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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This room may appear
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.00,0:00:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be holding 600 people,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.00,0:00:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's actually so many more,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.00,0:00:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in each one of us
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.00,0:00:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a multitude of personalities.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.00,0:00:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have two primary personalities
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.00,0:00:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have been in conflict and conversation within me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.00,0:00:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since I was a little girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.00,0:00:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I call them "the mystic"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.00,0:00:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "the warrior."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.00,0:00:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born into a family
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.00,0:00:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of politically active,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.00,0:00:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intellectual atheists.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.00,0:00:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was this equation in my family that went something like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.00,0:00:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you are intelligent,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.00,0:00:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you therefore are not spiritual.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.00,0:00:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was the freak of the family.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.00,0:00:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was this weird little kid
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.00,0:00:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who wanted to have deep talks
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.00,0:00:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the worlds that might exist
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.00,0:00:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond the ones that we perceive with our senses.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.00,0:00:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to know
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.00,0:00:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if what we human beings see
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.00,0:00:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hear and think
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.00,0:00:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a full and accurate picture
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.00,0:00:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.00,0:01:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, looking for answers,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.00,0:01:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to Catholic mass.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.00,0:01:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tagged along with my neighbors.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.00,0:01:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read Sartre and Socrates.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.00,0:01:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then a wonderful thing happened
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.00,0:01:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was in high school:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.00,0:01:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gurus from the East
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.00,0:01:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started washing up on the shores of America.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.00,0:01:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.00,0:01:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I wanna get me one of them."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.00,0:01:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And ever since,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.00,0:01:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been walking the mystic path,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.00,0:01:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to peer beyond
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.00,0:01:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what Albert Einstein called
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.00,0:01:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the optical delusion
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.00,0:01:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of everyday consciousness."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.00,0:01:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what did he mean by this? I'll show you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.00,0:01:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take a breath right now
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.00,0:01:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this clear air in this room.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.00,0:01:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, see this strange,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.00,0:01:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,underwater,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.00,0:01:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coral reef-looking thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.00,0:01:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually a person's trachea,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.00,0:01:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those colored globs
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.00,0:01:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are microbes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.00,0:02:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are actually swimming around in this room
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.00,0:02:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right now, all around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.00,0:02:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we're blind to this simple biology,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.00,0:02:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imagine what we're missing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.00,0:02:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the smallest subatomic level right now
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.00,0:02:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the grandest cosmic levels.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.00,0:02:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My years as a mystic
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.00,0:02:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have made me question
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.00,0:02:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost all my assumptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.00,0:02:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've made me a proud I-don't-know-it-all.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.00,0:02:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now when the mystic part of me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.00,0:02:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,jabbers on and on like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.00,0:02:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the warrior rolls her eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.00,0:02:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's concerned
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.00,0:02:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what's happening in this world right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.00,0:02:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's worried.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.00,0:02:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She says, "Excuse me, I'm pissed off,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.00,0:02:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know a few things,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.00,0:02:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we better get busy about them right now."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.00,0:02:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've spent my life as a warrior,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.00,0:02:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working for women's issues,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.00,0:02:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working on political campaigns,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.00,0:02:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being an activist for the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.00,0:03:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it can be sort of crazy-making,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.00,0:03:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,housing both the mystic and the warrior
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.00,0:03:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in one body.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.00,0:03:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've always been attracted
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.00,0:03:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those rare people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.00,0:03:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who pull that off,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.00,0:03:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who devote their lives to humanity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.00,0:03:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the grit of the warrior
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.00,0:03:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the grace of the mystic --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.00,0:03:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people like Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.00,0:03:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who wrote, "I can never be
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.00,0:03:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I ought to be
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.00,0:03:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you are
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.00,0:03:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you ought to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.00,0:03:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This," he wrote, "is the interrelated structure
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.00,0:03:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of reality."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.00,0:03:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then Mother Teresa, another mystic warrior,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.00,0:03:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who said, "The problem with the world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.00,0:03:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we draw the circle of our family
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.00,0:03:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,too small."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.00,0:03:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Nelson Mandela,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.00,0:03:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who lives by the African concept
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.00,0:03:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of "ubuntu,"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.00,0:03:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means "I need you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.00,0:03:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to be me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.00,0:04:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you need me in order to be you."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.00,0:04:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we all love to trot out
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.00,0:04:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these three mystic warriors
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.00,0:04:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if they were born
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.00,0:04:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the saint gene.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.00,0:04:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we all actually have
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.00,0:04:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same capacity that they do,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.00,0:04:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we need to do
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.00,0:04:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their work now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.00,0:04:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm deeply disturbed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.00,0:04:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the ways in which all of our cultures
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.00,0:04:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are demonizing "the Other"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.00,0:04:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the voice we're giving
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.00,0:04:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the most divisive among us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.00,0:04:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to these titles
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.00,0:04:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of some of the bestselling books
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.00,0:04:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from both sides of the political divide
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.00,0:04:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here in the U.S.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.00,0:04:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.00,0:04:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.00,0:04:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Pinheads and Patriots,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.00,0:04:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Arguing With Idiots."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.00,0:04:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're supposedly tongue-in-cheek,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.00,0:04:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're actually dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.00,0:04:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now here's a title that may sound familiar,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.00,0:04:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but whose author may surprise you:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.00,0:05:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Four-and-a-Half-Years of Struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.00,0:05:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Against Lies, Stupidity
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.00,0:05:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Cowardice."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.00,0:05:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who wrote that?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.00,0:05:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was Adolf Hitler's first title
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.00,0:05:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for "Mein Kampf" -- "My Struggle" --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.00,0:05:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the book that launched the Nazi party.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.00,0:05:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The worst eras in human history,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.00,0:05:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether in Cambodia or Germany
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.00,0:05:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Rwanda,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.00,0:05:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they start like this, with negative other-izing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.00,0:05:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they morph
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.00,0:05:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into violent extremism.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.00,0:05:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why I'm launching a new initiative.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.00,0:05:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's to help all of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.00,0:05:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,myself included,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.00,0:05:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to counteract the tendency
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.00,0:05:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to "otherize."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.00,0:05:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realize we're all busy people,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.00,0:05:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so don't worry, you can do this on a lunch break.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.00,0:05:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm calling my initiative,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.00,0:05:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Take the Other to Lunch."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.00,0:05:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.00,0:05:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Republican,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.00,0:05:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can take a Democrat to lunch,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.00,0:06:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if you're a Democrat,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.00,0:06:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think of it
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.00,0:06:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as taking a Republican to lunch.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.00,0:06:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now if the idea of taking any of these people to lunch
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.00,0:06:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes you lose your appetite,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.00,0:06:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suggest you start more local,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.00,0:06:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there is no shortage of the Other
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.00,0:06:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right in your own neighborhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.00,0:06:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe that person
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.00,0:06:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who worships at the mosque,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.00,0:06:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the church or the synagogue, down the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.00,0:06:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or someone from the other side
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.00,0:06:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the abortion conflict.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.00,0:06:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe your brother-in-law
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.00,0:06:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who doesn't believe in global warming.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.00,0:06:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone whose lifestyle may frighten you,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.00,0:06:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whose point of view
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.00,0:06:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes smoke come out of your ears.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.00,0:06:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of weeks ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.00,0:06:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took a Conservative Tea Party woman to lunch.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.00,0:06:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now on paper, she passed my smoking ears test.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.00,0:07:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's an activist from the Right,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.00,0:07:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm an activist from the Left.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.00,0:07:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we used some guidelines
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.00,0:07:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep our conversation elevated,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.00,0:07:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can use them too,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.00,0:07:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I know you're all going
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.00,0:07:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take an Other to lunch.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.00,0:07:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So first of all, decide on a goal:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.00,0:07:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get to know one person
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.00,0:07:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a group you may have negatively stereotyped.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.00,0:07:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, before you get together,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.00,0:07:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,agree on some ground rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.00,0:07:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My Tea Party lunchmate and I
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.00,0:07:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came up with these:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.00,0:07:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't persuade, defend
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.00,0:07:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or interrupt.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.00,0:07:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be curious;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.00,0:07:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be conversational; be real.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.00,0:07:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.00,0:07:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From there, we dove in.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.00,0:07:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we used these questions:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.00,0:07:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Share some of your life experiences with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.00,0:07:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What issues
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.00,0:07:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deeply concern you?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.00,0:07:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what have you always wanted to ask
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.00,0:08:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone from the other side?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.00,0:08:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My lunch partner and I
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.00,0:08:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came away with some really important insights,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.00,0:08:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to share just one with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.00,0:08:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it has relevance
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.00,0:08:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to any problem
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.00,0:08:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between people anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.00,0:08:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked her why her side
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.00,0:08:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes such outrageous allegations
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.00,0:08:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lies about my side.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.00,0:08:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What?" she wanted to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.00,0:08:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Like we're a bunch
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.00,0:08:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of elitist,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.00,0:08:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,morally-corrupt terrorist-lovers."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.00,0:08:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, she was shocked.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.00,0:08:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She thought my side
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.00,0:08:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beat up on her side way more often,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.00,0:08:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we called them brainless,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.00,0:08:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gun-toting racists,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.00,0:08:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we both marveled
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.00,0:08:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the labels that fit
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.00,0:08:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none of the people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.00,0:08:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we actually know.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.00,0:08:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And since we had established some trust,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.00,0:08:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we believed in each other's sincerity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.00,0:08:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We agreed we'd speak up in our own communities
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.00,0:09:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we witnessed
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.00,0:09:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kind of "otherizing" talk
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.00,0:09:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can wound
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.00,0:09:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fester into paranoia
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.00,0:09:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then be used by those on the fringes
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.00,0:09:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to incite.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.00,0:09:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the end of our lunch,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.00,0:09:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we acknowledged each other's openness.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.00,0:09:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neither of us had tried to change the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.00,0:09:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we also hadn't pretended
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.00,0:09:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our differences were just going to melt away
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.00,0:09:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after a lunch.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.00,0:09:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, we had taken
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.00,0:09:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first steps together,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.00,0:09:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,past our knee-jerk reactions,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.00,0:09:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the ubuntu place,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.00,0:09:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the only place
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.00,0:09:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where solutions
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.00,0:09:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our most intractable-seeming problems
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.00,0:09:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be found.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.00,0:09:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who should you invite to lunch?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.00,0:09:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next time you catch yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.00,0:09:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the act of otherizing,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.00,0:09:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will be your clue.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.00,0:10:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what might happen at your lunch?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.00,0:10:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will the heavens open
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.00,0:10:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "We Are the World" play over the restaurant sound system?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.00,0:10:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably not.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.00,0:10:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because ubuntu work is slow,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.00,0:10:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.00,0:10:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's two people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.00,0:10:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dropping the pretense
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.00,0:10:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being know-it-alls.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.00,0:10:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's two people,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.00,0:10:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two warriors,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.00,0:10:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dropping their weapons
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.00,0:10:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reaching toward each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.00,0:10:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's how the great Persian poet Rumi put it:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.00,0:10:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Out beyond ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.00,0:10:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of wrong-doing and right-doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.00,0:10:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a field.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.00,0:10:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll meet you there."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.00,0:10:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)