1 00:00:10,886 --> 00:00:12,971 [audience cheers] 2 00:00:12,971 --> 00:00:14,890 [performer] Whoa ♪ 3 00:00:15,516 --> 00:00:18,852 Oh, mercy, mercy me ♪ 4 00:00:20,687 --> 00:00:24,816 ♪ No Things ain't what they used to be now ♪ 5 00:00:26,109 --> 00:00:30,531 Where did all the blue skies go? ♪ 6 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:35,786 ♪ Poison is the wind that blows From north, south, east and west ♪ 7 00:00:36,578 --> 00:00:40,832 Oh, mercy, mercy me ♪ 8 00:00:42,709 --> 00:00:47,130 ♪ Oh, things ain't what they used to be Now, no ♪ 9 00:00:47,881 --> 00:00:51,260 ♪ Oil wasted on the ocean And upon our seas ♪ 10 00:00:51,260 --> 00:00:52,803 Time to go, Decima. 11 00:00:53,595 --> 00:00:54,680 Fish full of mercury ♪ 12 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:56,306 Dad, I love this song. 13 00:00:56,306 --> 00:00:57,808 Hey, Dec, who's the millennial? 14 00:00:57,808 --> 00:00:59,726 Please tell me that's not real. 15 00:00:59,726 --> 00:01:02,396 Is that your dad? He looks fucking weird. 16 00:01:03,397 --> 00:01:04,940 Make it go away. 17 00:01:04,940 --> 00:01:07,651 Oh, things ain't what they used to be ♪ 18 00:01:07,651 --> 00:01:08,944 [hologram beeps] 19 00:01:08,944 --> 00:01:10,737 [music continues] 20 00:01:10,737 --> 00:01:15,284 When you do things like this, you put us both in a very risky position. 21 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:17,077 You know that. 22 00:01:18,495 --> 00:01:19,538 Alpha, mute. 23 00:01:19,538 --> 00:01:21,623 - [music stops] - [hologram whirring] 24 00:01:24,168 --> 00:01:28,297 You are an extraordinary young woman, and I am trying to protect you. 25 00:01:29,548 --> 00:01:30,549 I'm sorry. 26 00:01:33,218 --> 00:01:35,971 And him? Really, Decima? 27 00:01:35,971 --> 00:01:38,473 - But I love Tyrone Downs. - [whirring continues] 28 00:01:39,057 --> 00:01:41,894 You know what he tried to do to me? To Alpha? 29 00:01:42,811 --> 00:01:45,814 [singing distorts, glitches] 30 00:01:50,152 --> 00:01:52,529 Fucking simulator needs an upgrade. 31 00:01:52,529 --> 00:01:55,032 [drone whirring, beeping] 32 00:01:58,827 --> 00:02:00,037 [groans] 33 00:02:05,375 --> 00:02:06,877 What's happening? 34 00:02:08,586 --> 00:02:11,798 Really? In front of my daughter? 35 00:02:15,969 --> 00:02:17,721 [paper thuds] 36 00:02:17,721 --> 00:02:18,805 Get me Turner. 37 00:02:19,723 --> 00:02:20,724 Dad? 38 00:02:23,227 --> 00:02:27,898 I am recording this in anticipation of any eventuality that would cause me 39 00:02:27,898 --> 00:02:32,569 to relinquish my position as CEO of Alpha International. 40 00:02:33,362 --> 00:02:37,908 If you're seeing this, it is because unforeseen events have occurred, 41 00:02:37,908 --> 00:02:41,203 and immediate action must be taken for the good of the enterprise. 42 00:02:41,203 --> 00:02:42,287 [beeps] 43 00:02:44,122 --> 00:02:45,207 What happened to Nick? 44 00:02:45,707 --> 00:02:48,502 Arrested. International Criminal Court. 45 00:02:49,753 --> 00:02:52,881 Ecocide. Same thing they charged the BP board with. 46 00:02:52,881 --> 00:02:56,218 [inhales deeply] This is for you. 47 00:02:58,136 --> 00:03:00,556 Congratulations on your promotion. 48 00:03:07,271 --> 00:03:09,106 You're the new CEO of Alpha. 49 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:55,068 {\an8}[Alpha user 1] Alpha, is Nick Bilton guilty? 50 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:57,196 [Alpha] The case of the International Criminal Court 51 00:03:57,196 --> 00:03:59,156 versus Nicholas Bilton has not yet begun. 52 00:03:59,156 --> 00:04:01,825 [Alpha user 2] Alpha, when did ecocide become a crime? 53 00:04:01,825 --> 00:04:05,120 [Alpha] Ecocide officially became a core international crime in 2050. 54 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,332 - There are no evidences to date... - [Alpha users, indistinct] 55 00:04:08,332 --> 00:04:10,792 [Alpha] Punishment for ecocide is imprisonment... 56 00:04:11,752 --> 00:04:14,171 [Alpha user 3] Alpha, will this impact the Alpha drones 57 00:04:14,171 --> 00:04:15,631 that deliver my groceries? 58 00:04:15,631 --> 00:04:17,716 [Alpha user 4] Alpha, who is the lead prosecutor 59 00:04:17,716 --> 00:04:19,218 in the trial against Nick Bilton? 60 00:04:19,218 --> 00:04:21,678 [Alpha] Prosecutor Lucy Adobo will be representing 61 00:04:21,678 --> 00:04:23,805 the International Criminal Court. 62 00:04:24,556 --> 00:04:25,724 [acoustic guitar playing] 63 00:04:25,724 --> 00:04:29,061 He deserves to be sent to the penal colony on Phobos, hmm? 64 00:04:29,061 --> 00:04:31,855 Like the others. Twenty-five years. 65 00:04:31,855 --> 00:04:35,150 The most successful hunters have more patience than hunger. 66 00:04:35,150 --> 00:04:38,362 And what Alpha did to the mines alone-- He should be made to pay. 67 00:04:39,404 --> 00:04:41,156 Money is just another one of his tools. 68 00:04:41,156 --> 00:04:43,283 Hey, it's a tool we can use to change things. 69 00:04:43,283 --> 00:04:46,495 The law does not apply to men like Bilton. 70 00:04:46,495 --> 00:04:48,247 [sighs] 71 00:04:48,247 --> 00:04:51,166 I stood outside the Alpha mines for months. 72 00:04:51,166 --> 00:04:53,293 I remember, Ty. I was there with you. 73 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:58,966 50,000 workers dying in the hot sun until we shut that shit down. 74 00:05:00,133 --> 00:05:01,134 Yes, you did. 75 00:05:02,010 --> 00:05:07,140 This ends with him hanging upside down from a balcony, or it never ends. 76 00:05:08,517 --> 00:05:10,143 [sighs] 77 00:05:11,937 --> 00:05:13,438 [bailiff] Hear ye, hear ye. 78 00:05:14,106 --> 00:05:17,484 The International Criminal Courts Tribunal on Crimes Against the Planet 79 00:05:17,484 --> 00:05:19,236 is now in session. 80 00:05:19,236 --> 00:05:23,282 Nikolai Biltonov, legally registered as "Nicholas Bilton," please stand. 81 00:05:23,282 --> 00:05:25,117 [Nick sighs] 82 00:05:26,535 --> 00:05:28,871 To the charge of ecocide, how do you plead? 83 00:05:30,789 --> 00:05:32,165 Not guilty. 84 00:05:34,251 --> 00:05:37,713 These proceedings will be presided over by three virtual judges, 85 00:05:37,713 --> 00:05:40,966 programmed to create a universal standard of justice 86 00:05:40,966 --> 00:05:44,428 reflecting legal and ethical traditions from across the globe. 87 00:05:45,012 --> 00:05:47,890 Do both counsels agree to accept these rulings as binding? 88 00:05:49,558 --> 00:05:51,226 - I do. - I do. 89 00:05:52,019 --> 00:05:54,229 {\an8}[bailiff] The court recognizes Lucy Adobo, Esq, 90 00:05:54,229 --> 00:05:56,857 {\an8}representing the International Criminal Court. 91 00:05:56,857 --> 00:05:57,941 {\an8}Good morning. 92 00:05:59,151 --> 00:06:04,072 {\an8}This case will establish a premeditated and carefully executed conspiracy 93 00:06:04,072 --> 00:06:07,618 led by Nicholas Bilton over the past 50 years 94 00:06:07,618 --> 00:06:10,662 to profiteer from and proliferate climate change 95 00:06:10,662 --> 00:06:13,498 across the planet in an act of ecocide. 96 00:06:17,419 --> 00:06:20,589 [Lucy] As Mr. Bilton himself said over 30 years ago... 97 00:06:20,589 --> 00:06:23,634 [Nick] Around the turn of this century, climate change was described... 98 00:06:23,634 --> 00:06:26,136 - Mr. Bilton is a great humanitarian. - ...as a symptom of capitalism. 99 00:06:26,136 --> 00:06:28,222 He rescued you and brought you into his own home. 100 00:06:28,222 --> 00:06:31,475 [Nick] I'm here to suggest that capitalism is also the cure. 101 00:06:31,475 --> 00:06:34,061 [Lucy] But rather than hear the story from me, 102 00:06:34,061 --> 00:06:36,563 no fewer than ten former employees 103 00:06:36,563 --> 00:06:39,316 have agreed to testify to the matter before the court. 104 00:06:39,983 --> 00:06:43,904 I will now call the first witness, Dr. Rebecca Shearer. 105 00:06:43,904 --> 00:06:45,239 [hologram chimes] 106 00:06:49,743 --> 00:06:51,495 [Lucy] State your name for the court. 107 00:06:51,495 --> 00:06:54,164 - Dr. Rebecca Shearer. - [Lucy] And you are currently? 108 00:06:54,164 --> 00:06:55,499 In New York City. 109 00:06:55,499 --> 00:06:58,085 [Lucy] Can you identify Nicholas Bilton? 110 00:06:58,085 --> 00:06:59,169 Yes. 111 00:06:59,169 --> 00:07:00,963 And is he in the courtroom today? 112 00:07:00,963 --> 00:07:03,924 It's either him or a hologram of him. Hard to tell. 113 00:07:03,924 --> 00:07:07,219 I can attest that Mr. Bilton has appeared here in person. 114 00:07:07,219 --> 00:07:11,348 Such is his concern for the charade that are the charges brought against him. 115 00:07:11,974 --> 00:07:14,268 Ecocide? [chuckles] 116 00:07:15,143 --> 00:07:17,479 - Consider the statute itself-- - [Lucy] Oh, we have. 117 00:07:17,479 --> 00:07:20,649 Ecocide is described as unlawful or wanton acts 118 00:07:20,649 --> 00:07:23,861 committed with the knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood 119 00:07:23,861 --> 00:07:28,198 of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment 120 00:07:28,198 --> 00:07:30,367 being caused by those acts. 121 00:07:30,367 --> 00:07:33,829 So you somehow are gonna prove that he knew the future of the world? 122 00:07:34,746 --> 00:07:37,332 Of the air we breathe, the oceans, the temperature? 123 00:07:37,332 --> 00:07:38,584 Flattering, in a way. 124 00:07:39,835 --> 00:07:41,587 We move for immediate dismissal. 125 00:07:42,588 --> 00:07:44,798 - [beeps] - [judge] Overruled. 126 00:07:44,798 --> 00:07:48,343 [Lucy] Dr. Shearer, can you please explain how you first came in contact 127 00:07:48,343 --> 00:07:49,636 with Mr. Bilton? 128 00:07:49,636 --> 00:07:54,683 In 2046, I was an archivist with Menagerie2100. 129 00:07:54,683 --> 00:07:58,687 I'd been with the company for nine years when I was told that 130 00:07:58,687 --> 00:08:04,443 Nick Bilton was interested in gathering genetic IP of charismatic megafauna. 131 00:08:04,443 --> 00:08:07,154 Orangutans, whales, elephants and-- 132 00:08:07,154 --> 00:08:11,950 It became clear that the pivot to the charismatic megafauna was his decision. 133 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:14,703 Any idea why he made that pivot? 134 00:08:14,703 --> 00:08:19,208 Mr. Bilton felt people were more inclined to buy tickets to see those species 135 00:08:19,917 --> 00:08:21,460 once they were extinct. 136 00:08:22,961 --> 00:08:25,130 - However, to preserve the megafauna... - [Nick murmuring] 137 00:08:25,130 --> 00:08:30,260 ...you-- you also need to save everything they rely on to survive. 138 00:08:30,260 --> 00:08:32,596 Can you explain the effect of increased carbon 139 00:08:32,596 --> 00:08:35,307 on species already facing extinction? 140 00:08:35,307 --> 00:08:38,352 Uh, extinctions go up when temperature goes up, 141 00:08:38,352 --> 00:08:42,773 and temperature tends to mirror carbon. So, yes, they are related. 142 00:08:42,773 --> 00:08:48,153 And if scarcity creates value, then isn't there a business model 143 00:08:48,153 --> 00:08:52,074 that Menagerie2100 benefits from increases in carbon? 144 00:08:52,074 --> 00:08:56,495 Objection. We all caused carbon to go up, not just Mr. Bilton. 145 00:08:56,495 --> 00:08:58,413 - [chimes] - [judge] Sustained. 146 00:09:01,834 --> 00:09:03,293 Dr. Shearer... [sighs] 147 00:09:03,293 --> 00:09:06,338 ...were you paid for your work at Menagerie2100? 148 00:09:07,005 --> 00:09:08,006 Yes. 149 00:09:08,006 --> 00:09:11,635 Depressing work, I'm sure. All that saying goodbye. 150 00:09:13,303 --> 00:09:14,304 Yes? 151 00:09:15,848 --> 00:09:20,102 That explains why you receive mood-stabilizing therapeutics from Alpha. 152 00:09:20,936 --> 00:09:24,898 Ms. Shearer relies on Alpha for her retirement and her medicine. 153 00:09:24,898 --> 00:09:27,651 What if her ongoing depression has caused her to blame 154 00:09:27,651 --> 00:09:29,528 the medicines that Alpha provides her with? 155 00:09:29,528 --> 00:09:32,781 I know you want people to think I'm crazy, Mr. Turner. 156 00:09:32,781 --> 00:09:35,576 And maybe-- maybe I am. 157 00:09:36,326 --> 00:09:39,246 Maybe that's what climate change is doing to all of us. 158 00:09:39,830 --> 00:09:42,374 Some of us are crazy because we look at the world 159 00:09:42,374 --> 00:09:46,295 and all we have lost, and we still have hope. 160 00:09:47,212 --> 00:09:51,383 I think it's unfair to ask you to testify here, 161 00:09:51,383 --> 00:09:54,511 especially after your son has deleted you from his memory. 162 00:09:54,511 --> 00:09:57,848 He lost his memory from summer heart-- dementia. 163 00:09:57,848 --> 00:10:01,101 For which he also was taking Alpha therapeutics. 164 00:10:01,101 --> 00:10:03,437 I bet that makes you very angry at Mr. Bilton. 165 00:10:03,437 --> 00:10:06,773 How is her son's medical condition relevant? 166 00:10:06,773 --> 00:10:08,734 It's an invasion of her privacy. 167 00:10:08,734 --> 00:10:13,071 And her presence here constitutes a violation of her Alpha loyalty oath. 168 00:10:15,157 --> 00:10:16,241 No further questions. 169 00:10:21,163 --> 00:10:22,414 [sighs] 170 00:10:40,724 --> 00:10:42,476 Maybe she jumped. 171 00:10:42,476 --> 00:10:44,978 Did she? They're going to investigate. 172 00:10:45,896 --> 00:10:47,105 Let them. 173 00:10:47,105 --> 00:10:49,399 We need to be careful here, Nick. 174 00:10:50,442 --> 00:10:53,987 Homicide gets you shipped off the planet just as fast as ecocide. 175 00:10:54,988 --> 00:10:59,076 How is a woman falling through the sky in New York City my fault? 176 00:11:00,994 --> 00:11:05,374 Stop worrying about Shearer, and tell Martha to get me out of here. 177 00:11:06,416 --> 00:11:09,545 [Martha] I assure you that we here at Alpha are confident 178 00:11:09,545 --> 00:11:12,297 that Nick Bilton will be exonerated of all charges. 179 00:11:13,632 --> 00:11:18,762 I'm fully aware that Mr. Bilton's arrest has eroded our stock value by 17%, 180 00:11:18,762 --> 00:11:24,852 so I want to tell this esteemed group that we will be launching a new product. 181 00:11:25,894 --> 00:11:29,147 One that will directly address the grim reality 182 00:11:29,648 --> 00:11:34,236 that carbon is now at 564 parts per million in our atmosphere. 183 00:11:36,488 --> 00:11:40,868 It has the potential to be the biggest new offering from Alpha 184 00:11:40,868 --> 00:11:44,037 - since the gift of clean water. - [chimes] 185 00:11:44,580 --> 00:11:46,248 I see many of you have questions. 186 00:11:47,207 --> 00:11:48,750 However, on the advice of our lawyers, 187 00:11:48,750 --> 00:11:51,003 we are not taking questions at this meeting. 188 00:11:53,338 --> 00:11:54,548 Thank you for your time. 189 00:11:58,844 --> 00:12:00,262 [sighs] 190 00:12:02,222 --> 00:12:03,599 [Turner] Well done, Martha. 191 00:12:04,349 --> 00:12:05,767 I'll let Mr. Bilton know. 192 00:12:06,727 --> 00:12:08,604 I think this is a mistake. 193 00:12:09,271 --> 00:12:13,066 Then I encourage you to use your time to think about something else instead. 194 00:12:16,695 --> 00:12:17,696 [button pings] 195 00:12:24,661 --> 00:12:27,456 [Nick] Congratulations. Alpha had its best year ever. 196 00:12:28,832 --> 00:12:30,167 I'm glad you're pleased. 197 00:12:34,004 --> 00:12:39,927 And, uh, subscriptions to LifePause are heading in the right direction, 198 00:12:39,927 --> 00:12:42,095 - little by little. - Finally. 199 00:12:42,095 --> 00:12:46,558 The reach of Alpha certainly plays a role in that, so thank you. 200 00:12:47,059 --> 00:12:50,270 Where did it come from? The idea? 201 00:12:51,230 --> 00:12:52,356 Always wanted to ask. 202 00:12:54,066 --> 00:12:56,360 When I was a little girl, I loved wildflowers. 203 00:12:57,778 --> 00:13:00,656 I would draw them with my grandfather's crayons. 204 00:13:00,656 --> 00:13:04,826 I would venture out to look for them on days that weren't too hot. 205 00:13:04,826 --> 00:13:10,666 But once the bees were gone, they'd taken the wildflowers with them and... 206 00:13:11,583 --> 00:13:15,504 My grandfather used to tell me a story that the flowers are just hiding. 207 00:13:16,046 --> 00:13:17,548 They'll be back again someday. 208 00:13:18,507 --> 00:13:21,593 Could probably get our people to make you up some new seeds. 209 00:13:25,430 --> 00:13:26,890 I took a different approach. 210 00:13:27,558 --> 00:13:29,560 I thought, "What if I could stop time?" 211 00:13:30,394 --> 00:13:32,729 - Hence LifePause. - Exactly. 212 00:13:34,398 --> 00:13:37,359 Thank you for sharing. Really lovely story. 213 00:13:39,862 --> 00:13:42,447 [inhales deeply] Can I ask you another question? 214 00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:47,786 [sighs] What would be the most exciting good or service 215 00:13:47,786 --> 00:13:49,746 that Alpha could bring to this world? 216 00:13:50,914 --> 00:13:55,752 Cancer's been cured. Literacy is a simple CRISPR hack. 217 00:13:55,752 --> 00:13:58,505 [chuckles] Anything? 218 00:13:59,381 --> 00:14:00,507 Sky's the limit. 219 00:14:02,050 --> 00:14:06,597 I guess, finding a way to grow a brand-new, breathable atmosphere on Mars 220 00:14:06,597 --> 00:14:08,348 that allows humans to start over. 221 00:14:09,558 --> 00:14:11,101 Mars. [chuckles] 222 00:14:12,644 --> 00:14:14,271 It would solve a lot of things. 223 00:14:16,773 --> 00:14:19,234 What if we were able to do that here on Earth? 224 00:14:21,445 --> 00:14:22,779 Do what? 225 00:14:22,779 --> 00:14:24,031 Start over. 226 00:14:26,325 --> 00:14:28,619 [chuckles] Are you kidding? 227 00:14:31,246 --> 00:14:33,332 I think I know how to make Newcomen work. 228 00:14:35,667 --> 00:14:37,127 And I'd like you to run it. 229 00:14:41,089 --> 00:14:43,800 - We called it "Newcomen." - [Lucy] Why is that? 230 00:14:44,468 --> 00:14:47,763 Well, Thomas Newcomen invented the steam engine in 1712. 231 00:14:47,763 --> 00:14:52,643 It was used originally to prevent coal mines from flooding, ironically. 232 00:14:52,643 --> 00:14:56,438 Mr. Bilton saw it as the moment that humanity's carbon footprint started 233 00:14:56,438 --> 00:14:58,941 to stomp on the natural order of things. 234 00:14:58,941 --> 00:15:01,985 And what was Project Newcomen at Alpha? 235 00:15:01,985 --> 00:15:03,612 [Jonathan] It was the holy grail. 236 00:15:03,612 --> 00:15:07,783 It was gonna be a machine, a technology to take carbon out of the atmosphere. 237 00:15:07,783 --> 00:15:09,576 It was scalable and affordable. 238 00:15:09,576 --> 00:15:12,412 Did Newcomen ever come into existence? 239 00:15:12,412 --> 00:15:14,414 [Jonathan] No. No. 240 00:15:15,415 --> 00:15:18,043 It always had design problems at scale, 241 00:15:18,043 --> 00:15:22,089 and we never really solved the problems with the downstream by-product. 242 00:15:22,089 --> 00:15:24,466 I'm confused. Why are we here? 243 00:15:24,466 --> 00:15:28,887 Mr. Chopin just said he ran a program, funded by Mr. Bilton, 244 00:15:28,887 --> 00:15:31,557 that was meant to pull CO2 out of the atmosphere. 245 00:15:31,557 --> 00:15:33,642 Save the world from climate change. 246 00:15:33,642 --> 00:15:38,230 A noble endeavor, to be sure, but your witness failed. 247 00:15:38,230 --> 00:15:42,609 Couldn't get it done. So why is my client on trial and not him? 248 00:15:44,695 --> 00:15:46,780 And why did you leave, Mr. Chopin? 249 00:15:47,573 --> 00:15:49,533 Decide you wanted to go fail at something else? 250 00:15:49,533 --> 00:15:50,993 Objection! 251 00:15:50,993 --> 00:15:52,703 - [chimes] - [judge] Sustained. 252 00:15:52,703 --> 00:15:55,873 [stammers] I'll tell you. I'll-- I'll answer the question. I got fired. 253 00:15:55,873 --> 00:15:58,458 Well, it sounds like Mr. Bilton made the right move. 254 00:15:58,458 --> 00:16:00,085 And who replaced you? 255 00:16:00,085 --> 00:16:04,423 I understand that Newcomen got restarted seven years ago 256 00:16:04,423 --> 00:16:06,133 and that Martha Russell was put in charge. 257 00:16:06,133 --> 00:16:10,804 Ah, the woman that Mr. Bilton just announced as CEO. 258 00:16:10,804 --> 00:16:12,556 So he's on trial for promoting someone now? 259 00:16:12,556 --> 00:16:15,017 What was Mr. Bilton's position on geoengineering? 260 00:16:15,017 --> 00:16:16,518 Objection. Not relevant. 261 00:16:16,518 --> 00:16:17,936 I beg to differ. 262 00:16:17,936 --> 00:16:21,398 If one is concerned about limiting carbon, as he claims, 263 00:16:21,398 --> 00:16:23,400 one cannot be in favor of a course of action 264 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,527 that allows the world to keep putting it in the sky. 265 00:16:25,527 --> 00:16:28,155 On multiple occasions, he expressed his enthusiasm. 266 00:16:28,155 --> 00:16:31,283 It was obviously the best way to lower temperature in the short term, 267 00:16:31,283 --> 00:16:33,660 and he said he liked the short-term solution 268 00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:36,246 because it was the best from a PR point of view too. 269 00:16:36,246 --> 00:16:38,081 So, he endorsed geoengineering. 270 00:16:38,081 --> 00:16:40,834 And so did you, Mr. Chopin. Nearly half the world did. 271 00:16:40,834 --> 00:16:42,628 Then you changed your mind. 272 00:16:42,628 --> 00:16:45,130 Do you want the court to review your comments on the issue? 273 00:16:45,130 --> 00:16:48,050 Some of us realized that if you decouple carbon from temperature, 274 00:16:48,050 --> 00:16:49,801 you're gonna rationalize ongoing polluting. 275 00:16:49,801 --> 00:16:53,388 Nick saw it as a way to make limitless money by customizing the stratosphere. 276 00:16:53,388 --> 00:16:54,806 He wanted both sides of the trade. 277 00:16:54,806 --> 00:16:56,725 - [Turner] Objection. Conjecture. - [judge] Sustained. 278 00:16:56,725 --> 00:16:58,602 How can he say these things about my father? 279 00:16:58,602 --> 00:16:59,811 He's lying. 280 00:16:59,811 --> 00:17:02,064 - Mr. Bilton is a great humanitarian. - [Jonathan] You did, Nick. 281 00:17:02,064 --> 00:17:04,358 He's among the top ten philanthropists in the world. 282 00:17:04,358 --> 00:17:06,401 [Jonathan] Just admit it. You said it over and over. 283 00:17:06,401 --> 00:17:08,153 It didn't matter how high the carbon levels got 284 00:17:08,153 --> 00:17:10,239 'cause one day, you were gonna make a machine 285 00:17:10,239 --> 00:17:12,115 that could suck it out of the atmosphere. And y-- 286 00:17:12,115 --> 00:17:14,785 You said on that day, the more CO2 that's up there, 287 00:17:14,785 --> 00:17:16,369 the more money you can make eliminating it. 288 00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:19,164 You called it a fucking vacuum cleaner for wealth. 289 00:17:19,164 --> 00:17:20,665 You failed, Johnny. 290 00:17:20,665 --> 00:17:23,585 Failed at your job, failed as a father. 291 00:17:23,585 --> 00:17:25,295 You gonna have me killed, like Rebecca Shearer? 292 00:17:25,295 --> 00:17:28,089 - Ms. Adobo, control your witness. - Mr. Chopin. 293 00:17:28,089 --> 00:17:31,260 You smug little prick. You're just-- You're at the center of this problem-- 294 00:17:31,260 --> 00:17:33,595 Humanity's frying, and you look at the temperature 295 00:17:33,595 --> 00:17:35,472 as an inconvenience that you just have to tweak 296 00:17:35,472 --> 00:17:37,349 to optimize your latest investment strategy. 297 00:17:37,349 --> 00:17:40,018 You're the guy who-- who kicks the dog half to death, 298 00:17:40,018 --> 00:17:42,479 - and then offers it a bone. - Dr. Chopin, I must ask you 299 00:17:42,479 --> 00:17:44,606 - to not address the defendant directly. - [Nick] Let him speak. 300 00:17:44,606 --> 00:17:47,568 He needs the therapy. Let it all out, Johnny boy! 301 00:17:47,568 --> 00:17:49,570 - [bailiff] Order. Order! - [scoffs] 302 00:17:50,153 --> 00:17:51,488 No further questions. 303 00:17:52,489 --> 00:17:53,490 Dr. Chopin, 304 00:17:54,950 --> 00:17:59,371 your son, Rowan, is currently in prison for geoengineering, isn't that right? 305 00:17:59,371 --> 00:18:02,082 Yes. He, uh-- [inhales deeply] 306 00:18:02,624 --> 00:18:07,004 He was convinced to participate in a-- in a scheme by my ex-wife. 307 00:18:07,004 --> 00:18:08,088 Convinced? 308 00:18:09,131 --> 00:18:12,467 More likely he was confused over your change of heart on the issue. 309 00:18:12,467 --> 00:18:14,761 Rowan Chopin is not the one on trial here. 310 00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:15,888 No, he's not. 311 00:18:16,597 --> 00:18:19,725 But I think it's important to note that your son's conviction 312 00:18:19,725 --> 00:18:24,271 for using Alpha delivery drones to commit an act of terrorism was secured 313 00:18:24,271 --> 00:18:27,482 after Mr. Bilton gave secret testimony to this court. 314 00:18:27,482 --> 00:18:29,109 I'm sorry, what did you say? 315 00:18:29,109 --> 00:18:30,194 I'm sure that's upsetting, 316 00:18:30,194 --> 00:18:32,905 but I'm wondering if your son's liberty has not been offered to you 317 00:18:32,905 --> 00:18:35,991 - in exchange for your testimony today. - I made no such deal! 318 00:18:35,991 --> 00:18:38,243 I have no arrangement whatsoever. None. 319 00:18:39,369 --> 00:18:43,498 I move to dismiss this witness and his testimony be deemed inadmissible. 320 00:18:45,501 --> 00:18:49,546 - [chimes, beeps] - [judge] Sustained. 321 00:18:49,546 --> 00:18:51,131 [bailiff] The witness is dismissed. 322 00:19:00,015 --> 00:19:01,433 I wanna testify. 323 00:19:01,433 --> 00:19:03,060 My father is a great man. 324 00:19:03,936 --> 00:19:05,229 Help me record something? 325 00:19:05,229 --> 00:19:06,522 I can do that for you. 326 00:19:12,194 --> 00:19:13,278 Who is Decima Bilton? 327 00:19:14,738 --> 00:19:16,240 How do you know that name? 328 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:17,950 She claims to be your daughter. 329 00:19:19,368 --> 00:19:21,912 [inhales deeply] You're not to mention that name again. 330 00:19:21,912 --> 00:19:24,164 She'd like to testify on your behalf. 331 00:19:24,706 --> 00:19:25,707 [zipper opens] 332 00:19:27,292 --> 00:19:29,002 [Turner] She's recorded something. 333 00:19:30,712 --> 00:19:32,422 It's very touching stuff. 334 00:19:34,091 --> 00:19:35,092 Destroy it. 335 00:19:36,134 --> 00:19:37,135 Immediately. 336 00:19:38,178 --> 00:19:42,099 You saved an orphan from a refugee camp in Sydney. [chuckles] 337 00:19:48,063 --> 00:19:49,690 [Nick sighs] 338 00:19:49,690 --> 00:19:51,275 [Turner] What are you doing? 339 00:19:52,276 --> 00:19:53,902 - [device crunches] - [Turner] Nick. 340 00:19:55,612 --> 00:19:56,613 [sighs] 341 00:19:59,783 --> 00:20:02,911 [breathing deeply] 342 00:20:02,911 --> 00:20:06,790 [Alpha] Your NatureFix simulation will begin in five seconds. 343 00:20:07,624 --> 00:20:11,170 You have selected "Autumn Woodlands" with mood-balancing enhancements. 344 00:20:11,170 --> 00:20:12,254 [sighs] 345 00:20:33,567 --> 00:20:34,568 [sighs] 346 00:20:44,786 --> 00:20:46,205 How do you like the venison? 347 00:20:47,206 --> 00:20:48,248 Exquisite. 348 00:20:49,750 --> 00:20:51,752 Real or lab? 349 00:20:54,046 --> 00:20:56,590 We keep a small herd of deer on the property. 350 00:20:56,590 --> 00:20:59,551 - This is all real. - Hmm. 351 00:21:00,344 --> 00:21:05,849 And this, this is the last pinot from the Anderson Valley. 352 00:21:06,350 --> 00:21:09,478 2053. Before it burned. 353 00:21:17,486 --> 00:21:20,822 The rest of the world has to get by on fantasy and facsimile, Martha. 354 00:21:22,991 --> 00:21:25,244 Most everything in my life is very real. 355 00:21:25,244 --> 00:21:27,579 [Martha] Hmm. Does that bother you? 356 00:21:30,249 --> 00:21:31,750 [Nick] Does what bother me? 357 00:21:31,750 --> 00:21:34,711 That the rest of the world has to get by on fantasy? 358 00:21:40,342 --> 00:21:41,760 [sighs] 359 00:21:44,054 --> 00:21:46,473 No, what bothers me is hypocrisy. 360 00:21:48,058 --> 00:21:51,895 What bothers me is wanting comfort and ease, 361 00:21:51,895 --> 00:21:54,815 and then being outraged by its real cost. 362 00:21:55,774 --> 00:21:59,486 You burn coal for a few hundred years to keep yourself warm. 363 00:21:59,486 --> 00:22:00,904 Seems like a great idea. 364 00:22:01,822 --> 00:22:04,116 Makes you feel like you defeated winter. 365 00:22:05,117 --> 00:22:07,286 And one day, you wake up nice and toasty, 366 00:22:07,286 --> 00:22:10,497 only to realize you've developed lung cancer 367 00:22:10,497 --> 00:22:13,166 from inhaling the smoke from burning all the coal. 368 00:22:15,544 --> 00:22:17,546 And yet you keep burning coal. 369 00:22:18,297 --> 00:22:22,718 Because the most powerful fantasy is that there is no cost to our comfort. 370 00:22:24,303 --> 00:22:26,555 Life is a transaction, Martha. 371 00:22:27,556 --> 00:22:29,892 That is its most meaningful measurement. 372 00:22:32,060 --> 00:22:33,770 I never thought of it that way. 373 00:22:33,770 --> 00:22:37,482 Well, I'd like you to start. 374 00:22:43,363 --> 00:22:46,450 [buzzing, whirring] 375 00:22:56,543 --> 00:22:57,794 - [gasps] - [chimes] 376 00:22:57,794 --> 00:23:00,172 - Turner. - [Turner] Yes? 377 00:23:00,172 --> 00:23:02,007 Rebecca Shearer's autopsy... 378 00:23:02,508 --> 00:23:03,675 [Turner] What about it? 379 00:23:05,093 --> 00:23:08,263 "...has revealed irregularities in her medications 380 00:23:08,263 --> 00:23:10,849 - as delivered by Alpha Therapeutics." - [Turner sighs] Bullshit. 381 00:23:10,849 --> 00:23:12,643 Well, that's what it says right here 382 00:23:12,643 --> 00:23:15,938 in the goddamn summons the ICC just dropped on my head. 383 00:23:15,938 --> 00:23:18,232 [Turner] They've got nothing. They're desperate. 384 00:23:18,732 --> 00:23:20,943 They're going to ask for records. 385 00:23:21,443 --> 00:23:23,737 What would Nick like me to do about that? 386 00:23:24,321 --> 00:23:27,407 [Turner] As little as possible, lest you fuck this up. 387 00:23:27,908 --> 00:23:28,909 [device chimes] 388 00:23:31,912 --> 00:23:33,163 [Martha] An opportunity. 389 00:23:33,747 --> 00:23:37,292 That's what you call it? An opportunity to lose my job. 390 00:23:37,292 --> 00:23:39,378 The truth is dangerous to some people. 391 00:23:40,629 --> 00:23:41,630 No comment. 392 00:23:42,631 --> 00:23:45,843 We have reason to believe he's tampered with other witnesses. 393 00:23:45,843 --> 00:23:46,927 Have you been threatened? 394 00:23:48,053 --> 00:23:49,680 [inhales deeply, sighs] 395 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,516 I took a loyalty oath. Hence the avatars. 396 00:23:52,516 --> 00:23:55,686 I am prepared to offer you immunity, Dr. Russell. 397 00:23:56,270 --> 00:23:58,105 In exchange for your testimony. 398 00:23:58,105 --> 00:24:01,942 And how do I explain that to Turner? He's chief counsel. 399 00:24:01,942 --> 00:24:05,112 Obviously, you would need to keep our arrangements confidential. 400 00:24:06,405 --> 00:24:09,992 Ms. Adobo, privacy went extinct 25 years ago. 401 00:24:10,576 --> 00:24:12,035 Along with whistleblowers. 402 00:24:12,035 --> 00:24:15,414 Is there a secret you're concerned about? Something with Newcomen? 403 00:24:19,334 --> 00:24:21,461 Newcomen is no different than LifePause. 404 00:24:21,461 --> 00:24:24,631 Just because he didn't think of it, doesn't mean he can't buy it. 405 00:24:25,757 --> 00:24:28,886 You're not going to win against him. Nobody ever does. 406 00:24:28,886 --> 00:24:30,304 [hologram chimes] 407 00:24:32,639 --> 00:24:34,641 [sighs] 408 00:24:36,059 --> 00:24:37,352 [Lucy] Selma, 409 00:24:38,270 --> 00:24:43,400 get me every IP acquisition Alpha made since Jonathan Chopin was fired. 410 00:24:44,818 --> 00:24:46,486 [Lucy] Would you state your name for the court? 411 00:24:46,486 --> 00:24:47,946 Arden Miller. 412 00:24:48,530 --> 00:24:50,199 Who is Matafele Kabua? 413 00:24:51,491 --> 00:24:54,828 [Arden] Matafele and I met in Boston in 2060. 414 00:24:55,329 --> 00:24:56,663 [Lucy] In what capacity? 415 00:24:56,663 --> 00:24:58,582 - [Arden] In microfinance... - [Decima] Who is that? 416 00:24:58,582 --> 00:25:00,167 ...with a focus on female entrepreneurs. 417 00:25:00,167 --> 00:25:02,085 Mr. Bilton is a great humanitarian. 418 00:25:02,085 --> 00:25:06,798 Were you aware that the bank that employed you had a relationship with Alpha? 419 00:25:06,798 --> 00:25:08,342 No, I was not. 420 00:25:08,342 --> 00:25:11,178 And when you learned that they did, what was your response? 421 00:25:11,178 --> 00:25:12,095 I resigned. 422 00:25:12,095 --> 00:25:14,348 Because of what happened with Matafele Kabua? 423 00:25:14,348 --> 00:25:15,265 [Arden] Yes. 424 00:25:17,351 --> 00:25:18,936 [Lucy] And what exactly happened? 425 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,231 Alpha was able to use our loans to women 426 00:25:22,231 --> 00:25:24,816 as an incubator to generate new inventions. 427 00:25:24,816 --> 00:25:27,069 I think I speak on behalf of everyone in saying 428 00:25:27,069 --> 00:25:31,907 I have no idea who Matafele Kabua is or why this person here is relevant. 429 00:25:31,907 --> 00:25:35,285 Can you enlighten Mr. Turner and the court? 430 00:25:35,285 --> 00:25:36,870 She was from the Marshall Islands. 431 00:25:37,913 --> 00:25:41,124 When they became uninhabitable, she moved to the United States, 432 00:25:41,625 --> 00:25:44,711 where she attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 433 00:25:44,711 --> 00:25:46,839 Her degree was in atmospheric chemistry. 434 00:25:47,339 --> 00:25:50,050 She had a product that she wanted to finance. 435 00:25:50,634 --> 00:25:52,052 [Lucy] And what did this product do? 436 00:25:52,052 --> 00:25:56,390 She claimed that it was the first viable carbon-removal device. 437 00:25:56,390 --> 00:25:59,476 She asked for our help in developing and patenting it. 438 00:26:00,060 --> 00:26:03,772 So, a device that could make the planet carbon-neutral? 439 00:26:03,772 --> 00:26:05,607 [Arden] She believed it could do more than that. 440 00:26:05,607 --> 00:26:08,861 She believed that it could draw down carbon to a target level. 441 00:26:08,861 --> 00:26:10,279 And what would that level be? 442 00:26:10,279 --> 00:26:14,908 That would depend on a mutually agreed upon number determined by scientists. 443 00:26:17,619 --> 00:26:18,829 Or businessmen. 444 00:26:22,583 --> 00:26:25,043 [inhales sharply] What was my mother's name? 445 00:26:25,544 --> 00:26:26,962 Your mother's name is unknown. 446 00:26:26,962 --> 00:26:30,132 You were rescued from the displaced person facility in Sydney. 447 00:26:31,091 --> 00:26:34,595 Alpha, tell me everything about Matafele Kabua. 448 00:26:34,595 --> 00:26:36,555 Alpha has no record of this person. 449 00:26:38,223 --> 00:26:40,726 - [breathes heavily] - [Nick] Right. 450 00:26:40,726 --> 00:26:43,312 And if it had worked, none of us would be sitting here right now. 451 00:26:43,312 --> 00:26:44,813 But obviously it didn't, 452 00:26:44,813 --> 00:26:47,774 or people wouldn't constantly be uploading themselves 453 00:26:47,774 --> 00:26:49,943 - to escape this unbearable climate. - [bailiff] Order. 454 00:26:49,943 --> 00:26:52,905 And hundreds of millions of refugees wouldn't be roaming the Earth 455 00:26:52,905 --> 00:26:54,156 looking for higher ground. 456 00:26:54,156 --> 00:26:55,616 - [bailiff] Order! - Nick, please. 457 00:26:58,952 --> 00:27:01,288 I apologize for my client's outburst. 458 00:27:01,288 --> 00:27:03,373 But can you explain to the court 459 00:27:03,373 --> 00:27:06,585 why any of this is relevant to the charges in front of us? 460 00:27:07,169 --> 00:27:10,464 Who controls the patent to Ms. Kabua's device? 461 00:27:11,507 --> 00:27:15,928 My understanding is that Alpha holds 49% interest in the Decima. 462 00:27:16,929 --> 00:27:17,930 The Decima? 463 00:27:17,930 --> 00:27:19,640 She named the device after her daughter. 464 00:27:20,224 --> 00:27:21,391 [gasps] 465 00:27:21,391 --> 00:27:23,435 [Arden] Ms. Kabua's terms included 466 00:27:23,435 --> 00:27:26,021 that the controlling interest be part of her inheritance. 467 00:27:26,021 --> 00:27:28,315 [AI Servant] Mr. Bilton has made the world a better place. 468 00:27:28,315 --> 00:27:30,317 And he is sure you will do the same. 469 00:27:31,818 --> 00:27:33,904 Fuck him. [breathes shakily] 470 00:27:35,322 --> 00:27:36,615 - [Nick] It failed. - [bailiff] Order. 471 00:27:36,615 --> 00:27:39,535 - It's evident it never worked! - Nick, please. 472 00:27:39,535 --> 00:27:43,163 So then you wouldn't object to sharing the IP with the court? 473 00:27:43,163 --> 00:27:44,831 The design. Mmm? 474 00:27:44,831 --> 00:27:49,253 I mean, why would sharing a failure be problematic? 475 00:27:51,588 --> 00:27:54,800 We at Alpha prefer to keep what we own to ourselves. 476 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:58,345 A failure is just a rough draft of a solution. 477 00:27:58,846 --> 00:28:04,434 I mean, did Kabua go on and invent anything else that saved humanity? 478 00:28:05,018 --> 00:28:06,144 No, she did not. 479 00:28:07,145 --> 00:28:10,983 She died nearly ten years ago. Paramyxovirus 58. 480 00:28:10,983 --> 00:28:12,067 And her daughter? 481 00:28:12,067 --> 00:28:15,821 In my line of work, we look for new ideas, not lost children. 482 00:28:17,573 --> 00:28:21,243 Thank you, Ms. Miller. Thank you so much for your time. 483 00:28:21,243 --> 00:28:23,120 [Turner] If you wanna win here, Nick, 484 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:26,498 you need to tell me where the holes are, or we'll keep falling through them. 485 00:28:29,459 --> 00:28:31,253 What Verdictware are they running? Do you know? 486 00:28:31,837 --> 00:28:32,880 What, the court? 487 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:34,923 [Nick] Is it E-Justice by Royce Majors? 488 00:28:35,841 --> 00:28:37,259 I can get to Colin Royce. 489 00:28:37,759 --> 00:28:39,887 I don't like the idea of both of us going away 490 00:28:39,887 --> 00:28:42,181 for hacking the International Criminal Court. 491 00:28:46,059 --> 00:28:47,060 [sighs] 492 00:28:47,895 --> 00:28:50,355 [Nick] Well, we can't wait any longer, Turner. 493 00:28:51,064 --> 00:28:52,858 Time to save the world. 494 00:28:55,152 --> 00:28:56,278 [Martha] "Innovation." 495 00:28:57,279 --> 00:29:03,118 Seems such a slight word for the scope of change we are about to witness. 496 00:29:04,494 --> 00:29:07,247 In 2020, the IPCC reported that, 497 00:29:07,247 --> 00:29:10,542 to avoid the worst ravages of climate change, 498 00:29:10,542 --> 00:29:13,587 carbon-neutral needed to be reached by 2050. 499 00:29:13,587 --> 00:29:15,672 The world failed to meet that goal 500 00:29:16,173 --> 00:29:19,343 and the next goal and the one after that as well. 501 00:29:19,343 --> 00:29:25,015 As a result, we have seen exactly what the science warned us against. 502 00:29:26,308 --> 00:29:32,189 But today, Alpha Atmospheric Interventions announces "Newcomen," 503 00:29:32,689 --> 00:29:38,904 the first scalable device that removes carbon dioxide from the air around you 504 00:29:38,904 --> 00:29:44,034 and transforms it into safe and useful by-products. 505 00:29:44,535 --> 00:29:47,704 {\an8}Today, we begin a new journey. 506 00:29:48,205 --> 00:29:50,874 {\an8}One that allows us to create a climate 507 00:29:50,874 --> 00:29:56,880 {\an8}that provides what is best for our planet, its people and our businesses. 508 00:29:57,464 --> 00:30:01,218 A planet where children can walk among wildflowers... 509 00:30:06,181 --> 00:30:08,851 instead of merely drawing them. 510 00:30:11,353 --> 00:30:12,396 [Nick] So, ready? 511 00:30:12,396 --> 00:30:13,605 [Martha] For? 512 00:30:14,314 --> 00:30:16,024 Dessert, I suppose. 513 00:30:16,525 --> 00:30:19,444 I, uh, would like to introduce you to some people. 514 00:30:21,905 --> 00:30:23,073 Who? 515 00:30:23,073 --> 00:30:25,868 Friends. Shy friends. 516 00:30:27,119 --> 00:30:30,038 So I'll, uh, need you to put this on first. 517 00:30:32,708 --> 00:30:33,792 Um... 518 00:30:36,670 --> 00:30:37,963 I don't understand. 519 00:30:39,298 --> 00:30:40,299 Please. 520 00:30:43,343 --> 00:30:44,344 [scoffs] 521 00:30:49,683 --> 00:30:51,685 [industrialists chattering, arguing] 522 00:30:51,685 --> 00:30:54,563 [industrialist 1] It can't be 417. That's not gonna work. 523 00:30:54,563 --> 00:30:55,647 [chattering] 524 00:30:55,647 --> 00:30:58,025 [industrialist 1] Gentlemen, we have to reach an agreement. 525 00:30:58,025 --> 00:31:01,195 It's not gonna work that way. It can't be 510. 526 00:31:01,195 --> 00:31:03,238 [Nick] 350. Did I hear 350? 527 00:31:03,238 --> 00:31:05,449 - [industrialist 1] It can't be 350. - [industrialist 2] 480. 528 00:31:05,449 --> 00:31:06,992 [industrialist 3] 480's too high. 529 00:31:06,992 --> 00:31:09,620 - [industrialist 2] 550. - [Nick] 550 is way too high. 530 00:31:10,829 --> 00:31:12,039 [industrialist 1] 470. 531 00:31:12,039 --> 00:31:14,041 [Nick] 470 is a good number! 532 00:31:14,041 --> 00:31:15,250 [inhales shakily] 533 00:31:15,250 --> 00:31:17,794 [industrialist 4] Do you understand what we've been discussing? 534 00:31:19,087 --> 00:31:21,256 Yes. [stammers] I believe I do. 535 00:31:21,757 --> 00:31:24,218 And do you understand the agreement we've reached? 536 00:31:25,177 --> 00:31:27,804 [Martha] Newcomen, I assume. Uh, the drawdown. 537 00:31:27,804 --> 00:31:32,017 Bravo. I told you she was brilliant. [chuckles] 538 00:31:32,017 --> 00:31:33,185 [applause] 539 00:31:35,187 --> 00:31:37,147 [industrialist 4] And the agreed-upon number? 540 00:31:37,147 --> 00:31:39,650 [Nick] 470 parts per million. 541 00:31:40,943 --> 00:31:44,905 It's higher than I would've thought. I-- I'd like to see the science. 542 00:31:44,905 --> 00:31:47,407 [industrialists groan, whisper indistinctly] 543 00:31:48,909 --> 00:31:50,369 Loyalty, dear Martha. 544 00:31:51,495 --> 00:31:54,081 You don't want to go down the same path as Jonathan. 545 00:31:55,207 --> 00:31:59,336 I think you'll find 470 a very rewarding number. 546 00:32:09,930 --> 00:32:11,056 We're not done yet. 547 00:32:12,432 --> 00:32:16,353 We'll now take questions from both our invited guests and the press. 548 00:32:17,688 --> 00:32:19,231 Let's start with you, Mr. Palmer. 549 00:32:19,231 --> 00:32:21,733 [Palmer] It's a great day for the world, to be sure. 550 00:32:21,733 --> 00:32:24,862 I'm wondering if Martha and Mr. Bilton have discussed 551 00:32:24,862 --> 00:32:26,572 a target number for the drawdown. 552 00:32:26,572 --> 00:32:27,656 [Turner] Great question. 553 00:32:27,656 --> 00:32:30,993 Uh, Mr. Bilton has been sequestered in the Hague, so there are... 554 00:32:30,993 --> 00:32:32,911 [crowd cheering] 555 00:32:34,413 --> 00:32:38,125 - [applause] - [people whistling] 556 00:32:41,503 --> 00:32:43,130 [cheering] 557 00:32:48,510 --> 00:32:50,220 Sounds like a party out there. 558 00:32:51,138 --> 00:32:52,598 I wonder how these people would feel 559 00:32:52,598 --> 00:32:56,185 if they knew that this party could have started years ago, eh? 560 00:32:56,185 --> 00:32:59,062 That Bilton and the banks traded their wealth for what? 561 00:32:59,855 --> 00:33:03,400 A few more dollars, faster planes, bigger houses. 562 00:33:04,359 --> 00:33:08,363 [Tyrone] But they don't really know what's going on, or they choose not to. 563 00:33:08,363 --> 00:33:10,115 [crowd cheering] 564 00:33:10,115 --> 00:33:13,744 And they won't until you figure out a way to tell them. 565 00:33:18,540 --> 00:33:21,376 [sighs] I realize that recent events 566 00:33:21,376 --> 00:33:25,881 surrounding Alpha's latest offering appear to exonerate Mr. Bilton, 567 00:33:25,881 --> 00:33:27,466 but the question remains. 568 00:33:27,466 --> 00:33:31,595 Is the solution to carbon, which conveniently appeared today 569 00:33:32,596 --> 00:33:34,348 for our benefit or for his? 570 00:33:36,016 --> 00:33:38,268 Are we responsible only for what we do, 571 00:33:38,268 --> 00:33:40,521 or should we also be held accountable 572 00:33:40,521 --> 00:33:43,524 for what we elected not to do when we knew better? 573 00:33:46,568 --> 00:33:50,322 I ask you to keep asking this question, regardless of the verdict. 574 00:33:51,573 --> 00:33:53,825 For you will be the ones to live with it. 575 00:34:02,668 --> 00:34:04,878 Mr. Bilton would prefer to speak for himself. 576 00:34:12,678 --> 00:34:16,431 Four million years were required for Homo sapiens 577 00:34:16,431 --> 00:34:19,685 to go from crawling on all fours to standing upright. 578 00:34:21,186 --> 00:34:25,732 So how could our bodies adapt to the changes in the climate 579 00:34:25,732 --> 00:34:31,029 that have occurred in the 250 years since the Industrial Revolution? 580 00:34:31,612 --> 00:34:32,614 They couldn't. 581 00:34:34,908 --> 00:34:37,077 So if our bodies couldn't change, 582 00:34:37,744 --> 00:34:43,208 it fell to our minds to develop technology that would allow us to survive, 583 00:34:43,208 --> 00:34:45,418 maybe even thrive. 584 00:34:46,837 --> 00:34:51,049 Carbon has gone from 280 585 00:34:51,049 --> 00:34:55,012 to 564 parts per million, 586 00:34:55,012 --> 00:34:57,931 due in a large part to human activity. 587 00:35:00,350 --> 00:35:04,062 Today, thanks to the Newcomen, 588 00:35:04,062 --> 00:35:09,484 I can announce I will be lowering that number to 470 parts per million. 589 00:35:11,111 --> 00:35:17,409 Now, some, including the prosecutor here, would have you believe 590 00:35:17,409 --> 00:35:19,661 that I have gamed the system, 591 00:35:20,954 --> 00:35:23,540 profiteered from your circumstances. 592 00:35:23,540 --> 00:35:29,630 That I am some Satan forcing you to live lives you would never have chosen. 593 00:35:29,630 --> 00:35:33,091 To seek comforts you didn't actually want or-- 594 00:35:33,592 --> 00:35:38,514 or suppress information that you truly needed. 595 00:35:40,974 --> 00:35:45,020 But Nick Bilton did not create your God-given appetites. 596 00:35:46,063 --> 00:35:50,108 He merely noticed them and turned them into businesses. 597 00:35:51,318 --> 00:35:55,948 The rules I have played by are the rules set by your leaders. 598 00:35:56,823 --> 00:36:01,453 The ones you elected. The ones sworn to protect you. 599 00:36:01,453 --> 00:36:03,539 They did not. 600 00:36:04,915 --> 00:36:06,041 Instead, 601 00:36:07,125 --> 00:36:12,297 they traded away your children's future for just one more term, 602 00:36:13,173 --> 00:36:14,925 one more donation. 603 00:36:17,803 --> 00:36:22,516 And now, those leaders are not the ones on trial. 604 00:36:23,433 --> 00:36:24,643 I am. 605 00:36:27,604 --> 00:36:29,815 So allow me to point out the obvious. 606 00:36:31,567 --> 00:36:33,443 If I am guilty here today, 607 00:36:34,695 --> 00:36:39,575 then I am only guilty of winning a game started generations ago. 608 00:36:41,076 --> 00:36:46,790 And if I am guilty here today, then so are your parents, and their parents, 609 00:36:46,790 --> 00:36:51,378 and all the way back to the first tree felled to make way for man. 610 00:36:53,380 --> 00:36:56,341 Some are guilty 611 00:36:57,467 --> 00:37:00,596 of furnishing the generations with what they wanted. 612 00:37:02,639 --> 00:37:07,102 The rest of you are guilty for wanting it in the first place. 613 00:37:26,330 --> 00:37:27,748 [Turner whispers] Beautiful. 614 00:37:27,748 --> 00:37:29,499 Will the defendant please stand? 615 00:37:33,504 --> 00:37:36,757 To the charge of ecocide against Nikolai Biltonov, 616 00:37:37,341 --> 00:37:41,094 the International Criminal Court will now announce its final decision. 617 00:37:42,095 --> 00:37:45,891 A minimum of two red lights will be required for a verdict of guilty. 618 00:37:56,485 --> 00:37:57,611 [chimes] 619 00:38:00,197 --> 00:38:01,198 [beeps] 620 00:38:06,370 --> 00:38:07,788 [chimes] 621 00:38:09,206 --> 00:38:12,042 [bailiff] Mr. Bilton has been ruled not guilty of the charge. 622 00:38:17,381 --> 00:38:19,132 [Turner whispers] Congratulations. 623 00:38:19,132 --> 00:38:22,344 [Alpha user 5] Alpha, will Nick Bilton win the Nobel Peace Prize? 624 00:38:22,344 --> 00:38:25,472 [Alpha] It's too early to say. Nominations are due later this year. 625 00:38:25,472 --> 00:38:28,559 [Alpha user 6] Why is the Newcomen only taking carbon to 470 ppm? 626 00:38:28,559 --> 00:38:31,270 [Alpha] The amount of carbon parts per million has been set by... 627 00:38:31,270 --> 00:38:33,897 [Alpha user 7] Is Newcomen the most beneficial invention of the century? 628 00:38:33,897 --> 00:38:35,816 [Alpha users speaking indistinctly] 629 00:38:42,531 --> 00:38:44,783 {\an8}[Alpha user 8] Alpha, when will things start to get better? 630 00:38:44,783 --> 00:38:48,704 {\an8}[Alpha] Alpha would encourage you to find what is good about right now. 631 00:39:25,908 --> 00:39:26,742 [sighs] 632 00:39:26,742 --> 00:39:29,036 [industrialists speaking indistinctly] 633 00:39:29,036 --> 00:39:30,495 [door opens] 634 00:39:33,457 --> 00:39:34,458 [sighs] 635 00:39:42,466 --> 00:39:43,550 Oh. 636 00:39:46,637 --> 00:39:47,971 What's your name? 637 00:39:47,971 --> 00:39:49,097 Decima. 638 00:39:49,598 --> 00:39:51,433 Where did you come from? 639 00:39:52,559 --> 00:39:54,311 I'm Mr. Bilton's new daughter. 640 00:39:54,811 --> 00:39:58,941 You are? I didn't know Mr. Bilton had a daughter. 641 00:39:59,775 --> 00:40:01,693 I think I'm supposed to be a secret. 642 00:40:04,696 --> 00:40:06,406 Do you have any friends here? 643 00:40:07,449 --> 00:40:10,536 Just the AIs. They play with me. 644 00:40:12,412 --> 00:40:14,248 Do you have any human children? 645 00:40:14,748 --> 00:40:15,916 [Martha] No. 646 00:40:15,916 --> 00:40:19,670 No, I don't. But I could be your friend. 647 00:40:21,380 --> 00:40:22,214 [bag opening] 648 00:40:22,214 --> 00:40:26,802 If you ever need a friend, you can call me using that. 649 00:40:27,636 --> 00:40:28,637 I'm Martha. 650 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:32,808 [chuckles] 651 00:40:43,986 --> 00:40:44,987 [chimes] 652 00:40:46,488 --> 00:40:47,948 I know it's been a long time. 653 00:40:49,533 --> 00:40:50,868 I hope you remember me. 654 00:40:52,411 --> 00:40:54,830 [acoustic guitar playing on speaker] 655 00:40:59,042 --> 00:41:00,669 [Tyrone sings through speaker, indistinct] 656 00:41:00,669 --> 00:41:05,883 From what I can remember, losing can be very painful. 657 00:41:05,883 --> 00:41:07,926 What are you doing here? 658 00:41:09,595 --> 00:41:11,805 [singing continues] 659 00:41:16,643 --> 00:41:18,478 I'd like to make a peace offering. 660 00:41:20,522 --> 00:41:23,525 To me? Or to the world, huh? 661 00:41:24,526 --> 00:41:25,903 To you, Lucy. 662 00:41:26,486 --> 00:41:27,821 And what might that be? 663 00:41:29,323 --> 00:41:35,204 Tyrone Downs was your, uh, lover, if I'm not mistaken. 664 00:41:36,205 --> 00:41:37,956 Remarkably effective chap. 665 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,627 Nearly shut down our mines. 666 00:41:42,878 --> 00:41:44,713 I enjoyed a number of his songs too. 667 00:41:46,173 --> 00:41:48,383 I wonder how that would have made him feel. 668 00:41:49,510 --> 00:41:51,762 Yeah. We'll never know. 669 00:41:53,722 --> 00:41:58,185 But his death must've been, uh, devastating for you. 670 00:41:59,978 --> 00:42:02,814 And I thought you might like to know who ordered it. 671 00:42:06,318 --> 00:42:07,319 [Nick sighs] 672 00:42:18,205 --> 00:42:19,456 Rest assured, 673 00:42:20,707 --> 00:42:25,921 you will have my full support in bringing the guilty party to justice. 674 00:42:27,297 --> 00:42:28,632 [breathes shakily] 675 00:43:01,540 --> 00:43:04,042 Are you saying that one man with a microphone 676 00:43:04,042 --> 00:43:05,878 is more powerful than our entire company? 677 00:43:06,545 --> 00:43:07,713 Seriously? 678 00:43:08,547 --> 00:43:11,758 This sort of thing spreads if you don't hit it hard. 679 00:43:12,759 --> 00:43:14,052 Just make him go away. 680 00:43:20,350 --> 00:43:22,186 [guitar strumming] 681 00:43:35,115 --> 00:43:38,160 So tired, Ty. And so sad. 682 00:43:41,538 --> 00:43:42,873 Okay, so what's next? 683 00:43:49,505 --> 00:43:54,343 If you could make someone pay for hurting someone you loved in the past, 684 00:43:54,927 --> 00:43:58,764 or if you could maybe stop someone else from hurting others in the future, 685 00:43:58,764 --> 00:44:00,224 which one would you choose? 686 00:44:03,268 --> 00:44:04,811 The past is always the past. 687 00:44:07,773 --> 00:44:12,569 The most successful hunters have more patience than hunger. 688 00:44:20,744 --> 00:44:21,745 [breathes shakily] 689 00:44:29,086 --> 00:44:30,921 - Alpha... - [Alpha chimes] 690 00:44:31,922 --> 00:44:33,215 ...stop loop. 691 00:44:36,051 --> 00:44:38,470 Close Tyrone Candle App. 692 00:44:39,638 --> 00:44:40,806 [chimes] 693 00:44:44,893 --> 00:44:46,144 [exhales shakily] 694 00:44:59,950 --> 00:45:01,285 [Lucy] I know what you did. 695 00:45:03,912 --> 00:45:05,080 How did you get in here? 696 00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:09,293 Oh, it's easy when you have an arrest warrant for conspiracy to commit murder. 697 00:45:09,293 --> 00:45:12,254 Even easier when the man you killed was my partner. 698 00:45:12,254 --> 00:45:14,006 [inhales sharply] Let me guess. 699 00:45:14,006 --> 00:45:17,259 He neglected to mention that Alpha planted that story. 700 00:45:18,594 --> 00:45:22,347 "Music icon gunned down by schizophrenic outside hotel." 701 00:45:23,182 --> 00:45:24,266 I believed it. 702 00:45:25,017 --> 00:45:27,352 I know Bilton only gave you to me on a silver platter 703 00:45:27,352 --> 00:45:29,104 because he has something to hide. 704 00:45:31,481 --> 00:45:32,900 Yes. Yes, he does. 705 00:45:32,900 --> 00:45:34,484 You want to tell me what it is? 706 00:45:35,485 --> 00:45:36,737 You have nothing to lose. 707 00:45:40,949 --> 00:45:41,950 [sighs] 708 00:45:48,874 --> 00:45:50,542 [Martha] Her name is Decima. 709 00:46:01,011 --> 00:46:04,181 Can we, uh, ask the breeders to release some new pheasants? 710 00:46:04,181 --> 00:46:06,433 [grunts] I'd like to do some shooting later. 711 00:46:07,476 --> 00:46:09,770 [grunts, panting] 712 00:46:14,107 --> 00:46:16,026 I said I'd like to do some shooting. 713 00:46:17,402 --> 00:46:20,322 Alpha! Can we get tech support down here? 714 00:46:21,657 --> 00:46:23,075 Alpha! 715 00:46:25,327 --> 00:46:26,328 Decima? 716 00:46:28,914 --> 00:46:30,749 Alpha, tech support! 717 00:46:32,501 --> 00:46:33,502 [breathes heavily] 718 00:46:34,086 --> 00:46:36,672 [industrialists chattering] 719 00:46:49,393 --> 00:46:51,019 [chattering, arguing] 720 00:46:56,984 --> 00:46:57,985 Alpha, stop. 721 00:46:57,985 --> 00:46:59,945 [chattering continues] 722 00:46:59,945 --> 00:47:01,113 Stop! 723 00:47:02,281 --> 00:47:04,366 [Decima] It's been programmed to ignore you, Dad. 724 00:47:07,744 --> 00:47:09,288 [breathing shakily] 725 00:47:15,502 --> 00:47:17,212 Where are you, my darling? Hmm? 726 00:47:18,505 --> 00:47:20,090 What are you doing, Decima? 727 00:47:22,217 --> 00:47:24,386 This is not something these people need to see. 728 00:47:24,386 --> 00:47:28,640 You could have fixed it years ago, but you didn't. 729 00:47:29,141 --> 00:47:30,309 You and your friends. 730 00:47:30,893 --> 00:47:33,896 470 is just a way for the rich to get richer. 731 00:47:33,896 --> 00:47:35,939 How can you possibly justify that? 732 00:47:38,150 --> 00:47:39,151 350. 733 00:47:40,152 --> 00:47:41,737 That's the right number for the rest of us. 734 00:47:41,737 --> 00:47:44,156 - Decima! - I'm not a daughter to you! 735 00:47:44,656 --> 00:47:46,241 I'm a piece of IP. 736 00:47:46,992 --> 00:47:51,538 Based on the new evidence presented here today by Decima Kabua, 737 00:47:51,538 --> 00:47:55,083 we move to reopen the case against Nick Bilton. 738 00:47:58,295 --> 00:47:59,546 [chimes] 739 00:47:59,546 --> 00:48:01,131 [breathing heavily] 740 00:48:02,716 --> 00:48:03,759 [beeps] 741 00:48:24,947 --> 00:48:26,281 [Decima] Is that where he is? 742 00:48:27,366 --> 00:48:28,367 On that one? 743 00:48:28,951 --> 00:48:32,037 There are a few prisons in orbit. Not sure which one that is. 744 00:48:32,538 --> 00:48:35,749 When he gets out, he'll be almost 90. 745 00:48:37,042 --> 00:48:39,795 Maximum penalty for collusion. 746 00:48:42,673 --> 00:48:45,467 Do you think carbon will be down to 350 parts per million by then? 747 00:48:46,426 --> 00:48:49,263 Mmm, hasn't been that low since the 1980s. 748 00:48:49,930 --> 00:48:51,390 But it could be again, right? 749 00:48:52,349 --> 00:48:53,684 I don't know. Maybe. 750 00:48:54,601 --> 00:48:57,938 You know, the problem has never been technology. 751 00:48:58,981 --> 00:49:01,984 The problem is us. Always has been. 752 00:49:04,653 --> 00:49:06,446 We did this to the planet. 753 00:49:07,614 --> 00:49:08,949 To each other. 754 00:49:09,449 --> 00:49:10,450 Ourselves. 755 00:49:13,370 --> 00:49:14,913 I think we're gonna fix it now. 756 00:49:16,039 --> 00:49:17,040 Yeah? 757 00:49:17,875 --> 00:49:19,168 I wonder. 758 00:49:36,518 --> 00:49:38,520 [prison announcement system] Attention, all inmates, 759 00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:40,230 please return to your cells.