The global order devolves into a patchwork of warlords who mete out swift justice in kangaroo courts. In fact, before the glorious future of Kirk, Picard, Starfleet, and the Federation, Rod’s father imagined an absolutely horrible 21st century, one even worse than our own, at least so far: It culminates with World War III in 2026, obliterating 600 million lives in a nuclear cataclysm. They’re looking how to benefit right now.” “People want the world to be a better place, but sadly, whether it’s government or large industry, people are not looking toward the future. “Even coming from the optimistic Roddenberry family, sometimes, looking around, it’s hard to see the optimism,” Rod said. Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who played Nurse Chapel on “The Original Series” and Lwaxana Troi on “The Next Generation,” with her husband Courtesy Everett Collection To Roddenberry, having belief in what humanity can be didn’t mean being naïve about what humanity often is, and imagining a better future means addressing the wrongs of the present. Sometimes, it seems like our species is made up entirely of Peter Pans: we never want to grow up. When we grow up - man, we’re going to be something!” We’re growing up, we’re moving into adolescence now. And all children go through those phases. We’re still just a child creature, we’re still being nasty to each other. Here’s one of them: “I believe in humanity. And every day on social media, he’s presenting a different celebrity - Ming-Na Wen, Rosario Dawson, Whoopi Goldberg - reciting one of his dad’s quotes. Rod loves that particular quote so much he finishes it for me verbatim when I start delivering it over the phone. But that iconoclasm is what Rod Roddenberry, Gene’s son, celebrates over the course of this year with his new initiative thinkTREK, which aims to inspire people to incorporate the philosophy of his father into their lives.

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