The University

An earnest, idea-driven documentary that follows ambitious students and their futuristic projects, offering an inspiring but measured look at innovation and its challenges.

Directed by

Matt Rutherford

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Stephen Hawking, Buzz Aldrin, Ray Kurzweil

Tagline

The Best Way to Teach the Future Is to Invent It

Overview

On a NASA research base in Silicon Valley, there's an organization that's changing the world ... Singularity University (SU). Created by renowned futurist Ray Kurzweil and entrepreneur Peter Diamandis, with support from NASA, Google, and others, the university brings in some of the smartest students from around the world, and gives them a crash course in the most powerful exponential technologies on the planet. The students are then given a challenge: create companies that will impact a billion people within ten years. The film follows the students and their companies over five years, as they use the support of scientists, astronauts and billionaires in their attempt to make a dent in the universe.

How it feels

Earnest, uplifting and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Technology, ambition, education, science

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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