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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ian Goldin) Great, thank you: it's\Nwonderful to be with educators
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who care about the intersection\Nof learning and technology,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's going to shape the future.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether we're able\Nto get this right or not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will determine whether we have\Na glorious 21st century
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a period of unmitigated risks.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The walls are coming down everywhere and\Nit's difficult to not think about this,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being so close to it, here in Berlin,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,25 years ago, these walls coming down.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not just about physical walls\Ncoming down,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's about mental walls,\Nit's about financial walls,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's about technological walls.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the walls are coming down,\Nand it's that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which makes this the most exciting century\Nin the history of humanity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It changes all of our lives\Nin surprising ways.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's certainly changed mine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was living in Paris\Nwhen this wall came down.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't imagine that it would touch me\Npersonally.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought it was about Eastern Europe,\Nabout the Cold War, about something else.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But within 6 months, I would,\Nmuch to my surprise,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was invited to have dinner with\NPresident Mandela in Paris.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't president then,\Nhe had just been released from prison.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he was released\Nbecause the Cold War ended.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the defining feature of this period\Nwe live in our lives
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what happens elsewhere will\Ndramatically affect us in new ways.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's this change that results\Nfrom the walls coming down.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's this chance that will shape\Neducation going forward
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and technological progress.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, the other fundamental\Nperiod of -- in this time --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is technology, technology,\Nwhich got off the ground
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the same time as the Berlin Wall\Ncame down, over 25 years.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This exponential growth in\Nvirtual connectivity.