60 years ago, Gene Roddenberry wrote a captain who solved problems with curiosity. @WilliamShatner gave that character life. And at 95, sitting on our stage at Moonshots Live, he looked at the audience and said: “The future that Star Trek promised in fiction is around the corner for you guys.” He went to space on Blue Origin and wept on live television, not from wonder, but from grief for the fragility of Earth. He performed heavy metal in Chicago some weeks ago. And his message hasn’t changed in six decades: we are incredible beings, we just need to start acting like it. -- I asked what the opposite of dystopian is. I said, “hopeful.” He said: “No. Glorious.” -- Rod Roddenberry on Gene: “He knew these technologies were tools, no different from a rock. It’s what we do with them. We need to evolve our intellect to wield them.” -- Bill visited Colossal Biosciences the day before — saw the woolly mice, the dire wolf program, the mammoth de-extinction work. -- His longevity secret at 95: “Keep breathing.” Timestamps: 05:33 — Taking Stephen Hawking to Zero G 07:46 — Shatner's Space Trip 14:50 — The Story from Shatner’s View 16:06 — Why Hollywood Went Dark 20:40 — The Future in 12 Hours