[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ [music] ♪ Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] "Infinity War" is known \Nfor its spectacular special effects. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can pretty certain\Nthat in a couple of decades. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll look old and outdated. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's just the way it goes with movies. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Ian] The first adult movie Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I ever saw was \Nthe original "Jaws" in summer camp. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was terrifying, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now you go back \Nand look at the mechanical shark Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that jumped onto the boat, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the great white, \Nover 20 feet long, thrashing about, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you go that is a ridiculous, \Nstupid-looking thing. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I feel pretty clear \Nthat we have come a long way Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the '70s in terms \Nof graphics. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] This constant \Nimprovement is not limited Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to special effects -- Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sound quality, picture quality, \Ntheater seats. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You name it, \Nit seems to have improved. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, maybe not the acting. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Edward] Oh no, not the bees!\NNot the bees! Ahh! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Economists have a term\Nfor this type of improvement -- Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"creative destruction." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Tyler] Creative destruction was \Na term in Economics Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coined by an Austrian economist,\NJoseph Schumpeter, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,early in the 20th century. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really become \Na central driving idea in Economics. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Creative destruction\Ndescribes the continual process Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of innovation in which new products\Nand services replace outdated ones. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take photos -- we live in a world Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of smartphones, Instagram,\Nand augmented reality. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How we got here reveals\Na long and winding path Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of creative destruction. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- When I was a kid, \Nyou take a photo, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Polaroid comes out, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you wave it around 'cause you think\Nit's going to make it dry faster. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know \Nif that actually worked. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's several minutes later, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it probably doesn't \Nlook very good, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you have it! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And 10 years later, it's all faded, \Nand it probably doesn't keep. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] Before the digital era,\Nyou might have a Polaroid Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you might buy film,\Ntypically from Kodak. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You had to pay \Na few dollars for film, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which got you about 20 pictures, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then pay more\Nto get them developed. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [man] Got double prints with mine! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [Narrator] If, whoops, \Nyour eyes were shut -- too bad! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You didn't know until days later. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you accidentally \Nopened your camera, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,poof, your pictures are gone! Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Digital cameras came on the scene\Nat the end of the 20th century. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Entrepreneurs quickly improved\Nthe cameras, the software, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the accessories. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People increasingly switched \Naway from film. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was cheaper, easier \Nand more enjoyable. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These entrepreneurs represent \Nthe creative side Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of creative destruction. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what about the flip side,\Nthe destruction? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Polaroid employed \Nover 20,000 people in their heyday.