The Films That Influenced Me Were So

It's Important For Me To Have Hope Because That's My Job As A Parent, To Have Hope, For My Kids, That We're Not Going To Leave Them In A World That's In Shambles, That's A Chaotic Place, That's A Dangerous Place.

Everybody Is Always Talking About Droughts And Sea Level Rise, But When Human Civilization, With More Crowding And Greater Resource Depletion, Is Under That Much Stress, It Translates Into Wars And Huge Displaced Populations. The Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Just A First Taste Of What It's Going To Be Like. I Don't Want My Kids Growing Up In That Kind Of World.

So My Message Is In Whichever Realm, Be It Going Into Space Or Going Into The Deep Sea, You Have To Balance The Yin And Yang Of Caution And Boldness, Risk Aversion And Risk Taking, Fear And Fearlessness. No Great Accomplishment Takes Place, Whether It Be A Movie Or A Deep Ocean Expedition, Or A Space Mission, Without A Kind Of Dynamic Equipoise Between The Two. Luck Is Not A Factor. Hope Is Not A Strategy. Fear Is Not An Option.

Avatar Is The Most High Tech Film In Terms Of Its Execution, Dealing With Essentially A Very Low Tech Subject; Which Is Our Relationship With Nature...and In Fact The Irony Is That The Film Is About Our Relationship With Nature And How Our Technological Civilization Has Taken Us Several Removes Away From A Truly Natural Existence And The Consequences Of That To Us.

The Nation That Leads In Renewable Energy Will Be The Nation That Leads The World 10, 20 Years From Now.