SPACE AND PRIVACY. JAKE WARD HAS THE HIGHLIGHTS.

JAKE WARD HAS THE HIGHLIGHTS. >> FOR ME, MAYBE 2019 WAS

>> FOR ME, MAYBE 2019 WAS SUMMARIZED BY NO EVENT BETTER

SUMMARIZED BY NO EVENT BETTER THAN THE BACK HOLE THAT THE

THAN THE BACK HOLE THAT THE EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE SYSTEM

EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE SYSTEM MANAGED TO ACTUALLY TAKE A

MANAGED TO ACTUALLY TAKE A PICTURE OF.

PICTURE OF. NOW, THIS IS SUCH A MIND-BLOWING

NOW, THIS IS SUCH A MIND-BLOWING THING TO SOMEBODY LIKE ME

THING TO SOMEBODY LIKE ME BECAUSE EINSTEIN, WHO BASICALLY

BECAUSE EINSTEIN, WHO BASICALLY PREDICTED THE KPIS TOENSEXISTENC

PREDICTED THE KPIS TOENSEXISTENC HOLES, SAID AT THE SAME TIME HE

HOLES, SAID AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE

WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE NOTION OF THEM.

NOTION OF THEM. IFOUT

IFOUT IF YOU'D SHOWN HIM A PHOTOGRAPH

IF YOU'D SHOWN HIM A PHOTOGRAPH OF THIS, HE WOULD HAVE FALLEN

OF THIS, HE WOULD HAVE FALLEN OVER.

OVER. THIS NETWORK OF TELESCOPES

THIS NETWORK OF TELESCOPES BASICALLY MANAGES TO TAKE A

BASICALLY MANAGES TO TAKE A PICTURE OF SOMETHING IN THE

PICTURE OF SOMETHING IN THE CENTER OF THE GALAXY, M-87,

CENTER OF THE GALAXY, M-87, WHICH IS 55 MILLION LIGHT YEARS

WHICH IS 55 MILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY.

AWAY. AND THE BLACK IN THE CENTER IS

AND THE BLACK IN THE CENTER IS THE BLACK HOLE, SOMETHING SO

THE BLACK HOLE, SOMETHING SO POWERFUL NOT EVEN LIGHT CAN

POWERFUL NOT EVEN LIGHT CAN ESCAPE FROM IT.

ESCAPE FROM IT. THE RING OF IT THERE IS

THE RING OF IT THERE IS BASICALLY EJECTING THIS JET OF

BASICALLY EJECTING THIS JET OF PARTICLES, ABOUT 1,000 LIGHT

PARTICLES, ABOUT 1,000 LIGHT YEARS OUT INTO SPACE.

YEARS OUT INTO SPACE. WE GOT A PICTURE OF ALL OF THAT.

WE GOT A PICTURE OF ALL OF THAT. THEN, OF COURSE, IN TRUE 2019

THEN, OF COURSE, IN TRUE 2019 FASHION BY THE NEXT DAY, WE HAD

FASHION BY THE NEXT DAY, WE HAD RUINED THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE A

RUINED THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE

PICTURE OF ONE OF THE RESEARCHERS WHO HELPED TO MAKE

RESEARCHERS WHO HELPED TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE, WOMAN NAMED KATIE

IT POSSIBLE, WOMAN NAMED KATIE BOWMAN, WHO BASICALLY CREATED

BOWMAN, WHO BASICALLY CREATED PART OF THE ALGORITHM THAT DID

PART OF THE ALGORITHM THAT DID THE IMAGING, A PICTURE OF HER

THE IMAGING, A PICTURE OF HER GOT OUT AND WENT VIRAL OF HER,

GOT OUT AND WENT VIRAL OF HER, YOU KNOW, BEING AS EXCITED AS

YOU KNOW, BEING AS EXCITED AS ANY RESEARCHER WOULD BE THAT HER

ANY RESEARCHER WOULD BE THAT HER WORK HAD, YOU KNOW, WORKED.

WORK HAD, YOU KNOW, WORKED. AND SUDDENLY, INTERNET TROLLS

AND SUDDENLY, INTERNET TROLLS COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK SAY,

COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK SAY, THEY CAN'T BE HER, SHE'S A GIRL,

THEY CAN'T BE HER, SHE'S A GIRL, SHE'S GETTING UNDUE CREDIT.

SHE'S GETTING UNDUE CREDIT. I MEAN, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE

I MEAN, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE STUFF.

STUFF. AND SO THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE

AND SO THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT OF HUMAN

THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT OF HUMAN CHOREOGRAPHY AND INNOVATION AND

CHOREOGRAPHY AND INNOVATION AND THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT OF HUMAN

THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT OF HUMAN BIAS SMASHED TOGETHER, FOR ME,

BIAS SMASHED TOGETHER, FOR ME, THAT IS 2019 IN A NUTSHELL.

THAT IS 2019 IN A NUTSHELL. NOW, OF COURSE, HERE ON EARTH

NOW, OF COURSE, HERE ON EARTH THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON.

THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON. THERE WAS A STEADY, DISMAL TIDE

THERE WAS A STEADY, DISMAL TIDE OF BAD NEWS AROUND CLIMATE.

OF BAD NEWS AROUND CLIMATE. I MEAN, THE UNITED NATIONS

I MEAN, THE UNITED NATIONS BASICALLY SAID THAT THEY FOUND

BASICALLY SAID THAT THEY FOUND THAT ONE IN EIGHT PLANT AND

THAT ONE IN EIGHT PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES WERE FACING

ANIMAL SPECIES WERE FACING ACCELERATED EXTINCTION.

ACCELERATED EXTINCTION. WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 8 MILLION

WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 8 MILLION SPECIES ON EARTH.

SPECIES ON EARTH. 1 MILLION OF THEM SEEM TO HAVE

1 MILLION OF THEM SEEM TO HAVE SOME SORT OF ACCELERATED

SOME SORT OF ACCELERATED EXTINCTION COMING.

EXTINCTION COMING. BAD, BAD NEWS THERE.

BAD, BAD NEWS THERE. A BIG STUDY OUT OF CORNELL, 2.9

A BIG STUDY OUT OF CORNELL, 2.9 BILLION WORDS IN THE UNITED

BILLION WORDS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA HAD GONE DEAD

STATES AND CANADA HAD GONE DEAD SINCE 1970.

SINCE 1970. OUT OF THAT, OF COURSE, WE ALSO

OUT OF THAT, OF COURSE, WE ALSO GOT UNLIKELY HEROES.

GOT UNLIKELY HEROES. GRETA THUNEBURG WHO BASICALLY E

GRETA THUNEBURG WHO BASICALLY E ESHOOED, SHE WOULDN'T GET ON AN

ESHOOED, SHE WOULDN'T GET ON AN AIRPLANE.

AIRPLANE. TOOK A BOAT.

TOOK A BOAT. INSPIRED US ALL AS A TEENAGER.

INSPIRED US ALL AS A TEENAGER. OUT IN SPACE, HUMANITY HAS

OUT IN SPACE, HUMANITY HAS INCREDIBLE SUCCESSES THIS YEAR.

INCREDIBLE SUCCESSES THIS YEAR. THE JAPANESE PUT A LANDER CALLED

THE JAPANESE PUT A LANDER CALLED HAYABUSA 2 OUT INTO SPACE TO GO

HAYABUSA 2 OUT INTO SPACE TO GO VISIT AN ASTEROID CALLED RYUGU

VISIT AN ASTEROID CALLED RYUGU AND MANAGED TO DO THIS

AND MANAGED TO DO THIS INCREDIBLE THING, BASICALLY GOT

INCREDIBLE THING, BASICALLY GOT UP CLOSE TO IT, SHOT A BULLET AT

UP CLOSE TO IT, SHOT A BULLET AT THE SURFACE OF THIS ASTEROID AND

THE SURFACE OF THIS ASTEROID AND THEN CAUGHT THE PIECES THAT WERE

THEN CAUGHT THE PIECES THAT WERE EJECTED OFF THE ASTEROID IN

EJECTED OFF THE ASTEROID IN RESPONSE.

RESPONSE. I MEAN, THIS INCREDIBLE FEAT OF

I MEAN, THIS INCREDIBLE FEAT OF COORDINATION.

COORDINATION. RIGHT?

RIGHT? AND THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, THOSE

AND THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, THOSE SAMPLES ARE GOING TO RETURN TO

SAMPLES ARE GOING TO RETURN TO EARTH SO WE CAN STUDY THEM HERE.

EARTH SO WE CAN STUDY THEM HERE. THE FIRST TIME ANYONE'S BEEN

THE FIRST TIME ANYONE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.

ABLE TO DO THAT. INDIA, ISRAEL, ALL THESE

INDIA, ISRAEL, ALL THESE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES BEGAN TO TRY

DIFFERENT COUNTRIES BEGAN TO TRY TO PUT THINGS ON THE MOON.

TO PUT THINGS ON THE MOON. INDIA, IN FACT, TRIED TO ATTEMPT

INDIA, IN FACT, TRIED TO ATTEMPT TO BE THE FOURTH COUNTRY TO GET

TO BE THE FOURTH COUNTRY TO GET SOMETHING ON THE MOON WITH A

SOMETHING ON THE MOON WITH A LANDER.

LANDER. OF COURSE, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT,

OF COURSE, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT, BUT FOR ME, JUST SEEING THAT,

BUT FOR ME, JUST SEEING THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNTRIES WHICH 50

YOU KNOW, COUNTRIES WHICH 50 YEARS AGO COULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED

YEARS AGO COULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED HAVING A SPACE PROGRAM ARE

HAVING A SPACE PROGRAM ARE SUDDENLY NOW LAUNCHING THEIR OWN

SUDDENLY NOW LAUNCHING THEIR OWN VEHICLES INTO SPACE, AMAZING.

VEHICLES INTO SPACE, AMAZING. AND SPEAKING OF AMAZING, SPACEX

AND SPEAKING OF AMAZING, SPACEX HAD THIS EXTRAORDINARY THING

HAD THIS EXTRAORDINARY THING THAT EVERYBODY I THINK CAN

THAT EVERYBODY I THINK CAN APPRECIATE, BUT, YOU KNOW, A FEW

APPRECIATE, BUT, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO THEY'VE BEEN TALKING

YEARS AGO THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR REUSING

ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR REUSING THE ROCKETS.

THE ROCKETS. BASICALLY, BRINGING THEM DOWN

BASICALLY, BRINGING THEM DOWN AND STANDING THEM UPRIGHT LIKE A

AND STANDING THEM UPRIGHT LIKE A BUILDING ONCE THEY HAD USED THEM

BUILDING ONCE THEY HAD USED THEM UP IN SPACE.

UP IN SPACE. USED TO BE WE'D THROW THEM AWAY,

USED TO BE WE'D THROW THEM AWAY, THEY'D LAND IN THE OCEAN, WE'D

THEY'D LAND IN THE OCEAN, WE'D START OVER AGAIN.

START OVER AGAIN. IN THIS CASE, THEY'D LITERALLY

IN THIS CASE, THEY'D LITERALLY BRING THEM DOWN LIKE THEY'RE

BRING THEM DOWN LIKE THEY'RE BALANCING A PENCIL ON YOUR

BALANCING A PENCIL ON YOUR FINGER, CAN NOW REGULARLY LAND

FINGER, CAN NOW REGULARLY LAND IT ON EITHER A TRAY IN THE OCEAN

IT ON EITHER A TRAY IN THE OCEAN OR SOMEWHERE ON EARTH AND MANAGE

OR SOMEWHERE ON EARTH AND MANAGE TO PUT THEM BACK INTO SPACE IN A

TO PUT THEM BACK INTO SPACE IN A FEW WEEKS' TIME.

FEW WEEKS' TIME. INCREDIBLE.

INCREDIBLE. IN PRIVACY NEWS, WE SAW ALL

IN PRIVACY NEWS, WE SAW ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE THERE.

KINDS OF TROUBLE THERE. I MEAN, COUPLE OF YEARS AGO YOU

I MEAN, COUPLE OF YEARS AGO YOU MIGHT HAVE JUST SORT OF, YOU

MIGHT HAVE JUST SORT OF, YOU KNOW, GIVEN YOUR GENETIC

KNOW, GIVEN YOUR GENETIC INFORMATION OVER TO A GENEALOGY

INFORMATION OVER TO A GENEALOGY SITE CALLED GEDMATCH OR ANY OF A

SITE CALLED GEDMATCH OR ANY OF A NUMBER OF THESE GENEALOGY SITES

NUMBER OF THESE GENEALOGY SITES TO FIND LOST RELATIVES AND SO

TO FIND LOST RELATIVES AND SO FORTH.

FORTH. WELL, THIS YEAR GEDMATCH GOT

WELL, THIS YEAR GEDMATCH GOT PURCHASED BY A COMPANY CALLED

PURCHASED BY A COMPANY CALLED VEROGEN, A GENETIC FORENSICS

VEROGEN, A GENETIC FORENSICS FIRM SPECIFICALLY MAKING THAT

FIRM SPECIFICALLY MAKING THAT DATABASE A FAVORED TOOL OF LAW

DATABASE A FAVORED TOOL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

ENFORCEMENT. IN FACT, THAT'S HOW JOSEPH JAMES

IN FACT, THAT'S HOW JOSEPH JAMES DeANGELO, THE GOLDEN STATE

DeANGELO, THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER, WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH

KILLER, WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THESE KINDS OF SYSTEMS AND

THESE KINDS OF SYSTEMS AND REMINDS ME THAT THE PRIVACY

REMINDS ME THAT THE PRIVACY POLICIES WE ARE FINEDING TODAY

POLICIES WE ARE FINEDING TODAY CANNOT POSSIBLY ANTICIPATE WHAT

CANNOT POSSIBLY ANTICIPATE WHAT MIGHT BE COMING UP NEXT

MIGHT BE COMING UP NEXT ESPECIALLY IN A WORLD OF DATA

ESPECIALLY IN A WORLD OF DATA BREACHES.

BREACHES. RIGHT?

RIGHT? YOU SAW CAPITALONE USE 100

YOU SAW CAPITALONE USE 100 MILLION CUSTOMERS WORTH OF DATA,

MILLION CUSTOMERS WORTH OF DATA, SAW TOYOTA LOSE BIG DATABASES IN

SAW TOYOTA LOSE BIG DATABASES IN JAPAN, VIETNAM, AND THAILAND.

JAPAN, VIETNAM, AND THAILAND. YOU KNOW, YOU SAW BREACHES AT

YOU KNOW, YOU SAW BREACHES AT FACEBOOK.

FACEBOOK. IT JUST GOES ON AND ON.

IT JUST GOES ON AND ON. WE SAW IT ALL AGAINST THE

WE SAW IT ALL AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THIS KIND OF

BACKDROP OF THIS KIND OF NATIONAL ALLERGIC REACTION TO

NATIONAL ALLERGIC REACTION TO SURVEILLANCE WHICH WE REALIZE

SURVEILLANCE WHICH WE REALIZE NOW IS GOING ON ALL THE TIME VIA

NOW IS GOING ON ALL THE TIME VIA FACIAL RECOGNITION, PHONE

FACIAL RECOGNITION, PHONE LOCATION.

LOCATION. YOU KNOW, FOR ME, THE CALIFORNIA

YOU KNOW, FOR ME, THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT IS THE ONE

CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT IS THE ONE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, HAPPY THING

SORT OF, YOU KNOW, HAPPY THING COMING OUT OF THIS.

COMING OUT OF THIS. IT'S GOING TO TAKE EFFECT ON

IT'S GOING TO TAKE EFFECT ON JANUARY 1st AND WILL, IN FACT,

JANUARY 1st AND WILL, IN FACT, BE THE FIRST SORT OF NATIONAL

BE THE FIRST SORT OF NATIONAL STYLE REGULATION OF ALL THE