A Brief History of the Future | Extended Preview

(upbeat suspenseful music) - [Operator] One moment please.

(upbeat suspenseful music) - How well we live tomorrow will depend on the action we take today.

- When you hear the term the future, what does that conjure up?

Human activity has damaged the systems of life that sustain us all.

- We're seeing drought, wildfires, flood.

(inspiring music) - We could commit ourselves to extinction, or we could commit ourselves to a civilization in which human beings can continue to thrive.

(inspiring upbeat music) - Civilization is precious.

Life is precious.

- I set out in search of people who are building better futures.

- Humans are extraordinary.

We're such a miracle.

- The land is resilient.

We are resilient.

- Fusion is really the holy grail of energy.

- This is the largest 3D-printed community in the world.

- I have to know where I came from so that we can move forward.

- What does it mean to be human at this moment in time?

- To care?

- Boy, that really blows my digital mind.

- We've got to believe that there's a better way where people have clean air, clean water, available food, cheap, abundant energy, - The big shared human projects, confronting climate change, staying a step ahead of the next pandemic.

Preventing nuclear conflict will require cooperation.

- That's the key for success, and we are one team.

The world.

- Using human innovation and the brain that we can unblock, our problems will dissolve overnight.

That's so important, Ari, here.

This.

- People are building better futures for themselves and the communities around them.

- This sustainable building is the cleanest power plant in the world.

The roof is an alpine ski slope.

- What we do and the things we create over the next few decades will shape all mines going forward for the rest of time.

- Hundreds of years from now, they're going to look back on our generation as the most pivotal in human history.

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