The Nature of Things

Race for the Future, Part 2 (40x7)

: 06, 1999

In our previous program, we saw how science and technology have presented us with a paradox -- a world in which we are increasingly powerful yet increasingly vulnerable at the same time. We looked at the consequences of our ever- increasing consumption of the earth's resources, at the growth of environmental consciousness. A world where it sometimes seemed that we had little sense of our real goals. Tonight, the stakes get higher as we travel into the future.