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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.08,0:00:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I get started,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.28,0:00:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really excited to be here
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.69,0:00:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually to just watch\Nwhat's going to happen, from here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.95,0:00:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, with that said,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.12,0:00:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to start with\Nwhat is one of our greatest needs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.49,0:00:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of our greatest needs for our brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.82,0:00:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And instead of telling you,\NI want to show you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.13,0:00:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I want you to feel it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.66,0:00:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot I want you to feel\Nin the next 14 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.43,0:00:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we could all stand up, right.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.50,0:00:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all going to conduct\Na piece of Strauss together.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.55,0:00:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright, and you all know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.61,0:00:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you ready?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.16,0:00:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.35,0:00:39.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ready, one, two, three.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.51,0:00:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.73,0:00:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music: Richard Strauss\N"Also Sprach Zarathustra")
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.04,0:00:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.24,0:00:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know where it's going.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.75,0:00:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.95,0:01:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, it's coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.59,0:01:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music stops)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.00,0:01:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.18,0:01:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.37,0:01:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.56,0:01:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Collective coitus interruptus.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.04,0:01:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, you can all sit down.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.46,0:01:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.38,0:01:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a fundamental need for closure.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.56,0:01:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.53,0:01:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We love closure.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.36,0:01:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.93,0:01:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was told the story that when Mozart,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.82,0:01:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just before he would go to bed,\Nhe'd go to the piano and go
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.62,0:01:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,da-da-da-da-da
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.82,0:01:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his father, who was already in bed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.59,0:01:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think, "Ah,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.77,0:01:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he'd have to get up\Nand hit the final note to the cord
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.37,0:01:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before he could go back to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.86,0:01:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the need for closure
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.81,0:01:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leads us to thinking\Nabout what is our greatest fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.38,0:01:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think, what is our greatest fear\Ngrowing up, even now?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.41,0:02:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's the fear of the dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.70,0:02:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hate uncertainty.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.38,0:02:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hate to not know.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.37,0:02:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hate it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.56,0:02:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about horror films.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.02,0:02:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Horror films are always shot in the dark,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.82,0:02:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the forest,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.82,0:02:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at night,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.08,0:02:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the depths of the sea,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.37,0:02:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the blackness of space.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.54,0:02:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reason is because\Ndying was easy during evolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.89,0:02:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you weren't sure that was a predator,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.84,0:02:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was too late.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.49,0:02:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your brain evolved to predict.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.06,0:02:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you couldn't predict, you died.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.14,0:02:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the way your brain predicts
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.80,0:02:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is by encoding the bias and assumptions\Nthat were useful in the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.59,0:02:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But those assumptions\Njust don't stay inside your brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.40,0:02:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You project them out into the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.50,0:02:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no bird there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.01,0:02:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're projecting the meaning\Nonto the screen.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.51,0:02:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything I'm saying to you right now\Nis literally meaningless.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.15,0:02:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.60,0:03:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're creating the meaning\Nand projecting it onto me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.70,0:03:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's true for objects\Nis true for other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.31,0:03:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While you can measure\Ntheir "what" and their "when,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.77,0:03:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can never measure their "why."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.65,0:03:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we color other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.87,0:03:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we project a meaning onto them
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.47,0:03:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on our biases and our experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.91,0:03:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is why the best of design
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.48,0:03:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is almost always about\Ndecreasing uncertainty.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.74,0:03:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we step into uncertainty,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.86,0:03:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our bodies respond\Nphysiologically and mentally.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.79,0:03:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your immune system\Nwill start deteriorating.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.66,0:03:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your brain cells wither and even die.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.53,0:03:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your creativity and intelligence decrease.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.44,0:03:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We often go from fear to anger,\Nalmost too often.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.36,0:03:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because fear is a state of certainty.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.87,0:03:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You become morally judgmental.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.78,0:03:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You become an extreme version of yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.90,0:03:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a conservative,\Nyou become more conservative.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.53,0:03:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a liberal,\Nyou become more liberal.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.70,0:03:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you go to a place of familiarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.13,0:04:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is that the world changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.95,0:04:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have to adapt or die.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.48,0:04:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you want to shift from A to B,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.28,0:04:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first step is not B.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.20,0:04:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first step is to go from A to not-A.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.14,0:04:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To let go of your bias and assumptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.36,0:04:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To step into the very place\Nthat our brain evolved to avoid.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.70,0:04:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To step into the place of the unknown.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.55,0:04:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's so essential\Nthat we go to this place,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.20,0:04:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our brain gave us a solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.97,0:04:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Evolution gave us a solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.13,0:04:37.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's possibly one of the most profound\Nperceptual experiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.97,0:04:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's the experience of awe.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.86,0:04:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.33,0:05:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.11,0:05:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.87,0:06:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.88,0:06:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.56,0:06:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.44,0:06:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.88,0:07:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.92,0:07:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.79,0:07:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.84,0:07:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beau Lotto: Ah, how wonderful, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.90,0:07:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, right now you're probably all feeling,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.45,0:07:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at some level or another awe.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.33,0:07:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.51,0:07:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what's happening\Ninside your brain right now?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.57,0:07:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for thousands of years,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.02,0:07:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've been thinking and writing\Nand experiencing awe
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.43,0:07:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know so little about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.51,0:07:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so to try to understand\Nwhat is it and what does it do,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.64,0:07:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my lab of misfits had just\Nthe wonderful opportunity and the pleasure
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.50,0:08:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work with who are some of the greatest\Ncreators of awe that we know,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.54,0:08:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the writers, the creators,\Nthe directors, the accountants,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.43,0:08:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people who are Cirque Du Soleil.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.14,0:08:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we went to Las Vegas
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.12,0:08:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we recorded the brain activity
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.84,0:08:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people while they are\Nwatching the performance,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.100,0:08:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over 10 performances of "O,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.81,0:08:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is iconic Cirque performance,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.66,0:08:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we also measure\Nthe behavior before the performance,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.25,0:08:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as a different group\Nafter the performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.33,0:08:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we had over 200 people involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.37,0:08:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what is awe?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.35,0:08:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is happening\Ninside your brain right now?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.53,0:08:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a brain state.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.64,0:08:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.82,0:08:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The front part of your brain,\Nthe prefrontal cortex,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.28,0:08:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is responsible\Nfor your executive function,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.62,0:08:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your attentional control,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.90,0:08:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is now being downregulated.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.16,0:08:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The part of your brain called\Nthe DMN, default mode network,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.80,0:08:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the interaction\Nbetween multiple areas in your brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.80,0:09:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is active during, sort of, ideation,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.54,0:09:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creative thinking in terms\Nof divergent thinking and daydreaming,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.78,0:09:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is now being upregulated.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.94,0:09:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And right about now,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.96,0:09:12.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the activity in your\Nprefrontal cortex is changing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.42,0:09:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's becoming asymmetrical\Nin its activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.37,0:09:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Biased towards the right,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.70,0:09:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is highly correlated\Nwhen people step forward into the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.57,0:09:23.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as opposed to step back.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.72,0:09:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, the activity across the brains\Nof all these people was so correlated,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.73,0:09:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're able to train\Nan artificial neural network
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.28,0:09:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to predict whether or not\Npeople are experiencing awe
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.02,0:09:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to an accuracy of 75 percent on average,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.24,0:09:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a maximum of 83 percent.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.95,0:09:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what does this brain state do, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.85,0:09:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, others have demonstrated,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.60,0:09:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for instance, professors\NHaidt and Keltner,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.20,0:09:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have told us that people feel small\Nbut connected to the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.66,0:10:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And their pro-social behavior increases,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.19,0:10:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they feel an increased\Naffinity towards others.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.84,0:10:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've also shown, in this study,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.26,0:10:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people have a less need\Nfor cognitive control.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.65,0:10:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're more comfortable with uncertainty\Nwithout having closure.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.41,0:10:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And their appetite\Nfor risk also increases.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.50,0:10:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They actually seek risk\Nand they are better able at taking it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.17,0:10:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And something that\Nwas really quite profound,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.78,0:10:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that when we ask people,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.32,0:10:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Are you someone who has propensity\Nto experience awe?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.64,0:10:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were more likely\Nto give a positive response
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.21,0:10:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the performance than they were.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.25,0:10:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They literally redefined themselves\Nand their history.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.97,0:10:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, awe is possibly the perception\Nthat is bigger than us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.82,0:10:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the words of Joseph Campbell,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.90,0:10:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,awe is what enables us to move forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.52,0:10:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or in the words of a dear friend,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.47,0:10:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably one of our\Ngreatest photographers,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.68,0:11:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still living photographers,\NDuane Michaels,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.78,0:11:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said to me just the other day
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.40,0:11:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that maybe it gives us the curiosity\Nto overcome our cowardice.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.75,0:11:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, who cares? Why should we care?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.53,0:11:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, consider conflict,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.89,0:11:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which seems to be so omnipresent\Nin our society at the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.25,0:11:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you and I are in conflict,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.05,0:11:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's as if we're at the opposite\Nends of the same line.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.03,0:11:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my aim is to prove that you're wrong\Nand to shift you towards me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.30,0:11:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is, you are doing\Nexactly the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.56,0:11:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're trying to prove that I'm wrong\Nand to shift me towards you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.76,0:11:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice that conflict is the setup\Nto win but not learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.52,0:11:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your brain only learns if we move.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.18,0:11:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life is movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.57,0:11:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what if we could use awe,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.84,0:11:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to get rid of conflict,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.98,0:11:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conflict is essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.43,0:11:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Conflict is how your brain expands,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.54,0:11:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's how your brain learns.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.42,0:11:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But rather, to enter conflict\Nin a different way.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.56,0:11:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what if we could enter it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.39,0:12:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,awe could enable us to enter it\Nin at least two different ways?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.39,0:12:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, to give us the humility\Nand courage to not know.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.47,0:12:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.65,0:12:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To enter conflict with a question\Ninstead of an answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.54,0:12:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would happen then?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.96,0:12:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To enter the conflict\Nwith uncertainty instead of certainty.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.80,0:12:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second is\Nin entering conflict that way
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.54,0:12:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to seek to understand,\Nrather than convince.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.38,0:12:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because everyone\Nmakes sense to themselves, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.46,0:12:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to understand another person,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.08,0:12:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to understand the biases\Nand assumptions
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.13,0:12:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that give rise to their behavior.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.49,0:12:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've actually initiated a pilot study
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.18,0:12:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to look to see whether\Nwe could use art-induced awe
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.61,0:12:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to facilitate toleration.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.90,0:12:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the results are actually\Nincredibly positive.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.58,0:12:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can mitigate against anger and hate
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.63,0:12:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the experience of awe\Ngenerated by art.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.08,0:12:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So where can we find awe,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.02,0:12:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given how important it is?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.91,0:13:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what if --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.75,0:13:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A suggestion.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.56,0:13:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That awe is not just\Nto be found in the grandeur.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.91,0:13:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Awe is essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.11,0:13:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often it's scale, right,\Nthe mountains, the sun scape.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.51,0:13:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if we could actually\Nrescale ourselves?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.36,0:13:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And find the impossible in the simple?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.16,0:13:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if this is true,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.40,0:13:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our data are right,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.79,0:13:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then endeavors like science,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.22,0:13:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adventure, art, ideas, love,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.28,0:13:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a TED conference, performance,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.14,0:13:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not only inspired by awe.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.03,0:13:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But could actually be our ladders\Ninto uncertainty,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.90,0:13:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help us expand.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.74,0:14:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.10,0:14:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.28,0:14:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please, come up.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.45,0:14:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.47,0:14:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.58,0:14:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)