"Humans stand Alone in the animal kingdom." "Our power over nature Is unparalleled." "What separates us?" "What is it that Makes us human?" "The answer lies in our Mastery of communication." "The power to express Complex thoughts and ideas," "To organize and Think collectively," "These are the engines Of our success," "Driving our ascent from Hunter-gatherers to." "A global civilization." "Communication is everywhere." "Our technology has Propelled us to a new age." "Of interconnectedness." "Waves of data pass through Us at the speed of light." "Music, language, Art, the written word." "Through these tools, the Boundless human imagination." "Has been given a voice." "They give us self-expression And collective knowledge," "But they have a dark side." "These tools are so Powerful that they distort." "Our very perception of reality." "They can subvert and corrupt," "And even manipulate Entire populations." "Communication is What makes us, us." "How did it emerge?" "How did it transform us to A creature that could dream?" "To a creature that Could imagine?" "Where millions could Eventually learn to cooperate." "To overcome." "To transcend." "This is the story of how Our world came to be," "How communication defined Our species and created the." "Modern age, how it Connected humanity and sent." "Our voice on a Course for the stars." "This is "Origins"." "It's the greatest Adventure story ever told," "The story of humankind." "We're going back in time To explore some key moments," "Origin moments, That changed the course of." "Our shared history." "If knowledge is power, Communication is the jet fuel," "The delivery system, The gift we give each other." "That makes Everything else possible." "Communication links The modern world." "Through mobile Wireless connections," "People all over the globe are Coming online at an incredible." "Rate, flooding our biosphere With new voices, new ideas." "We're not the only species To communicate, far from it." "Birds do it, bees do it, Even plants communicate with." "Chemical signals." "But we're the only species To communicate through time." "We send messages from one Generation to the next," "Frozen pieces of experience That let our descendants learn." "Who we were and how we lived." "There was a moment, An origin moment," "When we realized we could Capture our thoughts," "Our emotions, our dreams And share them with others." "France, 26,500 bc." "The world is mystical, Chaotic, dangerous." "Our ability to communicate Gave us a tool, a voice," "Evolution as a species." "If you imagine A society where every piece of." "Information and experience Has to be communicated." "From one generation to the Next in very early times," "By sign and experience, the Thing that really matters is." "The ability to communicate And to show and to demonstrate." "A hunting Party returns home successful." "This is the way of survival." "I killed the deer, mother." "One rite Of passage leads to another." "Life for life." "We thank you." "Life for life." "We thank you." "Hunter..." "Tell your story." "Go on." "We hunt Where the grass is high." "See deer." "I tell hunter there is deer." "We creep." "No noise." "I raise spear." "I throw." "Deer dead." "This is the moment When we speak through time." "When our story, our Knowledge reaches generations." "Far beyond us." "The interesting Thing about humans is we." "Acquire knowledge and Skills and we pass those." "From parents to offspring by Using language." "I can make use of information And knowledge that was." "Acquired by my grandfather." "No other species can do that." "Language Takes us into a new world." "Now people are Telling stories," "Stories about social Relationships," "Stories about the Way our society defeated." "The other society." "Imagination flows here in Interactions that occur." "Nowhere else and of course Completely different from." "Anything that Happens in animals." "If you Recite oral traditions," "You recite folklore, You recite legends," "Or you chant them, Or you sing them," "And these get passed from One generation to a next," "They're enormously powerful." "You could make A very good case that cave." "Painting was the Beginning of storytelling," "But an even better case That it is the beginning of." "Storytelling that survives." "This creation Of art is a massive." "Transformation." "No other animal Uses artistic symbols to." "Communicate ideas or emotions." "Studies have shown creating Art literally rewires our brain," "Increasing the gray And white matter." "In the cerebellum." "This increases overall Cognitive function," "It makes us think better." "Being human means having." "A brain that's creative." "We have this impulse To explore new places," "To make new things." "It's not to imitate, But to originate." "And it expresses itself In probably every aspect." "Of human culture." "We end up with Different civilizations," "Different forms of art, a Different way of living." "Early humans Communicated with pictures and." "Markings painted on Cave walls and began to." "Gradually work out symbols." "As these markings spread and Were understood and accepted," "Then you had the widespread Transmission of ideas." "We can see the very early Days of this communication." "In the ice age caves Of el castillo." "We live in this modern world." "That's hugely interconnected Globally based in large part." "On our ability to communicate Graphically, everything from," "Like, binary code and Computers, to texting," "And we take them for granted." "But I think what's so easy to Forget is that if you go back." "Far enough in time, you will Actually get to a point where." "There was no graphic Communication." "Where somebody had to invent It for the very first time." "Think about the Moment, that moment," "When somebody picked up Probably a tool and made an." "Engraved mark in Some sort of object." "And with that simple Little stroke of a tool," "Completely changed our entire Ability to communicate." "So this is actually A child's hand." "And it's not just anywhere," "It's in the Depths of the cave." "So this tells us that It wasn't just adults." "Coming down here," "They brought Their kids with them," "Which really suggests That for them these caves." "Weren't scary places." "In la pasiega cave is one Of those rare animals." "We're looking at a bison, Which if you look just the." "Actual detail, the Horn, the eyes," "Even the perky little tail." "It's simple in many ways, But so sophisticated in others." "And it dates to about," "Probably about 25,000 years ago or so." "Communicating With others has been an." "Important part of why people Have scratched things on rocks." "Or made drawings." "You can look at these Things and imagine very," "Very clearly what it must have Been like to have been those." "People on these hunts." "It's a kind of time travel That allows you to step into." "Another period Or another place." "If you've been Into one of these caves," "Into one of the chambers, And the lights are turned off," "The silence is Really profound." "They could play tricks with Lights to make animals move," "And so on." "It was all performance, but The performance had a purpose," "And the purpose was to Reinforce the relationship." "With the forces of the Supernatural world," "With the animals, and the World that surrounded you." "La pasiega has many things." "That make it a Very special cave," "But to me one of the most Important is actually." "The series of signs right Up here on this wall." "It's known as the "La pasiega inscription,"." "And it's literally one of The only places in the whole." "Of ice-age europe that We have an entire row of." "Geometric signs that Are lined up and organized," "And that actually appear To be related to each other." "We're certainly not Talking about writing yet." "Yes, this certainly has a Writing-like look to it," "But it's a one-off." "This is the only place That we ever find this." "This is them starting To experiment." "They're starting To play around with." "Organizing the signs." "Even if it's not Truly writing," "It's an incredibly important Clue to understanding where." "And how graphic Communication really." "Started coming together." "All writing Begins with symbols," "Whether it's the cuneiform Or hieroglyphics." "Now that's useful In some ways," "But it doesn't allow you To express a thought." "You can draw the picture of A cow to express how many cows." "You're taking to the Market, but you can't," "In that kind of Simple way, say," ""I want to take three cows And buy four cows and exchange." "Them with my next door Neighbor for two more."" "You need writing for That kind of thing." "Communication Transformed us from wild." "Pack animals to a Collective intelligence." "We were able to Express our ideas," "Share our emotions in Stories and through art." "We created myths to Inspire and entertain," "Religion and philosophy To explain the world." "And our place in it." "But with the gifts Of speech, art," "And writing also came Misunderstanding," "Manipulation for Political gain," "Propaganda to Provoke conflict." "Language gives us the Incredible power to put our." "Ideas into other People's brains." "That ability made the Modern world possible." "None of it would exist Without the exchange of ideas." "And the spread of information." "Knowledge is power." "Because it is so powerful, Some try to keep that power to." "Themselves and some brave Souls will fight and die to." "Take that power back." "For our ancestors," "Language and art were Powerful communication tools." "But we also spread our Knowledge another way," "With rhythm and emotion." "Our brains are programmed to Seek pattern and repetition." "We gravitate to rhythm and Rhyme and so we told our." "Stories through song." "Wisdom was passed Through the generations." "By musical storytellers." "Channeling knowledge about The land through song and dance." "Oral histories like the Odyssey were not just spoken," "They were sung." "For centuries, africans used Talking drums to send messages." "Over long distances." "As knowledge and ideas Spread through music," "Lyrics became the first viral Method of communication." "Music gave us a deeper Way to communicate." "It expanded our palette For self-expression," "Giving us the ability To convey the ineffable." "Through rhythm and emotion, We created a universal language," "Understood across Time and space." "No human society has ever Been found without music." "It lies at the core Of our culture." "Music reaches into The soul and gives our." "Emotions a voice." "And through it, our Collective history flourished." "A hundred years ago, If you wanted to listen to," "Say, beethoven's Ninth symphony," "You had to go see An orchestra play it." "For most people, that Wasn't an option." "But the invention of Radio and the record player." "Changed all that." "Beethoven's masterpiece All of a sudden could be." "Enjoyed by everyone, Not just the wealthy." "Today, you can access Virtually every piece of music." "Ever recorded without Leaving your house." "Films, books, vast quantities Of information all literally." "At your fingertips." "As every corner of the Globe is coming online," "There will be no Limit to the scope and." "Depth of our knowledge." "But some knowledge is sacred." "Quran, vedas, the bible." "These texts and many Others wield the awesome." "Power of faith." "Today, they're Freely available to anyone." "Who seeks them." "But it wasn't always that way." "1526." "London, england." "Secret copies of the bible, A rare version translated from" "Greek and hebrew into English are being smuggled." "Into the city, into The hands of laymen." "In Early modern culture," "Latin was a holy language." "Everything was latin." "But the common man did Not understand the latin." "There was a control issue With the church because latin." "Allowed the church to Control the common believer." "How they wanted to." "It was against the Law to have the scripture in." "Your own tongue." "People were burned at the Stake for teaching their." "Children the lord's Prayer in english." "Now here, this bible is A big threat to that because." "For the first time, The english believer could." "See that god is love." "That was revolutionary." "For nine years, Church authorities confiscate." "And burn the bibles." "In that time, king henry Viii starts a manhunt for the." "Source of the Forbidden translation." "William tyndale Spoke eight languages." "He had a bachelor's degree and A master's degree from oxford." "He dared to create a english Translation to the bible." "That was heretical." "He became an outlaw." "And so he had to Leave england." "He knew he had a Target on his back." "He knew he had a Price on his head." "Who's there?" "Henry phillips." "Henry, my friend." "What brings you Here at this hour?" "You are betraying me." "I merely do My duty for king and country." "Guards." "No, no, I beg you!" "Tyndale Was sentenced to the punishment." "For what they called An obstinate heretic." "The punishments for heresy in The early modern world seemed." "Utterly cruel and barbaric, And what the church wanted to." "Do was to threaten People with ruthless," "Bitter punishments And have them then say," ""I was wrong, I'm sorry." "I should have been A good catholic,"." "And he refused to do that." "Poor William tyndale paid for his." "Convictions with his life." "But the ideas that he Unleashed had a whirlwind." "Effect on the development of The protestant reformation." "With the Coming of the reformation," "More people became more Convinced of the rightness." "Of their position." "And they were not Willing to back down." "The work of tyndale Was a subversive truth." "There's no doubt there were Some in the church who were." "More comfortable if the Scripture were not available." "And giving people a chance to Take the side of the radicals." "Giving them the information That maybe their authorities." "Would rather they didn't have." "That's not a neutral thing." "What tyndale Did relates to what we've seen." "Today with a lot of hackers." "Before assange or Snowden or anonymous," "I mean tyndale really Decoded a language." "Breaking down what The bible really said." "The truth that Was once hidden." "And when information gets Out there and it's fully." "Transparent, it really Empowers people and that's." "Something that can Really change the world." "William Tyndale's translations into" "English lived on a long time After his death and later fed." "Through to the king james Version of the bible," "Still today the world's most Popular version of the bible." "The tyndale bible Was almost a primitive virus." "That affected the english Language up to today." "30,000 new words flooded The english language," "Between 1570 and 1630." "Some of that is attributable To tyndale's bible and with the." "Dismantling of the Catholic church in england," "It left a big void in culture." "The throm the 1570s filled that void." "So, we have the rise of William shakespeare who took." "Full advantage of That from tyndale." "We would not have the Same shakespeare without" "William tyndale." "The simple Act of communication," "The right message to A receptive audience," "Can change the world." "Mahatma gandhi, Martin luther king jr.," "Malala yousafzai." "This is a lesson We learn as species." "Again and again And again, words matter." "Ideas can shift the Consciousness of billions of." "People in a heartbeat." "In the digital age, this Potential for transformation," "Disruption, revolution," "And liberation has Expanded exponentially." "But with every Transformative technology." "Comes a responsibility." "Will we use our new Tools to bring unity or." "Our own destruction?" "As a species, We are completely dependent," "Addicted to the newest Form of mass communication," "But how has digital Become so dominant?" "How did a language of Ones and zeros forage a." "New age for human kind?" "Long before the era of Internet and satellites," "The ancients had Their own method of." "Speed-of-light communication." "They used the oldest Tool they had, fire." "Thousands of years ago, Ancient greeks used chains of." "Fire to relay messages Across vast distances." "The on/off nature of The message was simple," "But effective." "They had stumbled upon A powerful new language," "The language of binary." "Light and dark." "On and off." "Cultures worldwide became Fascinated by binary thinking," "The most elemental Form of communication." "This was the Silent beginning of a." "Communications revolution." "The dots and dashes of Morse code were the first." "Breakthrough, foreshadowing The ones and zeroes." "Of the digital era." "The revolution would culminate In one man, alan turing," "Who paired binary language With electronic circuitry," "Creating the foundation for World's first computers." "He turned the tide of World war ii by breaking." "Open the nazi code and Ushering in a new era." "The information age." "A race of digital machines Were suddenly brought to life," "Unleashing a global Communications revolution." "Erasing the barriers Of distance and time," "But the revolution is Only just beginning." "Of all the inventions That have made us modern," "The internet may be the Apex of our achievements." "It's a vast network of massive Server complexes, cell towers," "And ocean floor Fiber optic cables." "One of the most ambitious Projects of the human race." "A monument to our desire To reach out, communicate." "Where did it begin?" "The first seeds of instant Connection were pioneered." "During the most primal act That drives us apart, war." "From sun tzu to cyberspace, Intelligence is," "And always has been, The key to victory." "With the invention Of the telegraph," "It was now possible to get Real time information from." "Battlefields that sprawled Across thousands of miles." "It was the origin of a New kind of connected war." "And it began with the American civil war." "The Battle of bull run was the." "First major engagement of The u.S. Civil war." "A lot of the observers Expected this to be the only." "Battle that would be necessary Either to bring about the end." "Of the rebellion or to secure Freedom from the union." "For the first time, with the Development of the telegraph," "It was possible for A commander in chief," "Hundreds of miles away To have an almost real time." "Update as To what was going on." "In the Battle of bull run," "Lincoln thought he'd won Because he got a telegram from." "His union commanders Saying so." "He took a carriage ride After getting the news." "By the time he had returned To the white house," "Another telegram had arrived." "The confederates wound up." "With a clear victory." "That triggered a Longer civil war." "There are hundreds of stories Of abraham lincoln being." "Absolutely obsessed with Manning the telegraph station." "In the white house." "Any time that union Forces were involved in." "A major engagement," "It was almost guaranteed That lincoln would." "Be seeking constant updates, Monitoring all of the events," "Fighting multiple Battles at the same time." "Manassas, virginia." "August 1862." "Thirteen months after the First battle of bull run," "The two armies came Together again on the same." "Blood soaked grounds." "By the second year of The american civil war," "The telegraph had completely Transformed the fighting." "Lincoln could make Tactical decisions." "The union command wasn't Just sitting back waiting." "To hear the news." "They were gathering Information, intelligence," "And acting on it." "Of course, the confederate Generals knew this," "So they began to target The telegraph lines." "Are we operational?" "I've received confirmation." "On our test message." "They know our troops Are patrolling." "We await their response." "Excellent." "Any reports on the progress Of the confederate army?" "None yet, sir." "Let us Hope it stays that way." "The telegraph Gave lincoln the ability to." "Fight the war on his terms." "In the second Battle of bull run," "Union soldiers were put On patrols to protect the." "Technology from The confederates," "Who set out to cut off The union's main line." "Of communication." "What was that?" "Shut up, billy." "Michael, goddamit!" "Show me." "Contact with confederate Army confirmed." "Billy, Franklin, take cover!" "Enemy Advancing towards your." "Positions at great pace." "Target is the telegraph." "This must be protected At all costs." "Failure to do so will mean No further communications and." "Heavy troop losses." "Dammit!" "Listen to me!" "We need to go back for jack." "Now, finish loading and Put your bayonets on." "Ready?" "One, two, three, now!" "The line's dead, sir." "In manassas, The mere presence of the." "Telegraph dictated the tactics." "Confederate soldiers routed The union army after cutting." "Off communication With washington." "And while the union Would lose at bull run," "The telegraph would Eventually help lincoln and." "The north win the war." "In the 1800s, there was no tv," "There were no mobile phones, But there was an internet," "And it was the telegraph, And that's why I call it the." "Victorian internet." "The telegraph key is the Device that kicks off the." "Communications revolution that Has made the modern world." "The victorians Believed that the invention of." "The telegraph would Bring peace to the world," "But tragically, that Was a kind of misreading." "Of human nature." "During the civil war," "The armies lay down 15,000 miles worth." "Of telegraph wire," "Binding together the nation In an entirely new way." "It allows parents thousands of Miles away from the battle to." "Find out whether their son Died in the battle or not." "We see a linkage that Was inconceivable before." "We forget just How much in the dark people." "Were a lot of the time." "Particularly if you were In some remote place." "The information could take Months and months to travel in." "Any distance at all with Information that wasn't so." "Fresh by the time It got to you." "The Telegraph allows instantaneous." "Reach across vast distances." "Instead of relying on the Pony express to carry your." "Message by horseback, Now you can communicate from." "New york to california In a matter of seconds." "It also allows Distributed communication." "The same message can be Sent to multiple different." "Locations simultaneously." "The telegraph Had the same effect that the" "Internet had on us." "Suddenly, you had this ability To browse the information of." "The world in a, In a real time way." "Samuel butler wrote Technology would evolve." "Saying that you're gonna Be able to order what." "You wanna eat," "You'll be able to watch Musical performances 10,000 miles away, He saw that all coming." "Now, we live In a time where there's an." "Overload of information." "Images, and Pictures, and quotes." "All these different platforms." "Get a picture or a video And in a matter of second," "You have it out to The world immediately." "We're quickly adapting to all These new technologies and we." "Were growing up into them." "These smartphone devices are Almost an extension of our." "Hand through the internet." "They're curating news to Us, following our behavior," "Analyzing exactly what We like when we like and." "How we like it." "Just based upon What we're clicking." "We can no longer hide Who we truly are." "There is a direct Line from the first words." "Exchanged between two human Beings to the instant messages." "We exchange through The internet today." "We have a deeply held desire To reach out, connect," "To share information." "Communication has been the key To our survival because it has." "Shaped our ability to thrive, It has guided our evolution." "Some of the most paradigm Shifting technologies critical." "To our modern world were Conceived by some of our most." "Visionary authors." "You wanna know what's Going to happen next?" "Pay attention." "It may already be written." "It's just a matter of bringing This new communication to life." "This world of Ours is spinning faster than." "It ever has." "It was tens of thousands of Years between the first known." "Cave painting and the First printed book," "But only about a hundred Years between the first phone." "And the first cellphone." "Today, there's social media 2.0 And 140 characters to run." "The free world." "Communication technologies Evolve so quickly, in fact," "It's almost impossible to Imagine what origin moment." "Might be coming next." "There are always Dreamers, the crazy ones," "The few who are able to See around the curve," "Who seize opportunity Where others see folly," "That make connections That no one else sees." "One of the craziest ideas In modern communication was." "Conceived by a young, Aspiring science fiction writer." "Named arthur c." "Clarke." "May, 1945." "Ve day, victory in europe." "And a celebration is underway Near a royal air force base 100 miles northwest of london." "What can I get you, gentlemen?" "A kiss." "I'm afraid we stopped Serving those yesterday." "Well, I suppose it will just have to." "Be four pints of Your finest ale." "With Newfound peace and hope," "Everyone is thinking about A new future for themselves." "But one is dreaming of A new future for us all." "Today, we Think about arthur c." "Clarke." "As one of the Greatest science fiction." "Writers of all time." "But actually, he has a real World background that drives." "Much of that." "He was a radar technician In world war ii." "He then writes wearing his Science hat and his science." "Fiction writer hat, not A science fiction story," "But about communication." "You're An ingenious man, arthur," "But you're also infuriating." "You can allow Yourself some fun." "I find this fun." "Try as I might, I simply Cannot switch my brain off." "Isn't that what made Our work so exciting?" "All that creativity, that Freedom to explore new ideas," "No matter how ridiculous They may have seemed." "I keep wondering what I Shall do with my life now." "You sound Like you're missing the war." "Not at all." "I just wonder where We go from here." "Will Someone remind him that we're." "Celebrating daphne finally Making an honest man of me?" "Well, I haven't forgotten." "Actually, that's what I'm writing now, my," "Best man speech." "Really?" "Then, let me see." "Well, isn't it bad luck." "For the groom to see the Speech before the wedding?" "It's bad luck for the groom." "To see the bride." "No, give that back!" "I never Could read your writing," "But even I can see that This isn't a best man speech." "What exactly is this?" "A geostationary satellite." "Explain." "Are you ready for this?" "All right, Imagine that this pint glass." "Is the earth." "Now, as you all know, the German v2 long-range rocket." "Passes through the e-layer As it leaves the continents." "Now, imagine if A rocket were to be fired." "Vertically without deviation." "It would reach the f1 and Probably the f2 layer," "So this means that." "It's possible To send instruments of." "All kinds into the ionosphere." "Exactly, so, if a rocket." "Were to achieve a speed Of eight kilometers per second." "Whilst traveling parallel With the earth's surface," "It would continue to circle In a closed door orbit for a," "Well, in theory, forever." "Therefore, becoming An artificial satellite." "Now, at the correct Distance from earth," "It would make one Revolution every 24 hours," "But it remains stationary, Of course, above the same spot." "And it's within Optical range of almost half." "The earth's surface." "So, if we were to have Three repeater stations, 120 degrees apart, It could, I believe," "Give television and microwave Coverage to the entire planet." "So, what do you think?" "You're a bloody genius." "That's what I think." "And I think that if all That is written on here," "You may just hold the Future in your hands." "Well, Cheers to that, gents." "Cheers." "Clarke's sketch Of how satellites might work." "Published in a magazine In 1945, sounded crazy," "But it's how millions of People get their tv today." "What clarke writes about is." "The idea of using a network Of satellites to create a." "Larger realm Of communication." "Where now communications Aren't limited to just the." "Area where the tower is, But they can be transmitted." "Across the globe." "Now, we have over 2,000." "Satellites in orbit Around earth that help with." "Television communication, Radio communication," "Mapping bodies of water." "The phones that you use today," "Your ability to get From point a to point b." "It resulted from this Boom in technologies that." "Spring boarded from Arthur c." "Clarke's sketches." "Arthur c." "Clarke imagined." "A vision of the Modern world that simply." "Wasn't there before He conjured it up." "There were no satellites." "We had barely scratched the Surface of understanding when." "It came to space." "And yet, clarke drew plans To expand our ability to." "Communicate with each Other through science." "And right now, we're At the dawn of the next." "Frontier in communication." "For us as a species," "Humans are incredibly Inquisitive and really want." "To know what they cannot see." "They want to know what's Over the next hill," "What's beyond the horizon." "Seti, s-e-t-I." "It stands for the search for Extraterrestrial intelligence." "If you're talking about Communication back and forth." "With intelligent Life in space," "If there's actually A society out there that's." "Mastered radio technology," "They'll build transmitters That will put a lot of." "Information into a small Part of the radio dial," "You know, like your Favorite top 40 station." "Any society will Have some radar." "It's very useful." "I mean, even aside from Airplanes landing at night and." "Stuff like that, radar is Useful for mapping asteroids." "And comets that otherwise Might slam into your planet." "And ruin everybody's Whole day." "By using this Kind of equipment," "Just a bunch of very Sensitive radio antennas," "You try and eavesdrop on Signals that they might be." "Sending into space, either Deliberately or just as part." "Of whatever else They're doing." "These might tell us that We have some cosmic company." "Now, how would we Understand that message?" "Would we ever Understand that message?" "I don't know." "There are a trillion planets In the milky way, a trillion." "How many of them have life?" "We don't know, but if It's only one in a million," "Then it's like ten million Societies out there." "Just in our galaxy." "We're the first generation Of humans that might be." "Able to prove there's Someone out there." "What a crazy thing it would Be if we didn't even try." "When we explore the universe," "We're just trying to Understand the fundamental." "Questions of who are We and why are we here and." "Are there others?" "Until fairly recently, we Couldn't even prove that there." "Were planets that existed Outside of our solar system." "And now with missions such As the kepler satellite," "We are able to identify Several hundreds of." "Exo-planets that Exist in our universe." "And the voyager spacecraft was Sent out to the ends of our." "Solar system to do numerous Scientific explorations," "But the crux of voyager was That it carried this puzzle." "This plaque that communicates Who we are as a society to." "Whoever finds it In the universe." "And we hope that The civilization that it." "Interacts with, It can decode it and say," ""Yeah, I know exactly What you're trying to say."" "We are living in the midst." "Of a communication revolution," "A true singularity As significant as the." "Emergence of language." "In just a few short decades, Our ability to connect with." "One another has surpassed Anyone's wildest imagination." "For all of human history, Communication has held the key." "For the future of our species, Here on earth and beyond." "And this, of course, Will continue." "Complex communication Freed our thoughts from." "The confines of our mind." "Our fears, our excitement, our Every emototn became tangible." "This was a singularity In human evolution." "There was no going back." "Communication gives Us incredible power," "The power to control reality." "With it, we can alter the Perceptions of masses of." "People for good and for evil." "Through language, Art, and music," "We dream new realities and Share them with the world," "Powering the upward spiral of Civilization with new ideas." "But communication Is more than a tool to unite." "And control the world." "It is a means to Become immortal." "Our messages echo down Through the generations," "Across time and space." "The voyager spacecraft and Its golden record embody our." "Obsession with connection." "By announcing to the rest of The universe that we exist," "We achieve immortality." "Voyager will drift through Space for millions of years." "Its message echoes the Cave painters of the past," "Who first proclaimed, "I was here."" "Voyager is a monument to The original pioneers of." "Self-expression, the first Immortal creatures on earth." "The real power of Communication is not the." "Ability to control reality." "It is the ability to Find eternal life."