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Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.51,0:00:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten years ago, I quit my job as a bookseller
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.94,0:00:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I packed my luggage
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.32,0:00:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I left Paris to live in Los Angeles.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.89,0:00:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn’t know anyone there
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.51,0:00:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I knew that I wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.62,0:00:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make movies
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.66,0:00:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it made sense to go to Hollywood.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.67,0:00:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came back to France
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.17,0:00:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after a few years
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.86,0:00:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when people would ask me:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.46,0:00:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,: “What do you do in life?”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.18,0:00:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would reply:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.03,0:00:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,: “I’m a filmmaker. I make movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.21,0:00:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, I’m just back from a few years in Los Angeles.”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.21,0:00:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would oftentimes see a little sparkle
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.99,0:00:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their eyes as they'd say:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.76,0:00:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“That’s amazing!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.69,0:00:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What type of films do you direct?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.86,0:01:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we see them at the movie theatre?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.26,0:01:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you worked with famous people?”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.60,0:01:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would reply:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.54,0:01:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,: “I direct mostly fiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.74,0:01:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can’t watch my films at the movie theatre
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.08,0:01:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- not yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.74,0:01:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And no...no, I haven’t worked with anyone famous.”\N\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.86,0:01:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that moment
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.86,0:01:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there would be a silence
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.76,0:01:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,long enough for their enthusiasm
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.62,0:01:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go down a few inches
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.14,0:01:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.87,0:01:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would keep on talking about Los Angeles.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.79,0:01:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Little by little,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.63,0:01:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tired of seeing people’s reaction
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.45,0:01:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going from curious to disappointed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.17,0:01:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they would realize
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.77,0:01:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was a “wannabe”,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.00,0:01:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started lying about what I was doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.04,0:01:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stopped saying \N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.93,0:01:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I’m a filmmaker”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.97,0:01:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say “I work as a freelance.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.22,0:01:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stopped saying
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.74,0:01:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say “I make videos for clients.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.74,0:01:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounded less dreamy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.81,0:01:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was useful and practical.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.52,0:01:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would talk about how to find clients,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.44,0:02:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to bill them, about gear.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.44,0:02:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And more importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.95,0:02:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stopped feeling like
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.15,0:02:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I had to apologize for my lack of success.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.15,0:02:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to feel a bit weird about it though
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.25,0:02:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,, so I asked myself
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.07,0:02:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Why do you lie about what you do?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.59,0:02:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why do you feel
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.25,0:02:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feel compelled to diminish people's expectations
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.96,0:02:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they won’t think you’ve failed?”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.11,0:02:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s at that point that I really started
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.09,0:02:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become interested
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.21,0:02:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the concept of “success”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.34,0:02:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how it has evolved
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.28,0:02:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the last few years,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.67,0:02:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially with the social medias’ arrival in our lives
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.80,0:02:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that remind us daily
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.09,0:02:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we rank on the graph of success
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.30,0:02:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compared to the other 8 billion.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.25,0:02:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This ranking on the “success graph”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.66,0:02:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explains why sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.72,0:02:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we talk with people,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.07,0:02:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a contest starts
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.26,0:02:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find out who has the most impact.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.98,0:02:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s conveyed through innocent words:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.60,0:02:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I know X person”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.66,0:02:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“X number of people follow me”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.94,0:02:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I travelled through X number of countries”,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.92,0:03:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I was a speaker at X event”.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.78,0:03:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Giving a TED Talk is great
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.82,0:03:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to win an impact contest.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.72,0:03:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you TED.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.98,0:03:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Power and Success have always existed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.04,0:03:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they’ve always been a fuel
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.84,0:03:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for some people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.65,0:03:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and obstacles for others.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.30,0:03:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the last few years,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.40,0:03:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things have become so intense
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.94,0:03:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I’ve found myself listening to 24-year-olds
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.23,0:03:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explaining that they had abandoned a dream
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.74,0:03:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an idea before they had even started.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.42,0:03:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reason why
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.87,0:03:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had given up before trying
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.62,0:03:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that they were paralysed by the success
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.24,0:03:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people younger than them
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.46,0:03:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were witnessing daily on social media.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.72,0:03:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve listened to 24-year-olds explaining
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.78,0:03:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to me that if they really had something
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.37,0:03:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to achieve on this planet
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.60,0:03:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they should have had their breakthrough by now.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.60,0:03:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At 24 they didn’t feel old, they felt expired. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.46,0:04:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have developed a surprising relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.48,0:04:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with what we could call our “expiration date”.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.86,0:04:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We used to have one expiration date:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.64,0:04:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,: our death.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.93,0:04:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today we have a second expiration date in our lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.35,0:04:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it’s our social expiration date.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.86,0:04:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea that what we do must
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.03,0:04:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be recognised and measurable to have value
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.58,0:04:27.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we don’t receive immediately
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.65,0:04:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a positive feedback about what we do,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.38,0:04:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or worse, if what we do is deemed useless,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.50,0:04:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ridicule, or a failure
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.50,0:04:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,, then we feel socially expired.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.21,0:04:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s how some 24-year-olds
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.96,0:04:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prefer to go sit on the bench
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.69,0:04:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to watch History create itself without them
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.04,0:04:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than risking to do something
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.06,0:04:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not receive immediately a positive feedback.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.23,0:05:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While I was looking into
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.26,0:05:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what “success” means today
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.90,0:05:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and into our date of social expiration,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.98,0:05:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve realised that my job
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.82,0:05:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not to write screenplays or direct films,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.82,0:05:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,, my job is to fabricate stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.15,0:05:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s a job that might
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.76,0:05:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem useless but actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.34,0:05:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,, storytelling is the best way that we,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.47,0:05:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humans, have found to survive. \N\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.09,0:05:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tonight,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.81,0:05:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we’ve all come onto this stage
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.22,0:05:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to talk to you for 15 minutes one after the other
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.28,0:05:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s because the best way
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.65,0:05:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to convey an idea is to do it with a story.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.86,0:05:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2018 we could have made
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.38,0:05:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a pdf with each TED Talk’s main idea
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.34,0:05:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,summed up in one sentence
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.83,0:05:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we could have emailed it to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.45,0:05:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really, we could have done it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.73,0:05:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would have cost you less money,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.93,0:05:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it would have taken us less time. \N\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.97,0:05:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the power of messages
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.19,0:05:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are trying to share
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.62,0:06:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would have evaporated.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.37,0:06:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know it and you know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.67,0:06:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s why you are here tonight
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.13,0:06:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,, to listen to stories that might open
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.54,0:06:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a world of possibilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.45,0:06:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1944,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.51,0:06:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Professors Fritz Heider and Marianne Simmel
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.02,0:06:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conducted a test.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.14,0:06:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They showed a video
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.90,0:06:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a group of students
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.14,0:06:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and asked them to answer
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.03,0:06:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a series of questions
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.16,0:06:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to describe what they had seen. \N\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.77,0:06:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m going to show you 15 seconds of the video,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.54,0:06:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s going to be quick
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.50,0:06:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I invite you to try
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.06,0:06:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to answer this question:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.22,0:06:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“What am I seeing on the screen?”
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.86,0:06:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was 15 seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.52,0:06:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they reviewed the questionnaires,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.82,0:06:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Heidel and Simmel discovered
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.40,0:06:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that 33 out of the 34 students
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.17,0:06:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had fabricated a story.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.74,0:07:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had imputed motives,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.53,0:07:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emotions, and behaviours
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.96,0:07:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the geometrical figures
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.60,0:07:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were randomly moving
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.74,0:07:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through space that you just saw. \N\N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.79,0:07:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This study was
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.87,0:07:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the first scientific study
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.34,0:07:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,study that confirmed that our brain \N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.38,0:07:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understands the world through stories
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.84,0:07:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot help but give meaning
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.51,0:07:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the world that surrounds us
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.36,0:07:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to give meaning to the world that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.09,0:07:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that surrounds us,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.00,0:07:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we fabricate stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.68,0:07:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing that,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.71,0:07:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that stories are essential
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.20,0:07:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our survival and to our life
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.52,0:07:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.72,0:07:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another story about success.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.81,0:07:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An alternative to the current notion
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.31,0:07:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that paralyses so many people today.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.48,0:07:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Earlier I said that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.98,0:07:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we had two expiration dates:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.85,0:07:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the date of our death and the date of our social expiration
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.77,0:07:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we give to ourselves sooner and sooner.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.34,0:07:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I did not tell you…
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.77,0:08:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that a phone is ringing right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.48,0:08:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I didn’t tell you is
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.68,0:08:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we all have a joker.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.82,0:08:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have the possibility to become a good story.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.53,0:08:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have the possibility to become
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.98,0:08:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a good story that is going to inspire
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.19,0:08:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other human beings and help them move forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.61,0:08:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there’s one group of people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.70,0:08:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose job is to distribute jokers:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.32,0:08:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the story fabricators.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.18,0:08:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lucky me: it’s my job.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.34,0:08:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My job is to hunt, to imagine,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.64,0:08:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to share the stories
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.62,0:08:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people with a surprising,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.13,0:08:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,innovating and impactful destiny
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.32,0:08:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are representing strong ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.85,0:08:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And currently we are living through
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.99,0:08:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interesting period.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.30,0:08:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like archeologists,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.97,0:08:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are digging out new stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.57,0:08:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.40,0:08:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stories of people who often didn’t receive
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.54,0:08:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,immediate and positive feedback
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.82,0:09:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what they were doing
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.50,0:09:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.27,0:09:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,5, 50, 100, 200, 500 years later
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.27,0:09:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,end up at the center of the stage to help us,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.97,0:09:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the new generations,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.33,0:09:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to better understand the world and to move forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.81,0:09:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.86,0:09:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of you might recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.75,0:09:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the name of Georgina Reid.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.89,0:09:25.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A textile designer who decided, in 1971, when she was 63
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.100,0:09:29.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,, that what she really wanted to do
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.100,0:09:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to save her little town’s lighthouse
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.62,0:09:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was at risk of falling down
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.52,0:09:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to the cliffs’ erosion.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.94,0:09:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Georgina created a whole system
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.18,0:09:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she patented.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.22,0:09:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She presented her project to the coast guards,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.84,0:09:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they listened and told her
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.84,0:09:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“We won’t prevent you from doing it
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.82,0:09:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we won’t help you out either.”
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.04,0:09:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, no problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.64,0:09:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For 15 years, helped by her husband and volunteers,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.10,0:09:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Georgina used her knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.60,0:09:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her time for free
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.08,0:10:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to prevent the lighthouse from falling down.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.62,0:10:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she succeeded.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.54,0:10:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Georgina died in 2001
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.84,0:10:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the lighthouse is still here.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.77,0:10:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then 3 years ago
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.74,0:10:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a French story fabricator,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.31,0:10:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pénélope Bagieu, gave a joker to Georgina. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.93,0:10:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She shared Georgina’s story
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.07,0:10:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a graphic novel dedicated to several women
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.79,0:10:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who’ve changed their story
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.63,0:10:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes History in unexpected ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.23,0:10:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s thanks to a story fabricator
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.23,0:10:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that 200,000 French people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.31,0:10:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and myself have been inspired
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.11,0:10:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Georgina and her determination
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.62,0:10:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fight for something that mattered to her
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.84,0:10:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though officially she was told it didn’t.