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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.71,0:00:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Oliver Jeffers]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.00,0:00:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[An ode to living on Earth]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.33,0:00:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.62,0:00:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure by the time\NI get to end of this sentence,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.62,0:00:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given how I talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.12,0:00:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll all have figured out\Nthat I'm from a place called
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.00,0:00:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,planet Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.29,0:00:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Earth is pretty great.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.04,0:00:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's home to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.12,0:00:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And germs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.42,0:00:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those [blip] take a back seat\Nfor the time being,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.75,0:00:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because believe it or not,\Nthey're not the only thing going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.75,0:00:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This planet is also home\Nto cars, brussels sprouts;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.42,0:00:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those weird fish things\Nthat have their own headlights;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.04,0:00:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,art, fire,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.54,0:00:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fire extinguishers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.83,0:00:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laws, pigeons, bottles of beer,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.96,0:00:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lemons and light bulbs;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.25,0:00:39.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pinot noir and paracetamol;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.92,0:00:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ghosts, mosquitoes, flamingos, flowers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.50,0:00:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ukulele, elevators and cats,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.08,0:00:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cat videos, the internet;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.58,0:00:47.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,iron beams, buildings and batteries,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.38,0:00:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all ingenuity and bright ideas,\Nall known life ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.88,0:00:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a whole bunch of other stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.54,0:00:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pretty much everything we know\Nand ever heard of.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.08,0:00:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's my favorite place, actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.08,0:00:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This small orb,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.67,0:01:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,floating in a cold and lonely\Npart of the cosmos.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.38,0:01:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, the accent is from Belfast,\Nby the way, which is ...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.46,0:01:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.75,0:01:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Roughly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.88,0:01:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may think you know this planet Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.25,0:01:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you're from here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.54,0:01:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But chances are,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.83,0:01:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you probably haven't thought\Nabout the basics in a while.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.52,0:01:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought I knew it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.96,0:01:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thought I was an expert, even.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.42,0:01:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until, that is, I had to explain\Nthe entire place,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.38,0:01:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how it's supposed to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.88,0:01:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to someone who had never been here before.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.54,0:01:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now what you might think,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.83,0:01:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although my dad always did say
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.04,0:01:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sure sign of intelligent\Nlife out there
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.08,0:01:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that they haven't bothered\Ntrying to contact us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.50,0:01:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was actually my newborn son\NI was trying to explain things to.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.17,0:01:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd never been parents before,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.83,0:01:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my wife and I,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.12,0:01:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so treated him like most guests\Nwhen he arrived home for the first time,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.75,0:01:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by giving him the tour.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.04,0:01:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where you live, son.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.67,0:01:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This room is where we make food at.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.38,0:01:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the room we keep\Nour collection of chairs, and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.71,0:01:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's refreshing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.00,0:01:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explaining how our planet works\Nto a zero-year-old.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.71,0:01:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after the laughs,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.00,0:02:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and once the magnitude that new humans\Nknow absolutely nothing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.21,0:02:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,settles on you and how little\Nyou know either,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.25,0:02:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explaining the whole planet\Nbecomes quite intimidating.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.42,0:02:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I tried anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.83,0:02:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I walked around those first few weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.92,0:02:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,narrating the world as I saw it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.25,0:02:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to take notes\Nof the ridiculous things I was saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.42,0:02:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The notes slowly morphed into a letter
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.75,0:02:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intended for my son\Nonce he learned to read.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.08,0:02:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that letter became a book
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.58,0:02:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the basic principles\Nof what it is to be a human
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.29,0:02:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living on Earth in the 21st century.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.25,0:02:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some things are really obvious.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.75,0:02:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, the planet is made of two parts:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.71,0:02:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,land and sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.12,0:02:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some less obvious\Nuntil you think about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.42,0:02:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.21,0:02:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things can sometimes\Nmove slowly here on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.04,0:02:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But more often, they move quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.62,0:02:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So use your time well,\Nit will be gone before you know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.42,0:02:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.00,0:02:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People come in all different\Nshapes, sizes and colors.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.58,0:02:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may all look different,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.00,0:02:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,act different and sound different,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.12,0:03:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but don't be fooled.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.42,0:03:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are all people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.71,0:03:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't skip me that of all\Nthe places in the universe,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.96,0:03:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people only live on Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.25,0:03:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can only live on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.88,0:03:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even then,\Nonly on some of the dry bits.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.08,0:03:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's only a very small\Npart of the surface of our planet
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.96,0:03:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is actually habitable to human life,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.96,0:03:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and squeezed in here\Nis where all of us live.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.33,0:03:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easy to forget\Nwhen you're up close to the dirt,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.17,0:03:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rocks, the foliage,\Nthe concrete of our lands,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.54,0:03:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just how limited the room\Nfor maneuvering is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.71,0:03:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From a set of eyes close to the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.17,0:03:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the horizon feels like it goes forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.71,0:03:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, it's not an every-day ritual
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.62,0:03:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to consider where we are\Non the ball of our planet
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.04,0:03:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where that ball is in space.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.04,0:03:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't want to tell my son\Nthe same story of countries
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.00,0:03:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we were told where I was growing up\Nin Northern Ireland.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.92,0:03:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we were from just a small parish,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.79,0:03:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which ignores life\Noutside its immediate concerns.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.17,0:03:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to try to feel\Nwhat it was like to see our planet
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.83,0:03:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as one system, as a single object,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.21,0:03:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hanging in space.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.67,0:03:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do this,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.96,0:03:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would need to switch\Nfrom flat drawings for books
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.46,0:03:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to 3D sculpture for the street,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.00,0:04:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd need almost 200 feet,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.83,0:04:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a New York City block,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.29,0:04:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to build a large-scale model of the moon,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.58,0:04:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Earth and us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.83,0:04:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This project managed to take place\Non New York City's High Line park
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.05,0:04:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,last winter,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.29,0:04:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the 50th anniversary\Nof Apollo 11's mission around the Moon.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.33,0:04:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After its installation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.71,0:04:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was able to put on\Na space helmet with my son
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.25,0:04:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and launch, like Apollo 11 did\Nhalf a century ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.21,0:04:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards the Moon.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.04,0:04:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We circled around
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.33,0:04:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looked back at us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.83,0:04:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I felt was
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.33,0:04:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how lonely it was there in the dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.83,0:04:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was just pretending.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.58,0:04:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Moon is the only object
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.12,0:04:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even remotely close to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.38,0:04:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the scale of this project,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.29,0:04:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where our planet was 10 feet in diameter,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.33,0:04:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mars, the next planet,\Nwill be the size of a yoga ball
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.92,0:04:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a couple of miles away.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.46,0:04:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although borders\Nare not visible from space,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.67,0:04:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on my sculpture,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.00,0:04:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every single border was drawn in.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.60,0:04:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But rather than writing the country names\Non the carved-up land,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.62,0:04:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote over and over again,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.50,0:04:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"people live here, people live here."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.29,0:05:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"People live here."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.71,0:05:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And off on the Moon, it was written,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.21,0:05:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No one lives here."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.00,0:05:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often, the obvious things
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.62,0:05:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aren't all that obvious\Nuntil you think about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.71,0:05:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seeing anything\Nfrom a vast enough distance
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.21,0:05:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changes everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.67,0:05:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as many astronauts have experienced.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.92,0:05:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And human eyes\Nhave only ever seen our Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.33,0:05:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from as far as the Moon, really.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.21,0:05:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's quite a ways further
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.50,0:05:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before we get to the edges\Nof our own Solar System.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.96,0:05:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even out to other stars,\Nto the constellations.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.38,0:05:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is actually only one point\Nin the entire cosmos
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.54,0:05:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is present in all\Nconstellations of stars,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.42,0:05:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that presence is
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.71,0:05:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here, planet Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.08,0:05:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those pictures we have made up\Nfor the clusters of stars
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.73,0:05:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only make sense from\Nthis point of view down here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.50,0:05:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their stories only make sense\Nhere on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.71,0:05:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And only something to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.21,0:05:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.58,0:05:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are creatures of stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.29,0:05:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the stories we tell,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.92,0:05:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're the stories we're told.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.17,0:06:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider briefly the story\Nof human civilization on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.04,0:06:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It tells of the ingenuity, elegance,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.62,0:06:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generous and nurturing nature of a species
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.96,0:06:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is also self-focused, vulnerable
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.79,0:06:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and defiantly protective.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.62,0:06:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We, the people, shield\Nthe flame of our existence
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.58,0:06:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the raw, vast elements\Noutside our control,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.29,0:06:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the great beyond.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.29,0:06:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet it is always to the flame we look.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.46,0:06:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For all we know,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.08,0:06:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when said as a statement,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.38,0:06:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means the sum total of all knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.17,0:06:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when said another way,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.62,0:06:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"for all we know,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.58,0:06:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means that we do not know at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.42,0:06:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the beautiful,\Nfragile drama of civilization.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.54,0:06:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the actors and spectators\Nof a cosmic play
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.88,0:06:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that means the world to us here,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.54,0:06:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but means nothing anywhere else.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.71,0:06:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Possibly not even that much\Ndown here, either.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.00,0:06:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we truly thought about\Nour relationship with our boat,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.71,0:06:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.00,0:06:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it might be more of a story\Nof ignorance and greed.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.21,0:06:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As is the case with Fausto,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.25,0:07:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a man who believed he owned everything
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.17,0:07:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and set out to survey what was his.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.75,0:07:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He easily claims ownership of a flower,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.12,0:07:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sheep, a tree and a field.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.71,0:07:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lake and the mountain\Nprove harder to conquer,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.08,0:07:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they, too, surrender.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.12,0:07:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is in trying to own the open sea
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.33,0:07:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where his greed proves his undoing,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.79,0:07:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when, in a fit of arrogance,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.88,0:07:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he climbs overboard\Nto show that sea who is boss.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.88,0:07:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he does not understand,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.62,0:07:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slips beneath the waves,\Nsinks to the bottom.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.33,0:07:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sea was sad for him
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.62,0:07:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but carried on being the sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.92,0:07:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As do all the other objects\Nof his ownership,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.42,0:07:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the fate of Fausto\Ndoes not matter to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.58,0:07:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For all the importance in the cosmos\Nwe believe we hold,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.38,0:07:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'd have nothing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.04,0:07:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if not for this Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.62,0:07:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While it would keep happily spinning,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.08,0:07:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obliviously without us.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.12,0:07:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On this planet, there are people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.29,0:07:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have gone about our days,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.67,0:07:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes we look up and out,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.75,0:08:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mostly we look down and in.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.92,0:08:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking up and by drawing lines\Nbetween the lights in the sky,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.96,0:08:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've attempted to make\Nsense out of chaos.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.75,0:08:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking down, we've drawn lines\Nacross the land to know where we belong
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.29,0:08:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where we don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.58,0:08:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do mostly forget that these lines\Nthat connect the stars
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.42,0:08:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those lines that divide the land
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.21,0:08:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live only in our heads.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.54,0:08:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They, too, are stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.04,0:08:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We carry out our everyday\Nroutines and rituals
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.42,0:08:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the stories\Nwe most believe in,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.50,0:08:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these days, the story\Nis changing as we write it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.00,0:08:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a lot of fear\Nin this current story,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.17,0:08:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and until recently,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.46,0:08:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stories that seemed\Nto have the most power
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.67,0:08:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are those of bitterness,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.96,0:08:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how it had all gone wrong for us\Nindividually and collectively.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.12,0:08:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has been inspiring to watch\Nhow the best comes from the worst.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.46,0:08:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How people are waking up\Nin this time of global reckoning
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.25,0:08:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the realization that our\Nconnections with each other
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.75,0:08:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are some of the most\Nimportant things we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.92,0:08:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But stepping back.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.21,0:08:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For all we've had to lament,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.67,0:08:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we spend very little time relishing\Nthe single biggest thing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.71,0:08:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has ever gone right for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.67,0:08:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we are here in the first place,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.42,0:09:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are alive at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.71,0:09:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we are still alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.29,0:09:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A million and a half years\Nafter finding a box of matches,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.25,0:09:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we haven't totally burned the house down.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.21,0:09:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.50,0:09:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The chances of being here\Nare infinitesimal.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.75,0:09:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet here we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.04,0:09:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perils and all.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.38,0:09:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There have never been\Nmore people living on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.79,0:09:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using more stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.25,0:09:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's become obvious\Nthat many of the old systems
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.79,0:09:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we invented for ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.75,0:09:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are obsolete.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.04,0:09:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have to build new ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.00,0:09:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it wasn't germs,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.46,0:09:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our collective fire\Nmight suffocate us before long.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.58,0:09:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we watch the wheels\Nof industry grind to a halt,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.67,0:09:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the machinery of progress become silent,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.75,0:09:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have the wildest of opportunities
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.17,0:09:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hit the reset button.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.08,0:09:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To take a different path.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.96,0:09:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we are on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.46,0:09:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And life on Earth is a wonderful thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.08,0:09:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It looks big, this Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.38,0:09:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are lots of us on here.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.25,0:09:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seven and a half billion at last count,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.83,0:09:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with more showing up every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.62,0:09:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even so,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.92,0:09:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is still enough for everyone,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.67,0:10:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we all share a little.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.00,0:10:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So please,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.71,0:10:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be kind.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.12,0:10:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you think of it another way,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.79,0:10:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if Earth is the only place\Nwhere people live,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.04,0:10:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's actually the least\Nlonely place in the universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.38,0:10:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are plenty of people to be loved by
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.62,0:10:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and plenty of people to love.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.71,0:10:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.83,0:10:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that now, more than ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.96,0:10:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good night.