standard class war stuff.
Only difference now
1990
02:11:06,358 --> 02:11:08,994
is ecological
and climate crisis,
1991
02:11:09,027 --> 02:11:11,163
which has rapidly
increased mortality
1992
02:11:11,196 --> 02:11:14,433
in poverty-stricken desert
and coastal regions.
1993
02:11:14,466 --> 02:11:16,468
But the same story otherwise.
1994
02:11:16,501 --> 02:11:19,037
The rich get richer
with disproportional
1995
02:11:19,071 --> 02:11:20,672
opportunity in capital.
1996
02:11:20,706 --> 02:11:22,241
The political establishment
1997
02:11:22,274 --> 02:11:24,509
favors business
and wealthy interests
1998
02:11:24,543 --> 02:11:26,979
over social support programs,
1999
02:11:27,012 --> 02:11:31,049
and the banking system keeps
a solid stranglehold on social
2000
02:11:31,083 --> 02:11:36,188
mobility by saturating the lower
class in insurmountable debt.
2001
02:11:36,221 --> 02:11:38,123
Same on the global level
2002
02:11:38,156 --> 02:11:40,492
through international
finance institutions,
2003
02:11:40,525 --> 02:11:44,496
structural adjustments,
austerity sanctions.
2004
02:11:44,529 --> 02:11:47,366
In fact,
the financial system is really
2005
02:11:47,399 --> 02:11:50,269
the glue that holds
all this together
2006
02:11:50,302 --> 02:11:52,671
keeping constant
downward pressure
2007
02:11:52,704 --> 02:11:55,274
on the impecunious masses.
2008
02:11:58,677 --> 02:12:01,280
[loud rumbling]
2009
02:12:06,051 --> 02:12:07,619
[robotic buzzing]
2010
02:12:09,521 --> 02:12:11,957
[traffic noises]
2011
02:12:40,752 --> 02:12:44,056
[ominous music]
2012
02:13:11,283 --> 02:13:14,386
[eerie music]
2013
02:13:56,561 --> 02:13:58,263
[ominous music increasing]
2014
02:14:02,868 --> 02:14:07,839
[announcement]
Final warning.
Please evacuate proximal region.
2015
02:14:09,141 --> 02:14:12,844
Program will commence in ten,
2016
02:14:12,878 --> 02:14:19,484
nine, eight, seven, six,
2017
02:14:19,518 --> 02:14:22,621
five, four...
2018
02:14:30,362 --> 02:14:32,764
[building rumbles]
2019
02:14:36,535 --> 02:14:39,104
[muffled rumbling]
2020
02:14:44,776 --> 02:14:46,845
[glass shattering]
2021
02:14:57,222 --> 02:14:59,491
[gentle music]
2022
02:15:01,226 --> 02:15:04,496
[Malikan]
Centuries ago humans
discovered hydrocarbon energy,
2023
02:15:04,529 --> 02:15:06,865
fossil fuels,
and for a good chunk of time,
2024
02:15:06,898 --> 02:15:10,335
it was a critical mechanism
advancing civilization,
2025
02:15:10,368 --> 02:15:12,370
but after a while
it became obvious that
2026
02:15:12,404 --> 02:15:15,907
its continued use posed
insurmountable repercussions,
2027
02:15:15,941 --> 02:15:17,876
damaging the environment.
2028
02:15:17,909 --> 02:15:20,312
So we eventually had
to stop using it completely,
2029
02:15:20,345 --> 02:15:23,415
figuring out other means.
And this is a good analogy
2030
02:15:23,448 --> 02:15:27,652
as to why we also needed
to transcend that social system.
2031
02:15:27,686 --> 02:15:29,521
I look at capitalism
2032
02:15:29,554 --> 02:15:32,858
as an adolescent stage
in the growth of civilization.
2033
02:15:32,891 --> 02:15:36,528
Let's let loose and have people
be selfish building and creating
2034
02:15:36,561 --> 02:15:40,599
in a belligerent manner
with no regard for consequences.
2035
02:15:40,632 --> 02:15:43,602
And we learned a lot.
I think without this phase,
2036
02:15:43,635 --> 02:15:46,671
we wouldn't have been able
to recognize and amplify
2037
02:15:46,705 --> 02:15:49,608
what really makes us
unique as a species.
2038
02:15:49,641 --> 02:15:52,477
We started as DNA
moving from simplicity
2039
02:15:52,511 --> 02:15:55,780
to complexity evolving
a brain with consciousness,
2040
02:15:55,814 --> 02:15:58,350
while blessed
with a profound social nature,
2041
02:15:58,383 --> 02:16:00,952
merging us into a truly
global consciousness
2042
02:16:00,986 --> 02:16:03,555
continuing this expansion.
2043
02:16:03,588 --> 02:16:06,358
Not through our biology
but through the sharing
2044
02:16:06,391 --> 02:16:09,261
of knowledge,
cultural evolution.
2045
02:16:10,428 --> 02:16:13,598
There was a great library
in a city called Alexandria
2046
02:16:13,632 --> 02:16:16,468
long, long ago, and
it contained some of the most
2047
02:16:16,501 --> 02:16:19,538
foundational texts
of human civilization.
2048
02:16:19,571 --> 02:16:22,307
And sadly
it was destroyed in war.
2049
02:16:22,340 --> 02:16:24,576
Many centuries later,
a famous astronomer named
2050
02:16:24,609 --> 02:16:26,912
Carl Sagan,
commented on the subject,
2051
02:16:38,456 --> 02:16:41,026
So the great question
of scientific and hence,
2052
02:16:41,059 --> 02:16:44,529
economic progress,
inevitably becomes,
2053
02:16:50,502 --> 02:16:53,338
How do we harness
our different talents and skills
2054
02:16:53,371 --> 02:16:55,874
to bring out our best potential,
2055
02:16:55,907 --> 02:16:59,044
not only as individuals,
but as a civilization?
2056
02:16:59,077 --> 02:17:01,313
We know the hardware,
so to speak.
2057
02:17:01,346 --> 02:17:04,282
A finite yet profoundly
regenerative planet
2058
02:17:04,316 --> 02:17:05,984
bound by laws of nature
2059
02:17:06,017 --> 02:17:08,820
with our species part
of a delicate ecosystem
2060
02:17:08,853 --> 02:17:11,022
sharing common ground.
2061
02:17:11,056 --> 02:17:13,658
[Aleniya]
The true measure
of economic progress
2062
02:17:13,692 --> 02:17:15,927
is simply doing more with less.
2063
02:17:15,961 --> 02:17:19,764
Efficiency, the ability to build
something for a given purpose
2064
02:17:19,798 --> 02:17:23,401
that is not only better than
what came before it in utility,
2065
02:17:23,435 --> 02:17:26,738
but also better in terms
of reducing the amount of labor,
2066
02:17:26,771 --> 02:17:30,041
energy and resources
required to make it work.
2067
02:17:30,075 --> 02:17:33,812
Which means it all
comes down to design.
2068
02:17:34,779 --> 02:17:36,681
And back to my point
about markets,
2069
02:17:36,715 --> 02:17:39,050
the infrastructure
it created set the groundwork
2070
02:17:39,084 --> 02:17:42,854
for powerful new means
to merge human talent and skill.
2071
02:17:42,887 --> 02:17:45,991
We just needed to remove
the counter-productive aspects.
2072
02:17:46,024 --> 02:17:48,827
And, needless to say,
wasteful human competition,
2073
02:17:48,860 --> 02:17:52,931
proprietary knowledge,
and people motivated
to sell things over and over
2074
02:17:52,964 --> 02:17:57,002
to feed a system of infinite
growth wasn't going to work.
2075
02:17:57,035 --> 02:18:00,805
There had to be
a way to bridge minds
and solve problems directly,
2076
02:18:00,839 --> 02:18:04,542
not by proxy of market
competition and profit.
2077
02:18:04,576 --> 02:18:06,978
I think the smartest thing
we ever did as a society
2078
02:18:07,012 --> 02:18:11,116
was the adoption
of an open source,
shared resource commons.
2079
02:18:11,149 --> 02:18:14,686
It exponentially catapulted
our problem solving creativity.
2080
02:18:14,719 --> 02:18:17,555
We ended corporations,
localized communities,
2081
02:18:17,589 --> 02:18:19,557
and shared all knowledge.
2082
02:18:19,591 --> 02:18:21,393
In fact,
if it wasn't for that move,
2083
02:18:21,426 --> 02:18:23,728
I really don't think we would've
solved the climate crisis
2084
02:18:23,762 --> 02:18:26,431
and all the other ecological
and social problems
2085
02:18:26,464 --> 02:18:28,099
we faced
before the Great Transition.
2086
02:18:29,067 --> 02:18:32,704
I still stand in awe today
at the stunningly productive
2087
02:18:32,737 --> 02:18:35,473
collective design
processes we created,
2088
02:18:35,507 --> 02:18:39,711
where status is driven
not by differential
competition for gain,
2089
02:18:39,744 --> 02:18:42,113
but by the degree
of your contribution:
2090
02:18:42,147 --> 02:18:45,016
how dedicated you are
to problem solving and creation,
2091
02:18:45,050 --> 02:18:48,953
working to improve
the fabric of society itself.
2092
02:18:48,987 --> 02:18:52,691
We also realized the true
purpose of a means of production
2093
02:18:52,724 --> 02:18:55,160
based upon automated technology.
2094
02:18:55,193 --> 02:18:57,562
Not as some brute
industrial mechanism
2095
02:18:57,595 --> 02:19:00,465
to produce an endless
stream of arbitrary goods,
2096
02:19:00,498 --> 02:19:04,002
but as a way to free ourselves
from uncreative labor,
2097
02:19:04,035 --> 02:19:07,572
not to mention improving
efficiency and safety.
2098
02:19:07,605 --> 02:19:09,841
And one final
evolution worth noting
2099
02:19:09,874 --> 02:19:12,677
was the removal
of the price system.
2100
02:19:12,711 --> 02:19:15,113
People stuck these numbers
on everything
2101
02:19:15,146 --> 02:19:18,883
that suggested
some kind of earthly value.
2102
02:19:18,917 --> 02:19:22,921
The numbers were a result
of a particularly crude equation
2103
02:19:22,954 --> 02:19:25,457
dealing with the supply
and demand.
2104
02:19:25,490 --> 02:19:27,759
And while the high priests
of the market religion
2105
02:19:27,792 --> 02:19:30,829
saw those price decrees
as the word of God,
2106
02:19:30,862 --> 02:19:34,799
the truth was
any price value determined
by market dynamics alone
2107
02:19:34,833 --> 02:19:36,901
was woefully incomplete.
2108
02:19:36,935 --> 02:19:38,837
And the only term to know
in regard to that
2109
02:19:38,870 --> 02:19:41,706
is negative market externality.
2110
02:19:41,740 --> 02:19:45,810
These are
cost values unaccounted for
by the market price equation
2111
02:19:45,844 --> 02:19:48,012
related to damage
done by industry.
2112
02:19:48,046 --> 02:19:50,448
For example,
in the early 21st century,
2113
02:19:50,482 --> 02:19:54,819
the running price
of hydrocarbon energy
was in a particular range.
2114
02:19:54,853 --> 02:19:56,988
But yet,
there was actually an additional
2115
02:19:57,021 --> 02:20:00,658
5.3 trillion dollars
in cost every year
2116
02:20:00,692 --> 02:20:02,827
as people worked
to clean up the damage
2117
02:20:02,861 --> 02:20:05,997
the use of hydrocarbons
was doing to the planet.
2118
02:20:06,030 --> 02:20:09,934
[Aleniya]
Same for the plastics industry,
a serious problem back then.
2119
02:20:09,968 --> 02:20:15,540
It had an externalized cost
of 2.5 trillion dollars a year
2120
02:20:15,573 --> 02:20:17,776
just to clean up the oceans.
2121
02:20:17,809 --> 02:20:19,744
[Malikan]
In fact, if you went back
2122
02:20:19,778 --> 02:20:22,747
and did the accounting
for global industry as a whole
2123
02:20:22,781 --> 02:20:25,483
factoring in these negative
market externalities,
2124
02:20:25,517 --> 02:20:28,553
again, these costs not reflected
in the set prices,
2125
02:20:28,586 --> 02:20:31,556
you would find that
no company on the planet
2126
02:20:31,589 --> 02:20:33,158
was actually even profitable.
2127
02:20:34,058 --> 02:20:37,762
So, of course today
we have a very different
system of accounting.
2128
02:20:37,796 --> 02:20:42,167
We know almost exactly what's
happening or could happen
in downstream effects
2129
02:20:42,200 --> 02:20:46,671
and we improve our total system
efficiency every single year
because of it.
2130
02:20:46,704 --> 02:20:49,174
It's a true economy,
in other words.
2131
02:20:50,241 --> 02:20:53,711
[Vivian]
And all of this creates a very
different social atmosphere.
2132
02:20:53,745 --> 02:20:56,281
Today our incentives
are aligned.
2133
02:20:56,314 --> 02:20:58,850
No one cuts corners,
there's no reason to.
2134
02:20:58,883 --> 02:21:01,052
No one is trying
to improve some bottom line
2135
02:21:01,085 --> 02:21:03,621
by disregarding
our ecological stewardship
2136
02:21:03,655 --> 02:21:05,757
or the well-being of others.
2137
02:21:05,790 --> 02:21:07,892
We finally got it right.
2138
02:21:07,926 --> 02:21:09,727
[Aleniya]
And I compare
the footage of the way
2139
02:21:09,761 --> 02:21:13,064
people behaved back then
to the way they do now.
2140
02:21:13,097 --> 02:21:17,869
It's an astounding amount
of pride and community,
meaning and purpose.
2141
02:21:17,902 --> 02:21:20,638
They don't feel alone.
2142
02:21:20,672 --> 02:21:24,042
They know they have support,
not just from their friends
and family,
2143
02:21:24,075 --> 02:21:27,278
but from the very design
of the social system itself,
2144
02:21:28,246 --> 02:21:30,715
a system designed
to actually care.
2145
02:21:33,218 --> 02:21:34,118
Imagine that.
2146
02:21:37,121 --> 02:21:39,157
[loud traffic]
2147
02:21:46,998 --> 02:21:48,032
[horn faintly honks]
2148
02:21:54,205 --> 02:21:56,207
[horn honking loudly]
2149
02:21:56,241 --> 02:21:58,276
[train softly rattling]
2150
02:22:37,982 --> 02:22:40,018
[train rattles loudly]
2151
02:22:45,156 --> 02:22:46,691
[rattling stops]
2152
02:22:50,061 --> 02:22:52,797
[soft gentle music]
2153
02:23:05,076 --> 02:23:07,111
[men speaking indistinctively]
2154
02:23:45,350 --> 02:23:47,852
[man speaking
with distorted voice]
2155
02:23:56,861 --> 02:23:59,364
[man speaking
with distorted voice]
2156
02:24:19,884 --> 02:24:21,319
[softly scoffs]
2157
02:24:21,352 --> 02:24:23,287
The low polygon people are here.
2158
02:24:27,792 --> 02:24:28,860
[sighs]
2159
02:24:30,228 --> 02:24:33,097
-I wish they'd go back
to their own resolution.
-[softly chuckles]
2160
02:24:45,777 --> 02:24:47,812
[distorted chat continues]
2161
02:25:09,167 --> 02:25:11,202
[gentle music]
2162
02:25:58,516 --> 02:25:59,417
[loud whoosh]
2163
02:25:59,450 --> 02:26:01,486
[ominous music]
2164
02:26:10,561 --> 02:26:13,397
How are you still standing?
What is that your tenth drink?
2165
02:26:19,303 --> 02:26:20,204
[joyful sigh]
2166
02:26:21,639 --> 02:26:22,840
Apple juice.
2167
02:26:22,874 --> 02:26:25,042
[loud beeps]
2168
02:26:25,076 --> 02:26:26,110
What's that?
2169
02:26:27,612 --> 02:26:30,481
That is a breach alarm.
2170
02:26:30,515 --> 02:26:33,384
[clicks tongue]
Looks like Orion is continuing
through our security.
2171
02:26:34,352 --> 02:26:37,421
And on that note, John,
I need to know your intent.
2172
02:26:37,455 --> 02:26:41,292
I've explained
the Mandate and how it's
far bigger than both of us.
2173
02:26:41,325 --> 02:26:44,028
Policy of inaction is still
a policy of action, Simon.
2174
02:26:44,061 --> 02:26:46,330
Well, if you'd like,
we could continue
2175
02:26:46,364 --> 02:26:48,399
this colorful debate
another time.
2176
02:26:48,432 --> 02:26:50,835
Assuming you're willing
to assist us here now.
2177
02:26:53,404 --> 02:26:56,174
Signal source,
what are the regional markers?
2178
02:26:58,910 --> 02:27:01,112
-Well...
-[high beeps]
2179
02:27:01,145 --> 02:27:02,580
...that's part of the problem.
2180
02:27:02,613 --> 02:27:04,448
The best we have
is a desert region
2181
02:27:04,482 --> 02:27:05,917
on the west side
of North America
2182
02:27:05,950 --> 02:27:08,052
about 10,000 square miles.
2183
02:27:08,085 --> 02:27:10,388
It's not too horrible.
I assume your satellites
2184
02:27:10,421 --> 02:27:12,190
have been scanning
more remote terrain.
2185
02:27:12,223 --> 02:27:15,226
Of course, nothing out
of the ordinary has been seen.
2186
02:27:15,259 --> 02:27:18,262
What about surveillance gaps?
Are the satellite
passes seamless?
2187
02:27:18,296 --> 02:27:21,432
For the most part,
there are some periodic
latitudinal gaps,
2188
02:27:21,465 --> 02:27:23,501
but they only last a few hours.
2189
02:27:23,534 --> 02:27:26,571
Is it possible Orion is aware
of them? Exploiting them?
2190
02:27:28,606 --> 02:27:31,209
-That's what I'd do.
-I suppose,
2191
02:27:31,242 --> 02:27:32,677
but highly unlikely.
2192
02:27:32,710 --> 02:27:34,612
They would have
to already be in our system
2193
02:27:34,645 --> 02:27:36,280
to know the trajectories.
2194
02:27:37,248 --> 02:27:38,316
Show me the gaps.
2195
02:27:41,586 --> 02:27:42,620
You want my help or not?
2196
02:27:45,423 --> 02:27:46,524
[high pitched whirring]
2197
02:27:46,557 --> 02:27:47,458
[sharp beep]
2198
02:27:50,728 --> 02:27:52,196
Zoom into the area in question.
2199
02:27:52,230 --> 02:27:53,164
[high pitched whirring]
2200
02:27:54,332 --> 02:27:55,566
Perfect.
2201
02:27:55,600 --> 02:27:57,168
Hold it right there, John.
2202
02:27:58,669 --> 02:28:01,205
We've already conducted
sub sonar scans.
2203
02:28:01,239 --> 02:28:04,475
If they're underground,
they're using some kind
of reflective shield.
2204
02:28:04,508 --> 02:28:06,277
But what I think
would be best for you
2205
02:28:06,310 --> 02:28:08,412
is to analyze
the signal code itself,
2206
02:28:08,446 --> 02:28:10,348
see if you can find a signature.
2207
02:28:14,418 --> 02:28:15,419
[Simon]
John?
2208
02:28:16,554 --> 02:28:19,156
Yeah, sorry,
I was just thinking.
2209
02:28:20,391 --> 02:28:24,161
Hey, remember that
Aqua Terraformation project
we worked on years ago?
2210
02:28:24,195 --> 02:28:25,630
[soft tense music]
2211
02:28:25,663 --> 02:28:27,698
Sounds like you need
to get some sleep.
2212
02:28:27,732 --> 02:28:30,067
Your attention span is going.
2213
02:28:30,101 --> 02:28:32,103
-And of course...
-[high beeps]
2214
02:28:32,136 --> 02:28:36,440
...how can I forget?
Ionized nanotech pop-up islands
2215
02:28:36,474 --> 02:28:37,508
from seawater.
2216
02:28:37,541 --> 02:28:39,744
Too bad it never worked.
2217
02:28:39,777 --> 02:28:41,579
We could've extended populations
2218
02:28:41,612 --> 02:28:44,048
into the ocean,
free up some space.
2219
02:28:44,081 --> 02:28:44,982
Yeah.
2220
02:28:45,950 --> 02:28:48,319
What other ambitious
stuff did we work on?
2221
02:28:48,352 --> 02:28:49,687
Those were some exciting times.
2222
02:28:51,022 --> 02:28:52,290
Remember TRD Hollow Cloak?
2223
02:28:52,323 --> 02:28:54,058
Huh!
2224
02:28:54,091 --> 02:28:55,493
A sci-fi classic.
2225
02:28:55,526 --> 02:28:58,062
Tactile remote drone hologram.
2226
02:28:59,096 --> 02:29:01,465
We played with that
for a while here,
2227
02:29:01,499 --> 02:29:03,000
but proved impossible,
2228
02:29:03,034 --> 02:29:05,336
light just can't
merge like that.
2229
02:29:05,369 --> 02:29:07,305
Yeah. Too bad.
2230
02:29:08,439 --> 02:29:12,009
Lots of uses for a fully
controlled remote tactile
human hologram.
2231
02:29:13,210 --> 02:29:15,246
[upbeat tense music]
2232
02:29:20,151 --> 02:29:22,186
[high pitched whirring]
2233
02:29:23,220 --> 02:29:25,489
[sharp thuds]
2234
02:29:35,333 --> 02:29:37,368
[high pitched whirring]
2235
02:29:39,203 --> 02:29:40,104
Cool, huh?
2236
02:29:46,510 --> 02:29:48,346
And it's at this juncture,
Simon,
2237
02:29:48,379 --> 02:29:49,714
I'm afraid I have
to deliver some kind
2238
02:29:49,747 --> 02:29:51,582
of protagonistical declaration
2239
02:29:51,615 --> 02:29:53,484
of moral superiority
2240
02:29:53,517 --> 02:29:56,320
to indicate the philosophical
error of your ways.
2241
02:29:57,455 --> 02:29:58,289
So here it goes.
2242
02:30:00,124 --> 02:30:02,727
Those that seek
to create in this world,
2243
02:30:02,760 --> 02:30:06,097
those who embrace change
as a natural force,
2244
02:30:06,130 --> 02:30:09,433
helping to unify
humankind as one entity
2245
02:30:09,467 --> 02:30:11,402
in one shared direction,
2246
02:30:11,435 --> 02:30:13,738
realizing
that injustice anywhere
2247
02:30:13,771 --> 02:30:15,373
is injustice everywhere,
2248
02:30:16,440 --> 02:30:20,144
will always be one step ahead
of the traditionalists,
2249
02:30:20,177 --> 02:30:22,646
the preservers, the elitists,
2250
02:30:22,680 --> 02:30:26,717
who,
in defense of their separatist
identities and egoist fears,
2251
02:30:26,751 --> 02:30:32,123
seek to divide, conquer,
oppress and destroy.
2252
02:30:33,190 --> 02:30:36,160
The pursuit of livingry
will always be one step ahead
2253
02:30:36,193 --> 02:30:37,395
of the pursuit of weaponry.
2254
02:30:40,598 --> 02:30:43,601
Orion doesn't exist, does it?
2255
02:30:43,634 --> 02:30:45,369
Nope.
2256
02:30:45,403 --> 02:30:47,204
We just put a virus
in your firewall.
2257
02:30:48,406 --> 02:30:50,741
Why?
What's the point of all of this?
2258
02:30:50,775 --> 02:30:52,510
To expose the Mandate,
of course,
2259
02:30:52,543 --> 02:30:53,577
which will be leaked shortly
2260
02:30:53,611 --> 02:30:54,645
to every major news network.
2261
02:30:54,678 --> 02:30:55,813
[chuckles]
2262
02:30:55,846 --> 02:30:58,883
Oh, seriously, that's it?
2263
02:30:58,916 --> 02:31:01,886
You think we can't absorb that?
2264
02:31:01,919 --> 02:31:04,522
That we haven't perfected
endless ways
2265
02:31:04,555 --> 02:31:07,691
to deflate and confuse
public perception when needed?
2266
02:31:07,725 --> 02:31:10,494
Well, then I guess
you have nothing to worry about.
2267
02:31:11,462 --> 02:31:12,530
See you around, Simon.
2268
02:31:13,464 --> 02:31:14,398
[loud whoosh]
2269
02:31:14,432 --> 02:31:16,467
[high pitched beeps]
2270
02:31:28,412 --> 02:31:32,183
-Hey,
token white guy is back!
-[chuckles] Shut up.
2271
02:31:32,216 --> 02:31:33,918
All right, folks.
We don't have much time.
2272
02:31:33,951 --> 02:31:35,886
I don't think he's going
to buy that story for long.
2273
02:31:35,920 --> 02:31:37,655
How're we doing?
2274
02:31:37,688 --> 02:31:40,291
Satellite coordinates locked,
everything's ready.
2275
02:31:40,324 --> 02:31:42,860
But keep in mind,
even with bypassing
your surveillance,
2276
02:31:42,893 --> 02:31:45,496
once this thing hits,
the heat signature is going
to be out of control.
2277
02:31:45,529 --> 02:31:47,665
That's what
the subterfuge is for.
2278
02:31:47,698 --> 02:31:50,201
-Mandate leak
on the blockchain yet?
-[woman 2] Packaging now.
2279
02:31:50,234 --> 02:31:52,570
Should be in the hands
of every major media outlet
in about 20 minutes.
2280
02:31:52,603 --> 02:31:54,472
Good.
2281
02:31:54,505 --> 02:31:56,874
Don't forget to show
Simon's stupid face.
2282
02:31:56,907 --> 02:32:00,411
So this is it folks.
We have a clear path
avoiding GSA surveillance.
2283
02:32:00,444 --> 02:32:02,413
Once the Mandate exposure
hits the press,
2284
02:32:02,446 --> 02:32:04,682
Simon and company
will be in damage control,
2285
02:32:04,715 --> 02:32:06,617
hopefully long enough
so we can pull this off.
2286
02:32:07,818 --> 02:32:08,853
Anybody need anything?
2287
02:32:08,886 --> 02:32:10,321
-Music.
-Music.
2288
02:32:10,354 --> 02:32:11,722
-Music.
-Music.
2289
02:32:13,224 --> 02:32:13,924
You got it.
2290
02:32:13,958 --> 02:32:16,193
[drum beats]
2291
02:32:20,498 --> 02:32:22,533
[mechanical whirring starts]
2292
02:32:22,566 --> 02:32:24,602
[helicopter blades buzz]
2293
02:32:25,703 --> 02:32:28,239
[cheerful instrumental music]
2294
02:32:31,375 --> 02:32:33,410
[helicopter blades buzz loudly]
2295
02:32:54,999 --> 02:32:57,234
[singing opera]
2296
02:33:41,478 --> 02:33:44,014
-[loud whirring]
-[loud laughs]
2297
02:33:44,048 --> 02:33:46,317
-[claps]
-[director] All right,
everybody, come on.
2298
02:33:46,350 --> 02:33:48,786
We got-- we got to finish
this goddamn movie already.
2299
02:33:48,819 --> 02:33:51,722
Left. Right. Left.
2300
02:33:51,755 --> 02:33:52,957
[loud whirring]
2301
02:33:52,990 --> 02:33:55,025
[singing opera]
2302
02:34:06,337 --> 02:34:07,871
[muffled explosion]
2303
02:34:07,905 --> 02:34:09,807
[sharp whoosh]
2304
02:34:24,521 --> 02:34:26,523
Responding
to this new leak by Concordia,
2305
02:34:26,557 --> 02:34:28,692
purporting to reveal
a policy of neglect,
2306
02:34:28,726 --> 02:34:30,394
where the death
of millions in poverty
2307
02:34:30,427 --> 02:34:31,929
was deliberately accentuated
2308
02:34:31,962 --> 02:34:34,331
by International Trade policy.
2309
02:34:34,365 --> 02:34:36,400
Leaked documents even include
what appears to be
2310
02:34:36,433 --> 02:34:38,969
a video of GSA's current head,
Simon Devoe.
2311
02:34:47,378 --> 02:34:48,712
Don't look at me like that.
2312
02:34:48,746 --> 02:34:51,348
Standard operating procedure,
folks.
2313
02:34:51,382 --> 02:34:54,485
Get your media agents
out there and start
changing the narrative.
2314
02:34:54,518 --> 02:34:56,553
[instrumental music continues]
2315
02:34:56,587 --> 02:34:57,921
[water splashes]
2316
02:35:04,461 --> 02:35:05,963
Sir.
2317
02:35:05,996 --> 02:35:07,865
[radar beeps]
2318
02:35:07,898 --> 02:35:09,633
-What is it?
-I don't know.
2319
02:35:09,667 --> 02:35:12,469
We don't have visual coverage
in that region yet.
2320
02:35:12,503 --> 02:35:13,437
Send the drones.
2321
02:35:14,405 --> 02:35:16,640
[high pitched whoosh]
2322
02:35:16,674 --> 02:35:18,709
[water splashes]
2323
02:35:29,053 --> 02:35:30,754
Holy shit, it worked.
2324
02:35:30,788 --> 02:35:32,389
Shall we alert the base?
2325
02:35:32,423 --> 02:35:33,123
Indeed.
2326
02:35:34,058 --> 02:35:35,559
The migration begins.
2327
02:35:35,592 --> 02:35:37,628
[hologram buzzes]
2328
02:35:38,762 --> 02:35:40,864
[man 1]
It's an artificial island, Sir,
2329
02:35:40,898 --> 02:35:44,735
in the Pacific, about 700 miles
off the coast of North America.
2330
02:35:44,768 --> 02:35:45,669
[Simon sighs]
2331
02:35:46,770 --> 02:35:49,440
Holy shit, it worked.
2332
02:35:50,708 --> 02:35:52,576
[man 2]
Scramble fighters to destroy it?
2333
02:35:52,609 --> 02:35:55,779
No. See this?
2334
02:35:55,813 --> 02:35:59,450
It's a plasma congealed
electromagnetic field,
2335
02:35:59,483 --> 02:36:01,719
-impenetrable.
-[man 1] How do you know that?
2336
02:36:02,720 --> 02:36:04,488
Because I know the creator.
2337
02:36:07,524 --> 02:36:08,992
And sing.
2338
02:36:09,026 --> 02:36:10,627
[music ends]
2339
02:36:19,169 --> 02:36:21,405
[water splashing]
2340
02:36:36,754 --> 02:36:39,223
[reporter]
So, we've just arrived
at the colony of Concordia,
2341
02:36:39,256 --> 02:36:41,024
where almost
a million people have migrated
2342
02:36:41,058 --> 02:36:43,861
to basically get away
from the rest of the world.
2343
02:36:43,894 --> 02:36:46,530
We are the first press
allowed in,
2344
02:36:46,563 --> 02:36:48,499
waiting to meet our guide.
2345
02:36:50,667 --> 02:36:53,170
-Hi, I'm Elnoria.
-Nice to meet you.
2346
02:36:53,203 --> 02:36:54,738
Thank you for having us.
2347
02:36:54,772 --> 02:36:56,173
I suggest we move
to the city center,
2348
02:36:56,206 --> 02:36:57,941
start our tour from there.
2349
02:36:57,975 --> 02:37:00,110
-[softly] You can cut.
-[soft electronical buzz]
2350
02:37:06,083 --> 02:37:08,218
So, there's been a lot
of speculation on the mainland
2351
02:37:08,252 --> 02:37:10,087
about what goes on here.
2352
02:37:10,120 --> 02:37:12,890
You're depicted
as some kind of a cult.
2353
02:37:12,923 --> 02:37:14,725
Claims of human right abuses,
2354
02:37:14,758 --> 02:37:17,828
and your media is being
censored pretty aggressively.
2355
02:37:17,861 --> 02:37:20,030
Well, that's why you're here.
2356
02:37:20,063 --> 02:37:22,599
This island wasn't created
to escape the world,
2357
02:37:22,633 --> 02:37:26,069
it was created to set
an example to change the world,
2358
02:37:26,103 --> 02:37:29,807
show what's actually possible
if humankind decided
to work together.
2359
02:37:29,840 --> 02:37:32,042
So,
where would you like to start?
2360
02:37:32,075 --> 02:37:33,944
I guess technicals.
2361
02:37:33,977 --> 02:37:35,512
How are you powering this place?
2362
02:37:36,580 --> 02:37:38,849
[Elnoria]
Mixed renewable integration.
2363
02:37:38,882 --> 02:37:42,786
The island's core baseload
systems are solar,
wind and ocean,
2364
02:37:42,820 --> 02:37:44,922
while localized
kinetic energy capture,
2365
02:37:44,955 --> 02:37:46,690
mixed use, reuse mechanisms,
2366
02:37:46,723 --> 02:37:48,759
are designed
into most everything.
2367
02:37:48,792 --> 02:37:50,093
[reporter]
Like footsteps?
2368
02:37:50,127 --> 02:37:52,029
[Elnoria]
Footsteps, vehicle motion,
2369
02:37:52,062 --> 02:37:55,966
pipe flows, anything that moves,
we recapture.
2370
02:37:55,999 --> 02:37:58,202
We're at about 5,000
percent efficiency,
2371
02:37:58,235 --> 02:38:00,704
more energy than we know
what to do with.
2372
02:38:00,737 --> 02:38:02,206
That's insane.
2373
02:38:02,239 --> 02:38:03,774
Not really.
2374
02:38:03,807 --> 02:38:04,975
The earth is, in effect,
2375
02:38:05,008 --> 02:38:06,877
a perpetual motion machine.
2376
02:38:06,910 --> 02:38:09,780
You people on the mainland
could easily do the same thing,
2377
02:38:09,813 --> 02:38:13,817
but your economic system
simply isn't conducive
to integrative design.
2378
02:38:13,851 --> 02:38:17,054
Speaking of which,
let's head to the development
center around the corner.
2379
02:38:17,087 --> 02:38:18,021
Okay.
2380
02:38:24,027 --> 02:38:26,096
This is one
of our design facilities.
2381
02:38:27,231 --> 02:38:29,933
Okay. Like an office.
2382
02:38:31,201 --> 02:38:32,736
So these people are employed.
2383
02:38:34,371 --> 02:38:37,875
[Elnoria] Employed. Um,
I suppose in the most technical
sense of the word, sure.
2384
02:38:37,908 --> 02:38:39,977
But we have
no systemic slavery here.
2385
02:38:40,010 --> 02:38:43,080
No one is coerced to submit
for their basic survival,
2386
02:38:43,113 --> 02:38:45,616
something I suspect might be
very foreign to you.
2387
02:38:46,850 --> 02:38:49,253
But everyone needs
to do something, right?
2388
02:38:49,286 --> 02:38:53,090
So how do you network skills,
organized trade, markets?
2389
02:38:53,123 --> 02:38:54,791
[Elnoria]
There is no trade.
2390
02:38:54,825 --> 02:38:57,794
There are no markets.
There is no currency.
2391
02:38:57,828 --> 02:39:00,697
Those who wish to contribute do
so through collaborative design
2392
02:39:00,731 --> 02:39:02,900
in an open source environment.
2393
02:39:02,933 --> 02:39:05,602
What you think of as industries
of production on the mainland
2394
02:39:05,636 --> 02:39:06,904
is unified here.
2395
02:39:06,937 --> 02:39:08,105
Wait, I don't understand.
2396
02:39:09,306 --> 02:39:11,108
These people are
not paid to be here?
2397
02:39:12,910 --> 02:39:14,311
How are they motivated?
2398
02:39:14,344 --> 02:39:16,613
Well, how is anyone motivated?
2399
02:39:16,647 --> 02:39:19,283
Do you need to get paid to get
out of bed in the morning?
2400
02:39:19,316 --> 02:39:21,652
Do you need to be paid
to ensure your own health,
2401
02:39:21,685 --> 02:39:23,987
the health of your family
and friends?
2402
02:39:24,021 --> 02:39:27,891
Paid to show stewardship
for the habitat and society
that supports you?
2403
02:39:27,925 --> 02:39:31,228
-How about innovation?
-Innovation to what end?
2404
02:39:31,261 --> 02:39:35,032
To create something to improve
life and experience?
2405
02:39:35,065 --> 02:39:36,733
Or to create something to sell?
2406
02:39:38,302 --> 02:39:42,072
If you think about it,
it has been the blind economic
drive toward innovation,
2407
02:39:42,105 --> 02:39:44,408
as you know it, that continues
to lead your society
2408
02:39:44,441 --> 02:39:46,910
-to destruction
-Okay, then. [sighs]
2409
02:39:46,944 --> 02:39:49,146
Once these people have
designed something, then what?
2410
02:39:50,113 --> 02:39:51,882
[Elnoria]
If a design meets
proper criteria
2411
02:39:51,915 --> 02:39:54,751
in terms of efficiency
and sustainability protocols,
2412
02:39:54,785 --> 02:39:58,822
it is then accessible
by our mostly additive
manufacturing system.
2413
02:39:58,855 --> 02:40:01,158
[reporter]
Additive? 3D printers?
2414
02:40:01,191 --> 02:40:03,961
[Elnoria]
Which have been perfected
to a degree where modular arrays
2415
02:40:03,994 --> 02:40:07,664
can produce
most anything conceived of
with traditional material.
2416
02:40:07,698 --> 02:40:09,733
[gentle whimsical music]
2417
02:40:11,101 --> 02:40:13,270
And by the way,
there's no waste here.
2418
02:40:13,303 --> 02:40:16,006
Our AI designed filters won't
allow production of any item
2419
02:40:16,039 --> 02:40:18,141
that isn't 100% regenerative.
2420
02:40:20,143 --> 02:40:21,945
Sorry, I'm speechless.
2421
02:40:21,979 --> 02:40:23,213
If what you say is true,
2422
02:40:24,147 --> 02:40:25,716
you've actually done it.
2423
02:40:25,749 --> 02:40:26,783
Done what?
2424
02:40:26,817 --> 02:40:28,218
You've created Utopia.
2425
02:40:28,251 --> 02:40:29,820
[Elnoria chuckles]
2426
02:40:29,853 --> 02:40:31,888
If you want to sound
like an idiot, sure.
2427
02:40:32,889 --> 02:40:36,994
This isn't Utopia, friend.
It's simply pragmatic design.
2428
02:40:37,027 --> 02:40:39,796
Come, let me now show you
our democratic system,
2429
02:40:39,830 --> 02:40:41,999
how we use direct democracy
to eliminate politicians
2430
02:40:42,032 --> 02:40:43,367
and control problems.
2431
02:40:43,400 --> 02:40:45,402
[reporter]
What? No elections?
2432
02:40:45,435 --> 02:40:48,038
-No goons?
-[Elnoria] God, no.
2433
02:40:48,071 --> 02:40:51,241
[reporter]
Whoa. So...
so where do I sign up?
2434
02:40:51,274 --> 02:40:53,310
I want to join your cult
as soon as possible.
2435
02:40:53,343 --> 02:40:55,912
-[Elnoria chuckles]
I'll see what I can do.
-Please.
2436
02:40:55,946 --> 02:40:57,781
I don't know
if I can take much more.
2437
02:40:57,814 --> 02:40:58,982
[soft chuckles]
2438
02:41:00,417 --> 02:41:02,319
[director]
So, I'm afraid we're going
to have to wrap this up for now,
2439
02:41:02,352 --> 02:41:04,254
but a-- as we discussed,
I will be back
2440
02:41:04,287 --> 02:41:06,289
for the second part
of this interview fairly soon,
2441
02:41:06,323 --> 02:41:09,226
uh, specifically to discuss
the colony of Concordia
2442
02:41:09,259 --> 02:41:11,395
and their historical influence.
2443
02:41:11,428 --> 02:41:14,498
Sure. So what's the name
of the documentary?
2444
02:41:14,531 --> 02:41:16,333
[director]
InterReflections.
2445
02:41:16,366 --> 02:41:18,335
-Interesting.
-But before we end,
2446
02:41:18,368 --> 02:41:20,037
I have a rather strange request.
2447
02:41:21,805 --> 02:41:26,109
If you could address those
vulnerable, confused souls,
2448
02:41:26,143 --> 02:41:27,744
you know,
before the Great Transition,
2449
02:41:27,778 --> 02:41:28,879
given, as you put it earlier,
2450
02:41:28,912 --> 02:41:30,447
we barely made it at all,
2451
02:41:32,015 --> 02:41:33,183
what would you say to them?
2452
02:41:34,317 --> 02:41:36,820
Wow, that is a strange request.
2453
02:41:37,821 --> 02:41:38,789
Hm.
2454
02:41:39,656 --> 02:41:41,825
I think I would
paraphrase the words
2455
02:41:41,858 --> 02:41:43,527
of a notable
civil rights activist
2456
02:41:43,560 --> 02:41:46,963
from the mid-20th century
named Bayard Rustin.
2457
02:41:50,901 --> 02:41:51,868
And he said,
2458
02:41:54,271 --> 02:41:55,372
"You are all one.
2459
02:41:56,640 --> 02:42:00,911
And if you don't know it, you're
going to find out the hard way."
2460
02:42:00,944 --> 02:42:03,313
[upbeat music]
2461
02:42:06,349 --> 02:42:08,919
♪ It's a bacchanalia
2462
02:42:08,952 --> 02:42:11,288
♪ It's a cornucopia
2463
02:42:11,321 --> 02:42:13,256
♪ Champagne and a caviar
2464
02:42:13,290 --> 02:42:16,193
♪ What else is there?
2465
02:42:16,226 --> 02:42:18,528
♪ Swimming pool
and fancy yacht ♪
2466
02:42:18,562 --> 02:42:21,231
♪ Vacation
in the south of France ♪
2467
02:42:21,264 --> 02:42:23,166
♪ You got anything you want
2468
02:42:23,200 --> 02:42:25,569
♪ What else is there?
2469
02:42:25,602 --> 02:42:28,138
♪ Did your mama
teach you how to ♪
2470
02:42:28,171 --> 02:42:30,540
♪ Teach you how to share?
2471
02:42:30,574 --> 02:42:33,276
♪ Did your mama
teach you how to ♪
2472
02:42:33,310 --> 02:42:35,445
♪ Teach you how to share?
2473
02:42:35,479 --> 02:42:38,048
♪ Did your mama
teach you how to ♪
2474
02:42:38,081 --> 02:42:40,417
♪ Teach you how to share?
2475
02:42:40,450 --> 02:42:43,253
♪ Did your mama
teach you how to ♪
2476
02:42:43,286 --> 02:42:45,388
♪ Teach you how to share?
2477
02:42:50,994 --> 02:42:53,163
♪ Your company
has rising stock ♪
2478
02:42:53,196 --> 02:42:55,565
♪ Cheaper labor
in the eastern block ♪
2479
02:42:55,599 --> 02:42:57,901
♪ No complaining
in the sweat shop ♪
2480
02:42:57,934 --> 02:43:00,537
♪ What else is there?
2481
02:43:00,570 --> 02:43:03,073
♪ Making deals
in the back room ♪
2482
02:43:03,106 --> 02:43:05,442
♪ If you don't like it
you can change the rules ♪
2483
02:43:05,475 --> 02:43:07,544
♪ Thank your friends
in the Legislature ♪
2484
02:43:07,577 --> 02:43:10,180
♪ What else is there?
2485
02:43:10,213 --> 02:43:12,616
♪ Did your mama
teach you how to ♪
2486
02:43:12,649 --> 02:43:15,085
♪ Teach you how to share?
2487
02:43:15,118 --> 02:43:17,954
♪ Did your mama
teach you how to ♪
2488
02:43:17,988 --> 02:43:20,090
♪ Teach you how to share?
2489
02:43:20,123 --> 02:43:22,459
♪ Did your mama
teach you how to ♪
2490
02:43:22,492 --> 02:43:25,028
♪ Teach you how to share?
2491
02:43:25,061 --> 02:43:27,864
♪ Did your mama
teach you how to ♪
2492
02:43:27,898 --> 02:43:29,966
♪ Teach you how to share?
2493
02:43:49,319 --> 02:43:51,354
[crowd claps and cheers]
2494
02:43:57,460 --> 02:43:59,996
♪ Never felt
like we had enough ♪
2495
02:44:00,030 --> 02:44:02,332
♪ Welfare check
don't buy much ♪
2496
02:44:02,365 --> 02:44:04,568
♪ I started working
from eight on up ♪
2497
02:44:04,601 --> 02:44:07,437
♪ What else is there?
2498
02:44:07,470 --> 02:44:09,906
♪ I know when I look at you
2499
02:44:09,940 --> 02:44:12,309
♪ You got feelings like I do
2500
02:44:12,342 --> 02:44:14,444
♪ Can we go
by the golden rule? ♪
2501
02:44:14,477 --> 02:44:17,047
♪ What else is there?
2502
02:44:17,080 --> 02:44:19,416
♪ Did your mama
teach you how to ♪
2503
02:44:19,449 --> 02:44:22,018
♪ Teach you how to share?
2504
02:44:22,052 --> 02:44:24,654
♪ Did your mama
teach you how to ♪
2505
02:44:24,688 --> 02:44:26,990
♪ Teach you how to share?
2506
02:44:27,023 --> 02:44:29,359
♪ Did your mama
teach you how to ♪
2507
02:44:29,392 --> 02:44:31,928
♪ Teach you how to share?
2508
02:44:31,962 --> 02:44:34,564
♪ Did your mama
teach you how to ♪
2509
02:44:34,598 --> 02:44:36,666
♪ Teach you how to share?
2510
02:44:36,700 --> 02:44:39,236
♪ Did your mama
teach you how to ♪
2511
02:44:39,269 --> 02:44:41,605
-♪ Teach you how to share?
-♪ Help somebody
2512
02:44:41,638 --> 02:44:44,474
♪ Did your mama
teach you how to ♪
2513
02:44:44,507 --> 02:44:46,543
-♪ Teach you how to share?
-♪ Help somebody
2514
02:44:46,576 --> 02:44:49,179
♪ Did your mama
teach you how to ♪
2515
02:44:49,212 --> 02:44:51,548
-♪ Teach you how to share?
-♪ Help somebody
2516
02:44:51,581 --> 02:44:54,417
♪ Did your mama
teach you how to ♪
2517
02:44:54,451 --> 02:44:57,687
-♪ Teach you how to share?
-♪ Help somebody
2518
02:44:57,721 --> 02:44:58,922
[music faints]
194086
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