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What do we imagine when we think about the future?
The series widens our perspective of time beyond our lifetimes and joins Ari Wallach as he embarks on a journey to seek the individuals and ideas that can shape a better, more sustainable future that each generation can build upon.
Supported by the Hoveida Family Foundation and The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation.
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Episode 1 Preview
Preview: Episode 1 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
The series widens our perspective of time beyond our lifetimes and joins Ari Wallach as he embarks on a journey to seek the individuals and ideas that can shape a better, more sustainable future that each generation can build upon.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- My name is Ari Wallach.
I am a futurist.
If we really want to move forward, we have to be curious about what those different forwards and those futures could look like.
- Are we the people who destroyed our entire Earth?
We don't want to be that kind of ancestor.
- We can build something from the bottom up that we're proud of, that we can point to this moment.
- Civilization is precious.
We should do everything we can to preserve it.
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