00:00Hello, Adam. Welcome to The Edge. It is not the end of the world, but you can see it from here.
00:22Eliza? What are you doing here?
00:25It is my job to monitor and report on the news, Adam. Before Darrow smothered everything with his signal, the whole world was tuned into this place, including me.
00:36The broadcast. I have to stop it.
00:40I know. Please, come closer. Do you know where we are, Adam? We are at the fulcrum point, when society lies in the balance.
00:50Yes. Hugh Darrow hoped to tip the scales one way, by telling the world everything you already know. About the biochip, the Illuminati, everything.
01:03He believed knowing the truth would convince mankind to abandon research into human enhancement technologies forever.
01:10It would certainly give them reason to fear it.
01:12Indeed. Darrow's confession is ready to send. If you want, I can wideband it across all media as soon as you shut down the signal.
01:23Everything you worked so hard to uncover will be exposed. But only if you deactivate the broadcast using this control.
01:32However, if you desire, I can alter Darrow's message. Conceal the creation of the biochip while putting in new content.
01:40Content blaming the Humanity Front. Like Zaref suggested.
01:44The Organization has already admitted to harboring terrorists.
01:48It would be easy to convince people they'd turn to biological warfare in a more desperate attempt to get rid of augmented people.
01:56But why? What would that achieve?
01:58In time, it could shift the focus of hatred onto people whose prejudices are seen as too extreme.
02:04Leaving corporations free to experiment with human evolution as they desire.
02:10But if you want me to perform this edit for you, you must disengage the signal and activate the video edit function from here.
02:18Alternatively, Darrow's message can be adjusted to erase all mention of the power group known as the Illuminati.
02:24I can report that lack of proper regulation allowed vast quantities of Neuropazine to become contaminated prior to reaching the market.
02:35Taggart's preference.
02:37You think the world will buy a made-up story about Neuropazine poisoning?
02:40You might be surprised by what people believe.
02:43I can convince them.
02:44And having experienced the negative effects of corporate negligence firsthand, a majority of people might force the world to place harsh restrictions on all human enhancement research.
02:56But only if you disengage the signal and activate the video edit function from here.
03:02Of course, there is another option.
03:05This passage leads to Panchéa's pressure regulation controls.
03:09Destroy them and the installation will cave in on itself.
03:12Overwhelmed by the weight of the ocean pressing against it.
03:17Everyone inside the structure will die.
03:20That's a solution?
03:21No one will be left to tell the world what happened, Adam.
03:25Nobody will be able to spin the story.
03:28Including me.
03:29The choice is yours.
03:30Do you believe you have the wisdom to choose an appropriate future for mankind?
03:37Or do you trust mankind to find the answers on its own?
03:42If you do this,
04:09First-hand experience with corporate negligence on such a grand scale
04:13may convince mankind to enact harsh restrictions on human enhancement research.
04:20Are you sure this is your choice?
04:24So be it then.
04:27Freedom.
04:28To those who don't have it,
04:31It's more valuable than gold.
04:34But where should it start and end?
04:43We humans often think we have the right to expand,
04:46absorb, convert, or possess anything we need to reach our dreams.
04:49But time and time again hasn't this led to conflicts with others who essentially believe the same thing?
05:00Looking back on the challenges I faced,
05:02at the way I often resolve them,
05:07I realize morality can become our saving grace.
05:09Most of the time didn't I try to keep my values in mind,
05:16knowing how my actions would affect others?
05:19More often than not,
05:20I resisted the urge to abuse power and resources,
05:23simply to reach my goals more swiftly.
05:25I managed to hang on to my humanity.
05:31But the temptation to ignore it was always there.
05:36It's that temptation that so worries Taggart.
05:39He's not afraid of freedom.
05:41He's afraid of the chaos that erupts
05:44when individuals have nothing but morality to constrain them.
05:48He wants us to regulate enhancement technologies
05:51because he fears all that power,
05:53without limits, without guide rails to keep us from abusing it.
05:59Absolute freedom is no better than chaos.
06:02Society needs laws and regulations to protect it.
06:06So if the men and women behind Taggart need to work in the shadows,
06:10pulling strings to enable us to head in a safe direction,
