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>> We've known since 1994 that quantum

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computers would at a certain point in

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the future break encryption. And so, of

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course, there's been huge initiatives

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since then to harvest this encrypted

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data

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>> and stockpile it so that it can be

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decrypted while it is still valuable.

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>> Trust is the most important currency

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in modern business.

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And we as consumers, when we use a

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technology, when we use a service

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online, we trust that that data is being

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protected. When I [music] check my

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emails, when I send text messages, when

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I check my electronic health records. We

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take that for granted because of a thing

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called encryption.

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>> And that's the math that keeps that data

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secure and only visible to the parties

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that are intended to see it.

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>> Now, we know that quantum computers,

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they pose a big risk to that encryption

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and at scale they will break that

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encryption layer.

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>> Imagine that your diary

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>> was found and and made available to

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whoever wanted to read it, [music]

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right? That's what we're looking at.

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>> They're not going to use it to drain all

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of the Bitcoin [music]

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all at once, right? They're not going to

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hack into the top five banks all at

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once.

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>> We're going to see small changes that by

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design fly under the radar. These These

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small moments [music] that cumulatively

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over that year add up to something very,

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very meaningful on a societal level. We

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know that one of the first places to

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attack if you have this kind of master

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key to digital communications would be

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critical infrastructure, would be energy

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grid, would be where we get our water,

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would be

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>> banks, etc., etc., telecommunications.

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And so, as we start to see anomalies

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emerge there, that would be a start to

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be an indicator that we've reached that

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point in time.

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>> And then put pressure on your banks, put

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pressure on

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the services that you use day-to-day

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where you share that sensitive

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information, where you keep those

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assets. This [music] point in time is

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coming sooner and sooner. And these

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timelines are compressing.

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So, I like to tell people that the

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biggest threat is not actually the

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quantum computers,

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>> it is human inaction.

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>> How we sort of gamified it was we

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created like competition who can collect

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the most trash or who can recycle the

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most or the better. We really do

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showcase it as a very fun way to hang

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out with people, meet new people, share

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perspectives, and learn something new

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and also

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bring something positive to your

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community.

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>> We gained a reach of almost a million

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and a half people, which is very

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impressive I would say since that's

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almost a half of population of Bosnia.

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>> You really need to collect data. This is

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what one time clean up cannot solve. You

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really need to track

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>> this kind of material. Where are they

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coming from and how they evolve?

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>> I think litter data mapping is very

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important. Not only in recycle

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perspective, but also in economic sense.

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Because if you can mapping a liter,

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maybe you can get a really good

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calculation that stopping this kind of

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pollution in the very roots is much

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better than collecting and the recycling

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them in the beaches.

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>> The idea is like they they become like

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uh a mangrove guardians. [music]

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Like they save the the mangrove and they

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can tell everyone that they know that

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hey, we have the [music] mangrove. This

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is important to us. This is really

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unique. Not all the cities have this and

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we have the opportunity to have it

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[music] and it's so good for the

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environment. It's so good for our city.

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So, we [music] have to keep it safe.

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I think that a cleanup could be like

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really successful, but it it it is

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nothing without education. Because when

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you have education, you can do better

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cleanups or [music] you can not do

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cleanups at all because people it's not

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going to trash

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a

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>> garbage on the streets. So, for us the

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education is the tool for everything.

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>> What's special about jaguars that

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jaguars are on the top of the food

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chain. So, by protecting jaguars, you're

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actually not just protecting one

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species, you're protecting the whole

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biome where they live.

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So, when I retired from racing, I wanted

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to work with conservation. I didn't know

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how to do it. I'm not a biologist, a

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vet, or a scientist. So, I decided to

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take a 2-year sabbatical traveling all

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over the world seeing pretty much any

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animal you can imagine in the wild.

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We decided [music] to do ecotourism with

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jaguars, which are the third largest cat

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in the world. They were [music] pretty

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much impossible to see, and we wanted to

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give access to people from all around

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the world to these amazing animals so

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these animals could see them in nature

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and behaving naturally.

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>> With jaguars and other big cats, the

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promise they need to learn how to hunt,

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and normally who teaches them is their

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mothers.

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>> In this case, these jaguars didn't have

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any mothers. So, we have to come up with

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a whole protocol of teaching them how to

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hunt, and at the same time without them

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seeing us because we didn't want them to

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get attached to people.

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>> So, what started as a small project to

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save the life of two young jaguars now

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has brought back jaguars to places or

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even countries where jaguars were

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extinct.

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Ecotourism needs to be done to a certain

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standard remembering that the star of

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the show are the animals and they always

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need to feel comfortable. So, there are

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different ways to approach an animal

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when you see them. They always need to

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have, let's say, an escape route in case

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they don't want to be there. It's

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important to control the number of

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vehicles in each sighting so the animals

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don't feel threatened or disturbed.

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Through ecotourism, you protect the

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species that live in in that biome. They

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bring funds to the local community. In

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our case in Pantanal, they create a lot

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of different jobs. So, [music] it's a

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virtual cycle where the animals, the

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local people, land owners,

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everybody gain from it.

Interactive Summary

This video covers two distinct topics: the security implications of quantum computing for modern encryption and various grassroots environmental and wildlife conservation efforts. The first part warns that quantum computers will eventually break current encryption methods, urging individuals and institutions to prioritize digital security against potential future data harvesting. The second part highlights community-driven environmental initiatives, such as waste management and ecological education, and detailed conservation projects focusing on reintroducing jaguars into the wild through responsible ecotourism.

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