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And as I finish my talk, I'd just like to ask each and every single one of you here, wonderful thinkers, changemakers, innovators, the wonderful global citizens we have at TED, just remember the words of Martin Luther King.

Or even the challenges of nation-states in the modern global economy.

So, what threatens to happen with this unfolding apocalypse is the collapse of global social organization.

Now, first let me remind you how much work it took to get us where we are, to be on the brink of true global social organization.

As it has moved global, moved us toward a global level of social organization, it has driven us toward moral truth.

I have a whole global governance sermon that I will spare you right now, because I don't think that's going to be enough anyway, although it's essential.

Now, social organization has reached the global level, and I guess, if there's good news I can say I'm bringing you, it's just that all the salvation of the world requires is the intelligent pursuit of self-interests in a disciplined and careful way.

We found a global atmospheric watchtower there in the middle of the rainforest, and hung hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of scientific equipment off this tower, to look for isoprene and other things while we were there.

And in the information era we all live in today, what we might call the TED age, I'd say that countries are increasingly being judged by a global public that's been fed on an incessant diet of Internet news, of televised images, of cellphone videos, of email gossip.

So I think we need succession planning on a global basis.

And I consider India and China the best partners in the world in a good global climate policy.

So, you're calling for a global ethic.

Would you describe that as global citizenship?

Is that an idea that you believe in, and how would you define that? Gordon Brown: It is about global citizenship and recognizing our responsibilities to others.

I believe the concept of global citizenship will simply grow out of people talking to each other across continents.

But of course the task is to create the institutions that make that global society work.

CA: But people get excited about this idea of global citizenship, but then they get confused a bit again when they start thinking about patriotism, and how to combine these two.

But it's not at the expense of people accepting their global responsibilities.

And I would say that national interest and, if you like, what is the global interest to tackle poverty and climate change do, in the long run, come together.

And whatever the short-run price for taking action on climate change or on security, or taking action to provide opportunities for people for education, these are prices that are worth paying so that you build a stronger global society where people feel able to feel comfortable with each other and are able to communicate with each other in such a way that you can actually build stronger links between different countries.

I'm just wondering whether you can see that changing over time, whether you see in Britain that there are changing attitudes, and that people are actually more supportive of the kind of global ethic that you talk about.

And whether it's Jewish or whether it's Muslim or whether it's Hindu, or whether it's Sikh, the same global ethic is at the heart of each of these religions.

So we have got to rebuild our global institutions, build them in a way that is suitable to the challenges of this time.

And I believe that if you look at the biggest challenge we face, it is to persuade people to have the confidence that we can build a truly global society with the institutions that are founded on these rules.

CA: But, surely a true global ethic is for someone to say, "I believe that the life of every human on the planet is worth the same, equal consideration, regardless of nationality and religion."

CA: Can you picture, in our lifetimes, a politician ever going out on a platform of the kind of full-form global ethic, global citizenship?

And we believe that the people of this country are also now global citizens and will support that ethic."

And then the story is that Barroso, the president of the European Commission, went to God and he asked, "When will we get a recovery of global growth?"

And there are certainly many people in the audience who will be cheering you on as you seek to advance this global ethic.

No, no, ahh ... (Applause) (As Brown): "Global problems require Scottish solutions."

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