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2020. Since the 1980s, it's been a magical year
for science fiction writers, a year of predictions
about the future and the ruthless power
of technology. Humanity would be bound
together by a world wide web, artificial intelligence
would exponentially expand the powers of the human mind, and the world would be
dominated and controlled by information-based
megacorporations without need
for government intervention. But all of that turned out
to be a technocratic illusion when nature set loose
a terrible disease that took advantage of the very connectivity
we had manufactured
for science fiction writers, a year of predictions
about the future and the ruthless power
of technology. Humanity would be bound
together by a world wide web, artificial intelligence
would exponentially expand the powers of the human mind, and the world would be
dominated and controlled by information-based
megacorporations without need
for government intervention. But all of that turned out
to be a technocratic illusion when nature set loose
a terrible disease that took advantage of the very connectivity
we had manufactured
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2020.
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Since the 1980s,
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it's been a magical year
for science fiction writers,
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a year of predictions
about the future
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and the ruthless power
of technology.
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Humanity would be bound
together by a world wide web,
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artificial intelligence
would exponentially expand
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the powers of the human mind,
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and the world would be
dominated and controlled
00:00:29.016 --> 00:00:31.162
by information-based
megacorporations
00:00:31.196 --> 00:00:35.534
without need
for government intervention.
00:00:35.567 --> 00:00:40.106
But all of that turned out
to be a technocratic illusion
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when nature set loose
a terrible disease
00:00:42.273 --> 00:00:43.641
that took advantage
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of the very connectivity
we had manufactured.
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Movie Summary
An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.
