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Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.00,0:00:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to share with you\Na big secret today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.31,0:00:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not one that a lot of you\Nare going to want to hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.15,0:00:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same, time it's so important\Nthat I have to tell you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.43,0:00:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That secret is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.53,0:00:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what if I told you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.11,0:00:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that every singe day kids go to school\Nthey become less intelligent?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.33,0:00:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, how could that be possible?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.95,0:00:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When kids go to school\Nthey learn things, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.33,0:00:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they accumulate more knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.71,0:00:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if anything,\Nthey should be getting smarter.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.56,0:00:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could they possibly\Nbe getting less intelligent?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.51,0:00:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What am I talking about?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.08,0:01:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I do hope\Nto illustrate that to you today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.06,0:01:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I turned 14, I was a kid\Nthat did not know what he wanted in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.49,0:01:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So usually, when you go up\Nto a 5 or 6 year old and you ask him,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.88,0:01:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What do you want to be\Nwhen you grow up?",
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.42,0:01:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he'll say, " An astronaut,"\Nor "A businessman".
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.81,0:01:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to be a professional\NCall of Duty player.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.10,0:01:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.46,0:01:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And since I had no idea about\Nwhat I wanted to be when I grew up,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.31,0:01:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just listened to my parents\Nalmost 100% of the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.31,0:01:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I trusted that they knew\Nwhat was best for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.29,0:01:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents wanted out of me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.84,0:01:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what any typical parent\Nwould want out of his child:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.47,0:01:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to school, keep up your grades,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.16,0:01:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get out and exercise,\Nonce every few years.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.43,0:01:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.99,0:01:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was trying to do\Neverything they asked of me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.39,0:01:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except the problem was\NI wasn't even that good at school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.87,0:01:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was terrible at science,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.18,0:01:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could not write a 5-paragraph essay\Nif my life had depended on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.50,0:01:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to this day I still think
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.71,0:02:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the only Asian kid in the world\Nwho does not understand math.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.23,0:02:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.14,0:02:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.84,0:02:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I turned 14 that all changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.95,0:02:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was no longer this hot air balloon\Nand floating around in space,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.17,0:02:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was now like a supersonic jet\Nflying toward my destination
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.96,0:02:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at 50,000 miles an hour\Nor however fast those things go.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.48,0:02:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This change all started\Nwhen I received an envelope with the mail.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.72,0:02:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was an invitation\N- not to a birthday party,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.72,0:02:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not get any of those -\Nnot to a playground,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.94,0:02:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to a business plan\Ncompetition down in Boston.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.23,0:02:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was curious, I was\Njust so curious that I had to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.24,0:02:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The program director explained to us\Nthat over five months,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.60,0:02:46.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would form a team,\Ndevelop a business idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.45,0:02:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and present this idea\Nto a panel of judges,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.80,0:02:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would be judging us
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.42,0:02:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how good our suits are,\Nand how good our business ideas were.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.33,0:02:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a long story short,\Nover those five months
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.97,0:02:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I formed a team, developed an idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.19,0:03:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we actually ended up
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.85,0:03:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,winning that competition\Nand taking home a check.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.02,0:03:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that one event sparked my interest
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.82,0:03:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for going to more and more\Nof these competitions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.46,0:03:11.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the next two years of my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.49,0:03:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually went to dozens and dozens\Nof these competitions,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.28,0:03:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was winning almost all of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.06,0:03:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized that I liked\Ngoing to them so much
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.79,0:03:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just because I liked winning them
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.13,0:03:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also because I had\Nan unrealized passion.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.64,0:03:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was a passion for creating things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.26,0:03:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the one thing\Nthat my team would do differently
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.98,0:03:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from our other competitors,\Nevery single time, was
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.03,0:03:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, everyone would go up and present\Ntheir idea and their PowerPoint,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.10,0:03:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would go to a home depot,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.87,0:03:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,buy supplies, and actually build\Nthe idea we were talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.21,0:03:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the judges were just so blown away
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.40,0:03:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the fact that a bunch of teenagers\Ncould go and create things,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.22,0:03:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can make prototypes,\Nand [have] minimum viable products.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.29,0:04:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We won almost every single competition
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.64,0:04:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because the judges loved\Nthat we had gone and executed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.18,0:04:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one of these competitions
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.93,0:04:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met a short-tempered,\Nmiddle-aged Polish guy named Frank.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.03,0:04:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If he is here today\NI'd better run after this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.98,0:04:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.02,0:04:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came up to us, took a look\Nat our prototype, and said:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.87,0:04:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I can help you guys\Nturn this into a real company."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.47,0:04:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.72,0:04:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that cool?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.71,0:04:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are 16 years olds,\Nwe are going out into the world
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.96,0:04:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and creating a real\Nhardware technology startup.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.17,0:04:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first we were all like,\N"Time to be Steve Jobs,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.44,0:04:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's go build Apple,\Ndropping out of school now."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.07,0:04:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we quickly realized\Nit's not that easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.82,0:04:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, don't drop out unless\Nyou're really sure you have a good idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.65,0:04:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But... (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.68,0:04:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've realized that the first part\Nto building a great company
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.67,0:05:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to assemble a great team.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.68,0:05:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as students,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.72,0:05:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we couldn't go to bars to network,\Nto networking events for adults,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.95,0:05:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we went to our school
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.42,0:05:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and set up this little presentation\Nin our auditorium,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.90,0:05:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which we would present our idea\Nand hopefully kids would join our team.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.30,0:05:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sent out an invitation\Nto our entire school.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.22,0:05:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the first thing we noticed\Nis that almost no one showed up.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.26,0:05:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was almost no interest.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.09,0:05:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those who did show up\Nspread the rumor around the school
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.98,0:05:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and throughout that week,\Nwe were actually marked,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.42,0:05:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were made fun of for our ideas\Nand for being wannabe Mark Zuckerbergs.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.34,0:05:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.24,0:05:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's funny is, the next week after,\Nwe took the exact same presentation,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.94,0:05:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and did it at our elementary school\Nso to kids who were 5 or 6 years younger.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.36,0:05:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the response was phenomenal.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.44,0:05:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These kids were throwing\Ntheir lunch money at us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.72,0:05:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking if they could buy a prototype.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.92,0:05:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.15,0:05:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were asking\Nfor our pre-money valuation,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.52,0:06:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I know you guys know\Nfrom watching Shark Tank,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.20,0:06:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was amazing that these kids\Neven knew terms like that existed
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.38,0:06:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they were too young to even probably\Npronounce some of these words.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.47,0:06:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That just inspired me so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.13,0:06:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think this is what\Nour education system has done.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.53,0:06:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over just these 5 to 6 years\Nin the education system,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.68,0:06:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these creative children\Nhave turned into these teenagers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.31,0:06:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are unwilling to think\Noutside of the box.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.21,0:06:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's go back to that secret\NI was talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.51,0:06:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is it possible that school\Nis making kids less intelligent?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.48,0:06:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact is, there is so much more\Nthan just one type of intelligence.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.02,0:06:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While school can make you\Nmore academically intelligent,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.99,0:06:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can teach you\Nphysics, algebra, calculus,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.37,0:06:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is diminishing the children's\Ncreative intelligence.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.73,0:06:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is teaching them\Nto think in a certain way,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.12,0:06:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go down a certain path in life,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.50,0:06:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's telling them: go\Nto high school, get a diploma,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.25,0:07:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to a good college, find a stable job,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.40,0:07:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you don't do that,\Nyou won't be successful.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.47,0:07:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if that was true,\Nhow am I even standing here today?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.53,0:07:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did I, a straight C student,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.59,0:07:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start a technology company\Nat the age of 16?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.56,0:07:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how is my company, which was featured\Non a Wall Street Journal last week,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.62,0:07:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing better that some of the companies\Nstarted by Harvard and Stanford graduates?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.87,0:07:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It must be something\Nthat can't be measured
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.20,0:07:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by academic intelligence alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.78,0:07:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, here is what I believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.94,0:07:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parents, teachers, educators,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.43,0:07:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have the power\Nto influence and inspire youth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.32,0:07:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact is, there are way too many\Npeople out there right now
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.27,0:07:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are obsessed with telling kids
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.93,0:07:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go to college, to find a good job,\Nand to be "successful".
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.25,0:07:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are not enough who are telling kids
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.70,0:07:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to explore more possibilities,\Nto become entrepreneurs.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.43,0:08:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if there's one message that I want\Nparents, kids, and all of you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.63,0:08:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take away from\Nwhat I've said here today
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.73,0:08:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that you can open your own doors,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.43,0:08:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can stray away\Nfrom this conventional,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.86,0:08:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,limited, and narrow path\Nthat education sets us upon.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.54,0:08:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can diverge\Nand create your own future.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.22,0:08:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can start your own companies\Nand start your own non-profits.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.25,0:08:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can create, you can innovate.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.21,0:08:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if there's one message\NI want you to take away
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.58,0:08:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from everything I've said, it is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.97,0:08:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no one has ever changed the world
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.28,0:08:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by doing what the world\Nhas told them to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.60,0:08:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.76,0:08:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)