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A Brief History of the Future

Beyond simply adding on to life, the rapidly-expanding fieldof synthetic biology is...

Beyond simply adding on to life, the rapidly-expanding field
of synthetic biology is actually editing the very building blocks of life
itself

Full Transcript

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Beyond simply adding on to life,
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the rapidly-expanding field of synthetic biology
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is actually editing
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the very building blocks of life itself.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:43
Uploaded
Apr 08, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

A unique six-part documentary series about our futures and how we can reimagine them. Hosted by renowned futurist Ari Wallach, the show invites viewers on a journey around the world filled with discovery, hope, and possibility.
S01 • E02 And I say to the government - A Brief History of the Future 00:06
And I say to the government
S01 • E01 The future is a verb. It's something we do. - A Brief History of the Future 00:06
The future is a verb. It's something we do.
S01 • E06 In fact, it's an animal - A Brief History of the Future 00:06
In fact, it's an animal
S01 • E02 If we didn't manage the way we managed, - A Brief History of the Future 00:06
If we didn't manage the way we managed,
S01 • E03 That kind of brought it to the world, - A Brief History of the Future 00:07
That kind of brought it to the world,
S01 • E04 Webb: I like to think about synthetic biology - A Brief History of the Future 00:08
Webb: I like to think about synthetic biology
S01 • E02 There wouldn't be any resources at all. - A Brief History of the Future 00:05
There wouldn't be any resources at all.
S01 • E01 And that is what the future needs us to do - A Brief History of the Future 00:08
And that is what the future needs us to do
S01 • E05 [applause] - A Brief History of the Future 00:13
[applause]
S01 • E02 And now you're expecting us to write it and put it on paper - A Brief History of the Future 00:08
And now you're expecting us to write it and put it on p...
S01 • E06 Within its sort of tissue skin layer, - A Brief History of the Future 00:07
Within its sort of tissue skin layer,
S01 • E03 [Ragtime music playing] - A Brief History of the Future 00:06
[Ragtime music playing]
S01 • E04 This is a technology that, over time, has - A Brief History of the Future 00:15
This is a technology that, over time, has
S01 • E06 It's what gives corals their color, - A Brief History of the Future 00:07
It's what gives corals their color,
S01 • E03 "Just Imagine" and "Liliom" were the big ones. - A Brief History of the Future 00:05
"Just Imagine" and "Liliom" were the big...
S01 • E03 Narrator: Just imagine the New York of 1980. - A Brief History of the Future 00:05
Narrator: Just imagine the New York of 1980.
S01 • E05 Now, we live in this extraordinary situation - A Brief History of the Future 00:15
Now, we live in this extraordinary situation
S01 • E02 Man: In the Western world, you get people - A Brief History of the Future 00:12
Man: In the Western world, you get people
S01 • E06 And then as the corals grow, - A Brief History of the Future 00:06
And then as the corals grow,
S01 • E03 [Whistle blasting] - A Brief History of the Future 00:06
[Whistle blasting]