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Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.84,0:00:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somewhere around the year 100 BC,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.66,0:00:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the very first documented use\Nof wrapping paper was found.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.89,0:00:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was sort of a cloth-like paper mixture\Nused to enclose money as a gift
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.66,0:00:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in China.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.47,0:00:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this tradition has actually\Ncontinued throughout time
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.24,0:00:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to modern Chinese culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.69,0:00:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where money is traditionally given\Nin little red envelopes like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.02,0:00:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But why, in the year 100 BC,\Ndid they feel that need?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.92,0:00:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In current years, we seem to feel\Nthe need to wrap our presents.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.86,0:00:58.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And among many cultures,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.100,0:01:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we feel the need to conceal\Nour gifts to others.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.93,0:01:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Staying true to form, I've chosen\Nto conceal something in here today
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.14,0:01:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.16,0:01:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'll show you in a couple minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.40,0:01:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, let's try something.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.89,0:01:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's try to answer that question.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.21,0:01:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to try to imagine\Nsomething in your hands right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.18,0:01:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.20,0:01:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be a pen, a notebook,\Na sweater, air - it could be nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.79,0:01:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But imagine it in your hands right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.02,0:01:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And take that item and place it in a box.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.36,0:01:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seal it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.37,0:01:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wrap it in a very beautiful\Ngold-foil wrapping paper
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.63,0:01:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then tie an elegant ribbon\Nright across the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.93,0:01:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you have that item\Nin that neatly wrapped package.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.38,0:01:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take that same item\Nand hold it in your other hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.98,0:01:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bare, all by itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.82,0:01:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And give them both a friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.11,0:01:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are we really giving someone\Nwhen we wrap something up and conceal it?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.75,0:02:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that we're giving\Nsomething more than what's inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.80,0:02:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because both literally and figuratively,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.41,0:02:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're giving something\Nin addition to the gift.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.42,0:02:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're giving the idea of a gift.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.34,0:02:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're giving the unknown,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.27,0:02:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anticipation,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.40,0:02:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which leads to excitement,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.13,0:02:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're giving what\NAlbert Einstein would describe
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.56,0:02:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the most beautiful thing\Nwe can experience:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.73,0:02:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're giving the mysterious.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.20,0:02:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if that sounds heavy-handed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.82,0:02:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's still true.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.41,0:02:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as someone who practices and performs\Nthe art of mystery through magic,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.92,0:02:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've become obsessed with that idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.61,0:02:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of giving that experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.05,0:02:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving the unknown.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.86,0:02:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you start to think about that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.74,0:02:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you start to pay attention\Nto not only what you show
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.20,0:02:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, almost more importantly,\Nwhat you don't show.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.81,0:02:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what does that look like?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.19,0:03:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I'll need the help\Nof a beautiful assistant
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.58,0:03:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.10,0:03:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sir, you're looking quite beautiful today.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.53,0:03:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.33,0:03:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will you assist?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.36,0:03:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Man) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.36,0:03:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wonderful. If you could\Njust select a card, okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.100,0:03:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're just going to place your finger\Non one of these cards.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.13,0:03:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perfect. That one? Okay.\NGreat. You can have a seat.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.89,0:03:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you didn't see the card.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.27,0:03:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.45,0:03:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one else saw it as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.15,0:03:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm leaving it right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.61,0:03:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just going to place this\Ninside my jacket pocket,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.85,0:03:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leave it sticking out a little bit\Nso we can all keep track of it, okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.63,0:03:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we can have a guess,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.04,0:03:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can have an idea\Nof what is inside here,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.04,0:03:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we don't really know.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.80,0:03:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether this has been manufactured or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.26,0:03:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have created something essential\Nfor the traditional gift -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.59,0:03:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anticipation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.20,0:03:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, anticipation occurs\Nin a lot more places than this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.28,0:03:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day when we wake up,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.70,0:04:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we look into the day,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.14,0:04:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have an idea of how it may end.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.07,0:04:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have an idea of what may happen,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.91,0:04:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's inside it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.92,0:04:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we don't really know.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.76,0:04:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're giving ourselves a gift:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.90,0:04:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gift of a day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.14,0:04:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A gift of the present.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.85,0:04:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.62,0:04:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you might not always know
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.98,0:04:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is inside\Nthis gift, this day, for you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.82,0:04:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you do know how it's all wrapped up,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.68,0:04:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it looks like on the outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.02,0:04:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brown postal paper.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.66,0:04:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gold foil.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.14,0:04:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A red envelope.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.26,0:04:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes, how it looks on the outside
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.53,0:04:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,matters a little bit more\Nthan what you think
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.64,0:04:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because how long does a present sit,\Nwaiting to be opened?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.73,0:04:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how long does it take\Nto actually open it up and discover?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.33,0:04:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So consider this:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.63,0:04:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the next time that you receive a gift,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.68,0:05:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any gift,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.75,0:05:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pay mind to how you feel\Nwhen you hold it in your hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.49,0:05:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're holding the unknown,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.80,0:05:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you don't know what's inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.62,0:05:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.76,0:05:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter how many\Npossibilities can occur,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.07,0:05:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter what the chances,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.43,0:05:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the beauty of our life\Nis not in knowing what awaits us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.54,0:05:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The beauty of our life is in finding ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.12,0:05:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in finding out.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.06,0:05:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)