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Gene recognized-and he said as much-

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that there is some basic human need

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in that there is a tomorrow

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But, there's something in our instinct...

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that needs to explore,

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needs to believe that
we are going somewhere,

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that we're doing something,

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that there's a cause higher than us

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that extends to our children,

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our children's children,

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and to the future generations.

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And living in a time where
everything is so fast.

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Conflict is so easy.

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Things like climate
change are being ignored.

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I think we could use a lot
more of that kind of outlook.

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I just really feel that he
set such an amazing precedent

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for fighting for what is right

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and really creating representation

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on screen that we haven't seen before.

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So, I think it just keeps
getting better and bigger

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in that way that, as someone who

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had to project myself on characters,

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now I'm just getting to
see myself on screen,

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which is very exciting.

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I think Gene Roddenberry's
future is a future of hope.

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I think it is a future of diversity.

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I think it is a future of
inclusion and collaboration.

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And I think those are real antidotes

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to the problems that plague us,

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plagued us when Star Trek first started

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and plague us today.

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People just need hope

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as we're confronted with a
lot of tragedy day-to-day,

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we need hope and we need
people who have that vision

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and want to share it and want
to welcome you into it, too.

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Like we're all in this together.

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I mean, obviously,
we've heard that so much

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in the last couple of years,

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but as we're confronted with these times,

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we need a home like that

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and that's what Star Trek has become.

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And what Gene Roddenberry's vision was,

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is just this home for people, this solace.

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I think it's been relevant for a long time

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because it's one in
which we all get along,

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and we are working together to discover

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why we're here and what's going on here.

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I wasn't around in the '60s,

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but I know they were
incredibly trying times

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and that's a very large understatement.

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We are going through some of that now.

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And I think we have for
the last few decades.

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It's important that we start to learn

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how to listen to each other

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and not fear someone
who has a different idea

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or because they look different.

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Star Trek was all about that.

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It was the IDIC philosophy.

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I-D-I-C stands for infinite diversity

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from infinite combinations
and it's the true,

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genuine appreciation of all things

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that are unique and different.

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Because in that future,

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we had learned that we are going

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to only intellectually evolve

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by having new shared experiences

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and hearing new ideas.

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So, they weren't out
looking for strange aliens.

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They were out looking for aliens

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that were looking at the
universe in a different way

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because we knew we could evolve and grow

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from those new pieces of information.

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Even though as a society,

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we are slowly getting better all the time,

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there's always conflict because of

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just the way that people are.

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We get emotional, you
know, as much as we could

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in a perfect world, just
like all figure it out.

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We have really deep emotions

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and people have conflicts all the time

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and those conflicts shift and change.

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So, even though we are getting
a little bit more progressive

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as we go on, there's always
gonna be that butting heads,

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that, at the core,

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what he said and what he
wanted for the future,

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we still have to strive
for, we're not there yet.

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We just are slowly
going in that direction.

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His vision of the future was something

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that we would look forward
to that was positive

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because we're in the present,

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we can only imagine what
the future might be like.

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And he imagined a future where

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you didn't judge people
on the way they looked,

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you didn't judge them on
how much money they had,

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or power they had.

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And everybody was based on their character

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and they operated such.

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And made very, very difficult decisions

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and choices when they had to

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and dealing with very
serious issues in many cases.

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So, that is why this
thing has the enthusiasm

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and the backing it had with
the fans for such a long time

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and why we're still doing this franchise.

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I'll just say, he's aspirational.

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You know, especially in a
time like this, I need it.

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My kids need it.

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And I'm really proud to,

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never been more proud of
anything I've worked on.

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That this is a show that
I really hope will aspire

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and inspire children and adults alike.

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I think the optimism
and the positive aspect

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of better version of ourselves
and this road to mastery

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that we've seen so many
different iteration of that.

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And I think our show has
a lot of these ambitions,

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and it's such a great message

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for kids and all ages, right?

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We were talking to this earlier

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about what that must've been like for him,

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just to come up with a
simple idea of a show

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of looking up at the stars

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and the longevity that that idea has had.

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It's a beautiful idea and
it should live on forever.

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Gene Roddenberry foresaw
a future where we overcome

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that fallibility in the human animal,

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that we will be able
to recognize each other

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for our differences and our variety

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and benefit from it, see
that as our strength.

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We have this phrase,

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infinite diversity in
infinite combinations,

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working together in concert
and finding our strength

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and the various perspectives
that people bring,

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various histories that people bring,

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various experiential
background that they bring,

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and working together in concert,

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we can overcome any
challenge and boldly go

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where no one has gone before.