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    is it possible to experience the
    is it possible to experience the

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    stratosphere is it possible to build a
    stratosphere is it possible to build a

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    system to go into the stratosphere we
    system to go into the stratosphere we

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    proceeded to do just that
    proceeded to do just that

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    I can guarantee that in the next
    I can guarantee that in the next

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    generation of space telescopes we will
    generation of space telescopes we will

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    have the capability to find and identify
    have the capability to find and identify

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    other Earth's
    other Earth's

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    what Mayton blazed are so special is
    what Mayton blazed are so special is

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    that they're some of the universe's most
    that they're some of the universe's most

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    efficient particle accelerators
    efficient particle accelerators

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    transporting incredible amounts of
    transporting incredible amounts of

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    energy throughout a galaxy now we were
    energy throughout a galaxy now we were

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    inspired by the Terminator 2 scene
    inspired by the Terminator 2 scene

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    41,000 and we fought why couldn't a 3d
    41,000 and we fought why couldn't a 3d

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    printer operate in this fashion arise
    printer operate in this fashion arise

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    out of a puddle in essentially real time
    out of a puddle in essentially real time

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    to make a great object
    to make a great object

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    it's called CRISPR cast line the CRISPR
    it's called CRISPR cast line the CRISPR

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    technology allows scientists to make
    technology allows scientists to make

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    changes to the DNA in cells that could
    changes to the DNA in cells that could

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    allow us to cure genetic disease so what
    allow us to cure genetic disease so what

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    we found is that an old mouse that gets
    we found is that an old mouse that gets

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    young blood through the shared
    young blood through the shared

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    circulation looks younger and functions
    circulation looks younger and functions

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    younger in its brain
    younger in its brain

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    we looked for the possibility of
    we looked for the possibility of

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    creating life-sustaining clothing for
    creating life-sustaining clothing for

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    interplanetary voyages this wearable
    interplanetary voyages this wearable

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    digestive system when it stretched
    digestive system when it stretched

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    end to end it spans 60 meters and here
    end to end it spans 60 meters and here

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    it is for the first time unveiled at Ted
    it is for the first time unveiled at Ted

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    our first photosynthetic wearable liquid
    our first photosynthetic wearable liquid

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    channels glowing with life inside a
    channels glowing with life inside a

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    wearable clothing what if our technology
    wearable clothing what if our technology

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    could sense our emotions what if my
    could sense our emotions what if my

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    devices could sense how we felt and
    devices could sense how we felt and

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    reacted accordingly just the way an
    reacted accordingly just the way an

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    emotionally intelligent friend would we
    emotionally intelligent friend would we

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    just start to scratch the surface of the
    just start to scratch the surface of the

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    true power of virtual reality
    true power of virtual reality

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    it connects humans to other humans in a
    it connects humans to other humans in a

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    profound way that I've never seen before
    profound way that I've never seen before

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    and any other form of media as I'm
    and any other form of media as I'm

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    speaking my sound is getting captured by
    speaking my sound is getting captured by

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    the tablet and then it's getting mapped
    the tablet and then it's getting mapped

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    onto a vest that's covered in vibratory
    onto a vest that's covered in vibratory

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    motors and I'm wearing the vest right
    motors and I'm wearing the vest right

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    now so as I'm speaking I'm feeling the
    now so as I'm speaking I'm feeling the

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    sonic world around me we've been testing
    sonic world around me we've been testing

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    this with deaf people now and it turns
    this with deaf people now and it turns

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    out that after just a little bit of time
    out that after just a little bit of time

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    people can start feeling they can start
    people can start feeling they can start

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    understanding the language of the vest
    understanding the language of the vest

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    we do 3 million miles of testing in our
    we do 3 million miles of testing in our

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    simulators every single day so you can
    simulators every single day so you can

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    imagine the experience our vehicles have
    imagine the experience our vehicles have

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    we are looking forward to having this
    we are looking forward to having this

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    technology on the road how soon can we
    technology on the road how soon can we

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    bring it out these are my two boys my
    bring it out these are my two boys my

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    oldest son is 11 and that means in four
    oldest son is 11 and that means in four

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    and a half years he's going to be able

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    to get his driver's license my team and
    to get his driver's license my team and

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    I are committed to making sure that
    I are committed to making sure that

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    doesn't happen
    doesn't happen

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    okay so relax don't hit it
    okay so relax don't hit it

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    right now your brain is controlling your
    right now your brain is controlling your

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    arm and it's also controlling his arm so
    arm and it's also controlling his arm so

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    go ahead and just do it one more time
    go ahead and just do it one more time

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    it says perfect machine intelligence is
    it says perfect machine intelligence is

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    the last invention that humanity will
    the last invention that humanity will

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    ever need to make the machines would
    ever need to make the machines would

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    them be better at the bending than we
    them be better at the bending than we

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    are we should not be confident in our
    are we should not be confident in our

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    ability to keep a superintelligence
    ability to keep a superintelligence

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    genie locked up in its bottle forever
    genie locked up in its bottle forever

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    the answer here is to figure out how to
    the answer here is to figure out how to

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    create super intelligent AI such that
    create super intelligent AI such that

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    even if when it escaped it is still safe
    even if when it escaped it is still safe

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    because it is fundamentally on our side
    because it is fundamentally on our side

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    because it shares our values the Islamic
    because it shares our values the Islamic

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    state beheadings are not ancient or
    state beheadings are not ancient or

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    remote they're entirely dependent on the
    remote they're entirely dependent on the

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    power of technology to connect us there
    power of technology to connect us there

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    is a very personal price to public
    is a very personal price to public

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    humiliation and the growth of the
    humiliation and the growth of the

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    Internet has jacked up that price
    Internet has jacked up that price

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    when we say that black lives matter it's
    when we say that black lives matter it's

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    not because others don't it's simply
    not because others don't it's simply

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    because we must affirm that we are
    because we must affirm that we are

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    worthy of existing without fear when so
    worthy of existing without fear when so

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    many things tell us we are not I want to
    many things tell us we are not I want to

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    live in a world where my son will not be
    live in a world where my son will not be

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    presumed guilty the moment he is born
    presumed guilty the moment he is born

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    where a toy in his hand isn't mistaken
    where a toy in his hand isn't mistaken

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    for anything other than a toy can we
    for anything other than a toy can we

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    imagine in a criminal justice system
    imagine in a criminal justice system

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    that prioritizes recovery prevention
    that prioritizes recovery prevention

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    Civic inclusion rather than punishment a
    Civic inclusion rather than punishment a

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    criminal justice system that believes in
    criminal justice system that believes in

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    black young people rather than treating
    black young people rather than treating

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    black young people as the enemy to be
    black young people as the enemy to be

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    rounded up if you are fleeing a war zone
    rounded up if you are fleeing a war zone

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    a better life is alive in safety its
    a better life is alive in safety its

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    life in dignity a better life means not
    life in dignity a better life means not

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    having a house bombs not fearing being
    having a house bombs not fearing being

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    kidnapped it means being able to send a
    kidnapped it means being able to send a

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    children to school or just find work to
    children to school or just find work to

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    be able to provide for yourself and the
    be able to provide for yourself and the

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    ones you love there are still tragedies
    ones you love there are still tragedies

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    that happen in the bumpy road to
    that happen in the bumpy road to

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    equality but there are also stories of
    equality but there are also stories of

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    hope and courage in every corner of the
    hope and courage in every corner of the

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    world
    world

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    unconscious bias is not the same as
    unconscious bias is not the same as

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    conscious discrimination I'm not saying
    conscious discrimination I'm not saying

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    that in all of you there's a secret
    that in all of you there's a secret

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    sexist or racist or urges like lurking
    sexist or racist or urges like lurking

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    within waiting to get out bias is not an
    within waiting to get out bias is not an

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    accusation rather it's something that
    accusation rather it's something that

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    has to be identified acknowledged and
    has to be identified acknowledged and

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    mitigated against we have to start
    mitigated against we have to start

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    making stopping violence indispensable
    making stopping violence indispensable

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    to the fight against poverty in fact any
    to the fight against poverty in fact any

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    conversation about global poverty that
    conversation about global poverty that

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    doesn't include the problem of violence
    doesn't include the problem of violence

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    must be deemed not serious the quarter
    must be deemed not serious the quarter

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    truths and limited plot lines have us
    truths and limited plot lines have us

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    convinced that poor people are a problem
    convinced that poor people are a problem

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    that needs fixing what if we realized
    that needs fixing what if we realized

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    that the experts we are looking for the
    that the experts we are looking for the

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    experts we need to follow are poor
    experts we need to follow are poor

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    people themselves these big issues that
    people themselves these big issues that

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    will change the world change national
    will change the world change national

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    security change economics create hope
    security change economics create hope

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    create threats can only be resolved when
    create threats can only be resolved when

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    you bring together groups of people who
    you bring together groups of people who

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    understand science and technology back
    understand science and technology back

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    together with government we won't solve
    together with government we won't solve

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    our problems if we expect it to be
    our problems if we expect it to be

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    solved by a few Superman or super women
    solved by a few Superman or super women

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    now we need everybody everybody
    now we need everybody everybody

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    underestimates how often they laugh when
    underestimates how often they laugh when

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    you laugh with people that's actually
    you laugh with people that's actually

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    letting you access a really ancient
    letting you access a really ancient

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    evolutionary system to regulate emotions
    evolutionary system to regulate emotions

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    to make ourselves feel better some
    to make ourselves feel better some

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    affairs add bethe nails for
    affairs add bethe nails for

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    relationships that were already dying on
    relationships that were already dying on

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    the vine but others will jolt us into
    the vine but others will jolt us into

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    new possibilities the opposite of
    new possibilities the opposite of

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    addiction is not sobriety the opposite
    addiction is not sobriety the opposite

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    of addiction is connection
    of addiction is connection

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    for most people the scariest thing about
    for most people the scariest thing about

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    death isn't being dead it's dying I am
    death isn't being dead it's dying I am

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    asking we make space physical psychic
    asking we make space physical psychic

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    room to allow life to play itself all
    room to allow life to play itself all

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    the way out so that rather than just
    the way out so that rather than just

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    getting out of the way aging and dying
    getting out of the way aging and dying

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    can become a process of crescendo

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    through to the end
    through to the end

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    I've learned about the poetry and the
    I've learned about the poetry and the

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    wisdom and the grace that can be found
    wisdom and the grace that can be found

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    in the words of people all around us
    in the words of people all around us

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    when we simply take the time to listen
    when we simply take the time to listen

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    you might have noticed that I don't have
    you might have noticed that I don't have

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    much inflection in my voice that's why
    much inflection in my voice that's why

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    people often confuse me with the GPS I

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    am a bad feminist I am a good woman I am
    am a bad feminist I am a good woman I am

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    trying to become better and how I think
    trying to become better and how I think

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    and what I say and what I do without
    and what I say and what I do without

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    abandoning everything that makes me
    abandoning everything that makes me

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    human the tool was bought four days in

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    your life the day you're born and they
    your life the day you're born and they

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    do discover why and sound is so powerful

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    that it could either disempower me and

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    my artwork or it could empower me I

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    chose to be empowered

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    maybe these conversations will remind us

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    what's really important and maybe just

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    maybe it will help us recognize that

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    simple truth that every life every
    simple truth that every life every

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    single life matters equally and

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All idiom
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idiom

Is that so? You don't say? Really? (Sometimes colloquially joined as one word, alternately spelled "isit" or "izit," and pronounced as the latter.) Primarily heard in South Africa.

The Year in Ideas: TED Talks of 2015

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Video Language:

  • English

Caption Language:

  • English (en)

Accent:

  • English (US)

Speech Time:

93%
  • 7:55 / 8:29

Speech Rate:

  • 155 wpm - Fast

Category:

  • Nonprofits & Activism

Intro:

is it possible to experience the. stratosphere is it possible to build a. system to go into the stratosphere we. proceeded to do just that. I can guarantee that in the next. generation of space telescopes we will. have the capability to find and identify. other Earth's. what Mayton blazed are so special is. that they're some of the universe's most. efficient particle accelerators. transporting incredible amounts of. energy throughout a galaxy now we were. inspired by the Terminator 2 scene. 41,000 and we fought why couldn't a 3d. printer operate in this fashion arise. out of a puddle in essentially real time. to make a great object. it's called CRISPR cast line the CRISPR. technology allows scientists to make.

Video Vocabulary

/əˈfiSHənt/

adjective

achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.

/ˌikˈspirēəns/

noun verb

An event at which you learned something. To gain knowledge by doing things.

/inˈspī(ə)rd/

adjective verb

of extraordinary quality, as if arising from some external creative impulse. To make someone feel a certain emotion.

/yəNG/

adjective

having lived or existed for only short time.

/ˌɡerənˈtē/

noun verb

assurance that conditions will be met. To promise to pay if another person fails to do so.

verb

take or carry people or goods from one place to another by means of vehicle or ship.

/jəˈnedik/

adjective

relating to genes or heredity.

/əˈmount/

noun other verb

quantity. (Values) added up to a certain figure. To add up to a certain figure.

/ˈteləˌskōp/

noun other verb

optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer, containing arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors and lenses. Tube-shaped device used to see a great distance. slide or cause to slide into itself, so that it becomes smaller.

/ˈpäsəb(ə)l/

adjective noun

able to be done. candidate for job.

/THro͞oˈout/

adverb preposition

in every part of something. in every part of.

/prəˈsēd/

verb

begin course of action.

/ˈfaSHən/

noun verb

Trend that is popular at a given time. To make things into a particular shape.

/ˈstradəˌsfir/

noun

Layer of Earth's atmosphere.

/tekˈnäləjē/

noun

Use or knowledge of science in industry etc..