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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.12,0:00:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like you to imagine the world anew.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.84,0:00:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to show you some maps,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.04,0:00:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which have been drawn by Ben Hennig,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.80,0:00:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the planet in a way
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.52,0:00:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that most of you will never\Nhave seen the planet depicted before.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.48,0:00:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's an image\Nthat you're very familiar with.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.48,0:00:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm old enough that I was actually born\Nbefore we saw this image.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.56,0:00:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Apparently some of my first words\Nwere "moona, moona,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.16,0:00:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think that's my mom\Nhaving a particular fantasy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.28,0:00:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what her baby boy could see
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.56,0:00:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the flickering\Nblack and white TV screen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.68,0:00:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's only been a few centuries
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.32,0:00:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since we've actually, most of us,\Nthought of our planet as spherical.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.16,0:00:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we first saw\Nthese images in the 1960s,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.24,0:00:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world was changing\Nat an incredible rate.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.32,0:00:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my own little discipline\Nof human geography,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.60,0:01:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a cartographer called Waldo Tobler
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.36,0:01:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was drawing new maps of the planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.92,0:01:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these maps have now spread,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.44,0:01:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to show you one of them now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.20,0:01:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This map is a map of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.72,0:01:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's a map which looks to you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.16,0:01:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit strange.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.20,0:01:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a map in which we stretched places,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.04,0:01:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that those areas which contain\Nmany people are drawn larger,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.76,0:01:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those areas,\Nlike the Sahara and the Himalayas,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.72,0:01:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which there are few people,\Nhave been shrunk away.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.76,0:01:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody on the planet\Nis given an equal amount of space.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.12,0:01:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cities are shown shining bright.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.68,0:01:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lines are showing you\Nsubmarine cables and trade routes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.28,0:01:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's one particular line\Nthat goes from the Chinese port of Dalian
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.96,0:01:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through past Singapore,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.68,0:01:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the Suez Canal,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.44,0:01:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the Mediterranean\Nand round to Rotterdam.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.80,0:01:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's showing you the route
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.32,0:01:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what was the world's\Nlargest ship just a year ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.28,0:02:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a ship which was taking\Nso many containers of goods
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.32,0:02:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when they were unloaded,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.20,0:02:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the lorries had all gone in convoy,\Nthey would have been 100 kilometers long.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.68,0:02:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how our world is now connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.44,0:02:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the quantity of stuff\Nwe are now moving around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.44,0:02:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just on one ship, on one voyage,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.20,0:02:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in five weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.32,0:02:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've lived in cities\Nfor a very long time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.64,0:02:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but most of us didn't live in cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.88,0:02:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Çatalhöyük,\None of the world's first cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.04,0:02:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At its peak 9,000 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.16,0:02:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people had to walk over the roofs\Nof others' houses to get to their home.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.08,0:02:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look carefully\Nat the map of the city,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.40,0:02:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll see it has no streets,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.28,0:02:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because streets are something we invented.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.76,0:02:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.00,0:02:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It changes by trial and error.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.40,0:03:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We work out slowly and gradually
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.32,0:03:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to live in better ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.48,0:03:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the world has changed\Nincredibly quickly most recently.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.60,0:03:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's only within the last six,\Nseven, or eight generations
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.56,0:03:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have actually realized\Nthat we are a species.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.84,0:03:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's only within the last few decades
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.24,0:03:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a map like this could be drawn.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.24,0:03:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, the underlying map\Nis the map of world population,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.56,0:03:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but over it, you're seeing arrows\Nshowing how we spread out of Africa
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.24,0:03:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with dates showing you\Nwhere we think we arrived
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.04,0:03:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at particular times.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.68,0:03:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to redraw this map\Nevery few months,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.56,0:03:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because somebody makes a discovery\Nthat a particular date was wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.56,0:04:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are learning about ourselves\Nat an incredible speed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.60,0:04:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.64,0:04:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of change is gradual.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.92,0:04:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's accretion.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.44,0:04:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't notice the change
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.32,0:04:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we only have short lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.16,0:04:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,70, 80, if you're lucky 90 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.56,0:04:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This graph is showing you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.60,0:04:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the annual rate of population\Ngrowth in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.12,0:04:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very low until around about 1850,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.08,0:04:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the rate of population growth
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.72,0:04:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,began to rise
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.84,0:04:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that around the time I was born,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.88,0:04:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we first saw those images\Nfrom the moon of our planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.64,0:04:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our global population\Nwas growing at two percent a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.44,0:04:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it had carried on growing\Nat two percent a year
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.60,0:04:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for just another couple of centuries,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.56,0:04:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the entire planet would be covered
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.84,0:04:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a seething mass of human bodies
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.92,0:05:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all touching each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.00,0:05:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people were scared.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.84,0:05:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were scared of population growth
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.68,0:05:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what they called\N"the population bomb" in 1968.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.04,0:05:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, if you look\Nat the end of the graph,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.24,0:05:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the growth began to slow.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.72,0:05:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The decade --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.12,0:05:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the '70s, the '80s,\Nthe '90s, the noughties,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.60,0:05:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in this decade, even faster --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.60,0:05:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our population growth is slowing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.24,0:05:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our planet is stabilizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.52,0:05:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are heading towards nine,\N10, or 11 billion people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.56,0:05:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the end of the century.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.40,0:05:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within that change, you can see tumult.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.76,0:05:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see the Second World War.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.60,0:05:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see the pandemic\Nin 1918 from influenza.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.80,0:05:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see the great Chinese famine.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.40,0:05:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the events\Nwe tend to concentrate on.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.72,0:05:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tend to concentrate\Non the terrible events in the news.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.68,0:05:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't tend to concentrate\Non the gradual change
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.36,0:05:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the good news stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.48,0:05:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We worry about people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.20,0:06:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We worry about how many people there are.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.48,0:06:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We worry about how you can\Nget away from people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.20,0:06:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is the map of the world\Nchanged again to make area large,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.76,0:06:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the further away\Npeople are from each area.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.16,0:06:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you want to know\Nwhere to go to get away from everybody,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.12,0:06:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here's the best places to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.72,0:06:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every year, these areas get bigger,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.56,0:06:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because every year,\Nwe are coming off the land globally.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.84,0:06:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are moving into the cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.32,0:06:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are packing in more densely.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.52,0:06:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are wolves again in Europe,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.16,0:06:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the wolves are moving west\Nacross the continent.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.20,0:06:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our world is changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.92,0:06:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have worries.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.68,0:06:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a map showing\Nwhere the water falls on our planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.60,0:06:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We now know that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.32,0:06:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can look at where Çatalhöyük was,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.12,0:06:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where three continents meet,\NAfrica, Asia, and Europe,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.72,0:06:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can see there are\Na large number of people living there
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.72,0:07:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in areas with very little water.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.32,0:07:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can see areas in which\Nthere is a great deal of rainfall as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.04,0:07:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can get a bit more sophisticated.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.44,0:07:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of making\Nthe map be shaped by people,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.84,0:07:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can shape the map by water,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.08,0:07:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we can change it every month
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.96,0:07:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to show the amount of water
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.64,0:07:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,falling on every small part of the globe.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.92,0:07:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see the monsoons\Nmoving around the planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.24,0:07:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the planet almost appears\Nto have a heartbeat.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.72,0:07:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all of this only became possible
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.92,0:07:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within my lifetime
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.72,0:07:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see this is where we are living.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.64,0:07:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have enough water.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.76,0:07:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a map of where\Nwe grow our food in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.28,0:07:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the areas that we will rely on\Nmost for rice and maize and corn.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.76,0:07:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People worry that there won't\Nbe enough food, but we know,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.64,0:08:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we just ate less meat\Nand fed less of the crops to animals,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.44,0:08:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is enough food for everybody
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.88,0:08:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as we think of ourselves\Nas one group of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.12,0:08:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we also know
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.28,0:08:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what we do
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.36,0:08:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so terribly badly nowadays.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.48,0:08:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will have seen this map\Nof the world before.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.48,0:08:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the map
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.44,0:08:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,produced by taking satellite images,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.84,0:08:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you remember those satellites\Naround the planet
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.64,0:08:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the very first slide I showed,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.24,0:08:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and producing an image\Nof what the Earth looks like at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.72,0:08:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you normally see that map,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.64,0:08:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a normal map, the kind of map\Nthat most of you will be used to,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.16,0:08:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you think you are seeing\Na map of where people live.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.12,0:08:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where the lights are shining up\Nis where people live.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.32,0:09:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here, on this image of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.72,0:09:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember we've stretched the map again.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.32,0:09:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everywhere has the same density\Nof people on this map.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.48,0:09:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If an area doesn't have people,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.68,0:09:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've shrunk it away
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.60,0:09:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make it disappear.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.16,0:09:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're showing everybody
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.32,0:09:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with equal prominence.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.32,0:09:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the lights no longer show you\Nwhere people are,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.64,0:09:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people are everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.12,0:09:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the lights on the map,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.08,0:09:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lights in London,\Nthe lights in Cairo, the lights in Tokyo,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.08,0:09:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lights on the Eastern Seaboard\Nof the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.04,0:09:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lights show you where people live
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.00,0:09:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are so profligate with energy
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.16,0:09:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they can afford
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.68,0:09:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to spend money
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.24,0:09:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,powering lights to shine up into the sky,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.72,0:09:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so satellites can draw an image like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.84,0:09:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the areas that are dark on the map
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.72,0:09:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are either areas where people\Ndo not have access to that much energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.40,0:10:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or areas where people do,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.52,0:10:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they have learned to stop\Nshining the light up into the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.96,0:10:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if I could show you this map\Nanimated over time,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.52,0:10:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would see that Tokyo\Nhas actually become darker,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.12,0:10:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because ever since the tsunami in Japan,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.88,0:10:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Japan has had to rely\Non a quarter less electricity
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.32,0:10:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it turned\Nthe nuclear power stations off.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.24,0:10:26.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the world didn't end.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.40,0:10:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just shone less light
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.60,0:10:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up into the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.32,0:10:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a huge number
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.32,0:10:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of good news stories in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.88,0:10:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Infant mortality is falling
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.32,0:10:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has been falling\Nat an incredible rate.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.92,0:10:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.24,0:10:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number of babies dying\Nin their first year of life in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.20,0:10:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fell by five percent in just one year.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.60,0:11:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More children are going to school
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.12,0:11:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learning to read and write
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.76,0:11:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and getting connected to the Internet
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.60,0:11:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and going on to go to university
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.64,0:11:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than ever before at an incredible rate,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.56,0:11:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the highest number of young people\Ngoing to university in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.04,0:11:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are women, not men.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.16,0:11:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can give you good news story\Nafter good news story
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.08,0:11:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what is getting\Nbetter in the planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.72,0:11:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we tend to concentrate
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.88,0:11:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the bad news that is immediate.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.64,0:11:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rebecca Solnit, I think,\Nput it brilliantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.16,0:11:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she explained: "The accretion\Nof incremental, imperceptible changes
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.52,0:11:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which can constitute progress\Nand which render our era
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.36,0:11:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dramatically different from the past" --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.20,0:11:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the past was much more stable --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.64,0:12:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"a contrast obscured by the undramatic\Nnature of gradual transformation,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.64,0:12:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,punctuated by occasional tumult."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.32,0:12:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Occasionally, terrible things happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.44,0:12:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are shown those terrible things
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.20,0:12:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the news every night of the week.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.88,0:12:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not told about\Nthe population slowing down.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.88,0:12:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not told about the world\Nbecoming more connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.92,0:12:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not told about the incredible\Nimprovements in understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.60,0:12:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not told about\Nhow we are learning to begin
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.76,0:12:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to waste less and consume less.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.24,0:12:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my last map.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.36,0:12:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On this map, we have taken the seas
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.76,0:12:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the oceans out.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.48,0:12:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you are just looking
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.52,0:12:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at about 7.4 billion people
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.40,0:12:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the map drawn\Nin proportion to those people.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.24,0:12:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're looking at over a billion in China,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.32,0:12:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can see the largest\Ncity in the world in China,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.16,0:12:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you do not know its name.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.08,0:12:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see that India
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.96,0:12:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in the center of this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.64,0:13:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see that Europe is on the edge.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.96,0:13:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we in Exeter today
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.04,0:13:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are on the far edge of the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.00,0:13:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are on a tiny scrap of rock
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.00,0:13:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,off Europe
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.72,0:13:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which contains less than one percent
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.36,0:13:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the world's adults,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.40,0:13:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and less than half a percent
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.96,0:13:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the world's children.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.64,0:13:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are living in a stabilizing world,\Nan urbanizing world,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.28,0:13:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an aging world,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.28,0:13:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a connecting world.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.44,0:13:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many, many things\Nto be frightened about,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.72,0:13:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there is no need for us\Nto fear each other as much as we do,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.96,0:13:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we need to see\Nthat we are now living in a new world.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.96,0:13:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.20,0:13:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)