Neil deGrasse Tyson talks Cosmos: Possible Worlds

[MUSIC] Dreams are mess let the best ones point the way, this [UNKNOWN] Castle possible world which is very is almost spiritual in the sense that we are presented options at all times. And also the knowledge that the ecosystem in which we're embedding, that we are a participant of that ecosystem. We are not separate and distinct from it. And when you bring a cosmic perspective to that, it changes you. You look up at night, and you no longer say to yourself I am here and that's there. You realize that We have become one with the Universe, our knowledge of the Universe has made us one. And there actionable steps you can take for having learned about your relationship to the Universe and [UNKNOWN] possible worlds is a very powerful statement of the hope for humanity. When you need a dream of the we can work towards and We live in a moment where everything is so dystopic, and so hopeless that I hope Cosmos, this season of Cosmos will light people up. I think often about the fact that a hundred years ago, if you asked people, what worries you most about life on Earth, they'd give a list that does not exist today. Cuz those problems were solved. So 20 years from now, 50 years from now, who am I to judge what we learn about this world that will require a whole other level of creative problem solving that we cannot even imagine. So I hesitate to venture what. Our future cosmos will bring but I can guarantee you that if we're still making cosmosis, cosmi, cos. What's the plural of cosmosis? I'll let you decide. [LAUGH] We're still making cosmosis 20, 40 years hence. It will have an address to the central problems that we face in this world. So that we can become better shepherds of our lives, and present for our descendents a world where they can look back and say, wow, my ancestors did right by us. Things are about to get epic. [MUSIC] [MUSIC]