The very first Virtual Choir was Sleep, but that was really just a test to see if the concept would work.

His ignorance hindered us in our progress.

And the thirteen succeeded.

My sister has made remarkable progress in English.

Until we work this thing out.

So once again we are not clear whether we've made any progress.

Uh, we're handing you the medical breakthrough of the century.

We'll figure it out.

Chemistry has made notable progress in recent years.

Japanese industry has made great advances since the war.

Computer science has made rapid progress in our country.

So they believed that knowledge came from authorities that actually knew very little.

Together we have achieved a great many things.

The answers to these big questions show that we have made remarkable progress in the last hundred years.

Science has made rapid progress in this century.

How crazy is that?

Why are statisticians not measuring these?

Now, fast forward two years, to early 2007.

Do you think science can make the advancements needed without space exploration?

Computers have made rapid progress.

And we're really making a lot of progress on coming up with a theory of mind.

That was how quickly penicillin was produced and became one of the greatest medical advances of all time.

This is what happens when you search Steven Johnson on Google.

We're engaged in rescue operations.

But now, after generation 20, it actually walks in a straight line without falling over.

But then I thought, you know, let's be honest.

Connor, we do this right, the war is over.

We march.

a rising, thriving middle class. (Applause.)

In the midst of this, it is IT that has made great progress.

But I'm just saying to factor that in, factor that in with all this great advancement, all this pronouncement of great achievement.

That it could stand some improvement.

We evolved essentially from an African stock.

In evolution there's a tremendous amount of cooperation.

These were people with brains of essentially the same design that eventually did discover all those things.

Modern medicine in the late 19th century began to make major breakthroughs against the infectious diseases that killed a lot of people.

Talk to anybody who was over there in the first six months.

And whatever we find there, there our system will grow!

We walked as far as the park.

So they set out in_BAR_the void of deep space with nothing but their_BAR_ships and their guts.

And they said, Yeah, yeah, we'll walk. We'll find some camels.

Our advance was checked.

Our progress was put in check.

We didn't help him, so he did it off his own bat.

We did not help him, so he made it by himself.