[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.68,0:00:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When human beings acquired language, Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.10,0:00:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we didn't just learn to listen, Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.05,0:00:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we learned how to speak. Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.00,0:00:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When human beings acquired text, Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.74,0:00:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we learned not just how to read, Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.50,0:00:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how to write. Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.29,0:00:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now that we've acquired computers, Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.59,0:00:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should learn not just how to use them, Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.66,0:00:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how to program them. Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.12,0:00:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in the 1980's Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.70,0:00:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning to use a computer was the same thing as Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.48,0:00:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning to program one. Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.97,0:00:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as computers got easier to use and more user-friendly Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.78,0:00:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the distance between using a computer Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.75,0:00:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and knowing how it works got longer and wider Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.56,0:00:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we had extremely opaque interfaces Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.64,0:00:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through which you do what the program says Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.62,0:00:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without any idea of what's actually going on behind the screen Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.94,0:00:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask any kid what facebook is for Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.79,0:01:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he'll tell you facebook is here to help me make friends. Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.67,0:01:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no. they're looking to figure out how to monetize people's relationships Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.32,0:01:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't know what the software you're using is for Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.05,0:01:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you're not using it, but being used by it. Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.95,0:01:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back when I first got on the internet Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.65,0:01:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw networking as the next great leap in human evolution Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.08,0:01:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were moving towards a new networked organism Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.91,0:01:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm amazed at how few of us have actually decided to participate Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.58,0:01:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this product Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.30,0:01:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the digital age or in any age for that matter Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.22,0:01:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who ever holds the keys to programming ends up building the reality Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.10,0:01:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which the rest of us live Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.51,0:01:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thanks to these technologies Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.28,0:01:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we now have the ability to remake our economy, our education Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.62,0:01:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our government Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.59,0:01:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even our religions Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.33,0:02:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we don't seize the opportunity to remake our world Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.07,0:02:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I promise you someone or something else Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.67,0:02:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will do it for us