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In a new documentary series, "A Brief History of the Future," renowned futurist Ari Wallach travels the world to meet the people finding solutions and laying the foundation for a better world for the generations to come. Ari Wallach joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss how we might become the great ancestors the future needs us to be.
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Mushroom Leather? 3D-Printed Homes on Mars? “A Brief History of the Future”
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ARI WALLACH HOSTS A NEW DOCUMENTARY SERIES, "A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE."
HE JOINS HARI SREENIVASAN TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN LEARN FROM HISTORY.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
FIRST THE TITLE.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE?
>> MOST PEOPLE THINK IT WILL JUST BE ABOUT THE FUTURE.
ONE THING THAT BECAME VERY CLEAR TO ME HAVING DONE IT 20 YEARS, THE FUTURE DOESN'T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM.
THE FUTURE DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN AS SOMETHING THAT IS PROJECTING OUT FROM THE PRESENT.
IN FACT MOST EVERYTHING THAT WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW IN MANY WAYS STARTED YESTERDAY.
SO IT MAKES SENSE WHEN WE DECIDE TO CREATE A SLOW ABOUT THE FUTURE THAT WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT ALMOST GOING TO THE FUTURE AND THEN LOOKING BACKWARDS AND TALKING ABOUT HOW WE GOT THERE.
AND THEN GO BACK 20 YEARS, SOMETIMES YOU GO BACK 200 YEARS, SOMETIMES WE GO BACK 200,000 YEARS.
>> YOU POINT POUT OFTENTIMES, WE HAVE STRUCTURAL ILL THAT HE HADIMENTS TO THINKING LONG TERM.
AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF EXAMS OF THAT.
WE SEE AND LIVE THROUGH.
WHAT YOUR PROGRAM DOES THAT'S INTERESTING, YOU POINT OUT PLACES AND PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY HAVE THOUGHT LONGTERM AS PART OF THE CULTURE BUT EVEN TODAY, THERE ARE GROUPS THAT ARE GETTING TOGETHER AND THINKING BEYOND EVEN THEIR OWN LIFE TIMES ON HOW TO POLICY DECISIONS THEY MAKE WILL IMPACT FUTURE GENERATIONS.
>> YEAH.
ONE OF THE MORE SENAITING VISITS WE DID, ABOUT TWO HOURS NORTH OF TOKYO WITH A PROFESSOR.
HE'S BASICALLY DEVELOPED THIS THING CALLED FUTURE DESIGN.
HE'LL BRING A GROUP OF PEOPLE TOGETHER.
IT COULD BE 30 PEOPLE OR 300 PEOPLE WHO ARE WRESTLING WITH A MAJOR DECISION AT LET'S SAY, A CIVIC ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL.
HE'LL CLEAVE OFF MAYBE A THIRD OF THE GROUP.
AND HE'LL HAVE THEM DON CEREMONIAL ROBES.
WHEN YOU PUT ON THE ROBE, WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IS YOU TRANSFORM INTO A CITIZEN FROM THE FUTURE.
SO YOU MAY BE IN THE 2050s OR THE 2060s.
AND WHAT YOUR ROLE IN THAT MEETING NOW IS TO ACT AS A PROXY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
SO WHERE TO BUILD ALY ON OR A SCHOOL OR HOW TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES.
IT IS NOT JUST FOR EVERYONE IN THE ROOM IN THE PRESENT TENSE.
NOW HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE FUTURE IN THE ROOM.
SO THERE ARE WAYS OF ACTUALLY DESIGNING HOW WE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE.
HOW WE IMPLEMENT PROJECTS AND ENDEAVORS IN A WAY THAT WILL BRING THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A VOICE INTO THE ROOM.
>> ONE OF YOUR GUESTS IS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CABINET SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG WHO IS IN CHARGE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IN THE WAKE OF A TRAGIC BRIDGE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
AND I WONDER, IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS, IS THERE A PLACE WHERE HE'S THINKING ABOUT OUR INVESTMENTS IN BRIDGES AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN A DIFFERENT TIME SCALE THAN LET'S JUST FIX THIS NOW BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET CARS ACROSS THE CHANNEL.
>> I'LL BE HONEST.
I INTERVIEW PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND PETE BUTTIGIEG IS ONE OF THE MORE SPECIAL ONES.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HIM ON TV, YOU CAN THROW ANY QUESTION AT HIM AND IT WILL START IN ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY.
I STILL CALL HIM MAYOR PETE.
I KNOW HE'S SECRETARY PETE.
I SAY LISTEN, I KNOW YOU WORK ON INFRASTRUCTURE BUT THERE'S PROBABLY DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURES THAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
SPEAK TO ME ABOUT THAT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE TALKED ABOUT, THIS GOES BACK TO THE TITLE.
SHOW.
WHEN HE THINKS ABOUT LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE, BRIDGES, TUNNELS, ROADS, HE DOESN'T JUST THINK ABOUT THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT AND WILL BE BUILT.
HE THINKS WHAT ABOUT THE ONES THAT WERE MADE?
>> IT IS IMPORTANT NOT JUST BECAUSE OF SOME VAGUE AND ROMANTIC CONCEPTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.
IT IS ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH CONSEQUENCES.
THERE'S EVIDENCE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE SURVIVABILITY OF TORNADOES, ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL, GOES UP IN NEIGHBORHOODS OR COMMUNITIES WHERE NEIGHBORS KNOW EACH OTHER.
SO A SIMPLE PRINT OR TEST, WHETHER YOU'RE DESIGNING A SUBDIVISION OR A DENSE CITY BLOCK WOULD BE, DOES THIS DESIGN ENCOURAGE OR DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM KNOWING WHO THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE?
>> I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS, THE COMMUNITIES ON EITHER SIDE.
WHAT DOES IT DO TO THEIR SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN THEY'RE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR JOBS AND FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES?
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW WE BUILD FOR TOMORROW, YES, IT'S STEEL, CEMENT, PIPES, BUT IT IS ALSO COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE THING THAT CAME UP IN THE SHOW AS I MET WITH DOZENS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AND I ASKED ABOUT THEIR VISIONS OF TOMORROW.
NO ONE EVER SAID, I WANT MORE MONO RAILS, MORE JET PACKS.
TRADITIONALLY WHAT THEY SAID WAS, WHATEVER THE FUTURE WILL HOLD, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A ROOM FOR COMMUNITY.
THAT COMMUNITY IS CENTER.
AND THERE IS WHAT PETE KEPT BRINGING UP.
OUR FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS TO CENTER COMMUNITY, NOT JUST INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FUTURE, ONE OF THE CENTRAL SOURCES OF ANXIETY FOR GENERATIONS THAT ARE COMING UP NOW IS HOW WE ARE COLLECTIVELY GOING TO SOLVE FOR THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
I KNOW YOU SAT DOWN WITH KATHERINE, A FANTASTIC SCIENTIST AND COMMUNICATOR, WHAT WERE HER TIPS ON HOW TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN THE DISCUSSION ABOUT CLIMATE AND THE FUTURE IN A WAY THAT OVERCOMES OUR IMMEDIATE TRIBAL INSTINCTS TO SAY, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CLIMATE, YOU MUST NOT BE FOR THE THINGS I STAND FOR.
>> MEETING WITH HER WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
SHE TALKS ABOUT HOW WE COME AT CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SAME WAY MY WIFE AS A SOCIAL WORKER WILL MEET WITH CLIENTS.
YOU HAVE TO MEET WITH PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.
NOT WHERE YOU WANT THEM TO BE.
SO TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE OR ANYTHING DISRUMMIVE TO OUR CURRENT REALITY.
WE COME AT PEOPLE WITH THE FACTS.
WE COME AT THEM WITH WHAT WE THINK THEY NEED TO KNOW.
IF ONLY THEY KNEW X, THEY WOULD THINK Y.
WITH KATHERINE IT BECAME VERY OBVIOUS AS WE WE BELIEVE THROUGH OUR CONVERSATION, NOT ONLY DOES SHE NOT THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT, SHE WASN'T EVEN DOING WITH IT ME.
IT BECAME VERY META DURING OUR CONVERSATION.
I REALIZED, OH, I WAS ASKING HER CERTAIN QUESTIONS.
SHE SAW ME FOR WHO I WAS AND WHAT I WANTED AS A HOST OF THE SHOW.
AND SHE STARTED TO SPEAK TO ME IN MY TERMS.
AS THE HOST OF THE SHOW, YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY.
SO IT'S REALLY FINDING THE STORIES WITHIN THE REALITY OF THE PEOPLE YOU WANT TO TALK TO.
AND THEN FINDING THE COMMONALITY IN THE INTERSECTION OF WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE WILL DO TO THEIR STORIES AND THEIR LIFE AND HOW CLIMATE CHANGE WILL IMPEDE WHAT THEY WANT FROM THEIR LIFE.
IT'S NOT ABOUT DRIVING LESS OR EATING LESS HAMBURGERS.
IT IS ABOUT ENSURING YOU'RE TAKING ACTIONS THAT ARE BOTH FOR THE PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KATHERINE BROUGHT UP AND OUR OWN RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THIS.
PEOPLE REALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR LEGACY.
WHAT KIND OF WORLD ARE THEY LEAVING BEHIND.
SO SOMETIMES IT IS AS SIMPLE AS SAYING, IF YOU DO THIS, THERE WILL BE LESS OF THAT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
WHEN PEOPLE SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT GIVEN A FAIR SHAKE TO THE FOUGHT, THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE DIFFERENT ACTIONS.
>> YOU WENT TO A PLACE, I THINK IT IS CALLED DEMENTIA VILLAGE.
WHAT IS DISTINCT ABOUT THAT?
WHAT DID THAT EXPERIENCE TEACH BUT A DIFFERENT WAY TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING THAT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, PROBABLY IN OUR FAMILIES, MAYBE EVEN US, WILL EXPERIENCE?
>> SO OUTSIDE OF AMSTERDAM THERE'S A PLACE KNOWN AS DEMENTIA VILLAGE.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES, BARRING ANY MAJOR SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT, ONE IN THREE OF US WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF MEMORY CARE NERVE DEGENERATIVE DISEASE AFFLICTING US OR THOSE WE LOVE.
IN AMERICA, THE WAY WE DEAL WITH THAT RIGHT NOW, SADLY BUT IN MANY WAYS UNDERSTANDABLY, IS WE BASICALLY PUT PEOPLE IN LOCKED HOSPITAL WARDS.
AND WE FIND THEY CAN BE VERY ANXIOUS AND DEPRESSED AND IT IS A COMMON IMAGE OF WHAT SOMEONE GOING THROUGH THIS LOOKS LIKE.
THEY'RE LASHING OUT AND YELLING AND WHAT NOT.
SO THEY'VE DONE SOMETHING SENAITING.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY THERE.
A WILL THE OF WHAT WE DO IN THE SHOW ISN'T EXAMPLES OF TECHNOLOGY.
WE DO THAT.
WE SHOW A LOT OF AMAZING TECHNOLOGY.
BUT SOMETIMES THE TECHNOLOGY IS JUST THE MINDSET SHIFT.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING PEOPLE IN LOCKED WARDS, THEY ACTUALLY BUILT A SAFE AND SECURE VILLAGE.
SO NO ONE CAN COME IN AND OUT AS THEY WISH BUT THE RESIDENTS LIVE IN PODS.
THEY MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD.
THERE'S EVEN A GROCERY STORE, A RESTAURANT, A MOVIE THEATER THAT THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE CAN VISIT.
THEY DON'T CARRY WALLETWALLETS.
WHEN PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN AN ENVIRONMENT, IN A COMMUNITY THAT WAS NOT THE KIND OF USUAL LOCKED WARD, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE ASPECTS.
THEIR LAYOFF FROM THE YEARS BEFORE.
SO GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE, TO THE RESTAURANT, THEY REQUIRED 80 TO 85% LESS MEDICATION FOR DEPRESSION.
SO SOMETIME THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT THE FOUGHT IN TERMS OF THE PAST DEPENDENCY, WELL, ONE IN THREE AMERICANS WILL HAVAL COGNITIVE DISEASE.
THERE ARE WE SHOULD BUILD MORE HOSPITALS OF LOCKED WAFRRD.
SO TO ME, THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCES.
ENTIRE JOURNEY.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TECH.
YOU SHOWED PEOPLE A COMPANY THAT IS GROWING MUSHROOMS TO SCALE?
HUGE VOLUMES?
WHAT WERE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S MOST SURPRISED YOU.
WHAT WAS IT THAT MADE YOU SAY, THIS HAS POTENTIAL.
>> YOU MENTIONED ONE OF THEM ALREADY.
WE WENT TO A COMPANY THAT IS LITERALLY GROWING PLUSH ROOMS INTO, YOU KNOW, PALGING AND ALSO A FORM OF MUSHROOM LEATHER AND EVEN MAKING BACON OUT OF IT.
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS GROWING THE THICKER PART.
NOT THE MUSHROOM YOU GET ON YOUR PIZZA WHICH IS WHAT I THOUGHT GOING INTO IT.
IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE PLYWOOD, 8 X 4 SLABS.
IT IS BASICALLY A MUSHROOM GROWING FACILITY.
THEY CUT IT INTO SLABS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE FOIRNLD SAID TO ME, LOOK, RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING RELATIVELY SIMPLE THINGS WITH THIS.
BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE US CREATING BASICALLY BRICKS TO CREATE BUILDINGS OUT OF.
BUT INSIDE THE BRICKS ARE TINY MAKE ROW SATCHELS OF WATER.
AND AS THE MUSHROOM MATERIAL IS DEHYDRATING BUT NOT DEAD, IF THERE WAS A DISTURBANCE TO THE BUILDING, THE MICRO SATCHELS WOULD BREAK OPEN AND THE BRICKS WOULD GROW THEMSELVES BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.
SO THIS IDEA OF USING WHAT THE EARTH HAS BEEN DOING FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS TO HELP US ADVANCE AS A SOCIETY, AS A SPECIES IN A WAY THAT HAS A DRAMATICALLY LESS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
IT IS KIND OF COOL.
AND SOME OF THE MUSHROOM BUILDINGS WILL BE ABLE TO CLEAN AIR.
>> ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES YOU PROFILED, 3D PRINTED HOMES THAT ARE ACTUALLY HERE ON EARTH TODAY.
THE SAME TECHNOLOGY IS SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT END UP USING ON THE MOON OR ON MARS SOMEWHERE IN OUR LIFETIMES.
IT IS AND STUNNING TO ME TO WATCH AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY GO UP IN TWO TO FOUR WEEKS PER HOME.
>> YEP, I MET WITH MELODY OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN.
THEY'RE BUILDING THE WORLD'S LARGEST COMMUNITY OF 3D PRINTED HOMES.
IN SOME WAYS, THIS IS STILL A BETA PROJECT.
BUT LITERALLY, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN A 3D PRINTER, SMALL.
YOU PUT IT ON YOUR DESK.
YOU MIGHT MAKE SOMETHING REALLY COOL FOR YOUR KIDS.
A KEY CHAIN.
IMAGINE THAT THE SIZE OF A HOME.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE SHOW IS IT IS GOING BACK AND FORTH.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE THICKEST TOOTH PASTE YOU'VE EVER SEEN.
THE KIND YOU WOULD PUT ON AN ELEPHANT TOOTHBRUSH.
WHAT THEY ARE DOING OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL DAYS IS PRINTING A HOME.
NOW, ON PLANET EARTH, WE HAVE SEVERAL BILLION UNHOUSED PEOPLE.
MANY OF THEM IN ECOSYSTEMS WHERE THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE EFFECTS AND IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
WHERE TIMBER IS HARD TO COME BY.
WHERE BRICKS ARE EXPENSIVE.
SO WE LOOK AT 3D PRINTING.
YEAH.
IT'S SUPER COOL.
AT THE SAME TIME, I COULD PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO HOUSE BASICALLY THE REST OF HUMANITY IN A WAY WE AREN'T ABLE TO DO RIGHT NOW.
AT THE SAME TIME, THEY'RE TAKING THAT WORK AND THAT RESEARCH AND WORKING WITH JPL AND NASA TO THINK AND LOOK, WHAT WOULD THIS LOOK LIKE ON THE MOON?
OR ON MARS?
>> IT IS A LEADING CONTENDER IN IN-SPACE CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THE PREMISE FOR 3D PRINTING IN SPACE IS THAT WE WOULD USE LOCAL AND INDIGENOUS MATERIALS ON THE SURFACE OF THE PLANET RATHER THAN BRINGING ANYTHING WITH US FROM EARTH.
THAT'S A REAL HIGH IMPACT CONCEPT.
IT IS PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE TO LAUNCH HEAVY MATERIALS FROM EARTH TO SPACE.
AND IT IS NOT GOING TO ENABLE US TO CREATE THE KINDS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, SMALL CITIES AND SETTLEMENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN SCIENCE FICTION IMAGES FOR DECADES IN THE PAST.
SO NASA IS REALLY INTERESTED IN OTHER AEROSPACE COMPANIES ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS IDEA OF USING THE SOIL LOCAL TO THE MOON AND MARS, AND SENDING UP A SINGLE 3D PRINTING ROBOT THAT CAN LEVERAGE THAT SOIL AND THOSE MATERIALS TO 3D PRINT REALLY ANY KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE, ANY KIND OF SURFACE ELEMENT THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CREW.
>> NOT UNTIL LATE IN THE SERIES DID I REALIZE, YOU HAD ACCESS TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST FOOTBALL -- SOCCER PLAYERS.
AND I REALIZED HE'S AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ON THE SHOW.
THEN I REALIZED DRAKE, LIKE THE SINGER, DRAKE IS ALSO AN E.P.?
HOW IS THIS UNLIKELY TRIO INVOLVED?
WHAT IS THEIR INTEREST IN THE FUTURE OR THIS PROGRAM?
>> IT'S MORE THAN A TRIO.
IT IS A QUAD, RIGHT?
WE HAVE KATHERINE MURDOCH WHO HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THE DEMOCRACY LANDSCAPE, AND THEN WE HAVE DRAKE.
SO VERY EARLY ON, WHEN I WAS CREATING THE SHOW, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE, IF YOU WILL, OUR KITCHEN CABINET, WERE BRINGING VERY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IN TERMS OF HOW WE THINK ABOUT TOMORROW.
SO LET'S START HERE.
FIRST, WHAT AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING.
I CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY TO BE ALIVE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I GET TO SEE THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE AMAZING THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN WITH OUR SPECIES.
AND I GET TO WATCH HIM PLAY FOOTBALL AND SOCCER.
ONE OF THE REASONS HE'S IN THE SHOW, HE TALKS ABOUT THE ROLE AND VISION.
AND THIS WILL SOUND VERY OBVIOUS.
LET'S JUST HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
WHEN HE TAKES A PENALTY KICK, HE DOESN'T ENVISION HIMSELF MISSING THE GOAL.
IT IS VERY SIMPLE.
BALL.
HE KICKS.
IT GOES IN THE BACK.
NET.
THAT'S HOW HE SCORES.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, NOW IS THE PRESENT.
YOU LET THE FUTURE COME IN YOUR MIND.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE PENALTY IS TO BE IN THE MOMENT.
AND YOU GO WITH THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU'LL SCORE.
THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION.
>> I ASSUME YOU DON'T VISUALIZE YOU MISSING THE GOAL.
>> NO.
NEVER.
THAT CAN HAPPEN BUT NEVER.
IF YOU VISUALIZE IT, UYOU LOSE 50% OF YOUR CONFIDENCE AND YOU NEED 100% OF YOUR CONFIDENCE TO SCORE A GOAL.
>> THE REALITY IS AS A SOCIETY, AS A SPECIES, WE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T HAD THE CONVERSATION FOR QUITE SOME TIME IF EVER ABOUT WHAT IS OUR GOAL?
TO WHAT END?
IN MANY WAYS, THIS IS NOT GLOBALLY.
BUT THE QUESTION BECOMES, WHAT DO WE ENVISION FOR OUR FAR FUTURES?
I SAID EARLIER, THINKING WE'RE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH.
NOW I THINK WE'RE AT THE TOP OF THE FIRST.
USING A BASEBALL METAPHOR, WHAT DO THE NINE INNINGS LOOK LIKE?
WHAT COULD THE NEXT FIVE, TEN, 50,000 YEARS LOOK LIKE?
IT'S HAVING A STRONG VISION OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.
THIS MIGHT SOUND NEW AGE.
WE HAVE THE GREATEST SOCCER PLAYER ON EARTH TELLING US, IF YOU WANT TO SUCCEED, YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
>> THE PROGRAM IS CALLED "A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE."
THANK YOU.

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