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"When J.J. Abrams started work on his latest television series, Revolution, he wasn\u2019t aware that one in five people still live without electricity. But he knows now. \nThe director of Star Trek: Into Darkness and creator of television shows Lost and Fringe has since taken strides within his company, Bad Robot, and with the help of the U.N. to lower that number. \nSee also: How to Follow Social Good Summit Online\nRevolution, the post-apocalyptic science fiction series about to go into its second season on NBC, takes place 15 years after a global blackout. Abrams said that the show made him and other creators discuss how reliant people are on technology. It also made them consider what role the creative community can play in creating a positive change.\n\"If we have a story we want to tell and can also make a change \u2014 that\u2019s great,\" Abrams said via Skype at the Social Good Summit on Monday. \nThe show\u2019s creators met with U.N. members to discuss how to use entertainment as a means to educate and share information with the public. There was also an emphasis on authenticity. Abrams and other creators reached out to people living without electricity to make the message real. \n\"Five U.N. specialists spent time with our writers, and they really helped deepen our story lines and make the challenges even bigger: How do you prevent disease? What is life really like in a refugee camp? The whole notion of warlords is gonna be an issue in the series this year,\" he says. \"People with real-life experiences helped enormously to give the series a grounding in reality.\"\nAbrams also made an effort through his own production company, Bad Robot, splitting the company into a second part: Good Robot. \n\u201CWe really wanted to deepen our connection with the world around us, and to take these entertainment opportunities and make them into something that was even deeper and more meaningful. And even in a few months it\u2019s brought a deeper level of meaning to our work.\u201D \nGood Robot has inspired changes great and small, from a composting program at the building to topical guest speakers to large scale projects like the Mission Continues with Star Trek: Into Darkness. \n\u201CWe want to be a company that\u2019s going to be part of the solution.\u201D\nThe second season of Revolution, which will premiere this Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. ET, and will further Abrams goal of spreading the message. \n\u201CWe hope that through watching Revolution that people will become more aware of people living in these conditions.\u201D  \nAbout Social Good Summit\n\nThe Social Good Summit is where big ideas meet new media to create innovative solutions and is brought to you by Mashable, The 92nd Street Y, The United Nations Foundation, The United Nations Development Programme, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Ericsson. Held during U.N. Week, the Social Good Summit unites a dynamic community of global leaders to discuss a big idea: the power of innovative thinking and technology to solve our greatest challenges.\nDate: Sept. 22 through Sept. 24Time: 12 to 6 p.m. each dayLocation: 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y.Tickets are sold-out, but tune into the Livestream.\nAbout Ericsson\nBONUS: 10 Empowering Apps for Social Good\n\n\nSocial Good Summit Day 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Ben Keesey, CEO of Invisible Children\n\"Don't take for granted that people care.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations\n\"Citizens have the capacity, as they did with Darfur, to put an issue on the map.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Christina Grimmie, YouTube Artist\n\"If you can't find what's unique people aren't going to listen.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Ian Somerhalder, Actor\n\"Social media is changing the world, and we're all here witnessing it.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. HRH Crown Princess of Norway Mette-Marit\n\"Young people want to be involved and really want to have their voice heard.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Jeff Martin, CEO and Founder of Tribal Brands\n\"Young people need to be asked what matters, not told what matters.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Ernesto Arguello, Humanitarian &amp; Entrepreneur\n\"We all have different inspirations, but one goal: a better world.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever\n\"The world we want is an enormous responsibility.\" \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Bryn Mooser, Co-founder of RYOT.org\n\"There are things that people can do in the world -- sometimes as simple as sending a tweet of support.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Ian Somerhalder, Actor\n\"Millenials don't just want to read the news anymore. They want to know what they can do about it.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: Mashable, Casey Kelbaugh"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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