The notion of a lost civilization was not a new idea. From Plato comes the story of Atlantis,

a great advanced civilization.

And the suggestion is that it's this hubris, this conceit of Atlantis,

that it becomes so sure of itself that somehow the universe struck it down.

If for example we were to face another comet impact as we did 12,800 years ago. I don't believe that our civilization

would survive such a cataclysm. Those who would survive would be hunter

gatherers. People like the Kalahari Bushmen.

The gatherers are in the business of survival,

and they would get through it.

And 10,000 years from now,

their descendants might tell a story about how there had been a time

when there was a great civilization on this earth. So advanced, its powers were almost miraculous.

Do you know, they could send people to the moon.

They could fly around the world.

They could speak to each other on other sides of the planet.

But something went wrong.

They became cruel.

They became arrogant. They began to impose their will on others.

They ceased to wear their prosperity with moderation, and the universe struck them down.

I think there's a message in the Atlanta. and the universe struck them down.

I think there's a message in the Atlantis story for our civilization.

We should stop being so fucking arrogant and crowd in our achievements.

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