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ALL IMPERSONATIONS ON THIS VIDEO ARE BASED ON ACTUAL CRITICISMS I HEARD FROM PEOPLE

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Since I was a kid, [br]i used to look at the world,

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and you know, ask myself questions and...

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Yeah... Questions! [br]Questions...[br]

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Questions need answers! [br]And think! Think!

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Please, don't, I don't... I don't wanna think! [br]I just... Don't wanna think!

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Don't bother thinking![br]''It's useless!''

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I've been thinking, you know! [br]I've been thinking and,

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if you are like me, [br]you walk down the street,

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and you see things not working, like:

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Poor people! [br]You see poor people on the street,

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dying of hunger, cold, dehydration, and...

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And you kind of wonder Why?[br]''Why is this happening?''

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''It's human nature and those [br]people deserve to be there!''

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Ok, wait a minute...[br]If fits, people in the society,

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and, this people don't fit,

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there must be a reason, [br]and the reason,

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must be connected to society, you know,

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how it works, how it's designed to work.

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And, if it's designed not to work,

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or just to work for someone, [br]then it's not really a fair society! Is it?

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''Oh, you can never fix society, [br]you're too small!''

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''You're just one! [br]Who do you think you are?!''

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''You don't count for shit!''

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''The only time you count is when [br]you turn 18 and you can vote!''

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''That's your ability to choose!''

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Wow! [br]Turning adult is awesome!

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You can put an 'X' on a piece of paper!

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Amazing! Wow! That's cool!

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But, what if you actually think about [br]problems and how to solve them?

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Is there any way now, in society [br]that you can kind of interact?

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You see all this pollution! [br]Wars!

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Wars over oil, over territorial disputes...

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And the People dying! [br]All those things happening...

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And you kind of wonder: [br]Isn't there a better way to do things?

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WHERE ARE WE NOW?

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If you look at the trends how things [br]are working, and what's happening now,

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you kind of see a pattern:

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The level of technology, [br]rises exponentially,

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so it keeps growing and growing...

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[br]You have: [br]Technological unemployment.

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90% of the people worked on farming, [br]a hundred years ago,

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and now it's 2% of the people in developed countries.

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And, of course all the other people, [br]they had to move to another sector.

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Then, it was the manufacturing sector and then...

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Technological unemployment again!

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So what do you, you move those people [br]to the service sector.

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And what does the service sector do?

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Some people they have [br]some kind of utility, you know,

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they help like, social workers... [br]Oh excellent job!

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Voluntary work! [br]Oh amazing!

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Helping! [br]Helping other people!?

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But then, you've got all these other jobs like:

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Advertisement, anthropologists,...

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Oh wait, wait a second, [br]Anthropology that's interesting... That's...![br]

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Yeah... But, how do use anthropologists now?

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I have some friends, some researchers and Phds, [br]in anthropology and social sciences.

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You know how the system uses, the people [br]most likely to be able to help others,

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because they can understand how, [br]social interactions work,

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and how societies and cultures interact?

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They use them for:

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Exploitation! [br]Profit!

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How to get into your mind, [br]and make advertisement,

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and flashy things, [br]and so it gets into you!

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OPTIONS

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I see only 2 options. [br]Two options!

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One: [br]We keep the things as they are now. [br]

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So Status Quo. [br]We keep it going...

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And what happens, you have:

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Natural monopolies and oligopolies...

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A bunch of corporations, taking [br]over everything, and they have...

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Patents! [br]Patents on everything for profit!

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You have patents on: [br]Medicines...

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And then patents on: [br]Seeds and synthetic life...

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Even on biological life...

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Do you really want that kind of world?

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You make the planet inhabitable?!

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You pollute everything to the point of,

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not being able to breathe [br]and drink and do anything,

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without killing yourself?

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And give everything and the control, [br]to corporations?!

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Or isn't there a better way to do things?

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STOP COMPLAINING[br]FIND SOLUTIONS

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Why do I advocate The Zeitgeist Movement?

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Well, first you kind of have to understand

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what the Movement is[br]and what it proposes!

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''Getting rid of property!''[br]Really?

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''Getting rid of money!''

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''Transhumanist!''

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''You're a communist!'' [br]''Anarchist!''

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''You're a socialist!''[br]''You're a conspiracy theorist!''

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''New world order! [br]You want reinstall a new world order!'' [br]

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''That's what you want?!''[br]''You're a kook!''

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''Central planning never worked, [br]and it killed a hundred gazillion people...!''

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''Like socialist Russia, in China, in Cambodia...!''

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Stop! [br]Step back!

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Take a deep breath! [br]Think!

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What is the Zeitgeist Movement about?

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It's not about getting rid of money, [br]getting rid of property,

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central planning and all those things! [br]No, no, no...!

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The Movement is about really, [br]a change of culture.

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Why don't we base our activities on, [br]what the planet can provide?

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Instead of just taking?

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It's changing our values!

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It's about realizing, [br]that we live in a finite planet.

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And that we have to, [br]live in symbiosis with the planet,

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and with other species. [br]And to do that,

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we have to use the most efficient, [br]method that we know of.

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And as of now, [br]it's the scientific method.

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''Science? Are you crazy? [br]What has science ever done for us?''

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''Science? Science is cold!''

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Science is whatever works best! [br]

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That's basically science, you know!

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Whatever helps you, is science!

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''Science is the atom bomb [br]and weapons, that's science!''

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No! That's, geopolitical will, [br]exploiting scientists.

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That's not really science, you know! [br]That's not how science works.

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Science is a method,[br]of arriving at decisions.

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So that when you need something, [br]and you have to kind of, [br]

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figure out what's the best way to do it,[br]then you use the scientific method!

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Try to figure out, what is the best way [br]to live, with others, peacefully.

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''But in the real world! [br]Not in the utopia!''

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''Let's build the Fresco´s city! [br]The circular thing that everybody wants,

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and it's perfect and everything is recyclable...!''

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Yeah, you can live in your soap-bubble, [br]for a while maybe...

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But then the bombs start to fall,[br]and explode around you...

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So, you're inside your little, [br]soap-bubble thingy, and...

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That's just not gonna work!

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You have to make it, World Wide.

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Declare all the earth's resources, [br]common heritage, to all the world's people.

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''You wanna impose on people? You wanna [br]take away my rights? Impose no property?''

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No, no, no...! [br]That's not how it works.

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In the Venus Project, people can have property, [br]if they like to. If they want to.

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There is no rule saying: [br]''Oh you don't have property! No! No!''

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''You want property? You want... You want [br]your own tshirt? No way! No! Sorry!''

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''We decided on 'No Property', [br]and we are gonna impose that value!''

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No dude! [br]You're getting all wrong!

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It's not about getting rid of, [br]or imposing anything!

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It's about, evolving out, of the need, [br]for useless, cyclical consumption. That's it!

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You wanna keep your tshirt? You keep [br]your freaking tshirt! Who cares?

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The point is: [br]You make resources available, efficiently,

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using the most scientifically advanced, [br]technologies that you have,

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to provide needs, to people.

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The idea is to live sustainably on the planet,

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peacefully, with the others.

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That's it![br]How do you do that?

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Well, you design flaws out the society.

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''You want a perfect society? [br]There's no way you can have a perfect...!''

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No dude! [br]We don't want a 'Perfect Society'!

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We just want to get rid of the things,

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that are really, really wrong!

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''What if i don't want to, [br]get into your little game of,

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you know, the perfect society [br]and live sustainable?''

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''I don't give a shit about the flowers [br]and the planet, and the people!''

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''I just want my rights! And my property! [br]And my things...!''

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Ok! Ok! Fine! [br]I'm not going to impose anything!

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This is a peaceful movement.

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Because the shift, [br]can only happen if,

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there is a cultural shift. [br]Emergent!

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Emergent is the opposite of imposed!

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All those things that have been tried before,

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were ideologies, thought, [br]through, by someone,

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and then imposed on the population!

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That's not how it works! [br]And that's not what we propose.

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You don't have to tell people how to behave!

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You just have to teach them,

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how the world works, [br]and how science works,

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and how human relationships work, [br]and how they are important!

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Violence, breeds violence. [br]That's a scientific fact.

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So how do you get rid of violence?

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You design society, so that you can [br]take away, negative retroactions.

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You know it just... It just makes sense.

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It's about finding a way, to provide,

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the best for everyone, using,

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scientific knowledge, [br]and, the most relevant,

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technologies that we have, [br]in an emergent culture!

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You can take all the technologies you have, [br]you can just throw them out of the window!

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They're just a piece of junk, [br]if they don't have people!

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The purpose of technology is, [br]to free people,

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from those jobs and those, [br]worries and stress!

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And so you can dedicate your life, [br]into something more meaningful,

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like, social relationships!

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Spend time with your family, with your friends...

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Study, play music!

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What you want to do, really!

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So it's not 'work', it's activities! [br]Voluntary work!

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It's, something that you wanna do!

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''Oh people won't do anything!''

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Yeah! I would! I would!

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Fuck! I'm working 9 hours a day, [br]every day of the week,

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and I'm still doing other activities,

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and I'm still studying other stuff,

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and I'm still, active in doing things!

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Because it's fun! [br]It's fun to learn, and do things!

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It's fun! [br]You know, it's... human!

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If there is anything about human nature is: [br]Curiosity!

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The pleasure, of finding things out!

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TO SUM UP

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On one side, you have:

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Possible self-destruction...

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A handful of corporations controlling everything...

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Totalitarian governments...

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Patents on life and seeds... [br]And money, profit...

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Destruction of the suitable environment for us and...

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Yeah...

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Doesn't sound very appealing!

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One the other side you have:

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Human evolution! [br]Exploration of space and...

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Human knowledge, and...

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Music and poetry, [br]and human relationships...

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And what's the nature of the Universe and...

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You kind of weight those things together and...

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I wonder, which one would I chose!

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I know, I'm over simplify! [br]It's not that simple!

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But, if you really think about it, [br]it is that simple!

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Cyclical consumption of goods and services, [br]for the sake of profit,

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in a World that has finite resources, on one hand.

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And sustainable living, based on,

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what the planet can provide, [br]living in symbiosis with it,

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and living peacefully, [br]with other people!

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This is the kind of paradigm shift, [br]that we are talking about!

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Maybe what we are proposing here, [br]may not be the best way,

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and surely is not! And it's not perfect! [br]It's not perfect!

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Just a lot better than the other.

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If you don't like something in the Movement,

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join and help us make it better!

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Like science!

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It's not about the people on the top! [br]No!

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It's about the ideas! [br]It's about this paradigm shift!

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JOIN

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Join us! Help us! [br]Help us make a better world!

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But for real, not just small talk!

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What you got to lose?! [br]Like, your Planet?!

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That's nothing!? [br]Your Life!

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Your Future!

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Join us! [br]It's fun!

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Here it's something really important! [br]Ok, check this out:

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If you are not having fun, [br]saving the world,

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you shouldn't![br]You shouldn't save the world!

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You should just, keep going [br]and destroying your fucking life!

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That's what you should do!

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You need to have fun, saving the world!

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Otherwise, i don't think it's worth it!

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I'm having fun! [br]So, let's have fun together!

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My name is Federico and I'm from Italy!

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But really, we are all citizens of the Earth!

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Love you!

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JOIN THE MOVEMENT

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