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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.48,0:00:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In January 2011, the movie "ZEITGEIST: MOVING FORWARD"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.32,0:00:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was screened in cities all over the world; it is a non-profit documentary
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.87,0:00:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directed by Peter Joseph, also available online for free download.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.00,0:00:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Italy, twenty cities participated in this global screening project.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.25,0:00:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Zeitgeist Movement chapter in Rome screened the movie
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.16,0:00:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Azzurro Scipioni Cinema, owned by director Silvano Agosti.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.22,0:00:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To our great surprise, Paolo Bonolis, presenter of "The Meaning of Life"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.54,0:00:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a prime time TV program on Channel 5, also attended the screening.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.32,0:00:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paolo and his co-author, Michele Afferrante, have shown great interest
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.37,0:00:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Movement's ideas and immediately welcomed a cultural exchange
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.15,0:00:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thereby starting a cooperation with the Zeitgeist Movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.85,0:00:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have been broadcasting a series of intellectually stimulating snippets
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.05,0:00:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout the season without soliciting any funding
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.94,0:00:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is proof that even on a commercial TV channel
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.70,0:00:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are people who don't regard monetary reward as their only target.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.17,0:00:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have collected those bits and put them together, showing the path
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.33,0:00:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that millions of Italians have followed for over two months.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.26,0:01:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We thank Paolo, Michele and their staff for granting us this great opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.87,0:01:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hope this effort will arouse curiosity and meditation in some of the viewers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.63,0:01:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clip #1
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.29,0:01:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to show you and have you listen to these words, please.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.73,0:01:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not to accept things as they are
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.21,0:01:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to understand it, to go into it, to examine it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.63,0:01:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give your heart and your mind with everything that you have to find out
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.01,0:01:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a way of living differently.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.18,0:01:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that depends on you and not somebody else.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.29,0:01:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because in this there is no teacher, no pupil.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.21,0:01:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no leader.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.66,0:01:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no guru.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.45,0:01:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no master, no savior.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.74,0:01:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You yourself are the teacher and the pupil.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.26,0:02:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're the master, you're the guru, you are the leader.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.07,0:02:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are everything!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.97,0:02:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.65,0:02:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.56,0:02:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to transform what is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.08,0:02:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The character that you have just seen and heard is Krishnamurti.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.08,0:02:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is considered as one of the greatest thinkers of all time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.79,0:02:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't theorize any philosophy or religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.81,0:02:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead he spoke of things concerning all of us in our daily lives
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.76,0:02:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in particular about the need for a radical change in human consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.91,0:02:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The video clip is taken from the documentary movie "Zeitgeist"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.83,0:02:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means "the spirit of the time" by Peter Joseph.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.56,0:02:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a three chapter non-profit work
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.01,0:02:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which brings some of our certainties into question.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.22,0:02:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a movie which tries to make us think in a different way
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.34,0:02:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of the box and away from conventions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.07,0:02:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We liked the Zeitgeist project so much
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.62,0:03:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we decided to share some parts of it with you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.97,0:03:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout this 4th edition of "The Meaning of Life".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.28,0:03:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are short and, according to us, enlightening fragments like this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.43,0:03:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, my grandmother was a wonderful person.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.61,0:03:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She taught me how to play the game Monopoly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.76,0:03:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She understood that the name of the game is to acquire.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.45,0:03:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would accumulate everything she could and eventually
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.75,0:03:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she became the master of the board.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.07,0:03:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then she would always say the same thing to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.40,0:03:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She looked at me and said
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.11,0:03:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“One day, you'll learn to play the game.”
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.98,0:03:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One summer, I played Monopoly almost every day, all day long.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.69,0:03:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that summer, I learned to play the game.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.61,0:03:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came to understand the only way to win
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.91,0:03:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to make a total commitment to acquisition.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.81,0:03:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came to understand that money and possessions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.04,0:03:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the way that you keep score.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.13,0:03:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the end of that summer, I was more ruthless than my grandmother.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.91,0:04:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was ready to bend the rules if I had to, to win that game.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.96,0:04:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I sat down with her to play that fall.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.08,0:04:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took everything she had.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.79,0:04:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I watched her give her last dollar and quit in utter defeat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.26,0:04:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then she had one more thing to teach me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.82,0:04:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then she said
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.32,0:04:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Now it all goes back in the box."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.02,0:04:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clip #2
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.80,0:04:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we did in the last episode of this 4th season of "The Meaning of Life"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.03,0:04:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will showcase some clips from "Zeitgeist".
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.76,0:04:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zeitgeist, which means spirit of time
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.87,0:04:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a movie directed by Peter Joseph.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.54,0:04:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a countercurrent and countercultural view of our reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.30,0:04:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's today's segment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.83,0:05:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a world where 1% of the population owns 40% of the planet's wealth...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.12,0:05:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a world where 34.000 children die every single day
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.13,0:05:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from poverty and preventable diseases
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.95,0:05:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where 50% of the world's population
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.46,0:05:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lives on less than 2 dollars a day...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.04,0:05:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One thing is clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.81,0:05:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something is very wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.63,0:05:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And whether we are aware of it or not
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.83,0:05:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lifeblood of all of our established institutions
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.52,0:05:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thus society itself, is money.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.41,0:05:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, understanding this institution of monetary policy
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.95,0:05:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is critical to understanding why our lives are the way they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.88,0:05:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, economics is often viewed with confusion and boredom.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.92,0:05:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Endless streams of financial jargon
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.27,0:05:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coupled with intimidating mathematics
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.40,0:05:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quickly deters people from attempts at understanding it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.07,0:06:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the complexity associated with the financial system is a mere mask
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.77,0:06:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed to conceal one of the most socially paralyzing structures
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.54,0:06:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humanity has ever endured.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.32,0:06:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clip #3
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.18,0:06:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dominant values of a culture tend to support and perpetuate
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.36,0:06:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is rewarded by that culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.76,0:06:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in a society where success and status
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.50,0:06:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is measured by material wealth, not social contribution
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.39,0:06:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is easy to see why the state of the world is what it is today.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.87,0:06:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are dealing with a value system disorder, completely denatured
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.37,0:06:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the priority of personal and social health
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.37,0:06:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have become secondary to the detrimental notions
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.72,0:06:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of artificial wealth and limitless growth.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.72,0:06:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, like a virus, this disorder now permeates
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.79,0:06:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every facet of government, news media
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.07,0:06:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entertainment and even academia.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.18,0:06:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And built into its structure are mechanisms of protection
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.24,0:07:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from anything that might interfere.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.83,0:07:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disciples of the monetary-market religion
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.31,0:07:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the self-appointed guardians of the status quo
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.29,0:07:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantly seek out ways to avoid any form of thought
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.86,0:07:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which might interfere with their beliefs
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.12,0:07:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most common of which are projected dualities.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.93,0:07:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're not a Republican, you must be a Democrat.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.83,0:07:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are not Christian, you might be a Satanist.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.94,0:07:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you feel society can be greatly improved
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.36,0:07:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to consider, perhaps, I don't know, taking care of everyone?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.10,0:07:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're just a “Utopianist”.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.79,0:07:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the most insidious of them all:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.28,0:07:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are not for the "free-market"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.82,0:07:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must be against freedom itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.76,0:07:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clip #4
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.45,0:07:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is any testament to the plasticity of the human mind...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.79,0:07:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is any proof to how malleable human thought is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.70,0:07:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how easily conditioned and guided people can become
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.47,0:07:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on the nature of their environmental stimulus
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.18,0:07:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what it reinforces
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.51,0:08:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world of commercial advertising is the proof.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.49,0:08:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to stand in awe at the level of brainwashing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.73,0:08:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where these programmed robots known as "consumers"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.81,0:08:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wander the landscape only to walk into a store and spend, say
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.08,0:08:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,$4000 on a handbag that likely cost $10 to make
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.49,0:08:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a sweatshop overseas
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.85,0:08:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only for the brand status it supposedly represents
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.53,0:08:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.91,0:08:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or perhaps the ancient communal traditions which increase trust
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.01,0:08:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cohesiveness in society
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.50,0:08:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which have now been hijacked by acquisitive
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.68,0:08:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,materialistic values where now annually
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.30,0:08:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we exchange useless crap a few times a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.04,0:08:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we might wonder why so many today
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.20,0:08:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a compulsion to shopping and acquisition
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.68,0:08:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it is clear that they have been conditioned from childhood
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.13,0:08:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to expect material goods as a sign of their status
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.84,0:08:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with friends and family.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.29,0:09:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clip #5
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.61,0:09:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Famines throughout at least the last century of our history
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.65,0:09:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have not been caused by a lack of food.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.85,0:09:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have been caused by relative poverty.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.82,0:09:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The economic resources were so inequitably distributed
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.65,0:09:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the poor simply didn't have enough money
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.44,0:09:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with which to buy the food that would've been available
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.15,0:09:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they could have afforded to pay for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.11,0:09:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would be an example of "Structural Violence".
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.56,0:09:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gandhi saw this. He said
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.07,0:09:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“The deadliest form of violence is poverty.”
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.18,0:09:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's absolutely right.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.94,0:09:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poverty kills far more people than all the wars in history
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.21,0:09:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more people than all the murderers
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.57,0:09:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the suicides in history.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.57,0:09:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only does Structural Violence kill more people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.76,0:09:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than all the Behavioral Violence put together
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.44,0:10:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Structural Violence is also the main cause of Behavioral Violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.63,0:10:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clip #6
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.63,0:10:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, a Resource-Based Economy
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.64,0:10:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is nothing more than a set of proven, life supporting understandings
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.36,0:10:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where all decisions are based upon
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.87,0:10:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,optimized human and environmental sustainability.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.32,0:10:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes into account the “Life Ground” which every human being shares
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.83,0:10:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a need, regardless of their political or religious philosophy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.62,0:10:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no cultural relativism to this approach.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.57,0:10:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It isn't a matter of opinion.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.85,0:10:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Human needs are human needs
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.68,0:10:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having access to the necessities of life, such as clean air
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.01,0:10:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nutritious food and clean water
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.25,0:10:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with a positively reinforcing, stable
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.95,0:10:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nurturing, non-violent environment
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.41,0:10:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as demanded for our mental and physical health
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.32,0:10:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our evolutionary fitness, and hence, the species' survival itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.19,0:10:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clip #7
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.07,0:11:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making homes using hammers and nails and wood
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.50,0:11:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the state of our technology today
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.71,0:11:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really absurd and will go the way of our labor class
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.99,0:11:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in regards to manufacturing in the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.17,0:11:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recently, there was a study by economist David Autor of MIT
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.68,0:11:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that states that our middle class is obsolete
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.83,0:11:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being replaced by automation.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.86,0:11:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quite simply, mechanization is more productive
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.05,0:11:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,efficient and sustainable than human labor
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.89,0:11:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in virtually every sector of the economy today.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.33,0:11:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Machines do not need vacations, breaks, insurance, pensions
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.83,0:11:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can work 24 hours a day, everyday.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.20,0:11:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The output potential and accuracy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.14,0:11:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compared to human labor, is unmatched.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.23,0:11:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bottom line: Repetitive human labor is becoming obsolete
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.11,0:11:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and impractical across the world
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.42,0:11:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and today's unemployment is fundamentally
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.53,0:12:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the result of this evolution of efficiency in technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.76,0:12:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bottom line is that the “labor for income” game
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.17,0:12:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is slowly coming to an end.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.31,0:12:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, if you take a moment to reflect on the jobs
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.60,0:12:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are in existence today which automation could take over
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.59,0:12:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right now, if applied, 75% of the global workforce
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.06,0:12:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be replaced by mechanization tomorrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.00,0:12:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clip #8
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.16,0:12:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we'd like to end this fourth season of "The Meaning of Life"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.62,0:12:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by leaving the conclusion to 95-year-old Jacque Fresco
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.83,0:12:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would have attended in person if he could.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.97,0:12:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, his age prevented him from doing so.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.49,0:12:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is the founder of The Venus Project which we came to know
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.49,0:12:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the documentary movie "Zeitgeist: Moving Forward"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.46,0:12:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we have shown in some of its segments.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.64,0:12:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suggest you to follow his speech carefully
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.24,0:12:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which he will express his vision of things
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.96,0:12:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a deep sense of freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.75,0:13:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See you all at the next edition of "The Meaning of Life" hopefully.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.68,0:13:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a young man
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.53,0:13:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing up in New York City
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.84,0:13:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I refused to pledge allegiance to the flag.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.46,0:13:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course I was sent to the principal's office, and he asked me
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.65,0:13:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why don't you want to pledge allegiance? Everybody does!"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.63,0:13:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said "Everybody once believed the Earth was flat
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.23,0:13:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that doesn't make it so."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.23,0:13:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I explained that America owed everything it has
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.75,0:13:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to other cultures and other nations
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.21,0:13:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that I would rather pledge allegiance
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.39,0:13:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Earth and everyone on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.18,0:13:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Needless to say it wasn't long before I left school entirely
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.58,0:13:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I set up a lab in my bedroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.31,0:13:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There I began to learn about science and nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.10,0:14:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized then that the universe is governed by laws
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.73,0:14:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that the human being, along with society itself
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.79,0:14:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not exempt from these laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.26,0:14:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then came the crash of 1929
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.26,0:14:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which began what we now call "The Great Depression".
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.46,0:14:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found it difficult to understand why millions were out of work
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.45,0:14:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,homeless, starving
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.05,0:14:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while all the factories were sitting there.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.03,0:14:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The resources were unchanged.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.20,0:14:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was then that I realized
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.18,0:14:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the rules of the economic game were inherently invalid.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.82,0:14:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shortly after, came World War II
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.90,0:14:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where various nations took turns
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.14,0:14:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,systematically destroying each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.11,0:14:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I later calculated that all the destruction
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.66,0:14:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wasted resources spent on that war
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.72,0:14:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could have easily provided for every human need on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.81,0:14:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since that time I have watched humanity
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.34,0:15:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,set the stage for its own extinction.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.64,0:15:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have watched as the precious finite resources
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.90,0:15:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are perpetually wasted and destroyed
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.72,0:15:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the name of profit and free markets.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.17,0:15:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have watched the social values of society
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.44,0:15:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be reduced into a base artificiality of materialism
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.75,0:15:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mindless consumption.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.40,0:15:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have watched as the monetary powers
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.31,0:15:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,control the political structure of supposedly free societies.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.03,0:15:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm 94 years old now
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.96,0:15:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm afraid my disposition
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.29,0:15:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the same as it was 75 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.86,0:15:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This shit's got to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.79,0:15:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clip #9
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.54,0:15:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A “RESOURCE-BASED ECONOMY”
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.79,0:16:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea was defined in the 1970's
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.50,0:16:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by structural engineer Jacque Fresco.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.52,0:16:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He understood back then that society was on a collision course
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.19,0:16:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with nature and itself, unsustainable on every level
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.69,0:16:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if things didn't change
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.69,0:16:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would destroy ourselves, one way or another.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.49,0:16:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Larry King) Are all of these things you are saying, Jacque
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.16,0:16:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could they be built with what we know today?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.10,0:16:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or are you guessing based on what we know today?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.67,0:16:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- No, all of these things can be built with what we know today.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.76,0:16:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would take 10 years to change the surface of the earth
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.82,0:16:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rebuild the world into a second Garden of Eden.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.89,0:16:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The choice lies with you. The stupidity of a nuclear arms race
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.37,0:16:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the development of weapons, trying to solve your problems politically
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.38,0:16:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by electing any given political party...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.50,0:16:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All politics is immersed in corruption. Let me say it again:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.68,0:16:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Communism, socialism, fascism, the Democrats, the liberals
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.61,0:16:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want to absorb human beings ...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.05,0:16:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all organizations that believe in a better life for man!
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.45,0:17:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are no Negro problems or Polish problems
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.29,0:17:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Jewish problems or Greek problems or women's problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.52,0:17:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are human problems! I'm not afraid of anybody
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.96,0:17:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't work for anyone. No one can discharge me. I have no boss.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.38,0:17:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am afraid to live in the society we live in today.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.55,0:17:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our society cannot be maintained by this type of incompetency.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.86,0:17:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was great, the free enterprise system, about 35 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.46,0:17:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the last of its usefulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.78,0:17:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we have got to change our way of thinking or perish.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.86,0:17:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The horror movies of the future will be our society
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.76,0:17:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way it didn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.67,0:17:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And politics would be part of the horror movie.