The 21st Century (CBS) - "The Communications Explosion"
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[0:01] the 21st century is only a little more
[0:03] than three decades ahead of us these
[0:06] newborns will be 34 years old when it
[0:09] Dawns in one sense the 21st century is
[0:12] with us now we are making it today some
[0:15] of our finest minds are engrossed in it
[0:18] in our Universities at the great
[0:19] foundations in our Medical Research
[0:21] Laboratories the world of the year 2000
[0:24] is taking its first shape those who make
[0:27] the study of the future their primary
[0:29] concern the futurists are looking toward
[0:32] the sea More than 70% of this planet
[0:34] Earth a frontier as compelling as space
[0:38] a Frontier where man is not only
[0:39] expected to work but to live in the 21st
[0:42] century and in space that other great
[0:44] Frontier what do the futur see they see
[0:47] a base on the moon they see us exploring
[0:50] Mars and Venus they see unmanned probes
[0:53] moving into a greater realm the void
[0:55] beyond our solar system but there may be
[0:58] more exciting Frontiers than inner or
[1:00] outer space these two will involve
[1:03] exploration Explorations into the very
[1:05] core and essence of man the revolution
[1:08] in biology will have been to the last
[1:10] half of the 20th century what
[1:12] automobiles Aviation and electronic
[1:14] communications were to the first half
[1:17] for those who think seriously about the
[1:19] 21st century the gadgets and gimmicks
[1:21] and much of the physical Hardware are
[1:23] secondary they do not see Utopia but
[1:26] promise with problems will cities still
[1:29] will be choked air pollution still with
[1:32] us overpopulation threatening to smother
[1:35] us and above all will nuclear war make
[1:39] the 21st century an empty unfulfilled
[1:42] dream