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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.20,0:00:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♪ futuristic, synthesized ♪]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.00,0:00:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you get to where we are now,\Nin the last quarter of the 20th century
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.58,0:00:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do you {\i1}begin{\i0} to get involved with this,\Nthe computer?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.53,0:00:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing to see!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.03,0:00:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well I suppose in one sense there is -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.12,0:00:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.53,0:00:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But so I tell you that these disks\Ncontain one hundred million characters.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.18,0:00:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where does that get you?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.06,0:00:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh sure, at one level we all understand computers\Ndon't we? they send us bills and statements.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.38,0:00:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even this awe-inspiring lot here;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.28,0:00:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the British Airways computer,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.59,0:00:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the biggest and fastest in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.64,0:00:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will do some very endearing things for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.64,0:00:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you can book your old granny onto any flight,\Nfrom anywhere to anywhere, with all the trimmings,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.60,0:00:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.86,0:00:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's her and her flights and hotels,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.53,0:00:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is her, and her personal details:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.03,0:00:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look she speaks only Italian she's flying for the 1st time\Nshe doesn't like carrots she wants help when she gets there
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.25,0:00:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she wants to sit near the toilet, not see the film,\Nshe's got excess baggage, and a lot more.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.98,0:01:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this friendly monster will do that for you for a flight\Nanytime up to a year in the future {\i1}and{\i0} prepare your bill
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.25,0:01:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within 50th of a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.53,0:01:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Great.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.58,0:01:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the kind of assistance computers give us\Nthat help the world go 'round.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.75,0:01:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you get involved:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.34,0:01:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,☺You pay☺
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.34,0:01:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.84,0:01:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's not the side of the computer I'm talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.97,0:01:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If part one of the specialization of knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.83,0:01:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happened in the 15th century when Johannes Gutenberg\Ncame up with the printing press,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.77,0:01:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and helped scientists to talk their own kind of gibberish\Nto each other on the printed page
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.17,0:01:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,easier than they'd ever done it before,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.94,0:01:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then {\i1}this{\i0} is part two.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.70,0:01:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only this is no book you can leaf through\Nand get a rough idea what it's talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.34,0:01:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is *the future*
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.25,0:01:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if you tell a computer\Neverything you know about something,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.47,0:01:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it will juggle the mix and come up with a prediction.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.66,0:01:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,• Do {\i1}this{\i0} and you'll get {\i1}that{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.66,0:01:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you have information, and a computer,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.06,0:01:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you too can look into the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.88,0:01:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is {\i1}power{\i0}.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.20,0:01:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,• Commercial power
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.02,0:01:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,• Political power
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.75,0:01:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,• Power to {\i1}change{\i0} things
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.63,0:02:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want some of that power?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.03,0:02:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Easy, go get yourself a PhD.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.84,0:02:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.80,0:02:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way things have become: Forget it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.89,0:02:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's no point in coming in here and say:\N"show me, show me", look:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.89,0:02:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.02,0:02:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.88,0:02:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,☺Me too!☺
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.00,0:02:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.38,0:02:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But never mind the machinery.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.11,0:02:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What about the {\i1}stuff{\i0} this lot uses?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.38,0:02:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The *raw material* that will change our futures\Nlike you will {\i1}never{\i0} believe:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.88,0:02:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Information.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.10,0:02:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the facts, it's too late for that:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.05,0:02:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you {\i1}do{\i0} with the facts.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.74,0:02:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there, you're into probability theory;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.74,0:02:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,choosing one of the alternate futures\Nand actually making it happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.14,0:02:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how does the man on the street\Nget involved in {\i1}that{\i0} game?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.11,0:02:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.75,0:02:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when the next major change comes out of the computers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.00,0:02:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,double-checked and pre-packaged,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.81,0:02:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it looks increasingly like you've only got\N{\i1}two{\i0} options open to you:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.03,0:02:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1. Do nothing, stick your thumb in your mouth and\Nswitch your mind in neutral.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.25,0:03:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2. Do what people have done for centuries\Nwhen machines did things they didn't want:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.28,0:03:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Overreact.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.97,0:03:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Strike out.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.83,0:03:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sabotage the machine for good.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.91,0:03:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want that?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.00,0:03:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♫ ♫ ↑↑↑]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.61,0:03:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♫ ♫ ↑↑↑]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.61,0:03:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♫ ♫ ↑↑↑]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.16,0:03:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But once you start can you stop?\N[♫ ♫ ↑↑↑]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.13,0:03:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is our technology so interconnected\N[♫ ♫ ↑↑↑]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.03,0:03:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when you destroy one machine\N[♫ ♫ ↑↑↑]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.77,0:03:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you automatically trigger {\i1}total{\i0} destruction\N[♫ ♫ ↑↑↑]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.53,0:03:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the {\i1}entire{\i0} life support system!\N[♫ ♫ ↑↑↑]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.53,0:03:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♫ ♫ ♫ ↑↑↑↑]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.53,0:04:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♫ ♫ ♫ ↑↑↑↑]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.53,0:04:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♫ ♫ ♫ ↑↑↑↑]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.53,0:04:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♫ ♫ ♫ (climaxes)]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.53,0:04:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♫ ♫ ♫ ↑↑↑↑]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.53,0:04:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♫ ♫ ...]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.53,0:04:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.00,0:04:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's no better a solution\Nthan any of the others is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.22,0:04:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in the end, have we learned {\i1}anything{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.72,0:04:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from this look at
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.17,0:04:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why the world turned out the way it did
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.48,0:04:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's of any use to us in our future?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.94,0:04:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.16,0:04:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That... *the key* to why things change,\Nis the key to {\i1}everything{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.94,0:05:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,• How easy is it *for knowledge* to spread?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.44,0:05:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that, in the past
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.98,0:05:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people who made change happen were\Nthe people who {\i1}had{\i0} that knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.94,0:05:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether they were craftsmen or kings.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.02,0:05:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, the people who make things change,\Nthe people who {\i1}have{\i0} that knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.83,0:05:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the scientists and the technologists
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.69,0:05:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are the {\i1}true{\i0} driving force of humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.14,0:05:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And before you say:\N"What about the Beethovens and the Michaelangelos?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.00,0:05:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me suggest something with which\Nyou may disagree violently:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.67,0:05:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That *at best* the products of human emotion;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.64,0:05:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Art - philosophy - politics - music - literature,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.60,0:05:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are {\i1}interpretations{\i0} of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.76,0:05:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They tell you more about the guy who's talking
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.19,0:05:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than about the world he's talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.00,0:05:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.86,0:05:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second-hand views of the world
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.27,0:05:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made {\i1}third-hand{\i0} by your interpretation of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.17,0:05:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things like that:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.72,0:05:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As opposed to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.58,0:05:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.89,0:06:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Know what it is?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.33,0:06:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a bunch of amino acids.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.56,0:06:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stuff that goes to build a up a ...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.66,0:06:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a worm,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.74,0:06:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a geranium,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.61,0:06:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.00,0:06:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.69,0:06:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This stuff's easier to take isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.78,0:06:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understandable; got people in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.42,0:06:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This: scientific knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.78,0:06:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is hard to take
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.64,0:06:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it removes the reassuring crutches of\Nopinion - ideology
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.33,0:06:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and leaves {\i1}only{\i0} what is demonstrably true\Nabout the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.33,0:06:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.41,0:06:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reason why so many people may be\Nthinking about throwing away those crutches
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.53,0:06:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because, thanks to science and technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.63,0:06:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have begun to know
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.44,0:06:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they {\i1}don't{\i0} know *so much*
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.58,0:06:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that if they're to have
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.11,0:06:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more say in what happens to their lives;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.66,0:06:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more freedom to develop their abilities to the full,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.52,0:06:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have to be helped towards that knowledge\Nthat they know {\i1}exists{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.34,0:06:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that they don't possess.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.70,0:06:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by "helped towards that knowledge", I don't mean
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.44,0:07:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uh... give everybody a computer and say "help yourself".
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.49,0:07:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where would you even start?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.66,0:07:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, I mean...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.16,0:07:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to find ways to translate the knowledge;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.47,0:07:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to *teach us* to ask the right questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.88,0:07:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, we're on the edge [►1978◄]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.88,0:07:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a revolution in communications technology that is\Ngoing to make that more possible than ever before.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.47,0:07:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, if that's not done,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.95,0:07:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cause an {\i1}explosion{\i0} of knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.97,0:07:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will leave those of us who don't have access to it\Nas powerless as if we were *deaf, dumb and blind*.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.64,0:07:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't think most people want that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.13,0:07:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do we do about it?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.52,0:07:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.52,0:07:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But maybe a good start
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.25,0:07:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be to recognize. within yourself, the ability to\Nunderstand {\i1}anything{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.66,0:07:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that ability's there,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.61,0:07:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as it's explained clearly enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.38,0:07:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then go and ask for explanations.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.56,0:07:58.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're thinking right now "what do I ask for"?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.45,0:08:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ask yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.24,0:08:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there's anything in your life that you want changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.81,0:08:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where to start.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.81,0:08:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.81,0:08:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Closed Captions by JBW and mossa13
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.81,0:08:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Timings produced with the help of SubTimer™\NCopyright © 2009 JBWCaptionsTubeTeam, LLC
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