[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.19,0:00:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a map of New York State Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.88,0:00:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was made in 1937\Nby the General Drafting Company. Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.42,0:00:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an extremely famous map\Namong cartography nerds, Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.94,0:00:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because down here at the bottom\Nof the Catskill Mountains, Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.68,0:00:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a little town called Roscoe -- Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.59,0:00:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually, this will go easier\Nif I just put it up here -- Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.31,0:00:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's Roscoe, and then right\Nabove Roscoe is Rockland, New York, Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.86,0:00:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then right above that\Nis the tiny town of Agloe, New York. Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.70,0:00:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Agloe, New York, is very famous\Nto cartographers, Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.78,0:00:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's a paper town. Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.08,0:00:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also known as a copyright trap. Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.33,0:00:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mapmakers -- because my map of New York\Nand your map of New York Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.71,0:00:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to look very similar,\Non account of the shape of New York -- Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.40,0:00:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often, mapmakers will insert\Nfake places onto their maps, Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.19,0:00:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to protect their copyright. Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.98,0:00:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because then, if my fake place\Nshows up on your map, Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.89,0:00:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can be well and truly sure\Nthat you have robbed me. Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.57,0:00:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Agloe is a scrabblization of the initials\Nof the two guys who made this map, Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.24,0:01:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ernest Alpers and Otto [G.] Lindberg, Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.18,0:01:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they released this map in 1937. Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.48,0:01:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Decades later, Rand McNally releases a map Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.82,0:01:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Agloe, New York, on it,\Nat the same exact intersection Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.87,0:01:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of two dirt roads\Nin the middle of nowhere. Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.20,0:01:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you can imagine the delight\Nover at General Drafting. Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.49,0:01:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They immediately call\NRand McNally, and they say, Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.73,0:01:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We've caught you!\NWe made Agloe, New York, up. Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.34,0:01:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a fake place. It's a paper town. Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.42,0:01:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to sue your pants off!" Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.00,0:01:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Rand McNally says,\N"No, no, no, no, Agloe is real." Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.62,0:01:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because people kept going\Nto that intersection of two dirt roads -- Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.18,0:01:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.23,0:01:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the middle of nowhere, expecting\Nthere to be a place called Agloe -- Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.75,0:01:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone built a place\Ncalled Agloe, New York. Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.01,0:01:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.07,0:01:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It had a gas station, a general store,\Ntwo houses at its peak. Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.48,0:01:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.60,0:02:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is of course a completely\Nirresistible metaphor to a novelist, Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.10,0:02:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we would all like to believe\Nthat the stuff that we write down on paper Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.73,0:02:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can change the actual world\Nin which we're actually living, Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.55,0:02:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is why my third book\Nis called "Paper Towns". Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.96,0:02:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what interests me ultimately more\Nthan the medium in which this happened, Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.52,0:02:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the phenomenon itself. Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.52,0:02:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easy enough to say that the world\Nshapes our maps of the world, right? Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.62,0:02:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the overall shape of the world\Nis obviously going to affect our maps. Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.50,0:02:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I find a lot more\Ninteresting is the way Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.84,0:02:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the manner in which we map\Nthe world changes the world. Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.87,0:02:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the world would truly be\Na different place if North were down. Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.59,0:02:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the world would be\Na truly different place Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.79,0:02:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if Alaska and Russia weren't\Non opposite sides of the map. Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.83,0:02:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the world would be a different place Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.78,0:02:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we projected Europe\Nto show it in its actual size. Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.93,0:02:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world is changed\Nby our maps of the world. Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.41,0:02:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way that we choose -- sort of,\Nour personal cartographic enterprise, Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.29,0:03:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also shapes the map of our lives, Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.95,0:03:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that in turn shapes our lives. Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.09,0:03:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that what we map\Nchanges the life we lead. Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.77,0:03:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't mean that in some, like,\Nsecret-y Oprah's Angels network, like, Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.21,0:03:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you-can-think-your-way-\Nout-of-cancer sense. Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.20,0:03:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I do believe that while maps don't\Nshow you where you will go in your life, Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.76,0:03:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they show you where you might go. Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.77,0:03:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You very rarely go to a place\Nthat isn't on your personal map. Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.85,0:03:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was a really terrible student\Nwhen I was a kid. Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.99,0:03:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My GPA was consistently in the low 2s. Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.54,0:03:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think the reason that I was\Nsuch a terrible student Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.32,0:03:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that I felt like education\Nwas just a series of hurdles Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.50,0:03:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had been erected before me, Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.68,0:03:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had to jump over\Nin order to achieve adulthood. Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.33,0:03:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I didn't really want\Nto jump over these hurdles, Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.84,0:03:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they seemed completely\Narbitrary, so I often wouldn't, Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.80,0:03:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then people would\Nthreaten me, you know, Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.90,0:03:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'd threaten me with this\N"going on [my] permanent record," Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.85,0:04:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "You'll never get a good job." Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.08,0:04:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't want a good job! Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.00,0:04:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As far as I could tell at eleven\Nor twelve years old, Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.62,0:04:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, people with good jobs woke up\Nvery early in the morning, Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.80,0:04:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.83,0:04:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the men who had good jobs,\None of the first things they did Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.42,0:04:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was tie a strangulation item\Nof clothing around their necks. Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.92,0:04:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They literally put nooses on themselves, Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.100,0:04:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they went off to their jobs,\Nwhatever they were. Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.46,0:04:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not a recipe for a happy life. Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.92,0:04:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people -- in my, symbol-obsessed,\Ntwelve year-old imagination -- Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.86,0:04:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these people who are strangling themselves Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.44,0:04:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as one of the first things\Nthey do each morning, Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.82,0:04:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can't possibly be happy. Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.61,0:04:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why would I want to jump\Nover all of these hurdles Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.04,0:04:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have that be the end? Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.07,0:04:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a terrible end! Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.45,0:04:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, when I was in tenth grade,\NI went to this school, Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.66,0:04:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indian Springs School,\Na small boarding school, Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.44,0:04:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of Birmingham, Alabama. Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.28,0:04:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all at once I became a learner. Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.82,0:04:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I became a learner,\Nbecause I found myself Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.04,0:05:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a community of learners. Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.08,0:05:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found myself surrounded by people Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.87,0:05:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who celebrated intellectualism\Nand engagement, Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.12,0:05:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who thought that my ironic\Noh-so-cool disengagement Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.32,0:05:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wasn't clever, or funny, Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.20,0:05:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, like, it was a simple\Nand unspectacular response Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.98,0:05:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to very complicated\Nand compelling problems. Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.69,0:05:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I started to learn,\Nbecause learning was cool. Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.21,0:05:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned that some infinite sets\Nare bigger than other infinite sets, Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.54,0:05:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I learned that iambic pentameter is\Nand why it sounds so good to human ears. Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.65,0:05:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned that the Civil War\Nwas a nationalizing conflict, Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.12,0:05:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned some physics, Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.31,0:05:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned that correlation shouldn't be\Nconfused with causation -- Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.49,0:05:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of these things, by the way, Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.31,0:05:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enriched my life\Non a literally daily basis. Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.58,0:05:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's true that I don't use\Nmost of them for my "job," Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.19,0:05:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's not what it's about for me. Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.13,0:05:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about cartography. Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.11,0:05:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the process of cartography? Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.39,0:05:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's, you know, sailing\Nupon some land, and thinking, Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.58,0:05:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I think I'll draw that bit of land," Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.70,0:06:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then wondering, "Maybe there's\Nsome more land to draw." Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.05,0:06:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's when learning\Nreally began for me. Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.28,0:06:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's true that I had teachers\Nthat didn't give up on me, Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.94,0:06:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was very fortunate\Nto have those teachers, Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.28,0:06:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I often gave them cause to think\Nthere was no reason to invest in me. Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.92,0:06:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a lot of the learning\Nthat I did in high school Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.05,0:06:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wasn't about what happened\Ninside the classroom, Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.26,0:06:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was about what happened\Noutside of the classroom. Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.74,0:06:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, I can tell you Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.12,0:06:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that "There's a certain Slant of light,\NWinter Afternoons -- Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.98,0:06:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That oppresses, like the Heft\NOf Cathedral Tunes --" Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.45,0:06:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because I memorized\NEmily Dickinson in school Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.79,0:06:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was in high school, Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.09,0:06:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because there was a girl\Nwhen I was in high school, Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.71,0:06:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her name was Amanda,\Nand I had a crush on her, Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.22,0:06:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she liked Emily Dickinson poetry. Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.62,0:06:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason I can tell you\Nwhat opportunity cost is, Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.33,0:06:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because one day when I was playing\NSuper Mario Kart on my couch, Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.01,0:06:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my friend Emmet walked in, and he said, Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.90,0:06:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How long have you been playing\NSuper Mario Kart?" Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.28,0:06:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "I don't know,\Nlike, six hours?" and he said, Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.78,0:06:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you realize that if you'd worked\Nat Baskin-Robbins those six hours, Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.17,0:07:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could have made 30 dollars,\Nso in some ways, Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.45,0:07:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just paid thirty dollars\Nto play Super Mario Kart." Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.40,0:07:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was, like, "I'll take that deal." Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.68,0:07:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.05,0:07:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I learned what opportunity cost is. Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.08,0:07:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And along the way, the map\Nof my life got better. Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.78,0:07:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It got bigger; it contained more places. Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.67,0:07:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were more things that might happen, Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.66,0:07:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more futures I might have. Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.66,0:07:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't a formal, organized\Nlearning process, Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.97,0:07:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm happy to admit that. Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.73,0:07:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was spotty, it was inconsistent,\Nthere was a lot I didn't know. Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.88,0:07:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I might know, you know, Cantor's idea Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.20,0:07:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that some infinite sets are larger\Nthan other infinite sets, Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.06,0:07:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I didn't really understand\Nthe calculus behind that idea. Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.98,0:07:42.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I might know the idea of opportunity cost, Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.02,0:07:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I didn't know the law\Nof diminishing returns. Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.35,0:07:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the great thing about imagining\Nlearning as cartography, Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.35,0:07:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of imagining it\Nas arbitrary hurdles Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.46,0:07:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you have to jump over, Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.84,0:07:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that you see a bit of coastline,\Nand that makes you want to see more. Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.34,0:07:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so now I do know\Nat least some of the calculus Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.80,0:07:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that underlies all of that stuff. Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.56,0:08:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I had one learning community Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.35,0:08:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in high school, then I went\Nto another for college, Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.99,0:08:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I went to another, Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.31,0:08:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I started working\Nat a magazine called "Booklist," Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.93,0:08:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I was an assistant, surrounded\Nby astonishingly well-read people. Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.31,0:08:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I wrote a book. Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.86,0:08:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And like all authors dream of doing, Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.08,0:08:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I promptly quit my job. Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.04,0:08:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.65,0:08:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for the first time since high school, Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.65,0:08:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found myself without a learning\Ncommunity, and it was miserable. Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.28,0:08:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hated it. Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.74,0:08:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read many, many books\Nduring this two-year period. Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.13,0:08:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read books about Stalin, Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.92,0:08:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and books about how the Uzbek people\Ncame to identify as Muslims, Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.44,0:08:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I read books about\Nhow to make atomic bombs, Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.81,0:08:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it just felt like I was\Ncreating my own hurdles, Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.98,0:08:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then jumping over them myself,\Ninstead of feeling the excitement Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.36,0:08:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being part of a community of learners,\Na community of people Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.04,0:08:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are engaged together\Nin the cartographic enterprise Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.04,0:08:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of trying to better understand\Nand map the world around us. Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.98,0:08:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, in 2006, I met that guy. Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.09,0:08:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His name is Ze Frank. Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.27,0:09:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't actually meet him,\Njust on the Internet. Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.46,0:09:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ze Frank was running, at the time,\Na show called "The Show with Ze Frank," Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.48,0:09:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I discovered the show, Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.98,0:09:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was my way back\Ninto being a community learner again. Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.24,0:09:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's Ze talking about Las Vegas: Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.82,0:09:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Ze Frank: Las Vegas was built\Nin the middle of a huge, hot desert. Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.37,0:09:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost everything here was brought\Nfrom somewhere else -- Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.09,0:09:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sort of rocks, the trees,\Nthe waterfalls. Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.29,0:09:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These fish are almost as out of place\Nas my pig that flew. Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.32,0:09:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contrasted to the scorching desert\Nthat surrounds this place, Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.21,0:09:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so are these people. Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.39,0:09:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things from all over the world have been\Nrebuilt here, away from their histories, Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.34,0:09:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and away from the people\Nthat experience them differently. Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.11,0:09:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes improvements were made --\Neven the Sphinx got a nose job. Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.32,0:09:44.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, there's no reason to feel\Nlike you're missing anything. Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.23,0:09:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This New York means the same to me\Nas it does to everyone else. Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.23,0:09:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything is out of context, and that\Nmeans context allows for everything: Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.81,0:09:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self Parking, Events Center, Shark Reef. Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.76,0:09:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This fabrication of place could be one\Nof the world's greatest achievements, Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.38,0:09:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because no one belongs here;\Neveryone does. Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.43,0:10:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I walked around this morning,\NI noticed most of the buildings Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.48,0:10:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were huge mirrors reflecting\Nthe sun back into the desert. Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.24,0:10:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But unlike most mirrors, Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.43,0:10:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which present you with an outside view\Nof yourself embedded in a place, Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.82,0:10:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these mirrors come back empty. Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.29,0:10:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John Green: Makes me\Nnostalgic for the days Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.50,0:10:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you could see\Nthe pixels in online video. Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.70,0:10:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.73,0:10:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ze isn't just a great public intellectual,\Nhe's also a brilliant community builder, Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.84,0:10:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the community of people\Nthat built up around these videos Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.73,0:10:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was in many ways a community of learners. Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.76,0:10:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we played Ze Frank at chess\Ncollaboratively, and we beat him. Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.31,0:10:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We organized ourselves to take a young man\Non a road trip across the United States. Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.75,0:10:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We turned the Earth into a sandwich, Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.72,0:10:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by having one person hold a piece of bread\Nat one point on the Earth, Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.46,0:10:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the exact opposite\Npoint of the Earth, Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.61,0:10:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have another person\Nholding a piece of bread. Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.59,0:10:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realize that these are silly ideas,\Nbut they are also "learny" ideas, Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.62,0:10:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was what was so exciting to me, Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.57,0:10:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you go online, you can find\Ncommunities like this all over the place. Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.18,0:10:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Follow the calculus tag on Tumblr, Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.09,0:10:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yes, you will see people\Ncomplaining about calculus, Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.76,0:11:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you'll also see people\Nre-blogging those complaints, Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.46,0:11:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making the argument that calculus\Nis interesting and beautiful, Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.67,0:11:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here's a way in to thinking about\Nthe problem that you find unsolvable. Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.64,0:11:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can go to places like Reddit,\Nand find sub-Reddits, Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.26,0:11:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like "Ask a Historian" or "Ask Science," Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.91,0:11:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you can ask people\Nwho are in these fields Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.16,0:11:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a wide range of questions, Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.65,0:11:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from very serious ones to very silly ones. Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.02,0:11:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to me, the most interesting\Ncommunities of learners Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.97,0:11:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are growing up on the Internet\Nright now are on YouTube, Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.86,0:11:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and admittedly, I am biased. Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.48,0:11:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think in a lot of ways,\Nthe YouTube page resembles a classroom. Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.04,0:11:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look for instance at "Minute Physics," Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.89,0:11:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a guy who's teaching\Nthe world about physics: Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.70,0:11:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Let's cut to the chase. Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.23,0:11:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As of July 4, 2012, the Higgs boson\Nis the last fundamental piece Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.61,0:11:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the standard model of particle physics\Nto be discovered experimentally. Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.12,0:11:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, you might ask,\Nwhy was the Higgs boson Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.19,0:11:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,included in the standard model, Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.70,0:11:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alongside well-known particles\Nlike electrons and photons and quarks, Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.100,0:11:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it hadn't been discovered\Nback then in the 1970s? Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.54,0:11:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good question. There are two main reasons. Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.56,0:12:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, just like the electron\Nis an excitation in the electron field, Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.85,0:12:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Higgs boson is simply a particle\Nwhich is an excitation Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.67,0:12:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the everywhere-permeating Higgs field. Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.67,0:12:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Higgs field in turn\Nplays an integral role Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.94,0:12:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our model for the weak nuclear force. Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.89,0:12:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In particular, the Higgs field\Nhelps explain why it's so weak. Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.08,0:12:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll talk more about this\Nin a later video, Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.17,0:12:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but even though weak nuclear theory was\Nconfirmed in the 1980s, in the equations, Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.02,0:12:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Higgs field is so inextricably jumbled\Nwith the weak force, that until now Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.76,0:12:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've been unable to confirm\Nits actual and independent existence. Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.95,0:12:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JG: Or here's a video that I made Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.75,0:12:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as part of my show "Crash Course,"\Ntalking about World War I: Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.98,0:12:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) The immediate cause was\Nof course the assassination in Sarajevo Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.38,0:12:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.41,0:12:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on June 28, 1914, by a Bosnian-Serb\Nnationalist named Gavrilo Princip. Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.86,0:12:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quick aside: It's worth noting Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.33,0:12:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the first big war\Nof the twentieth century began Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.84,0:12:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an act of terrorism. Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.09,0:12:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Franz Ferdinand\Nwasn't particularly well-liked Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.44,0:12:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by his uncle, the emperor Franz Joseph --\Nnow that is a mustache! Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.10,0:12:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even so, the assassination led Austria\Nto issue an ultimatum to Serbia, Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.90,0:13:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereupon Serbia accepted some,\Nbut not all, of Austria's demands, Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.14,0:13:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leading Austria to declare\Nwar against Serbia. Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.72,0:13:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then Russia, due to its alliance\Nwith the Serbs, mobilized its army. Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.13,0:13:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Germany, because it had\Nan alliance with Austria, Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.46,0:13:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,told Russia to stop mobilizing, Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.98,0:13:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which Russia failed to do, so then Germany\Nmobilized its own army, Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.26,0:13:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,declared war on Russia,\Ncemented an alliance with the Ottomans, Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.36,0:13:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then declared war on France,\Nbecause, you know, France. Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.96,0:13:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.44,0:13:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not just physics\Nand world history Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.71,0:13:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people are choosing\Nto learn through YouTube. Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.86,0:13:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a video about abstract mathematics. Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.91,0:13:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) So you're me, and you're\Nin math class yet again, Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.62,0:13:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they make you go every single day. Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.65,0:13:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're learning about, I don't know,\Nthe sums of infinite series. Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.94,0:13:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a high school topic, right? Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.59,0:13:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is odd, because it's a cool topic,\Nbut they somehow manage to ruin it anyway. Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.53,0:13:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I guess that's why they allow\Ninfinite series in the curriculum. Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.71,0:13:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in a quite understandable need\Nfor distraction, you're doodling Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.89,0:13:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thinking more about what\Nthe plural of "series" should be Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.84,0:14:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than about the topic at hand: "serieses,"\N"seriese," "seriesen," and "serii?" Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.51,0:14:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or is it that the singular should be\Nchanged: one "serie," or "serum," Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.83,0:14:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like the singular of "sheep"\Nshould be "shoop." Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.30,0:14:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the whole concept of things Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.82,0:14:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 and so on\Napproaches one, is useful if, say, Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.30,0:14:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to draw a line of elephants, Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.09,0:14:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each holding the tail of the next one: Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.93,0:14:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,normal elephant, young elephant,\Nbaby elephant, dog-sized elephant, Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.12,0:14:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,puppy-sized elephant, all the way\Ndown to Mr. Tusks and beyond. Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.12,0:14:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is at least a tiny bit awesome, Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.92,0:14:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you can get an infinite number\Nof elephants in a line, Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.89,0:14:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still have it fit across\Na single notebook page. Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.37,0:14:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JG: And lastly, here's Destin,\Nfrom "Smarter Every Day," Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.02,0:14:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talking about the conservation\Nof angular momentum, Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.45,0:14:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, since it's YouTube, cats: Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.95,0:14:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Hey, it's me, Destin.\NWelcome back to "Smarter Every Day." Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.08,0:14:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you've probably observed that cats\Nalmost always land on their feet. Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.45,0:14:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today's question is: why? Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.43,0:14:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like most simple questions,\Nthere's a very complex answer. Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.21,0:14:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, let me reword this question: Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.25,0:14:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does a cat go from feet-up\Nto feet-down in a falling reference frame, Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.47,0:14:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without violating the conservation\Nof angular momentum? Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.46,0:14:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.49,0:15:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JG: So, here's something all four\Nof these videos have in common: Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.40,0:15:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They all have more than half\Na million views on YouTube. Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.54,0:15:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those are people watching\Nnot in classrooms, Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.63,0:15:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because they are part\Nof the communities of learning Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.30,0:15:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are being set up by these channels. Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.69,0:15:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said earlier that YouTube\Nis like a classroom to me, Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.44,0:15:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in many ways it is,\Nbecause here is the instructor -- Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.15,0:15:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like the old-fashioned classroom:\Nhere's the instructor, Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.19,0:15:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then beneath the instructor\Nare the students, Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.54,0:15:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're all having a conversation. Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.63,0:15:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know that YouTube comments\Nhave a very bad reputation Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.68,0:15:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the world of the Internet, Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.10,0:15:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in fact, if you go on comments\Nfor these channels, Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.20,0:15:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you'll find is people engaging\Nthe subject matter, Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.38,0:15:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking difficult, complicated questions\Nthat are about the subject matter, Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.65,0:15:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then other people\Nanswering those questions. Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.41,0:15:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because the YouTube page is set up so\Nthat the page in which I'm talking to you Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.27,0:15:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is on the exact -- the place where I'm\Ntalking to you is on the exact same page Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.14,0:15:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as your comments, Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.32,0:16:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are participating in a live and real\Nand active way in the conversation. Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.97,0:16:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because I'm in comments usually,\NI get to participate with you. Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.57,0:16:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you find this\Nwhether it's world history, Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.05,0:16:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or mathematics, or science,\Nor whatever it is. Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.13,0:16:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You also see young people using the tools\Nand the sort of genres of the Internet Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.78,0:16:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to create places\Nfor intellectual engagement, Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.88,0:16:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of the ironic detachment Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.50,0:16:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that maybe most of us associate with memes\Nand other Internet conventions -- Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.22,0:16:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, "Got bored. Invented calculus." Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.77,0:16:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, here's Honey Boo Boo\Ncriticizing industrial capitalism: Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.24,0:16:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Liberal capitalism is not at all\Nthe Good of humanity. Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.93,0:16:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle\Nof savage, destructive nihilism."] Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.52,0:16:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In case you can't see\Nwhat she says ... yeah. Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.32,0:16:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really believe that these spaces, Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.01,0:16:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these communities, have become\Nfor a new generation of learners, Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.06,0:16:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kind of communities,\Nthe kind of cartographic communities Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.45,0:16:57.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I had when I was in high school,\Nand then again when I was in college. Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.02,0:17:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as an adult, re-finding\Nthese communities Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.31,0:17:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has re-introduced me\Nto a community of learners, Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.65,0:17:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has encouraged me to continue\Nto be a learner even in my adulthood, Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.57,0:17:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that I no longer feel like learning\Nis something reserved for the young. Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.30,0:17:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vi Hart and "Minute Physics" introduced me Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.55,0:17:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all kinds of things\Nthat I didn't know before. Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.75,0:17:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know that we all hearken back Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.46,0:17:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the days of the Parisian salon\Nin the Enlightenment, Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.57,0:17:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to the Algonquin Round Table, and wish, Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.62,0:17:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, I wish I could have been\Na part of that, Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.77,0:17:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish I could have laughed\Nat Dorothy Parker's jokes." Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.64,0:17:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm here to tell you that these places\Nexist, they still exist. Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.44,0:17:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They exist in corners of the Internet,\Nwhere old men fear to tread. Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.99,0:17:41.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.02,0:17:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I truly, truly believe that when\Nwe invented Agloe, New York, in the 1960s, Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.87,0:17:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we made Agloe real,\Nwe were just getting started. Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.25,0:17:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.42,0:17:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)