[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.83,0:00:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good afternoon. Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.32,0:00:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like you all to breathe\Nthrough the little straw. Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.93,0:00:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're even going to stand up,\Nif it's OK. Come on. Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.26,0:00:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to move our bodies\Nwhile breathing through this little straw. Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.54,0:00:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And go! Go on! Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.25,0:00:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Tum Chiki Cha Chiki Tum Chiki Cha ♪ Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.25,0:00:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep going, move! Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.28,0:00:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Tum Chiki Cha Chiki Tum Chiki Cha ♪ Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.99,0:00:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep moving; keep breathing\Nthrough the straw! Go. Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.41,0:00:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Tum Chiki Cha Chiki Tum Chiki Cha ♪ Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.12,0:00:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Move a lot! Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.29,0:00:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Tum Chiki Cha Chiki Tum Chiki Cha ♪ Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.11,0:00:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Tum Chiki Cha Chiki Tum Chiki Cha ♪ Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.42,0:00:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Great. Thanks. Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.04,0:00:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it easy? Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.41,0:01:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we do that for one short minute. Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.19,0:01:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we did that for many weeks,\Nmany months, or the rest of our life, Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.31,0:01:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if we were born with this little straw\Nin our mouths, what would happen? Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.97,0:01:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, we would certainly forget\Nthat we have this little straw, Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.25,0:01:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would probably build\Na philosophy based on scarcity. Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.98,0:01:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, we'd say air is scarce,\Njust because we forgot that that the tool Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.79,0:01:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that links us to this abundant air,\Nthere's plenty of it for us, Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.49,0:01:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we forgot this object, so we build up\Na vision of a scarce world. Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.83,0:01:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, it was a bit short in one minute, Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.27,0:01:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we realize that if we really\Nstart breathing through this little straw, Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.98,0:01:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then all our physical,\Nemotional, and mental energy, Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.92,0:01:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all our inspiration, Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.67,0:01:58.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are entirely devoted to this breathing. Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.51,0:02:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't think about anything else, Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.25,0:02:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're not going to write\Na symphony or a book, Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.49,0:02:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're not going to run, or dance. Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.21,0:02:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, each breath becomes\Nthe conquest of the next breath. Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.22,0:02:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And another thing:\Nthis suffocation will encourage us Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.37,0:02:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to steal our neighbor's straw,\Nor at least to feel tempted to do so. Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.75,0:02:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moreover, if I accumulate\Nmany little straws, Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.97,0:02:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I might become able to ask others\Nto take their neighbor's straw, Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.99,0:02:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also ask anyone to work for me,\Nand hand out the straws. Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.25,0:02:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you see, this situation\Nof asphyxiation, Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.07,0:02:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is what most of humanity\Nis experiencing today. Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.26,0:02:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With this tool, not to access air,\Nbut wealth, I mean money. Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.94,0:02:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Money is missing, money is lacking. Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.76,0:02:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the experience\Nof most of our contemporaries, Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.51,0:02:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to different degrees, but most of them. Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.61,0:02:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is money lacking? Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.24,0:02:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know for sure\Nthat there is a huge quantity of it, Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.98,0:03:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this money is going\Nto become concentrated. Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.25,0:03:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We encounter this concentration already,\Nas young children playing "Monopoly", Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.67,0:03:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a kind of miniature model,\Na simplified version Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.74,0:03:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the economic system in which we live, Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.74,0:03:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's the same thing,\Nthe fundamentals are the same: Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.46,0:03:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more money I make,\Nthe more I can invest, Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.42,0:03:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more I can invest, the more I make,\Nthe more I make the more I can invest. Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.29,0:03:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This shows that there is\Na phenomenon of "condensation", Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.97,0:03:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the technical term, of currency, Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.92,0:03:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which becomes concentrated\Nin the hands of a few. Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.28,0:03:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while money becomes condensed here,\Nof course it becomes rare somewhere else. Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.12,0:03:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There we have what\Nwe call undermonetization. Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.26,0:03:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is where this asphyxia takes place. Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.76,0:03:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This phenomenon of currency condensation\Nhas a name; it's called the Pareto effect, Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.24,0:03:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is what we experience\Nin the Monopoly game. Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.76,0:03:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This leads to interesting conclusions,\Nnot the ones you find in school books, Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.26,0:03:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even less in the economic press. Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.52,0:03:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, in this monetary system,\Nby design, there no one winner, Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.80,0:03:59.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the one with all the bank notes,\Nbecause if I have all the bank notes, Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.11,0:04:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other players have nothing,\NI am as economically dead as the others. Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.25,0:04:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I can do what I want\Nwith the piles of bank notes I have, Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.49,0:04:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can turn a blind eye to them,\Nbut anyway, I can't do anything with them. Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.44,0:04:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or I can change the rules of the game,\Nand then the game can continue. Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.76,0:04:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in truth, this is a game of mass death. Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.97,0:04:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's inherent in the monetary structure\Nof the Monopoly game, Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.97,0:04:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as in the monetary structure\Nwe use in the world today. Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.51,0:04:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next thing is that no matter\Nwhat the participants' intentions may be, Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.26,0:04:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if people want to make\Nfavorable exchanges, Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.00,0:04:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if they're not trying\Nto kill each other, Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.25,0:04:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of people's intentions,\Nthe system as a whole, Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.96,0:04:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes towards its destiny, independently\Nof the will of the players. Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.76,0:04:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the mechanism of scarcity, and this\Nis why we call money a "scarce currency". Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.89,0:04:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a value judgment;\Nit's a technical term that describes Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.98,0:04:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kind of currency humanity uses today. Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.97,0:04:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it's euros, dollars,\Nany other currency, it's the same thing. Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.34,0:05:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But today, of course,\Na response is being made to that. Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.51,0:05:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's simple: from the fact that currency\Nis missing in a given region, Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.20,0:05:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people see that the money\Nhas gone somewhere else, Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.76,0:05:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they create their own local currency. Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.95,0:05:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we see local currencies\Nproliferating all over the planet. Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.97,0:05:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result, trade picks up again,\Nthe social body resumes its activity Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.97,0:05:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its energy, and it starts over. Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.76,0:05:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are also currencies\Ncalled "social currencies", Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.26,0:05:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,complementary social currencies. Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.75,0:05:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance, let's imagine\Nthat I am a student in Japan, Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.52,0:05:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my next door neighbor is an old lady. Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.25,0:05:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can do her shopping, keep her house,\Nmaybe even help her to get dressed. Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.46,0:05:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I earn Fureai Kippus that I can now send Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.48,0:05:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to my old great-uncle\Non the other side of Japan. Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.68,0:05:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can then use them\Nwith someone in his neighborhood. Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.89,0:05:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we see that this currency\Nhas an exclusively social function. Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.09,0:05:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it creates relationships,\Nwhile the Yen as such Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.61,0:05:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not at all adapted\Nto performing this function. Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.97,0:06:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it also allows the government\Nto save billions of yen. Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.28,0:06:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are also currencies\Nused for business purposes. Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.76,0:06:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's one that most people\Nknow worldwide: Air Miles, Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.26,0:06:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which allow one to purchase plane tickets,\Nhotel rooms, rental cars, etc. Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.51,0:06:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are also currencies\Nthat we call "targeted", Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.97,0:06:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they fulfill a specific function,\Nsuch as carbon or kilowatt currencies. Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.77,0:06:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These targeted currencies are made\Nto support a specific sector: Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.49,0:06:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,education, energy, etc.; there you go. Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.98,0:06:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was a quick overview\Nof "complementary currencies". Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.26,0:06:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, a breach has opened. Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.76,0:06:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you go to the Internet to observe it,\Na breach has opened Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.77,0:06:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the monopoly of scarce money;\Nthis is one response. Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.75,0:06:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, we're not going to stop there, Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.26,0:06:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because complementary currencies\Nare only a transitory step. Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.50,0:06:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a response to... Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.25,0:06:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Complementary": means what it says,\Nit "complements" the system. Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.95,0:07:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It creates patches, bandages; it's made\Nto heal, to supply deficiencies. Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.76,0:07:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in fact, what's happening\Nforeshadows an historical moment, Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.77,0:07:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as has sometimes happened in the past. Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.96,0:07:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, when people said, Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.64,0:07:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Look, everyone has the right\Nto think what he likes, Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.23,0:07:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everyone has the right\Nto freedom of speech. Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.52,0:07:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a universal and inalienable right." Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.55,0:07:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we know that before this, freedom\Nof speech was an elite prerogative. Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.96,0:07:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One couldn't express oneself\Nwithout the permission of some authority, Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.50,0:07:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be it the king, God, or whoever else. Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.98,0:07:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And today, in our own time,\Nwe still speak of sovereign currency, Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.97,0:07:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our minds, we say -\Nit's indisputable - Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.20,0:07:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,currency is tied to power, to authority, Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.24,0:07:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it be that of God, the state,\Nbanks; it doesn't matter. Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.28,0:07:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The transition that is happening now is\Nthe shift from power-controlled currency Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.95,0:07:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards MANY currencies\Ncontrolled by the citizenry. Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.96,0:07:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everywhere we begin to hear people say, Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.52,0:08:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, indeed, we can create a currency\Nto support this sector of education, Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.99,0:08:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that one, for clean water." Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.50,0:08:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the latter context, people want\Nto create social solidarity, and so on. Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.98,0:08:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this whole nascent movement,\Nis called "free currencies". Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.97,0:08:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as well as resolving social issues, Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.94,0:08:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these free currencies foreshadow Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.40,0:08:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an evolution of our species\Nof the same magnitude Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.31,0:08:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the invention of language,\Nor the invention of writing. Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.12,0:08:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, we are becoming capable\Ncapable of creating large groups, Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.04,0:08:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small ones, local ones, huge ones,\Nspecialized or general, it doesn't matter. Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.95,0:08:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These communities will soon have\Na language that will give them the ability Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.26,0:08:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand their own dynamics,\Nthe dynamics of exchange, of flows. Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.97,0:08:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way this is the original meaning\Nof the word "currency" in English. Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.74,0:08:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John Locke considered that "currency\Nis the ability to see currents, flows," Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.54,0:08:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are thousands of currents\Neverywhere around us. Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.24,0:08:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them are\Nreally interesting for us, Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.51,0:09:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we must have the freedom\Nto play with them, to see these currents. Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.76,0:09:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I would like to share a dream,\Nthis dream on which I am working. Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.82,0:09:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to-- Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.73,0:09:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I dream that every human being\Ncan become involved with his or her peers, Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.41,0:09:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the extent of her strength,\Nto the best of his ability and talents, Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.52,0:09:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without having this momentum stopped\Nmerely because of a currency shortage, Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.50,0:09:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only for that reason. Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.96,0:09:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work, I wish to create the best system\Nof sharing and exchanging wealth, Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.53,0:09:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and free currencies\Nseem to be ideal for this. Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.51,0:09:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This system is not one imposed\Non everyone by a few, Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.78,0:09:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is one that people\Nwill create for themselves, Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.19,0:09:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wherever they are, in their own context. Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.10,0:09:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This city, that social network,\Nthis company, Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.36,0:09:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this group of people\Nsharing the same values. Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.70,0:09:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That makes millions of different circles:\Nsmall, large, local, global; Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.74,0:09:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each of them must be able to create\Nfree currencies that will allow trade. Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.99,0:10:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course I want this system\Nto be easy to use, to be fun, Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.50,0:10:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and able to work on any mobile phone. Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.01,0:10:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're working on it, we already have\Nthe first experiments; it works very well. Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.01,0:10:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It opens up more than 50%\Nof humanity to free currencies. Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.01,0:10:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, less than 50% of humanity has\Naccess to currency in this free manner. Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.24,0:10:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish that-- I dream that\Nyou'll leave this auditorium Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.50,0:10:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this little seed inside, thinking,\N"Currency is a citizen's right." Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.98,0:10:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everyone here in this room can do it. Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.50,0:10:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, already in this very room,\Na whole potential economy can start. Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.78,0:10:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you want to do it,\Nthat's it, it can start. Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.01,0:10:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe even TED itself,\Nthis huge exchange of ideas, of talents, Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.99,0:10:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people who share\Nand disseminate ideas everywhere, Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.76,0:10:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe this can be an extraordinary\Nstarting point for free currencies, too. Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.25,0:11:01.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once free currencies are\Neverywhere, then you will choose. Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.27,0:11:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The old, exclusive currency,\Nthat you have to pay for, Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.98,0:11:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or multiple free currencies,\Nthat are citizen-based, and free to use? Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.26,0:11:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to bring this dream about, Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.50,0:11:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work on two levels:\Nfirst, a technical level. Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.03,0:11:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's technology to build,\Nsoftware and code need to be written. Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.00,0:11:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can also visit a website\Nafterwards, if you want, Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.25,0:11:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will direct you to everything,\Ncalled TheTransitioner.org. Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.27,0:11:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorry, we work in English:\Nthat's TheTransitioner.org. Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.94,0:11:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you can easily find information. Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.02,0:11:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then beyond technology,\Nbeyond software code, protocols, Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.51,0:11:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,user interfaces, cell phones, Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.65,0:11:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also made a personal choice,\Nwhich is to abandon money, Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.00,0:11:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to become "rich". Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.99,0:11:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, to become rich without money,\Nbut, of course, with free currencies. Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.50,0:11:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I say "rich", it's not\Nin the consumer sense of it, Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.32,0:11:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in its most profound meaning: Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.53,0:11:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rich in relationships,\Nand also in the material sense. Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.25,0:12:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have spoken a little\Nabout this misery in the world, Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.01,0:12:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't speak about it\Nonly in a theoretical way Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.64,0:12:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I have met with this misery myself. Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.01,0:12:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have earned money, I've inherited it,\NI've had pocket money, Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.68,0:12:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've stolen it\Nat one period of my life. Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.76,0:12:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I myself have been in this predatory mode,\Nwhich sent me to prison twice. Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.51,0:12:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found, I saw that most people Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.12,0:12:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in prison, experiencing incarceration, Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.77,0:12:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were people like me, who had\Npredatory relationships with money, Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.51,0:12:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who stole it, or were involved\Nin drugs, break-ins, etc. Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.76,0:12:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Traveling as I do in the world, Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.20,0:12:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've learned that in fact, true misery, Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.75,0:12:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the true humiliation of a human being is\Nnot about not having access to something. Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.49,0:12:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is above all not to be able to give. Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.75,0:12:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now, today, we have the means\Nto change that, precisely because Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.00,0:13:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all this work on the economy,\Nthat the media doesn't talk about. Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.26,0:13:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tomorrow's world won't be\Nthe fruit of our reactions, Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.25,0:13:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it will be the fruit of our creations. Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.50,0:13:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're working on it; we need\None another to complete the work. Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.88,0:13:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a small global team,\Nvery determined, and we need your support. Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.76,0:13:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.01,0:13:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.99,0:13:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Host: Jean-François! (Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.29,0:13:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took the x from TEDx, so I no longer\Nhave to pronounce "TEDex". Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.50,0:13:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I exchanged it for a thousand thanks,\Nand now I give it to you. Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.98,0:13:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JFN: Thanks! And they say that x\Nis valuable, so thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.75,0:13:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)