WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:02.650 --> 00:00:05.550 [Music] 00:00:05.560 --> 00:00:08.310 the date is June 14 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:11.390 2037 deep in the Nevada desert at an 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:13.350 undisclosed underground research 00:00:13.360 --> 00:00:16.029 facility the sun had long since 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:18.910 disappeared below the Horizon but far 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:21.310 beneath the Sands the lab was anything 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:24.310 but quiet the steady hum of Machinery 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:27.109 filled the air punctuated by the soft 00:00:27.119 --> 00:00:28.310 beeps of 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:31.870 monitors scientists moved with Precision 00:00:31.880 --> 00:00:34.350 their faces lit by the glow of 00:00:34.360 --> 00:00:37.869 screens in lab seven the atmosphere was 00:00:37.879 --> 00:00:40.590 electric with anticipation and heavy 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:41.430 with 00:00:41.440 --> 00:00:45.270 unease they had done it after years of 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:48.590 painstaking research they had created 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:52.430 life but this wasn't Life as We Know It 00:00:52.440 --> 00:00:55.430 Dr Elaine Carver the lead researcher 00:00:55.440 --> 00:00:58.910 stood Frozen before a glass chamber 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:01.349 inside something translucent and 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:04.549 pulsating shifted rhythmically almost as 00:01:04.559 --> 00:01:05.550 if it were 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:08.350 breathing it shimmered under the steril 00:01:08.360 --> 00:01:12.109 lights an organism so alien yet alive in 00:01:12.119 --> 00:01:15.510 its own unsettling way Carver's voice 00:01:15.520 --> 00:01:17.870 trembled as she whispered we've crossed 00:01:17.880 --> 00:01:22.149 a line this this changes everything the 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:24.830 organism wasn't unlike anything on 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:28.749 Earth its biochemistry was reversed 00:01:28.759 --> 00:01:31.030 right-handed amino acid acids 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:34.230 left-handed sugars a mirror reflection 00:01:34.240 --> 00:01:36.870 of life's blueprint it was deliberately 00:01:36.880 --> 00:01:39.990 designed to be incompatible with Earth's 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:42.510 biology it wasn't supposed to interact 00:01:42.520 --> 00:01:45.069 with anything it wasn't supposed to 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:47.230 survive outside its controlled 00:01:47.240 --> 00:01:50.109 environment but then the alarms 00:01:50.119 --> 00:01:53.030 shattered the silence blinking red 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:57.069 lights strobe the lab as a siren blare 00:01:57.079 --> 00:01:59.630 Carver whipped around to the monitors 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:03.109 her her heart sank the organism 00:02:03.119 --> 00:02:05.830 contained just moments ago was now 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:08.589 moving splitting 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:11.229 multiplying it's spreading assistant 00:02:11.239 --> 00:02:14.910 screamed his voice breaking with panic 00:02:14.920 --> 00:02:18.190 from across the lab a technician shouted 00:02:18.200 --> 00:02:20.869 seal the lab we're losing containment 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:23.150 Carver's hand hovered over the emergency 00:02:23.160 --> 00:02:26.790 lockdown button her mind racing with a 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:29.910 deep breath she slammed it the steel 00:02:29.920 --> 00:02:32.350 doors hissed and groaned as they slid 00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:35.270 shut sealing the lab and everyone 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:38.350 inside for a brief moment the air was 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:42.110 still the alarms muffled but inside that 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.430 sealed room chaos continued to 00:02:45.440 --> 00:02:47.990 unfold the facility's live feed 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:50.430 flickered showing Carver standing in the 00:02:50.440 --> 00:02:53.110 middle of the lab staring directly into 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:57.149 the camera her voice calm and resigned 00:02:57.159 --> 00:02:59.190 cut through the static we didn't just 00:02:59.200 --> 00:03:02.030 create life we created something else 00:03:02.040 --> 00:03:08.630 whatever happens next it's on 00:03:08.640 --> 00:03:26.670 [Music] 00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:29.390 us the Nevada incident was never 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:30.509 official 00:03:30.519 --> 00:03:32.830 acknowledged the facility quietly 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:35.350 disappeared from government records its 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:38.789 existence wiped clean what was left were 00:03:38.799 --> 00:03:41.350 only Whispers stories traded on 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:43.710 conspiracy forums and muttered during 00:03:43.720 --> 00:03:45.070 late night radio 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:48.429 shows the kind of thing Skeptics dismiss 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:51.270 as wild speculation and Believers cling 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:54.509 to like gospel but the rumors never 00:03:54.519 --> 00:03:57.309 really died years later something 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:00.750 unsettling started to happen survivors 00:04:00.760 --> 00:04:03.990 or at least people claiming to be began 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:07.350 surfacing in places far from the desert 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:10.110 their stories were fragmented the kind 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:11.949 you'd expect from someone wrestling with 00:04:11.959 --> 00:04:15.270 memories they didn't want but couldn't 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:17.749 forget they described strange and 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:20.710 terrifying symptoms skin that shimmered 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:23.189 like it was made of glass heightened 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:26.189 senses that overwhelmed them in a hunger 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:29.710 so intense so inexplicable it bordered 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:30.550 on 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:33.350 Madness one man turned up wandering 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:36.230 through the Arizona wilderness gaunt and 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:40.390 wild eyed he swore his blood had turned 00:04:40.400 --> 00:04:43.909 wrong his voice was Hollow barely above 00:04:43.919 --> 00:04:46.310 a whisper as he begged the doctors who 00:04:46.320 --> 00:04:49.230 found him to destroy him me before I 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:51.270 hurt someone it's not just me it's in 00:04:51.280 --> 00:04:53.670 the water it's in the air the next 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:57.230 morning he was gone no Footprints no 00:04:57.240 --> 00:05:00.770 signs of where he went just gone 00:05:00.780 --> 00:05:03.469 [Music] 00:05:03.479 --> 00:05:06.230 ports of these so-called mutants started 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:08.790 popping up more often in small 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:11.310 tight-knit towns people whispered about 00:05:11.320 --> 00:05:13.710 outbreaks of strange unexplained 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:16.029 illnesses the symptoms matched the 00:05:16.039 --> 00:05:18.710 stories from the survivors skin that 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:21.270 shimmered like glass under the light 00:05:21.280 --> 00:05:23.870 eyes that seemed to pierce the darkness 00:05:23.880 --> 00:05:26.710 in the Hunger so unrelenting it made 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:29.870 people tear at walls at dirt sometimes 00:05:29.880 --> 00:05:30.830 at each 00:05:30.840 --> 00:05:34.029 other authorities wasted no time sealing 00:05:34.039 --> 00:05:37.390 off affected areas blaming it on a vague 00:05:37.400 --> 00:05:41.150 chemical leak or environmental hazards 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:43.230 helicopters hovered over quarantine 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:45.670 zones releasing clouds of chemical 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:48.270 suppressants meant to control whatever 00:05:48.280 --> 00:05:51.950 it was but the locals weren't buying it 00:05:51.960 --> 00:05:53.870 chemical leaks don't make folks glow in 00:05:53.880 --> 00:05:56.550 the dark an old Rancher said in a rare 00:05:56.560 --> 00:05:57.550 TV 00:05:57.560 --> 00:06:00.230 interview his voice was steady 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:02.870 but his eyes told a different story one 00:06:02.880 --> 00:06:07.350 of fear confusion and a quiet kind of 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:10.029 knowing before he could say more the 00:06:10.039 --> 00:06:13.390 feed cut out whatever was happening he 00:06:13.400 --> 00:06:16.230 was sure of one thing whatever this is 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:17.909 he muttered just before the screen went 00:06:17.919 --> 00:06:21.110 black It Ain't 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:25.350 [Music] 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:29.150 Human the Red Skies the Eerie figures 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:32.990 the wh message all fictional of course 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:34.589 but they're rooted in warnings from some 00:06:34.599 --> 00:06:37.469 of the brightest scientific minds of our 00:06:37.479 --> 00:06:40.870 time what you just heard was a story a 00:06:40.880 --> 00:06:44.270 speculative what if meant to engage your 00:06:44.280 --> 00:06:46.390 imagination but here's the important 00:06:46.400 --> 00:06:49.830 part while the story itself was fiction 00:06:49.840 --> 00:06:52.710 the science behind it is very real 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:54.670 because what if the ability to create 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:57.430 entirely new forms of life life that 00:06:57.440 --> 00:06:59.150 doesn't follow the rules of Earth as we 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:00.070 know them 00:07:00.080 --> 00:07:02.830 was not only possible but already 00:07:02.840 --> 00:07:04.589 happening and what if this 00:07:04.599 --> 00:07:07.309 groundbreaking research came with risks 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:10.029 so significant that some experts believe 00:07:10.039 --> 00:07:12.309 it could change the course of humanity 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:16.230 forever let's talk about mirror life 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:19.189 what exactly is it and why does it have 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:22.390 researchers both inspired and deeply 00:07:22.400 --> 00:07:24.950 concerned mirror life is the idea of 00:07:24.960 --> 00:07:27.309 creating living organisms with a 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:30.629 completely reversed molecular structure 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:33.230 imagine life's blueprint flipped upside 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:36.830 down in all Earth biology as we know it 00:07:36.840 --> 00:07:38.950 amino acids the building blocks of 00:07:38.960 --> 00:07:42.350 proteins are left-handed while sugars 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:45.110 which form DNA and RNA are 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:47.790 right-handed it's a type of symmetry 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:50.430 that defines every living thing on our 00:07:50.440 --> 00:07:53.550 planet now mirror life asks a bold 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:57.309 question what happens if we reverse that 00:07:57.319 --> 00:07:59.510 by working with chirality which is 00:07:59.520 --> 00:08:02.230 refers to the handedness of molecules 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:04.070 like how your left and right hands are 00:08:04.080 --> 00:08:07.469 mirror images scientists are creating 00:08:07.479 --> 00:08:09.629 molecules that don't conform to the 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:12.589 rules of Earth's biology this means 00:08:12.599 --> 00:08:14.749 left-handed sugars and right-handed 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:17.469 amino acids reversed versions of the 00:08:17.479 --> 00:08:20.029 basic building blocks of life oh 00:08:20.039 --> 00:08:22.029 brilliant let me get this straight we're 00:08:22.039 --> 00:08:24.430 whipping up aliens in a pet tree dish 00:08:24.440 --> 00:08:26.790 yeah that's a stellar plan because 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:28.510 clearly Jurassic Park didn't Hammer home 00:08:28.520 --> 00:08:30.589 the whole just because you can doesn't 00:08:30.599 --> 00:08:33.149 mean you should thing I guess chaos 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:35.310 theory is just a suggestion now now why 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:38.310 does this matter because life created 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:40.550 this way is fundamentally different from 00:08:40.560 --> 00:08:42.870 anything that exists on Earth for 00:08:42.880 --> 00:08:44.790 starters it would be immune to 00:08:44.800 --> 00:08:46.949 earth-based threats like bacteria and 00:08:46.959 --> 00:08:49.790 viruses which wouldn't recognize it as 00:08:49.800 --> 00:08:52.670 something to infect Predators couldn't 00:08:52.680 --> 00:08:55.190 eat it and even bacteria wouldn't break 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:58.269 it down mirror life could also survive 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:00.310 in extreme environment 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:02.150 places where traditional organisms 00:09:02.160 --> 00:09:03.550 wouldn't stand a 00:09:03.560 --> 00:09:06.310 chance and this isn't just a theoretical 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:08.230 Concept in 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:11.550 2024 a study involving 38 scientists 00:09:11.560 --> 00:09:14.069 from nine countries raised serious 00:09:14.079 --> 00:09:15.870 concerns about mirror 00:09:15.880 --> 00:09:18.870 bacteria these organisms designed to 00:09:18.880 --> 00:09:21.350 resist natural biochemistry could 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:23.710 theoretically thrive in ecosystems 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:26.269 without being affected by Earth's immune 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:29.069 defenses the report highlighted that if 00:09:29.079 --> 00:09:31.590 m life ever escaped from a controlled 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:34.069 environment it could disrupt natural 00:09:34.079 --> 00:09:36.509 ecosystems in ways we might not be able 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:39.870 to stop at first glance it sounds like 00:09:39.880 --> 00:09:42.550 an incredible scientific breakthrough 00:09:42.560 --> 00:09:45.069 imagine mirror organisms cleaning up 00:09:45.079 --> 00:09:47.910 pollution thriving in space exploration 00:09:47.920 --> 00:09:50.509 missions or transforming Medicine by 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:52.870 creating drugs that last longer and work 00:09:52.880 --> 00:09:54.110 more 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:56.350 effectively but here's the potential 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:58.509 downside mirror life wouldn't just 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:01.910 survive in our World it could disrupt it 00:10:01.920 --> 00:10:05.230 entirely think of a single mirror based 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:08.230 bacterium escaping from a lab it 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:10.750 wouldn't infect humans or animals but it 00:10:10.760 --> 00:10:13.870 could outcompete natural organisms for 00:10:13.880 --> 00:10:16.470 resources it might quietly take over 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:19.190 ecosystems rewriting the balance of life 00:10:19.200 --> 00:10:21.670 without anyone realizing it until it was 00:10:21.680 --> 00:10:22.430 too 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:26.509 late traditional methods of control like 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:28.829 antibiotics pesticides or natural 00:10:28.839 --> 00:10:30.190 predators 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:32.230 wouldn't work because mirror life 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:34.069 doesn't interact with Earth's biology in 00:10:34.079 --> 00:10:37.350 the same way it's this quiet almost 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:40.590 invisible risk that makes mirror life so 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:43.190 unsettling it wouldn't cause chaos in an 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:46.509 instant instead it could spread slowly 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:49.069 and silently altering the world around 00:10:49.079 --> 00:10:51.269 us in ways we might not even notice 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:52.790 until the damage was 00:10:52.800 --> 00:10:56.030 done so while the study of lab 7 was 00:10:56.040 --> 00:10:58.550 fiction the science behind mirror life 00:10:58.560 --> 00:11:01.110 reveals something critical the line 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:03.389 between imagination and reality is 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:06.350 thinner than we often think and once we 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:08.550 cross that line it's not clear if 00:11:08.560 --> 00:11:11.710 there's a way back now let's explore the 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:14.030 scientific work that's already pushing 00:11:14.040 --> 00:11:16.750 these boundaries and why some experts 00:11:16.760 --> 00:11:19.550 are urging caution as we step into this 00:11:19.560 --> 00:11:22.820 new frontier 00:11:22.830 --> 00:11:30.030 [Music] 00:11:30.040 --> 00:11:32.150 if the idea of mirror life sounds like 00:11:32.160 --> 00:11:34.350 something out of a sci-fi movie you're 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:37.470 not alone but here's the reality this 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:40.269 isn't science fiction anymore in Labs 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:42.310 across the globe researchers are 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:44.310 actively pushing the boundaries of 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:47.550 biology testing Mirror Image molecules 00:11:47.560 --> 00:11:49.269 and laying the groundwork for what could 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:53.069 become an entirely new form of life this 00:11:53.079 --> 00:11:56.550 is happening right now scientists 00:11:56.560 --> 00:11:58.509 started by creating mirror versions of 00:11:58.519 --> 00:11:59.750 amino acids 00:11:59.760 --> 00:12:03.350 and sugars tiny building blocks of life 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:05.750 normally on Earth amino acids are 00:12:05.760 --> 00:12:08.590 left-handed and sugars are right-handed 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:10.790 but by flipping these researchers 00:12:10.800 --> 00:12:12.910 produced left-handed sugars and 00:12:12.920 --> 00:12:15.550 right-handed amino acids the exact 00:12:15.560 --> 00:12:18.389 opposite of what nature intended and 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:21.670 guess what these molecules are just as 00:12:21.680 --> 00:12:23.389 stable as The 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:26.389 Originals they look and behave the same 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:28.509 except they're reversed like a 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:31.590 reflection in a mirror the Breakthrough 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:34.550 came when scientists used these flipped 00:12:34.560 --> 00:12:37.870 molecules to create Mirror Image 00:12:37.880 --> 00:12:41.150 enzymes enzymes are proteins that make 00:12:41.160 --> 00:12:43.629 all the chemical reactions in our bodies 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:45.470 possible in 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:49.430 2016 Dr Jacob and his team at The 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:52.069 wisman Institute of science published 00:12:52.079 --> 00:12:54.910 their work in nature chemistry showing 00:12:54.920 --> 00:12:56.990 that these mirror enzymes could do their 00:12:57.000 --> 00:13:00.910 job just as well as natural ones but 00:13:00.920 --> 00:13:03.590 here's the kicker earth-based bacteria 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:06.470 and viruses couldn't touch them to these 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:09.189 organisms the mirror enzymes might as 00:13:09.199 --> 00:13:10.470 well have been 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:12.910 invisible this was our first glimpse of 00:13:12.920 --> 00:13:15.870 a potential parallel biology a system of 00:13:15.880 --> 00:13:17.870 life that doesn't play by Earth's 00:13:17.880 --> 00:13:21.310 rules but scientists didn't stop there 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:24.750 of course not in one bold step forward 00:13:24.760 --> 00:13:27.990 they attempted to create mirror DNA by 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:29.629 using mirror sugar 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:31.710 they built strands of genetic material 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:35.550 they called L DNA short for left-handed 00:13:35.560 --> 00:13:37.269 DNA in 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:40.790 2018 Dr Albert Asen Mosser and his team 00:13:40.800 --> 00:13:44.350 at eth Zurich published their results in 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:47.870 angan chemi showing that ldna was not 00:13:47.880 --> 00:13:49.710 only stable but could also 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:51.350 self-replicate under the right 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:54.069 conditions just like regular 00:13:54.079 --> 00:13:56.949 DNA this cracked the door open to 00:13:56.959 --> 00:13:58.030 something 00:13:58.040 --> 00:14:00.470 extraordinary mirror organisms that 00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:03.189 could potentially evolve and adapt just 00:14:03.199 --> 00:14:07.629 like traditional life oh fantastic 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:10.189 Frankenstein's monster but now with a 00:14:10.199 --> 00:14:12.069 PhD in 00:14:12.079 --> 00:14:14.430 Biochemistry what could possibly go 00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:17.430 wrong I mean other than creating an army 00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:20.269 of immortal unkillable organisms that 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:22.629 don't need us and probably think we 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:25.030 taste like chicken nuggets the next 00:14:25.040 --> 00:14:28.069 Milestone was even bigger assembling 00:14:28.079 --> 00:14:29.430 these components into something 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:32.710 resembling a living cell scientists have 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:34.509 already built synthetic cells from 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:37.310 regular molecules so they tried the same 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:38.670 with mirror 00:14:38.680 --> 00:14:42.350 molecules Dr Jack zostac at Harvard 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:45.430 University LED groundbreaking work in 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:48.629 20120 published in science advances 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:51.069 creating mirror cells with membranes 00:14:51.079 --> 00:14:53.829 made from Mirror lipids and Interiors 00:14:53.839 --> 00:14:56.590 filled with mirror enzymes and 00:14:56.600 --> 00:14:59.110 ldna these cells weren't technically 00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:01.230 alive they didn't metabolize or 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:03.990 reproduce but they they performed basic 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:04.949 chemical 00:15:04.959 --> 00:15:08.310 functions in theory this showed that 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:10.470 creating a fully functional mirror cell 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:11.949 might actually be 00:15:11.959 --> 00:15:14.350 possible then things took a turn into 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:15.550 riskier 00:15:15.560 --> 00:15:18.550 territory scientists at the max plank 00:15:18.560 --> 00:15:21.069 Institute for terrestrial microbiology 00:15:21.079 --> 00:15:23.509 introduced mirror molecules into natural 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:25.870 ecosystems to see how they would 00:15:25.880 --> 00:15:29.110 interact according to their 2021 study 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:32.710 in pla biology the results were 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:35.230 startling these mirror molecules were 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:37.949 completely Untouched by Earth's bacteria 00:15:37.959 --> 00:15:41.230 and fungi they didn't break down they 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:44.949 just sat there persisting 00:15:44.959 --> 00:15:48.430 unchanging another experiment conducted 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:50.509 at the Lawrence Livermore National 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:52.790 Laboratory and published in the Journal 00:15:52.800 --> 00:15:54.030 of 00:15:54.040 --> 00:15:57.269 synthetic revealed something even more 00:15:57.279 --> 00:16:00.189 unsettling when mirror polymers were 00:16:00.199 --> 00:16:02.949 added to controlled soil samples they 00:16:02.959 --> 00:16:05.069 began to dominate the 00:16:05.079 --> 00:16:08.030 environment over time these molecules 00:16:08.040 --> 00:16:10.269 outcompeted natural organic materials 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:14.269 for resources creating a silent takeover 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:17.509 the message was clear if mirror life 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:19.829 ever escaped the lab we might not be 00:16:19.839 --> 00:16:22.949 able to stop it but the implications go 00:16:22.959 --> 00:16:26.030 even further mirror molecules could be 00:16:26.040 --> 00:16:27.670 powerful tools for 00:16:27.680 --> 00:16:30.110 bioengineering in imagine pathogens 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:32.550 completely invisible to Earth's immune 00:16:32.560 --> 00:16:35.590 systems or materials that never degrade 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:38.350 filling up our ecosystems 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:41.150 indefinitely the US National Academy of 00:16:41.160 --> 00:16:43.790 Sciences has issued warnings about these 00:16:43.800 --> 00:16:46.910 risks parly in unregulated applications 00:16:46.920 --> 00:16:48.430 of synthetic 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:50.710 biology and then there's the question of 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:52.949 who else might be experimenting with 00:16:52.959 --> 00:16:53.829 this 00:16:53.839 --> 00:16:55.990 technology government and private 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:57.749 corporations aren't just observing from 00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:59.509 the sidelines 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:03.069 leaked documents suggest that Dara the 00:17:03.079 --> 00:17:06.110 US military's Advanced research agency 00:17:06.120 --> 00:17:07.909 has been pouring resources into 00:17:07.919 --> 00:17:11.630 classified projects involving mirror 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:14.150 biochemistry one leaked report outlined 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:17.150 a project called shyro Shield which 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:19.390 aimed to develop mirror biochemistry 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:22.470 based defenses against biological 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:24.870 threats but hidden within the details 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:27.429 was an even more alarming mention 00:17:27.439 --> 00:17:30.110 offensive application 00:17:30.120 --> 00:17:33.110 what exactly does that mean your guess 00:17:33.120 --> 00:17:35.350 is as good as mine but the possibilities 00:17:35.360 --> 00:17:38.390 are chiling as we stand at the edge of 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:40.830 this scientific Frontier we're faced 00:17:40.840 --> 00:17:43.070 with extraordinary potential and 00:17:43.080 --> 00:17:46.270 staggering risks if we can create life 00:17:46.280 --> 00:17:48.230 that exists outside Earth's natural 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:51.470 systems we also have to ask can we truly 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:55.120 control it 00:17:55.130 --> 00:18:02.230 [Music] 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:04.230 mirror life might sound like something 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:06.789 straight out of a dystopian novel but 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:08.310 let's not dive straight into the Doom 00:18:08.320 --> 00:18:09.750 and Gloom just 00:18:09.760 --> 00:18:12.549 yet before we talk about the risks and 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:15.270 trust me oh we'll get to them let's take 00:18:15.280 --> 00:18:17.190 a moment to explore the incredible 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:19.590 possibilities this technology could open 00:18:19.600 --> 00:18:23.070 up because as wild as it sounds this is 00:18:23.080 --> 00:18:25.190 a frontier that could genuinely change 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:28.230 the world for the better imagine a world 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:30.510 where medication are smarter longer 00:18:30.520 --> 00:18:32.470 lasting and more effective against 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:35.470 diseases like cancer or rare genetic 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:38.070 disorders mirror molecules because of 00:18:38.080 --> 00:18:40.270 their reversed structure don't break 00:18:40.280 --> 00:18:42.870 down the way traditional drugs do in our 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:45.990 bodies that means treatments made with 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:48.390 them could stay active for longer making 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:51.110 them more effective for someone living 00:18:51.120 --> 00:18:53.350 with a chronic illness that could mean 00:18:53.360 --> 00:18:56.669 fewer doses better outcomes and a higher 00:18:56.679 --> 00:18:59.350 quality of life it's the kind of 00:18:59.360 --> 00:19:01.870 breakthrough that could redefine modern 00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:04.070 medicine and here's where it gets even 00:19:04.080 --> 00:19:06.750 more fascinating if scientists can 00:19:06.760 --> 00:19:09.270 create and sustain mirror life on Earth 00:19:09.280 --> 00:19:11.110 what does that say about life 00:19:11.120 --> 00:19:13.390 elsewhere it suggests that life in the 00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:14.909 universe doesn't have to look like 00:19:14.919 --> 00:19:17.590 anything we've ever seen before it could 00:19:17.600 --> 00:19:20.110 operate on completely different rules 00:19:20.120 --> 00:19:23.390 mirror biochemistry being one of them 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:25.549 think about it if we can make life 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:27.350 that's totally independent of Earth's 00:19:27.360 --> 00:19:28.870 biology 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:30.630 maybe we've just cracked open the door 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:33.270 to understanding what alien life might 00:19:33.280 --> 00:19:36.430 actually look like could our experiments 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:38.710 with mirror life here on Earth help us 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:42.549 recognize ecosystems out there Among the 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:45.430 Stars it's a mind-bending 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:48.350 possibility oh brilliant not only do 00:19:48.360 --> 00:19:50.470 aliens probably exist but they're up 00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:52.789 there in their Mirror Image biospheres 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:54.909 sipping interdimensional lattes and 00:19:54.919 --> 00:19:57.549 saying look at these adorable earthlings 00:19:57.559 --> 00:20:00.070 with their one-handed mole ules how 00:20:00.080 --> 00:20:02.710 quaint bet they still think quantum 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:04.870 entanglement is complicated and then 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:07.830 there's the bigger picture sure creating 00:20:07.840 --> 00:20:10.110 mirror life raises some thorny ethical 00:20:10.120 --> 00:20:12.470 questions but it also forces us to 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:13.870 rethink what it means to take 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:17.110 responsibility for the world around us 00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:19.029 could these organisms be the key to 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:20.430 cleaning up 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:22.390 pollution what if they could help us 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:24.950 build sustainable ecosystems or even 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:28.669 solve food shortages with entirely new 00:20:28.679 --> 00:20:31.230 biochemistries the potential is 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:33.950 staggering at its core mirror life could 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:36.870 revolutionize medicine deepen our 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:38.549 understanding of the universe and 00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:40.990 reshape the way we think about life 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:43.470 itself it's the kind of discovery that 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:45.590 makes you believe we might just be 00:20:45.600 --> 00:20:47.909 capable of solving some of Humanity's 00:20:47.919 --> 00:20:50.590 toughest challenges but as with all 00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:53.630 powerful tools there's a flip side with 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:55.750 great potential comes great 00:20:55.760 --> 00:20:57.750 responsibility this could be the key to 00:20:57.760 --> 00:21:01.029 unlocking mystery in Saving Lives or as 00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:03.470 we'll discuss shortly it could lead us 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:07.029 down a path we might not be ready for so 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:09.510 before we decide where we stand let's 00:21:09.520 --> 00:21:11.230 take a hard look at both sides of the 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:13.750 coin because once we step into this 00:21:13.760 --> 00:21:18.860 Frontier there's no turning 00:21:18.870 --> 00:21:25.070 [Music] 00:21:25.080 --> 00:21:27.510 back now that we've admired all the 00:21:27.520 --> 00:21:30.430 dazzling possibil of mirror life it's 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.909 time to flip the coin and look at the 00:21:31.919 --> 00:21:34.830 other side and let's be clear this isn't 00:21:34.840 --> 00:21:37.350 the side where we get to play it safe 00:21:37.360 --> 00:21:38.990 this is a side of the coin where the 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:41.789 phrase there's no going back takes on a 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:44.669 whole new meaning the risks of mirror 00:21:44.679 --> 00:21:46.950 life aren't just theoretical they're 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:49.990 real and once we cross this line we may 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:51.110 not get a 00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:54.310 doover picture this a single mirror 00:21:54.320 --> 00:21:57.190 microorganism escapes a controlled Lab 00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:59.590 at first it doesn't seem like much of a 00:21:59.600 --> 00:22:01.630 problem it can't interact with Earth 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:05.070 life right but then it starts to evolve 00:22:05.080 --> 00:22:07.310 it finds a way to out compete natural 00:22:07.320 --> 00:22:10.590 species maybe as a soil bacterium that 00:22:10.600 --> 00:22:13.470 Hogs all the nutrients or a marine 00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:16.470 microb that blooms out of control 00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:18.950 suddenly ecosystems are spiraling into 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:22.789 chaos crops start failing food chains 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:25.630 collapse and here's the kicker because 00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:27.909 these organisms operate on reverse bio 00:22:27.919 --> 00:22:29.310 biochemistry 00:22:29.320 --> 00:22:31.230 the usual ways we fight biological 00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:33.950 threats don't work antibiotics 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:36.549 pesticides even natural Predators 00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:39.110 they're all useless like trying to put 00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:42.590 out a forest fire with a squirt gun this 00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:46.190 isn't some sci-fi doomsday Theory either 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:49.510 CNN recently reported that a group of 12 00:22:49.520 --> 00:22:51.990 scientists including experts in 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:55.350 Immunology Plant Pathology and planetary 00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:57.789 science raised alarms about how 00:22:57.799 --> 00:23:00.789 synthetic bacteria could outcompete 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:02.549 natural organisms for 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:04.909 resources they warned about the creation 00:23:04.919 --> 00:23:08.310 of ghost ecosystems places dominated by 00:23:08.320 --> 00:23:10.310 these mirror organisms where nothing 00:23:10.320 --> 00:23:11.590 else can 00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:14.269 survive some of these scientists were 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:16.750 initially skeptical but after reviewing 00:23:16.760 --> 00:23:19.310 the data they admitted they'd become 00:23:19.320 --> 00:23:20.269 deeply 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:23.190 concerned the unsettling part it's 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:26.110 already happening in one experiment 00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:27.990 scientists introduced mirror molecules 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:30.669 into controlled soil just to see what 00:23:30.679 --> 00:23:33.630 would happen the results were chilling 00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:35.710 those mirror molecules didn't break down 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:38.870 like they were supposed to instead they 00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:41.310 persisted and started dominating the 00:23:41.320 --> 00:23:44.470 environment starving out natural organic 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:47.549 material this was documented in a 2022 00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:51.029 study published by Dr Yuki Matsumoto and 00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:53.830 her team at the University of Tokyo in 00:23:53.840 --> 00:23:57.750 nature chemistry their conclusion if 00:23:57.760 --> 00:24:00.269 these molecules ules ever escape we're 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:02.669 not stopping them and let's not kid 00:24:02.679 --> 00:24:05.789 ourselves when a new technology shows up 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:08.190 someone always asks can we turn this 00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:11.510 into a weapon with mirror life the 00:24:11.520 --> 00:24:15.269 answer is a loud and terrifying yes 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:18.350 imagine a pathogen built on mirror 00:24:18.360 --> 00:24:20.430 biochemistry it wouldn't interact with 00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:22.870 our biology in the usual way but it 00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:25.070 could still wreck havoc either by 00:24:25.080 --> 00:24:27.389 infecting mirror life systems or 00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:29.590 bypassing human immune defenses 00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:32.389 entirely it's not hard to see how this 00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:35.389 could become the ultimate stealth weapon 00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:37.029 that brings us to DARPA the US 00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:39.630 military's Advanced research agency 00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:41.389 according to leaked documents analyzed 00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:44.389 by journalist Emma best and published on 00:24:44.399 --> 00:24:46.310 muckrock in 00:24:46.320 --> 00:24:49.190 2019 DARPA has been funding classified 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:51.950 studies on biotechnologies including 00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.990 mirror 00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:56.389 biochemistry one project ominously named 00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:59.430 shyro Shield was supposedly focused on 00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:02.990 defending against biological threats but 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:05.190 tucked away in the fine print was a 00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:07.430 reference to offensive 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:09.950 applications what does that mean one 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:11.669 plausible answer is the development of 00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:14.070 mirror pathogens designed to Target 00:25:14.080 --> 00:25:17.590 specific populations worse yet these 00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:20.630 could be tailored to attack based on DNA 00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:22.430 enabling a new kind of genetically 00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.510 targeted 00:25:23.520 --> 00:25:26.470 Warfare and here's the big one 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:29.470 mutation remember mirror life isn't just 00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:31.990 immune to Earth's biochemistry it's an 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:34.789 entirely new form of biology what 00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:37.990 happens if it mutates in ways we don't 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:41.029 expect imagine a mirror organism that 00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:42.950 somehow Bridges the gap between its 00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:46.110 world and ours learning to replicate 00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:47.190 Earth 00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:49.789 biochemistry at that point it's not just 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:52.830 a lab issue or an ecological challenge 00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:54.950 it's an extinction level 00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:59.029 event for example in 2017 00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:01.830 researchers at Stanford ran a simulation 00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:04.230 to study how mirror molecules might 00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:07.470 behave in ecosystems the findings were 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:09.909 Stark they suggested that if mirror 00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:12.950 organism breed containment and adapted 00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:15.990 it could mirrorz its surroundings 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:18.750 turning natural ecosystems into alien 00:26:18.760 --> 00:26:21.669 Landscapes completely incompatible with 00:26:21.679 --> 00:26:25.669 Earth life Dr Harold Thompson who led 00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:28.750 the study summed it up bluntly 00:26:28.760 --> 00:26:31.630 the risk of an uncontrollable Cascade is 00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:34.710 small but it's not zero and if it 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:37.029 happens there's no way to put the genie 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:40.389 back in the bottle ah yes we're whipping 00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:43.190 up aliens in test tubes but they might 00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:45.549 mutate into something that eats us all 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:48.430 and our best plan is what cross our 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:50.430 fingers and hope for the best Bravo 00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:53.870 Humanity absolutely nailed it and here 00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:56.510 we are staring into the abyss of 00:26:56.520 --> 00:26:58.789 possibility and peril 00:26:58.799 --> 00:27:00.630 the real question isn't just whether we 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:03.510 can create mirror life it's whether we 00:27:03.520 --> 00:27:06.669 should because if we take this leap are 00:27:06.679 --> 00:27:11.520 we truly ready for what comes 00:27:11.530 --> 00:27:17.430 [Music] 00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:20.230 next let's take a moment to address the 00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:22.549 obvious the story at the beginning of 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:25.710 this video purely speculative it was 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:28.510 fictional what if scenario design to 00:27:28.520 --> 00:27:30.710 draw you into the possibilities and 00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:34.070 consequences of mirror life but while 00:27:34.080 --> 00:27:36.470 the story was fiction the science behind 00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:39.669 it is not it's happening right now in 00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:42.070 Labs across the world and the potential 00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:43.830 it carries is as real as the ground 00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:47.190 Beneath Your Feet mirror life isn't just 00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:49.590 another lab experiment it's a bold new 00:27:49.600 --> 00:27:51.830 chapter in our understanding of what 00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:54.549 life can be imagine a world where 00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:56.909 medicine is so Advanced it could 00:27:56.919 --> 00:27:58.830 eliminate diseases that Humanity has 00:27:58.840 --> 00:28:00.070 battled for 00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:02.710 centuries think about ecosystems 00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:06.430 revitalized in ways we've never imagined 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:08.149 picture creating life forms that could 00:28:08.159 --> 00:28:10.750 survive on planets with conditions so 00:28:10.760 --> 00:28:13.110 extreme they would be deadly to anything 00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:16.870 we know this isn't Science Fiction it's 00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:19.710 the extraordinary promise of mirror 00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:21.630 biochemistry but then there's the other 00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:23.470 side of the coin and it's a side we 00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:25.990 can't ignore what happens if we lose 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:29.029 control of this parallel biology 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:30.789 we've seen the damage that a single 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:34.389 invasive species can do to the ecosystem 00:28:34.399 --> 00:28:36.669 just look at how certain plants animals 00:28:36.679 --> 00:28:39.029 or even microorganisms have thrown 00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:41.029 entire habitats into 00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:43.430 disarray now imagine a form of life 00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:45.149 that's not just invasive but 00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:47.430 fundamentally alien to everything we 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:50.470 know once it's out there it doesn't play 00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:54.190 by our rules it creat its own it's a lot 00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:57.110 like fire in Humanity's earliest days 00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:59.509 fire gave us War wor light and the 00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:02.269 ability to cook food but it also burned 00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:05.149 villages to the ground mirror life has 00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:07.909 that same Duality incredible potential 00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:10.590 to reshape our world but an equally 00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:13.830 dangerous capacity to spiral beyond our 00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:17.149 control if we harness it responsibly we 00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:19.549 might unlock solutions to problems we 00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:22.950 can barely comprehend today but if we're 00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:25.549 Reckless the consequences could be 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:28.509 catastrophic and irreversible 00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:31.350 this isn't just about science it's about 00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:33.950 trust if we have the power to create 00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:36.269 life immune to Earth's natural 00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:38.230 biochemistry how do we make sure it 00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:39.950 doesn't slip through our 00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:42.789 fingers history has shown us time and 00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:44.590 time again that the line between 00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:47.430 Innovation and exploitation is Razor 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:50.190 thin in the recent leaks from DARPA 00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:52.630 programs reportedly exploring mirror 00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:55.029 biochemistry for more than just cures 00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:57.430 are a stark reminder of how easily 00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.630 curiosity 00:29:58.640 --> 00:30:00.950 can blur into something far more 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:04.269 dangerous when does Discovery cross into 00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:07.590 recklessness when does progress become 00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:10.310 Peril I want to believe that the people 00:30:10.320 --> 00:30:12.430 leading the charge on this technology 00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:15.669 will do the right thing but hope on its 00:30:15.679 --> 00:30:19.110 own isn't enough this isn't Pandora's 00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:22.669 Box it's a key whether that key unlocks 00:30:22.679 --> 00:30:25.830 a brighter future or aous chaos depends 00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:28.789 entirely on how we use it and here's the 00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:31.950 uncomfortable truth if we don't approach 00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:34.549 this with wisdom and caution our 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:36.590 ambition might outrun our ability to 00:30:36.600 --> 00:30:39.310 control it the tools we've created to 00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:41.789 save us could become the very things 00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:45.350 that undo us Humanity has always faced 00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:48.110 moments like this existential choices 00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:50.750 that Define who we are and who we will 00:30:50.760 --> 00:30:54.509 become we've stumbled before yes but 00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:57.310 we've also risen to the occasion the 00:30:57.320 --> 00:31:00.509 future isn't written yet as we stand at 00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:03.549 the edge of this new era the choice is 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:05.910 ours to 00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.990 [Music] 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:10.350 make all right you made it to the end 00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:12.590 I'm Ralph that's wend who by the way is 00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:14.990 still salty about Humanity in general 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:17.029 and this has been another crazy ride on 00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:20.669 Divergent files if you laughed learned 00:31:20.679 --> 00:31:23.230 or just didn't totally hate this smash 00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:25.430 that like button hit subscribe and 00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:28.750 appease the almighty algorithm Overlord 00:31:28.760 --> 00:31:31.269 I know I know you hear this from every 00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:34.149 YouTuber ever but seriously it's the 00:31:34.159 --> 00:31:35.669 difference between us keeping the lights 00:31:35.679 --> 00:31:38.350 on or wend having to Moonlight as a car 00:31:38.360 --> 00:31:41.990 wash mascot want to go deeper join our 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:43.669 crew for as little as three bucks a 00:31:43.679 --> 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